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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April 1, 2024 - 4:43pm

#171

Cousins Of The…

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Fabulous Superlatives

Very aptly named band, all virtuoso(i?) musicians.
And yes, Kenny Vaughan is still with them.
April 1, 2024 - 2:46pm

#172

bluecrow

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Tony Trischka

very nice
April 1, 2024 - 2:07pm

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1stshow70878

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Marty

And his Fabulous Superlatives?
Wonder if Cousin Kenny is still with him.
Cheers
April 1, 2024 - 1:58pm

#174

dmcvt

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The Paramount

Mr. Hanso, You may not be a country music fan (slightly here) but the Marty Stuart Band soon come to Rutland Vermont's answer to The Capitol in Port Chester, The Paramount will be entertaining. He's a total show boat no doubt, but he came up playing with Lester Flatt and Johnny Cash. I came over for Les Brers a few years ago because I had met Bruce Katz master of the B3 who was playing with them, kindly invited me to sound check and show. I will get my bluegrass ticket punched soon seeing Tony Trischka doing an Earl Scruggs tribute, rumored to have Alex Hargreaves joining on fiddle. NEK is special, no doubt. Hill Farmstead, what can I say, one of the best breweries in the world. Holy Cow, no Nay How.
April 1, 2024 - 1:07pm

#175

Crow Told Me

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El Mole del Molino

My sister hosted Easter this year and she didn't want to do the usual ham and potato salad thing so she got tamales and enchiladas from El Molino. Friends, if you're ever in Sonoma, check it. Best mole sauce I've ever had.

Weird footnote to Easter dinner: my other sister, the really straight one who never so much as smoked a joint, was asking everybody if we've had mushrooms. Um, who, me? Why would you ask? Apparently, psychedelics are getting a lot of positive press in the mass media these days, and now she's all curious. So I told her, yeah, shrooms can really be of benefit in the right situation blah blah. You might see the light. You might laugh your ass off. Both, if you're lucky. So now she wants me to score for her. Mind you, this is a sister who used to tattle on me for smoking weed.

Weird. Life is weird.

Drove home through a massive downpour listening to the Wall of Sound edition of Road Trips. It was a good day.
April 1, 2024 - 9:38am

#176

alvarhanso

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Foolish Heart

Definitely not trekking up to Burlington, but having a slow day at the office in Rutland, so out of totality. Should be able to go outside and peek at the magic of the cosmos. Enjoy the NE Kingdom, the one trek my wife and I made looking for moose, it was stunningly gorgeous. Looking forward to going back in summer.

Since Hank Kingsley allowed me to post that, will add, looking forward to Dave's 50, mainly since it will be a new release, and a new Betty for one of the nights. Thought I had SBDs of both, but was mistaken. The non-subscribers may hate missing the bonus this time.
April 1, 2024 - 9:26am

#177

dmcvt

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Easter/Eclipse/Fools

Interesting menus from yesterday, here: pork loin teryaki, brussel sprouts with onion confit, curried short grain brown rice, "special" chateauneuf du pape to go with. Burlington gets 3 minutes of total eclipse in a week, I know folks coming from as far as Boston heading there, a city of 45K will see another 50K plus visitors... ahem, will pass on that chaos and head up to the North East Kingdom where the word is Get NEKed and dance. Let's all get foolish today.
April 1, 2024 - 7:29am

#178

JoeyMC

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July 29, 2022

4 more weeks

Till new Dave's Picks! :)
April 1, 2024 - 6:23am

#179

uncle_tripel

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JUST...

abit late for yesterday

Sounds: 3/31/73 II and accompaniments
Food: pan seared sea bass, haricots verts, wild rice
Drink: arneis (white from piemonte), and always H2O
Convo: my wife
March 31, 2024 - 8:32pm

#180

Angry Jack Straw

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Eclipse

So the 4/8/72 Dark Star will be on a loop. That’s a given.

Other than that, what a joke.

Oro, you will appreciate this. Hotels in Buffalo are going for $900 a night. Normally around $200. For three minutes of darkness.

Dave, did you get that reference? Release 9/19/70.

John Perry Barlow

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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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