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    Hi everybody I'm Archie Bell of the Drells From Houston, Texas We don't only sing but we dance Just as good as we walk! In Houston we just started a new dance Called the Tighten Up This is the music We tighten up with First tighten up on the drums Come on now, drummer I want you to tighten it up for me now Oh yeah Tighten up on that bass now Tighten it up, ha, ha, yeah Now let that guitar fall in, oh yeah Tighten up on that organ now Yeah, you do the tighten up, yeah, now I said, if you can do it now It sure would be tough Now look here, come on now Now make it mellow Let's tighten it up now Do the tighten up Everybody can do it now So get to it We're gonna tighten up Let's do the tighten up You can do it now So baby, get to it Look to your left now Look to your right Everybody can do it But don't you get too tight Come on and tighten up Let's tighten it up now Let's tighten it up now Tighten it up Do the tighten up Come and tighten it up Tighten it up now Come on now, Billy Tighten it up, oh yeah Sock it to me now Tighten it up Come on and tighten up that bass Oh yeah, now look here I want that guitar to fall in on there Tighten it up now, oh yeah Now tighten it up, organ, yeah Now everybody tighten it up now Now look here We gonna make it mellow for you now We gonna make it mellow now Tighten it up, you can get it Move to your left, move to your right Tighten it up now Everything will be outta sight Come on and tighten it up Tighten it up now You can do it! ...and if you can't hear it in your head, you're missing out !
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    No more tears, no more funerals...for now Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah Make you wanna move your dancing feet now To the rescue, here I am Want you to know, y'all, can you understand? When the mornin' gather the rainbow, yeah, yeah Want you to know, I'm a rainbow too now To the rescue, here I am Want you to know, y'all, can you, can you, can you understand? Sun is shining, the weather is sweet now Make you wanna move your dancing feet, yeah But to the rescue, here I am Want you to know just if you can, here I stand, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Can you understand me now, baby? Do you believe me?
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    Would you know my nameIf I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven? I must be strong And carry on 'Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Would you hold my hand If I saw you in heaven? Would you help me stand If I saw you in heaven? I'll find my way Through night and day 'Cause I know I just can't stay Here in heaven Time can bring you down Time can bend your knees Time can break your heart Have you begging please Begging please Beyond the door There's peace, I'm sure And I know there'll be no more Tears in heaven Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven? I must be strong And carry on 'Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven 'Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven
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    RIP Arthur... poor Nick. Here's my tribute: It's up in the morning and on the downs Little white clouds like gambolling lambs And I am breathless over you And the red-breasted robin beats his wings His throat it trembles when he sings For he is helpless before you The happy hooded bluebells bow And bend their heads all a-down Heavied by the early morning dew At the whispering stream, at the bubbling brook The fishes leap up to take a look For they are breathless over you Still your hands And still your heart For still your face comes shining through And all the morning glows anew Still your mind Still your soul For still, the fare of love is true And I am breathless without you The wind circles among the trees And it bangs about the new-made leaves For it is breathless without you The fox chases the rabbit round The rabbit hides beneath the ground For he is defenceless without you The sky of daytime dies away And all the earthly things they stop to play For we are all breathless without you I listen to my juddering bones The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs And I am breathless without you Still your hands And still your heart For still your face comes shining through And all the morning glows anew Still your soul Still your mind Still, the fire of love is true And I am breathless without you
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    I'm a Nick Cave fan also. Here's one of the best................ "Red Right Hand" Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms, like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires, in the humming wires Hey man, you know you're never coming back Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man in a dusty black coat with a red right hand He'll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you've been a good boy He'll rekindle all the dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy He'll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul, but there won't be a single thing that you can do He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru They're whispering his name through this disappearing land But hidden in his coat is a red right hand You don't have no money? He'll get you some You don't have no car? He'll get you one You don't have no self-respect, you feel like an insect Well don't you worry buddy, 'cause here he comes Through the ghettos and the barrio and the bowery and the slum A shadow is cast wherever he stands Stacks of green paper in his red right hand You'll see him in your nightmares, you'll see him in your dreams He'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems You'll see him in your head, on the TV screen And hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by his red right hand
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    coffee is on...anesthesia on the upside medium roast..... now by special request from North of the border..... Despair and Deception, Love's ugly little twins Came a-knocking on my door, I let them in Darling, you're the punishment for all of my former sins I let love in I let love in The door it opened just a crack, but Love was shrewed and bold My life flashed before my eyes, it was a horror to behold A life-sentence sweeping confetti from the floor of a concrete hole I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in Well I've been bound and gagged and I've been terrorized And I've been castrated and I've been lobotomized But never has my tormenter come in such a cunning disguise I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in O Lord, tell me what I done Please don't leave me here alone Where are my friends? My friends are gone O Lord, tell me what I done Please don't leave me here alone Where are my friends? My friends are gone I let love in I let love in So if you're sitting all alone and hear a-knocking at you door And the air is full of promises, well buddy, you've been warned Far worse to be Love's lover than the lover that Love has scorned I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in I let love in
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    Arthur, son of nick cave. Something fromNick cave and bad seeds please DJ?
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    Good night. Irene, good night.... I'll see you in my dreams....... ;-)
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    Feel good music, I've been told...good for your body, good for your soul :-) g'night
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    WPLJ, WNEW, WLIR and that was before I was 21..... all in NYC.... Then to da Buff.....WZIR....the Wiz....won me 2 Stones tix 1981 Syracuse thanx to my buddy Bill who called me while I was on the shitter....had 10 minutes to call...I did.... ......WUWU FM and the Lake.........all gone.... This one is for the Wild Tchopiloulas in us all.... You know who you are..... Yellow moon, yellow moon, why you keep peeping in my window? Do you know something I don't know? Did you see my baby walking down the railroad tracks? You can tell me if the girls ever coming back. Is she hid out with another or is she trying to get back home? Is she wrapped up in some other's arms? Or is the girl somewhere all alone? Can you see if she is missing me, or is she having a real good time? Has she forgotten all about, or is the girl still mine all mine? With your eye so big a shiney You can see the whole damn land Yellow moon can you tell me If the girl's with another man? Refrain: Oh yellow moon, have you seen that creole woman You can tell me, Now ain't you a friend of mine.
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Saratoga is on pre-sale now as well. Go to Dead & Co page, click on tickets for Saratoga, click on citi card pre-sale , you need a code, the first 6 digits on a citi card, then you can buy up to 4 tix. I just got two for $99.00 for orchestra. They have higher priced packages that require no code of any kind. Alpine on sale now with citi card or packages
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We are ticketed up...thanks Jeff! Anyone else going to Boulder?
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Ozark and I are headed to Indy on what will be his 40th b-day, thanks to the kindness of a certain someone...many thanks! Gonna try to get Alpine Valley too...a nice crunchy/campy weekend that should be! Vroom Vroom..ba dus is getting an oil change to be ready for this tour...it's gonna be SMOKIN'!
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Found my tickets! See you in Indy!
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hey - where y'all staying in colorado? i'm looking at quality inn for proximity to venue but i'm open to suggestions. peace, gob
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Can't make any this summer. Have fun. I'm there in spirit!
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Glad to hear the dus tires have air.... I'll be hopping on for Indy on June 17th and spinning the dial tomorrow... got the hotel and the magic carpet aka the flight...yaay! See you here or there geoondabusforindymeister
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Just cant wait to get on the road again...the life I love is listening to music with my friends and I cant wait to see you on the road again!
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Are you and Mona coming out to Boulder?
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We were planning on road tripping Atlanta to the 3 in FL, New Orleans and Albuquerque based on that bogus tour date list that floated around last month. Had hotels booked along the whole route. I was kinda bummed with the actual tour announcement. It's like they don't want a bunch of aging hippies following them around in dilapidated dusses. Well we have overcome the disappointment and will just road trip it from LA to Boulder! Looking forward to seeing you all there. ☮ my brothers and sisters, gob
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Yeah, that list had a lot of us scrambling in many directions for sure. Spent about an hour today canceling hotel and plane reservations for Miami, Tampa, New Orleans and Albuquerque. . . Oh well, we'll all just have to treat this as a virtual group road trip. Those who manage to get to shows just need to be sure to provide visuals and commentary for the rest of us. Maybe Tami'll make a scrapbook for us!?. Hey GeogottheSunshineDaydreamerwebsitelastyearmeister be sure to let me know when our website's 1st year's up so I can renew it this time. . . Onward Sunshine Daydreamers! Oat Jeff
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Woke up to a foot of snow and -4 degrees, and I need a road trip. Like Gob, I had my heart set on Albercrackie... One thing is for certain, ba dus is ready. Getting out the maps and Sarge is picking out the tunes.... Looking forward to virtual stops in Boulder, Alpine Valley, Noblesville, Cincy, Saratoga Springs, Camden, Flushing, Pittsburgh and Beantown so far.... as Oat Willie says....Onward! and hopefully this will warm you up..... https://youtu.be/qSzTDK5TAfY coffee is on....
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We were looking forward to florida and NO, but it is not to be, we only have ducats for Saratoga, man, that is a long drive to Boulder...... No snow here Rrrrggrrrrr but it is COLD! I could use a mug of Phills..
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Mayer and Sons: Jul. 22 Moda Center, Portland, OR Jul. 23 The Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA Jul. 26 Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Irvine, CA, Jul. 27 Sleep Train Amphitheatre Chula Vista, CA Jul. 29 Toyota Amphitheatre Wheatland, CA Jul. 30 Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
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ok all you on the bus if your coming to Boston to see our dirty water and don't want to fly or drive with items let me know Fenway is a classic ball park don't miss it All you biker dudes great area to take the week and ride New england
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Anyone else heading to Fenway? We're in both nights although I can't figure out where the hell our seats are! No worries - a fun time will be had by all. Happy Weekend Tribe! Hope you are all well and happy. Let's plan a Boston Gathering! - Anita
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Loved the shows and lucky enough to connect with grate friends! Looking forward to Boulder!
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Who's gonna be streaming Phil's birthday run? I'll miss first set...damn job...but plan to be tuning in when I get home!
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It's one year ago today that we were given this fine patch of virtual real estate at dead.net Thank you marye Whoa oh what I want to know where does the time go? Let there be peace in the Valley
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Yes indeedy...and none of you look a day older. Row, Jimmy Row...
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Hey been so quiet here I thought maybe we got divorced! Glad to see we made it to the big 1 year mark! Time for a second honeymoon! Geeky
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Has it really been a year since the Sunshine Daydreamers first started gathering?! WOW! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF US! And thank you MaryE for making room for us here on dead.net! (Hope everyone got your e-cupcake.)
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Yay us! Thanks for the yummy cupcake Jeff! Time for a birthday party!
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Thank you Marye for on-boarding us and congrats to all the beautiful Sunshine Daydreamers !! Happy B-Day to us !!!!
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that's Dyngus Day!!! Have a good one, and watch for the pussy-willow yielding girls....
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It's that time of the year, I've been itching for a Spring Tour, but it is not to be. Thirty three years ago tonight the boys closed out their run at the Knick, played their last Casey Jones there on 3/27. Thirty six years ago Branford sat in at Nassau, and oh what an Eyes that was. (Apologies to David Byrne). I can't help but relive those moments in my head. Like it was yesterday. The Daydreamers bus has fewer riders these days, especially since the hype of FTW is firmly planted in the rear view and slowly fading out of sight. But the road goes on forever. I'll give credit to Brother Gregg for that gem. It's kinda cool that kind folks at dead.net continue to acknowledge and affirm our journey. We even made that last newsletter. Who'd a thunk it? So what say we put away our dynguses and pussy willows for another year and raise a glass to Jerry and the boys. Here's hoping for many more years of health, magic, fun and friendship. If you get the inkling, feel free to take the wheel and you know the company on ba dus is always cool and the coffee is always hot. Hey Sarge, I got one more silver dollar, so head over to that jukebox. “You know what I want to hear. … You played it for her, you can play it for me!” “…Well, I don’t think I can remember…” “If she can stand it, I can! Play it!” (Sarge plays ‘As Time Goes By.’) Here's looking at you, kid. Ahhhhh, you know, this is a damn fine cup of coffee! :-)
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Well said, rrrrgrrrr! The last year really shot by, but what a year it was! Certainly July was the highlight but the run up to the shows was a unique and enlightening experience that displays the power of a common spirit that comes from unlikely events and unexpected sources. Just the other day I was talking to my brother about Cichlids--a convo that may have never happened without the influence of Greg. How many times have I started a sentence with "last summer in Chicago" or exclaimed "you should have seen this rainbow that appeared out of nowhere"? Hopefully, there will be some reconnection this summer on tour with D & Co. I have really enjoyed the opportunity to meet all of you and look forward to turning Too next year!
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Hey now, love yous guys. It's been one helluva ride so far. Cant wait to see what the boys have in store for us this summer. You've been as constant as a northern star, the brightest light that shines...It's been you, Daydreamers...right down the line...
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I’ve also got the fever with plans for Noblesville, Alpine x2, and Warren’s Jerry tribute in suburban Chicago (plus a couple of Phish shows at Wrigley). It’s unrealistic to expect FTW-level anticipation and I wouldn’t mind some Spring shows to fill the gap but there’s a lot of great music coming our way. The sun is shining and da bus rolls on.
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Will be in attendance in Noblesville and Alpine x2 as well...maybe we will cross paths... I'll be the girl playing devil sticks...
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So I take a break and who should appear out of thin air but a friend of the devil and the chick with the sticks. What's this bus coming to anyway? Welcome back 88 and Miami, long time no see. It seems like the tin foil cloak of invisibility and Feel the Bern stickers didn't fool either of you. It's good to see that OatJeff, ASL, Geeky, Boo Boo, Loblaw, TFonts and mkav have found their way home as well. You all know the drill, sit back, relax, pour yourself a cup of coffee and smile, smile, smile. I see the state line is just a mile ahead. Where are we anyway Sarge? The State of Confusion? Makes sense. Remember, if you get confused, listen to the music play. Turn that one up, please. Happy April Fools Day! She's a Black Magic Woman trying to make a devil outta me....
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All we need now are patched sails, spit-shined rails, 38 servings of kale, 4 cases of pale ale and a whole pail of water to cool things down. Who needs pits for Alpine? I can’t find the spreadsheet.
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Good to see the wordsmiths, poets and ne'er-do-well Daydreamers are on their best behavior, and I mean that in a most positive way, especially you over there tuning the accordion. The plays on words by you rhyming Simons and Simonettes reminds me of that epic show in '78 when all were smiling and carrying on. It is obvious that no-one is any the worse for wear over the winter season, and all seem to be ready to tear it up. Word is that puppers can't contain his excitement, and guess what? The feeling is mutual... and who woulda thunk it.
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You know darn well that we requested a special rendition of Mollie B at her finest. For all you who really really miss the accordion, and we know you are out there, it is time to share a secret passion shared by more than a few daydreamers. Yes, we are speaking of the polka, as our esteemed dus briver alluded to in his earlier post, first below written. Now, for your edification and enjoyment,I'd like to introduce a new performer to many, "Mollie B". Mollie Busta, popular performer from the Jim Busta Band and Squeezebox, is host of the weekly RFD-TV Polka show, the "Mollie B Polka Party". The one-hour program featuring the nation's top polka bands... produced on location at music festivals from around the country. Lest you think you've missed the doat, or dus as it may be, there is a four day show right here in the heart of Texas, in the hamlet of Ennis (right down the road from my abode) at the end of the month. Guaranteed to entertain even the most jaded, tickets are available for the four-day run..at a bargain price of 20 bucks per person, per day, reduced for the rugrats to 5 bucks a head. Camping is available at a nearby Walmart lot. Get your tickets early, before they sell out, at http://store.rfdtv.com/product-p/10001.htm. All the Daydreamers worth their salt should head this way, and get ready for a party. When it comes to talent, you can't beat good ol RFD...and Polka. Thanks to one and all for your anticipated participation....we'll leave the light on for ya....no fooling!
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Anyone been on the Archive today? And, Why is this day different from every other?
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After careful analysis, today is just like any other day there's ever been. It's all the same, only the names have changed. I'm wanted dead or alive. Hope life is good in New Jersey. (Apologies to Bon Jovi and the Garden State).
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This time last year we were all freakin' out on quests for tickets. There was only one venue (Santa Clara wouldn't be announced until April 10). We were scrambling and trying to help each other. Things more or less worked out, although I wish I'd made an effort to go to the Levis Stadium shows. Now, for the most part, we've calmly decided whether we're going to any of the Dead & CO shows this summer (I don't think any/most have sold out yet, so there's still time). Our perseverance has allowed us to tame this roller-coaster of a bus and enjoy the ride and smell the roses along the way this go-round . . . But I still have work to do – I still get real names, avatars and nicknames all mixed up (except for GeoFillInTheBlankMeister, of course.)
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Yakshemash..... cabbage rolls and coffee..... mmmmm mmmmm good.... Goes good with Otter Creek Couch Surfer Oatmeal Stout....
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Brouhaha? Ha ha ha... Cabbage rolls, coffee and oatmeal stout? No wonder Puppers hangs his head out the window!! Miss you all.