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Dave's Picks Vol. 52: The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (9/11/83)

I remember the venue almost like and old fort with roses everywhere. We came to the site and Wavy Gravy showed us where to camp. Ken Kesey was here as well as a couple other big figures of the counterculture. I think because of Mickey's 40th. During drums a double rainbow appeared. Every time it looked like rain the band would stop and then come back even stronger from their breaks. I saw more outdoor shows in 83 than all the years combined. I have goose bumps even typing this from the memories. - xxuncle johnxx, Dead.net
One of the best memories I have were these 2 shows. During the break there was a lightning storm behind the stage, followed by a rainbow and then an awesome 2nd set. Morning Dew with a Cold Rain, Phil singing encore. Most of my tour buddies went home after Red Rocks and I tortured them with the Santa Fe tapes. Nothing beats the magic of a great GD outdoor show. "It all bleeds into one." - grateful hawaiian, Dead.net
In between sets, I remember it rained... and early on in the second set, there was an amazing rainbow directly over the stage behind the band. I don't believe they saw it, but I'm sure they heard about it. "Let It Grow" was awesome! - Johnny_A, Dead.net
The pot at the end of this rainbow is mighty fine, indeed. Our final Dave's Picks release for 2024 features the complete unreleased show from The Downs at Santa Fe, Sante Fe, NM, 9/11/83 (fun fact, it was Mickey's 40th birthday) with just a squidge of 9/10/83 to round things out. A true trader's treat, this one is solid all around from the lively first set featuring soon-to-be minted 80s classics like "Hell In A Bucket" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" to the return of "Help>Slip>Franklin's," the incredible 2nd set surprise of "Let It Grow," and adventurous takes on "He's Gone,""Wang Dang Doodle," and "Morning Dew." It's all well played, my friend, well played.
Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 52: SANTA FE, NM 9/11/83 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

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November 16, 2024 - 9:36am

#171

simonrob

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Tyson vs Paul....

What were you expecting?
November 16, 2024 - 7:45am

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Vguy72

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Tyson vs Paul....

....shits rigged I tell ya!
November 16, 2024 - 5:48am

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simonrob

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70's - A country of two halves

Wow Daverock, I don't recognize a single thing you said about the 70's. Maybe that is because we were living in completely different parts of the country. I was living on the south coast at the time. In the first half of the decade some so-called progressive bands became very pretentious but the less famous bands were as good as they had been in the late 60's. Most broke up or had become irrelevant by the second half of the 70's. Punk and suchlike was largely invisible in my part of the country. There were a few punks and some skinheads in town but you had to look hard to find them. I recall 1969 - 1974 as being the best period for music and the 1980's as being the worst. I'm surprised at how much our views of that period vary.
November 16, 2024 - 4:48am

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daverock

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70's - game of two halves

In Britain it was the first half of the 1970's that were written off - mainly by some really good writers from the N.M.E. The feeling they expressed was that the 1960's featured exciting, ground breaking music, but when the 1970's kicked in technique, rather than inspiration kicked in. Most of the bands and artists from the 60's that were still around were considered past their best, and bands that came to the fore in the 70's were regarded as dull. The Stooges and the MC5 were held up as the way to go. I can remember getting Raw Power when it came out, and that seemed incendiary - very different from other hard rock albums.
Write ups were printed about the new wave of American bands who played at CBGBs, and along with the two bands mentioned above, they was considered something of a guiding light. The first Patti Smith album, and even more so the first Ramones album that came out in 1976 were really influential in this country, paving the way for the Sex Pistols and punk. As far as the critics were considered, rock had been saved at the last minute, and a lot of people went along with that.
It all seems very different now, I must say. Punk from England in the mid-late 70's is one form of music I can no longer stand - although as a teenager going to those gigs in 1976-1977 it was 'triffic.
November 15, 2024 - 9:44pm

#175

RyXs

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Got Jazz?

Thanks Charlie for the big list name drop of bands! I have actually heard of and bought some of them groups before. Mainly ones I've listened to on the local jazz station, then bought piecemeal off internet tunes.
El Michaels and Budos were new bands to my surprise, they've got such a retro feel for their new arraignments. You'd think they came from a time warp it sounds so authentically old school. Real good tunes!
November 15, 2024 - 7:06pm

#176

jjc

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Sturgill

Sturgill is the man love his music.
November 15, 2024 - 7:03pm

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Vguy72

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King Gizz....

....Mrs. Vguy is praying it's just a phase (Although, she doesn't ask me to turn down Flight b741).
Probably their most accessible release.
These guys cover a lot of ground genre-wise.
Some Gizz stickers arrived in the mail today. "Don't worry honey! It's just a phase."
I've checked out Tame Impala Charlie. They are good. So are Dogs In A Pile. And no, they are not a GD cover band.
November 15, 2024 - 5:31pm

#178

KRIYAS

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New Tunes

I always dig checking in and maybe getting some cool reference to some band big or small, known or not so know sometimes even better. You never know what might sound right at any time in your experience.
I love Dwight Yoakam and somehow notice the other day he had a new release today so I'm checking it out now. Also sad to say I never had Black Sabbath Dehumanizer, but friend sent a text the other the day with the song 'I' and knew I had to add to collection.
And finally on some movie digs recently ripped Repo Man from 1984 featuring an LA stock punk rock lineup for the soundtrack, and a plot probably too offensive for some squares...hehe. Just kidding. like Phil might say...We're playing this years music folks....Thanks Phil and The Goddamn Grateful Dead
November 15, 2024 - 4:51pm

#179

Charlie3

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September 21, 2015

21st Century Sounds

To start let me say, I doubt everyone will dig the same things I do, but I dig that chillwave sound of Washed Out, Tame Impala has some awesome stuff, Skinshape, Dope Lemon and Khruangbin all have a real cool chill vibe that works for me. All except Khruangbin are pretty much the projects of single individuals, all pretty much hit the spot for me. Check out the video for Mind Mischief by Tame Impala, but you have to be 18, either because of the cartoon nudity or the lady teacher lighting up with a student in her car, ridiculous either way, but a cool video and that song just lights up my brain in a most pleasurable way.

The Flaming Lips have released a bundh of cool albums this century, and they do put on a cool show.

A ton of modern bands doing a current version of R&B, soul, funk, or cinematic soul like El Michels Affair (check out Sounding Out the City, good place to start), Budos Band (lots of horns there), Menahan Street Band, Les Imprimes, Bobby Oroza, Thee Marloes, Thee Heart Tones, The Sextones, Sharon Jones & the Daptones, Charles Bradley (check out his cool cover of Black Sabbath's Changes), Surprise Chef, Ghost Funk Orchestra and more.

Free Ride is a recent discovery, a little more metal than my usual tastes tend towards, but the track Space Nomad sucked me in and with an album title like Acido y Puto how could I resist picking it up? Metal, stoner, fuzzed out low end rock, works for me in the right mood. Vguy has beat the drum pretty hard for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and I will second his endorsement, a really varied catalogue with those guys and some pretty amusing videos. Not to mention that they release a ton of stuff for free - they pretty much explicitly invite you to make your own record company, release the stuff they put out for free and cut them in with whatever you think is cool.

I get the sense that there are not a lot of country fans on here, but for those that might dig it, Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Red Clay Strays, and Colter Wall have all put out some cool stuff, think more like outlaw country not country-pop. Sturgill's Metamodern Sounds in Country Music is a total psychedelic classic, don't let the country category fool you. Check out Turtles All the Way Down and tell me that is not a psychedelic masterpiece. And once i saw the album cover for Tyler Childers' Country Squire album I had to get it, cool album, great cover art, and the gatefold picture is pretty cool too. Good stuff.
November 15, 2024 - 3:11pm

#180

Here Comes Sunshine

Joined:
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Be here, and there, now

70s is my favorite decade for rock. Late 50s and the 60s for Jazz. Then there was that Acid Jazz period in the 90s that was interesting, though I wouldn't call it Jazz.

There are some good artists of recent years, but as Charlie said they are mostly small, independent label and not advertised, but they're out there, you just got to poke around.

Check out Satsang 'The Story of You' especially the tune 'I Am.'

Or Uncle Lucius 'And You Are Me' and his song 'Keep The Wolves Away.'

Bob Marley's kids all put out some good stuff. And in that genre I also like Nattali Rize and Blue King Brown. Check out the Nattali Rize song 'One People.'

You might be pleasantly surprised.

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Dave's Picks Vol. 52: The Downs at Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (9/11/83)

I remember the venue almost like and old fort with roses everywhere. We came to the site and Wavy Gravy showed us where to camp. Ken Kesey was here as well as a couple other big figures of the counterculture. I think because of Mickey's 40th. During drums a double rainbow appeared. Every time it looked like rain the band would stop and then come back even stronger from their breaks. I saw more outdoor shows in 83 than all the years combined. I have goose bumps even typing this from the memories. - xxuncle johnxx, Dead.net

One of the best memories I have were these 2 shows. During the break there was a lightning storm behind the stage, followed by a rainbow and then an awesome 2nd set. Morning Dew with a Cold Rain, Phil singing encore. Most of my tour buddies went home after Red Rocks and I tortured them with the Santa Fe tapes. Nothing beats the magic of a great GD outdoor show. "It all bleeds into one." - grateful hawaiian, Dead.net

In between sets, I remember it rained... and early on in the second set, there was an amazing rainbow directly over the stage behind the band. I don't believe they saw it, but I'm sure they heard about it. "Let It Grow" was awesome! - Johnny_A, Dead.net

The pot at the end of this rainbow is mighty fine, indeed. Our final Dave's Picks release for 2024 features the complete unreleased show from The Downs at Santa Fe, Sante Fe, NM, 9/11/83 (fun fact, it was Mickey's 40th birthday) with just a squidge of 9/10/83 to round things out. A true trader's treat, this one is solid all around from the lively first set featuring soon-to-be minted 80s classics like "Hell In A Bucket" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" to the return of "Help>Slip>Franklin's," the incredible 2nd set surprise of "Let It Grow," and adventurous takes on "He's Gone,""Wang Dang Doodle," and "Morning Dew." It's all well played, my friend, well played.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 52: SANTA FE, NM 9/11/83 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

Bomb cyclone

a little windy in my area

outer places around the rest of western Washington got blasted

some people still not with power

In my day they said "wind storm"

now it's a BOMB CYCLONE!!!

What's a Bomb Cyclone?

A rainstorm with a marketing team, I'm thinking.

It's raining here in NorCal. Pretty hard in fact. Like it pretty much always used to do in November, back when we had the old climate. Back before they invented bomb cyclones.

As usual, I agree with Daverock: please oh please oh powers that bes, please issue all the good stuff you possibly can while I'm still alive.

Big Box, Small Box

The big Floyd Box was also broken up into smaller Boxes.
I bought all the small ones for about half the price of the big one, and only missed out on the schwag and a bonus CD.
The movies in the big Box are available individually.

I want the music and generally don’t even look at the other junk that comes in the Box. That drum does me no good and is a waste of space. So Dave/Rhino, scale back the size of the packaging and sell the related schwag separately. If you wore the apron with the axe attached to your belt, and had the mushroom foraging tool in one hand and the drum in the other hand, you would make a great marketing image for the schwag store. But it wouldn’t help me listen to the music.

3-4 mini Boxes per year would be grate. I want new shows arriving every month.
Space isn’t that big of an issue because I keep buying vinyl. I just don’t need the schwag.

That’s a good price for 6-10-73 vinyl. There’s a lot of LP’s in that Box.

Baking for Deadheads Thread

Hey, where is that thread? Can't find it.🤠.

More Mini-Boxes, as mentioned by others

I would really like to see DP 1 reissued in its complete form - along with the 18th. Add one more show from the prior week (recommendations? since it has been a long time since I went beyond the very gooey Cleveland show) and that would be perfect.
Another example I'd love to see - would need maximum Normanization though, as it's Spring '82 - would be the two killer Hartford shows, backstopped by 4/19 Baltimore Civic Center ... And of course, *anything* they can work up from the '68 to '70 range!

Recipes

Ticket To New Year’s video has Jerry demonstrating the bacon wrapped water chestnut recipe.
I haven’t had those in years. They were a popular item in the 80’s.

Speaking of vinyl

DiP 3 vinyl finally out for delivery.
A week after others but just in time.
RGM is pretty fast all in all.
Have a good weekend.
Cheers

Ice Cream & Swag

I like swag as much as the next guy, but agree if you can keep cost down and get more music,,,,well easy choice. Feel the same about video, I almost never watch it.

Now the axe on the other hand......

Careful with that Axe, Eugene ...

... I mean, Dennis. ; )

Bomb Cyclone

Glad your well PF, good up north too. In the old days, us Seattleites didn't call it a "Bomb Cyclone" we just called in November

I got the Workingmans Dead Axe

Nobody bothers me anymore.

I love the axe, the single best piece of swag they ever sold. I wonder what delinquent dreamed that one up.

Ticket to New Years - Jerry (with a painful grimace on his face after either touching or popping one of the bacon wrapped water chestnuts in his mouth), "careful, it's hot"

More Mini Boxes - Wish List

As much as possible: Road Trips 6/16 & 6/18 (+ maybe the Omni show?) - all Plangented and Normanized up ... Essential!
Perhaps this next one is more than mini, and of course a bunch of it is out there in pieces, but the whole 2/11 - 2/14/70 should be assembled together (pretty please).
Seconding (third or fourthing?) the many calls for Merriweather Post Pavilion 6/30 & 7/1 85, which were my 3rd and 4th shows + tack Hershey on the front to fill it out.
I also saw two sets of excellent '91 shows (my last 5-6 attended) at Cal Expo - one run with and IIRC one without Bruce. We need more of this era - please.
So, total ditto re: Europe 90 that is being discussed on the other thread. Pick the 3-4 best shows remaining (other than Paris that DL selected for 30 Trips), and I would have to jump on it.
Cheers, All

Welcome, Strat-Wolf-Bean!

That is all.

I'm biding my time....

....for when they release a GD katana. I passed on the axe, but my sword collection is lacking.

Could Have Picked DeadHead Winemaker

as my username ... but clearly that would have been repetitive. Replace that Stealie can with a wine glass and we're right in line - avatar-wise.
Thanks & Cheers!

Tasting

Strat Wolf, if I'm ever you way I hope I will get a little tasting. Caught all the Merriweather shows, would love a little mini box of some of those.

Now that I think of it, it's a good way to cut loose some of the 80's cassette masters without upsetting the apple cart for those who get a little stir crazy when too many 80's shows flood the Dave's Picks and Box Sets.

Two and three show little mini-boxes outside the subscription, fewer frills and let them go at a little under the 25k target run size. Then keep everything else as it is. Sounds like a win/win to me.

Mini boxes

Winter land 3/18/,19,20/77 or. 4/5&6/69 10/31/69. or 6/27&28/69 10/31/69 the possibilities are endless.

Vegas mini-boxes would be neat....

....but guest sit-ins will probably shoot that prospect down.
Plus.....the love for post Brent Dead has been pretty much ignored.
Giants box gave me a fix though.

RIP Alice Brock

The Alice from Alice's Restaurant. My wine glass will be half full this Thanksgiving in her honor.

And one day they will have to get around to the post Brent era. I realize it's not everyone's favorite, but there are some good shows to be had. Plus it represents 1/6th of their touring years, it doesn't seem right to pretend it didn't happen. Some of the Vegas shows are standouts during this period.

They now have bird feeders and baths....

....with a camera that links up to your device of choice live on an app when there is motion.
Christmas idea for my wife triggered.
Shhhh. Don't tell her. She loves birds.

Boxes and Schwag

I think for me the first May '77 box, the July '78 box and the June '76 boxes were all the perfect mix of cool and practical. I don't need the schwag so much. And Vguy if it is a sword that you want, let me give a shout out for a local Missoula, Montana business, Zombie Tools, Accessories for the Apocalypse. No Katana per se, but there is an Apokatana. Pretty much started as a bunch of guys phucking around and now they sell lots of custom sword variations, made in Missoula. I have not personally acquired one, but I think one of my nephews did. Maybe the site can pair up for a custom dead flavored variation to go along with the axe.

Boxes and Schwag

Completely agree!
And don't forget the postage is cheaper!

This morning

Started the day with Let It Grow>He's Gone from #52. Really great stuff, paired well with a hunk of edible and a hot coffee!

Also nice to see some recognition of the Vince years. Plenty of great music to be had in those years for sure!!

EDIT: excellent drums here as well

Rock on, gang

Vegas

I agree on the Vegas theme. They could do a lot of cool stuff, think St. Louis type treatment, from Vegas.

That Vegas sun sure created a lot of hot shows!!

Billy the Kiddd Boxset

I also think they cannot ignore the Kiddd's Picks forever. They are pure gold.

They cannot ignore 1968 forever either. I was listening to Dickus Pickus 22 yesterday. More God than I've ever absorbed in church. You have a responsibility, a duty, Dave and Rhino. With so much trouble in the world you have a mandate to release some 1968, it has the power to change the course of world history. It did it once, it can do it again. That is all.

Grumpy Grumpkins sez

You cant get the hatchet

But you can get a dancing bear CANDLE for the low low price of $66!!!

"Its a candle..."

Less krehp, more music, yo!

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