Grateful Dead

Can I please get some damn help here please I have not yet received my dates ticks 45 it’s February 17, 2023 I had a notification from the post office in Carlsbad ca on February 3rd saying that it was there and then they said disregard …where in the hell is my dave’s picks 45? I don’t see any phone number I don’t see any email address to accommodate me on this floor at the beginning of the year and the first of the four 2023 daves picks somebody help me out! I was really anticipating this for some strange reason at the start of the new year like this is not good.! So please somebody jump in And give this poor boy hand! This has never happened before!

Larry Graham.

....that wasn't me. Proudfoot perhaps?

I am from Nantucket. Why?

Gary - I’m the one who posted about 12/31/81. I had never seen that video before either and found it to be awesome. Glad you enjoyed it

Cornell - last weekend was too warm to ski and too wet to rollerblade. So, after all the posts regarding Cornell I decided to jump in the car and take a ride to Ithaca. I listened to the second set on the drive. It’s been years since I’ve listened to that show and equally as long since I’ve been to Ithaca. First stop - Barton Hall. It’s a dump. The outside is far nicer than the inside. There was a fencing tournament being held. Not wanting to pay admission I asked the two ushers if they knew why the building was famous. The woman responded that it was an airplane hanger during the first World War. That may be, but it doesn’t make it famous. I said the Grateful Dead played hear back in 1977. The male usher got all excited while the female walked away. He told me that there was a guy here last week saying the same thing. He said that he used to go to concerts here back in the day. Joe Jackson, the Allman Brothers, etc. I asked how he liked the Allmans. “I can’t remember. I was high as fuck. Go on in and look around.”

Anyway, back to the concert. I’ve been on record many times saying that I prefer 5/7 and 5/9 to the Cornell show. However, after listening to the Cornell show again, I’ll have to rethink that. My preference for the other shows is probably due more to the fact that I played Cornell so much, I got sick of it. The Scarlet>Fire is nothing short of glorious. As is the Morning Dew and all the songs between the two of them. So while I am not willing to concede that it is the best show ever, my verdict?

Overhyped? Yup.
Overplayed? Yup.
Overrated? Nope.

Many years ago I received what was probably my favorite birthday gift of all time. A T-shirt that read, “I am the man from Nantucket.”

Going to go play Infidels now. Well done with that post.

Gary - you might be setting the bar a bit high, expecting to remember the exact comments made on stage by David Crosby 37 years ago. I think I'd be happy just remembering the fact that I'd been there. If I had, obviously.

I thought the same thing about peak, and downsizing offerings, maybe not yet but some time in the future. Dead&Company still working as an awesome marketing machine, and it gets the sunshine makers a new audience.

BTW, I went back in January and watched the 12/31/1977 show on the tube. A great show, as discussed here, starts off and then explodes.

Also, 12/31/1981, someone posted about the crazy guitar tones Jerry was putting out on Shakedown. They are awesome tones for sure and another great show to watch on the tube.

Glad to see folks are coming out of that massive water fest of the last few weeks,

Take Care!

G

Might take a while longer; seeing brand new copies selling or having been sold well below cost, some with free shipping. Similar prices for #44.
Wouldn't be surprised if they go from 25,000 to 22,000 next year

....time to bust out my umbrella.

Talk to me baby... everyone doing the hump, the humpty humpty.

Name the famous bass player on that one?

And Umphrey's is indeed a great band. After I got off the bus, from seeing GD shows, I did a lot of jam band exploration starting in the early 1990's and going through about 2005, when Katrina hit New Orleans. The last time I saw Umphrey's McGee was Jazz Fest at night 2003 at the State Palace Theater. It was Umphrey's McGee opening for Moe. It was a great show. I saw Moe with Medeski Martin and Wood in 2002, I think, maybe earlier. The night after Umpff at the State Street Theater, on Saturday, I went to Gov't Mule at the Saenger Theater where they filmed "The Deepest End, record, cd, dvd. I always recommend both the CD and the DVD, as the cd has songs the dvd doesnt and vice versa. Warren Haynes and Mule put on one of the best concerts I ever saw. Show started around 7pm and let out around 3am. If you havent seen I recommend highly. Just double checked on ebay and the 2cd set with the dvd is available brand new. I bought them separate, I am assuming they have re-issued as for years you couldnt find the dvd at all. (Edit, looks like import so watch the dvd region as i did not check that out.)

Saw a bunc of crazy stuff that weekend. East Coast West Coast Jazz Allstars at Howlin Wolf's, Buckethead, and as written before, The Funky Meters which show started at midnight Sunday-Monday.

Have not been back to New Orleans since Katrina...I am to old for some of this sh1t. Just read, the State Palace has not been renovated since Katrina which is sad as it is almost 100 years old.

It is worth a look to see pictures of both of these wonderful Palaces...makes me think of the old Kaiser Auditorium, many of the same issues, everyone wants renovation, but it is always very expensive.

And ummm, the aforementioned bass player I saw in 1977 or1978 with Parliament Funkadelic. The Mothership Connection! Absolutely Wild as the ship landed.

Oh yeah, and Ellis D. Trails - so nice!
Thatisall

More 1977 ...but nevertheless, while I have come to think 5/8/77 may be overrated, 5/7/77 now seems very underrated. And as RSD releases can be bought in the UK ...I think I'll be stepping out for this one.