Grateful Dead

1) Having spent some time with tfonts and the SD crowd indeed made Chicago ever so Epic! Tony you are one cool dude!2) All shows were great and each was unique in it's own right. 3) If you weren't there, you can't know. 4) The shows, by far, exceeded my expectations. 5) So lucky, so humbled and so overjoyed I got to experience the spectacle in all it's glory. Long live the dead! "Glory gonna be my name..."

is what you missed out on joining over those 5 days ! cause WE all had a VERY high time, and a lot of us didn't need to go all the way to Chi-town. this is the 21st century, and i GREATLY enjoyed the excellent final show from the comfort of a movie theatre, full of happy, dancing Heads of all ages & types (as usual). saying you choose to skip the kind of fun & beauty & art that we all experienced together across the country is like saying you won't go to a symphony concert "because Beethoven's dead, man. you can't call that music Beethoven!" that's why we call things "classic"; they endure for years or centuries, and bring something new to each generation, proving that we are all human and are all one.

For years I have been to far more Grateful Dead shows than I can count. I stopped going to the big venues on the east coast. The crowds just don't know how to listen to the music. People yelling and talking while the band plays on. The 1980 10/31 at Radio City Music Halls 1st set was extremely rude to the boys. It carried over into the 2nd and 3rd sets but to less degree. Please listen if you can find the shows. California shows in the bay area were always laid back (as far as the crowds go)That says nothing about not being enthusiastic. I did not go to the (so called) 50 years shows. Jerry left us 20 years ago. To say people went to see the Grateful Dead is preposterous. Whatever floats your head!

I just love all 5 shows, sucha wonderful time!There should be 5 cds with every gig! After all there are the very last ones they played. And yes, be kind :)

Lucky that Chicago sold out in minutes and the band added their "warm-up" weekend in Santa Clara. No way Chicago would have been as good as it was with out the SC tune-up shows. Empty seats behind the stage and a comparatively far less enthusiastic SC crowd lead to a rip-roaring, mega-energy three night Fare Thee Well at Soldier Field. All parochial emotions aside, and having seen all five shows, the six month build-up to Soldier Field was, in a word, EPIC. Be kind.

Agreed on the Santa Clare shows!! Please release the video footage

I agree. Release the Santa Clara shows!! Those of us who were only able to attend those shows are feeling slighted with all the attention that is being paid to Chicago. They were just as magical and special, and by all accounts equally good as the last three shows. We would like to be able to relive those moments for years to come. C'mon, Rhino, get it together.......

How about the Santa Clara shows as releases also, at least night 1, which was far and away the most unique setlist of the 5. It really was something very special, musically and atmospherically and should be made available. The playing is very worthy, especially set 2!!!

On Sunday I put up my $39 and saw a pretty good show, but not good enough to pay for 2 Blu-Rays. In fact I'm not so sure that I liked it enough to listen to it again on CD. Bob is always Bob and Treys vocals were OK but I have always considered Phil to be a great bassist and a pretty awful singer. I, along with most truly honest folks, would consider Phil's vocals of the past to be a fun novelty where we would applaud his effort but be kind of glad when the song was over. I sure hope there are enough highlight from the five shows to put together a credible Best Of CD Just this cats opinion

Why at this point you would have no faith in David Lemieux and company begs credulity, not to mention undermines your own credibility....