Grateful Dead

Hey Everybody-->According to Today's Newspaper and my Xfinity TV listings grid (And the Late Late Show's website Feb. 5 Guest list---And Ratdog's website->Tweets section Feb.1) Bob Weir is going to perform on the LATE LATE SHOW Tonight @ 12:35 EST on CBS3 (the show right after David Letterman). HOST: John Mayer. CHECK IT OUT!

Even a younger deadhead here... Father was gone most of my childhood following the boys. Wasn't until I had to do some project in English class where I had to write and read a poem with matching music in the background. Wrote a poem about looking out a window... Dad had a huge collection of tapes and he made it clear us kids were not to tough them. Grabbed few and pulled out my brand new Walkman. Tape was halfway through a set so the first GD song I ever heard was Box of Rain, think from that Phili show in 93. It struck me.... It really connected me to my father and even though we weren't close, I'd do anything for the man. Funny, I learned of the song's meaning a few years later. From that moment forward, the music just connected like nothing else. Father promised to take me to my first show when I hit 16... Jerry passed a couple of months after my 15th birthday. Never had a chance to see the shows. Of course I've seen Phish, Further, The Other Ones and a bunch of other random "semi-dead" shows but you know the best show I've ever seen? A local theatre played a Dead concert, (late 70's... just can't remember) and loads of deadheads showed up at the movie theatre. Dancing, smiling, and a vibe I've NEVER felt from any live concert. Realized that the only folks who would actually go to a movie theatre to watch a concert from 30 years ago were the TRUE fans. In those couple of hours, I felt a fraction of what it must have been like back in the day. I think like many of you, the music hit me at a young age and has been with me ever since. The only difference between us is that I didn't see the shows. I was blessed to have my father's connections for tapes, and I'd grab those 2nd generations and record all night long to build my collection. Weekends upon weekends of sitting in front of that tape recorder... Just so I could get my fix for the week. My collection is impressive but I don't pull out the tapes too often these days. That sirius radio, channel 23 is always playing in my house :) Really hope I get the tickets as it will be a surprise for my father. He wasn't able to take me but now I might have a chance to take him. Sent in MO on 1/20 for two $215 tix for all 3 nights, no decorations. Still have hope the request will be filled. If not, it will be a disappointment and I'll try ticketmaster but not going to pay a dime over face value. Think most of us share that opinion! So in short, respect to the GD generation and how lucky you were to be alive at such a time. I was late to the party but I love it no less. Looking forward to Chicago and the mix of young and old. Proving that the music is timeless. If I don't get em' then I hope you get em'! :)

Hey Wake n Bake's, I live in South N.J.(Phillies/Eagles) and as of Wed afternoon I have No-News from GDTS. I am quietly, dancin' inside. I have attended GD, ,JGB, Rock - Stadium, ,Jazz-Funk n Blues concerts galore since '78. For Grateful Dead Shows and being our crew's taper I usually had my 2 tapers section tickets mail-ordered day one, nothing fancy, just consistence name recognition in their 3x5 card file. That file is the key that got the same heads in the same up-front sections every tour (providing you never missed a ticket mail order). I remember I did this mail-order exercise for a few Ca. shows that I could not attend but got the tickets for the west coast version of me. Well maybe that same file has been updated with info like who buys multiple orders from GDTS or Numbered Limited GD Mdse. and resells for huge profits. Decorated is fine but I never did it except for the Spectrum Sept.1995. That ticket order was returned. My 50th order was done for one show, 2 tickets, PiT, July 5th or "Any" (not anything). As of Wed. Feb.4 I have-not received and correspondence.