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    You can listen to Grateful Dead records over and over again and never understand the attraction they have for certain people until you attend one of their concerts. Sometime during the Dead's usual five-hour set, it will all click: Jerry Garcia's Indian bead string of notes on the guitar, the ozone ooze of the vocal harmonies, the shifting, shuffling rhythm of bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and the distant echo of the oldest of American folk music. - Columbia Flier

    "Certain people" will know that we're coming in hot with one that's got all these things and more, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77. Yes, there's still plenty of spectacular May '77 to go around. Nearly chosen for Dave's Picks Vol. 1, 5/26/77 delivers three-fold. There's one count for the energy - all the precision of the Spring tour conjuring up the raw power of the Fall tour that was to come. There's another for the setlist which featured beloved songs from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and soon-to-be favorites from the freshly recorded TERRAPIN STATION. And a third for its element of surprise (or shall we say surprises) from an astonishingly peak 15-minute "Sugaree" to new delights ("Sunrise," "Passenger," "Jack-A-Roe') to a rare first-set finale of "Bertha" to the second set's "Terrapin>Estimated>Eyes," traveling leaps and bounds towards the improvisational journey that is a nearly 17-minute "Not Fade Away." 

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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  • #781
    PT Barnum
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    so much, DMCVT enjoy those meds, had stones 20 years ago, passed most of them, quite painful but after being able to relieve oneself again without pain or dribbles is great. Hated it when they said no more meds, love those Percocet.
    Billy 82' was a great year, saw a show in Nov. of that year, First Passenger for me.
    All this box talk has really got me thinking about an early box Primal Dead, awesome choices, but I would love some 1970 Dead too, those Spring shows at the universities, the summer Festival Express shows have been touched on but there were some great shows with that train trip that need furthur exploration. The fall of 70 also great shows there too, lots to choose from and we have really only gotten Jan. 70 with Dave's if I remember right (which is highly suspect nowadays)
    Also those European tours from 81 and 90, both have some fine music and we haven't seen anything from those tours and the 90 tour has Bruce so could scratch a couple itches at once. There are a lot of eras that we haven't heard and I think variety is the spice of life, although just about any Dead is good dead to me.
    Learned to type in 72 and back then, 2 spaces after a period to start a new sentence, now, only one so it is hard for an old dog to learn new tricks but will try. lol
    Keep those last 5's coming. Here's mine:
    Box of Frogs - 1st
    Bloodrock - Bloodrock
    Trapeze - Medusa
    Pat Travers - Radioactive
    Greg Lake - 1st
    Todd Rundgren - Todd
    that's six, but it's been a while I know it's early, but I've got spring fever...

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    Re: HF/PNW68 Tapes

    This was discussed during the Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2 announcement. I might check the liner notes, but I don't think that's where it popped up because most of this in on the Bonus Disc.

    Someone out there help me clear up my failing memory, but what I recall is Dave saying someone found a box of tapes at either one of the theatres or perhaps (more likely) a studio somewhere. Like they were left behind after mixing Anthem of the Sun. I believe they recorded the whole tour on multi-track, 8 Track to be precise. I'm flying on memory which should scare us all.. I also think this wasn't too far removed from the Houseboat Tapes which was released late in 2005, so returned reels were still a thing.

    So I hold out hope that somewhere, more of these gems exist or perhaps instead of pulling one or two songs they could piece together a complete show or three.

    My four cents.. please someone out there either confirm or deny my memory of this.

    Peace. Stay warm, stay safe. Speaking of peace, FU Count Vlad!

  • #783
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    I've lost the faith a bit

    I'm struggling with the Dead at the moment. Post '74 has never really been my thing, the 1977 Winterland box is OK and I really liked those actual Winterland boxes, they're a nice size, but I really can't settle and listen to any GD at the moment. I first heard Europe'72 in 1974 and have been a big fan since then but now I don't know. Maybe It'll come back. My St Louis box is not far from the Missouri river in Columbia MO at the moment, at my sister's house, that's how I get round the import taxes here in England. Haven't gone to pick it up yet, maybe she'll bring it over next time she visits. Fox Theatre 1972 was always a big favourite of mine.

    Last 5

    Molasses-A Slow Messe
    Dylan-disc 2 More Blood More Tracks deluxe box
    The Who-Tommy
    John Eliot Gardiner-Bach Cantata Pilgrimage Vol 10
    Mogwai-Come On Die Young

    The 5 records I reckon I've played the most times over the last 50 years

    Love-Forever Changes (the winner by a mile)
    Talk Talk-Spirit of Eden
    Dylan-Blood on the tracks
    Spirit-Spirit of '76
    Traffic-John Barleycorn Must Die

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    Somebody said we "shouldn't threaten Dave..."

    Why the hell not?? He's out there, rolling around on logs and mossy rocks and looking for eagles. Why not cuff him a bit around the ears and order him back to the Vault to dig out the '68 tapes? He's Canadian, he won't fight back (oh, wait...).

    Okay, 6 brief communiques and I swear I'll stop (!):

    Mr. Ones: "ultimate souvenir," awesome phrase, could be lascivious or a band name.

    JimInMD: how long ago did Dave mention PNW '68 tapes?? Are "one-offs" simply one reel of several for a show? (The OSF just revealed the number of reels used in their various outputs and it surprised me. The average is 11 reels per release, but vary from 2 reels to 32 reels or something like that. I'd guess the faster the tape (71/2, 15 ips) the better the sound...)

    DMCVT: glad you're healing! Good John Hammond story. I've got a pretty good one for another time. I interviewed him for a Jimi-dedicated magazine.

    Icecreamed: Yes, the solution is TWO boxes per year, one small, one large-ish. Rule: small box MUST contain Pigpen material...

    Proudfoot: I sure hope "Public Castration is a Good Idea" is the title of a CD, not your new mantra.

    DaveRock: I needed something meditative and new to play around with. When the pandemic started, I taught myself to fingerpick on the back porch. Lately, getting better acquainted with the fretboard and slide in standard tuning is a challenge. I put the Gretsch through a Tube Screamer for tone and a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and use a short, fat glass slide (Ernie Ball). I'm just doing 12-bar blues in open position, then doing some Elmore-type licks higher up, staying within the rhythm using a metronome. Takes some work, but the payoff is there. What I love about learning guitar (I picked it up ~17 years ago in my late 40s) is that whatever you put in, you get like 5x back. Great ROI! Plus it feeds the soul. Have a crappy day? Pick up the guitar and feel better.)

    Maybe Vguy could try crushing the stovepipe can into his head. Or at least do a doctored video of such an act.....

  • #785
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    Good combination

    HF - that's a great combination...to have seen the band so many times and in 1973, one of their peak years. Also, maybe, being young at the time. Bands I saw when I was, say 15-18 had a massive impact on me - that's from 1972-1975. Although I got into The Dead in 1976, it was through records only, and I didn't know anyone else who liked them. Bit of private interest in a way.

    Mr Ones - I too would get anything from 1967-1970...make that 1974. I would get any of the 5 shows I actually saw from 1981-1990...and maybe other shows from those European tours, too. Apart from that....I might get some more 1976 onwards shows...but not before checking out what it was, and what people said about it in Deadheads Compendium etc.

    Incidentally-HF- that's a good idea, playing slide in standard on your Gretsch. I knackered my left hand overplaying mine last week - its has a slightly higher action than normal for me - ouch! - so rather than let it gather dust I should try what you do.

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    Swans feel good now
    Swans public castration is a good idea
    Motorhead inferno
    Husker Du zen arcade
    Husker Du new day rising

    Raw sounds for raw times

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    Stone ipa stovepipes

    I love these 19.2oz stovepipe cans of west coast ipa from stone brewing. I'd like to see Belushi crush one of these bad boys on his skull.

  • #788
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    My 3¢

    Started as 2¢ but inflation……

    I listen to all years, and think that the 1-Box-per-year model isn’t enough. A 2-3 show Box and a 5-10 show Box every year, along with the Dave’s subscription would be just exactly perfect. And some video too, please.

    All years sell out eventually, Dave/Rhino seem to be doing pretty good on the production numbers for a given era.
    I think that Giants Stadium sold out faster than PNW. 76 was a hit and St. Louis will sell out eventually.
    We are due some 67–69 at this point.

    A Bruce Box is absolutely needed in the near future, and the 2-Box-per-year model will make it possible to keep everyone happy.

    And more video Dave/Rhino!

  • #789
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    near normal now

    Thanks for kind words and my apologies if sharing TMI last night. Pushing 70, am not conversant with hospital grade pain meds, never was (they took very good care of me) and I did have a driver. My vision of a 60s box is much like HF wrote below, six or nine discs of 60s material, we already know there are partial sets, or short sets that could be a stitched together. Would love to see some photos of those early venues as well. Playing a little catch up here, there's a great look at some Gram Parsons back story on a website easily found mrporterdotcom, which includes his bromance with Keith Richards, Stones music, great photos.

    Love to know more about the refinement of the processing Jeffrey Norman uses to bring us such great recordings, just barely aware that it started out as a way to correct inherent distortions of analog recording. Surely it has progressed far past that, there's a story there.

    recent music:
    Charlie Haden's Montreal Tapes with Geri Allen led me to:
    Three Pianos for Jimi: Geri Allen and the Batson Brothers (not your typical Hendrix tribute)
    Allman Brothers Band, Live from A&R Studios
    Bruce Katz Band Live at The Firefly
    Bruce is a truly gifted musician and teacher, there's a bunch of his great music out there.
    so, boring story: went to the 2016 North Atlantic Blues festival in Rockland Maine to meet an old friend who knows Bruce. Bruce was there to play with John Hammond Jr. We hung out with Bruce and his wife first night, got to know this great keyboard guy, born in Baltimore within a few weeks of my own birthday in D.C. Quickly discovered our first Dead show was the same, March 1973, Baltimore Civic Center. During that evening, before ever hearing Bruce play, he asks, where are you guys staying? Oh yeah, that's where John and his wife are staying... next morning we head to the little breakfast area and there is John Hammond Jr. and his wife. We do not bother them of course, but later, my friend drops the news that we were hanging with Bruce, looking forward to their performance that afternoon. John invites us over to chat and tells us a few stories over the end of breakfast. John met Jimi in NYC in 1966, before almost anyone knew about the immense potential about to supernova. John is a very fine bluesman, began to listen to him around 1970.
    We meet up with Bruce after the music is over and continue to hang. Bruce learns I live in Vermont, says I will be there in September with Les Brers in Rutland would you want to come? I am at the afternoon sound check, we meet for dinner before the show. Bruce tells me he is very concerned about drummer Butch Trucks, lots of stuff going on, way too much stress. One of the last Les Brers shows, Butch left the world a few months later. Derek's uncle. Guess all I am saying, this community right here, these connections, means a lot to many of us, life is precious, taking care of and with each other, it matters, no matter how small, pay kindness ahead. This is the spirit I felt at every Dead show, it was there in the seventies. And when i went to Dear Jerry a few years back at MPP I saw and felt it again. I still get shivers when I hear Jorma start that version of Sugaree, he was singing to his ole buddy.

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    Primal Box

    My Primal Box pipe dream is that there were more of those 8 tracks from the PNW Winter of 68 Tour. When Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2 - 2/14/68 Carousel Ballroom was released, Lemieux indicated they found a box of 8 Tracks that were lost or mislabeled or something from the PNW tour, but most of what was included are one-offs.

    I think it's a long shot, but wouldn't it be grand if they were somehow able to piece together a few full shows from this tour recorded on early 8 track tapes?

    Primal Dave.. or we will be forced to taunt you a second time.

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You can listen to Grateful Dead records over and over again and never understand the attraction they have for certain people until you attend one of their concerts. Sometime during the Dead's usual five-hour set, it will all click: Jerry Garcia's Indian bead string of notes on the guitar, the ozone ooze of the vocal harmonies, the shifting, shuffling rhythm of bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and the distant echo of the oldest of American folk music. - Columbia Flier

"Certain people" will know that we're coming in hot with one that's got all these things and more, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77. Yes, there's still plenty of spectacular May '77 to go around. Nearly chosen for Dave's Picks Vol. 1, 5/26/77 delivers three-fold. There's one count for the energy - all the precision of the Spring tour conjuring up the raw power of the Fall tour that was to come. There's another for the setlist which featured beloved songs from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and soon-to-be favorites from the freshly recorded TERRAPIN STATION. And a third for its element of surprise (or shall we say surprises) from an astonishingly peak 15-minute "Sugaree" to new delights ("Sunrise," "Passenger," "Jack-A-Roe') to a rare first-set finale of "Bertha" to the second set's "Terrapin>Estimated>Eyes," traveling leaps and bounds towards the improvisational journey that is a nearly 17-minute "Not Fade Away." 

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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Submitted by nappyrags on Tue, 04/05/2022 - 19:21

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As far as music in my life goes, it's always been there...My Pop was a bass player for a Latin Jazz Dance Band from the late 40's to the late 50's...he also worked his day job...from about '48 to '56 or so he owned a record shop in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles...I have photos of him in his shop (with his bass in the background leaning against a corner) and also of him playing his bass...I came along in late 1950 and when my first Sister came along in '58 (to be followed by two more within a few years) Moms said no more gigging at night! As I got older my Pop went to work for a Record Distributor on the West Side...he was the shipping clerk and would be one of the first people the label salesman would see as they cam in the back door "Hey Johnny, how you doing, here, have a box of promo LP's" When I was Nine I remember being gifted the new David Seville & The Chipmunks LP, gold foil cover with red vinyl...a big mind blower was when the LP "Trouble In Mind" by Mance Lipscomb was in one of those boxes of promos...I was ten and had never heard anything like it...me and My bud John were blown away by it...we got a lot of Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra (The Reprise LP's) too...when my Pop closed his shop he stored all of his left over stock in our garage...my bud and I would go through it and found a lot of goodies on Chess, Modern, Argo & other rockin' labels....by '66 or so my Pop went into business for himself, distributing American Music to Border towns in exchange for Mexican label stuff that he would send to stores that specialized in Musica all over the state...my first gig would've been helping him with packaging and labeling orders, etc...one of my fondest memories was the first time I went with him to Nehi records in central LA...they specialized in cut out labels, stacks of LP's with the cover corner snipped...lot's of records on the Modern, Kent, Custom & United labels with artists like John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Otis....Pops would let me grab a few for myself...they were like $.50 apiece...wheee!!! another goodie was getting two tickets from a United Artists salesmen for a special sneak preview of "A Hard Day's Night" before the movie's general release...I think the first LP's I bought with my own cash would've been Canned Heat's first and of course Grateful Dead's first....

38 years ago today me and a friend went to Vegas a day before the Aladdin show in '84...we went early because we had two tickets to see the Lakers play the Jazz at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus...that's the game where Kareem broke the NBA scoring record held by Wilt The Stilt...great weekend! went from Vegas to Irvine Meadows afterwards...what a dump the Irvine Meadows venue was and with a heavy police presence too...

Dead Kennedys - Bedtime For Democracy
Scorpions - Rock Believer....again.
Obscura - Akroasis (tip from my cousins son. Thanks!)
Edit. Emojis are now kicked out of here? Aww. And I had a good one.
No Dead since Friday night. I'll circle back.
Molly Tuttle - When You're Ready
Moe. - Wormwood
Y'all take care.

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Submitted by sheik yerbones on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 00:24

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@daverock yes they preserve the continuity of the show...
I received the JCB at Warfield, another beautiful 4 and half Lp, with sound and vision, the last side with beautiful art, like Olympia 72 and St Louis71. I suggest my wife to nail them on the wall, like old ladies did with plates in old fashioned time!!! surely the border is near between Lp an Ep, and It's surely easier to focus on music on short side.
first works weeding roses fields, cleaning planes in airport, collecting fruits (grapes and cherrys), waiter in trains.
first shows Mahavishnou Orchestra, Soft Machine, Genesis (foxtrot)

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Submitted by Dennis on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 07:10

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forgot my next favorite,,,,

Viola Lee Blues

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Submitted by daverock on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 09:00

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They really took ownership of Morning Dew and Viola Lee Blues. So much so, they barely seemed like covers.

I always like "Big River" myself-'specially in the Keith era - great rockabilly licks by Jerry. As they say, size isn't everything.
For the sake of rarity - plus the fact that they play it really well, "Muddy Water" from 12/5/71 also deserves a mention.

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"Good Morning Little School Girl" & Viola Lee Blues" were what grabbed and sold me on the first Dead LP...I thought "Viola Lee" was similar to "Catfish Blues" from the first Canned Heat record...wild guitar, frantic build up and then release back into the original rhythm, just awesome...My first gig should've been The Stones at The Hollywood Bowl in '66...so the deal was on a certain Friday there would be an ad and an order form posted in the entertainment section of the LA Times that you would mail in...me and a pal (John again) made a deal with his Pop to strip and wax the floor of his barbershop for $10 each...we bought a postal money order and waited by a local news rack for the afternoon edition of the Times ...we grabbed a newspaper and filled out the coupon, threw in our money order along with a self addressed envelope, dropped it in a mailbox and waited...nothing after a week...nothing after two weeks, then I finally get an envelope from the dead letter office containing our original mailing with an insufficient postage due stamped on it...crushed!!! By then of course the show was sold out...four weeks later The Beatles played Dodger Stadium...a lot of my friends were going...there was a caravan of three or four cars with giggly girls, a few guys and some very understanding parents driving away from our neighborhood...I was still upset about the Stones show and chose not to go...principles can screw you up some times...

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C.C. Rider 12/1/79

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5 21 82

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Submitted by carlo13 on Wed, 04/06/2022 - 19:54

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I used to work at the sealtest ice cream factory in Framingham MA.. the factory was in the Same neighborhood as the carousel (I think that was the name) near rt.30 where Jimi Hendrix and led zeppelin played, according to my mother. I made rum raisin ice cream in the late 80s.

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Submitted by drpryan on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 07:37

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Just saw the 50th anniversary of Europe 72 here at dead net. Includes a 24 LP all 4 shows at Lyceum ($550), Also has a 4 Cd of the 26th May Lyceum

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 08:41

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JRAD will be performing at the Frost Ampetheater on August 13th. Tix on sale tomorrow.

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Done entirely without JimInMD's time machine, though I still owe him bigtime for past kindness... might be out your way this summer, Mr.F. Yes, regarding the Lyceum shows, no temptation for $549 vinyl. Please please please, release primal dead box from the 1960s, lets keep that drumbeat going... for the old timers here sake, speaking of which:
been a while since last post. Previously noted med issue turned into an ordeal, thankfully now history but that and the situation in Ukraine put me in a dark place too long. First job was delivering the Washington Post in the early 1960s to about 100 households in Maryland near DC. First concert previously noted, Jimi Hendrix, March 1968 at the Washington Hilton Hotel ballroom, opened by Soft Machine, age fifteen. The first of much music from then on out with a new drivers license. Recently have written back and forth a bit with Tom Principato who is same age, Tom is a great blues guitarist of the Telecaster persuasion from the DC area, played with Danny Gatton back in the day, recordings available, check them out. Tom knew some of my high school musician friends and sent me a photo from about 1968 of him jamming with a couple of them on stage at dive bar Cousin Nicks, where we teenagers used to go down to party in one of the absolute most dangerous possible sections of DC. Just now finally able to head back to DC to visit old friends and family, where I asked each brother his first Dead show. Turned out one was at the infamous RFK show with the Allman Brothers, the other much younger brother first saw them at the Cap Center Thanksgiving 1978. A nice reunion with my first high school girlfriend, had not seen her in more than fifty years. We went to a bunch of shows back in the day, late 1960s, notably Jefferson Airplane at the Baltimore Civic Center and Savoy Brown Blues Band at Shady Grove. One week ago she and I drove out to see the best trad Irish fiddler in the world, Martin Hayes at Berryville, Virginia (solo). Martin is an exquisite virtuoso who sells out Carnegie Hall with his group, The Gloaming. Oddly enough, the first time I heard him, about five years ago, talking with him after that show, he brought up Jimi Hendrix as a late influence. Two nights ago, Bela Fleck and his bluegrass group over in Lebanon, NH, sold out show. Bela is such a masterful player, was pleased to hear Sierra Hull on mandolin, the only one of that very fine group to go head to head in duo with him. Contemplating Jack and Jorma who will play in a few weeks at an old movie theater not far from here. Live music is the best, so good for the soul.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 19:08

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If you set the dials to the present time, Livestream.com/fans is letting you stream the Skull and Roses Festival for a modest and seemingly up to your own discretion donation.

It's a great distraction from doing your taxes, plus.. it's got a Cumberland. I was going to go this year just because seeing live music on the beach at Ventura seemed like it would be lots of fun. I might be getting to old to go to festivals though, so streaming it at home (whatever you decide to pay) is the next best thing.

Check it out if you're feeling adventurous. GDTRFB, sounds good to me.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 04/07/2022 - 20:08

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....good to hear you are on the mend.
Stay well!
Live music is indeed good for the soul.

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My first rock concert was a freebie at Elysian Park (by Dodger Stadium) to see The Airplane & The Dead...they had played the Hollywood Bowl the night before and the Bowl staff had no idea what they were in for and had harassed the crowd for dancin' in the aisles etc so Bill Graham arranged the freebie to make it up to the crowd...The following Monday was the start of my senior year in high school...second was a couple of months later at The Hollywood Bowl...the line up was The Who, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Everly Bros, The Association & Sopwith Camel...strange show....the promotion was if you went to a White Front store (a cross between Target & Sears) and bought an LP either from the MGM or Warner Bros family of labels you got a free ticket! The Who introduced their new 45 "I Can See For Miles" and at the set's end on "My Generation" Moon threw a couple of his drums in the reflecting pond in front of the stage...if you google image The Who Hollywood Bowl '67 there's a picture of him with a tom in his arms running to the front of the stage...the following night there was another show at The Cow Palace...I wonder if any of our Bay Area friends here went to that one?

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Submitted by bigbrownie on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 09:26

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for the livestream info on Skull and Roses Fest. I'm just 30 minutes door to door from the Ventura beaches, but my plate is full this weekend, including Billy Strings on Saturday. I'll get back to yooz all if any S&R performers spill over as "surprise special guests" at Billy's show.

DMCVT: Cap Center 11/23/78. I just happened to have the double good fortune to be part of a group in one of the corporate suites for that show and with a freshly obtained visene bottle with 100 doses of not visene. I seem to recall that the takers to non takers ratio was about 70/30. And guess who shows up during the break...yep, Mr. Corporate Big Guy, himself. He was a very nice man known to all of us, so everything was cool. He had just popped in to see who all was there and if the catering was satisfactory. Not much memory of the show itself...the party in the suite was the thing.
Saw Electric Hot Tuna two nights later with same bottle in tow, another story.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Fri, 04/08/2022 - 12:54

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A beautiful day in the Bay Area, for the Giants to kick off their season. I have the bbq going, rib eye steaks and tri tips. A case of Pliny the Elders delivered yesterday from the Russian River brewing Co. Got the Dead blasting right now, 2/27/69. "We could have us, a high time, living the Good life". Go Giants!

....I'm a Marlins fan. Gonna be a looong season with no legit closer. And it showed today.
Beat the Yankees in the 2003 WS though. I still relish that to this day.
Oh. And on a sidenote. Fuck the designated hitter in the NL.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Sat, 04/09/2022 - 05:47

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VGUY, the Marlins had great teams in 1997 & 2003 ,World Champions, they took down the S.F. Giants in the 1997 playoffs. I remember an opening day at Candlestick Park in the late 1970s ; the mayor of S.F. came out to say some words and the place erupted in boos, everybody was booing poor old George Moscone. Then, Jackie Gleason came out of the Giants dugout to throw out the first pitch and the whole stadium exploded in cheers, it was great, Jackie Gleason was always one of my favorites.

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Submitted by nappyrags on Sat, 04/09/2022 - 09:22

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How baseball's changes have driven me cuckoo...On opening day Yu Darvish had a no hitter through six and was removed...yesterday another Padre starter, Sean Manaea, threw 7 no hit innings and was replaced...And I too cringe now that the NL has adopted the designated hitter...guess I have to bone up on those rules along with the runner on second to start extra innings...another sign of the times...I went to check out prices for the July game vs The Guardians (WTF?) when the Dodgers will unveil a Sandy Koufax statue and hand out replicas...$101 for bleacher seats! What A difference 60 years make...as an eleven year old kid in '62 when the stadium opened bleacher seats for kids were fifty cents...Oh Well...PLAY BALL!!!

Bleacher seats were $2 when I saw my first game ~45 years ago. I saw the seventh game of the world series in I think 71? Tickets were both attainable and not that expensive.

Today, you have to mortgage your house and that's after you give them a kidney for the deposit.

I've settled into college sports and hockey. Out of the stratosphere.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sat, 04/09/2022 - 14:25

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....if that wasn't bad enough, the new logo is Legos.
Sorry Cleveland....I'll miss Wahoo.

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Submitted by dmcvt on Sat, 04/09/2022 - 15:37

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Will have to get off this old timers thing... I pretty much gave up on baseball for a long time after the Senators left DC, so pissed off at that.... dear old dad took me down to games at the new DC Stadium (RFK) and when I was 9, we went to the All Stars game there where I was fortunate to have a ball signed by Don Drysdale. Other notables names at that game make a long list.... Berra, Mantle, Maris, Musial, Mays, Aaron, Aparicio, Koufax, Cepeda, Spahn, etc. OK back to our regularly scheduled contemporaneous era. A few years ago on an early morning flight on Southwest from Manchester NH to Orlando, found myself sitting next to Johnny Damon because of early seating. He said, WTF, no business class for me. Needless to say, seemed like half the passengers had to have selfies with him. He drank seven beers before 10 am, told me, no worries, I have a driver.

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Submitted by carlo13 on Sat, 04/09/2022 - 17:08

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I'm drinking MC2 double IPA from equilibrium brewing from middletown, New york. 8% alc.. this is one tasty stovepipe can o beer.

Awesome on the autographed ball...I'm a Drysdale man through and through...My fave story (whether true or not) was when Alston told him to intentionally walk the upcoming batter...instead he planted one in the batter's thigh and afterwards saying he didn't want to waste three pitches...

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Sun, 04/10/2022 - 09:48

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Were my two favorite players when I was growing up in the mid 1960s. I rooted for the Dodgers in the 1960s, my brothers all rooted for the Giants. I remember when Juan Marichel went after John Roseboro with with a baseball bat, Koufax was pitching that day , what a wild game.

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sun, 04/10/2022 - 12:31

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7 31 74 finally opened up
Dix 3: 5 22 77
Also in the car: 2 5 70
But that 2 5 70... hot jam in Masons fades, followed by a fade in to the 11 already in progress. Hmph.

Help me Jerry-wan...you're my only hope

My dog has been having some....uh....problems recently.

Nothing like finding it the hard way.

I love my critters, but someday I will live in a household without the risk of nasties.

Slipknot! 5 22 77 sounds joyous, anyway

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 04/10/2022 - 17:03

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....reminds me of a certain Beastie Boys record.
I jumped on the Buffalo 5.8.77 train.
Choo. Choo.
I'm surprised that the Skull & Roses fest hasn't made much of an appearance here.

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sun, 04/10/2022 - 17:11

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too far away
too old and grumpy to try to go
too much effort

I am such a cynic...

Hot Rats FZ playz
sounds good after a few years

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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 04/10/2022 - 17:21

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Stream it for free. Phil's on in 10 minutes, the closing act. You can grumble noisily to yourself and won't have to visit a single porta potty.

lifestream dot com frontslash fans and click SnR Fest.

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Submitted by adedhed68 on Sun, 04/10/2022 - 17:46

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My father took me to Game 1 of the 1977 World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers at Yankee Stadium. We sat 3 rows behind home plate. The Yankees won on a walk off single in the 12th inning. That game changed my early life. Yankees forever………plus the game ended so late that I didn’t have to go to school the next day.

Oh BTW……it was Don Sutton vs Don Gullett

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sun, 04/10/2022 - 19:05

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Yall be cool

Ventura...where the long, strange trip began for me 40 years ago

Wooooooow

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Submitted by nappyrags on Sun, 04/10/2022 - 20:07

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Speaking of Hot Rats...do you have the Hot Rats Sessions Box? Amazing stuff...

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Mon, 04/11/2022 - 00:41

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Thanks Nappy , that's pretty silly. I see Willie Davis & John Roseboro are also in there..

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Submitted by nappyrags on Mon, 04/11/2022 - 06:20

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I love how Roseboro panics when Ed comes home...on a more serious note regarding Marichal & Roseboro...what I think matters most is that later on in their lives they became good friends...as Marichal said at Roseboro's funeral...“Johnny’s forgiving me was one of the best things that happened in my life,” Marichal told the surprised gathering. “I wish I could have had John Roseboro as my catcher.” A lesson all could learn from...

And my fave Marichal moment was his 16 inning duel with Warren Spahn in '63...0 - 0 until Willie Mays hit a one out homer to left to end it...Marichal threw 227 pitches, Spahn threw 201...fuck....

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Mon, 04/11/2022 - 09:31

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Wake up to find out that ... the fall 2022 box will feature fall 1972 shows.

There's plenty of fall '72 shows left in the vault to do a box and only dent the supply. The time, obviously, is nigh.

Counterintuitive because last year's box had three '72 shows? I don't care and neither does Dave.

Hold me to it, I've never been wrong before... (Oh, and DP 42's four discs will certainly quiet the gathered for a couple months as E72 vinyl gets into your sweaty hands!)

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Submitted by Crow Told Me on Mon, 04/11/2022 - 11:14

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Went to the Giants game yesterday, first time I've been back to the ballpark since this goddam pandemic started. I got to tell you, if baseball is "dying" somebody forgot to tell San Francisco. Packed stadium, happy fans of all ages, shapes, and colors, lots of good energy. I was wearing my Giants SYF shirt, and got several shout outs from tie-dyed fellow fans. A beautiful day at the park, and the Giants won!

Yeah, it was kind of expensive. But what isn't these days? And it wasn't really that bad, or at least wouldn't have been if I could've bought a few less beers. Two tix cost me $88, fees included, to sit in the first row of the third deck right behind the plate: actually a very good spot, just above where they put the tv announcer's booth. I had a burger and fries for $17, and then three beers at $15 each. (Wife spent roughly the same amount on similar stuff.) $15 is definitely a lot for a beer, but at least it was Eysium Space Dust and Russian River Blind Pig, big pours of each. I suppose it was a little over $200, all in, but that included lunch, so ...

Sometimes I'm nostalgic for the old days at Candlesticks. I saw my first game there in 1967, with my dad and grandad. Mays and McCovey both homered! The Stick was a dump, and a frozen dump at that, but it was our dump. One "good" thing about it was that you could always get tickets. Crowds were small but vocal: you had to be hardcore to even consider freezing your ass off in that place for nine innings. Food and beer were a lot cheaper, but also a lot worse: an Oscar Meyer hot dog and some flat Budweiser was the best you could expect.

The new park (which has changed names numerous times since it opened in 2000, now called Oracle) is a thing of beauty, with wonderful views of the bay and the game. Great food and drink. It's such a nice place to go that it draws a lot of people who are there for "the experience" and hardly seem to notice the game between runs to the concession stands and selfie postings. But whatever. It's a little like a Dead show: you got your hardcore fans, you got your newbs, you got people who are just there to party, lots of people smoking weed, people buying and selling all kinds of official and unofficial merch. As long as everybody has fun it's all good.

I think I will start a punk band and call it Pet Nasties.

Last five:

ABB: Eat a Peach
TTB: Best of the Beacon
Bill Evans: Portrait in Jazz
King Crimson: Live in Chicago
GOGD 12.10.71

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Submitted by proudfoot on Mon, 04/11/2022 - 14:22

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Only the original

Pet Nasties has been trademarked and copyrighted

We tour in the summer

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