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    What a setlist!... Made me jealous of those who saw this era live. Great sound… like ‘77 was yesterday. @derekb192 on 10/1/77, YouTube

    Wow! Just as when you think eyes is gonna go to drums out of the bliss comes dancing! One of my all time fave moments! Not just classic 77 but classic ever dead! - @emrysdavies1215 on 10/1/77, YouTube

    ...this show was off the hook from the very get go. The Casey Jones is the best I've heard... beginning a jam that goes through each member going off on an instrumental solo. The end has them jamming so hard you can no longer hear them singing through it. Now you know you're in trouble (The Good Kind) when a show starts like that... Weirtheir on 10/2/77, Dead.net

    Holy hell, the 10/2/77 Betty Board sounds incredible... I just wanted to pay homage to this unreleased gem, which features the lovely, tight playing you'd expect of a 77 show with some of the highest audio quality I've ever heard ... What a treat. u/monsteroftheweek13 on 10/2/77, Reddit

    I told my mother I was going into Portland with friends. I never told her where I went... @jamesmoore3694 on 10/1/77, YouTube

    We know where you've been and we're taking you back with the twice as nice DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 45: PARAMOUNT THEATRE, PORTLAND, OR - 10/1/77 & 10/2/77. Back-to-back complete previously unreleased shows on 4CDs? You betcha! Why? Because we couldn't pick one over the other of these two nights that have been described as "fire," "mind-frying," and "crispy" (bit of a theme here) too many times to count. Witness it for yourself when you dig into the inventive medleys and pristine sound, not to mention the first "Dupree's Diamond Blues" since '69 and the first live "Casey Jones" since '74.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson (with a boost from Bob Menke, more about that in David's video) and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

    *2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • proudfoot
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    Heres my newest million $ idea

    A Pink Floyd tribute band that plays punk versions of PF's catalog:

    Punk Floyd

    I call trademark dibs

  • proudfoot
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    2/27/69

    Yessss

  • billy the kiddd
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    The greatest Dead run......

    of all time, 2/27 & 28 /69 & 3/1 & 2 /69 started 54 years ago tommorrow. The Dark Star that all other Dark Stars are measured against.

  • proudfoot
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    2 26 77

    50 years ago
    2 26 73

  • Vguy72
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    Ok. So Umphries McGee takeaways....

    ....extremely talented and tight AF. Awesome flow within the incredible segues. They stopped playing anything maybe three times the entire show. Jake Cinninger on guitar is Bad. Ass.
    Band very good at giving signals to each other while playing and looked like they were having a great time.
    Light show on point.
    Fans are very nice. Dude next to me said it's his 147th show. He looked maybe 30. Name was Josh. Originally from Oklahoma but now lives in Denver lol.
    I knew a few songs, but could tell when they busted out a treasure by the audience reactions which I can appreciate.
    They are playing Phoenix tonight. If I didn't have to work Monday, I would've went. So there's that.
    Best $64.95 I've spent in awhile.
    The poster sucked though. Hey! Can't win em all!

  • PT Barnum
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    that old saying

    slide into home all used up, no offspring here so it all goes to my niece and nephews, what I don't sell or trade for essentials. If I make it to 80 these old box sets and Dave's might just turn out to be what I've heard call a "music lovers 401K) :)

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    I'm Taking It With Me

    Line my coffin with them, "it's crazy cold way down there".
    In jest of course. I'll likely be cremated. But I did see the throw it out idea happen at my parents' home when that day came. And I was one of the tossers as the sister who got the house is a hoarder. Surprising how little brown furniture went for at the sale. That was nice stuff BITD. But since there were three of us it sort of went by committee and had to be a unanimous toss or donation.
    What few thoughts I have had toward that end is selling it off in chunks as I know my wife doesn't want any of it. Maybe like the desert island question. Which ones will you save 'til the end? Today I'd say the Dick's Picks stay and selected boxes. I've let her know the values so that scenario Dennis mentions won't happen. There's a lot of money sitting there that I'm sure she'll need. And no eBay if I can help it. Is there a thread on here for selling to the faithful? I'll keep you guys informed, LOL.
    Dave's 15 on deck today from the POTDWD thread.
    Cheers

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    Leaving the shit to the kids...

    I always point out to my son the stuff not to give away or throw out,,,, who knows!?

    I have many a friend that does auto collecting. They have the same stories. Two minutes after their dead, the wife/family is throwing everything out and selling off all the cars ASAP. My one buddy talks about boxes of "parts" bought at auctions and flea markets, maybe a dash from a 52 Caddy, maybe a set of valve covers for a 62 Deville, but all this stuff is in boxes and labeled. Into the dumpster!!

    Enjoy it while you're here!

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    We have a winner!

    "I'm a desert rat, not an eskimo." The award goes to Vguy, who seems to be racking up these awards with regularity.

    However, I have a question for topchinacat: what is this "moderation" you speak of?

    And yes to billythekid: a complete Feb '70 FE release, followed by WotF with the Watkins Glen soundcheck, followed by a summer '73 boxed extravaganza.

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    It certainly hasn’t been a typical February in Coachella Valley. But being a transplant from Omaha, a little Cold Rain and Snow is quite nice, all in moderation of course. The new hockey team here in the desert almost feels right on days like today. Salton Sea is a great story... wish I could have seen it in its heyday... and hopefully it will get the attention it needs. Anyway, all this weather ought to produce a super bloom in Anza Borrego this year! ....... tcc

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What a setlist!... Made me jealous of those who saw this era live. Great sound… like ‘77 was yesterday. @derekb192 on 10/1/77, YouTube

Wow! Just as when you think eyes is gonna go to drums out of the bliss comes dancing! One of my all time fave moments! Not just classic 77 but classic ever dead! - @emrysdavies1215 on 10/1/77, YouTube

...this show was off the hook from the very get go. The Casey Jones is the best I've heard... beginning a jam that goes through each member going off on an instrumental solo. The end has them jamming so hard you can no longer hear them singing through it. Now you know you're in trouble (The Good Kind) when a show starts like that... Weirtheir on 10/2/77, Dead.net

Holy hell, the 10/2/77 Betty Board sounds incredible... I just wanted to pay homage to this unreleased gem, which features the lovely, tight playing you'd expect of a 77 show with some of the highest audio quality I've ever heard ... What a treat. u/monsteroftheweek13 on 10/2/77, Reddit

I told my mother I was going into Portland with friends. I never told her where I went... @jamesmoore3694 on 10/1/77, YouTube

We know where you've been and we're taking you back with the twice as nice DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 45: PARAMOUNT THEATRE, PORTLAND, OR - 10/1/77 & 10/2/77. Back-to-back complete previously unreleased shows on 4CDs? You betcha! Why? Because we couldn't pick one over the other of these two nights that have been described as "fire," "mind-frying," and "crispy" (bit of a theme here) too many times to count. Witness it for yourself when you dig into the inventive medleys and pristine sound, not to mention the first "Dupree's Diamond Blues" since '69 and the first live "Casey Jones" since '74.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, this release was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson (with a boost from Bob Menke, more about that in David's video) and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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I have a bunch of shirts for which I have affinity.

Alice in Wonderland t-dye that I purchased at the Psychedelic Shop, San Fran, December 1986. Starting to fade some, dont wear it often. Also have a Psychedelic Shop shirt, which has a wizard projecting lightning bolts into an orb with a key in it. Very cool. Also December 1986.

My favorite is the 1977 copyright shirt by Ed Donahue I bought also in 1986 at a head shop in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. My understanding, Ed stuff sold in NE only. It is also on Dave's #39, the guy coming out of the house/camper has it underneath another shirt. You can search Ed Donahue 1977 GD shirt and find the image. I brought it home and took it to an old hippy friend. He airbrushed the back with a combined American Beauty image. It has the rose but says Grateful Dead instead of American Beauty. The GD is the same letting on the back of the album. Then on the bottom of the shirt he improvised, he brushed say 5 dancing skeletons. All with varying states of the skeleton. Dancing, head on, to dancing head missing. In between, it is being taken from the head. I wore it to maybe 5 or 6 GD concerts, it is "my precious." In February 2016, I wore the last time at a Widespread Panic show. People were blown away by it. Got me several cocktails and much smoke during the show. My hometown has always been ultra cop. Search any body any time. New regime. As I walked out of the concert hall, the fuzz was standing at the doors for exit. Except, they were handing out 24 oz bottles of water and wishing all to "Be Safe." Within 10 feet, thru 2 sets of doors, were the nitrous mafia, selling balloons. Pretty sure the cops just thought they were selling helium to go with the circus comes to town vibe.

Nice that this year, get to see 5 shows in two weeks. Panic for 3 and Phish for 2. Never thought we would get here, but we made it. I am so glad.

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always wish I had more time here...from last week my mother is still kicking, but again, at peace. So thanks again for kind words. Y'all be Fantastic!!!

Oh yeah, I woolite clean only and wear a tshirt under my tie dyes.

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....Google shop Make America Grateful Again tee's and buy one. There are a lot of options. Let's start a counter revolution!
Has also gotten me drinks at shows and almost into a fight at a grocery store, but whatever.
Humanity has extreme spectrums.

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Nice little ditty with a lovely sentiment.
The wife's a quilter and she loved it.
Quilts made of favorite tees are a thing now.
But I'm sure my tees will more likely be shining cars.
That's a first for me. Something she can relate to here, lol.
Cheers

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Hey rockers!!

So here I am at work...............need I say more?

4/6/69: Concur with Billy The K. Loved this show since I first heard it. Yes, those Fillmore West and Ark shows are awesome, but this is the one I'll carry with me into the afterlife. OMG that Cryptical reprise, Garcia on the Death Don't, the classic pulled plug Viola Lee Blues!! Where is the rest of the broadcast?

4/6/71: Oddballs for all us oddballs. Did somebody spike the water, or was it in the air? And that crazed Truckin' to close the show---very very unusual position. Hey, how about a Manhattan Center mini-box????

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better......

Rock on!

Doc
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work......

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ESPN sports writer Wright Thompson is wearing some sort of GD stealie hat on the Masters pre-tournament show. Cannot identify the symbol inside the skull though. Some sort of shield or crest? Stylish dark grey tweed hat with black brim. Doubt if it came from dead net. Oh, and to really ungolf it he's wearing what looks like a bowling shirt.
Cheers

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My first Dead show.

A bus came by and I got on……

Probably the best decision I’ve ever made.

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....things were simpler back then. Both regarding me and the world.
I actually got on the bus the following year. My first show? I was just people watching to be honest. Touch Head checking in.
No regrets. I devoured them back then.
Still do. I need a Snickers.

Maybe they will include the bonus disc with copies of this for non subscribers. To encourage sales. I will buy it anyway - I'm not thinking of myself. Well... maybe a little bit.

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Gave this one a anniversary spin today on my walk with dogs. The band sure did start out on fire. I really enjoyed the Playing In The Band on this one. It's only 10 minutes, but this baby smokes!! Cheers, gang!

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1972
Wembley Empire Pool

My first "bootleg" cassette was a phenomenal audience, maybe the Wagner source or some other FOB, from this the 1st Red Rocks show. All of Set I then beginning Set II through Scarlet and the segue into Fire. A brilliant recording that perfectly captures both the music and the atmosphere of that legendary venue. To my mind without question one of the best first sets of the era, every song is right there, one killer version after another. The Cold Rain opener Set II is my favorite. That tape put you right there DFC.
The cut came right as they transitioned into Fire. I had to wait years to hear the rest. When the Bettys hit the scene this show was inexplicably a mono version split onto 2 channels, a real disappointment. So glad to get that fixed for the box.

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Dark Star>Sugar Mag>Caution! My most of the time favorite segment of Grateful Dead, and that's saying a hell of a lot!! Cheers, gang

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7-7-78, the show I "saw" from the parking lot while being told to leave by various security personnel. I did find my friends later and did my job as designated driver. Seemed like we got those teases again in '79 at the rained out RR show in McNichols. Denver is a Nobody's Fault But Mine town. Other towns that always seemed to get a certain song?
Cheers
Spring Break? Where's PF these days?

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Getting all prepped for Kraken playoff hockey ; )
Half keg, check, bean dip, check, …..

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Copy came today from the garcia site and it was the right album :-)

Also 1 from the vault came today from experience vinyl! Only over a year overdue!

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Artillery - Fear Of Tomorrow
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
Rush - Power Windows
Queensryche - Rage For Order
George Harrison - 33 1/3
Young Vguy had good taste.
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They let me keep one copy. When the second one came I had to send back to get credit for the garcialive it should have been.

But I did get one copy of Reflections for free. Easy to SAY free,,, I think warner/rhino is still ahead of the game :-)

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to all you fine folks.

Congratulations to the Kraken. And to Quinnipiac. What a game.

Beware of the Oilers.

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A rumbling and rolling Casey Jones started my music listening today, misidentified as 10-16-74 (Bobby’s Birthday Bash - alliterate that!), likely was the next night. If any song shouts “Happy Easter” it’s…not Casey Jones, but it still gets your toes tapping all the same.

Welcome to the playoffs Seattle! I don’t envy your challenge of Vegas, Dallas, LA, but welcome to the show. Leafs tuned up Montreal last night, they are firing on all cylinders, so let’s get this season finished, and on to the big boy games! Team to watch: AVs.

PS - Speaking of Seattle, where has Proudfoot been? Lined up in Seattle for playoff tix?

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Easter doesn't seem to have attracted the same cachet with rock n' rollers as Christmas. Apart from the above mentioned album by the 13th Floor Elevators and Calvary by Quicksilver Messenger Service, nothing immediately comes to mind. I'm not sure if The Dead ever did anything in recognition - either in concert or song.

The ultimate piece of music for this day, for me, remains "Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground" by Blind Willie Johnson. A true masterpiece.

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Road trip listening

12 26 70
Then
6 24 70
Then
11 5 70

CAPITOL THEATER BOX!!!

hot hot hot shows

6 24 70 and 11 5 70 are extreme GD

Capitol 70
3 20
3 21
6 24
11 5, 6, 7, 8

C'mon Dave and pals...we aint getting any younger

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There is a show from maaaybe 85 where Bob W says at the very end "Thank you, Jesus."

4 6 85?

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Not specifically to do with Easter, but Biblical imagery crops up in many Dead songs - ones they covered and those written by Barlow and Hunter. There must be a list of these online somewhere...off the top of my head, in those three categories, I can think of "We Bid You Goodnight", "Samson and Delilah", "Greatest Story", "Brother Essau", "Mississippi Half Step" and of course "Palm Sunday".

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We saw them once on Easter Sunday. Forget when, but it was during the time Phil started singing Box of Rain again and the crowd would chant let Phil sing.

This show my buddy brought an inflatable rabbit about 3 foot tall, wrote on it let Phil sing (or Box?) and sent it down thru the crowd. Ended up on stage and they did the request. Fuzzy on details. I'll have to check with buddy.

My only Easter story.

Jesus Christ Superstar is always in season in this house!

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....if memory serves me correctly, Bobby wore a rabbit hat on 4.9.83 Hampton Coliseum?
Regardless. Anniversary show. May check it out.
Bertha ->
Promised Land
West LA Fadeaway
Brother Esau
Candyman
Minglewood Blues
Brown-Eyed Women
LL Rain
China -> Rider
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Help -> Slip! -> Frank ->
Truckin' ->
Smokestack Jam ->
Drumz ->
Space ->
Throwing Stones ->
Black Peter ->
GDTRFB ->
One More Saturday Night
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Satisfaction

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They played on April 5, 1980 on Saturday Night Live, and Bobby wore bunny ears as they performed Alabama Getaway.

....May 1st.
Revisiting the Keystone Companions The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings box currently.
Yeah.

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I think it was Dennis mentioned purchasing the vinyl Garcia “Reflections” album recently that got me thinking - then playing - that album. The song Comes A Time might be the one Dead tune I took the longest to come around to like, but is now a song I really like hearing when it gets played. Funny how some songs knock your sock off first listen, but others have to fester, take their time.
PS - Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie is also one cover that so perfectly fits Jerry’s world-weary delivery. A remarkable recording.

I like the earliest versions of this, from Fall 1971. Beautifully sung , and with the extra verse. Strange that it dropped out of rotation for nearly 4 years, before reappearing in 1976 on "Reflections" and on stage.

If I was to pick a song I didn't initially like, but which grew on me over time, I would go for "Tennessee Jed". I wasn't too keen on "Ramble On Rose" either, but they both sound much better to me now than they did when I was a sprog.

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I GOT that song listening to 2/9/73 one enchanted evening.

Tennesse Jed...it took me a while, too, to dig it

Sugaree has always been a love/hate song for me.

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Tennessee Jed , one of my favorite tunes, love! the Europe 72 version. Hope we get a full show released with the Wake of the Flood 50th anniversary release, and not a chop job. Im more then happy to pay extra for the extra discs it takes to fit on a full show.

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Ramble On Rose - Ok.
Ten Jed - Not bad. Grows on you.
Me & My Uncle - Hard pass. I’ll be honest, I often hit “Next” when that tune comes on.

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Hey Jonathan,

Check your PMs.

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Hey rockers!!

For anybody interested, Charlie MIller just put out---finally!!---a complete soundboard copy of the 1977 Tempe show...........thank you Mr Miller!!!!

Me & My Uncle---love it!!
Row Jimmy---hate it. Always a major buzzkill..........
Casey Jones---liked it at first, then hated it, now tolerate it......

Rock on,

Doc
My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them........

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Love this song, always have from first listen that I can recall. Not big on Casey Jones, never have been. Ramble On Rose depends on the version, and sometimes my mood. Love the show opening version from DaP 34 6/23/74. It Must Have Been the Roses is less of a hit. Love Row Jimmy, and Tennessee Jed has always hit the spot (5/21/77 with the envelope filter on for the solo is a particular fave). In an irony of sorts "all of my friends" agree that Black Peter is a downer. I have found two that I actually really like, the aforementioned 6/23/74 and DaP 33 10/29/77. Otherwise, it's a plodding, non-melodic bore. Mr. Lemieux wildly disagrees with that assessment, as that is plainly one of his favorite songs given the incredibly disproportionate number of versions released on DiPs or DaPs. Back to ones I dig, Me & My Uncle I like for the ways they mix it up, either lyrically, or musically. It also works extremely well for a break in a trippy Other One. I can't stand Little Red Rooster. My standing rule for years has been to listen to it once on first listen of a release, just to see if there's any reason to ever subject myself to that screeching again or not, and have never found one worth diving back into. 1980s and after versions of Looks Like Rain are similar, but I'll occasionally find something worth a second howling of those street cats either with Jerry's guitar or Mickey doing something interesting. I also skip Around & Around almost every time as well. I'll also have to say Sugar Magnolia is very hit or miss for me, too. On the other hand, a song that used to lead into it frequently, Wharf Rat, is one of my all time favorites. Hunter/Garcia knocked that one out of the park. But I would bet there are people who love Black Peter and hate our sorry Wharf Rat...

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I respect diverse opinions.

This is one of my favorite GD tunes. Yes, a "downer" song but powerful. The words are transcendent...the band moves it. As I get older (i'm 68), it means more to me now.

Looking forward to Dave's 46!

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Or something like that. Everybody has their faves, skips, growers, and outgrown.

Faves(this changes every other day):
UJB
CaseyJones
Box of Rain
Truckin’
Wharf Rat

Skippers:
M&MU
Me & Bobby McGee
Johnny B. Goode
Around & Around
Samson & Delilah

Growers;
Scarlet
Estimated
Ramble On Rose
Candyman
Sugaree

Outgrown:
Friend of the Devil
Sugar Magnolia
Row Jimmy
Brown Eyed Woman
One More Saturday Night

It’s easy. They can change and usually do.
Every favorite on here is someone’s LEAST favorite, and vice versa.
So, Live & Let Live or…
Live & Let Die

But just live, ‘cause Music is the Best!!
C’monDave’s 46!!

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