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What a setlist!... Made me jealous of those who saw this era live. Great sound… like ‘77 was yesterday. @derekb192 on 10/1/77, YouTube

Wow! Just as when you think eyes is gonna go to drums out of the bliss comes dancing! One of my all time fave moments! Not just classic 77 but classic ever dead! - @emrysdavies1215 on 10/1/77, YouTube

...this show was off the hook from the very get go. The Casey Jones is the best I've heard... beginning a jam that goes through each member going off on an instrumental solo. The end has them jamming so hard you can no longer hear them singing through it. Now you know you're in trouble (The Good Kind) when a show starts like that... Weirtheir on 10/2/77, Dead.net

Holy hell, the 10/2/77 Betty Board sounds incredible... I just wanted to pay homage to this unreleased gem, which features the lovely, tight playing you'd expect of a 77 show with some of the highest audio quality I've ever heard ... What a treat. u/monsteroftheweek13 on 10/2/77, Reddit

I told my mother I was going into Portland with friends. I never told her where I went... @jamesmoore3694 on 10/1/77, YouTube

We know where you've been and we're taking you back with the twice as nice DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 45: PARAMOUNT THEATRE, PORTLAND, OR - 10/1/77 & 10/2/77. Back-to-back complete previously unreleased shows on 4CDs? You betcha! Why? Because we couldn't pick one over the other of these two nights that have been described as "fire," "mind-frying," and "crispy" (bit of a theme here) too many times to count. Witness it for yourself when you dig into the inventive medleys and pristine sound, not to mention the first "Dupree's Diamond Blues" since '69 and the first live "Casey Jones" since '74.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson (with a boost from Bob Menke, more about that in David's video) 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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February 3, 2023 - 7:55am

#1041

That Mike

Joined:
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Oroboros

Great story, well told!
February 3, 2023 - 7:35am

#1042

1stshow70878

Joined:
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The Tale of the Oroboros

Or is that tail? Epic tale well told Oro-1.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
DiP 18 is my favorite Dick's.
February 3, 2023 - 6:33am

#1043

Oroboros

Joined:
June 4, 2007

45 years ago, Madison Wisconsin!! And the next morning......

was my 'brush with greatness.' Apologies to you all who have heard this tale, but with this anniversary and the releases of shows from '77 and '78, I want to spin this old chestnut again (hopefully some haven't heard this).

But first grab a cup of coffee (or your preferred beverage) and get comfy, because this will take a while. Brevity is not my long-suit, so bear with me on this, but the background/back story is info it help it all make sense. Back in 1977, myself and my girlfriend (now wife) and two buddies decided to road trip from Nebraska to a New Year’s Eve Dead show run at the Winterland in San Francisco.

I toted along with me a clay sculpture that I had made the prior year. It was a one and ½ foot (in circumference) dragon that was biting or consuming it’s own tail. It was fired and had ‘scraffitto’ (my own designs) carved into it’s ‘hide’ and then stained. It was the biggest piece of clay sculpture I have ever made. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to give it to the band on New Years Eve show.

So away we go on the trip and get there and secure tickets for the shows on that Winterland run. The shows were unbefuckinliveable and that old Winterland was such a great venue. We were all sitting on the sidewalk on Dec 31st waiting for the doors to open early. We heard Bill Graham was going to let us all in early and we were going to play ‘freak’ volleyball until Graham played us movies from his collection (16 MM of Ray Bradbury’s Illustrated Man and the original Beatle’s Magical Mystery Tour) before the start of the show tonight.

I thought that I better try to unload ‘Oroboros’ now (it was heavy and how was I going to talk that past the gate?) so I spied a door that said Backstage. No answer. The line of people on the sidewalk started getting up and moving to the door. Banged even harder thinking “I got to get this dragon in there so I can go in and play before the show tonight, this thing is heavy”, and as I pound harder the door yanks open so hard it draws me into the doorway, where a gigantic black man in a red Winderland shirt stopped me from being pulled inside with his had on my chest. “What do you want?” he bellowed. Startled, I said “I want to give this to the band” and held out the dragon in both hands. The giant took it in his immense hand and immediately the dragon shrunk to the size of a keychain. And he asked “Wow, what is it, I’d like one” and I explained “it’s an Oroboros, and that is the only one there is”. He grinned and said “Cool, who do you want me to give it to?” and I stated “Garcia, give it to Jerry Garcia.” And the door closed quickly, like in Dorothy’s first attempt to get into the Emerald city in Wizard of Oz.

So, I happily hurry into the show and needless to say it was a singular experience: with those movies starting in the afternoon, the celebratory/raucous/colorful crowd, and the Grateful Dead 'playing in' the year of 1978. As each of us entered we were handed a piece of paper that had the message "Good things come to those who wait, surprise at midnight" with the stealie logo on it. Once inside I was stopped by ‘Rainbow’ Rose who had an eyedropper of liquid party favor in her hand. She said “ just one dollar per drop, on your tongue or for the adventurous, a drop in your eye.” Wow, this was going to be some night! One on the tongue, please!

When you entered Winterland, you could go into the 'big hall' surrounded on all sides by an elevated balcony (complete with theater seats). You could also go into a bar, which was playing black and white videos (on an old fashioned 'big screen') of past performances of Hendrix, Airplane, etc from Graham's Winterland archives. Very entertaining, hey, the New Riders are starting to play, I got to get in there, the sound is loud and they are rocking the house.

Anticipation is high and the Dead came out for the first set. Our party favors are now starting to engage...things began to sparkle and the old Winterland venue takes notice, and her walls start to sweat and then to sway with the strains of familiar music and the Dead coaxes this old hall to join us in our dance.

Bill Graham got into the act dressed as Uncle Sam and he rode his motorcycle down a cable suspended high above us from the back of the Winterland auditorium to the stage. As the Dead improvised/noddled into the New Year Uncle "bill" Sam slowly moved above us illuminated by a spotlight. The hilarious part was as Uncle BoBo (as Bobby called Graham) was on this motorcycle, and as he approached the stage, the combined weight was too much and he sagged below the lip of the stage. So as the stagehands ran out and to drag ‘Uncle Sam’ onto the stage, Jerry and the band were all laughing as they saw his hilarious arrival to the stage. Then they burst into Sugar Magnolia, along with confetti explosions, as balloons dropped from the ceiling of the Winterland for our NYE celebration. Also on stage flanking the Dead were a gal and guy dressed in diapers as the new year's babies, dancing their asses off.

And as I squinted at the band, I noticed in between Billy and Mickey’s drum set, sitting on a monitor with a white candle by it was the Oroboros ! ON STAGE with the Dead. Then I watched as Jerry walked over to it and he lit his cigarette off that candle. And when the stage lights went down between songs, the Oroboros was illuminated by the candlelight. I was 'on top of the world' (dead reference intended). If you google the song 'Fire on the Mountain' from the NYE show in 1977 on Youtube and at the conclusion of the song (7:20 or so), the camera focuses on the Oroboros by the candle (as we hear Bobby waxing about 'technical difficulties'). It is an old black and white movie/video, but I did show that to my three sons to prove the old man's story was true. But the boys still rolled their collective eyes at me, but I am used to that.

We walked out into the cool San Francisco early morning and drove through the fog back to Nebraska. Now fast forward to Madison, Wisconsin 2-3-78 and I made the road trip to catch the show. It was a killer night and the Dead were in fine form (second half was in DP 18). The 'Cold Rain and Snow' was thunderous and Phil's bass boomed out to shake that snow off the roof of the venue.

The next morning before I left the hotel, I got a wild hair and called the front desk “Could I have Jerry Garcia’s room please” and the phone rang and Jerry answered! I said “Hey, I’m that guy that brought that dragon to the New Year’s show” and Garcia said “Meet you in the coffee shop in 20 minutes”. I couldn’t believe it what was happening but stumbled into the Madison Hotel coffee shop at the appointed time and looked around and saw Jerry Garcia seated at a table with a ravishingly beautiful raven-haired Gypsy woman.

I walked over an introduced myself and ‘shook the hand, that shook the hand of PT Barnum and Charlie Chan’. Jerry beamed that smile and gestured for me to sit down. “Man, how did you fire that dragon, so that it didn’t explode in the kiln ?” Jerry asked me. I told him that I had cut it in half lengthwise with a guitar string (that a friend had given me) and then put it back together. We locked eyes and he exploded with laughter and I followed with “Ironic, huh?” And he said “No, not at all, that makes perfect sense.” And we laughed some more. Then the Gypsy Beauty said “where are you from” and I replied Nebraska. And she stared at Jerry and stated “He came all the way up here from Nebraska to see the band”. Jerry shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows and said “we didn’t ask him to come” and looked at me and we both howled with laugher. No deadhead was she!

We talked more about art and the dragon, I didn’t know at that time of Garcia’s interest and practice in art. He was completely engaged in the topic of art, but quick witted with ‘turn on a dime’ twists, turns, and little quips. (Sound familiar to a band we know/love) Garcia was so focused on listening, not acting like he was the center of it all. He was locked in on taking time with me and talking about our shared interests, along with side commentaries on a variety of topics. The Gypsy woman asked “You went out to San Francisco and then traveled here?” and I stated yes and turned to Jerry and asked why don’t you come back to Lincoln? He said “you mean to Perishing Auditorium?” and I corrected him “no it is Pershing Auditorium, after the General” and he quickly retorted “no man, it was Perishing, really.” And we erupted in laughter again. There were some drunk frat boys yelling ‘boogie” at the top of their lungs at that ’73 Lincoln show, but the music was still topnotch! Anyway, I asked Garcia “could you bring your Circus back to Nebraska?” and Jerry grinned his Cheshire cat grin and said “who knows”.

I saw it was time for me to leave them to eat as their breakfast arrived and excused myself and took off. Jerry brought the Dead back to Nebraska, that summer on 7-5-78. I taped them on my Nak 550 (my best aud tape of all) and then I had to follow them to their (and my) first Red Rocks shows.

So that is my story of that time in space (or space in time). Garcia was totally a gracious, engaging, and kind man to this DeadHead who approached him for a moment in time. So to make a long story short (which I am constitutionally incapable) Jerry was focused on what he could learn, not what he could teach, on humor/laughter and valuing another person and really listening to their experience. He was so inquisitive, asking questions and then sharing his own thoughts. I have often thought about that lesson he taught me that cold Wisconsin morning. And for the rest of my life.

Apologies for the thread hijack, so everyone can return to your regularly scheduled programming.

Teachers open the door, but we must enter by ourselves
February 3, 2023 - 6:27am

#1044

Angry Jack Straw

Joined:
October 2, 2012

Insomnia

Is the worst. I’ve had it for years.

Melatonin will help you temporally but it wears off after a short period of time as your body acclimates to it. Chamomile tea is mildly effective. Of course the best remedy is a couple of shots of bourbon.

I’ll reuse an old joke and tell you to put on some Dead and Company. You’ll be asleep instantly.

In all honesty it sounds like you might have something else going on there with your legs. Probably worth going to get checked out by a doctor.

Good luck.
February 3, 2023 - 4:51am

#1045

That Mike

Joined:
November 1, 2014

Proudfoot Counting Sheep

Proudfoot - Everyone has a remedy for insomnia, here is mine, and you’re right, insomnia sucks. There is some science to the “478” Rule, which works for folks with insomnia, or anxiety. Breathe in deeply through the nose for 4 seconds, and hold it for 7 seconds, then exhale deeply through your mouth for 8 seconds. Repeat. Studies have shown lower blood pressure and reduces heart rate, leading to greater relaxation. I’ve tried it myself, with success. Good luck.
February 3, 2023 - 3:43am

#1046

proudfoot

Joined:
August 2, 2020

Insomnia bites

Hard.

Lie down CANT SLEEP TWITCHY LEGS CANT BREATHE
Get up sit there DROWSY AF think I will lie down
Repeat

Ever since fookin' Covid
February 3, 2023 - 12:00am

#1047

rasta5ziggy

Joined:
November 27, 2017

Random Stuff

Loving #45. Starting 2nd set, 1st show now. Great music. I was a 1-3 show/year person beginning in the early 70's, and I got to wondering if I ever caught a '77 show. My only one was in Bloomington, IN on the IU campus on 10/30. I always wondered why they never returned to do another show there.
Also, I read a lot of chatter here about an Ark box. Curious if anyone here ever attended a show at the Ark, or is this just an urban legend of a great venue. Lots of places I would have loved to have seen a show but never got the opportunity (Labor Temple, Electric Circus, Thelma, to name just a few).
I've never heard a bad Passenger, either live or on CD.....really allows Jerry to make that guitar scream.
I love all the DaPicks, because I prefer full shows. That was my issue with Dick's Picks is that you rarely, if ever, got a full show. And I loved the Road Trips series, even though I got in on that party too late and only have 2 (Big Rock Pow Wow and Valentine's Day), and those are full shows.
February 2, 2023 - 9:12pm

#1048

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

Norman is a genius....

....as is Betty. As is the best band in the land. Hit the spot. Can't go wrong with Drumz -> The Wheel imo.
Onto some Doors. People ARE Strange indeed. Especially these daze lol.
10.1 this weekend.
February 2, 2023 - 8:50pm

#1049

carlo13

Joined:
April 26, 2017

Holy mackerel

That DITS jam is sweet as honey. Eyes too. A spliff is needed for that dancing jam.
February 2, 2023 - 6:27pm

#1050

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

#4773....

....gonna start with 10.2.
Checked out the following show in Phoenix off and on at work earlier. Good shit.
Edit....check out Donna on Duprees 💎 Blues. Very nice.

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What a setlist!... Made me jealous of those who saw this era live. Great sound… like ‘77 was yesterday. @derekb192 on 10/1/77, YouTube

Wow! Just as when you think eyes is gonna go to drums out of the bliss comes dancing! One of my all time fave moments! Not just classic 77 but classic ever dead! - @emrysdavies1215 on 10/1/77, YouTube

...this show was off the hook from the very get go. The Casey Jones is the best I've heard... beginning a jam that goes through each member going off on an instrumental solo. The end has them jamming so hard you can no longer hear them singing through it. Now you know you're in trouble (The Good Kind) when a show starts like that... Weirtheir on 10/2/77, Dead.net

Holy hell, the 10/2/77 Betty Board sounds incredible... I just wanted to pay homage to this unreleased gem, which features the lovely, tight playing you'd expect of a 77 show with some of the highest audio quality I've ever heard ... What a treat. u/monsteroftheweek13 on 10/2/77, Reddit

I told my mother I was going into Portland with friends. I never told her where I went... @jamesmoore3694 on 10/1/77, YouTube

We know where you've been and we're taking you back with the twice as nice DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 45: PARAMOUNT THEATRE, PORTLAND, OR - 10/1/77 & 10/2/77. Back-to-back complete previously unreleased shows on 4CDs? You betcha! Why? Because we couldn't pick one over the other of these two nights that have been described as "fire," "mind-frying," and "crispy" (bit of a theme here) too many times to count. Witness it for yourself when you dig into the inventive medleys and pristine sound, not to mention the first "Dupree's Diamond Blues" since '69 and the first live "Casey Jones" since '74.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson (with a boost from Bob Menke, more about that in David's video) 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.

Me Shirts

I have a bunch of shirts for which I have affinity.

Alice in Wonderland t-dye that I purchased at the Psychedelic Shop, San Fran, December 1986. Starting to fade some, dont wear it often. Also have a Psychedelic Shop shirt, which has a wizard projecting lightning bolts into an orb with a key in it. Very cool. Also December 1986.

My favorite is the 1977 copyright shirt by Ed Donahue I bought also in 1986 at a head shop in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. My understanding, Ed stuff sold in NE only. It is also on Dave's #39, the guy coming out of the house/camper has it underneath another shirt. You can search Ed Donahue 1977 GD shirt and find the image. I brought it home and took it to an old hippy friend. He airbrushed the back with a combined American Beauty image. It has the rose but says Grateful Dead instead of American Beauty. The GD is the same letting on the back of the album. Then on the bottom of the shirt he improvised, he brushed say 5 dancing skeletons. All with varying states of the skeleton. Dancing, head on, to dancing head missing. In between, it is being taken from the head. I wore it to maybe 5 or 6 GD concerts, it is "my precious." In February 2016, I wore the last time at a Widespread Panic show. People were blown away by it. Got me several cocktails and much smoke during the show. My hometown has always been ultra cop. Search any body any time. New regime. As I walked out of the concert hall, the fuzz was standing at the doors for exit. Except, they were handing out 24 oz bottles of water and wishing all to "Be Safe." Within 10 feet, thru 2 sets of doors, were the nitrous mafia, selling balloons. Pretty sure the cops just thought they were selling helium to go with the circus comes to town vibe.

Nice that this year, get to see 5 shows in two weeks. Panic for 3 and Phish for 2. Never thought we would get here, but we made it. I am so glad.

always wish I had more time here...from last week my mother is still kicking, but again, at peace. So thanks again for kind words. Y'all be Fantastic!!!

Oh yeah, I woolite clean only and wear a tshirt under my tie dyes.

Guys, guys, guys....

....Google shop Make America Grateful Again tee's and buy one. There are a lot of options. Let's start a counter revolution!
Has also gotten me drinks at shows and almost into a fight at a grocery store, but whatever.
Humanity has extreme spectrums.

Dennis

Nice little ditty with a lovely sentiment.
The wife's a quilter and she loved it.
Quilts made of favorite tees are a thing now.
But I'm sure my tees will more likely be shining cars.
That's a first for me. Something she can relate to here, lol.
Cheers

Death Don't Have. No Mercy

4/6/69. Avalon Ballroom.

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.....

Hey rockers!!

So here I am at work...............need I say more?

4/6/69: Concur with Billy The K. Loved this show since I first heard it. Yes, those Fillmore West and Ark shows are awesome, but this is the one I'll carry with me into the afterlife. OMG that Cryptical reprise, Garcia on the Death Don't, the classic pulled plug Viola Lee Blues!! Where is the rest of the broadcast?

4/6/71: Oddballs for all us oddballs. Did somebody spike the water, or was it in the air? And that crazed Truckin' to close the show---very very unusual position. Hey, how about a Manhattan Center mini-box????

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better......

Rock on!

Doc
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work......

Stealie Hat?

ESPN sports writer Wright Thompson is wearing some sort of GD stealie hat on the Masters pre-tournament show. Cannot identify the symbol inside the skull though. Some sort of shield or crest? Stylish dark grey tweed hat with black brim. Doubt if it came from dead net. Oh, and to really ungolf it he's wearing what looks like a bowling shirt.
Cheers

34 years ago tonight

My first Dead show.

A bus came by and I got on……

Probably the best decision I’ve ever made.

When is Dave;s Pick 46 to be…

When is Dave;s Pick 46 to be released

ConeKid

Cheers, My Friend.
Here's to The Bus; and Us All.

Sixtus

The 37th anny of my first show is coming up in a week....

....things were simpler back then. Both regarding me and the world.
I actually got on the bus the following year. My first show? I was just people watching to be honest. Touch Head checking in.
No regrets. I devoured them back then.
Still do. I need a Snickers.

This is the longest time for a Dave's Picks to sell out.

Is it because it's 4 discs? Is it the price? is it the show? well, I don't really know. Anyone's guess?

Daves Picks 46

Maybe they will include the bonus disc with copies of this for non subscribers. To encourage sales. I will buy it anyway - I'm not thinking of myself. Well... maybe a little bit.

4/7/72

Gave this one a anniversary spin today on my walk with dogs. The band sure did start out on fire. I really enjoyed the Playing In The Band on this one. It's only 10 minutes, but this baby smokes!! Cheers, gang!

My favorite Grateful Dead Year

1970

Checking out 7.7.78....

....the NFA goes places.
Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine teases galore.

April 8

1972
Wembley Empire Pool

7/7/78

My first "bootleg" cassette was a phenomenal audience, maybe the Wagner source or some other FOB, from this the 1st Red Rocks show. All of Set I then beginning Set II through Scarlet and the segue into Fire. A brilliant recording that perfectly captures both the music and the atmosphere of that legendary venue. To my mind without question one of the best first sets of the era, every song is right there, one killer version after another. The Cold Rain opener Set II is my favorite. That tape put you right there DFC.
The cut came right as they transitioned into Fire. I had to wait years to hear the rest. When the Bettys hit the scene this show was inexplicably a mono version split onto 2 channels, a real disappointment. So glad to get that fixed for the box.

4/8/72

Dark Star>Sugar Mag>Caution! My most of the time favorite segment of Grateful Dead, and that's saying a hell of a lot!! Cheers, gang

Nobody's Fault

7-7-78, the show I "saw" from the parking lot while being told to leave by various security personnel. I did find my friends later and did my job as designated driver. Seemed like we got those teases again in '79 at the rained out RR show in McNichols. Denver is a Nobody's Fault But Mine town. Other towns that always seemed to get a certain song?
Cheers
Spring Break? Where's PF these days?

PFs

Getting all prepped for Kraken playoff hockey ; )
Half keg, check, bean dip, check, …..

garcialive 14 update

Copy came today from the garcia site and it was the right album :-)

Also 1 from the vault came today from experience vinyl! Only over a year overdue!

Heck yeah!....

....were you able to keep both Reflections lp's? I'll buy one.

Last Five....all vinyl edition

Artillery - Fear Of Tomorrow
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
Rush - Power Windows
Queensryche - Rage For Order
George Harrison - 33 1/3
Young Vguy had good taste.
....

Vguy & Reflections

They let me keep one copy. When the second one came I had to send back to get credit for the garcialive it should have been.

But I did get one copy of Reflections for free. Easy to SAY free,,, I think warner/rhino is still ahead of the game :-)

Happy Easter

to all you fine folks.

Congratulations to the Kraken. And to Quinnipiac. What a game.

Beware of the Oilers.

Riding That Train

A rumbling and rolling Casey Jones started my music listening today, misidentified as 10-16-74 (Bobby’s Birthday Bash - alliterate that!), likely was the next night. If any song shouts “Happy Easter” it’s…not Casey Jones, but it still gets your toes tapping all the same.

Welcome to the playoffs Seattle! I don’t envy your challenge of Vegas, Dallas, LA, but welcome to the show. Leafs tuned up Montreal last night, they are firing on all cylinders, so let’s get this season finished, and on to the big boy games! Team to watch: AVs.

PS - Speaking of Seattle, where has Proudfoot been? Lined up in Seattle for playoff tix?

Easter Everywhere

Easter doesn't seem to have attracted the same cachet with rock n' rollers as Christmas. Apart from the above mentioned album by the 13th Floor Elevators and Calvary by Quicksilver Messenger Service, nothing immediately comes to mind. I'm not sure if The Dead ever did anything in recognition - either in concert or song.

The ultimate piece of music for this day, for me, remains "Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground" by Blind Willie Johnson. A true masterpiece.

GD70 lust

Road trip listening

12 26 70
Then
6 24 70
Then
11 5 70

CAPITOL THEATER BOX!!!

hot hot hot shows

6 24 70 and 11 5 70 are extreme GD

Capitol 70
3 20
3 21
6 24
11 5, 6, 7, 8

C'mon Dave and pals...we aint getting any younger

Re GD and Easter

There is a show from maaaybe 85 where Bob W says at the very end "Thank you, Jesus."

4 6 85?

Little Easter Rock

Always Jesus Christ Superstar for me, though it works better on Good Friday.

Easter Sunday 4/7/85

Why Don’t We Do It In The Road!
What’s more Easter than that ; )

Biblical themes

Not specifically to do with Easter, but Biblical imagery crops up in many Dead songs - ones they covered and those written by Barlow and Hunter. There must be a list of these online somewhere...off the top of my head, in those three categories, I can think of "We Bid You Goodnight", "Samson and Delilah", "Greatest Story", "Brother Essau", "Mississippi Half Step" and of course "Palm Sunday".

Easter Dead

We saw them once on Easter Sunday. Forget when, but it was during the time Phil started singing Box of Rain again and the crowd would chant let Phil sing.

This show my buddy brought an inflatable rabbit about 3 foot tall, wrote on it let Phil sing (or Box?) and sent it down thru the crowd. Ended up on stage and they did the request. Fuzzy on details. I'll have to check with buddy.

My only Easter story.

Jesus Christ Superstar is always in season in this house!

Hoppy Easter....

....if memory serves me correctly, Bobby wore a rabbit hat on 4.9.83 Hampton Coliseum?
Regardless. Anniversary show. May check it out.
Bertha ->
Promised Land
West LA Fadeaway
Brother Esau
Candyman
Minglewood Blues
Brown-Eyed Women
LL Rain
China -> Rider
.
Help -> Slip! -> Frank ->
Truckin' ->
Smokestack Jam ->
Drumz ->
Space ->
Throwing Stones ->
Black Peter ->
GDTRFB ->
One More Saturday Night
.
Satisfaction

Easter Dead

They played on April 5, 1980 on Saturday Night Live, and Bobby wore bunny ears as they performed Alabama Getaway.

Google image searched bob weir rabbit ears....

....he did it twice then.

Easter Dennis

You were at 4/7/85 same as me!

Dave's Picks Volume 46

When is Dave's Picks Volume 46 to be released

Dave's 46....

....May 1st.
Revisiting the Keystone Companions The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings box currently.
Yeah.

Wearing my Golden Knights shirt today

Just because

I do have a Kraken shirt at home

Gotta dig that out

Reflecting On Comes A Time

I think it was Dennis mentioned purchasing the vinyl Garcia “Reflections” album recently that got me thinking - then playing - that album. The song Comes A Time might be the one Dead tune I took the longest to come around to like, but is now a song I really like hearing when it gets played. Funny how some songs knock your sock off first listen, but others have to fester, take their time.
PS - Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie is also one cover that so perfectly fits Jerry’s world-weary delivery. A remarkable recording.

Comes A Time

I like the earliest versions of this, from Fall 1971. Beautifully sung , and with the extra verse. Strange that it dropped out of rotation for nearly 4 years, before reappearing in 1976 on "Reflections" and on stage.

If I was to pick a song I didn't initially like, but which grew on me over time, I would go for "Tennessee Jed". I wasn't too keen on "Ramble On Rose" either, but they both sound much better to me now than they did when I was a sprog.

Ramble on Rose

I GOT that song listening to 2/9/73 one enchanted evening.

Tennesse Jed...it took me a while, too, to dig it

Sugaree has always been a love/hate song for me.

Tennessee Jed / Wake of the Flood 50th

Tennessee Jed , one of my favorite tunes, love! the Europe 72 version. Hope we get a full show released with the Wake of the Flood 50th anniversary release, and not a chop job. Im more then happy to pay extra for the extra discs it takes to fit on a full show.

Play It Again, Sam

Ramble On Rose - Ok.
Ten Jed - Not bad. Grows on you.
Me & My Uncle - Hard pass. I’ll be honest, I often hit “Next” when that tune comes on.

Re: Jonathan918

Hey Jonathan,

Check your PMs.

Music is in my DNA!

Hey rockers!!

For anybody interested, Charlie MIller just put out---finally!!---a complete soundboard copy of the 1977 Tempe show...........thank you Mr Miller!!!!

Me & My Uncle---love it!!
Row Jimmy---hate it. Always a major buzzkill..........
Casey Jones---liked it at first, then hated it, now tolerate it......

Rock on,

Doc
My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them........

Comes a Time

Love this song, always have from first listen that I can recall. Not big on Casey Jones, never have been. Ramble On Rose depends on the version, and sometimes my mood. Love the show opening version from DaP 34 6/23/74. It Must Have Been the Roses is less of a hit. Love Row Jimmy, and Tennessee Jed has always hit the spot (5/21/77 with the envelope filter on for the solo is a particular fave). In an irony of sorts "all of my friends" agree that Black Peter is a downer. I have found two that I actually really like, the aforementioned 6/23/74 and DaP 33 10/29/77. Otherwise, it's a plodding, non-melodic bore. Mr. Lemieux wildly disagrees with that assessment, as that is plainly one of his favorite songs given the incredibly disproportionate number of versions released on DiPs or DaPs. Back to ones I dig, Me & My Uncle I like for the ways they mix it up, either lyrically, or musically. It also works extremely well for a break in a trippy Other One. I can't stand Little Red Rooster. My standing rule for years has been to listen to it once on first listen of a release, just to see if there's any reason to ever subject myself to that screeching again or not, and have never found one worth diving back into. 1980s and after versions of Looks Like Rain are similar, but I'll occasionally find something worth a second howling of those street cats either with Jerry's guitar or Mickey doing something interesting. I also skip Around & Around almost every time as well. I'll also have to say Sugar Magnolia is very hit or miss for me, too. On the other hand, a song that used to lead into it frequently, Wharf Rat, is one of my all time favorites. Hunter/Garcia knocked that one out of the park. But I would bet there are people who love Black Peter and hate our sorry Wharf Rat...

Black Peter

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I respect diverse opinions.

This is one of my favorite GD tunes. Yes, a "downer" song but powerful. The words are transcendent...the band moves it. As I get older (i'm 68), it means more to me now.

Looking forward to Dave's 46!

Beauty is also in the ear of the Beholden

Or something like that. Everybody has their faves, skips, growers, and outgrown.

Faves(this changes every other day):
UJB
CaseyJones
Box of Rain
Truckin’
Wharf Rat

Skippers:
M&MU
Me & Bobby McGee
Johnny B. Goode
Around & Around
Samson & Delilah

Growers;
Scarlet
Estimated
Ramble On Rose
Candyman
Sugaree

Outgrown:
Friend of the Devil
Sugar Magnolia
Row Jimmy
Brown Eyed Woman
One More Saturday Night

It’s easy. They can change and usually do.
Every favorite on here is someone’s LEAST favorite, and vice versa.
So, Live & Let Live or…
Live & Let Die

But just live, ‘cause Music is the Best!!
C’monDave’s 46!!

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