Don't Miss Grateful Dead in Sunday's NYT
The New York Times has a great article about the Grateful Dead in this Sunday's edition. It's the perfect way to tune up and get ready for the tour that kicks off that same night in Greensboro. Click here for an online version.
There's also an interactive feature where fans can vote on "The Greatest Show Ever." Click here to check it out.
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thanx ny times
as a new member of the cyber community (finally, right?) i am grateful for the heads up to the wonderful delight of the sites that are streaming live shows. what a delight indeed, for i have been listening to analog on my naks for years. i have only scratched the surface of the possibilities of multimedia.
as for the best show ever- as i always said about whats my favorite song, "the one thats playing!" lets get to wailin, boys! see you in dc and charlottesville. God bless jerry.
shows online
I so agree about the ready availability of shows online. It was only recently that I stumbled upon the archive site, and found the very first show I went to (3-22-73 in Utica NY). It blows my mind to listen to that and know that my own voice is among the roar of that crowd when the band blazes into "Sunshine Daydream..." It would have really blown my mind back then to think that 36 years later I'd get to hear that show again, except that my mind was seriously blown that night as it was. And now here I am listening to a show the Dead played last night in DC! What a long strange trip indeed...
best year?
I've always been a '73 guy (no coincidence that was my first show) but I recently got the
RT2.2 Valentine Dance at the Carousel in 1968 - in-frikkin-tense my friends! That raw energy and creative verve has much to recommend it as the best of times...
73 was the peak
Although the question of when the Dead were at their peak is highly debatable and has much to do with personal taste, I think that a simple majority (more than 50%) would agree that '73' was the best year. I am here talking about a simple majority of people who have listened to more than 10,000 hours of Grateful Dead music from 65-95.