Grateful Dead

Very well said Chuck. First shows for me were 1986 and just a couple of weeks before Jerry's coma. I felt lucky at the time to see the band a couple of times. I always thought it was gravy from 87 until close to the end. Still get inspired and blown away by their music from the 30 year run. Looking forward to #48 next month.

Yes All the years and changes were GREAT. The Grateful Dead were always Great and everybody has their favorite years and Eras With Personal changes and different lineups they always were an Amazing live Band Having seen them so many times there are a few shows that were a bit Sad to see They were around 1985 and 1986 and again in 1994 and 1995 when Jerry was in a bad place, I do not like to talk about these shows as some of them I travelled many miles to see. and the long ride home was hard to handle. I saw them between 120 and 130 times and 98% of the time they were the most amazing experience of my life. Every Silver Lining's got a touch of Grey. In the end the Grateful Dead 1965 to 1995 are the most amazing 30 year run in Music history

Starring Jonah Hill(?!?!?)

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Executive produced by the surviving members et al.......

Would you watch it?

I also feel that way about "all the years"

Who is "Wiz"?

Coke...glad I always stayed away from that ish.

Dave:

Give us some Greek shows/boxes (pl).

Favorite Lazy Lightning/Supplication is the 1982-05-22, appears a Cocaine induced Jam, I love it! Think date is correct, not going to dbase to check.

42 years ago today you know where I was at. What a killer of a show! Started with a fantastic Shakedown Street into a ripping Greatest Story. HEY DAVE WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET A COMPLETE GREEK BOX SET. The Dead were always cool and they always will be.

Other than the Grateful Dead and post-GD incarnation bands, Buddy Guy is the artist who I have seen in concert the most. He does what me and my college buddies from the early 1990s called "Roaming Buddy" every concert-- you know, where he walks into the crowd jamming.

The first time I saw him was at the Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee as part of a blues fest with a lineup of Dr. John, Buddy and BB King. The place was mostly empty, but he took his guitar up to the top of the seating area. The next time I saw him at the long-defunct R&R Station bar in Madison-- just a killer show. I had a bootleg tape of it (probably still in my basement). From there, I caught him whenever he played in my area (Madison, Milwaukee and then southwest Michigan/South Bend, IN) and saw him annually in the late 90s and early 00s at his Legends club.

Funny story about the shows. Whenever he did Roaming Buddy, he would stop at me and play. Every time. I was at a work conference in Portland in 2002 and Buddy Guy is playing the night after and I met a friend there and went to see him play. He starts his Roaming Buddy bit and again, stops at me-- as usual. Only this time, he does a double take look at me and smiles and shakes his head-- like he recognized me, but thinking, "What is this m-fer doing out west, he is always in Wisconsin and Chicago?" He was so obvious about it, my friend asked me why he looked at me like that. That was my only guess.

I haven't seen him in over a decade though-- so many good memories from when he was younger. Oops, forgot that I took my son to see him in St. Joseph about 7 years ago (son was about 6 at the time and we didn't make it through the entire show, so I don't count that one). Go see the legend if you haven't seen him. I traveled to the Chesapeake Blues Festival in 1999 to see John Lee Hooker for a rare show east of the Mississippi River and I do not regret it.

Its all cool to me.