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  • Hal R
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    Hello Sunshine Daydream and Tiger Lilly
    Seems like this late night guy in the western U.S. is just signing off when you are signing on in the a.m.Good Morning to you both and to cosmicbadger whenever he gets up and around to here. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. Wiliam Blake
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    Hello Old Hippie A vine is a chain of people copying and then passing on a master set of CDs/DVDs containing (in this case) good quality/rare shows. Go to the following place for more information on current Vines in Europe . . Home » Forums » Dead Heads » Tapers >Vines Across the Waters Detailed Explanations of how it works are on Page 3 of the forum There are two Eurovines going at the moment with a few more to start soon. You may have to search back through the forum for the start point of any vine to see full listings of what it contains. Make sure that when you add your name you do so to the last posting on any particular vine. Good luck!
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    I read about a vine being set up. As I am quite new in this community I would like somebody explain to me what a vine is and how it works.
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    We live near Amsterdam. We live on a sailboat very close to the beach.Let us know when you come to Amsterdam.
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    Hey Tiger Lilly, how is Spain? What part are u in? A bit more sunshine than back here in Germany huh!? :) And Old Hippie, what part of Holland are u in? I'm in Hamburg, not far from Holland! I might head over to the 'Dam in a weeks time after I take care of a few important bits and pieces! :) Are you kind?
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    Have seen a documentary once about the Touareg and their music-or I think were called that-some are from what is now Mali, right? Anyhow was really fascinating music and "exceptionally impressive" like you said. And talking about ancient folk music, have really been enjoying a c.d. I have of Mongolian folk music these days. The voice singing in two tones, and natural rhythms of the steppes are really great! Perhaps I should vine it, if anybody is interested?********************************** Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you will still exist, but you have ceased to live. Samuel Clemens
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    Just read the post from Cliffl. He mentioned Tinariwen. For those who don't know this group it is a group of Touareg playing traditional and self written songs on electric guitars and traditional instuments. Very traditinal music with hardly any Western influences. We saw a show in The Melkweg in Amsterdam and we enjoyed it very much. There was a lady singer. She wore no veil but a big scarf that sometimes covered her hair, but mostly it was draped around her shoulders. The men were completely veiled, even when they were singing. It was an exceptional impressive show. Their CD is certainly worth listening to if you like the music from Northern Africa.
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    Hi,I live in Holland and for many long years I have been a fan of the Grateful Dead. It started with Workingman’s Dead in 72. Slowly I collected more records and later CD's. I have never seen them live. Therefore I missed the whole scene with the crowd and the chance to meet other Dead Heads. About ten years ago I met another Dead Head in a music store and we started exchanging CD's. After I while we had the whole official collection complete. By that time I got fast Internet and I discovered the sites with the taped shows. I was really amazed that there were still so many people that are as much a Dead Head as I am. Many even more so. I thought for a long time that I was still stuck in my youth refusing to grow up. I realize now that this is more then a childish thing. The music is both sereous and joyful. Luckily my partner is as much into this as I am. We enjoy listening to the music with earphones on. If someone passes by there is deep silence with once in a while an exclamation of: “Great, huh?”. What we miss are other people to share what we enjoy. I have read in the Taper’s Compendium of sessions where the music is played to a group of people. Only once we went to a show in the Melkweg in Amsterdam where The Movie would be featured. But the tape was in such bad condition that the show was cancelled. I wonder if there are more Dead Heads in Holland I would like to get in contact. Maybe we can try to organise a session in or near Amsterdam. Please let me know if you are out there.
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    I have a mate named Basel Brush!
    Boom, boom! ...but seriously, I have to check out Switzerland AND Brussels!!! Just finished a big tour around Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus and Russia! Did gigs in Tallinn, Minsk and Brest and just roamed around the rest meeting far out folks! Crazy to play gigs in a dictatorship! I'll post some vids from that on youtube later this week. Highlights: Not getting arrested for playing freedom music in Belarus, even after doing a medley on the street in front of the Presidents Palace and having it videoed. Hitching a ride on a boat to cross a river I didn't see on the map in rural Estonia and not missing the bus I was trying to catch. Having a Belarus soldier help me out taking me around Brest even letting me wear his army hat for a photo op in front of T-34 tanks at a war memorial. Finding out there really are good folks out there, everywhere, who are "on to IT"! :) Are you kind?
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    I was there in 1971 when I was in grad school. I really liked it. What's it like these days?
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Gather here and tell us your stories! And thanks to TigerLilly for the suggestion!
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Bluesun, i've send you a private message about being a deadhead loving person in Belgium and all. But i havent even seen your first post when writing that message, about missing a deadhead scene here.. i cannot agree more! Hope to hear more from you and maybe even other Deadheads in Belgium?

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I read about your plans in 2016 to go to de Dead & Company shows in de U.S. If you are living in Holland can you contact me? I'm fully interested in the Grateful Dead and its legacy and would like to see a dutch Grateful Dead tribute arise overhere..

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Hello from a Scottish Deadhead whose association with the good ol' GD goes back further than I might care to admit.

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Hey kayare, there are no messages in my inbox? Indeed man, just a simple dead dance would be awesome 😃

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Cool dude, we should organise a dead dance somewhere near the border haha! That would be it, if any of you guys play any instruments, i would love to jam one day!

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Hey to all! There is a Dead cover band in NL called Deadly Grateful. Caught one of their gigs awhile back. I'm sure they are inactive due to the COVID rules. Anyone else know about any GD related groups/bands/events?
I saw the GD over 100 times back in the day.
Caught Dead and Company in November 2019 at the Hampton Coliseum.
I am always game for talking about Jerry and the Boys - feel free to message me!

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Great to learn there are other Heads in Belgium. I’m hoping to also find some in france.

I got on the bus at Madison Square Garden, NY in March 1981 and saw 150+ Dead shows (and dozens of JGB shows) before Jerry passed. I’ve been living in Brussels since Jan 2019 working in the chocolate industry. Prior to that I spent a few years in Paris (where I still spend a lot of time when there are no pandemics) and 8 years in Latin America - I’ve Been All Around This World.

If anyone has suggestions for bands to check out please let me know.

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Hey now!! Any ideas on where our "Grateful Dead" Band might could play in Europe. We are looking at Germany, Switzerland, England, and wherever there is a cool venue with folks who enjoy quality Jam Band faire. We play a lot of stuff with over 100 songs worked up. I welcome any and all suggestions. I am planning on coming over next spring to scout but if the right situation were to present itself we will make it happen.

The best way to reach us is at our email which is thejamcooperative@gmail.com

Our band's name is: "Drifter and The Jam Cooperative A Grateful Dead Experience"

We have a Facebook page. Just search our name.

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Hi everyone! I just moved to Den Haag from Spain and I want to know how's the Grateful Dead community doing in this country. Since the Dead played here a few times my guess is that there should be some deadheads out there, and even second or third generation deadheads...

Are there any places where they would play any GD music or where they would program anything like that? A coffeeshop or a pub, maybe...

Also, I play bass and I'm missing terribly the Grateful Dead cover band I played with back in Madrid. Damn! It was fun!!! I'm willing to start another one in Nederlands if it comes to that.

Thanks!

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Hi everyone. I've been in love with the music and ethos of the Grateful Dead since I was 14 in 1978. Everyone my age in England went punk but it did nothing for me. My cousin had already turned me on and when all the heads got their hair cut, sold their records and pretended to be 'new wave', I bought all their records for no money! The Dead, Allman Brothers, Airplane, Quicksilver everything. I learned to play the guitar. Now I'm pushing 60 and still playing in bar-bands but in France for the last decade. I wonder if there are any other Deadheads around here, especially musicians...

Hey, I just moved from Los Angeles to Barcelona. Live music photographer in the Dead scene and would love to know what the Dead scene in Spain looks like. Seeking members of our tribe here. Would love to find out how big an audience there is here for bands from the U.S. to come over as well. Will get a sense when DSO comes, even though they are not playing Spain or Catalunya. Curious about the European turnout for tribute bands and those musicians carrying on the Garcia/Dead legacy.

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Not very known in the Netherlands I found out. I guess NL has embraced electronic music too much.
But there are some heads here for sure. There is even a cover band called Deadly Grateful. Havent been able to check them out as they dont play often… check out on facebook.
Funny thing 8s that H&M was selling GD shirts,mand see some youngster walking around with shirts and have no idea what it is..
I am a dutchie and have sen my share of shows, and still after 35 years cant get enough

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Hey Dutch Jack straw.
Haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, as they havent done shows. I do though know that some of the musicians play in Utrecht weekly.
But hey, Billy Strings in December is a wonderful alternative this year!!! Or check out Dark star orchestra touring europe this summer/fall

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There is an instagram page for dutch dead heads! It's called deadheadsnl and there is also a whatsapp group chat where we share updates and stories!

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Oh wow, I was not here for quite a while... But got a hint with the current GD Bulletin and I love to connect, so here we go.
There is a small but fine GD and jamband scene in Europe. I'm living in Hamburg/Germany, so I'm going to start here.
The activities of the German deadhead scene can be followed on germanheads webpage and on Facebook.
With the PITB festival in Plauen end of May there is an annual gathering and followed by a Summer Special in Schneidenbach, both in Saxonia.
This year in June was the start of another annual festival in Frankonia: Jamkraut headed by local jamband Mars Mushrooms. Oh man, what a mind-blowing event with a set of a new formed collaboration called Dead Mushrooms. Check out the jamkraut website, find it on Facebook and listen on LMA under Mars Mushrooms.

In Switzerland you'll find some Dead bands (Aoxotoxoa for example) and several live opportunities including festivals.

In UK there are several bands, too. The Grateful Dudes play regularly and the SoL festival just took place last weekend. Check out the relevant Facebook groups like "U.K Deadheads & Fans of Dead EVERYWHERE !!!" and others.

Ah, Barcelona...? Check out Aaron Feder and his band The Burning Shore, the play regularly.

In France I don't know but I spend my summer vacation every year at the beach close to Nantes. So FRUBES, where are you located?

American jambands do not visit us anymore or at least pretty seldom. I've seen DSO in 2007 over here and I got tickets for three shows in September. What a thrill!
Similar with Billy Strings in December, yeah!

Unfortunately, the Jam in the Dam festival in Amsterdam was happening only a few times with several bands coming over to Europe for some tours the following years. Oh well, sweet times with Phish, WSP, moe., SCI, DSO, Disco Biscuits, ekoostik hookah, UM...

All the best, Frank

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Benvenuti Nostre amici Italiani. Mi amo Italia assai.
Penso che più italiani vorrebbero i Grateful Dead se le canzoni potessero essere tradotte.
C'varimm ’o guaglione.

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I hope to see dead n co in Europe on their final tour..

Any news to sway the freespirit our way?

In Germany now but US native been a deadhead now for 45 years.

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Deadly Grateful will perform coming Sat.Nov.26th at 't Oude Pot Huys in Utrecht 11pm-2am. We are with new additional members (now we have and Bobby and a Jerry :-) and new songs for y'all. Its rare that we conjure up gigs in the Low Lands so pls don't miss it and tell your Dheadish friends! Out in the Cold Rain or Snow the show must go on !!! (the Dead brought me to Europe, now we bring the Dead to Europe! ) Feels Like a Family Reunion...

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I'm an American Deadhead living in Germany. I flew back to the US to catch one of the final Dead & Co shows and just watched the final SF show on Nugs. I'm not ready for it to end. Anyone now of any good Dead cover bands in Germany? Some of my favorites in the US were JRAD, Darkstar Orchestra, and Cosmic Charlie.

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Hey now!
My first show was 1987 in Minnesota. i just moved to Greece and would love to talk, and if there are any shows in Athens or surrounding I'd love to know that too. You can reach me her or email is mm1.riley@gmail.com.
lots of love
Megan

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Hi everyone. I'm a French student and photographer, and I'm currently working on a project about Deadheads in France (and it seems like there are very few of them!). I would love to have the chance to talk to Deadheads living in France (or Belgium/Germany, works too) and ask them about their relationship with the Dead and their music. I thinks it's too beautiful to see how music can move and inhabit people. Please do not hesitate to contact me, I would love for you to share with me!