Dave's Picks Vol. 53: Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH 10/2/76

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Garcia still works wonders on the guitar. His obbligato behind rhythm guitarist Bob Weir's vocal on the gun-fighter ballad, "El Paso," ranged from flamenco figures to blues lines. The latter created a humorous and musically interesting mixture. Slipping around the sunny Mexican-American rhythms were the riffs and diving glissandos of a music that grew up among the chilly winds of Chicago. - Cliff Radel, Enquirer Pop Music Critic The vocals and instruments blended perfectly into one cohesive unit. The artists themselves seemed to enjoy playing and the concentration they commanded was unshakable in the fan-filled Coliseum. - Douglas Fechter, The NewsRecord Cincy, The Nati, Paris Of America, call it what you will but when the Grateful Dead came to town, they certainly helped propel her to "Queen of the West." The previously unreleased complete show from the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH 10/2/76 is all up from start to finish with xxx 70s-era first set songs like "Promised Land" and "El Paso" to Europe '72 staples and classic covers ("It's All Over Now," "Big River"), wrapped up with a unique second-set jam that opens with "Dancing In The Street" and closes with "Sugar Mag." An all-around good time! Limited to 25,000 numbered copies and shipping this week, DAVE'S PICKS VOL. 53: RIVERFRONT COLISEUM, CINCINNATI, OH 10/2/76 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. P.S. As a bonus, we have a quintet of songs from 5/4/77 (recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson), the rest of which was featured on Dave’s Picks Vol. 50 and its Bonus Disc. As we mentioned in 2012 when this series started, we’re determined to provide complete shows whenever possible. And even when a show is only partially included on a release as bonus material, we’re happy to complete it later on down the line, as we’ve done here. We hope you dig it. - David Lemieux

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March 9, 2025 - 1:13pm

#31

nitecat

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Herbie Greene

RIP Herbie Greene who passed away last monday. Awesome photographer who was there in SF when it was really happening, and caught a lot of it in his camera. Here's a Dead Head TV video of Herbie, David Gans, and Jerilyn Brandelius at a book signing in 1990. youtu.be slash IT1oMQqFJk0
March 9, 2025 - 11:37am

#32

billy the kiddd

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Anniversary show 3/9/95. BCT CHINA CAT >Cumberland. Blues

40 years ago ( wow where did the time go) I was up in Berkeley at the BCT for a knockout show with the Good old Grateful Dead. China Cat into Cumberland Blues very cool! Merle Saunders sat in on the 2nd set. Stopped at Everett & Jones BBQ after the show. Fun times!
March 9, 2025 - 11:07am

#33

DeadVikes

Joined:
October 26, 2016

60th Anniversary

Was at a birthday party last night for a friend. Ran into a female deadhead that I know. She went to a lot of shows in the eighties, was at the sphere last year and is going this year. Anyway, she mentioned she heard there was something happening with the Dead this summer. No idea if that is true or what type of configuration they would have with Phil being gone.
I would think if true we would have to hear something relatively soon.

Excited for some 60th news coming down the Pike.
March 9, 2025 - 9:21am

#34

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
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Festival Express

Gave it a play last night.
Pigpen was on stage but I don’t recall seeing him during the train car parties.

Then watched the Family Dog video. Wish there was more video from those years.
March 9, 2025 - 8:20am

#35

JoeyMC

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GD 60 logo

Is not on number 53, they put the GD50 logo on all (?) the releases in 2015
March 8, 2025 - 11:25pm

#36

RyXs

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Memorandum~in~Memorium

I toast one today for Pigpen's legacy and soul, and the 'soul' of the Grateful {primal} Dead he most certainly was, irreplaceable in a sense, yet the Dead show go on.
Technically he was before my time by a couple years, I'm a younsta in that aspect, yet ironically now the 'new' old guy. Maybe I'm still the old young guy? I dunno, but I do know Phil's birthday is in a week or so, the first since his passing. Rest his soul as well.
March 8, 2025 - 8:50pm

#37

Vguy72

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"However, at the end of the day"....

....I'm on board with your disdain regarding that phrase. All that does is refute anything that was said prior. Lame.
I like you PF.
I do say "all good", only because that pisses my wife off lol.
March 8, 2025 - 7:07pm

#38

proudfoot

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"All good"

Hackneyed phrase, but economical

"At the end of the day"

Now there's a phrase I never have nor will say

Here comes Grumpy Grumpkins...
March 8, 2025 - 4:06pm

#39

hendrixfreak

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Yes, El Capitan Grease went down one day...

I try to recognize birthdays over death days but as it's March 8, there's little escaping the truth. Pigpen was the heart and soul of the GD. So much to say, but it's also true (I believe) that he would not have enjoyed or truly thrived in the transition from theaters and smaller venues to the arenas, sheds, stadiums (to say the least). He was of his time, then that time passed. I also try to avoid speculating on what might have been. To me, Pigpen will always be the true workingman's Dead and where some see Operator as "filler" it's one of my favorite songs to hear and to play. Plus, he was the showman. I love rockin' Bobby and he really stepped up after Pig passed, but he has no business singing Lovelight or Good Lovin'. Only Jer pulled off Big Boss Man like once.

Proudfoot, my bro, I seem to always leap to defend -- and Jer's bands don't need defending. You would take GD over Jer bands any day. Me, the other way around. That's how the Earth spins, my friend. Not a fan of "all good" (see Dylan growling his dissent with "It's aaaalll gooood" on his collaboration with R Hunter) but I get it and agree with you. Different strokes, etc.

You never know when old HF is gonna pop off! Anyway I get a tremendous kick out of Jer's breadth of styles and setlists. I probably caught him, oh, 25 times over the years, like 1975 to 1991. The flip side to getting so many releases (Jer and/or the GD) is that we get multiple shows per tour and, yes, some similar setlists. But perhaps you'll acknowledge that in either band, Jer rarely if ever played a song the same way twice. That actually kinda threw me at age 15-16 until I finally got it, probably by age 19. And that was only a few years ago...

cheers, HF
March 8, 2025 - 2:45pm

#40

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
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Underage beers

Canadian beer was still considered an import and was priced closer to European imports and ‘premium’ domestic like Michelob and Lowenbrau (Wisconsin version).
I could only afford swill like Goebel, Weidemann, Pfieffer. But I had some taste, avoided Braumeister, Meisterbrau, Falstaff. Wouldn’t touch PBR either. Can’t believe that ‘hipsters’ think drinking PBR is cool.

A few years later when I was of age and microbrew was starting to be sold widely the former premium domestics and imports dropped in price. A 6-pack of Lowenbrau was $2.99 at the grocery store.

Who remembers the Surf Punks besides Proudfoot?
“Found a case of Lowie’s
She was a score
Drank them all in seconds
Got anymore?”

I drank a lot of Lowenbrau Dark before moving to Killian’s Red (Coors product), and then finally microbrew.
Who remembers in the late 80’s there was Coors Extra Gold? Their attempt at a premium lager. I liked it.

Garcia still works wonders on the guitar. His obbligato behind rhythm guitarist Bob Weir's vocal on the gun-fighter ballad, "El Paso," ranged from flamenco figures to blues lines. The latter created a humorous and musically interesting mixture. Slipping around the sunny Mexican-American rhythms were the riffs and diving glissandos of a music that grew up among the chilly winds of Chicago. - Cliff Radel, Enquirer Pop Music Critic The vocals and instruments blended perfectly into one cohesive unit. The artists themselves seemed to enjoy playing and the concentration they commanded was unshakable in the fan-filled Coliseum. - Douglas Fechter, The NewsRecord Cincy, The Nati, Paris Of America, call it what you will but when the Grateful Dead came to town, they certainly helped propel her to "Queen of the West." The previously unreleased complete show from the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH 10/2/76 is all up from start to finish with xxx 70s-era first set songs like "Promised Land" and "El Paso" to Europe '72 staples and classic covers ("It's All Over Now," "Big River"), wrapped up with a unique second-set jam that opens with "Dancing In The Street" and closes with "Sugar Mag." An all-around good time! Limited to 25,000 numbered copies and shipping this week, DAVE'S PICKS VOL. 53: RIVERFRONT COLISEUM, CINCINNATI, OH 10/2/76 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. P.S. As a bonus, we have a quintet of songs from 5/4/77 (recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson), the rest of which was featured on Dave’s Picks Vol. 50 and its Bonus Disc. As we mentioned in 2012 when this series started, we’re determined to provide complete shows whenever possible. And even when a show is only partially included on a release as bonus material, we’re happy to complete it later on down the line, as we’ve done here. We hope you dig it. - David Lemieux

re: Billy - 85?

Hey Now Billy!
Your mention of a Chinacat > Cumberland made me go digging.
In my wanderings, I realize you're off by a decade, it was '85 (vs. '95) they ripped that out.
Gonna give it a listen this morning.
Love these crumbs and following the trail to the cookie.

Be Well People
Sixtus

I 2nd that emotion

I’ll just add to 1st shows intel et el. Definitely recommend stands for bookshelves. Your tweeter/horn should be positioned at ear height! If possible, place your speakers equal distance apart with your listening spot forming an perfect triangle. Use the rule of fifths (thirds usually not practical). Experiment with distance to back wall: too close and it’ll sound to muddy/bassy, too far out and it’ll sound to thin…
Using same brand usually ensures good speaker synergy.
Can’t recall hearing the other brands (which might be telling in itself) but have heard Klipsh and liked em.
If you can’t get a trial, at least you should be able to return them if for some reason you really don’t like them.
Good Luck, may the force be with you lol

Sixtus 3/9/85 China Cat>Cunberland

3/9/95 it was a typo. Thanks for setting me straight, lord only knows what I would do if someone didn't keep on eye on me.

China Cat -> Cumberland?!....

....need to check that out. Currently waiting at the doctors office. Freakin' starving over here!

VGuy

...May Your Four Winds Blow You Safely Home....or something like that.
Hopefully no BlowOut though.
Good Luck to You, Sir!

Sixtus

Results negative....

....party on Garth.
That propofol ain't no joke.
Then I checked the Dow. Can I go back to sleep please?

glad the results were negative, Wayne

good health to all

Zzzzzzzz

Propofol means not knowing what they did to you.

the thing about propophol

in my case is that as I came "out of it," I found myself already in conversation with someone and my awareness of that lagged behind the actual conversation. Gawd only knows what I am saying before I become aware I'm talking.

Of course, check the headlines -- lots of that goin' around.

Vguy -- not only congrats on the results, but you may be the first among us to celebrate your anal probe on dead.net!! A first! Yes!

Sending smiles your way, my man. And thanks for the visuals....................

JGBGD, er, whatever...

I like Jer's voice and the sound of his guitar. There's one JGB release I really love but it escapes me now as to which one. I just kind of shuffle through them and listen without committing all of the details to memory. There's a lot up there already - at age 56 I could be at capacity - so adding more new data could begin to push the old out.

And make no mistake about it, folks - this old world ain't what she used to be (sighs).

My advice to Jer would be, don't quit your day job. Some in the know have alleged that he was a live beast and just lived to be on the road, while others assert that as captain of that particular ship he got a bigger cut and needed the cash to support his habit. Probably a bit of both... on a good night it was damn good and on a bad night it was... boring.

Vguy way to keep the metal torch burning. Metal! Turn it up to 11! \m/ God I used to love metal before I got into the Good ol' Grateful Dead and became a Grateful Dad. I still stoke my metal jones occasional... it's good music to drive fast to or get ready to compete in anything, but remains a fixture of my adolescence. Pictures in my locker from Hit Parader of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and AC/DC along with Cindy Crawford and various SI swimsuit models.

Ah, the eighties. Now all my favorite bands are 80. What the hell happened?

Last five:

Led Zeppelin - How the West was Won
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Aerosmith - Rocks
Eric Clapton - Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies (disc 3)
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

\m/

The propofol fog....

....yeah. i can see the attraction to it.
It was like seven or eight seconds of absolute bliss.
Danger Will Robinson.

The propofol fog....

....yeah. i can see the attraction to it.
It was like seven or eight seconds of absolute bliss.
Danger Will Robinson.
See? I just double posted.
Time for bed.

Last 5

Last Man Standing - Jerry Lee Lewis
Love It To Death - Alice Cooper
Bakersfield Sound cd3 - Various
Sun Singles Collection Vol3 cd3 - Various
Lucky Charms - Michael Messer

Last Dead Daves 16 3/28/73. Two cds of mainly high energy country rock followed by a 3rd cd with Dark Star, Eyes, and Playing. Like listening to two different bands in a way.

Nice one

Other One

Conekid

Dogfish Head is finally in the house. Maybe tonight I will have one.

Coors Extra Gold! Yes, definitely remember that one. We were so excited when it came out and then only had it onnce as it wasn't that great.

Extra Gold

First time my and my friends got our hands on a full case of beer in like 8th grade, it was a case of Coors Extra Gold.
That was back when like one beverage would give you a real killer buzz; having an entire 24 of those things was like infinite heaven at the time.

Do they even make that stuff anymore or has it gone the way of Bud Dry?
So many Legends.

Be Well People!
Sixtus

P.S. - and Holy $hit, look at that 60-CD BOX!!!!!

Mega-box 2025..

It is here and it is a whopper - 60 cds - soo many great shows - the box for the next 10 years.. only 6000..

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