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  • #481
    hendrixfreak
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    We have a winner!!

    And the trophy goes to Oroborous for "fungal foxtrot" -- my gawd man, you should be a writer. Oh wait...

    Another story: Roy Buchanan. We first caught Roy at Carnegie Hall in spring '74 and probably caught him a dozen times across that year into fall, most often in small theaters and clubs. (See: Roy Buchanan at Town Hall 1974...) At many shows, we had purchased "seats" and we sat in them -- for about the first 15 minutes. Then a half-dozen of us would emerge from our sometimes scattered seat assignments and basically make our way to the lip of the stage. It's not a Dead show and most folks remained seated while we formed a small cluster in front of Roy. He would smile to himself. His drummer later told me that the band referred to us as "Buchanan's rabbits," because we were always "popping up" at the lip of the stage. To this day, I've got more hearing damage from Roy's Tele and Twin Reverb (maybe 75 shows, 1974-1986) than from a roughly equal number of key GD shows (1972-1992). (Key shows: RFK '72, Watkins Glen '73, Capitol Theater/Passaic '76, Englishtown '77, Red Rocks '78 and every single subsequent GD Rocks show.) Not braggin', just happy lookin' back.

    One such event featured a double bill of Roy and Boz Scaggs w/Les Dudek on slide. We were in the first 10 rows and it was so loud, no need to get closer! After both bands played, Boz, Les and Roy jammed at supersonic volumes...

    Not to mention the many times we spent the day on the east stairs at the Rocks, then dashed in to actually cop front row (one behind the actual front row, reserved for handicapped) and at one ABB show realized that we had WAY better seats than the fairly large contingent onstage in the wings.

    Basically, my life has been one dash for the front or a judicious stance near the soundboard when I wasn't working, going to school, chasing tail or poking around the backcountry. I'm semi-retired from the big shows and, looking back, pretty effin' happy with the way I misspent my youth.

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    The first six or seven years we’d go up front any chance we could if it was GA and we got there early enough.
    Half the fun was hanging out with the heads all afternoon waiting for the chance for the mad dash to the front.
    We’re talking small Auds we’re up front you were often less than 10’ away from them and the stages were often only 4 or 5’ high, very intimate! And the stage sound was amazing.

    Speaking of the dash: At the 7/1/92 show that we worked production, we were on the stage when they opened the gates and it was wild watching the throng come swarming over the hill and down toward the stage at Buckeye as Healy blasted the Horse race Trumpet Fanfare lol. Like some kind of psychedelic scene from Braveheart!

    It could be physically brutal and grueling though, especially if you weren’t in the very front row on the rail, where you could sorta lean and push back against the throng. Better ventilation too. Basically, it was on the wall or nothing, with the wall being only about 4’ high.
    If you knew what you were doing, and the circumstances were right though, there was nothing like it, but nothing comes for free so it was often a long grueling day, but we were young, prepared and it didn’t really phase us, especially once we got electric!
    So early on it was all about up front. Yes the vocals weren’t as prominent but you got the golden pure unfiltered sound of their amps/speakers, and in 83 when they started using the Meyers stuff full time they’d put small monitors on the stage in a half circle pointing out to help fill in the vocals better.

    But besides the sound it was like going to school to be able to see how they played things and to check out all that marvelous gear out up close! “Oh, Finger Ease, that’s the stuff Bobs always spraying on his axe”, like going to school!

    Perhaps the best part was the eye contact. If you were really paying attention you could see them communicating non verbally and they’d pick up on if you weren’t just some stoned civilian, but could tell if you were really catching all the little things they were doing. It was like you were in the band and if they picked up on you, they’d watch you and see if you caught little things they’d toss about. They seemed to really dig folks who could properly pay attention to all this, especially if they made a mistake!
    I can still picture any of them throwing some musical little tid bit out there, and watch your reaction, and then smiling because they knew you caught it, PRICELESS!
    It was big fun to joke around between songs with them too. We used to pick on Bob about songs and Phil especially always had a good time with that!
    Sigh, those were the daze!
    BUT!!! learning the fungal foxtrot in front of the SB was pretty damn sweet too lol.
    And aw those awesome summer nights outside with a big ole moon during a hot Terrapin…
    Sigh, yep, those were the daze my friends, we thought they’d never end…

  • #483
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    Getting close...

    So apart from Watkins Glen we had partaken of the GD/ABB gathering at RFK earlier that summer, the first day. The GD went on first, I think because Jer had an Old & In the Way show in Boston that night -- that's what we heard. (He 'coptered from DC to Boston with Peter Rowan, according to hearsay.

    So a good friend who had not eaten the blotter said, "Let's go up front." Plenty of room to manuever that day. We got real close -- definitely whites of their eyes -- and several things unfolded, no longer sure the sequence. First, some Deadheads being assholes, a few miscreants were tossing fireworks around. Some genius lobs an M-80 onto the stage and it lands at Jer's feet. He used to do a little shuffle when he was jamming and, without skipping a beat, he kicks the M-80 (prior to explosion) back into the crowd with one smooth movement. When they started He's Gone, the crowd moans and boos -- the feral animals on acid syndrome. But Garcia carries it off and I think they closed the set with China-Rider. (Just looked at the Setlist Program, and that's backwards -- set closer with China-Rider, 2nd set opener He's Gone.) During China Cat I get acid-confusion. Bobby is playing a Gibson SG (I believe) and Phil is playing a big brown hollow body, but in my youth and ignorance I always associated the solid body with bass and the hollow body with a Gibson guitar -- so I'm like, wait, which one's Bobby and which one's Phil?? (I knew from photos who was who, but go figure in that "special moment"...) I said nothing, but I think my buddy realized he was leading a potential casualty around and we retreated. Also, when you're 15, although tall, you are rail thin and still getting initiated, so we did not make a habit of pressing forward. It was a foray only.

    In 1976, during their theater tour, I had something like 7th row center, 3,000 people, I could the band quite well right in front of me and discovered for the first time the buzz of the amps in the back line. I was much closer in May '73 for Old & In the Way: 3rd row, audience left, right by Jer and his banjo.

    If that's not a great way to grow up, I don't know what is.

  • #484
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    Is just exactly perfect. My first show 7th row middle was too close for the best sound. Got there early as HF suggested and had our pick. But it was so loud I had to sit some just to give my ears some relief. Next two times there we figured out, as Vguy notes, the balance and full bass effect was better about 20th row middle. A few rows in front the tapers section and soundboard (duh, that's why they put it there). For Brent's RR debut in '79 we got back closer to 12th row as we wanted to see the new guy and the sound was pretty darn good and it seemed the crew had figured out the Red Rocks by that third visit and how to bounce Phil off them. All my other shows were pitifully far back or to the side with McNichols '79 the worst sound of all, upper deck right side and an echo chamber. The Denver Coliseum, where I saw a few other bands, had terrible acoustics. College halls that were designed for good acoustics like C.U. Boulder's were ideal. Pin drop perfect for the Chick Corea/Gary Burton show. You could visually see the notes, no wait, maybe that was the shrooms.
    Cheers

  • #485
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    close up Newcastle May 1970

    Probably late to the party on this, just discovered on utube , lengthy (almost two hours) coverage of the Dead's May 1970 trip to England, rough cuts, casual interviews, a few tedious moments, loaded with inside looks and about 35 minutes of concert footage from 5/24: "Grateful Dead England 1970 (The Lost Film)"

  • #486
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    Seeing the whites of their eyes

    As I remember it, it was quite easy to walk up quite close to the front of the stage when the Dead played at the Rainbow, London, in October 1981. It was standing room only down there.
    I was even closer the first night on the October 1990 run at Wembley. Brilliant! Seeing people you have read about and listened to so much, for so long, at such close quarters. Prior to this night it was hard to believe that they actually existed. Nobody I knew had ever seen them, or even heard of them. Like living in a world of your own. Which, given the alternative, might not be a bad thing.
    The last night I was up the balcony to the right, and that wasn't as good. I'll never know what was me - I was high as a kite - and what was really happening. The people around me appeared to be dancing and cheering before the band came on. It was like they could hear something I couldn't. When the band did come on, the only instrument I could clearly hear was Bruce's piano. I went bombing downstairs to try and get in to the stalls, but was easily ejected and went back to my seat. The balance improved during the show - but it was an odd sound. And as I have said before, drums and space was incredible.

  • #487
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    Being really close at the Dead....

    ....only twice. Vegas '91 and Portland '95. Sound sucks up there anyways.

  • #488
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    Getting up front

    Was fairly easy early on. Then it became a headache.

    Back in 93 or 94 we decided to go to the Spring shows on Long Island. You were still able to call in for tickets back then and somehow I got right through. To the customer service rep - I need tickets for Thursday and Friday, but purchase Friday first because that will sell out quickly. Of course when she reads the first order back it is for Thursday. Annoyed, but I got 6th row. By the time she put in the Friday order, we got the farthest section back in the upper deck. That was the last time we got up real close. Of course as any seasoned head would do, we brought our Thursday stubs to the Friday show. The usher gladly showed us to our seats right up front soon after the lights went down.

  • #489
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    Pretty much gave that up around 85-86. Combo of no more GA, getting a little older, and most of all…discovered the Lysergic shuffle which requires proper floor space lol

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    ....yup. They have changed a lot since I first saw them in 1994. People up front on the floor tend to get very territorial. Throw down huge tarps and will say they are "holding spots for their friends" and will get hostile sometimes. A lot of times I never see their so-called friends ever show up. Sad really. I don't go up front anymore.

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 06:58

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One of the best first sets I've seen! Billy will confirm.
12/28/76: the great Freddie King departs

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 08:02

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43 years ago today, I was at the Oakland Auditorium for a knockout night with the Good Old Grateful Dead. This show was released as Road Trips #3 vol 1. Big Fun! Garcia said that Freddie King was big influence on his early guitar playing.

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 08:11

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Nice first show Mary. I am sure that was a blast. I always thought these last five shows of the year would make a great box with the three set 12/31/80 gem,
to close out a great year.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 09:00

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Wish I could write this well! She wrote: "My first show, and look what happened..."

That captures the contagious maelstrom that is frequently one's first GD show. At my first show, being real young, I had no idea what was going on, but I thought it bore further exploration -- i.e., more shows! Another show -- my second show -- and the hook was set. Maybe we need to review a round of our "second shows"?

BTW, in my spare time in my basement (mixing up the medicine) I've been concocting scenarios for a '68 release. That the setlist will be repetitive will be its strength. Put three shows on a Dave's Pick, all featuring Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Lovelight >Death Don't > New Potato Caboose > The Other One > Feedback. Now "they" (whoever the hell "they" are) have a recently unearthed June '68 show, thanks to Bear's banana boxes. Dave released 20 Oct 68(?) with that goofy cartoon book (but no CD available) and I have in my hands a booot with a clean 12 October 68. That might even be enough for a Pick with bonus tracks of 68 fragments. (Even if they have to re-release a couple fragments to make it work.

I doubt there'd be much squawking!

Okay, just tidying up the medicine vat... I'll reemerge in the New Year when it's safe to venture forth.

P.S. Vguy: how do you do it?? You have a handy bookshelf, access to that "internet" or a superb memory. Inquiring minds want to know. (And you'd be wise not to say, it might diminish your powers...)

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 10:27

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42 years ago today, Cousins and I were rocking out to the Good old Grateful Dead at the Oakland Auditorum. Cousins I agree, it was a great show , with a Casey Jones encore! Fun times for sure!

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Submitted by daverock on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 10:28

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Buffalo keeps appearing on the news here, covered in snow with freezing conditions. It's a place I would never have heard of if The Dead hadn't played there. Never let it be said that listening to them isn't educational. I hope everyone is keeping safe who lives there, too.

Freddie King ! A nice run through Hideaway by The Dead at the 11/7/71 show. They don't make a meal of it, just a bright and breezy nod to a great guitarist.

Truckin' up to Buffalo
Buffalo gals won't you come out tonight
Shuffle off to Buffalo
Flint, Ford auto, Mobile Alabama, windshield wiper, Buffalo NY
We always hang in a buffalo stance (ok, that one doesnt officially count)

I would not choose to live there
COLDAF

Well sorta. As a former “west coaster” or WNY (western New Yorker) I can say that it’s as much Canadian as American, and I mean that in a good way! In fact, many affectionately call it southern Canada as we’d rather identify with them instead of with “the city” ahem lol Not quite east coast, not quite mid-west…
Yep, their getting pounded pretty good this year, relatives all good so far, just getting antsy being stuck due to driving ban. Must be pretty bad if they still haven’t been able to get the roads going, one thing that place truly excels at, snow removal, much better than here!
Place has made many positive changes over the last years, and most of the people are hard working down to earth types with the best and most loyal fans anywhere, Go Bills!
The Dead always played well there too!

Mine was 12/27/86 - Kaiser/Oakland Auditorium as I have posted about several times. Walked in and the Neville Brothers were wailing.

12/28/87 Oakland Coliseum - another very well played show, boys looked like they were enjoying themselves. Smokin 2nd set Cumberland. Seems we have a few around here that love 2nd set Cumberland, I do too.

See if any can get. One of my favorite shows was 12/30/86. Something happened there that later meant so much more to me. Can anyone put together why 12/30/86 (Kaiser/AO) and 7/16/88 Greek mean so much to me?

That was by far the best show of the four night run. Those were my first West Coast shows and the only shows I saw at the Kaiser. What an awesome venue.

My guess would be that both shows had guests sit in during drums. Either that or you could take the BART to each venue.

I have no idea what the weather gods have against Buffalo, but they’re wiping that place out this winter.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Wed, 12/28/2022 - 18:01

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41 years ago tonight, I was at the S.F. Civic for an absolute blast with the Good Old Grateful Dead! This is one of my favorite Dead shows that I atttended. I hope this will be an official release one day. Big Fun!

Metal Church - Metal Church
Keel - Lay Down The Law
Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
Venom - Black Metal
M.A.R.S. - Project : Driver
Never forget your roots.
Some are skipping. Looking up vinyl cleaners. Baby steps.
Any recommendations from you vinyl heads?
Buffalo videos I've seen look terrible. When there is a "no driving ban" you know it's bad. Ugh.
But I'm all in when mother hen Marye checks in. When I look at moderators on social media, she gets the crown.
I'm not banned, so yay!
Hope you are doing well Mary. Excuse my banging head.

Get a Spin Clean record washer.

spinclean . com

So, what’s your first purchase of new vinyl going to be?
Looks like 3-1-69, 12-10-71, and 6-17-91 are available for reasonable prices on Amazon.
Also, the LST Soundtrack has 2-14-70 Dark Star and 6-21-71 Chin Cat IKYR.

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Submitted by PT Barnum on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 09:40

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This should probably be on the other thread, but I think that maybe we do Mary's first show as a pick of the day, whatdaya all think?
Carlo, Judas Priest Rocka Rolla the only Priest lp I own, more rock and roll than metal played it alot back in the 80's.
Never used Clean Spin so I can't recommend it or not, but I have used the discwasher system for decades and it has always worked well for me. Now some lp's may need deeper cleaning and that would require extra applications of their liquid and further cleaning, but it has brought back many an old lp for me that really did have a lot of clicks and pops that were removed. It, and I don't think any product, will fix a scratch or a skip but discwasher will do wonders on all that "surface" noise that can collect in the grooves of a lp. not that expensive either.
Last 5:
Jethro Tull Stand Up
Spirit Rapture in the Chambers
Ten Years After Cricklewood Green
Led Zepplin II
Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis Bold as Love
Bruce Hornsby live 12-5-93 Has a China Doll, Scarlet Begonias>Fire on the Mountain, Aiko Aiko, Dark Star, Not Fade Away, and Across the River, Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys and a Wearwolves of London. It's a good show with some Christmas music thrown in for good measure. (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, God rest ye merry gentlemen)
oops that's 6

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Submitted by daverock on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 10:40

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Last 6
Pulsing Signals Gong
We Are Looking In On You Hawkwind
Complete Recordings 1929-1934 cd3 Charley Patton
Fillmore East 12/31/69 1st set Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsies
Heroes of the Blues Mississippi Fred McDowell
Conversation Pieces cd3 - BBC 1968-69 David Bowie

last two Dead - 10/17/72 from the box - a great recording - Bob's guitar really comes through nicely on this. And Daves 10-Thelma 12/12/69.
These recently released Dead shows on vinyl suit me to a tee - although the Dicks Picks ones cost a small fortune. 2/27/69, 2/28/69 and 3/1/69 were the last ones I played. All fantastico in every respect. Be great if 3/2/69 comes out next year on vinyl.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 12:48

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38 years ago today, I was at the S.F Civic, along with a lot of other cool people who post here on the forum, for a High Time with the Good Old Grateful Dead. Start off with Sat Night and finish with Broke down Palace, with a rocking Big Rail Road Blues, and it is BIG FUN!

First, sorry about lil Violet and not responding sooner!
I’m extra worried about Mr Jinx now without any supervision.
Dbl passwords I tell ya!

Second, just read Rosie McGee’s Dancin’ with the Dead. Apparently she lived at the GC for a number of years.
Wonder if you ever crossed paths since you’ve met and seen damn near everyone!

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Submitted by simonrob on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 14:07

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In the UK vinyl nows sells more than CDs, DVDs and everything else except Nintendo Switch games.

This is not yet the case in the US as Vguy is still sitting on the fence.

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 15:07

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Bought first vinyl since 1986 this year. Dave's #1 and then Little Feat "Waiting on Columbus" autographed by 3 remaining who played on the original i.e. Bill, Kenny, and Sam. Researching there history before they played here shows a long winding road of create, break-up, reform. It was a fun night, at one point I got up from my seat and walked down to where the second row of seats are. Kenny Gradney saw me and started laughing and gesturing to Bill Payne. As I have written before, when my hair and beard are the right length, I look like Jerry. While at Govt Mule, I was told 5 times I look like Jerry. So any way, when I walked down, my hair and beard were perfect. So did he laugh at me or with me? Not sure, but I was wearing an R. Crumb "Keep on Truckin" shirt. They were playing "Willin." I think they got a kick out of that. I am almost 60, but we were babies compared to the other audience members. I am sure the average age was approaching 70. Some had to be wheeled in and looked frail - go guys, hell yeah.

Have not listened to either or any other of my extensive collection since 1987 or so. I still have my old turntable but have not hooked it up.

I am sure many follow to some degree Jack White and his move to Nashville, and buying an old press plant there.

Simon glad to bump into you again. Hope all well there for you and yours. Hope a Happy and Prosperous New Year to you, yours, and all here as well.

BTW - was 6th time seeing Feats, not bad when you consider their broken history.

Not sure of official stats, but most know a December 29th show was very rare, I think.

12/29/87, off night, friends and I walked to the mid-point of the golden gate bridge and stared at Alcatraz and surrounding areas thinking about the escape. All while freezing our asses off. Wasn't that cold, probably mid 50's, but the ferocious win made the wind chill I am sure, near freezing. We had no idea how long it would take us when we left, but from my old memory, I am sure we were out there at least 2 hours. Great time to remember, would never attempt again.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 16:25

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Gary, your so right, not many 12/29 Dead shows. Gary I hope you have a great New Year, your a friend and a cool cat.

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Submitted by That Mike on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 17:58

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Sorry to hear Ian Tyson has passed at 89. Ian, along with ex-wife Sylvia, and their band (Great Speckled Bird), were aboard the infamous Festival Express, and we all know what happened aboard those rails all those years ago!. What a ride for the ages.

Tyson’s band had a few great players go through it in their day, including ND Smart (Gram Parsons), Buddy Cage (NRPS), Amos Garrett (who played on Garcia’s 2nd solo record, and was a favourite of Jimmy Page), and Ben Keith (Neil Young).

May the Four Strong Winds carry you home, Ian.

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Submitted by marye on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 18:54

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At the Festival Express screening I'm sure I embarrassed my pals going "Holy crap, it's Ian Tyson!" Some years later, he was playing the Freight and Salvage in what may have been his last tour here but maybe not. I got some CDs and after he had signed those I asked him if he'd sign my Festival Express DVD. He looked startled. His band, a bunch of young Canadian dudes named Gordon, were mystified. "It was another time," he told them, as he signed it. I dunno how many copies of Festival Express are out there signed by Ian Tyson, but it was definitely a moment.
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Submitted by Vguy72 on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 19:50

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....I passed that one around to a few of my friends. Going to look and see if it was returned.
Library Vguy here stamping check outs.
Gimme a minute.

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Submitted by That Mike on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 05:55

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Marye - I love the Ian Tyson story.

VGuy - I had an album by Spirit that was like your Festival Express DVD - I ended up buying three (vinyl) copies of it over time, as friends kept borrowing/liberating it, and I could never remember who had it.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 06:56

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Read his obit and learned much I didn't know. He seems like the rare person who has their brush with Pop fame, yet regrouped, returned to who he truly is, and from a down-home perspective then created a new musical persona and put out music of real substance over the majority of his life, while keeping a ranch running. (The days are 6am to 6pm -- no good for an HF slug.) I think that's more rare than one might think.

Marye, way to go with the Festival Express DVD. Kids these days, they don't know #@$%&!

Maybe you just started a "Whose autograph did you get" thread. I go to see Charlie Musselwhite years ago (many times, but in this particular instance) my buddy and I wait in line to get my CD of his first album signed. One of Charlie's endearing (and profitable) schticks is to stay after the show and sell and sign CDs til the last person straggles out. We tell Charlie that we're learning to play blues. "It's never too late," he said, charitably. (We probably looked like stoned, middle-aged wreckage...)

So after mine is signed, I walk over to his guitarist, Kid Anderson, who played a Gretsch 6120, because I happened to own one. We talked strings, action, etc. Then I asked if he records his own CDs. "Why ... yes," he responds, and reaches into his guitar case with one eye on the boss's signing table. Charlie wasn't watching, so the Kid sells me a CD from the stage while Charlie is banking coin at the card table. A cherished memory... Kid Anderson now runs and owns Greaseland in San Jose, where a lot of blues people (Charlie, Elvin Bishop) record.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 08:30

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4/5 of the David Grisman Quintet, 10-17-97.
Grisman, Eakle, Craven, Coria.

They played Nightingale Concert Hall, University of NV, Reno as part of the Performing Arts Series where people buy season tickets and see a variety of music over the year. There were a lot of older people dressed nice and then 20-40 people in tie-dye. There was a single taper with a DAT deck (the printed program says “the use of photography and recording equipment is strictly prohibited”).
The printed program has a brief bio about each musician (also says that a family season ticket is $75 for one adult and one student under 17; not a bad deal if you want to expose your kid to a variety of different non-rock music).

I got the autographs on the printed program.

I was looking at my Festival Express DVD this week and decided that I will watch it this weekend some time.

I stopped loaning out my CD’s in the late 90’s when I realized that my friend would just set the CD’s on the table rather than back in the jewel case. A couple CD’s came back with sticky residue on them, and he wondered why they skipped.

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 10:15

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I only have two autographs I can think of.
Both sports related.
Carl Mecklenburg - ex-Bronco lineman. Came to where I worked for a tour of the Scott fly rod factory and signed with a bible verse that currently evades me.
Justin Leonard - pro golfer and all around good guy. Helped him with a ski tune and rentals for his folks at Telluride. Have a great story about talking him into getting his bindings checked with my, " I met Phil Mickelson when he was on a patrol toboggan with a broken leg at Snowbowl - Flagstaff, AZ" story. Justin is somewhat short but skied the biggest size Rossi Bandits they made (then likely a 193 cm).
Never bothered to get any stars' sigs as they come to Telluride NOT to be noticed, unlike Aspen. Only famous music one I can think of would have been Alicia Keys who I didn't know from Eve anyway.
Cheers

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 10:27

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43 years ago tonight , I was at the Oakland Auditorium for a Sunday night show with the Good old Grateful Dead. Part of this show was released on Road Trips, Fun Times!

Nice 1stShow,

Carl Mecklenburg, a MN native. Played high school football here and made it to the big time.

Love those 79 shows from Oakland Billy. I different band from the previous year's closing shows.

Good to hear from you again Farseer. Where have you been?

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 15:11

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three feet tall (1/2 scale) to play that wall of sound? With a guitar with 11 frets?

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 17:18

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42 years ago tonight, you know I was at, having great time with the Good old Grateful Dead! They played a real nice second set China Doll, real fun show.

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Fri, 12/30/2022 - 21:15

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Crazy fun times. Three of the years were in Oakland, one year was in S.F.. In 1982. Etta James & Tower of Power came out and played Hard to Handle and Tell Mama for an encore. The shows on the 30th always seemed better then on the 31st, everybody was probably tired by then.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 08:03

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So the 21 Oct 68 release with the cartoon book is 38 minutes long. They've sold whatever amount of those silly books as they're going to. Time for Dave & Co. to throw the fans a few '68 bones! Give us the new June '68 show discovered by OSF, tuck in 10-21-68 and a bunch of fragments and THEN I'll stop! (If that sounds like an extortion threat, I'm okay with that...)

Oh, and, Happy New Year everyone... I've been listening to Canned Heat doing "Let's Work Together," a take-off on Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Stick Together."

Make someone happy
Make someone smile
Let's all work together and
Make life worthwhile

That's my motto for 2023 -- or else!

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Submitted by LedDed on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 08:33

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Giving thanks for many blessings in 2022. Many were not so fortunate.

I am looking forward to seeing Dead & Co. in Boulder this coming summer for what looks to be the last times.

Last 5:

Paul McCartney - Egypt Station
Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day
Jerry Garcia - Garcia (expanded)
The Kinks - Low Budget
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard

\m/

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Submitted by That Mike on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 08:50

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Currently Watching:
- Jack Ryan (Season 3)
- The Rolling Stones - The Biggest Bang
- The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Atlantic City
- David Crosby - The Capital Theatre
- Hockey, hockey, more hockey

Currently Playing:
- Blondie Chaplin
- Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (Deluxe)
- The Nels Cline Singers (Share The Wealth)
- Tinariwen - Live in Paris
- Flying Burrito Bros - Live In NYC 1976

Favourite Releases 2022:
- Tedeschi Trucks Band - I Am The Moon series
- Tom Petty - Fillmore 1997
- Miles Davis - Bootleg Series Vol 7
- Bruce Hornsby - ‘Flicted
- Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Deluxe Reissue
(Lots of honourable mentions)

Favourite DaP 2022 Release: DaP 43 (Two great 1969 shows from a band on the way up)

Personal Rating of 2022: 1.5 out of 5

If I Had One 2023 Resolution: Do better.

Best wishes to all for a wonderful 2023.

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 08:54

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Fortunately, on 12 30 91 I and my beloved made it to the Bay Area snd this GD show. Uuunfortunately, the show itself suqt.

"Lets work together"...I performed that song for my school earlier this year at an assembly. They dug it.

Watched a movie "Wild" with wife and daughter last night. Its 1995. Reese Witherspoon copes with mothers untimely death first by turning to heroin and then ho'in' around. Then she up and hikes the Pacific Crest Trail. When she arrives in Ashland OR it is when Jerry died. A few wookies are shown singing Box of Rain and then Ripple. She meets a guy organizing a Jerry memorial and after the event they get busy in a yurt. (Luckily for him, she had showered earlier in the day. We the audience got visual evidence of that.)

Very long story as to why, but I drove a car from Salem Oregon to Seattle yesterday with a nasty ear infection and only '50 Elvis hits" as CD accompaniment.
Elvis was great at times, so-so at times, and cheeeeeezzzeee at times. It was a memorable ride, nonetheless.

Elvis faves for me:
I cant help falling in love with you
Are you lonesome tonight

Those two always make me verklempt...

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Submitted by JeffSmith on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 09:07

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[Check out the "dead dot net / forum / what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve" thread. I first posted this there, but there are more crickets than posts right now, so I'm reposting here. Head over and check it out.]

I suspect that many of us here are past those riotous, public celebrations of New Year's Eve of our youth ("Hello!" Edie Brickell in Deep Ellum!). . . Right now (10AM) I'm spinning "Hundred Year Hall" – that's the album that finally ushered me onto the bus after years of dabbling with mostly studio albums. I've got other stuff to do this afternoon, but "Hundred Year Hall's" got me thinking about cueing up SonicWallpaper's mix of all (but 1) of the Dark Stars from 1972 so I can whistle while I work. It's almost 12 hours long, so we'll see how far (out) I get. Not sure if we're going to have to make an appearance at some friends' house this evening, but later on (back home well before midnight in any case), I think I'll dust off "Infrared Roses", fire it up, step out on the deck with mi espousa, and twirl up into the Milky Way – should be a crystal clear evening! I know, these aren't new year's eve shows, but I'll catch back up with them next year, sometime after I get back from the greater galaxy. . .

Here's to a Happy (and maybe not quite so Incomprehensible) New Year to us all!!! Onward.

I'm still amazed and laughing from that 1/2 scale version of the Wall of Sound. Cheers ICECRMCNKD!

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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 09:35

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A tip of the cap to PF!
- Suspicious Minds - Got Donna Jean clearly heard as one of the backing vocals from the Muscle Shoals era
- In The Ghetto - Social conscience Elvis
- A Little Less Conversation - Great vibe and it rocks
So many to choose from.
Best wishes for a happy new year to all.
CHEERS!

A full size Wall of Sound needs to be built in Vegas.
Vguy would buy an annual pass.

Staying in tonight.
Going to watch the Red Wings, then 12-31-78 DVD.

Last 5 - video
Bonus disc - Long Strange Trip
Festival Express
7-4-89 Truckin Up To Buffalo
Gimme Shelter
Dawn of the Dead (GD and rise of San Francisco Underground)

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Submitted by dmcvt on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 13:17

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All the best to everyone for 2023. Fled Vermont winter for a few days, southbound to the Chesapeake Bay on a warm sunny Thursday, road tunes on the descent into the megalopolis and NJ Turnpike provided by June 14, 1969 show at Monterey Peninsula College, a peak 1969 by many accounts, prelude being a recent TTB show thanks to ATTICS. Doc11 excellent suggestion 12/31/69 Tea Party show in the shadow of the Green Monster. Tonight staying in, wine and dine, toot some horns with my big little bro and his wife. Great to hook up with some old friends from back in the day, watch bald eagles soaring over the Chester River.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 14:07

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You all make this forum a really fun place to hang -- and rant and rave about nearly anything, including, amazingly, the Grateful Dead -- and, ala Duane Allman's famous note-to-self, I will strive to be a better person this coming year, with understanding and kindness to all. Man, the Golden Rule is a life-long project and I'm still not there. But I'm trying like hell. All I can do, is do my very best.

A few of you mentioned Elvis. If anyone here has not seen Bubba Hotep the movie, I heartily recommend it. Best to toss down a few gummies beforehand. I found it deeply hilarious and kinda sick. Just my kind of movie.

I'm in the lock-the-door and bust out the goodies New Year's crowd. Enjoy all!

Sun Records was a rocket to the moon, but off the radar Elvis records I have always liked are "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" and "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" - the Bob Dylan song. Dylan has gone on record as saying it is the favourite cover version of any of his songs. If you ain't heard it and you decide to , then you are in for a treat.

New Years show for me-10/18/72. Hope everyone is well and happy out there. Cheers!

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Submitted by billy the kiddd on Sat, 12/31/2022 - 15:36

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45 years ago today, I was at Winterland to ring in the New Year with the Good Old Grateful Dead. Bill Graham rode down from the balcony on a motorcycle dressed as a skeleton. Big Fun!

....and consumed a little fungus for the occasion. Which is also as tradition.
This year, they are stepping up their live stream game with one of those NFL type sky cams. It's badass.
Happy New Year to you fine folks as well. I'll see some of you again down the road, I'm sure of it.

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