Grateful Dead

Off hand do you know what year it was for the Frost that Godzilla fought Gumby??? At least I think it was the Frost....

I attended a ARU show in a small club once

JH walked right by but I didnt say hi

Shoulda...

I did talk with mike gordon briefly in 92

Glad i did that

And blessed be they who drop a Python reference, which causeth the morning coffee to spill forth from my very mouth, such laughter it bringeth.

And blessed be the Mahavishnu fans, who remindeth me of that cool Live in SF album I haven't played in a while.

And blessed be the Five Peace Band Live album, with McLaughlin, Correa, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, and Vinnie Colaluta, which is similar and very very good as you would expect with such cats involved.

And blessed be the auto correct, which geteth not jokes.

And blessed be the shipping notice, which arriveth yesterday, and whose meaning is known only to Jehovah.

(Uh oh. Not supposed to say Jehovah.) (D'oh!)

Talk about listening habits, I typically listen to each GD release (those I buy or were gifted) and put it on the shelf, with the intent to hear it again for the "first" time sometime later. This usually works. But as the releases have soared -- basically five shows per year via the DP series, another six in a box, that's ~one show per month, like compound interest I'm getting buried. At this point, if I don't start listening rather aggressively, I'm a goner. Yet one needs to listen to lots of completely new artists and music or your brain becomes a brokedown juke box.

Yeah, changing my moniker to "Brokedown Juke Box." Man, this coffee is good, and so is the sip of tequila I had before it.

daverock -- at Watkins Glen, at age 15, we were already seasoned GD veterans, and two days of big shows took their toll. When it was time for the Big Jam, we walked away. And, from reports, we didn't miss anything! The Band, the ABB and the GD onstage together? Guess they'd reached their limits as well by that time. The daytime shows probably merit release. The nighttime jams, no so much, eh?

He was in Aquarium Rescue Unit along with Col. Bruce Hampton, Oteil Burbridge (bass player for Dead & Co), and a few others.

I saw ARU in 2015, here’s some video.

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Piece those back together.

That’s Jimmy Herring’s son playing guitar on the first song in the video.

The discussion had me remembering a show with this billing I saw in Ft. Collins, Co 9-20-86. New acoustically near perfect town sponsored concert hall. ($14.50 ticket) Weather Update was between Weather Report and Zawinul Syndicate for about two years. Wayne Shorter, out on his own supporting his solo album, did not let Joe use the W.R. name and gave him only 5 weeks notice that he wouldn't be coming back. So guitarist Steve Khan filled that spot. Wonderful group but Kahn later said he felt out-classed by opening for McLaughlin and the Orchestra. I think J.M. did some solo tunes then the whole Orchestra came out. Lots of the Birds of Fire as I recall. Later the Zawinul Syndicate would, according to at least one review, "wipe the floor with the Mahavishnu Orchestra". Even the billing reversed with Zawinul Syndicate as the headliner. Not sure who was in the later Syndicate but Zawinul just got better and better.
Sorry, couldn't tie in a GD reference. Jon Fishman, of a band with a name similar to his own, cites the Mahavishnu Orchestra as an influence. The wiki page on the Orchestra is a who's who and who they played with and remarkably quite a shitshow history of personal differences. And so it goes.
Cheers

Received my notification yesterday. They definitely changed the format of these notifications. Mine was just a USPS number and that was it. A noticed the Warmer Electric address was listed as New York. Did they move out of California?
This release hasn't sold out either, so I think this really is becoming the norm regardless of release year.

It's never too early to speculate about future releases.

85 is tasty, but if 77 didnt sell out (or did it?) 85 will prolly be ignored.

But again...they never ask me.

My GD shelves are mighty full so I am in no rush, but 47...48...speculate away.

I say a whole lotta GD 68 and 69 for 4 straight releases.

Frost right up (or just behind (IMO)) with the Greek ! The Oct '82 Frost shows are just perfect for that era .....tcc

Lucky to get over to The Egg in Albany for MacLaughlin's reputed farewell tour fall 2017. One of the more unusual venues. Long time fan of John's music, saw Mahavishnu Orchestra at American University April 1973, with camera, good photos, down front of that outdoor show under a tent. Billy Cobham drumming was a physical experience. That was just after my first Dead show at the Baltimore Civic Center.