Grateful Dead

A couple good points. BT Wind was revived during the Spring ‘90 tour with a whole new batch of words, was shelved for the summer, and came back with most of its original stanzas on the September tour.

As for Bobby’s acoustic additions, I believe that began during Summer of ‘94.

13 for 13 :)

This is one of the best I've ever heard, super intense indeed! Gotta be a set closer with the "Day Job" paring, only question I have is was it a 1st or 2nd set ender?

Daddy may drive a V-8 'vet
Mama may bathe in champagne yet
God bless the child with his own stash
Nine to five and a place to crash

Ring that bell for whatever it's worth
When Monday comes, don't forget about work
By now you know that face on your dollar
Got a thumb to its nose and a hand on your collar

The song was written out of frustration with some fans who had dropped out of society and were, in Hunter's view, simply living a long party without ambition

I didn't know about that bit of resentment he had for certain folks in the scene. Let alone the song "Day Job" being about them but it makes sense. My ignorance foremost being for I was a child during the era & my folks weren't Heads. That said as I grew older and met more Heads with stories of the times, as with just getting wiser in life myself,... I've had my suspicions, as with the lyrics to "Touch of Grey" & what they all represent. Besides what seems like an intervention of sorts with the 'lists out' in the early verses.

Back to Jack real quick,.. The pick of the day was so impressive I had to find it, & did. I must say the only version I've heard almost as good as today's with such a huge intensive jam at the end crescendo was the one from Dave's Picks #40 at Deer Creek.

Quick one. Kinda timely for me; my retirement just got approved a couple days ago.

I usually if not always wanted to watch and listen to the band during live shows, to catch the interactions between the band members, those unspoken communications, nods, Jerry pushing his glasses back up his nose, Bobby turning to the drummers, Phil giving an approving nod to Jerry and lighting up a bass line, or Brent turning to Jerry looking for that space between the notes. 1st set closers such as DJ were a fun time to run to the halls and join in with the full on hippie dancing, twirling, hand shaking, spinning.

Today's another gimme but I like the songs so I can't wait to listen. Jack Straw may be my favorite Dead song of all (except for all those other ones...) and unlike a lot of people I like Day Job!

Yet another case of having more than one choice for the venue name for the answer. A place near and dear to me.

This one was pretty much a gimme as I said previously -- BUT not quite as much of a gimme as I thought! Mind your p's and q's and make sure you undot those i's and uncross those t's! Is it digital or is it analog?

I actually would prefer a Day Job 1st set closer over a Deal. I know that sounds crazy to some, but I absolutely love this tune. Underrated.

a Day Job AND a Might As Well this year! how lucky are we!
love the crunchy tone there at the end of Jack Straw. nice couple of rippers today!
have a grateful day, everyone

There are only 2 shows with this combo and one person was questioning some ambiguity of the venue name. One of the 2 venues definitely does not have multiple names and I don't see that the other one does either. Either way, another lob from Dave!

They really did give us some nice treats this year so far. I have not had this many instant bullseye first tries in a while. But they used to have "unknown rehearsal" "EAC Jam" etc pop up in the past, those were fun for really scouring the depths of the 'net. Great lead guitar playing on this Jack Straw!

For some reason I remember writing the digits of this EXACT date for this year and the next on the top of notebook paper in high school. Can still hear the digits in my head as I write them.. heh. Just stuck in the memory.

firstly, i too love this song, a nice bouncy Jerry riff and the tongue in cheek lyrics.

secondly, there is no documentation anywhere to prove this ugly rumor that the words were aimed at tour heads.
David Dodd's Annotated Lyrics says this:
Hunter, in his 'A Box of Rain', notes that "this song was dropped from the Grateful Dead repetoire at the request of fans. Seriously."
also, the song is listed as Keep Your Day Job.

thirdly, i have always thought that this song instead is aimed at the band themselves, as the title phrase was historically used in show business in general, and specifically for musicians. there's lots of examples of this going back to the 1940s.

For some reason, Jerrybase doesn't list Keep Your Day Job. It has never let me down before.

Just listed as Day Job. Never mind.

i am hoping tomorrow is from the second set from the Shrine auditorium. No, i am in fact not a robot. although i will click the button. Team player that i am.

Rock n’ Roll

Will have time today to relax a bit and take in the whole show. Thinking of changing my user name here. It's a relic from working in Sierra Leone during the civil war and maybe a bit untoward if the anyone knows Creolese. Something may need to change in order to lock in a lucky win some dy.

rough year for me miss ya, but still managing to build my new playlist and get a lot more. am getting better as i see myself picking right direction and such, Never go without my Deadbase, had to go many other deep dives, these seem to all have been easy to match deadbase with not too many to go thru. Yesterday was my Beatles day..."will u still need me will you still feed me when im 64" Seems i lost 50-60. Still catch event like sphere and festies., but feel a bit slower. Sad so many core gone, thanks to Dave and all you guys. WackaloonQ
ps. this years big cd release is heaven. peace to all.

Glad this one was easy cause I need to Keep My Day Job.
Definitely doesn’t hurt my ears to listen to all this fantastic music.
On to Day 14

Congrats on the retirements! I too am hanging it up at the end of 2025 after 30+ years working at the same institution. Good to be back with you all again this year enjoying the bountiful offerings for the 16th year. Thanks to Dave and deadnet for their infinite generosity!