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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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  • #791
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    HF - absolutely. None of us were there at the time, and it's curious why we believe what we do. Apart from the Buddy Guy documentary, I read a great biography of Howlin' Wolf last year by James Segrest and Mark Hoffman. "Moanin' at Midnight" it's called. The references to Willie Dixon suggest he was quite astute in his business dealings and approach. Drummer Francis Clay says that Willie was basically a lyricist and the music was constructed by the bands who made the records.
    "Spoonful" is a case in point. Is he credited with that one? It was based on a Charley Patton song, and the incredible power of the original Howlin Wolf record is down to Wolf and his amazing band. Jimmy Rodgers also states that Willie took ownership of many songs that were actually band compositions.
    But this is only what I have read - and those people mentioned above may be wrong. But the more you read, the more a picture builds that all wasn't quite what we have been led to believe.

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    First time disappointed…

    First time disappointed. Weak sounding sonically. Can't really get into it.

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    Good Context HF

    Mine was a generalization based on comments read elsewhere and was wrong. I think the key is that this was a common practice in the era and I sure can't judge the man. His writing stands up to the scrutiny and is a brilliant style all its own. Jump on in, the water's fine!
    I do like Eternity, which is likely not everyone's favorite 90s GD cover but I never really cared for The Same Thing for some reason. Spoonful is a classic no doubt.
    Cheers

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    Honestly, maybe I stand corrected...

    I base my (possibly half-assed) view of Willie Dixon on the turns of phrase in "his" songs. That and I guess I just flat-out revere the man. The turns of phrase in the tight glove of chord progressions and turnarounds sure seems to me like a unique signature belonging to the man.

    But others here say otherwise. I therefore propose that all differences of opinion get a fair hearing, a little mutual head-nodding, and then progress to the bar after the pause that refreshes in the parking lot.

    1stShow, I will henceforth listen first, do a cannonball into the pool second.

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    Angry Jack, hitch hiking to music

    It's all good, just wanted to comment about changing cultural demographics and highway system as relating to hitchhiking. Transition to Vermont from Maine in late 1980, soon after the Lewiston Dead show, had a car then, but did hitch hike late 60s and through the mid 1970s up and down the east coast from Virginia to Maine. Some great rides, some sketchy. Hitch hiked around Maine locally from Portland to Augusta and along the coast in the 70s, easy with significant population. Long a music lover, saw an incredible range of music in Maine in the 70s, after moving to Vermont, Burlington was big beacon, the only urban city in the state, though Rutland, Montpelier, Brattleboro came close. We went up to Burl for much music, mostly at Hunts but did see Miles at The Flynn in 1986. What continues to impress me is the amazing amount of hyperlocal high level performance thats out there, I had written more detail but got the hey now, so...

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    classic blues...

    songwriters, and well, those musicians, guitarists, vocalists and arrangers from the 1930's thru the 1960's, man, oh man they greased the skids for the future of rock n roll! thanks everyone for talkin' about the artists willie dixon and chester burnett, gonna have to cue -up some of those classics!

    Rhythm and Blues had a child, and it's name was Rock n Roll!

    peace all!
    uncle_tripel

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    I have a grand-daughter....

    ....who loves Alice In Chains.
    She rocks.

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    Decided to...

    have virgin listen of 49 on road trip later this month

    I feel like Newman with his jambalaya

  • #799
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    And now....

    A song JGB should have covered

    Rock and Roll with Me - David Bowie

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    BOC....

    ....Imaginos.
    I have it on CD. Worth a little bit apparently.
    Then again, peeps are selling Dead tapes on Instagram.
    Not. For. Sale.

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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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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 14:25

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Does anybody know who this is?
I don't.

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Submitted by Born Cross Eye… on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 14:25

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Does anybody know who this is?
I don't.

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Submitted by LedDed on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 16:06

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Just received mailbox candy, yum, burning into iTunes as we speak. Nuggets game on, wife on the couch, dog on the floor (is that backwards?) ;-p

I shall have to pour a glass and prepare for an enjoyable listen...

Past five:

Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts
Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section

Cheers!

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Submitted by nappyrags on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 16:23

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Just got an email from HendrixFreak...he wanted me to say hi to everyone and let all of us know that he has been snafued to the nth degree trying to log in...password recognition is driving him crazy and sucks him into a vortex of insane endless loops...other than that he is doing fine ....hasta

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 17:09

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No idea
A tattoo?
Where'd you find it?

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Submitted by TN John on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 18:12

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It looks like a portrait of Walter Becker to me. Perhaps, for a tattoo?

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Submitted by alvarhanso on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 18:28

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I stumbled upon a Treasure of ABB recordings, many of which I have had on tape and some on mp3, others brand new to me. One of them 11-22-69 features a 55 minute Mountain Jam that is one of the most spectacular things I have ever heard. At one point in what's tracked as a Will the Circle Be Unbroken Jam, Dickey is raging it toward The Other One type licks. Berry also has a longer, and more impressive bass solo. Long Bo Diddley Jam section, too, but this is just amazing stuff. Also, the 3-13-70 Warehouse show is included, which I've only had the 45 min Mountain Jam from before, so was excited to check the sound on that. Quite good, but best thing may have been the intro to Liz Reed where it's drily introduced as "Dickey Betts's composition... "I've Got Peanut Butter Caught In My Pubic Hairs", to which a refinement of Crunchy Peanut Butter is offered before Duane jokes that "You can dance the Funky Chicken to this song... if you have a mind to" while Dickey is playing a figure like the lead lick in The Eleven. They proceed to rip through what is now one of my favorite versions of Liz Reed. No shipping notice, so gonna dive into the Allmans for a while...

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Submitted by RyXs on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 19:15

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Number 3002 has arrived!
Earlier than the email notice anticipated as well, which was still not too slow at all.
Very impressive start to the subscription year indeed! Thank's Dave.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 19:34

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Goals by the R e d W i n g s.
Take that VGK.
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Submitted by alvarhanso on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 21:17

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More gold nugget finds: 7-15-71 a short show without Gregg, Duane sings 2 songs, and and 2 instrumentals, but the second song he sings is the old blues Goin' Down Slow which he, Berry Oakley, and Johnny Sandlin (Jaimoe not being comfortable in the studio yet) recorded for the project that would have been his solo album, but became the ABB instead. The recording of Goin' Down Slow was one of two songs released on Duane Allman Anthology and then re-released on the Dreams box, Trouble No More Box, Skydog Box, but so worth it. And at a Montreal show 9-3-71 between Whipping Post and Revival is a Jam that features a snippet of Duane doing the Layla lick, then Dickey doubles it, and they do it for a couple bars. Made me wish they had done that back then, they had two fairly competent guitarists and Gregg could have sung the absolute shit out of that. I'm in hog heaven over here. Also, found one stinging regret in missing the Raleigh show in Sept 2000 with Jimmy Herring (did catch Charlotte 3 months prior and Xmas Jam 3 months later), where they did Loan Me a Dime, a Boz Scaggs song Duane played a 6 minute solo on. Never knew they did that outside a few Beacon shows.

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 21:45

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How do you post so much without getting Hey Now'd?

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Submitted by alvarhanso on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 22:37

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I just try it and see. I can get Hey Now'd for one sentence, as well. There have been several days where I tried posting recently and was forbidden by the Hey Now overlords. Yet these snuck through. I don't know, man. I just don't know.

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Submitted by Obeah on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 00:01

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ryxs your post made me go check my own shipping status, and I see it reached my local PO earlier this afternoon and now has a delivery date of Monday. This does seem faster than last year, that's for sure... fingers crossed ofc, as it ain't here yet!

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Submitted by ronmarley1 on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 05:44

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Still no shipping notice, but USPS had it in my account. Just showed up today in UPS, with an estimate of Tuesday.

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 12:17

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....arguably their best year. I'm firmly in the '94 - '98 best five years camp. They were en fuego. All the practice came to fruition.
Pink Talking Fish are playing tonight at The Brooklyn Bowl. $30. Seriously thinking of going.

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Submitted by deadegad on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 14:35

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I have not received a shipping notice yet. Should I be concerned? And yes the weather has been mild here in N.Y.C..

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 14:42

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80 in dc the other day

Quite a hoax

There was a 79 degree day in DC on the same date in the 50s, i read

Still

Mild

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Submitted by proudfoot on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 21:17

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....it?

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Submitted by jjc on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 02:30

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VGUY72 I am partial to phish 92 started seeing them back then first show was chestnut cabaret on the campus of Drexel University where I went the next two for me where arrowhead ranch and Amy’s farm. Was so laid back back then Chestnut Cab was such a small venue hey it was a great show between dead tours.

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Submitted by daverock on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 02:40

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I notice that Dicks Picks 1 and 2 - on vinyl - are now available on Amazon UK. I've already got the 2nd - which is immaculate, but number 1. is calling my name too.

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Submitted by uncle_tripel on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 05:42

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eta today before 1900 hours, fingers-crossed. better half works tomorrow so this house will be a rocking so don't bother knocking
here's to you all!

Peace All!
uncle_tripel

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Submitted by marye on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 08:37

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Facepalm. If you happen to remember what page it was you got this, please let me know. Thank you.
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Submitted by 1stshow70878 on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 09:54

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What's DiP 1 vinyl going for over there? RGM had it very limited for $99 for the 4-LPs and now others have it for $149 now. (Experience vinyl and private parties) Even our A ma zon wants $141. I just can't go there. My limit is $25 per LP so I'm out on that one.
Cheers

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Submitted by JimInMD on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 10:26

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This high percentage of harmless posts that are still getting heynowd.

AngryJack was right, it's become pointless censorship.

It seemed to let this one through though, but not any of the variations of the one I wrote regarding 1985 Grateful Dead so I just gave up and wrote this instead.

Unfortunate. We have become part of a dysfunctional corporate bureaucracy

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Submitted by daverock on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 10:27

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1stshow - I've just looked it up, and it comes to 176.54 dollars. I'm still tempted though. I haven't subscribed, so...that justifies it !
On the other side of the scale is the cd that arrived today - "Slick! Live at Oil Can Henry's" by Grant Green. A great sounding live cd from 1975, with a chunky little book. Yours for 8.66 dollars.

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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 10:36

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left last one short just in case.

I've been asked about the group,,, I have random cuts. I see the archive has some. Anyone out there have all, in order?

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Submitted by alvarhanso on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 10:41

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I visit often enough, I just start typing "daves"and see which appropriate numbered Dave's Pick forum page comes up, and as the page loaded, right at the top was a big red Hey Now message. A few hours before that, I did have some trouble sending a PM, and got an error that referenced something about a server error, not the typical Hey Now admonition from our unseen Hank Kingsley overlord. But it's funny, as proudfoot had rightly questioned how the hell such long, verbose messages of mine had gotten through as others were denied. Maybe the Hey Now was just catching up with me, or giving me a pre-emptive strike of shock and awe.

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Submitted by VirgoHead on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 12:51

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Still no Frost shows shippee confirmee here.

OT but here’s a fun fact for the day. The neighborhood of South of Market in SF Bobby sang of as the “land of ruin” in 1989 on Picasso Moon is, as of December 2023, the most expensive neighborhood in the country in terms of price per square foot at $5,415 a square foot. Number 2 is $4,415.

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Submitted by nitecat on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 13:16

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So far just listened to first set day one. Great mix, great energy. Yahoo I was at these shows!

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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 13:21

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bought dp 2 vinyl from experience, one album had chip. Took two months, but they got me a new one and with a better number

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Submitted by nitecat on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 13:22

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A Book Signing with Robert Hunter - Menlo Park, CA. Nov. 4, 1990

World Premier of a 18 minute Q and A with Mr. Hunter.

Now available on dreamswedreamed dot com.

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Submitted by deadegad on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 16:27

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No shipping confirmation here yet either. In N.Y.C., North West Bronx.

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