Grateful Dead

Rolling down the Caheunga pass to the Hollywood Bowl in a short while. Nothing left to do...

I can not take credit for it's creation. I sprinkled some Old Bay over my laptop while Dicks Picks 23 was on rotation and.... Voila... it appeared. Better than a Google search.

TOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGAAAA! Bring it. “Hey butch, back in your seat, there’s fifty thousand people waiting for you to get back in your seat” ........of course getting scolded by the boys just made everyone even more nuts......that’s what I remember....great tunes and everything was Nugging Futs! Craziest, most fun tour ever!

Thank you Marye...

Hey,obviously your a stones fan. Check out the criterion edition version of gimme shelter at altamont speedway. Criterion is a special movie and concerts that give you a high quality version of dvd or blu-ray with big booklets and such. It's kind of costly but you get the video of the tragedy as it happened. You can't find this on any other version. Plus other bands like the peanut butter conspiracy, Jefferson airplane and the whole hells angels fiasco. It's bittersweet. criterion.com.

I'll check it out. I've seen a pretty high quality video of the event. They seem to put the spotlight on the Angel and Merrian Hunter. Man that was one bright green suit! I'll check out your website. I'm curious to see if the video is better than what I've seen before sounds like it is. What a terrifying day. I don't understand how the Rolling Stones didn't have somebody there to say, no way we're doing this on a 5-foot stage the bottom of a bowl, go out and buy twice the lumber and build twice the size stage. Mick Taylor must have been shitting his pants, asking himself what the fuck did I get myself into.

That suit was so green. He stuck out from everyone else. It did not help that they paid the angels in all the beer they could drink. They also have bonus features on the next days radio stations that interviewed Sonny Barger and other bikers and the bikers were so rude and defensive. The angels also said on live radio that the guy who was killed deserved to be beat after being stabbed. . It was Surreal. These radio spots are long but it was strange, even going as far as one woman interviewer snickering at how sonny was trying to be badass and being so immature at the same time telling her that if the fans messed with us were going to put them down by violence. It was our job. The stones said they had the angels do it before in England but did not realize that the U.S. angels are much more violent and crazy. Mick said that. I can kind of see that.

Listened to disc 3 from this release again yesterday, I am really a fan of that Dark Star from start to finish. Looking forward to picking up the Real Gone re-release of the 5/15/70 Road Trips this month, kind of eager to check out the Dark Star for comparison to the one from DaP30 given the temporal proximity.

Perithecat, saw your reference to DP 19 and that killer 10/19/73 show, I am going to have to revisit that soon as well. I passed on it when it first came out as I was feeling like I had enough Dead at the time, and when I finally picked it up and gave it a listen all I could think to myself was, man, I could have been listening to this fantastic show for years. I'll put that in the "don't make the same mistake twice" category.

Dig the SPAC '85 references, brings back fond memories of a great time at the show, and a pretty good time at the Rip Van Dam hotel after the show. My 3rd show, start of summer, start of a glorious period of virtually no personal responsibility, no plans, just about complete freedom, and a continuation of a rigorous dosing schedule. Youth may be wasted on some, but it sure wasn't wasted on me that year.

That guy screwing his face up behind Mick Jagger, on stage, during Under My Thumb makes for chilling viewing too.

There was a great Get Yer Ya Ya's box that came out ten years ago, featuring five extra tracks, albeit on a second cd. This enables you to get more of the sense of the flow of a Stones show at this time than the original album did. There is also a dvd in the box, which has got the same versions of Prodigal Son and You Gotta Move as in Gimme Shelter, but in better quality ( better than on the dvd I have, anyway), and live versions of Under My Thumb, I'm Free and Satisfaction. Amazing to think that even this box is 10 years old!

...a grateful morning to everyone.
The warfield RSD CD is back in stock for anyone who missed it, grab a copy now while it’s available my brothers & sisters.
Take care. 🙏❤️😎

...use the back door mt brothers & sisters.
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...Alright, hello again! I have to jump start my morning, lots to do today. First up, 3/17/68 ‘Carousel Ballroom’ SF...a grateful dose of 1968 should get the old blood flowing ! 😉
I love Jerry’s guitar playing on this day, his scales are exploring great depths of the unknown...then there’s Pigpen with his ‘Love Light’ shining bright!...
A live version of ‘New Potato Caboose’ is always a grateful treat for some primal Dead fans...
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I watched Gimme shelter last night after visiting that website Carlo and it is better on the website. And I'm talking about the remastered Gimme Shelter

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The last two releases are extraordinary.. I have not compared the DS's from 1/2 and 5/15, but my memory is that the one from January soars and the one from 5/15 is very good. I might have to take that Dark Star challenge myself.

..but these last two releases are both off the charts good. We are a lucky bunch.

I'd love more than ten posts per page. You blink and you have to scroll through several pages to find out what's going on.

...system was down for a bite.
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Sorry about that everyone. I kept typing and then my screen would go white. Reboot seems to have fixed it. I watched Gimme Shelter again last night for the first time in a long time. Daverock it's strange that you mentioned that guy behind Mick curling up his face. I always noticed him and thought, man he looks like he wants to jump off on stage and tear Mick Jagger to pieces. The website Carl appointed me to had a really refined version of it. I think I referred to him as Merrian yesterday but it was Meredith Hunter. Crazy that he brought a gun.

Daverock I also picked up that get Yer ya-ya's out deluxe version. I'm Free is just incredible. I wish there was more live stuff available from the Mick Taylor years. I have Ladies & Gentlemen, and I have the Brussels Affair. They need to release more! Every few months I go to their website to see if any more have come out in that archive series of theirs. Just a lot of Ronnie Wood.

11/8/69

Uncle John's Jam

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This one is a top 20 for me. They jump into Space early, then the gong show, and then at around 10 minutes they go into a pre-FG jam, and then after a really cool 5 minute build up that reminds me of the great 2/11/70 DS, they go full-on Feeling Groovey, and Jerry solos on top of it with a tone to that Gibson SG that will leave you picking your face up off of the floor. That few minutes makes my "greatest Dark Star moments" reel.

Difficult to compare the two. 1/2/70 is so good with that 10 minute FG / Tighten Up at the end - and that's just the last 10 min of a 30 min performance. I haven't listened to it in a week, but I will be shortly. They let me wear my headphones at work, it's sick. I'm not talking earbuds either, I mean the Plantronics Backbeat Pros. It's sick man, it's all just really sick....

Stoltz - when I first got into the Dead I cherry picked that DP 16 UJB Jam from a buddy and put it in my 4 disc "best of" compilation. And those were the only 4 discs I listened to for years. I know that Jam better than I can spell Stoltzfuz.

Someone posted a link to a site to buy GL 11. This is not available on the Garcia site. Any further words? No sure about ordering from a unknown site.

Hey JiminMD, after reading your post as well as Kiethfan2112's post about the 5/15/70 Dark Star I am even more eager to hear it.

On the topic of Dark Stars, I discovered that I have a dilemma - I had no plans of picking up any of the 50th anniversary Woodstock stuff, but in browsing amazon I saw that there is a 10 cd Woodstock - Back to the Garden 50th Anniversary Experience set with a Dark Star as well as Mama Tried and High Time, going for about $114. While it was pretty easy for me to rule out the Woodstock 38 Disc monster expensive box, I'm not so sure how this will shake out. Will I start jonesing and decide the only thing to do is pull the trigger so I have the Dark Star? I'm sure there is other cool stuff in the Woodstock 50th anniversary releases, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't really pique my curiosity, although I suppose I am open to persuasion that it is worthwhile. Now, in contrast, my curiosity about the upcoming Dead box set is nearing a fever pitch.

This is also available for pre-order at Amazon. It is fairly normal that these releases appear on retail sites before they are announced on the Garcia Family website.

Yaaassss, that 1/2 Dark Star is a top shelf one for sure! Can’t get enough...

DP 19; perhaps my favorite Dicks. Every time I listen to it. It’s like I forgot and I go oh yeah, now I remember! lol
That’s another top notch Dark Star! Funny thing is I wasn’t really aware of that one until I got a copy from my cousin....fortunately I was able to pick up a used copy recently for a decent black market price. Might have to break that one out tonight.

TOGA; I liked your recollections....similar for me. Actually was “working for the state” that summer as I’d been “laid off” for dipping my pen in the company ink lol.
So Basically partied (surprised I didn’t start growing spores out my skin that summer hee-hee), played music, and went to the beach everyday.....and that awesome 85 summer tour! Gas and supplies were basically my only responsibility that summer!
We were camped out just across the bridge in some trees next to the path for that parking lot. Great spot! My buddy and I both just bought these awesome coolers that had a shoulder strap. Just the right size for loading up to wander the lots ALL night. Seemed like before that you’d finally find something cool going on and sure as shit Murphy’s law you’d be outta beer and have to schlep back to the camp site. Of course by the time you got back to wherever, whatever was going on had come and gone. Yes sirree that cooler was one of the best purchases ever. Actually still have it and another to boot!
Our whole band had been living together and was there that year with two of us in a older but mint Audi wagon and two in the drummers car.
With just two of us in that wagon we had room for everything....the guitars, chairs!, tents, multiple coolers full of good Canadian beer we went to Canada for, several zs of vegetables, and many other luxuries of tour. And though we weren’t quite in the same league as HST (see back cover of fear and loathing) we would of made him proud😉
So like the idiots we were, are?, we started racing through Pennsitucky of all places to get to Hershey. Hardly any traffic, just 2 cars of freaks thinking they were #$&*& Jackie Stewart or something. Fortunately we had radar detectors and somehow the force was with us! Eventually Pulled into Nazareth, a, I mean Hershey, basically just in time to devour more veggies and basically chug a sixer of Carlsberg Elephant beer (no small feat for one person, especially, basically on an empty stomach!) and the rest of that night is history as they say.....perhaps more on that night some other time/anniversary etc... I will say that was one of my favorite Dews ever! Another great/different set list!
Yeah, summer 85 Dave per favor!!

With storms heading our way, I moved my lunchtime bike workout to first thing in the morning.. and after just finishing 11/8/69 (good to see it come up on the thread here recently).. I migrated to the 5/15/70 Dark Star Suite. ..and I thought, man.. this is great and oh sounds soo good. But then I plugged in the 1/2/70 when I got home and gave it a listen just because.

Since it was the last one I listened to I can honestly say it is the best ever. :D

..but man, what about he sound quality of that 5/15/70 Road Trips..

Oroborous.. great hearing tales of 85. If I am not mistaken, Dennis was there too and still has his notes from that tour.

Man, I’m laughing hard! Not at Dennis, but at the idea of myself or one of our motley crew even attempting to keep notes lol. I mean even if we were able to pull it off, between all the beer or rain or whatnot they’d a been a smeared ugly mess I’m sure! I do recall a lot of rain those 2 or 3 days.
That would be cool now though to be able to go back and read those!
I’m laughing too at remembering how in those days, under those “conditions” drinking beer was like drinking water....never seemed to feel it.......until later or the next day when things wore off......and then of course you just started back up.....as Ive said before we sorta took Weir seriously about “too much of everything is just enough” lol, then one day, years later it was like “oh, maybe that’s satire?) 😃

The dreaded double post.

..is that he was able to write to paper how the show was while eating little squares of paper to make sure things progressed as they should.

But I will leave the rest for him to tell. I have always liked that Hershey show. Summer of 85 was great.. 20th Anniversary, the boards sound pretty clean and they were playing at pretty nice venues all things considered. My only regret is that I did not make it to more shows. Stupid mistake..

Yea, the first part of your post was mostly why I was laughing. Not sure how I would’ve of managed under those circumstances! “Veggies” in our case....same about the last part. Could’ve of easily done 2 or 3 more shows, but hindsight is 20/20 and money was nonexistent in those days......price for freedom I guess “ nothing comes for free”
The other car stopped in Pittsburgh on the way back home and easily scored tix, but we did not, Dooooo!

Re the Woodstock 50 cd’s , they’re also bringing out a 3 cd version which is pretty much a tarted up version of the original album with a few extra tracks one of which is dark star for around £20 ( $25 ) which is the one I’m going to grab 😺

Dark Star also featured on the 6 cd 40th anniversary Woodstock collection. Now this 50th edition has come out, maybe that one is going for a pittance now. In the spirit of the times and the event maybe they should be giving them away.

I agree, Exile, there should definitely be more live music released from the Mick Taylor era. Of the ones that have been released, the two that you mention-Ladies and Gentlemen and, especially, Brussels Affair are my favourites. There are a few from 1971 that you didn't mention. In the Sticky Fingers box set from 2015 there was a cd of the complete Leeds University show from that year, and 5 scorching tracks recorded at The Roundhouse, also from 1971. There is also a blu ray/dvd disc of them playing at the Marquee from 1971-slightly subdued, but great sound and picture quality.

Thanks Perithecat and Daverock for the heads up on alternate sources for that Woodstock Dark Star, makes my decision way easier. You can never have too many Dark Stars after all.

Running a couple of errands today and the local radio station was playing a version of Dancing in the Moonlight by the Yonder Mountain String Band, kind of a bluegrass twist to a great song. The original was done by King Harvest and is a great song, really cool vibe. Anyway, the lyrics made me think of these threads when they are percolating nicely -
Everybody here is outa sight
They don't bark, and they don't bite
They keep things loose, they keep things light...

...I have the 6 CD set from 40th Anniversary Release, which included the Grateful Dead’s performance of ‘Dark Star’. If I remember correctly, this was the first release of the bands ‘Dark Star’ performance available at the time... I remember playing it for the first time when it was first released and i was Blown Away by the “Primo Audio Quality”, the Mix is Perfect! I swear, just Close your eyes and it’s like the band is playing in your home living area or anywhere for that matter. Love it...
...talk of the 85’ Show got me itch’n For some 1984. Playing the 1984 release from ‘30TATS’ boxset now. October 12th 1984, ‘Augusta Civic Center’,’ Augusta ME. Excelent setlist and the concert/audio is great! Everyone had their game face on that grateful day! ✌️

Yea. They even put a split screen up on the TV to compare the regular version and the Criterion side by side and you can see and hear the difference. It's like night and day. You can see the kid pulling out the long barrel revolver in the crowd. The guy screwing up his face was really high because that biker (Sonny) grabbed him and threw him off stage. What a dick.

I have a copy of the Charlie Miller remaster of Woodstock if anyone wants it, shoot me a PM. Sounds pretty good to me and the price, free, works too. I have it as lossless .wav files.

Augusta is a great show.. but its 10/12/84.. This is a show where what came on 30 trips is a really nice upgrade from what used to circulate, at least it's a lot better than the copy I had and what's on Archive.org.

Hey Now Dead Freaks-

Super excited to be flying out tomorrow night en route to see the boys for two nights at The Gorge. I saw a few variations of the band after Jerry died in the late 90's (Further or maybe Phil & Friends...can't remember which), but nothing since then so the smile is wide. Not only do I get to enjoy the beauty of the PNW, but get to see The Dead, (or what's left of them at least) on top of it....not too mention legal budz....sweeeeeet!!!

While supplies last's, at each show or walking around shakedown, I will have 100 buttons with show artwork provided by our one and only Agent Jeff from these very boards (see my avatar). Hit me with a PM if you plan to be there and I'm happy to try and meet up and get you one. You will be able to spot me, as I will be the only robot wearing tie dye, and drinking beer.....

Looking at the D&Co set lists it appears there have been no Dark Star's.........I'm still working my way through Europe 72 and finished up volume 18 last night.....fantastic Dark Star into Dew on that one......but a live one at The Gorge would be a sight to see indeed......One can only hope & pray!!!

Shall we go....you and I while we can.....

Be Kind to each other Dead People and wish me luck!

KCJ

I get vertigo looking at your upside picture.

....most beautiful venue i have ever been to. (Haven't been to Red Rocks). When the sun sets, omg!! You're in for a treat caseyjanes. Are you going to camp?

...sorry about that, I wrote the wrong year, thank you Jiminmd for the correction! I updated my post.
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I'm going to try to love the Dark Star on the way home.

Due to the wife factor it was either 1 show and camp or 2 shows and a bed. I like camping but this was a no brainer. Venue looks awesome, but I’ve heard of some wild fires in the area? Hopefully won’t affect us...

Also wanted to mention...the avatar picture doesn’t do justice to the artwork that agent Jeff provided. It is crisp and clear and came out perfect on 2.25 inch sparkle buttons! Thanks again Jeff!

I didn't love it but we're still friends

...I gave 4/17/69 ‘Washington Unniversty’ ST Louis...a wonderful recording from the official release with primo primal performance... a thourogh listen which had me smile’n as soon as Pigpen started with ‘Hard O Handle’ to get the show started! And what a show it is my brothers & sisters! Has anyone else enjoyed this release so far...
Ciao’ folks, peace be with you all on this lovely evening. 🙏❤️😎