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One more Saturday night at Winterland! Yes, we're back to home base for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 42, the complete show from Winterland, San Francisco, 2/23/74. The one that featured the earliest amalgamation of what would soon become the Wall of Sound, the one that is so "loud, clear, and defined," it's been ripe for release for quite some time and we're glad it's finally getting its due.

First set or second, there are no wrong answers here. From the unique show opener of Chuck Berry's "Around And Around" and an incredible "Here Comes Sunshine" that would then disappear for 18 years, to a medley of WAKE OF THE FLOOD tracks - "Row Jimmy," "Weather Report Suite," and "Stella Blue" - cementing their status in the canon and an unstoppable hour through the classic 1973-1974 Dead that is “He’s Gone”>“Truckin’”>“Drums”>“The Other One”>“Eyes Of The World,” it's all exceptionally hot.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 42: WINTERLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, 2/23/74 was recorded by Kidd Candelario and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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June 25, 2022 - 4:27pm

#351

Charlie3

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Herbie, Jerry & Merle

Herbie Hancock is about the only one of the artists on your list that I have already, Oro. I have Maiden Voyage, Empyrean Isles, Head Hunters, Sextant, Thrust, and Man Child. I find all to be enjoyable.

1973-1974 Jerry and Merle is a sweet spot, lots of soul and jazz influences showing up in their stuff from that time, those Keystone Encores box set shows in particular are phenomenal. And an absolute highlight of the Merle and Jerry Collaborations would be Merle Saunders and Friends CD Fire Up +, that disc is on fire from start to finish, incorporating tunes that are straight soul like Lonely Avenue and Expressway to Your Heart, other stuff that is more jazzy like Save Mother Earth and Man Child, and some funky stuff like My Problems Got Problems and the phenomenal Welcome to the Basement. Merle Saunders, Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogerty, John Kahn and Bill Vitt tear it up. An album well worth tracking down if you don't have it already, just peak Jerry and Merle. CD was Released in 1992 and is includes most of the songs from the 1970s albums Fire Up and Heavy Turbulence, I think.

Another gem is Hooteroll?, a jazz fusion masterpiece from Jerry Garcia and Howard Wales. That is a great album, great to listen to from start to finish, cohesive and gorgeous music.

I think it was something in the air, 'cause there were just a lot of musical styles and genres being mixed together or teased apart into something new during that period from the late '60s to the mid-'70s. Funk flowing out of soul, jazz fusion explorations by a bunch of artists, the emergence of electronica with stuff like I Feel Love, lots of cool stuff all happening in a relatively short fertile time. Musical forms are constantly shifting, blending, and distilling new stuff through time, but that late '60s to mid '70s period seems like a particularly fertile time, especially for the mixing of jazz, soul, funk, blues, and rock and roll into new forms combining elements of each and taking them in new directions.
June 25, 2022 - 3:13pm

#352

wissinomingdeadhead

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Box Set '22

Still going with Boston Garden '91.
June 25, 2022 - 2:06pm

#353

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

FTK, Soul Jazz

VGUY, that should be awesome. I read about it in Bass Player magazine. Interviews with both Les Claypool and Geddy Lee. They asked Geddy what he thought of Les trying to do this and Geddy teasingly said he was nuts!
Hopefully they’ll be a big brown beaver sighting?

CHARLIE: interesting how you heard of SJ. Even more so how many of us come to certain music, fascinating really.
I heard if it after reading an article by Michael Chabon in Rolling Stone about his at the time new book Telegraph Ave (which I liked), but in this article he gets into this Soul Jazz that I’d never heard of, and I’ve been into lots of Jazz fir quite some time. It’s hard to pinpoint and like many styles or genres it casts a wide range: from syrupy string laden Mizel brothers productions all the way to more standard Jazz played by more recognizable names. The sweet spot to me is very much like what Merl and Jerry do on say 9/1/74, or the recent GarciaLive Vol 18, or on Fire Up and Heavy Turbulence etc. I like the oft used description of “Jazz with a backbeat”.
I have maybe 2-3 dozen albums but would say these are good ones to start with:
Donald Byrd: Black Bird
Charles Earland: Black Talk and Leaving this Planet with Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson
Idris Muhammad: Power of Soul (title track is awesome Hendrix cover), and a (2 for 1) of Black Rhythm Revolution, and Peace & Rhythm.
Deodato: Prelude
Grover Washington Jr.: I like Inner City Blues and Mister Magic the best. Earth Tones off Magic is nice groovy mellow almost new age like? One of my favorites of his. I think Magic is a good first choice. Soul Box is pretty good too. I’d say ya might not like all the tracks on all the albums depending how your pleasure tends, but if you made an 80 minute best of from the three you’d have a super cd. If that helps? But I’d advise anyone interested to check out stuff online first.
There’s a good series of compilations out called the Legends of Acid Jazz that has some good treatments of many of the main cats, like genre guitar go to’ Melvin Sparks, and Leon Spencer, George Benson dabbles around the Soul Jazz edges. Jimmy Smith Back at the Chicken Shack is old school, and Dr Lonnie Smith is another of many keyboard/organists. One of the cool things is how like jazz, so many of the main dudes play on each other’s albums.
Many more but those are good starts.
The cool thing is it’s easy to Segway into things like MMW: End of the World Party and Uninvisble, and even on to the Beastie Boys, yes those Beasties Boys: The In Sound From Way Out and The Mix Up. I think of Curtis/Superfly as another cousin to all this. Herbie Hancock Head Hunters fits too.
To me SJ is like another kind of jazz fusion. Not the scorching Miles or Return To Forever etc, which is more rock like to my ears, but like a funky soul stew of jazz, soul and rock. Perhaps like some Motown cats played jazz?
As I say, sometimes hard to pin point, and certainly not for everyone, but to me it’s like the Garcia/licorice story.
Not everyone will like it, but those who do will love it!
June 25, 2022 - 11:52am

#354

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

A Farewell To Kings....

....yea. Primus will be playing it. Contemplating taking some fungus along 🤔.
June 25, 2022 - 11:23am

#355

Charlie3

Joined:
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Soul Jazz, Acid Jazz

My exposure to soul jazz or acid jazz is limited and mainly consists of listening to Fusion FM hosted by Roy Ayers in Grand Theft Auto IV in Liberty City, not sure if that's exactly on point. Nice stuff, a mellow, jazzy, psychedelic vibe to some of it as I recall. Mister Magic by Grover Washington Jr is on my list of future acquisitions, maybe some Roy Ayers as well, who knows once I get started in that direction, just haven't picked it up yet. Hopefully Mister Magic is before the transition to Kenny G. that you describe, Oro. Grand Theft Auto in its various iterations actually turned me on to a bunch of great stuff on the various radio stations. Cool to just drive around listening to the radio, sparking the occasional police chase or just looking for hidden stuff. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. Not a bad option as far as an option for a time vacuum. You know you're hitting the GTA a little hard when you start to notice all the unique stunt jumps when you're driving around in the real world. (GTA fiends may get it, the rest of you will just have to play the game excessively, then take a drive in the real world.)
June 25, 2022 - 11:03am

#356

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

DMCVT

Mary says the tech team is looking in to why you can’t post.

Thanks Mary!
June 25, 2022 - 10:22am

#357

billy the kiddd

Joined:
November 8, 2021

Next box set/ Sugar Pie DeSanto & Etta James

Saw Sugar Pie DeSanto and Etta James both play at the S.F. Blues Festival, also saw Etta James play with the Dead in 1982. Next box is gonna be something from 90,91, 92, possibly Winterland March 1977. I hope its something from 1969/1970 with acoustic material included.
June 25, 2022 - 10:21am

#358

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

That’s why they play the game

To quote the great Chris Berman!
What a game! Now that was sports worth watching.
The outcome does not surprise me. The Bolts are like a bad case of the clap that just won’t go away, and I mean that as a complement!

AJS: well said as usual. I agree. Pretty much sums it all up.
MIKE: LOL. and yeah, Kadri’s “enthusiasm” can sometimes be a little nerve racking.
PF: love the cup jokes etc, and the energizer bunny, hell last night I felt like I was doing speed!
Dark-Star: good to see ya xxoo. Sounds like your the drunk yelling from the arm chair. I’m just showing solidarity for my fellow Americans, and VGUY, STOLZTY, PANCHO, PT BARNUM etc.
VGUY/PRIMUS: will they be doing Farewell to Kings? Either way should be cool! Have Fun!

CHARLIE: cool stuff, thanks for the good read! Brought up so many awesome aural memories. You guys ever check out Soul or Acid Jazz (prefer Soul as Acid is not really appropriate). Charles Earland, Donald Byrd, Idris Muhammad, Melvin Sparks, Deodato, Jimmy Smith, Dr Lonnie Smith, Grover Washington Jr. (before he went all Kenny G) and so many more. Fits right next to Curtis the Superfly Pusherman etc, GOOD SHEET MON!
Lots of crossover between Soul, Motown Jazz etc. I always felt much of what Merl and Jerry were up to fit in this category. And Disco is perhaps cousins to all this? I like to make my own sorta best of CDs, and I made a killer 2 disc version for a friends young daughter who loved disco. But we like it too, it can be fun stuff, hell folks used to dis The Bee Gees but if you really check out their music it’s pretty solid (and those boys burned like chimneys. My cousin worked on their studio and said no burned like the BeeGees) and I Feel Love, that was my opening track! And what a great stoner song. Put that on a big stereo set up with good stereo imaging, get prepped ; ) , and sit in the sweet spot and check it out. It sounds amazing and that cool auto pan stuff is right outta Healy and Mickeys bag of tricks.

Ah yes, Music, sweet, sweet music, the antidote to what ails ya and the ills of the world.
As Mr Ones would say, Music is the best! Crazy how much great music there is…

CONEKID: almost forgot ya. I can understand your ongoing feud. Took us awhile to get over the Wings lol.
And as a life long Buffalo fan for good or for Ill, it’s still hard to like the Dolphins (sorry vguy) Dallas, and I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to root for the Patsies, even without Brady and Gronk!
I’m just curious, is because of the overall war that was that great rivalry or perhaps just the Lemieux issues?
I’m trying to remember, I’ll have to look for that show you mentioned.
June 25, 2022 - 9:50am

#359

simonrob

Joined:
June 7, 2007

Ah, soul

Hahaha. See what I did there. 🤭
June 25, 2022 - 9:30am

#360

Charlie3

Joined:
September 21, 2015

I Feel Love

You are correct, DaveRock, Donna Summer's I Feel Love is great, if I'm in the mood for some Donna it's either that track or Love to Love You Baby more often than not.

Sugar Pie DeSanto is awesome, one of my favorites. Soulful Dress is a great tune and she has a lot more just as good, or in a couple cases even better. I picked up a couple of CD's by her and Go Go Power, the complete Chess Singles is a smoker from start to finish, the better of the two that I picked up. Soulful Dress, Do I Make Myself Clear, In The Basement (with Etta James) and Mama Didn't Raise No Fools stand out in my memory at the moment as highlights of that collection. Do I Make Myself Clear is absolutely on fire.

And, yeah, the Stax boxes, the first three were an early acquisition for me in my soul collection, but there is also a fourth Stax Box - Rarities and the Best of the Rest - that covers some soul rarities, some gospel, and some of the other stuff released on Stax and related labels that ranges outside the soul category. That fourth one is not quite as consistently good as the first three, but it does have a few things that got in my head and my completist nature left me no choice but to pick it up.

For something from this century that sounds like it could have been released in the 1970's, check out Charles Bradley, particularly the track Ain't It a Sin. If you can watch him do Ain't It a Sin online on the you post it video site and not want to pick up some of his stuff I would be surprised. Started checking Charles out when I saw an article about his soulful cover of Black Sabbath's Changes, good stuff, cool version of the song.

And Curtis Mayfield, started checking him out when a friend suggested the Superfly soundtrack, and all it took was the song Pusherman to get me seeking out more Curtis, not to mention my dawning realization that the HBO show the Wire had a bunch of Curtis playing at various points and I dug it. Give Pusherman a listen and see if you can sit still. There's a good box set - Curtis, Keep On Keeping On, Curtis Mayfield Studio Albums 1970-974, a good way to get all his albums at once for a great price. The HBO show the Sopranos also had a bunch of soul tunes scattered throughout, I'm still looking to track down a copy of the song Sally Go 'Round the Roses by the Jaynettes. Or rather, I just picked up a copy this morning, further support for the hypothesis that I have an online shopping problem and a near pathological need to expand my CD collection.

I'll try and shut up now, but once I start down the soul rabbit-hole I can't stop.

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One more Saturday night at Winterland! Yes, we're back to home base for DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 42, the complete show from Winterland, San Francisco, 2/23/74. The one that featured the earliest amalgamation of what would soon become the Wall of Sound, the one that is so "loud, clear, and defined," it's been ripe for release for quite some time and we're glad it's finally getting its due.

First set or second, there are no wrong answers here. From the unique show opener of Chuck Berry's "Around And Around" and an incredible "Here Comes Sunshine" that would then disappear for 18 years, to a medley of WAKE OF THE FLOOD tracks - "Row Jimmy," "Weather Report Suite," and "Stella Blue" - cementing their status in the canon and an unstoppable hour through the classic 1973-1974 Dead that is “He’s Gone”>“Truckin’”>“Drums”>“The Other One”>“Eyes Of The World,” it's all exceptionally hot.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 42: WINTERLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, 2/23/74 was recorded by Kidd Candelario and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

1stshow

Sshhhhhhhhhhhh, we’re on a mission from god!
Mike, I told ya not too tell anybody ; )

11/24/78: always wondered why this hasn’t gotten the treatment?
Perhaps because It is widely circulated?
I know it was radio broadcast and I thought it was video PPV or…?
I know it was definitely recorded for archival and/or other intentions.
Not sure, just know I’ve seen the video many times since then, and there are good versions on blutoob.
This show was a big early influencer on my teenage pea brain as it was one of my earliest tapes and having very few I played the hell out of it! It took place around the time I was fully becoming a freak, or at least a DH. This, the New Years show, and some Orpheum 76s were probably my first tapes and had the most influence on my transition.

Some many great one liners too, it’s like Bobs boning up for a career as MC lol.
But hey, I’d just wish they’d get these elephants off the stage!

I used to think Jerry was outta his mind as I believe this was around when he was really getting it on with the Persian etc, but have learned he was very sick. Being sick, perhaps a little of both? In fact I’ve heard there were rumors the show almost got cancelled like the following ones? And yes his voice shows it at times but my god he’s on fire! You can tell if you watch the video. He’s rocking back and forth and moving around and really into it.
This show is a must see for any self respecting head who’s never seen it!

Non-GD recommendation

Zappa in New York
Cruisin' for Burgers

Just now had my virgin listen

H
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@Proudfoot

I am!!!!! I was hoping for BOXSET '22 to be from Boston Garden '91 but the multiple years clue kind of wiped out that pipe dream. So I figured why not 6 shows from The Spectrum I'm down. How about a boxset featuring 6 shows from the BCT?!!!!

Lurking.... Shakedown....

August 13, 1979. BOAT....

Oro shoots and SCORES!!

Like a Rat

To cheese, what’d I tell ya ; )

BOAT Shakedown....

....ok HF. I'm checking that one out. You better not be wasting my time.

It’s good

But I wouldn’t call it BOAT.
I think maybe it was the purple dragons ; )

Multi-year Box

Every show has a smoking (crater of my mind) Shakedown.

That Shakedown....

....shook. But the BOAT? I'm not sure about that. No offense.

11 4 85

Check it out...

You'll be glad you did

8 13 79

I used to have thin-sounding cassette of the second set. I will check it today.

To the archive!

Shakedown Street/Frank Zappa/ Music is the.......

9/12/81 great Shakedown opener! Frank Zappa & the Mothers, my brother saw them play in 1970 at the Fillmore West, they put on a great show. Music is the best,, especially with bbq, lots of good cold beer, Grateful Dead & killer blues music! The big 1969 box is on the way!

Favorite Shakedowns...

shows I saw...

Long Beach August 28, 1981
Red Rocks June 14, 1984
Red Rocks September 7, 1985
Oakland December 31, 1989

shows I heard...

San Francisco December 31, 1984
Merriweather June 30, 1985

Shakedown

Seems like they played Shakedown at every show I saw in the early to mid 80s.

Attended 6/30/85. Prefer 12/31/84 followed by 4/6/82.

Shakedown

7/6/87 Set II opener (Nevilles show) is my fave of those I saw

partial to those in the Godchaux era

Long Beach '81 show smokes.

Music is the best....

....taking my granddaughter and her soon to be husband (they're getting married in August and I'm walking her down the aisle) to her first concert in September. Def Leppard / Motley Crue / Poison / Joan Jett. I hope they last the tour. Tommy Lee playing with broken ribs and can hold on for maybe half the set, then today Poison cancelled their set due to Bret Michaels having to be hospitalized due to a medicinal reaction. I hope they can last the tour. They're getting up there.
Saw Poison in 1984ish before they hit it big in a club of maybe 500. Saw Crue open for KISS roughly the same time and the crowd booed KISS yelling "bring back the Crue!!" I was 16 in 1984 and was impressionable and realized I loved live music.
Good times.
Edit. My step-granddaughter in case y'all are doing the math.

music is the best

yeah its pretty damn good

Great to hear

Thanks Bluecrow....

....looking very much forward to both events.
Check your PM.

12/31/84 Shakedown

I was also at the show, great show, great Shakedown.

Shakedown

A funky tune to be sure. They played it a bunch at the shows I saw in the 80's too.. most notably 6/30/85. They played this on Sirius yesterday for TIGDH. The jam is solid, it surely ranks up there. Poor Jer's voice is a big ragged for this one. Being there, I thought the Cryptical was the special moment but in hindsight Jerry couldn't match the vocal range he was going for. The next night has its moments too, I like those 84 and 85 Dancing in the Streets (well, I like the 1970 versions better but that's another story for another day).

Shakedown might be the closest the GD ever got to PFunk. (edit: ok.. ok.. I get it, you in the back, stop throwing bottles and cans, no offense meant).

I was at the Pittsburgh show at the end of the tour too.. I enjoyed those Neville/GD shows during that period.

Shakedown

Finally got around to watching the 11-24-78 video y'all recommended.
Excellent and Jerry is really animated.
Comments section one says they were on mescaline.
Another says Jerry was hospitalized the next day and on a ventilator.
And almost died?
I also learned the hard way to not trip during or while recovering from an illness.
You might think you're OK but your body knows better.
But some good bud does help with flu or stomach issues.
Now on to the other Shakedowns for GOAT comparisons.
11-24-78 is not the GOAT.
Cheers
Edit:
Brought back a memory of post trip while sick events.
Still in a fugue a day or two later while Shakedown album playing and my roommate grabbed the metal refrigerator door handle exactly when lighting struck VERY nearby and he got a big shock! Hand hurt for days.
And yes, that's the song that was playing. I recall your darkness (mine) when it crackled like a thunder cloud.
I was sure I had caused it.

Confession: it was the blotter...

Actually, the use of "BOAT" is -- or should be generally recognized as -- a mere provocation. Just like guitarists, beer, ice cream -- there's just the moment and the current perceptions and preferences of individuals, who I have noticed vary widely.

Jimi said the "best guitarist in the world" is whomever is hitting that note in that moment. Coffee ice cream or mint chip -- which is best? (This is a well-known Zen koan...) It's whatever the hell I prefer right now. As for Shakedown, the BOAT is the one you're shakin' your down to at this moment.

How 'bout THAT for slippin' and slidin'?? You can only imagine how I slide out of accountability with women........

And I can't believe that y'all scurried ....

to take a listen to 8-13-79 on my recommendation!

Next up: BOAT "Day Job"...................... now where's that tape??

Like the Shakedown Discussion

Always such a great “get on your feet” tune that could morph into a decent jam tune.

Oro - I saw the good folks in Denver gather en masse to throw the AVs a great party! The crowd was HUGE, looked like everyone was well behaved, and having a great time. So nice to see crowds get out and celebrate a little civic pride, because quite often when folks gather like this, they are pretty pissed about something, and things turn dark pretty quick. Anyway, good on Denver, and I hope you were there doing your own drunken “Shakedown”, Oro!

Dennis - I gave the first Charles Lloyd “trio” disc a listen, and my first impression is Meh! Both Lloyd and Frisell really sound muted in their playing. I’ll have to give it a few plays, but so far, it ain’t so hot.

Finally - Well wishes to all my fellow DHs here from north of the 49th parallel - it’s our national holiday up here (Canada Day).

It's box set month.

I wonder what it's gonna be? Unfortunately, what I always wish for ( 1969/1970) is always wrong, so it won't be that. Check Amazon, they always release something related to the box set before it is ever announced on here, ( vinyl, or a single show cd.).

The least expected box will be................

I say they combine the newly discovered June '68 tape with the so-far vinyl-only release of October 21(?) '68 with two more discs of '68 partials for a 6-disc '68 package.

Okay, I'm gonna need a toke to make that sound in any way plausible... (But they gotta do SUMPTHIN with those '68 tapes before I lose interest (i.e., croak).)

P.S. Oro, don't think I didn't catch you throwing asparagus with that "rat to cheese" remark, bro!

RE: confession

I agree HF, there really isn’t a BOAT etc, their all the best!
Or as Jimmy would say, “the one I just listened to was best”.
Personally, I think it’s futile to even try except for a little fun, and hey, by trying to think (ouch) what’s best, one often starts to remember good things and memories, so that’s a plus too!

I was just trolling ya in a fun way cause I know how to summon the genie outta the bottle. And hey no harm no foul cause I know your down with fun, and look how many posts we generated with our fun!

Happy Canada Day eh!
I’ll be cracking my first Molson Brador with my HST style bfast!

1stshow: that’s the stuff! Cool tale, I wish I would of collected data/notes over the years about that awesome cosmic GD serendipity that seems to occur quite often, especially when fully open and seeing the light in the strangest of places!
Would have made a hell of a book!

Sales

Email just dropped 15% off at Rhino 4th of July sale.
And the harsh teaser from Dead.net that only tells us the 7-13 announcement date for 43. As well as their "selected" 30% off sale.
Wait, what? My Light Into Ashes purchase now discounted?
Certainly thought that would sell out quick when I jumped on that one.
Goes to show you just never know.

Thanks Oro. Thought that story might strike a nerve (ZAP!) with this gang.
Turns out the lightning struck a huge old tree in our backyard and started the ancient garage out back by the alley on fire! House was a classic college student rental built early 1900's and the cloth wrapped wiring was from the 30's.
That garage (landlord wouldn't let us use; had his stuff in it) was a carriage house (had horse stalls) BITD.
Glad I didn't have my car in there.
Cheers
Edit: Now Garcia family sale too. Progressive discounts, spend more - save more (uh... kinda).

#43, dang!

No box announcement til after August 1.

Never thought I'd be disappointed to hear about the next Dave's. But for some reason, I'm not overly optimistic that it'll turn my crank. I rest easy, however, knowing it'll turn someone's crank, and that's good enough.

Shakedown

You all are KILLING me here! I chased that song for 23 shows from '91-'93 and never got a Shakedown.

Wave that flag, but don't catch them ol' U.S. Blues, friends! :)

Be kind, rewind.

BOAT

Got it - it's best of all time, isn't it.

I wonder if they have any stats or ideas at deadnet about which years sell best, worst and inbetween. And if they do, if this influences what they release. Maybe they do, and that is why 1977 has been so favoured.

Shakedown

Funny that someone mentioned the best Shakedown I have heard-- the 7/6/87 Pittsburgh edition with the Neville Brothers joining set II after. That is a hot one with a great funky groove in the jam. Just exactly perfect.

Now, here's a rumor....

On "another forum," someone posted that on yet "another forum" that Mark Pincus has publicly (source?) said that mid-July will bring a multi-year box announcement, possibly containing two shows. And that MUATM will be revived with newly discovered footage "relevant to this year." (So... E72 footage? This summer?)

Make of it what you will. Should be confirmed or refuted in about two weeks.

What?? Two weeks without any sleep?? Geez................

Egypt

Like I said I'm partial to the Godchaux-era Shakedowns. They are a totally different beast from those in the Brent-era. And don't get me wrong, there are awesome Brent-era Shakedowns. With Brent I skew towards the early years but 7/6/87 kicked ass. Caution - Driver listening to Hot Shakedown.

A couple of months ago I stumbled into some forgotten music (forgotten by me) in the collection - the Egypt release.

Pretty much fresh ears it had been so long. And among the many many revelations I was captivated by the Shakedown. So very-much-out-there-freaking-good. Outro jam is beautiful. Multiple listens (including right now.) At some point realized it had to be the second live version. First is Red Rocks 8/31.

The Cap Theater Shakedown 11/24 is a a fave. Had that one early on and it undoubtedly colored my world on this. Several months ago Bolo pointed the POTDWD crowd to the video of that show because there's a point where Jerry is in a major "zone" jamming and Bob turns to the drummers and asks "Where is he going?" or something similar. Funny as heck. I feel like its out of Estimated into Shakedown. Will revisit after Egypt Disc 2.

Like Dead Head Brewer says - Wave that Flag but don't get those US Blues!! Safe and happy 4th everyone.

Onward!!

No US Blues?

Dark Star jam - Spanish jam - US Blues at 3/23/74 is grrreat. Dave spicks 34. Feels like the song was written for that moment.

The 1st Shakedown

Thx Bluecrow! Did someone say Red Rocks? I've always been an "it's underrated" guy on 8/30-8/31,78. Even our CA (our experienced GD guru) buddy in our crowd liked the new rave up of disco Dead tunes which Shakedown sort of fell into. Definitely not in the whaat is this crowd. His reaction to 7-8-78 was more of a what the f was that. Shaking his head the whole time. They are out of control and it was great. May have been his first post hiatus show.
Cheers

No blues listening to 4/25/77 (TTATS)

That has a suh-MO-kin' version of U.S. Blues! I'll pull at least that one song out for Monday. I'm declaring it here and now to be a BOAT version. :-O

Now that I think about it, today's the anniversary of that killer Willie show--7/1/78

rock the BOAT!

:)))

BOAT or not, HF is right: 8/13/79 is hot.

this is 100% true: during Shakedown Street a dude walked by with his dog. The dude had a Skull and Roses shirt GRATEFUL DEAD

I love it

8 20 80

Chicago

11 5 85 worcester has some good stuff

Boat

mmm.. I thought BOAT was biggest of all joints. Damned dyslexia.

Loved the Shakedown talk.. I am terrible at best ever.. unless it was a total train wreck the last listen tends to rank high. My last Shakedown was 6/30/85.

I swear someone mentioned Bolo. I started watching this show called Old Man.. I swear it's Bolo. (notice, if someone else mentioned him and there's two references above.. that makes three)

Bolo.. help... please help us with the next box set. With inflation, Ukraine, Putin the Terrible (smelling shit) and all the trouble in the world we could use some box set or Dave's Picks guidance even if you are just making it up. We need a twisted muse.

Rant over.. as you were.

(Streaming Phil's show. Love me some Phil)

And cheers to proudfoot for being perhaps the most positive influence here over the last 48 hours (there were 420 close ties for second)

all righty, then

BOLO!!!

Re: Shakedowns

Speaking of GOAT shakedowns..

I decided to stream tonight's Phil show. W/ Scofield, Haynes, Molo, Medeski & A. Helms. Spectacular. I gravitate towards Phil when he get's a Jazzy ensemble. Holy cow.. Perhaps the best SD I have ever seen.

Shakedown Street >
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys >
St Stephen >
Unbroken Chain
Help/Slipknot!/Franklins
Midnight Hour

Very, very good.

Scofield was immaculate, really perfect.

8 13 79

WHY is of "not released" status?

Hot stuff.

In Blair Jackson's book TMNS he lists shows recommended for collection. 8/13/79 is on the list...

Phil

Wow. That is a damn good setlist. I posted last week that Low Spark is one of my all time favorite songs.

I will take Phil and his buddies over Dead and Co. all day long.

43 Damn

Just got this email form deadnet

SAVE THE DATE:
DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 43

We're rounding 3rd with a killer complete, unreleased show. What will it be? You'll just have to show up to find out. 10am PT, Wednesday, July 13th is the time. Dead.net is the only place.
drp out

DRPRYAN

Thank you

Only 11 days away...

Hhmmmm?

That timing is interesting. Wasn’t there some recent scuttle about the box news dropping also around the middle of the month? Seems unusual? Or maybe I’m just all confused, so what’s to lose, you can call this song, the United States baaa lllluuuuuzzzzzeeee!

Rumor mill sez

Daves mid july

Box early august

MUATM "is anybody's guess"

What?

Had a weird month and a half:

Got COVID at a Gov't Mule show in Reno

Ran a half marathon and messed up my hip

Eulogized my amazing father on two occasions - tough stuff

Endured the Golden State Warriors celebrations with negligible brain damage

Kept having recurring dreams about being chased by bears. I'm convinced I'll eventually meet my demise at the hands (paws) of an ursine menace. They're watching me.

Shakedown: watch the video of the Essen version. The interplay between Jerry and Bobby, particularly toward the end, is improvisational perfection. Two people, two instruments, one mind.

Safe and sane, folks.

43

Hoping for 12/01/79 a show that's just ripe for the full Norman.

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