Grateful Dead

Hey Deadheads, got an opportunity to catch Buddy Guy on his farewell tour next month. Anybody seen him lately? Myself personally I'm not a big blues fan but this man is 87 and still out there putting it out. Got to give him some credit for that for sure.
I did catch a documentary or a show that he was on, about him or something like that, can't really remember but if I remember anything it's that dude can play. Still plenty of good tickets available at the box office for under 50 bucks.
It's at Harrah's Cherokee casino in the mountains a hour of so away, driving thru the mountains in late October makes for some fantastic views and killer colors.

....King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
GOGD - 7.17.76 Orpheum Theatre
Cowboy Junkies - Such Ferocious Beauty
Phish - 2.20.93 Roxy, Atlanta, GA
The new Junkies release is as melancholy as ever. Not for everyone lol. Gotta be in a certain mindset. My wife wasn't at the time. "So depressing Vinnie." I guess? But Margo's voice just draws me in. Forgive me.
Edit. How was Bobby & Wolf Bros Bluecrow? I see they played the entire Terrapin Station Suite, Salt Lake City and GSET. Very nice.
I saw them a couple of years ago and was not disappointed.
Edit again. It's up on livemusicarchive. Firing it up now.
Ooooh. There are horns and winds?
Nice recording as well. God Bless the tapers.
Nice pedal slide I hear as well.
Last six.

Ready to purchase! GRATEFUL DEAD - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, NY 3/9/81 (ROCKTOBER) Vinyl LP
Primo audio quality! Excellent pick for a release on vinyl! Got me dancing already. Love it!

DaP 45 - 77
DaP 46 - 72
DaP 47 - 79
DaP 48 - has to be from 67-69, maybe 70.
Unless 3-2-69 vinyl is released for Black Friday RSD. In that case DaP 48 should be 10-31-91.

I know this is a long shot but I'd like to see Oxford Plains Speedway, 7-2-1988 come out as a Dave's Pick. Since 7-3-1988 was released with the 30 Trips Box Set I'd say it's not impossible. The Morning Dew is great, in my opinion anyway. Really the whole second set is top notch. Of course I'm biased since that was my first Dead show but I think it is a worthy show for release. Iko Iko and Jack Straw to open the show is pretty good too!

I was lucky enough to see Little Richard in 1999, on a great bill that included Jerry Lee Lewis ( with James Burton on guitar) and Chuck Berry. George Harrison was seated across the isle from me.
All those artists are incendiary. There's some great clips of Little Richard online. "The Girl Can't Help It" -the 1956 film is something else, also featuring clips of Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent and the Bluecaps to great effect. Plus Julie London appears as a ghost singing "Cry Me A River". It's full of the attitudes of the day - so you have to bear that in mind, too.
The origins of rock n' roll is a fascinating subject with no right answer as to where it started. The post war years ( that's the second world war - there have been so many since..) in America up to about 1960 were incredible. Just looking at record labels - any compilation of SUN or Chess records from the 1950's will be full of brilliant records, many of which weren't apparently known about at the time of their release. Only two weeks ago, I bought a box set called "The Speciality Story" which was Little Richard's label. 5cds, and 90% of the artists I have never even heard of. H-Bomb Ferguson? It came out in the early 90's - if you see a second hand copy floating around it's well worth taking a punt. R'N'B - gospel - rock n' roll is what's on offer here. When Little Richard appears the blue touch paper has been lit. Amazing how so much of this music seemed to slip under the radar of mainstream America.

For The Dead - definitely - 3/2/69 would make a perfect RSD release.

They're overdue on that vinyl release. By the way, if you don't have it, 3/1/69 is often available on the interwebs for 60 bucks or not much more. Only 3 LPs.

A guy on youtubes, PureGerry, said they announced 2 Dave's Picks would be issues on vinyl this year. Wonder if that's on hold due to lack of sell out on Vol 23. I haven't bought it, because it wasn't really a Pick I would have wanted on vinyl. Will probably break down just before it does sell out. Not so sure about 3/9/81, streamed that on nugsnet recently and not so impressed, and cassette to vinyl?

Lastly on the subject of vinyl, I hooked up my stereo the other night, and needed a suitable test subject, and Light Into Ashes seemed a good choice. Went for sides 3 and 4. Sounded great once I got it dialed in. Noticed that with this turntable, with its speakers underneath, that I had to turn it up to about halfway, then going past noon would lower my stereo speakers and raise the turntable ones. But in order to really have mid range and high end dialed in, I had to have the turntable's speaker's brought in a bit and the stereo attenuated some in the process to mix it. Never had that with previous turntables. Was muddy until I turned the knob, at least it wasn't distorted as the last time I tried it. Progress. And Dark Star> Feelin' Groovy Jam> Morning Dew> Playing Reprise was glorious (despite worst Donna scream ever on re-entry; frog in her throat?).

5lp set MSG 3/9/81 preorder made for small brick and mortar stores. I ordered mine from the In Groove in Arizona.

That 30 mile round trip is going to cost you maybe $5...........maybe I'll ride my bike down to Old National Centre......30 miles is piece of cake for me.......the ride home will be fun. Done several rides to Bloomington, IN........my favorite was in '88 to see Jimmy Cliff at Jakes......had to ride because of DUI's........one of my top 5 shows I've ever seen, probably top 3.

Carousel Ballroom 1968 or a 1970 show with an acoustic set ( 9/20/70). I would love it if they released 10/12 & 13 /68, what a knockout! I saw Little Richard at the S.F. Blues Festival, he was fantastic!