Dave's Picks Vol. 49: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (4/27/85 & 4/28/85)

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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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March 12, 2024 - 4:35am

#361

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Curious

That Robin Trower seems primarily known on here for playing with Procul Harum. Although I have "Shine On Brightly" on cd, I have never really listened to it that much. Seems I have some catching up to do. He played some very powerful music in the mid 70's, which is what I associate him with.
March 12, 2024 - 4:20am

#362

hendrixfreak

Joined:
February 26, 2014

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
March 11, 2024 - 11:17pm

#363

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

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.
March 11, 2024 - 9:36pm

#364

alvarhanso

Joined:
January 16, 2014

Re RRE

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.
March 11, 2024 - 9:20pm

#365

Obeah

Joined:
January 14, 2017

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
March 11, 2024 - 9:56am

#366

dmcvt

Joined:
April 4, 2013

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.
March 11, 2024 - 9:02am

#367

Oroboros

Joined:
June 4, 2007

Rail Road Earth

are a 'must see' for me.

Jamtastic + wonderful song-writing!

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
March 11, 2024 - 8:24am

#368

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

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.
March 10, 2024 - 9:38pm

#369

Angry Jack Straw

Joined:
October 2, 2012

From Good Homes

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.”
March 10, 2024 - 8:22pm

#370

nappyrags

Joined:
January 24, 2013

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"...

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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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I don't.

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Limited Edition: 21996/25000 in the house

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!

\m/

Hiya Folks...

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

Hooray for hendrixfreak

Boo to the Hey Now shyte

Born X I'd

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

I've tried last five's....

....but I get blocked.
They were decent.
I'm not one to usually give up, but there is a limit.

Born Cross Eyed

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

Great googily moogily

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...

Dave's Picks #49

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.

Last 5

Goals by the R e d W i n g s.
Take that VGK.
:)

"Come hear Uncle John's Band..

by the riverside. Got somethings to talk about , here beside the rising tide" Go 49ets!

Wowza

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.

Alvar

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

No clue

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.

oooh getting close

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!

It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam.....

Hey rockers!

Alvarhanso check PM.

Every good jam tart deserves the finest preserve........

Rock on,

Doc
Any kind of peanut butter/chocolate concoction is my jam......

Tuesdayish

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

That Mike and Phish

thanks for the heads up on Spectrum 97

The more you drive, the less…

The more you drive, the less intelligent you become, RM

Daves #49 has landed in the Bay Area

2 great shows that I was fortunate to be at ( along with alot of other great folks who post here.)

Try a last 5 non GD

China White danger zone
Acid Mothers Temple p l l
Various singles
Mothers of invention burnt weeny sandwich
Nazareth hair of the dog

No H N

Cool

Phish Spectrum '97....

....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.

Forensicdoc, check your PM

59 degrees today

Wow

Warm for January, y'all

Shipping notice MIA

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

Waiting in a long line to drop off stuff at Goodwill

Disc 2 of 9 27 72

Interesting musical accompaniment

59 in Seattle

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

Ever consider how much waste there is?

A lot

I....

....went.

Worth...

....it?

Literally got Hey Now'd...

Opening the page. That's a new twist, a pre-emptive warning...

I am

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.

Dickus Pickus

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.

fourty-nine

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

Alvar

Facepalm. If you happen to remember what page it was you got this, please let me know. Thank you.

Daverock

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

Unfortunate

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

It is a bit pricey

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.

NegativeLand

anyone have a massive collection?

Continue

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?

It was this page

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.

Waiting, wondering

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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