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    Anyone who has ever seen the Dead can testify that one of its shows will add quite a bit of color to the environment here at Stanford. Anyone who has not seen one of these spectacles should have the opportunity to do so. The Grateful Dead are an important part of the Bay Area's cultural history. Those of us who saw them last week can testify that the Dead are alive and well. The Concert Network would be hard-pressed to find an act which would bring Frost Amphitheatre to life as the Dead would. - The Stanford Daily

    As you know by now, we'd certainly have voted aye on this motion, so much so, that we've loaded up DAVE'S PICKS 49 with not one, but two complete Grateful Dead shows from the Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 4/27/85 and 4/28/85. The first shows from '85 in the series, these back-to-back hometown performances couldn't be more different while delivering the same level of passion and precision, five hours of it, in fact.

    In 1985, the band were celebrating "20 Years So Far," a feat that found them on these particular nights confident with invention in terms of both setlists and playing. There are old songs renewed, rare covers revived, undeniably nuanced Jerry moments, and a few surprises from Brent Mydland too. While it's impossible to select highlights, we can say with certainty that the overall clarity of these shows is unparalleled, courtesy of Dan Healy's recordings.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 49: FROST AMPHITHEATRE, STANFORD U, PALO ALTO, CA 4/27/85 & 4/28/85 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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  • hendrixfreak
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    Just stopped by to say hello...

    Caught Los Lobos the night of the anniversary of Pigpen's passing. First off, in March '73 I was six months past my first GD show, three months until 6-9-73 and 7-27 & 28-73 and March 8 is my brother's birthday, so easily remembered -- although I'd rather celebrate Pig's birth. But death always comes last (yes, open to debate!) so seems to stick in memory.

    BTW, I have seen and partied to Los Lobos for nearly 30 years (only half their existence) and a few years back they came out of covid a little shaky, with Bugs the drummer leaving due to anti-Mexican rhetoric and Conrad Lorenz out after hip surgery (his son filled in). Oh they rocked, but that elevation thing ("transportation" in Mickey's words) had gone missing.

    Last Friday the band came out blazing on The Midnighters' "Love Special Delivery" and never let up for two solid hours, mixing favorites with covers (they ended with Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"). Their original (after Louie) drummer is back, Conrad is back, the spirit is back. They sang, they were squeaky tight, they jammed loosely but effectively and Hidalgo and Rosas were concise yet imaginative.

    That is all....... HF

  • Vguy72
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    One of my oldest and dearest friends....

    ....has released his bands first record. Instagon - Ghost Hunting.
    The LOB and VGuy lore goes wayyyy back.
    Like, 1988 way back.
    It's available on loveearthmusic.com.
    Warning. They're noisy.
    Good job my dude.

  • alvarhanso
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    Two great concerts that I saw 20 years ago at the Jerry Garcia Birthday Bash on ArchiveDotOrg August 7 and 8 2004, the first has their debut of Terrapin Station amid a set of their classics you're likely to hear any night now, the next afternoon they debuted The Wheel, and Bill Nershi from String Cheese joined for two songs. They have expanded their catalog beyond when I last caught them, as well as their sound. Anything on the Archive after 2019 will have a similar sound to now. Or so I'm finding after diving back into them. They did a stint with Phil and Friends around Christmas 2004 and a few shows a few months later. Album wise can't go wrong with Black Bear Sessions and Bird in a House, their first two, and Elko, their first live album.

  • Obeah
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    Robin Trower, The Rose Palace, and Railroad Earth

    Loading up the R train in this post. First, a SO to Robin Trower and Procol. Whiter Shade was one of the first bits of piano I ever taught myself.

    And the Rose Palace! I haven't heard anyone mention that barn in awhile. Instantly makes me think of the Dark Star from 3/22/69...

    But I was compelled to post only after seeing people mention Railroad Earth. Until the start of this month I'd never heard of this band! A younger head whose parent(s) has a connection to the group mentioned and recommended them to me. I haven't even had a chance to listen yet, and now a couple of y'all are mentioning them right here. So I gotta ask: what's a good starting point for a total stranger trying to check out Railroad Earth? Thanks in advance

  • dmcvt
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    RRE, Robin, Slide

    After Mr. Hanso saw RRE in Rutland at The Paramount, a friend in MA saw them next night and raved. Procol Harum was big for me back in the day, finally saw Robin play in a double header with Dave Mason at Catholic University in DC about 1972, not a typical venue for a rock show. Just wanted to add a shout out to one of the best guitar players ever, Jeff Beck, who could make that Strat sound like he was playing slide, without one. He did play slide on Truth of course, Ole Man River and Becks Bolero. Truth has Morning Dew too.

  • Oroboros
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    Rail Road Earth

    are a 'must see' for me.

    Jamtastic + wonderful song-writing!

    "Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."

  • daverock
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    Slide guitar

    Potentially one of the most beautiful forms of musical expression. In the right hands. In the wrong hands it sounds like someone stood on the cat's tail.

  • Angry Jack Straw
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    In all my years on this site, I don’t ever recall them being mentioned. What an outstanding band. Railroad Earth as well.

    The slide guitar doesn’t do it for me. Never once have I thought to myself, “Boy, could I go for a CC Rider right now.”

  • nappyrags
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    Happy Birthday Señor Trower!

    Thanks for the reminder on Robin's birthday...he has always been one of my fave guitarists....I first saw him play with Procol in early '69 on the "Salty Dog" tour...when he did that killer solo on "The Devil Came from Kansas" I thought he was going to fall off of the front of the stage...that solo, the opening to "Shine On Brightly" & "Juicy John Pink" are always in my top faves...I saw him about 6 times with Procol but I missed his initial solo tours dammit! I'm going to have to do a road trip the next time he plays anywhere semi-close...The '69 gig was at a horrid venue, The Rose Palace in Pasadena...it was a large quonset hut type of a building with horrid acoustics...it was used to store and decorate the floats for The Rose Parade...an extra plus for the gig was the opener...The Carlos Santana Blues Band! And Sheik, I am "Semi-retired"...

  • daverock
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    Robin Trower

    Nice to be reminded of a birthday instead of a deathday. The last time I saw Robin Trower - it feels really recent, but it was probably about 10 years ago, he and his band were still tremendous. "Bridge of Sighs", from 1974, is a stone cold classic.

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Anyone who has ever seen the Dead can testify that one of its shows will add quite a bit of color to the environment here at Stanford. Anyone who has not seen one of these spectacles should have the opportunity to do so. The Grateful Dead are an important part of the Bay Area's cultural history. Those of us who saw them last week can testify that the Dead are alive and well. The Concert Network would be hard-pressed to find an act which would bring Frost Amphitheatre to life as the Dead would. - The Stanford Daily

As you know by now, we'd certainly have voted aye on this motion, so much so, that we've loaded up DAVE'S PICKS 49 with not one, but two complete Grateful Dead shows from the Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 4/27/85 and 4/28/85. The first shows from '85 in the series, these back-to-back hometown performances couldn't be more different while delivering the same level of passion and precision, five hours of it, in fact.

In 1985, the band were celebrating "20 Years So Far," a feat that found them on these particular nights confident with invention in terms of both setlists and playing. There are old songs renewed, rare covers revived, undeniably nuanced Jerry moments, and a few surprises from Brent Mydland too. While it's impossible to select highlights, we can say with certainty that the overall clarity of these shows is unparalleled, courtesy of Dan Healy's recordings.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 49: FROST AMPHITHEATRE, STANFORD U, PALO ALTO, CA 4/27/85 & 4/28/85 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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Sorry, but I’m not being allowed to respond to your PM.

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We don’t apologize for the inconvenience and thank you unkindly for understanding that we will continue to make this as hard as possible.
The fact is, we don’t really want you Dead Heads here messing up our space.

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What a stupid site.

In that case, here’s the whole thing:

Hey, No!
Due to increasingly stupid and/or incompetent actions on our part, and the desire to keep you from posting benign comments, we are no longer allow-ing words and commentary on our forums.
We don’t apologize for the inconvenience and thank you unkindly for understanding that we will continue to make this as hard as possible.
The fact is, we don’t really want you Dead Heads here messing up our space.

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If you want to honor her memory, I can think of no better way than a trio of clips from the Kids in the Hall's Amazon season. Look for Doomsday DJ wherever videos are housed. It was the sketch that won that whole season for me. Dave Foley is gold, and you will never heard Brand New Key in the same way ever again.

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Doesn't that go against the message I've been receiving from the music all these years?
We shouldn't let some "Hey Now's" ruin our good time.
"Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile."

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....because, to be honest, I had no idea who you people were talking about.
Now I remember.
32 albums. Damn.
Deep into the Lakeland Florida '80 offering from TTATS.
The gift that keeps on giving.
Drumz is incredible!
Edit. That went through without a hitch.
And Space is killer here as well!
And loud.
My loves bigger than a Cadillac!!

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Small; Red Rocks 1982. Bigger; A Greek box (in the style of the first "Spring 90" - a show from each year). Big; Complete New Years Eve 1979-91.. A man can dream, cant he.. ?

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Sorry to hear Melanie passed away. A powerful voice, I had a crush on her back in the day. That song - “Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)” - she did with the gospel group still gets me, as dated as it is.
On more contemporary topics, is everyone getting shipping notices yet, at least the subscribers? I’m al a carte, but an average of six phucing weeks from mailing to delivery, let’s get this edition OUT.

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Listening to preview of # 49 on sirius radio. Some stunning guitar work from Garcia on Tom Thumb Blues!!

Bring on #49

Rock on, gang!

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I saw her at a festival in England in the early 70's. I can't remember what or where - that's how it was in those days. Her performance was great with a really powerful rendition of Ruby Tuesday. Great stuff. She looked really cute too.

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OK folks, I am officially done here. I tried to post a completely benign and unoffensive paragraph about Melanie and A bucket list game for me on Sunday.

I'm DUCKING DONE wasting my time. Have a good life y'all. Eff this ess.

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Can’t anything be done to fix this site, or more accurately, will anything be done to fix this site? Lots of loyal Heads getting rightly peeved off. The Dead are more than just another band, and you’d be hard pressed to find better fans, and good people. Cut the cap-t-cha would be a start, it’s on steroids.

I was sorry to read about Melanie too. I only heard her singles - "Brand New Key" and "Look What They've Done To My Song". Also her cover of "Ruby Tuesday". Mott The Hoople covered "Lay Down" on their album "Wildlife". What a beautiful face she had.

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spring is heating up in them thar mountains, Mr. Bob Dylan brings his band to town in March for 2 nites and in April, Live Dead and Brothers will grace the stage. Hell of a line up Les Dudek, Tom Constanten, Mark Karan, Duane Berry Oakley, Scott Guberman and Pete Lavezzoli playing The Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead from 69 to 73. It's not the real thing, but it's close enough to pretend...

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Ship notice today. On paper only. Number not even active yet so it's just for show. Rhino saying, "See, we did something by release date."
Cheers and good luck all in the shipping crapshoot.

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….Daves Picks #31 was a 79’ performance & the cover artwork was a dragon. The Chinese New Year 2024 will fall on Saturday, February 10th, 2024, starting the year of the Dragon. I’m hoping the next Boxset is “chasing the dragon” of 1979 Grateful Dead’s magic!

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Excellent. At this point, I’ll even take a “just for show” notice. The preview on Sirius today of 49 whetted my appetite.
PS - Is Nate MacKinnon not MVP material, or what!

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Hat trick + one.
Bra and thong thrown on the ice.
Guess they don't need them?
Cheers

Edit: Maybe it's "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK"

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....let's see what he's got.
Looks like a mini-tour. Vegas, SLC & Boise in three consecutive nights.
My first concert in over three months.
I need my fix.

Vguy is meeting with KW to obtain some real estate, namely a parking spot in the Sphere parking lot so that in the future, after he pays $1k for a concert ticket, he doesn’t have to pay another $1k to park.
Planning ahead…..

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If I ever come to Vegas for a Sphere concert, I might need to rent your parking spot.

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....utmost respect to Keller. One man band and looping master. Very impressive. Even pulled out a Scarlet Begonias, Deep Elem, Life's Been Good To Me So Far, Another Brick In The Wall and Phish's The Wedge.
I'll be seeing him again if he comes back around. He also breaks out a cool mutron tone.
Very small crowd. Maybe 1000 people. That's OK though. Those 1000 people were getting down!

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He makes all look so easy!
But hey, them Leaf’s hanging in there so far!
And Bu faf is at least watchable this year if not quite there?
But hey it’s only January so…

Mike and AJS would be proud how much “best game in the land” if been watching this year. Secret is tunes…

Hey Amigo. I think Jack got pissed off at trying to post here, which I totally get.
Tunes during games are often a must. The worse my teams play, the louder it gets!
Big Nate is my vote for MVP so far. The great ones always make it look so easy. He’d look right at home in a blue & white jersey…!
Be well!

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As the subject line says. Just got home and got the confirmation email (lol can't seem to post the time it was sent or I get hey now'd)
(update: it's the colon that gets me hey now'd)
(update: no it's not, it's trying to put a number then a colon then a number.)
(yep that's it. Even something like six colon six triggers the hey now)
But I suppose I can say that the email was sent out at 1630 hours

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Good name for a band. NOT.

For the life of me, I cannot imagine why this 'upgrade' is so hard to undo. Unless, of course, it was outsourced and the specs were agreed upon in advance meaning to undo it means you have to open up another contract and get budget money💵. Then again, when you type money you get an emoji 💵 popping up, so clearly this is an upgrade even if you cannot type about the weather or time or say, the music of the best band in the land.

Ridiculous I say, everyone is frustrated beyond belief.

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In typical Dead fashion, I see a package coming from Gnarleywood in my USPS account. But I have not received a shipping notice. Oh well. I think
I’ve had all combinations of: Notice, No notice, Tracking with updates… One time it just showed up outta the blue. If history repeats, should be here by Tuesday or Wednesday.

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Got Hey Now’ed, and then it posted twice. Oof…
In typical Dead fashion, I see a package coming from Gnarleywood in my USPS account. But I have not received a shipping notice. Oh well. I think
I’ve had all combinations of: Notice, No notice, Tracking with updates… One time it just showed up outta the blue. If history repeats, should be here by Tuesday or Wednesday.

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Shipping notice received.
The actual package? Six weeks.
New Phish box set coming mid March - The Spectrum ‘97 - 6 CDs

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Going from that to 85 will be a shift

I haven't checked for a shipping notice

I predict it arrives on Tuesday 1 30

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