Who's ready to boogie with a little Brent-era Grateful Dead from the Gateway to the West? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 47 features the complete unreleased show from Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, 12/9/79 and you're going to need stamina because this one is high energy from start to finish.
By the time December 1979 rolled around, Brent Mydland had fully cemented his place in the Grateful Dead canon with his twinkling keys, harmonic tenor, and songwriting skills. No more is that evident than at this show boasting 25 songs including soon-to-be classics from GO TO HEAVEN like "Alabama Getaway," "Don't Ease Me In," "Lost Sailor," and the Brent-penned "Easy To Love You." It's also packed with whirling takes on fan-favorites like "Brown-Eyed Women," "Shakedown Street," and "Terrapin Station." And you've never heard a 2nd set quite like this with eight songs before "Drums" including an improvised "Jam" launching from the end of "Saint Of Circumstance." It doesn't stop there though, with a blazing finale of "Bertha>Good Lovin'" and perhaps one of the best versions of "Don't Ease Me In" the band ever did play. We've rounded out Disc Three with an extra nugget from '79.
Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.
yo dude...
...the word is out, all over town... got another one coming your way my buddy Pauley...and btw you're movin' much2slow lol it's a doozy of an upgrd for ya!
My rant about date order...
was just for fun.
It was also a way for me to vent political annoyances without being explicit
Anyway, current GD is 11 17 73
CD in car
I arrived at home yesterday just as UJB started
Date Formatting
It's a big conspiracy against the edible industry to make us late for work, dental appts, weddings, dr. visits, conferences, court dates, birthdays, baptisms, surgeries and delivering babies.
I read about it on the internet, so it must be true.
El Mocambo
That's Mike, I had the best random tourist sighting in August. We took the kids (8 and 12) to Toronto for a family trip and we saw many of the regular tourist places. Kids got to see the places they wanted, wife had a stop and I was along for the fun. On our way back to our rental from Chinatown, we were on a streetcar and I randomly look out the window and see the neon palm tree El Mocambo sign. I about jumped out of my seat with excitement. We had a couple things to see nearby the next day, so went and had a photo taken at the sign. Probably the best random tourist sighting I have had in my travels. It is in an interesting location, just outside of Chinatown and a block away from the Kensington Market neighborhood.
Dave's #48 possibilities
Carousel Ballroom 1968, or 10/31/70 , or hopefully but probably not, 9/20/70
Estimated Eyes
I hope Toronto was good to you and your family! It’s my hometown, although I live outside the city now. The El Mo was always a fun place to go to in it’s day (likely still is), and always gave the up and coming acts a start before they hit it big - Amboy Dukes, Elvis Costello, Blondie, the Police, etc. A friend in our crowd at high school won tix on the radio in 1977 to see this local band (April Wine) at the El Mo, and why not. Turns out the main act - The Cockroaches - was actually the Stones. He said it was incredible to see them at a club with the stage mere feet away! It’s hosted some greats - Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Hendrix, Ramones, Stevie Ray etc etc - but hard to beat the Stones in a club.
Thanks for sharing! I hoped you enjoyed your time here.
That Mike
I came on to give you thanks for sending me in the direction of Tinariwen, and here you've gone and changed your logo to that of my enemy-for-the-week, Toronto! :) Yesterday I enjoyed my lifelong love, the Twins, defeating your Blue Jays to end our wonderfully-horrible streak of 19 years and 18 attempts without winning a playoff game! Listened to Set Two of Iowa (1973.05.13) while watching, but would turn on the t.v. sound when something great would happen for the Twins, so as to hear the crowd roar!
Got my 2-CD Wake set in the mail yesterday. That was ordered from Bull Moose, so don't panic if you ordered from here . . .
Investigated record players because I'm so tempted by the new Garcia LP series, as well as those suh-WEET Wake picture discs! But I don't need another musical rabbit-hole to disappear down . . .
Last Five-ish
Bach: all kinds.
John Zorn: all kinds
The Replacements: Tim (new remix)--the new mix is stunning!
Moondog: Songs performed by Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet
Steve Reich: Runner
(and a sixth, because it is good): Shadowlands--new album by S. Carey (Bon Iver) and John Raymond
DH Brewer
DH Brewer - My pleasure on Tinariwen. Really exotic sound, isn’t it? Likewise on Bombino - you mentioned seeing him, I was intrigued, loved what I heard! So many times I get turned on to amazing music recommendations here, because this bunch are really serious about their taste in music, or “Searching For The Sound” as Phil put it.
As for the Jays, the Rolling Stones released all these tongue logos for all the MLB teams (!), and knowing the Jays likely wouldn’t go far, I thought I’d change my avatar for a bit (there is a Twins one, as well, but not as dynamic as Toronto’s logo. ;) ). Good luck tonight, and thanks for the heads up on Bombino. I bought his Live in Amsterdam disc, more to follow.
ThatMike - Hawkwind
Thanks for the heads up. The original album defined the world I lived in during the 70's - so this is release is quite something for me. I ordered it on Friday, and have have been told via tracking that it will be delivered before 10.00pm tomorrow. Consequently I have just emailed a friend tell her I can't meet up tomorrow after all - I'll be staying in all day.
Toronto
That Mike, the whole family loved Toronto. What a great city! After I spotted El Mocambo, I explained that Stones show to my family and they took it in without rolling their eyes too badly (any parents out there know the drill, "not another dad story...").
Last 5 Non-GD:
Kinks-- Give the People What They Want
Clapton-- 24 Nights, Rock Band expanded edition
Zeppelin-- I
Talking Heads-- Speaking in Tongues
Tom Petty-- Live Anthology
Steely Dan-- Random from most of their CDs
a roundup of replies
What a week at work... I feel like I'm finally coming up for air, and here it is, Wednesday afternoon already...
JoeyMC - I do love me some straight analysis. I know Dr. Lemieux says he doesn't consider any of that stuff when selecting the next pick, but I can't help looking at trends, distributions, etc.
Oroborous - Fall 1991! Yessir! I toured a lot in 1991 from start to finish, so I feel pretty fortunate, bc the difference between Summer & Fall '91 and the next GD shows I caught, in May 1992, was dramatic. What a fall-off.
Uncle_tripel - welcome aboard!
Danehead - Your mention of Dave's 37 made me realize that I have almost criminally underplayed that one. When I turn my focus to '78, I tend to listen to the laryngitis gigs from January; Dick's Vol 18 from February; Red Rocks in July; or the Closing of Winterland. But I know I'm skipping over a lot of magic in April.
Icecreamkid - yes! Year-first dates ftw
Billythekid - ohhhh man. I'd love anything from Fall '70. But from what I am given to understand, the cupboard is pretty bare from that period. In my dreams, the next box set has all four nights from Fillmore East in September, or all four nights from Brooklyn in November... but I think only a few reels in total from those nights are in the Vault :(
Estimated - DaveRock - DH Brewer - Dennis
Estimated Eyes - I’m quietly proud Toronto treated you and the family well! Come anytime!
DaveRock- I figured you would have that boxset already ordered! I hope it’s great for you!
DHBrewer - The sports guys were chatting with random fans last night at Target, and one guy had me in stitches, he was so elated the nineteen year monkey (Oct 5-2004) was off their back. He wavered between ecstatic and incoherent. The fun ends for the Twins tonight, but…. ;)
Dennis - I think I have 3 of their albums. Mesmerizing music. Like Go To Egypt Redux.
OBEAH/ 10/31/70
OBEAH, they have 10/31/70 in the vault because they played it on the KPFA Grateful Dead marathon back in Feb. They said that some of the missing reels for this show had been found. It was an excellent sounding recording
To Much To Reply: Alvarhanso
Let's edit some
So start with Alvarhanso: I had been going to Jazz Fest for several years, the last 3 years I really went to Jazz Fest at Night as there was literally too many places to see band and I had grown tired of the day time at the fair grounds. So if my memory was correct on May 2, 2003 I saw Umphrey's McGee opening for Moe at the State Place Theater and then just wandered around the quarter popping in to see the true N.O. players. Hard to place, but think we went to see Trombone Shorty that night. May 3rd was across the street at the Saenger Theater for Deepest End. And May 4th we went to the Orpheum (I think) to see the Funky Meters. I have written about that show before. It was one of the funkiest shows I have seen, well up there and I have seen a lot of funk. This same weekend Widespread Panic was playing 3 sold out shows at the brand new New Orleans Arena, that is how Dave Schools and a lot of the players came in but made the logistics of the show a little tricky; to have so many players playing their own shows. That same weekend some where in there, we went to Howlin Wolf's to see the East Coast vs. West Coast Jazz Allstars and Buckethead solo at Howlin Wolf's, a show that started at 4 am. So long nights, sleep thru a big chunk of the day. For several Jazz Fest's I stayed at this killer BNB on Esplanade. It was a condemned house that a couple Auburn University graduates bought and remodeled. They did an awesome job. Now when I try to look for it, there are several BNB's on Esplanade . Think it might have been Ashton's BNB.
Ahhh New Orleans' Ladies...they sashay by. Indeed they do.
BTW, Jazzfest at night was started and ran by superfly and ac entertainment, who also do Outside Lands and Bonnaro and other large festivals.
Alvarhanso Again
Did you see my reply a few weeks back about Ziggy's. I did see a lot of shows there, saw Dave Matthews Band there I think in 1993.
Dead Dreams
last night I had a brief dream where I was on the side of the stage while the GD were playing a Warfield/RCMH type show. I kept trying to move to the front of the stage, but couldn't.
Dennis will need this, 3 LP’s
The Last Waltz - 45th Anniversary
The Band
Release Date
Fri, 10/06/2023
Also from the Rhino site.
We're Gonna' Win, Twins . . . !
That was an old Twins theme song . . . appropriate tonight, eh, Toronto Mike? :)
Obeah--I started seeing the GD in 1991 and was mesmerized . . . and then in 1992, I too thought, "What the HELL?"
New Joni Mitchell Archives box arrived tonight--yes . . . !
Be kind, rewind . . .
Ice Cream & Rhino
Thanks for the heads up, but, even I have bottoms to the money. ( I can hear my old man, "what'ya think, I'm made of money") (Well my wife isn't either :-) )
I think both those set are worth being in the collection, but I have a lot of "music" money on the hook right now.
Lets see, we got coming
VMP - Monthly Pick
Third Man - Sid Barrett collection
Joni's box set (number 3)
Otiel's Jerry tribute album
Dylan from Japan
Garcia (heads/tails)
Beatles cover cd
Built to Last
Truckin' to Buffalo
Wake of Flood
In & Out in Vinyl
Record store day will require Pure Jerry & (hell or high water) the final box set of 3/2/69
Just spent a g-note on new tubes for the preamp (which didn't fix it), in repair shop right now,,, that scares me.
Went to the Container store yesterday and started pricing shelving for my "music" room,,, looks like over 4 grand.
(fyi - if anyone is a Container store Elfa fan,,,, biggest sale in their history,,,,, 35% off)
So I'll pass on Yes and The Band. :-)
So much music, so little money.
Please forgive me, Marye
Many of us have been here:
"Love of my life, check your PMS."
I have stories...oh, do I have stories...
DEADVIKES, I was poking…
DEADVIKES, I was poking around... it looks like the next pick is 11/20/71.
10/31/70 + 11/20/71 0_0
Billythekiddd - oh rly?!?! That's GREAT news to hear about 10/31/70, I didn't know that. Found reels?! There aren't many two-word phrases that can fill me with quite as much joy as that one. For 1970 fans like me, this is huge.
11/20/71 is the next pick? Well that jives with this "Pauley" rumor I keep hearing. Personally I was hoping for 2/21/82 if it was to be Pauley; hoping Dave would finally venture into 1982. But the Dead basically couldn't plant a foot wrong in Fall 1971, so I have no doubt this one is going to be hot. Looks like this would have been their last show prior to a break for Thanksgiving week. I see the setlist has a "China Cat Jam" late in Set II... I'm excited already
Mike - Take Solace
The Jays did the right thing by bowing out in the first round of the playoffs to join the Matthews/Marner/Tavares search party. They could have been selfish and pushed on to the World Series.
Godspeed in finding those lads. Berrios will need his rest as they search the Canadaland tundra.
Jerry, the Sphere & Save Mother Earth
found a cut of the new jerry "save Mother Earth" from Heads/Tails on you tube
a couple of minutes in video switches to kaleidoscope type video,,,, not quite fast enough for the cut, but that's the shit I'd like to see at the Sphere, not some landscape vision.
Music is color and movement in my book.
Jack
We’re cool, Amigo! I know you were kidding, and I get the Buffalo credentials. Oro and I believe there is something sinister in the water around here (Love Canal residual).
We have a saying here for our teams - Maybe next year.
(But if you are going to pay an ace $131million to pitch, why in Heaven’s name do you pull him when he is only 47 pitches in, and throwing well!?!? Sometimes sports is more confounding than women, and that’s saying something!)
Save Mother Earth....
....tasty. I might have to order that record now dammit.
The Sphere was made for fractals!
Dave's 48 - 11/20/71 ?
Is that a fact or a guess? It doesn't look that exciting on paper, unfortunately. It always seems to me that Fall 1971 was one of the really exciting times for the band , with quite a few great shows-counting December as Fall. Weird, then, how they keep missing the great ones when it comes time to officially release one.
2/3/69 will be good, though!
DaP #48...11/20/71?!?!
I don't believe that DP #48 is 11/20/71....prove it. Where are the pre-release deets/artwork? I think someone is just workin the phishin' on this board. 11/20/71 certainly doesn't look like the doozy he spoke of at the end of the #47 video. Setlist looks routine 1971 at best...maybe a good Other1.
I'm callin' bluff, and still guessing DaP #48 is something form 1981-1988.
If it is 11/20/71, that will be EVERY release from TPTB this year from 1971-1979 including WOTF live material, Here Comes Sunshine Box set, 5/7/77 Vinyl, etc.....AGAIN?!?!
How many shows from 1971-1973 can we have in one year?!?! There really is not that much left from those years to release...6-shows from 1973 this year including bonus live show from WOTF.
It's just time for a exclusive 1979-1991 series....c'mon
Pauley Pavilion 71
Yes, it took me forever to get in there, but shit, there it is.
Dave definitely keeps us guessing. Four shows from the 1970s this year.
What will he do next year?? We should know #49 by the end of month when subscriptions go on sale.
Holy Crap!
Good choice Lemieux. I will add, when ABCD first became known and Betty Boards were being returned, I had an exchange with Lemieux specifically asking if there were any things coming that simply did not circulate or were unknown. His answer vague but reading the tea leaves I seemed to gather less that was unknown, but not necessarily 0, but a lot that we now have in much better sound quality that previously existed, especially 1971 and to a lesser extent 1972. This was before Dave's Picks 26, Albuquerque and Ann Arbor was announced, so he might have just been forshaddowing that release, but that is what he said.