Grateful Dead

Remember 2013 Cup finals 3 OT win Game 1 Blackhawks over Bruins. What a hard fought game. Hawks rallied from2 down in 3rd to send it to OT. I was working out of Gallup and pacing around the motel parking lot between periods. Game 6 had one of the greatest moments in Hawks history as they scored 2 goals in 17 seconds at Boston in last minute and change of 3rd to win game 3-2 and take "Lord Stanley back to the Windy City." I occasionally still listen to the last 2 minutes of the radio call synched with the tv feed on the usetoobs cause its one fun memory.

....I think that game last night was longer than 6.10.73!!
Game length. 5 hrs 44 min
Show length. Approx 4 hrs 47 min.
I made it....barely.

No way I could make it to the end of that one. Glad the way it turned out. Too bad that Florida had to win twice.

Brent Burns was spent and didn't cover Tkachuk. You could see his frustration immediately. Having to play two games in one night is going to impact this series. The younger legs will prevail.

Good luck tonight Vguy.

Bruce Cockburn on meeting Garcia and discussing Waiting for a Miracle:

But he said “oh man, beautiful song, I hope I didn’t screw the lyrics up too much.” I said “actually I was going to wait until the second time I met you before I brought that up.”

:_(((

VGuy - Yes, both of Cockburn’s recent releases are on vinyl. Check out Crowing Ignites on U Toob - it really is great instrumental acoustic guitar work.
PS - The Cowboy Junkies have a new release coming June 2.
Also, another band in the same vein as Bruce Cockburn and the Junkies I like are The Skydiggers. Not well known, but a great discography, and they put on a decent show. My personal favourite is Just Over This Mountain.

No crowing of any roosters in Raleigh this morning. Four overtimes!!

I've noticed that some cds released by Bear Family are well over 80 minutes long. The sound quality doesn't seem to suffer in the slightest - in fact they sound great. Curious, though, that they seem to be the only label that I know of who produce cds extending past the 80 minute mark.

I must say I am well impressed with Dave's 46. I'm not automatically turned on by Fall 1972 - the one in 30 Trips, 9/24/72 has never done much for me - but this one is great. I often find myself focussing on Bob's playing during this period, and this show is no exception. He is quite loud in the mix, and his sound, style, what he plays..really good. With the 3rd cd I tend to forget about who is doing what and just let the whole wash over me and take me where it will.
All sorts of reasons why they aren't selling out - but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the quality of the shows on offer, going off this one.

I wonder what impact the archive has on sales now? The relationship between these shows, and those released may have changed in recent years. Maybe some people feel the have bought enough, and are now quite happy to access shows online for free instead. I don't listen to them myself, but I notice they are reviewed and referenced on here quite often.

Sheik - are you not so keen on those early 70's live Stones albums then? Two of them are hidden away in box sets - Leeds University 3/13/71 and Brussels 10/17/73 - Brussels Affair as it's commonly known. That 73 one is my favourite live Stones album of them all, but I think you can only here it now via The Goats Head Soup box set. Similarly the Leeds 71 show in the Sticky Fingers box. With that one there are also 4-5 songs from another show on the tour at The Roundhouse. Top stuff!
There's also a dvd from 1972 - "Ladies and Gentlemen - The Rolling Stones" from America 1972. There's a cd of that, but I prefer the film-seeing them in all their pomp and glory.

I still haven't heard that El Mocambo show - but it's on my to do list.

"Bridges To Beunos Aries" is from 1998... so.... but the dvd/blu ray features one of the best versions of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" I have ever heard/seen in my life. It has to be seen really- the Argentinian fans going absolutely crazy. They are like that for the whole show - but that song nearly causes a riot! Watch a clip of it on youtube and feel 10 years younger. Make that 20.

....that need to punch the clock tomorrow.

May 18, 1968 I was at The Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles for a killer show of Grateful Dead, Taj Mahal & The Steve Miller Band...the strrobes and visuals were awesome!!!! spoke with a buddy of mine today that I went to the show with...good times, good friends...

I really don't understand why this show was cut up like it was...Disc 2 has the end of the 1st Set...all the music fits on one disc with a slight over burn, if an over burn can't be done then start the 2nd disc with JBG...the 2nd disc has the 1st set ending and then the 1st part of the second set and then the third part of the 2nd set...the 3rd disc is the middle of the 2nd set....if you start the 2nd disc with China/Rider and go to drums, a slight faded drum outrro at the end of the 2nd disc with a faded intro of drums to the end of the show....Having fades in and out of drums doesn't bother me in the least