Grateful Dead

Seeing all the comments on Caution and Viola Lee.....just thanking Furthur for bring these songs to life on stage again, or for the first time. Being born in 1969......
They played alot of tunes I never really expected to hear, in person.

Born Cross Eyed
Till the Morning Comes
Viola Lee Blues
Caution
The Golden Road
Mason's Children
Pride of Cucamonga
Mountains of the Moon

Stay well..........

Dropped four flights and cracked my spine..

Again, so goes my run for Senate.. I learned my lesson on Nitrous too, but I still do it about once every five or ten years or so, give or take. We did a climbing trip back in the 80's.. our goal was Devils tower before we headed East. We started in Boulder, then the Tetons, then The Tower.

It was my bright idea.. we hit a head shop in CO somewhere for some reason or another.. and I bought a box or two of those nitrous canisters, plus some balloons, plus one of those plastic devices that puncture the canisters and feed the balloons. So we all did nitrous on top the Middle Teton at something like 13,350 give or take after waking up at 4 am to get there and back before midnight.

If we dropped.. it would have been more than four flights and we would have done more than crack our spines.. but boy was the buzz heavy. I recall it was incredibly windy too.. and sleeting penetrating pellets of ice, flowing sideways at great speed colliding with the skin on my face with a stinging effect. I don't regret it, nor not running for Senate. I would make a terrible Politician. It was all worth it. Evidence of a misspent youth.

Be careful out there though.. I don't recommend any of this for anyone. Coke is worse, as is meth and opiates... sorry to digress. ..just be careful.

Love Jimmy Cliff.. always have. So did Jerry.

Most things I hate picking favorites. Not when it comes to reggae and Mr Cliff!
Bongo man is come.....
One of the first things I fired up when I got my vinyl back from the rents was Give Thanks.
Got to see him at Moneystock 94

Have to admit did more of that then was probably good, not tons like some folks, but enough I’m sure, as in did you ever feel like some things were just not good for your body? Fun sure, felt good etc, but deep down if your really in tune with your body you just sorta know....that was one of those things....great stories though, my bud/band mate/former roommate had some deal where he had three 3 blue tanks and a way to get medipure....
He had this big blue van with a sorta Terrapin turtle wheel cover on the back. At Oxford he was backed up to this little soft grass lined ditch which was where folks who hung out too long or sucked a tad to hard would end up. Ahem, I must say it was a nice landing pad! I could tell ya bout similar misadventures from 88 St. Pete’s and a huuuge Lincoln town car, a scorching Bucket on the tape deck, a ballon and driving down a big freeway (luckily very empty), but a, probably said too much already......
Speaking of 88 FLA was anyone at St. Pete’s and if so did the city set up portable, open, outdoor showers down there where beautiful young ladies were providing anazing hours of enjoyment for us, or am I mixing up my stories?

....hmmmm. Good question. Pass. Next question please?
Rediscovered Jimmy Cliff recently. Oops. Going off on another bender....

Dooo, that’s too hard to pick! Nothing like a good weird Caution. Yaassss that 11/8/69 is a real Bobbie dazzler eh!
Just recently snagged that one, it’s a real beast from start to finish. I Like that Dicks from 4/69 also, that one seems to fly a bit under the radar.
Have had a couple of those aha moments like Jim describes, one was disc two of two from the vault, speaking of Cautions.....yeah nice hot stony summer day relaxing in my big comfy chair at the time next to a huge open window under a giant eucalyptus tree and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzaaap like lightnin’ outta the bottle! Makes my hairs stand up just talking about it...

Those one set 68’s pack a wallop, like Daverock was saying, been digging those kings bowl discs a lot also of late.
Hell all that old shit blows me away!

....cracked my head doing nitrous while standing up in the Irvine Meadows lot in '89. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Haven't touched the gas since.
Kinda sucks that Phil is playing Vegas a week after Bob Lopes graces me with his presence. Although, he just texted me that Jon Anderson of Yes is playing the night he gets here. I'm game! I have a circle of four or five friends that I've become more personable with beyond dead.net message boards. Wanna get closer? PM me your numbers if you dare. I don't bite, but I do tend to ramble on....
....edit. CaseyJanes sub question. Doh! Thought you were talking about Dave's Picks subscriptions. Totally didn't clue into my subwoofer dilemma. See kids! Don't Do Nitrous! (going with an Onkyo btw. Decent price, awesome brand).

I was at that show.. the last thing my parents said as I departed to the airport was.. "This isn't just another excuse to see the Grateful Dead in a state you have never been to before, is it?" Well.. sort of..

In all honesty I did not know the Dead were playing.. but we landed in Seattle/Tacoma for a three week break with our sites set for the Hoh Rainforest and the Olympic Peninsula.. and just after picking up the rental car and driving South ?? from the airport we saw the circus and knew we had to pull off and see the Dead. There's actually a story there, if I ever get inspired I will

Yes.. not the best show, but mighty fine nonetheless.. Santana opened, I think they played a tad better than the GD that night and unfortunately they did not play together.. still.. it was a joy to be there in a wayfaring (by jet) traveler sort of way.

Have always loved the Pacific NW.. Confession.. we had no weed.. so both me and my brother indulged in balloon treats. Not proud of that, after being cooped up on a plane all day, the numbness somehow made perfect sense. What a great trip..

Y'all be cool

I went down to Tacoma to-day, yes I did

Nice to get some new perspective

Visit a potential college for child #3
Visit Point Defiance park
Washington history museum
Eat a mushroom and cheese sandwich

Also a very sunny day
Sunset not until 5:36

Oh yeah
Drove by Tacoma Dome
Site of dubious 8/26/88 GD show
Even a mediocre GD show is better than none

Wow that was almost 31 years ago

More wine, please