Grateful Dead

Hendrixfreak, Wasn't trying to call you out. I just love the little details about you seeing shows at 15- hitchhiking around, smoking joints, etc. I, unfortunately, just turned 15 in '95 and never got to see Jerry. I lived a much more sheltered life at 15. I'm jealous and I just enjoy the stories. The book sounds cool- glad you plugged it. Happy weekend! Think I'll finish up the FW Box and then... Allmans live at Fillmore East- the vinyl just arrived on my doorstep yesterday.

I never really considered how drastically the band changed from the time they walked off the stage in October '74 to the return in '76. I guess it was less of an evolving and more of reforming. LJ's comment about what if one drummer only in '76 got me wondering how interesting Samson & Delilah might sound if it had Billy's swing. Vguy, you confirmed what LJ suspected, it was Jerry who orchestrated the change to bring Mickey back. Figured as much, but Ive never read any of the books. I need to do that. I have Long Strange Trip I think it's called, but haven't found the time. I will nab a copy of FW '69 on vinyl, but do wish they would release a previously unreleased show on RSD too, like they did with Winterland May '71.

Thanks. To me the band were on an incredible upward trajectory between 1965 and 1974. Their first great year was 1968 ( well..it started Fall 1967) and after that they seemed to add more and more components to their shows, building and developing on what had gone before. And paradoxically, this development and upward trajectory doesn't devalue the earlier years in the timespan. Although 1969 was a development from 1968-it wasn't necessarily better. The same with 1974. It wasn't necessarily the best year, but all the years preceding it pointed towards it. The development incorporated all aspects of their music too. The sound, singing, song writing, character of jams, composition of band. Maybe during 1974 they ran out of road. Having a break in the first place indicates this, as well as the music they started playing when they returned. 1976 seems quite an odd year to me. They seem a bit lost. The energy and instrumental dexterity is greatly reduced, although they do occasionally go into some very unusual and exploratory jams. It also seems to me that in reviving St Stephen and Cosmic Charlie, they had become conscious of their history for the first time. Those songs don't seem to fit in with the world and sound of 1976, and I wonder if they included them as a sort of acknowledgement of the past. Blasts from the past included as crowd pleasers-a bit like how Dark Star seemed when they played it on New Years 1978. On the other hand, I may be completely wrong.

inspired me to put on Dick's Picks Volume 7. It's all nice, but it really starts taking on a personality from Truckin' forward, mid disc 2. The end jam is very good. It goes into Wood Green Jam, also very good, and then Wharf Rat, which is always welcome. Disc 3 starts with Me and My Uncle, which I love in 1974 because I think it sounds more Western with the smooth polish of the Dead's 74 sound. But then there is a Not Fade Away that has to be heard. It's a 16 minute stand alone version like no other I can think of. I never realized this before, but they hardly played it in 73/74, and never for this long, at least on the released shows. Sixtus great recommendation that Other One medley from Road Trips Denver. Vguy I agree, I think more breaks would have helped the Dead. Who knows, maybe Jerry could have properly cleaned up and still be with us. I always get a little sad to think of the what if in that respect. 1979 would have been the time. They seemed to have hit the substance hardest by then, to the point that it was affecting the music and personnel decisions. Kudos to daverock and LoveJerry on the succinct analysis of the band's transitions in sound. Keithfan I checked out your "Wheels 'n Deals". Well most of them. That 2/3/78 Wheel is stunning. I never realized it before. I think the Wolf sounds magnificent in the first two minutes when Jerry is playing lead. Also the Egypt Deal might be my new all time favorite. I ended up listening to a lot of that Rocking the Cradle set. There is also a very slow and very cool New Minglewood Blues. I've never heard them play it like they do there. I don't know why I don't reach for Egypt '78 more often, it's really pretty good and has the Shakedown Street songs. I was sitting there thinking I can't believe I don't play this Fire on the Mountain, Iko Iko, Shakedown Street more often.

Take anything I 'say' with a grain of rough-ground sea salt and a cold tumbler of Anejo tequila, my friend. I use colorful language -- goofed up hyperbole -- to jump off the screen at ya. If it's a Summer '73 box I'll cough up the RFK/Watkins stories again. Now that you mention it, I guess it isn't quite normal to be juking around at 15 with an oz of sheesh, t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, $2 and a sheet of blotter. Hey, can I have a do-over-r-r-r-r?

And when is this release going down ? https://archive.org/details/gd1969-03-28.sbd.miller.81543.sbeok.flac16 Dave "Vault Master" Lemieux ~ i got some requests for ya, dead head-in-Training "Baby Jack" aka "Happy Jack" is looking for ~ 5.26.77 ~ ~ 3.3.81 ~ and ~ 7.5.81 ~ Toss in Fillmore West June 1970 perfomrnaces for good measures Dough knees Dough knees

Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile, hendrixfreak. That rough ground sea-salt/ tequila sounds good. Is it too early to be drinking yet? It is Saturday. Looking forward to more stories and that Summer of '73 Box- come on, Dave. Bolo, clue for the next box? What's that saying? You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Have a great day, y'all! 3/2/69 Eleven jam is filling the air right now. I'm grateful!

Sixtus, this post may be a bit removed but, although expensive, that Bootleg Series release 3/23, is going to sound markedly better than what is available - kinda like Dave's 26, 12/14/71, compared to the Charlie (The 11/17 portion, however, is going to be a mind-blower). Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly swing their tails off and 'Trane and Miles groove. The shows take place a year after Kind of Blue and in many cases the tempos are up, but not over the speed limit. What a culmination! (sorry if this reads like a Hemingway novel lol)

Great steer Mbarilla. And. . . a new Miller transfer of Bear's recording of 3/28/69 from 1st generation reels was archived just last month: https://archive.org/details/gd1969-03-28.140994.sbd.bear.lubar.dalton.m…

" I guess it isn't quite normal to be juking around at 15 with an oz of sheesh, t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, $2 and a sheet of blotter." Strange. You had $2?

Dead of the Day: March 3, 1968http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/03-03-1968 Haight Street San Francisco, California Our Dead of the Day here on March 3rd could be none other than the famous Haight Street free concert of 1968. The music is, in its own right, absolutely out-of-sight. The band heads right into a steamy Viola Lee Blues that keeps managing to find new gears over its twenty-one plus minutes. The Dead then eviscerate a Smokestack Lightning and Lovelight with Pig killing it on vocals and organ, Lesh throwing down some bombs, and Jerry jamming hard. But there is so much more to this historical moment that makes this show magnificent. A couple weeks before March 3rd, a confrontation between the police and hippies in the Haight had heightened tensions. A street festival on the date of this show was planned, in part, to smooth things over. The Dead got wind of the happening and decided to put on a free concert in the street, right at the corner of Haight and Ashbury. Presumably with the help of some of Pig’s Hell’s Angels friends, the band rolled up a flatbed, plugged into the Straight Theater (the Straight on the Haight), and started wailing.

March 3, 1971http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/03-03-1971 Fillmore West San Francisco, California Pig's organ is really high in the mix.

Too easy. The next box will be June 14&15 '76 Bacon Theater run.

....what all the hoopla about 3.28.69 was. (fast forward a couple of hours). Ohhhh. That's what. The Eleven is scintillating. The Death Don't mesmerizing. The Other One? GTFO with that shit. Now they're just showing off. Boom baby!!........edit. Bacon Theatre you say? Sign me up and now I want some pork belly....

Yet again a great heads-up on miles bootleg 6. I went in search of and saw it was volume 6 and thought, shit I have to buy all six. But to my chagrin I had Volume 1-5, six has been ordered! FYI - 4 cd box set 40 bucks. Thanks

.... c'mon bolo. That's too easy. Or is it?....

And now the clues come from the mouths of puppets... "Too weird, beyond the pale," as Jer said the other night from 2-27-69 as I was making keef. Hey Mr. Duryea, as you know, $2 was A LOT OF MONEY "back then." Yeehaw, 70 degrees in Denver today. Tequila and 1964 Gretsch scheduled for take-off in about 4 hours. But first, my workout. Gotta keep that 12-pack hard and well-defined. Oh wait.....

The Rolls Royce of guitars. Any Gretsch up to about then. Mines only a Japanese copy-but its amazing nonetheless. Only electric guitar I have ever played that has reverb before you plug it in.

You were LUCKY to have two dollars. When I was 15 I juked around with an oz of sheesh, t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, a sheet of blotter and a sheet of S&H Green Stamps with the glue licked off.

Make good money five dollars a day...

....maybe tomorrow, I might move away-ayeah-ayeeeah. edit phonetics....

...release date is April 21st 2018....:)

That is good news. At least a couple of thousand more people will be able to get in on this show, finally. Not really a vinyl collector like I was, oh, say 35 years ago or so, but for missing out on the FW'69 box in 2005, and being the squeaky wheel on a reissue, I feel obligated. If they decide to reprint all four shows in remastered form, and on CD and HD download, that would even be better yet. At least I know the Dead and crew are getting the money. Just can't bring myself to pony up $500+ to scalpers in order to get one of the 10k oop boxes. Thankful that some Galactic Wolverine type character from the land of some of the worlds finest cheeses and wines was kind enough to burn me a second hand copy to tide me over, until it gets officially re-released.

Where is the info on this release hidden away then? Can't find it anywhere.

Enjoying the Bobby & Phil shows..some blues to start tonight out. At some points lacks the kick of a little lead guitar but very cool otherwise. Phil is going to be 78 in 12 days? WTF. I'm going back to New York City, I do believe I've had enough.

Live Coltrane!? Another big yes from me. Have been riding an obsession there lately too. Just found the Live Trane European Tours, one of your "Trane recs" I strongly concur with on CD for super cheap. Also had to pick up Village Vanguard complete for him too (what is it about that place?) as well as the Live in Japan 4-disc set (out there but amazing in a very spiritual way...one of the first things the guy did when he got to Japan was go to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, preyed/meditated at the memorials, and then blazed 25+ minute new song called Peace on Earth at his shows, captured twice on this set...what a heart/soul that man had). Early studio faves: Giant Steps, My Favorite Things, Coltrane's Sound Later studio faves: Sun Ship, Interstellar Space ...and huge rec for the live/studio: Live in Birdland Denis/Deadicated: Excitedly about to discover some Miles Bootleg. Have belated found the ears for the 2nd great quintet (wow!), plus his lost '69 group, and am also always diggin' Jack Johnson, and In a Silent Way in a big way. Speaking of Grateful Dead (woops), would be real happy if that record store day FW'69 show would find its way to a CD release too (for those of us without that lovely complete FW '69 box). Any word? Any chance? (edited for grammar)

What do you think of Blue Train?

It's Saturday night already! Where's the jam of the week?

Radio City perhaps? Hey.. do we have any scoop of how the Bobby and Phil shows have been? Somebody out there has to have either seen, heard or streamed these shows..

7 shows in the Box?7 CDs in the Box? 7-7-78, nope already have that. Box release date 7/7?

RIP to Charles Emerson Winchester the Third...David Ogden Stiers on our side of the sphere. Only 75, jeez. He was from Peoria originally, represent. But played the Boston snob so well. See you on the other side, Major. Ahem.

We streamed the first show last night, and also tonight for at least 3 songs...currently not working, which is unhandy. It is pretty cool, Phil sang Operator last night among many others. Lacks a lead guitar, but a cool vibe otherwise..Weir's pseudo lead/rhythm guitar somehow holds it down. I heard Trey A. was in the building tonight so we shall see what transpires there. There's also a gentleman named Wally playing percussion. A ton of banter last night, that's probably the biggest thing compared to D&C..besides, you know, Phil. He gigged Bob on the yellow dog story but didn't get him to tell it. But he sure can fight!

Thinking of streaming it, I think so long as you order it and toss it in your stash, you can view it later.. but that option expires after the show ends. Lacking a lead guitar is a bit disconcerting.. as can be Phil singing (just kidding, love Phil). Worth it?

Usually dead.net posts a jam of the week on its homepage every Friday and it streams for a week. This week - nothing. What gives?

Hopefully not budget cuts or another log rolling or rabid Canadian critter injury sustained while filming the release chat of our Summer 73 Box Set.

It's a pleasant change from Dead & Co, maybe nostalgic to see Bob and Phil together (not that I have any comparisons to be nostalgic for). Haha. Phil's errr....not the best singer..and some songs don't really work; stream is working again, doing Touch Of Grey now. Love it, but it's not as solid as with a full band. Not quite working in this format. But Cassidy was good, and the acoustic Loose Lucy was very cool last night. So pretty fun for nothing better to do, but not cheap either. Doesn't seem to be as much energy as last night, but I'll give them some time. I apparently missed a Deep Elem and a Bob Weir joke about a duck?! per Setlist: New Speedway Boogie (Grateful Dead cover) West L.A. Fadeaway (Grateful Dead cover) Lazy River Road (Grateful Dead cover) (PL vocals; followed by Bob's duck joke) Deep Elem Blues (Georgia Crackers cover) Cassidy Touch of Grey Last night: Uncle John's Band Operator Ramble On Rose Friend of the Devil Bird Song He's Gone Lost Sailor Saint of Circumstance Set 2: Loose Lucy Peggy-O Me and My Uncle Mountains of the Moon Let It Grow A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Not Fade Away Encore: Box of Rain

If only the pulled out a Yellow Dog Story..

Blue Trane is pretty damn wonderful of course. I am a big Lee Morgan fan too, which helps. A year or three ago I would have said give me earlyish Trane, Miles 1st quartet, Blue Trane, Giant Steps, etc. and keep me away from anything out there. Was grasping to even wrap my head aroundA Love Supreme (which now I am finally hearing/feeling and very moved by and think is genius) but for some reason my brain switched/regressed/progressed and now I need my hard bop to come with a little crazyness (Jackie McLean One Step Beyond, Andrew Hill, Joe Henderson type stuff).

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Clearly Espanol for Muleskinner. No harm no foul.

Acoustic PITB. Sweet.. Not bad.. in lines with what I would have expected. Love the Bass Phil is playing with, a work of art. I regret saying this out loud.. but Phil is starting to look 77 years young. What an amazing career.

Muls are a cross between Dwarves and Humans, bred for the arena. Mul Muls are half-dwarves, a cross between a male Dwarf and female Human. Because of their large bone structures, the pregnancy is hard on both the mother and Mul, usually resulting in the child having to be cut from his/her dying mothers body. Physical attributes A Mul is slightly taller than a Dwarf, but slightly shorter than a Human. They are completely hairless like their Dwarven ancestors, and are incredibly muscular. As tough as any Dwarf, Muls are stronger because of their extra size. Fully grown Muls stand at 6' to 6' 6" tall and weigh between 240 - 300 pounds. http://darksun.wikia.com/wiki/Mul

Well hey..I'm 6'4 and between 240-300 pounds...I meet the demographic. It's like looking in a mirror, just slightly shorter than a Human. Speaking for my people..the 8th Royal Order of Blue Yodel..I believe we all descend from the Mull of Kintyre and/or Fennario. PB Man - Thanks for the insight! Was just reading about Lee Morgan, really like his work on Blue Train but wasn't familiar with him otherwise..both he and Paul Chambers died at 33, how sad. But what a laundry list left behind. Digging the Trey addition in the second set for Bobby & Phil, acoustic Playin' works.

I'm on it man.. interesting, well done.. perhaps not spellbinding.. but I can't think of a better way to chill on a Sat night. I might have trick or two up my sleeve to access this, so PM me if you are adventurous. Edit: I can't get over how beautiful Phil's Bass is. I have not seen him play this instrument before.. it should be in the Louvre. My second acoustic Dark Star. Oh Joy.

.... something inside me said "buy tonights webcast!" The cheap side of me said "don't". The cheap side of me is a dick sometimes....

Wondering where.. the nuthatch winters. It's a trick question, nuthatch's do not winter, they just shiver and deal with it like the rest of us. Well, at least the species that have wings less than a mile long. Cool, back into Dark Star, but this part is electric. This is quite good. St Stephen..

If you guys like Blue Train & Lee Morgan, I highly recommend Search for the New Land. Title track is my all time favorite Morgan track. Check out the personnel:Lee Morgan – trumpet Wayne Shorter – tenor sax Herbie Hancock – piano Grant Green – guitar Reggie Workman – bass Billy Higgins – drums If you are into video, there is a pretty cool biopic on Morgan on Netflix, I Called Him Morgan.

....and I dare you to disagree.

Nice with the Mul's info, David Duryea. Much obliged. And I agree with many others that your picture is genius. (What's that called? An "Avatar"?...bad movie. Other than Terminator 1/2 not a big Jim Cameron fan. Just watched Ridley Scott's Alien, brilliant, back-to-back with Jim Cameron's Aliens, mostly poop. . .) anyway . . . and thanks for the pass Jim!. Mr Heartbreak, couldn't agree with you more. Amazing album, amazing track. Maybe my favorite album of his. He's always great with Mr. Shorter. And how can you go wrong when you throw Grant Green in there! -PearlyBaker'sMul (6'2"...200+)