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    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.

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    Oroborous
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    Good call Mary!
    We’ll have to dig that out this WE.
    Sometimes I think I’ve forgotten more information than I currently retain…

    Yeah, what will 48 be? And has anyone received any shipping info for 50th WOtF as it’s release date is supposed to be Friday?

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    One month till new Dave's…

    One month till new Dave's Picks! :)

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    Methinks you are an AI mole.

    If not, OK.

    If so...bugger off.

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    simple

    sack scrapes and sax capers
    ding dongs and well wishers
    golf clubs and cymbal crashes

    or something like that floats in my mind as you mention Simple.

    I gotta dig out Hampton Comes Alive

    That release has Weekapaug Groove of course...my son and I drove around town a couple years back with that loud on the car stereo...we had a good time with that.

    Jammin'.

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    Marye - thanks for that reference to "Demon Box". I got that when it came out - but I would never have remembered that this was the book with the article about some of the Dead family's visit to Apple in.

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    I'm also interested to hear…

    I'm also interested to hear that you recorded one of the years you attended. I'm sure there are many people who would love to hear those recordings. I hope you do decide to upload them someday.

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    ....live on Monday Night Football.
    Dolphins vs Patriots.
    Burned in my memory. I had just discovered The Beatles. Hadn't discovered the Dolphins yet, but my dad had it on the TV.
    I went and cried in my room that night and lit a candle by my mom's permission.
    I was her when Elvis died three years earlier, so she understood. Albeit, under different circumstances.
    Those first Simple's were rough at the edges Obeah, but they eventually got it just exactly perfect.
    Vegas '96 is still my favorite Simple. Was fortunate enough to be there. And I've checked out a lot of Simple's.
    It's on Spotify. FF to the 11 minute mark for the money shot. It's up there regarding the most listened song I've ever listened to. Pretty much memorized. Then Harry Hood. Then Weekapaugh Groove. In that order.
    Good shit.

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    Thank you for the Warfield info

    Gotta dig out some of that 1980 run

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    ..not the GD though, but close and on New Years Eve on Y2K. A wonderful venue, had a great time.

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    Right after John Lennon's untimely death, there appeared in Rolling Stone a story by Ken Kesey about this very thing, "Now We Know How Many Holes It Takes to Fill the Albert Hall." It's currently in the Demon Box book. Do not miss it.
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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.

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Submitted by Gary Farseer on Wed, 10/18/2023 - 13:23

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If you see this, wanted to update you. Last years "Undertaking" turned out to be awesome. Getting ready for the second trip through the Series. Last year, by watching them in quick succession, I really harvested much knowledge on the overall story line.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 10/19/2023 - 10:31

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I say, well done! Going through a second time with the knowledge of the first pass can only enhance!!
Thanks for checking in.

Be Well My Friend!
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Submitted by jonathan918@GD on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 19:08

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The filler on disc 3 from 12/4/79 is stunning! Stella Blue in particular is an all-timer to these ears!

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Submitted by uncle_tripel on Sun, 01/21/2024 - 07:13

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1979-12-04? could it be the filler you're looking for?
it would certainly round out that daP 51 very nicely, right?
1970-10-24, well, you know Dave won't be that predictable lol or...?
Peace All!
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