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A sealed, unlabeled box sat undisturbed for decades on a shelf in the Grateful Dead’s San Rafael tape vault on Front Street, its contents an enduring mystery, even to those few with access to the vault. All David Lemieux knew about that box when he became the Dead’s archivist was that it contained tapes belonging to Bear—Owsley Stanley, the Dead’s first soundman and architect of the Wall of Sound. Even in the Dead Heads’ Holy of Holies, the taped-up box was tantalizing. But this was Bear’s personal property, and so he didn’t touch the box out of an abiding respect for the elder luminary of sound. Bear’s archive of Sonic Journal recordings had been kept safe for him for years within the Grateful Dead’s vault—over 1,300 reels of tape stored in heavy-duty cartons like old banana boxes. At any time, David could have popped the tops and explored them to his archivist heart's content. But they were off-limits without the nod from Bear. - Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell, Owsley Stanley Foundation

With a wink and a nod from Bear, we've peeled back those banana boxes to find some of the oldest and rarest of all recordings of the Dead including the double dose of shows that make up DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43. The two virtually complete performances from San Francisco 11/2/69, Live At Family Dog At The Great Highway, and from Dallas 12/26/69, McFarlin Auditorium, are complementary in their clarity and consistency thanks to Bear himself, and in their ability to foreshadow where the Dead were headed in the years to come. If the two killer 20-minute+ "Dark Stars" don't get ya, how about the Pigpen-centric sets featuring "Midnight Hour," "Next Time You See Me," "Big Boss Man," "Good Lovin'," and the once-lost-now-found complete rendition of "Dancing In The Streets," or the first full acoustic set ever performed? And we're certain you'll be fascinated to uncover the "Mystery Of Bear's Banana Boxes" as told by Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell in the liners.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43 was recorded by Owlsey "Bear" Stanley and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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September 3, 2022 - 8:04am

#631

1stshow70878

Joined:
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Other Jewel

Daverock, of course I too went straight to the Red Rocks shows upon first listen before hearing the rest of the box. After getting to all of them I was calling 7-3-78 St. Paul the hidden gem. That must have been a peak period for them. The energy is there. Almost swaggering I'd say, like they need a pack of cigarettes rolled into the sleeve of their t-shirt.
Cheers
September 3, 2022 - 4:12am

#632

daverock

Joined:
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Me too

I also played Omaha 7/5/77 after reading Oroboros's post. The first set, last night-excellent - Jerry's guitar sounds as cool and clear as the driven snow. Own up time....for the last couple of years, when I have played shows from this 78 box, I have played the first one 7/1, missed out the next two and gone on to the two Red Rocks shows. I have no idea what put me off Omaha in the past - makes me wonder what other unidentified jewels I have here.

Exile - I was unfairly dismissive of Black and Blue, too. It's a very entertaining album - I didn't like funk or disco in the 70's, but that's no excuse now. I wasn't keen at all when it came out-Spring 1976, I believe. With Mick Taylor gone, "Fool To Cry" issued as a single and punk waiting in the wings, The Stones, along with most of the great bands from 1965-1975 suddenly seemed a bit passe. I bought the first Ramones album in Summer 1976-that was the sound of the times for me. 40 odd years later... Black and Blue is still on my playlist, and I no longer even have that Ramones album.
I saw The Stones at Knebworth in 76 - and I have the programme here-nothing to do with music, but it's curious how The Stones and their fans were presented. In the article on The Stones, it states, "Young boys eagerly flocked the Mary Quant make up department in Harrods trendy Way-In shop on Saturday afternoon.The disco pumped out "Hey Negrita" as the boys applied eye liner and lipstick to gaunt virginal faces." I don't think so. I was 19 then, and the article seemed to show how out of touch The Stones had become at that time, with my generation.
They also apparently had a food stand where you could buy a portion of chicken curry for 0.55p. This in the middle of the hottest heat wave for decades.
September 2, 2022 - 7:34pm

#633

JimInMD

Joined:
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Omaha

That Estimated > Eyes is outstanding. That Eyes of the World has always been a go to post hiatus Eyes.. it's outstanding. I've always been big on that box. 7/1 never circulated and is outstanding, the first Red Rocks shows did circulate and are well.. not to overuse the term but outstanding. A great moment in GD history perfectly preserved for us to enjoy. Aptly timed as we are entering a holiday weekend and the box centers around the Fourth of July.

Outstanding
September 2, 2022 - 2:51pm

#634

Charlie3

Joined:
September 21, 2015

Omaha

Been looking at that July 1978 box when picking some dead to listen to lately, but keep getting sidetracked by a different choice, but Oroboros' post about the virtues of the July 5, 1978 Omaha show prompted me to give it a listen today. Currently on Wharf Rat. I always liked that show, and the recording is excellent. I imagine it was exponentially cooler to be there in person at the time. The artwork on that one is probably about my favorite from that box as well, and I liked all the art from that box, a lot.
September 2, 2022 - 2:34pm

#635

Exile On Main St.

Joined:
August 10, 2018

Stones

Hey guys, I lurk more than anything but I saw some Stones talk and I agree with Dave Rock. It's Only Rock 'n Roll is an underrated album. The thing with it in my opinion, is that the songs are either dynamite (like the opening song fictional drummer) or B side material. The other problem is a couple of the songs suffer from Led Zeppelin IV / Dark Side of the Moon syndrome, meaning they've been played on the radio so much that they've lost a little luster (title track and Ain't Too Proud to Beg). I think these songs are pretty high quality once you're sitting back giving them your full attention (In their order of appearance on the LP).

If You Can't Rock Me
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
Till the Next Goodbye
Time Waits for No One

Dance Little Sister

The first 5 songs are all of side one and are solid. It's Only Rock 'n Roll has "Start Me Up" hit quality. Time Waits For No One makes us realize that Mick Taylor should have had at least one or two tracks on every album to stretch out like he does on this one and Can't You Hear Me Knockin' from Sticky Fingers. Missed opportunity. The thing with these songs is you may think of hearing Dance Little Sister on the radio and thought, meh, average song. Until you really listen to everything going on with the guitars. Keith Richards bass chops on If You Can't Rock Me are cool. Till the Next Time is on par in my mind with Wild Horses and Angie, but again, missed opportunity in that Taylor could have been used to play an electric solo or something, similar to Wild Horses. The remaining songs on the record don't do it for me. Luxury is borderline, but leans too far into funk. Fingerprint File is way too far into funk and not that great a song for me. If You Really Want to Be My Friend and Short and Curlies should have been put in the can for later. Between Goats Head Soup and It's Only Rock 'n Roll, I think there's a great album in there.

Black and Blue had some great songs with Hand of Fate and Crazy Mama. I think Hand of Fate was as good as 70s rockers got, with very few exceptions.

Not much to say that hasn't been said about Dave's 43. I would never complain for this type of release.
September 2, 2022 - 12:01pm

#636

PT Barnum

Joined:
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reading these posts

you guys are so cool. Love this forum
September 2, 2022 - 10:55am

#637

Charlie3

Joined:
September 21, 2015

Or...

...It's like buying a book from the bookstore and then realizing the pages are all put together out of order, and there are pages from another book mixed in. And when you go back and say, hey, bookseller, they put the pages of the book in the wrong order, and there are pages from another book mixed in. And he says, don't worry, you can rip them all out and put the book back together in whatever order you want.
September 2, 2022 - 9:31am

#638

Crow Told Me

Joined:
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It’s Like When Someone Says ‘Plate of Shrimp’

The other day I ordered a burger with fries. Instead, they brought me fries with a burger. So I complained. But dude, the burger guy said, you can eat them in whatever order you want. Mmfff, I said, eating my fries and burger.

Received my shipping notice today for the TTB’s “I am the Moon” vinyl set. Because today is the release date. What a concept! You release the record on the release date! Genius! I just want to note that, when you bought the 4-lp set, they promised to provide a digital download of each separate album as each of the four parts of this project was released. And then they actually did! On the actual release dates! And the files actually worked! Amazing! And now they shipped vinyl on the release date. It’s so weird.

A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Like the other other day I’m eating a plate of shrimp and listening to Electric on the Eel for the first time in years. And so were you.

Last five:

JGB: Electric on the Eel (discs 1 and 6)
Derek & the Dominos: Layla
Bill Evans: The Hilversum Concert
Christian McBride: At the Village Vanguard
Stones: El Mocambo
September 2, 2022 - 8:47am

#639

Oroboros

Joined:
June 4, 2007

Greetings my brothers/others

All is well in the middle of the country and I couldn't agree more with this esteemed group's statements on current and past musical topics.

Phil and Friends has consistently displayed such exploratory and jamtasic shows which makes them a 'must see.' I recently attended another Wilco concert prior to that show and the inclusion of Jeff Tweedy and Nels Cline in the friends in Chicago reflect excellent choices. Nels has sat in with P & F on multiple occasions and Wilco has covered the Dead on a variety of occasions including Bobby sitting in for Dark Star, Ripple, etc. I regretted that Phil got Covid and couldn't headline with String Cheese Incident's recent Red Rocks shows, but Billy Strings was a welcome replacement and we in the audience had a wonderful time. Still I long to see Phil play again and hope to have another chance soon. The SCI 'dead set' with Billy was a delight and I saw Billy rev up with the Cheese as they took on many of our favorite Dead tunes that evening. And I am quite relieved that Phil has fully recovered from the Covid and is back playing live.

Besides attending the Wilco and SCI shows, I have also loved recent concerts with the Infamous Stringdusters, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, the Jayhawks, Railroad Earth, Yonder Mountain, Mollie Tuttle, Sierra Hull, and several years ago was quite taken by previously mentioned Larkin Poe (opened for Elvis Costello). Such terrific music touring again and I'm very grateful to be able to make the journey (pun intended).

However, given this thread on DP 43, to get back on how this Dave's Pick is stellar and echo others sentiments how the primal Dead are such an unmitigated treat. This is a special release and deserving of frequent rotation.

And should any of you be inspired by the break-neck speed and turn on a dime of the early Grateful Dead, please consider attending a Joe Russo's Almost Dead show. Yes, Oro (my brother from another mother) those two Vail JRAD shows, along with the JRAD show at Red Rocks were stellar. These guys have the stamina and pace of the early Grateful Dead but along with the Dead's entire song catalogue. Simply remarkable jamming, truly exploratory, and much more in the vein of P & F as opposed to the D & C. JRAD is energy personified and each band member is truly infused with amazing grasp of these wonderful songs along with a jazz mentality and interplay.

To add to the dialogue regarding 'rain stories' from concerts (discussed earlier in this thread), I got one to share. I recall back in 1978 when the Grateful Dead played at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in July. The venue was about half full (4,000?) but everyone was chomping at the bit as we had not seen the Dead in Nebraska since early in the early 70's. I took my Nak 550 into the venue and there was no hassle getting in the deck in this time, but remember this was before the days of 'taper's sections.'

Out in the hallway, the Hell's Angels wandered about sporting full colors and big grins. They may have been transporting 'party favors' and decided to take in a show, or perhaps road tripping with the band? Although I did not see them at the subsequent Red Rocks shows. Anyway, I headed down to the floor to set up my Nak in front of the sound board. When I was getting everything ready, I saw this guy with a great rig setting up. Luckily this kind stranger (I have since discovered he was famous taper Bob Wagner) let me patch out of the back of his Sony, which was terrific as he had a tall (8 ft?) stand to get will above the crowd noise. We were about 15 to 20 feet in FOB. So Garcia treats us to a blistering Sugaree opener, the kind that drove the crowd wild. His leads mounted into a wave that crests, recedes, regroups, and roars back with such power and delight that adds to the synergistic effect causing our frenzied response as his rolling/soaring guitar work lift and subside within the band.

Then BIODTL, TLEO, and then Bob took the spotlight with a "Look's Like Rain." About half way through the son, I suddenly noticed something shimmering in the air between the band and me. I thought "what a fantastic light show! Or have I shifted into 5th gear just a little earlier than I scheduled?" I staggered towards that visual disturbance in front of me to investigate. The crowd was dancing madly in the middle of the floor as a waterfall played over them. The waterfall was about 25 feet in circumference. I put my hand into the water...hand out, no rain, hand in, pouring rain.. I jumped into the waterfall drenching us all in the middle of the Civic auditorium. Then stepped out and there was none. I shook my head and then dove back into the deluge and danced through LLR and next came Direworlf and a delightful All Over Now, with Keith and Donna simply killing it. Candyman, Lazy >Supplication and Bobby informed "we are going to take a short break" (ha, it was never a short break!)

I staggered back to reload a new tape (remember cassettes?) and I looked for some validation of my experience. I asked my friends if I was not in fact 'soaking wet' as I patted my wet t-shirt? And they grinned knowingly and affirmed that , yes, in fact I was 'all wet."

Then this unique show continued (nice indoor water feature, boys!) with a killer second set, complete with a transportive Estimated>Eyes>Wharf Rat>Truckin'>Iko Iko > Around and Around.

As I left the auditorium I noticed the water standing on the ground outside, a summer storm? Hey was this just a case of a leaking roof? Or did the Dead actually conjure up the forces of nature as they were so prone to do?

Next to travel to their/my maiden Red Rocks shows. Would Phil bombs create reverse gravity and make us float up into the air? What do they have up their collective sleeves for us next (ah-oooo, Werewolves of London, ah-ooo)?

Those were the daze.....

Zen saying "teachers open the door, you must enter by yourself."
September 2, 2022 - 4:36am

#640

That Mike

Joined:
November 1, 2014

Philco Are Only Rock & Roll (And We Like It)

Jim - You bring up a good point that Phil is well into his 80s, yet is still bringing it with such new creations as Philco. I think he personifies that well worn axiom “Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”

DaveRock - I personally always loved the subtle guitar work on “Fingerprint File” from IORR. Mick Taylor should never have left the Stones, they were a much better band with him (with due respect to Ronnie). Last week, I re-watched their “bootleg” release from the Marquee Club in 1971 - now THAT was THE best Stones lineup.

Blues For Allah - what an excellent choice. Some really jazzy passages throughout that entire release.

John Perry Barlow

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A sealed, unlabeled box sat undisturbed for decades on a shelf in the Grateful Dead’s San Rafael tape vault on Front Street, its contents an enduring mystery, even to those few with access to the vault. All David Lemieux knew about that box when he became the Dead’s archivist was that it contained tapes belonging to Bear—Owsley Stanley, the Dead’s first soundman and architect of the Wall of Sound. Even in the Dead Heads’ Holy of Holies, the taped-up box was tantalizing. But this was Bear’s personal property, and so he didn’t touch the box out of an abiding respect for the elder luminary of sound. Bear’s archive of Sonic Journal recordings had been kept safe for him for years within the Grateful Dead’s vault—over 1,300 reels of tape stored in heavy-duty cartons like old banana boxes. At any time, David could have popped the tops and explored them to his archivist heart's content. But they were off-limits without the nod from Bear. - Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell, Owsley Stanley Foundation

With a wink and a nod from Bear, we've peeled back those banana boxes to find some of the oldest and rarest of all recordings of the Dead including the double dose of shows that make up DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43. The two virtually complete performances from San Francisco 11/2/69, Live At Family Dog At The Great Highway, and from Dallas 12/26/69, McFarlin Auditorium, are complementary in their clarity and consistency thanks to Bear himself, and in their ability to foreshadow where the Dead were headed in the years to come. If the two killer 20-minute+ "Dark Stars" don't get ya, how about the Pigpen-centric sets featuring "Midnight Hour," "Next Time You See Me," "Big Boss Man," "Good Lovin'," and the once-lost-now-found complete rendition of "Dancing In The Streets," or the first full acoustic set ever performed? And we're certain you'll be fascinated to uncover the "Mystery Of Bear's Banana Boxes" as told by Starfinder Stanley, Hawk, and Pete Bell in the liners.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 43 was recorded by Owlsey "Bear" Stanley and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

At Last

At Last. And not the wonderful song by Etta James. DaP 43 #7262 reporting for duty, picked it up late yesterday. Will spin it today or tomorrow, couldn’t last night as Emmylou Harris was in town. The woman still has one of the most remarkable voices around, and it’s great to hear her and her band (without a drummer, who contracted Covid) play their way through folk, country, bluegrass, spiritual, and everything in between. Highly HIGHLY recommended if she makes it your way. Jayhawks as an opener were pretty decent, too. Next up, solo Bruce Hornsby.

VGuy - That’s a nice pic of you and your granddaughter! The lei is appropriate, as they symbolize love, respect, and devotion!

Last 5:
Miles Davis - Rubberband
Joni Mitchell- Archives Vol 2 Disc 5 (BBC Recording)
Babatunde Olatunji - Drums of Passion
Mickey Hart - At The Edge
Neil Young - Noise & Flowers

Music to do chores by

Doing a bunch of stuff around the house

Led Zeppelin DVD from 1970 royal albert hall at full volume

Very nice indeed

A short while later...

Miles Davis bitches brew

and side 4 of Husker Du zen arcade

Now disc 4 of Acid Test collection

Poe faced

I'll check those covers out, Vguy. Meghan has a great sound when she plays slide. When I saw them, about 5 years ago, it was in a new club, buried deep within the monstrous 02 complex in London. The crowd was a mixture of young people and ancients like me. Before they played "Preaching Blues" Rebecca told the crowd about Son House - who he was and what he meant. Then she said.. " so lets hear it for Son House!".. and everyone cheered. Wonder what he would have thought if he could have seen this when he first recorded the song back in 1930 ! Wise words...lets hear it for Son House!

When I first heard the name Son House

my kid brain heard Sunhouse

Been listening also to
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Charley Patton
Robert Johnson

For good or ill I am in an "anything but GD" phase. Hopefully not for long.

I gotta stretch out my musical boundaries from time to time, but to me nothing is better than GD groovin'

Stretching musical boundaries....

....I have a habit of when I find a new artist (at least to me), that snags my attention from the get-go, everything else takes the back seat.
Larkin Poe is my latest habit. These girls bring the goods.
Went through their entire catalog already. Need more please and thank you.

Vguy, My Morning Jacket

Got this one tonight. Not too familiar with them, so it will be a learning experience.
Tomorrow is Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. She will bring me to tears, I predict.

MMJ bigbrownie....

....their Waterfalls releases are on point. Working my way backwards through their catalog, which is odd for me.
Enjoy your learning experience.
Music is the best. Especially live. Covid almost killed me in a roundabout way.

Rabbit Holes

I fell into one, too.
Goose.

I dunno, they jam.
And they can sing.
Handini, surrounds himself with keys, a la Page, with a Strat on his back.
And a massive collab is forthcoming with Trey in the fall.
You'll find me there.

Be Well people!
Sixtus

Elvis

Had my normal computer catch something over the last couple of days...so trying another option.

Remember 45 years ago like yesterday. Man, Elvis was just so huge to my early development.

Got to see him twice in 1975, he did 5 shows in 3 days. He also changed up setlists. And man being in the balcony stage right, could see that long limousine pull in from the loading dock garage door and poof he was gone while his band raged on. His band was incredible too.

Weird Elvis was so secure, while just a few years later I met David Lee Roth for a minute, he was nice, but he was Dave. He was walking from the same hotel Elvis stayed in to the same arena. David Lee Roth walked the quarter of a mile while Elvis took the limousine. It was Fat Elvis but it was great Elvis also.

ThatMike: I know I owe you a PM will try to get to that, and Simon Rob know I owe you also. Hope to be in touch soon. Some great conversation!

I'm Still Dizzy...

...we did eventually get off the subway and met the 2 brothers at the bar near our Hotel which at the time was called Sheraton City Center, not sure what it is today. The 4 of us, 2 NYC brothers, and 2redneck brothers from hell, sat and drank and told stories until lat, I mean close to the sun coming up. My brother and I also went to 2 nights later at the Blue Note, and it was a great show, but paled in comparison to the first night. He did 2 shows a night Friday Saturday Sunday. We saw the early show Sunday, the grooves were more mellow, like the band couldnt do 6 shows in 3 days and all of them be on fire. Dizzy's setlist were also different the 2 nights.

OK nuff said, hope all well.

8/16/81 An Evening with the Grateful Dead an LSD

41 years ago today, that is what was written on the marquee in front of McArthur Court in Eugene, Oregon as we pulled in about 7am. The Deads equipment guys were out front unloading a truck and they were pointing up and laughing at the sign. The LSD part was removed from the sign about two hours later. We hitchhiked down from Portland, where we had seen the Dead the night before put on a knockout of a show, partied extremely heavy down by the Willamette River. Ken Kesey and his friends showed up with the Thunder Machine at The Eugene show and they had some strobe lights flashing. A huge fireworks display was put on after the show in the graveyard across the street from McArthur Court. Spent all night out on Interstate #5 trying to get a ride back to the Bay Area, we finally got a ride about 10am the next day from a family that looked like they were out of a Stienbeck novel. I bought us all a bunch of wine and we camped down by Mt. Shasta and had a blast of an evening with these wonderful people. We finally made it back to the Good Ole Bay Area, but it was an absolutely crazy fun trip that I will never forget.

The Trey Anastasio Band and Goose....

....are melding their tours. Neat!

Great Pic

Great Pic Senator.

Elvis

Gary - that must have been fantastic, to see him live.

I Second That Emotion

Agreed - It would have been cool to see an icon like Elvis, even if it was Vegas Elvis. The same for seeing the likes of Joplin, Hendrix, Jones, or Morrison, and for that matter, Pigpen, and a personal favourite, Gram Parsons. All gone way too soon.

My mom saw Elvis a couple of times here in Vegas....

....I remember walking in the house the day he died. She was devastated. Flash forward to 8.9.95. I was my mom.
Hey bigbrownie! How was MMJ? My cousin is a huge fan.
Edit. Checking out Son House now. Never heard of him prior to Larkin Poe. Now I have. The rabbit hole branched out. Thanks ladies!

My Morning Jacket in Santa Barbara

A new experience for me. I can't even name one song they did, but I really liked this show. They did 23 songs and played 2 1/2 hours non-stop. Nice people in the crowd, very friendly vibe, perfect weather and good local brew
(Topa Topa Big Chief IPA). If Pink Floyd and the Foo Fighters had a baby, it would be My Morning Jacket. This is a great tour!

More on Son House

"If the blues was an ocean to be distilled to a lake and a pond and ultimately smaller and smaller until eventually it becomes a drop of water on your fingertips, then that is Son House....Son House was like a force of nature."
Thus spoke Dick Waterman, who was his manager. So possibly biased. But it fits. That's a quote from the sleeve notes of a great live cd recorded at the 100 Club in 1970, " Delta Blues and Spirituals" featuring Al Wilson on harmonica. Now there's a gig I would like to have seen.

Son House/ Death Letter Blues

What a tremendous talent he was. There is a great video on you tube, of Mike Bloomfield talking about Son House. Jerry Garcia did a version of the Son House tune "Death Lettter Blues" on Oct. 30 1968 with Mickey Hart and the Heartbeats.

Something new

Listening to 8 27 81 in car
Encore of dont ease me in
Halfway through a loud change to the sound of old tvs when static was on
No expecting of this phenomenon

PFFFFFFFFFF SHHHHHSSSSHHHHSPFFF!!!!!!

went on for rest of the track

Sheesh

Floyd & Foo....

....that's what I gathered as well, with a sprinkling of Alabama. Kinda hard to pigeonhole them to be honest. Massive sound shift in the 2010's. They mix up their setlists too, which is a HUGE PLUS in my book. Looking forward to them.. I already have a handful of songs I want them to play lol.

MMJ

Only thing I would know for sure by My Morning Jacket is the song Off the Record, which is a serious earworm, for me at least. I may have to acquire some of their stuff based on the positive reviews here.

MMJ

Great band.

Had to give up tickets the only time I had a chance to see them because of a fundraiser. On my short list of bands to see live.

Use your Google machine to check out their cover of Oh Sweet Nuthin. Outstanding. I actually prefer if over the Black Crowes stellar version.

Google machine....

....🤣.
One thing I will say. And I've probably said it before, but it deserves to be reiterated.
This little corner of the vastness that is the internet, heals me. Y'all are awesome. I've met some of you in person and loved every minute if it. I will meet more of you down the road God willing. Down that Lazy River Road. Take care fam and play dead.

1968 box set

It's time for a 1968 box set, now that they have these Owsley banana boxes. I would like to include 10/12/68 in that box set. All the 1968 shows that have been released have all been killers, 2/14/68. The Shrine 1968 shows, the Tahoe 1968 shows, the Greek 1968 show. Let's have it Dave, please.

DaP 43

Is it a crime to listen to this every day? I'm still getting in some assorted '73 and '78, and I did put on 5/13 & 10/17 1972 yesterday....

I would buy a 1968 box set quicker than you can say Bear. I listen to10/12 from time to time (which already sounds pretty good on SBD). I should peruse the set lists. If they did a 1968 box set, how many shows do you think they would think is a reasonable number? They haven't had a Dave's Pick '68 yet. I would think a 1968 double show release for the 1st pick of 2023 would be a good fish to reel in subscriptions.

I didn't question it at the time, but is there an explanation for why they released a 1967 show instead of '68 as the bonus material for Anthem of the Sun 50th? Not that I don't enjoy the 10/22/67 one-disc special (with alternate Other One lyrics). Just wondering.

MMJ Live

I only saw Jim James & MMJ live one time, but it was part of a festival package, which is really a “Performer Factory” where bands are trotted out for their short set before the next one, so my impression was somewhat tainted. I’ll have to revisit them.

And BTK for the win

A 68 box would include a pair of asbestos gloves due to the heat).

(Idea borrowed from Golden Road)

MMJ

Saw them at Lockn in '16.

WOW

I think maybe he was on his "distortion" tour, maybe?

Show had one of the greatest musical moments for me. One of those moments that leave you shell shocked by how great it was.

They played this song "steam engine",,,, LOUD,,,, pass LOUD. A solid wave of distortion, a shear cloud of white, but at the center, sharp and clear was Jim playing the lead. Just when it couldn't get louder or more distorted, bang. Crystal clear, perfectly focused, a single piano and the song comes out,,,, What the World Needs Now........

Tears running down my face!

Jim & Tom

JIm (MMJ) and Tom from Rage Against, torn the living shit out of the ballad of tom joad at the Springsteen tribute!!

Another 50 Year Band

Now I know why I bought the old album Renaissance Scheherazade last month. I remembered I had a tape of it which has long been recorded over so I gave it a try. It was new in '75 when I recorded it from a roommate's album and discovering progressive rock. Annie Haslam! The woman has the voice of an angel and a FIVE octave range. This one was recorded at Apple studios and at what I would expect was a considerable expense having the London Symphony Orchestra doing the orchestrated cuts. Only a couple of the songs had much airplay but are memorable none the less. A masterwork of prog-rock, a sort of It's A Beautiful Day or Moody Blues with a lady singer sound. Dated now but an enjoyable mellow buzz in a busy world. But I digress.
Now back to your regularly scheduled Cumberland.
Cheers

Anthem Bonus

Keithfan - looking at the recording details of Anthem, it looks as though they recorded the studio parts of the album between September and December 1967. Of the live concerts used, two look as though the were from 1967 too, at The Shrine in November although most of the live music seems to have come form 2/14/68.
Which could explain why they felt it was appropriate to include a 67 show as a bonus.
But they do seem a bit random, these bonus discs. The 1966 shows with the First album and those two 1971 shows with the 1970 studio albums don't seem to have much to do with main releases to me - although they are all worth having in their own right.

Keith

At the time of the DaP43 reveal, which was virtually simultaneous with the MSG box set announcement, I mentioned that I would be willing to pay the same price for DaP43 as the box set. That was before I ever heard it. Now, I would be willing to pay double. So no, it’s not wrong to listen to it every day. I do.

Fortunately, my CDs download to a hard drive in my car. As it turns out DaP43 and the DaP5 are adjacent, so I can easily toggle between the two releases. I consider those two DaP releases to be in the same league as FW69 and E72. Sure, a lot of the other stuff is great and I listen to it quite often. But, they are vastly superior to everything else.

Re: Son House...

Hi everybody...I'm starting to feel normal again so I thought I'd post on Son House...I have previously mentioned the documentary "Two Trains Running"...it's about two different groups of college kids, one from Cambridge the other from the Bay area who went looking for Son House & Skip James in 1964...this coincided with the Freedom Riders who went into the deep South to help register Southern Blacks to vote...the guys from the Bay area included John Fahey & Henry Vestine (the original Canned Heat guitarist, the Sunflower)...after numerous false leads the Cambridge guys found Skip James in the hospital...after he recovered they had him brought up north to attend the Newport Folk Festival...if I remember right Son House was finally found living in upstate New York and hadn't touched his guitar in decades...Alan Wilson (future Canned Heat member) was enlisted to reteach Son House his songs...a great documentary...I watched it on Amazon Prime...I think it was $3.99 to watch, well worth it...

John Fahey/ Nappy

I saw John Fahey play in 1985 at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, a super small place on San Pablo Ave, He put on a fantastic show, after the show we walked up the street to Everette & Jones BBQ for some fantastic bbq at 2am, fun times! Nappy, glad your feeling better, that sounds like an interesting show about Son House

Nappy back on the prowl....

....good to hear from you man.
I'm currently in Taos visiting more family. Taos is a home away from home. Visited here every other year when growing up. My moms family is pretty much grandfathered in here.
Magical place with a vibe that is hard to explain. But northern New Mexico is like that. At least to me.

Eric burdon and the animals

I saw Eric burdon, Ronnie Earl, and other blues bands play Bowditch field in Framingham, MA. In 2003. Mohegan sun promoted it. Erics' voice sounded just as bad ass as it sounded in the 60s, and 70s. He was real cool, talking to the audience after the show. I wonder if sixtus was there, too.

I know this is wrong, but

I'm already thinking of next year's anniversary-type release(s)(?)...

I had the good fortune to catch my first show, 19 Sept 1972, after endless listening to WD, AB and Skullf**k, but it was summer '73 that we really piled on. In May it was the ABB at MSG. In June the ABB and GD at RFK (caught 6-9, had to miss 6-10 because ... I was 15!), then on to Watkins Glen for two big daze, Roosevelt Stadium with GD and The Band for two big nights, then Nassau Coliseum in September (DaP 38). May not sound like much, but it did the job.

I read that long ago, they had mixed and selected tracks from the GD and ABB covering RFK and Watkins, but the weasels got in the way of the music release. I'd hope for a WotF 50th with the Watkins Glen soundcheck, AND a summer '73 box. Sure would be great if they managed a package with ABB and The Band.

It's only August 2022 and I don't want time to fly -- EXCEPT with vault releases.... (and this year's box ain't even out yet.

Shout-out to Nappyrags bein' back in action. And Vguy in Taos -- can they handle the Fist-Bumper-in-Chief??

Holy Scalpers, Batman!

I was skulking around the T-Master site for possible Pearl Jam tix for an upcoming show (and long after they went on general sale), and some of the prices are pure science fiction, especially for where the seats are! I know everything has gone way up, and Springsteen has been getting flack for his pricing through T-Master that is supposed to muscle out the scalpers, but what’s the difference to the fan that just wants to see a band. You pay some dude in the alley, or you pay T-Master, they are both ripping you off. Not going Karl Marx here, just an observation that major sports and concerts are becoming the domain of the truly wealthy now. As a youngen, like virtually everyone here on this site, I saw so many concerts and sporting events for pocket money. How teens or young peeps afford to see their Lady Gaga or The Weeknd shows baffles me.

VGuy, New Mexico sounds special. I love art, and when I hear Taos or NM, I automatically think of their renowned art community, and of Georgia O’Keeffe, whose not a personal favourite, but she was a pretty interesting character, and free spirit when that still meant something. Enjoy, and everyone enjoy the weekend.

You said it, That Mike...

In the "old days" you got in line for tickets, most often GA, most often $5 to $10, then day of show you got in line early and dashed in to a show to secure center/up front seats, throw down a blanket and party til showtime. (And during and after, to be honest..)

Now bands want an annual subscription for decent pre-sale tickets. Then there's a general sale. The company here known as AXS "sells out" its tickets, but keeps some back for re-sale at "demand pricing." So a pair of Bonnie Raitt tickets a week before the show at Red Rocks was listed at $2000. Then the re-sellers besides AXS get into the act and sell tickets that they don't reveal where the seats are. Not going there.

A few years back, the Wall Street Journal showed a graph of how sports and entertainment ticket costs soared far above inflation as "modern America" (an oxymoron if I ever uttered one) clutched desperately at distractions from the ever-tightening vise of whatever the hell you call this place anymore. (Not bitter, just angry....)

So, yeah, the days when we hitchhiked 200 miles in a t-shirt and jeans with a $5.50 ticket and a sheet of blotter in our pockets is 50 years in the past. (And probably should be...) I'm dedicated to hitting Red Rocks until at least 2024 (that'll be 50 years at the Rocks), but the only bands now worth seeing (for me) are Tedeschi-Trucks and Bonnie Raitt and both strive to make their tickets affordable at $65 to $100. Otherwise, the era of big shows and big $$ are long over and physically (dammit) I can't spend a day hanging out for good GA seats. Besides, most of the up-front rows are reserved at top dollar prices.

So, we tend to go for the occasional theater show or the bars with good local bands.

All this may be the "way of the world," but as El Presidente of Get-Off-My-Lawn Enterprises, I don't have to like it. Besides, I gotta retire and ya can't do that catching 25+ big shows a year as in the past.

Rant not over! But yeah, kids coming up see only highly manufactured entertainment at ridiculous prices if they can even swing it. And a lot of the pop tours are crap anyway.

I think I need to take a walk outside now.......... Then back to DaP 43.

HendrixFreak- You Are Absolutely Right

You are Dead-on in your assessment. I have many old concert stubs from way back. I paid $60 this week for so-so seats at a local venue to see Emmylou Harris, but by no means was that the top price; I looked at some stubs I have from the same venue from 1975ish - one example was Santana/Peter Frampton as opener $8 (Great seats, too). It always left you money for “carry in” refreshments, food and beer with the crew after, and money for the subway to get home. Now, if you are lucky, you park for $20 near a venue, and if it is “Game Day” or “Show Pricing”, it can be double that, and you haven’t even set foot inside to see the show/game yet.

John Lennon was on to something in 1963 when he told an audience “For our last number I’d like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.”

New Mexico and Berkeley

Vguy, I'm with your vibe there on New Mexico. They don't call it the Land of Enchantment for nothing, and that word captures it about as well as anything. New Mexican food is my favorite variety of Mexican food in the US too - especially what I've had in Santa Fe and Taos. Posole (vegetarian for me), Blue Corn stuff, and Sopapillas, all pretty unique items, mmm. Here's a description I just saw of New Mexican food when I was doing a search to help my aging brain remember what Sopapillas were called -

New Mexican food mashes up Native American, Spanish, Mexican, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Southern culinary influences.

billy the kidd - I've been to all the different locations of Freight and Salvage over the years. Most recently, at the larger new one, just before Covid shutdowns, saw Arlo Guthrie on his Alice's Restaurant reunion tour (yeah he played the whole thing and it was hilarious and mesmerizing) and Bireli Lagrene (Few words can describe his greatness. He must be from another planet comes to mind.) at a Django festival there.

I presume you went to the former Larry Blake's near the UCB campus back in the day too. Two of the best I saw there were Robben Ford with his family's Charles Ford Band playing their brand of blues, and Amos Garrett (the guitarists' guitarist), both in the mid to late 1980s. Very small, smoky back then but entirely intimate setting. Sometimes I miss those days.

Greed fest etc

Yeah, how do kids pay for all this expensive crap?
Concert tix at hundreds of dollars, phones that cost over a grand, new cars while their just teenagers, tattoos, designer this and that, yet the seemingly majority don’t work? (I’m talking a statistical significant number, not you, based mostly on observations while still slaving away, of the young people I come across. Now I have met some recently that not only work, their more polite and balanced then we were BITD, which is refreshing and gives hope).
My point is not to bash anyone except the greed heads that think everyone’s a damn millionaire so it’s ok to be greedy!
Maybe that’s it: our culture now requires that you act or live like a millionaire even though you don’t deserve it!
Ok, rant over, “release the shit winds Randy”

Frosted / The Charles Ford Band

Frosted, The Charles Ford Band has always been one Of my favorites. They used to play at De Anza College in a place called the Cellar, it's now the De Anza bookstore. Mark Ford has always been one of my favorite harmonica players. They used to live in various houses here in Cupertino, along with the great harmonica player Gary Smith and other blues musicians.

Concert expensiveness

Phuhq dat

Phuhq DAT

MMJ tix were $70....

....just sayin'....aand I definitely don't go to fast food restaurants or Subways when I visit here. Green sauce allll day (and night).

concert prices

Forgive me if I have already written about the topic of concert ticket prices. It all goes back to the Eagles "Hell Freezes Over" tour. Up to that point, I was buying tickets to big acts like the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead for under $30. Then that tour happened, offering 'golden circle' tickets. Bands like the Rolling Stones saw that and starting cashing in on the Bridges to Babylon tour with fan pre-sales through credit card companies, higher ticket prices, etc... And it continues unabated today. To paraphrase the Big Lebowski, F the Eagles, man.

For Dead and Company at Wrigley Field this year, we bought $40 tix in the upper box on the day of the show. We could have had 'pit' at $200+ or front row on the field at $190+, direct from TMaster (not resale). I suspected that the scalpers did not quite know how post-covid ticket sales were going to go yet. We were quite content with the $40 upper box-- good sound and all good people up there. For the Tedeschi Trucks Band/Los Lobos show in Aurora, $59 GA for everyone. That is probably the best bargain I have had for a concert in 20+ years.

There is something wrong with society, really. We are willing to pay hundreds of dollars for tickets to a sports event, concert or something (2-3 hours of entertainment) with top athletes making hundreds of millions of dollars. But underpaid teachers have to buy classroom supplies out of their own pockets and poor kids getting in trouble for not paying their lunch cards. We really need to rethink our priorities as a society. OK, off my soapbox.

Gone are the days....

So many topics but first comment has to be about ticket prices and the good old days of concerts costing anywhere from 5 to 6 bucks up to 10 or 12. We used to go to a concert every weekend or every other weekend. I have a box full of ticket stubs to prove it. There were so many great bands back then you could catch a different act like that. Robin Trower one weekend, Foghat the next, then Yes and then Pink Floyd, all for 10 bucks of less. That's how it was. Last show was Bobby and the Wolf bros, tickets 100 bucks for back rows.

Good call, Vguy

Hilarious, though, that my rant ran hundreds of words and ya provide a four-word counter-example! Good for you, catching the affordable shows. This year I'm down to two concerts, duly reported here (TTB, Raitt).

Oro -- my theory is that there are a lot of people out there, young and old enough to know better, who are living on serious credit card debt. Not to do the older generation thing, but growing up, I recall two times my family ate out at a restaurant. I didn't get a car til I was 30 (used Subaru). Blah blah. I think this happens with each successive generation ("Kids these days!"), but somewhere along the line I suspected it was hollow. I mean, 20-somethings out at nice restaurants? In Silicon Valley, I get it. South Denver?? WTH?

No complaints here. My folks raised me to not want anything (more than one more Dead show), so my material needs are books and CDs. If you knew me, you'd know I don't spend on clothing, for instance. I'd prefer money serve as the backstop to anxiety over making it in modern society. (Food, taxes, medicine, home and truck repairs.) And I do have sympathy for kids growing up now, with the commercial pressures, social media, and phones that actually siphon money from your pocket without going anywhere. And I see too many people glued to their freakin' phones. Sure is a handy device, but talk about shrinking your world and being on a short leash.

No wonder I still love gobbling shrooms and trekking off-trail in the backcountry. Now THAT'S got value, at least for my soul, which requires fairly frequent nourishment. But then, probably everyone here knows that...

Green Sauce

VGUY, Salivating at the thought of green chile from anywhere in NM.
Never had a bad one in any town.
Personal best the little diner on the center of the plaza in Santa Fe.
The one with the backsplash behind the counter stools made of broken dishes.
So many styles available too from almost clear to totally green, it's pork for me.
Yum. Cheers
And Estimated, I'm with you on that soap box. Priorities!

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