Grateful Dead

1. Rats
2. Gigolo aunt
3. Effervescing Elephant
4.Baby Lemonade
5. Maisie

Impeccable sound quality has become the “Norm” with each new release. Thank you for that.

Try as I may, I can’t get past the heavy synth sound. The tempo is a bit fast for my liking too. Still, I will take it over Dead & Co. all day long.

Glad to see Brent getting a bit of love. Always enjoyed his contribution.

Easy to Love You is my favorite song of his. Nice to have another version and probably the highlight of this release for me.

For other Brent songs, really like I Will Take You Home, even though it was vastly overplayed. Was lucky enough the catch the only Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues. My problem with a lot of his songs are the lyrics. They seem “forced”to me.

Biggest disappointment on this release is the Shakedown. I was really looking forward to it, but it’s somewhat of a letdown. Gonna spin 4/6/82 now.

How everyone enjoys their listens.

Credit: Mydland/Barlow.

Don’t necessarily blame Brent for the lyrics.
Also, ‘79 is an early version, the lyrics changed later.

Best version?
Possibly 3-15-90.
Or maybe that’s just the best sounding commercially released version so far.

Has made it to the Carolinas. I’m so glad UPS didn’t strike. Caught a break there.
I love Fall ‘79, including Dap 31. Release the whole tour Dave! It’s right in my wheelhouse

I got to listen to the rest of the show and it is really good. Shakedown Street is fun as I expected it would be. The rest of the 2nd set is solid and I found that jam that follows Saint of Circumstance to be interesting. The post drum tunes are a high energy and well played.

Revisiting the Brent discussion briefly, I don't normally consider Easy to Love You as 2nd set song as it is in this show. However I always liked this tune so it works for me.

On a related note, the Taper's Section for this week has most of the bonus material for the Wake of the Flood 50th Anniversary CD. I think I will have to check that out.

His songs have grown on me for sure over time.
My favorite is 'Just a Little Light';
That one really shined in Spring Tour '90 and hit its peAk around then, IMHO.
I could've envisioned them jamming out on that one over time; there were hints of this in the aforementioned tour as well as into that last Summer.

That description of his songs versus the rest of the bands' seems spot-on to me; and perhaps that may be part of why his songs may be off-putting to some? That and just the general approach to the music itself was different;
But they still are robust, volatile, emotional, and most importantly, inspirational.

Just my two cents; which ain't worth much these daze.

Be Well Peeps!
Sixtus

> I think his tunes were too personal compared to the Jerry and Bob songs
Brent himself said as much. "The stuff I write, I feel, isn't necessarily lyrically Grateful Dead. The stuff I write is a little tight to the vest, as opposed to painting images in your mind, which is what most Grateful Dead songs are real good at. My songs don't really go in that direction." (Not sure the original source - I came across it in Gans/Jackson.)

Daverock - glad you didn't drown. Don't Let Go (5/21/76) is indeed an excellent show. I really do enjoy the JGB with Keith and Donna. And Ron Tutt (RIP) was so good with that lineup. Back in the day I had the 29 July '77 show on tape. I always knew it was good... but I didn't know it was so good that it would become the first 'Pure Jerry' release!

Well, anyone who listened to me ramble this past Spring knows that it took the better part of three months before I finally received my subscriber's copy of Dave's Picks 46. So imagine my surprise when I got home from work and DaP 47 was leaning against my door!

a STELLAR year for Grateful Dead

STELLAR

It's been a while since I heard Brent era GD

June 76...a lot has been released, but nothing from the Chicago dates (So Many Roads has some, some I say, of 6/29.)

I wonder if any Chicago dates will be released. Hmm.

Yes Daverock, that 5 21 76 release is good. I listened to it pretty regularly back in the day. As I recall, the Knocking on Heavens Door is the slowest thing I have heard from JG

Glad you didn't pull a Jim Morrison this morning (respect to ol' Mr. Mojo Risin')

I've been listening to a JGB double cd called "Don't Let Go" today in commemoration. It features the 5/21/76 show at The Orpheum. Some beautiful playing. Very laid back. In fact I fell asleep in the bath this morning listening to the 1st cd. Lucky I didn't drown myself.