Grateful Dead

Billy - you have seen some great shows over the years - definitely a man in the right place at the right time. I'll tell you what, though...41 years ago today I saw The Stones at Roundhay Park, supported by George Thorogood and The Destroyers. You can get the Stones set on dvd/blu ray or cd now. It's not very satisfying to watch - mainly just close ups of the band, with an over emphasis on Bill Wyman, who had just had hit single at that time, if I remember rightly. But the music is hotter than a jalapeno pepper.

… I don’t come here on the forum seeking attention. I get enough of that from my all my doctors & wonderful nurses keeping me alive over these past 8 years of my life. It would be in my minds eyes something pretty morbid & pointless pretending to know someone who recently pasted away whom I do concider an old family friend. What would it gain me in the end? Nothen, absolutely Nothen. I don’t come here and ask anyone for anything. I don’t ask people for any Grateful Dead music or products of any kind. It is true I sold very large portions of my dead collection for medical bills. I sold my entire Dicks picks collection,the original releases here to one person/member and we made each other happy & had no issues at all , all 36 picks in mint condition. I’ve sold two complete music only editions of Europe 72 Boxset. One member bought all 22 shows, while several other members bought the second set in sets. Some members bought 6 shows , some bought only one but everything was sold to members of this form without a single issue, not one single person had any negative issues working with me. Everyone was happy. I sold 3 1977 boxsets as well . To 3 different members and had no issues or problems ever. I am a collector of many things, music is by far my largest assets. I have over 3 thousand vinyl LPs, over 2,500 singles/45, between 2-3 hundred 78’s and thousands of CDs. I owned a record store with someone, many years ago in Jersey City , NJ. I suffer from several no cure health issues. I have, MS, a tumor in my brain the size of a golf ball. At one point my brain was so inflamed I lost my eyesight fully in my left eye and my right eye is about 75% due to pressure on my octive nerves. I have cronic asthma, degenerative, bone disease, have two 8” rods in my spine , which made me permanently physically disabled & concidered legally blind more than ten feet away.
My cousin is the bass player of NRPS. I met Sam while working for Dickey betts guitar tec while on tour. Also met him when I was very close friends to Vassar Clements daughter who’s around my age so we would hang out at parties,birthday celebrations & other musical events. My god father is Al Di Meola! My uncle Peter grew up with John Sebastian while living in the lower east side, nyc. Was great friends with Richie Havens and his wonderful wife. My uncle Peter gave Richie his pet Macaw!. My uncles nick name was “ bongo, Pete” because he played the bongos & drums. I also knew Bill Graham , some of my cousins are in the union & worked at the village theater which bill bought & renamed it the Fillmore East. He made many recordings from the sound board by a plethora of bands & musical event’s from the early 60’s into the 70’s. He also filmed some performances as well. All his recordings are stored at one of the best film & music storage facilities on the east coast in Fort Lee , Nj. I shared some recordings to a few members on these forums, one being DaveRocks. When I was rebuilding my dicks picks collection I traded & mailed free records & shipping to England for some CdR copies to get me by while I had the opportunity to rebuild my Complete Dicks pick series over again within a 2-3 year period of selling my music. Collection and to pay for my medical bills. My MS infusions every 6 months cost about $60,000. Thank god a have a foundation that helps me recieve this treatment or I would of been dead years ago. To tell you the truth it’s non of my business what others think of me. I’m only commenting on this subject because your talking about someone who has passed away & it hurts me to believe that people would turn a sad day in history into a sideshow or whatever one wants to call these false accusations against me. Not only did I send Daverock records, unreleased recordings but also personal photos of the people I mentioned in this post. Since I’ve been a member on this forum I’ve been accused by only one person who didn’t like their free gift I sent him. He demanded more and what he wanted to be free was ridiculous. He then started spreading false accusations. And instead of listening to both sides of the story and coming to one’s own conclusions instead some people were spoon fed ice cream to the rats. They ate it! But in the end what matters most is we lost someone very special in our grateful dead community and I wanted to pay my respect. Call me old fashioned but I have very fond memories of this great man and that’s the truth if you like it or not. I’m not mad at anyone nor am I angry, just disappointed in how my posts are read. Totally different perspective from my entions. I’ve learned that there’s some good in the worst of us and some bad in the best of us. Beautiful people aren’t just born they are made from life’s experiences & the choices ones make in their lives. Don’t regret the past nor live in it but learn from it. Making mistakes is the best way of learning something I tell my three children. If there’s anyone living close to Bergen county NJ , pm and I’ll send Hulu my address and can come by a check out my collection. I have nothing to hide. I love everyone here! I enjoy reading everyone’s posts. I hope yuou all enjoy Dave’s picks 47, 1979. I’ll give you a hint #48 rhymes with the pick ;)
Have a grateful week everyone, peace be with you all! Nothen left to do but “Smile Smile Smile!”

Check personal message, please

My computer died. Got back up.

Only problem I lost some of my email contacts. I just sent an email to a bunch of you's, but know I was missing some.

If you have my address, send me a test email so I can update my email accounts.

Thanks

36 years ago today I was up in Oakland to see the Dead & Dylan put on a great show! The Dead played 2 great sets and then the Dead backed Dylan for a great set! Garcia played pedal steel on one song, that alone was worth the price of addmission. Fun times!

....they just now got the AC working at work. Had been down since Friday.
And yeah. Who books an outdoor concert in Phoenix during the summer?!?
And would go? Gila monsters?

at the Disturbed concert at Talking Stick.
Even the "best techs in the business" couldn't make it work.
Outdoors in PHX summer? Not the best plan.
Cheers, and keep it cool.

We've known for years about the lack of honesty & integrity from this person. Years ago, he was dying and could not afford medication hence, the need to sell the extra Dave's Picks he had gotten for free. I'm surprised Marye doesn't block him. I've just been ignoring him for ages.

On a bright note, Dave's 47 should ship this week (you know, the one "our friend" knew about ages ago).
I gotta believe that DEADNET will NOT ship these UPS.

Now back to your regularly scheduled spin through HCS Box!!

P.S./Edit-VGUY- The movie was 10 on a scale of 10.

Dont make claims about being deeply personal family friends with people and then copy and paste entire Wikipedia articles. That's some bad mojo and it makes it feel like it's all a rouse for attention. If im wrong, sorry, but honor the guy with more than empty words and basic Wikipedia info. If ya knew the guy so well give us a personal story, now that would be 😎.

....in 70mm. You should too if you have a theater near you with the capability.
A third of it is in black & white even. Even in todays technology. Imagine that.
Christopher Nolan never fails to deliver the goods.