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    Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

    The town crier's addendum:

    Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.

    *2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • Forensicdoceleven
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    Why settle for average when amazing is attainable?

    50 years ago today……

    April 24, 1971
    Wallace Wade Stadium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

    Set 1: Truckin'-Deal-Hard To Handle-Me And Bobby McGee-Bertha-Playin' In The Band-Cumberland Blues-Next Time You See Me-Loser-Sugar Magnolia-Casey Jones

    Set 2: Good Lovin'-Me And My Uncle-Sing Me Back Home-Greatest Story Ever Told>Johnny B. Goode-Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away-Uncle John's Band

    It’s a long way from Bangor, Maine to Durham, North Carolina. About 930 miles…..

    Sometimes being “average” results from being caught between twin pillars of excellence, it “suffers from comparison”. Stuck between Cortland-Providence-Bangor and the Fillmore East, Durham sometimes seems like the waylaid orphan of April 1971 Dead shows. It ain’t classic, but it ain’t chopped liver either…….

    Ric Carter took excellent photos of the show and they are worth checking out. In those images you’ll see that Lesh is playing an SG-type bass, Garcia appears to be using a Guild, SG-like guitar, and Weir has a Gibson, ES175/225-ish guitar. Did they arrive on time, but their guitars didn’t????

    Rock on!!

    Doc
    Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common……

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    Keithfan - sorry about that, I should have been clearer about signposting where 6/24/73 can best be found-the PNW box. I am also amazed that this one hasn't sold out. I speedily snapped it up on the day of release, expecting it to be gone by the end of the week-and here we are. Maybe some people have been put off by the vocal drop outs on 5/19/74, and the few minutes it takes to to get the sound right on the 74 shows. But, as I think you have said earlier, the overall sound quality is superb for all 6. That Dark Star is the highlight of the 73 shows, although The Other One jam on 26th is also exceptional. What it lacks in the rock power and psych flavourings of earlier years is more than made up by its spiralling jazz like sections. Led by Phil, a lot of it-not so much Jerry on "lead" guitar".

    With The Stones, I was very surprised to see Keith Richards take the lead breaks on Bitch, rather than Mick Taylor when I first saw videos from 1971-72. I assumed Keith's observations of guitar weaving and meshing of lead and rhythm referred more to the Brian Jones and Ron Wood eras than when he was playing with Mick Taylor. Especially as Mick Taylor was such a fluid soloist, and Keith perfected and often played in open G between 1969-1973 - which I always thought was more suited to riffs and chords than single noted runs. Shows what I know.

    Gary-drug laws have been responsible for an astronomical amount of avoidable deaths and preventable misery in Britain too.

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    Article says he had a known drug problem. Please be careful those of you that might buy street drugs. Been there done that. A close friend of mine, I write occasionally about the band Brother Cane, he was in that band. His son passed away 2 weeks ago tonight. His son was 27. I have not spoken to my friend yet as they have closed camp in this time of intense grief. Word is that his son was smoking meth, but it was laced with fentanyl. A small group of bandmates all died together as they passed it around. His son was an up and coming musician just on the cuff of making it big. Makes me think Humpty died the same way in a Tampa hotel room. Man, what a good and humane drug policy would do for this country. I listen mostly to and support Dr. Carl Hart of Columbia University (yeah that Columbia) who thinks all drugs should be decriminalized. His area of expertise is neuropsychopharmacology. There is a good bit I could write about him but won't today. Any way, decriminalize all but makes plants completely legal. That would start a huge shift in bringing down the incarcerated. It is a total abomination that this country is now allowing private prisons. Great job idiots of Washington, those with no wisdom, worshiping at the alter of money. How long will it take the evil ones to lobby for more people to put in their private prisons. Any way, sorry for that, I pledged I would not write about politics or religion so that is far as I will go.

    Here is Dr. Hart:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Hart

    EDIT: Click this one, lets see if we can ring Columbia's bell. Ding Dong!

    https://psychology.columbia.edu/content/carl-hart

    Here is an article from yesterday on fentanyl:
    https://scpr.org/news/2021/04/22/97534/overdose-deaths-surged-in-pandem…

    So hoping Humpty didnt die alone on fent.

    And for your information, there could be a day when I need a good dose of fentanyl.

    Sorry for the rant,

    G

    On the positive, got me some 71 waitin!

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    You reeled me in at "Dark Star 6/24/73". I couldn't recall which one that was - PNW box set, right, forgot about that one, and was thinking Jai-Alai. Anyway, yeah, the Lone Dark Star from the six show box set. That bummed me a little, but hey, they were going for a theme. Hmmmm, maybe that's why it hasn't sold out yet. Not enough Dark Stars.... If all six(6) shows featured a Dark Star, would it have sold out already? Probably not. I don't know, maybe. I bought it regardless, but I would buy any half dozen new shows from '73 - '74. I guess the question is why didn't some people buy it? Anyway, tangent.

    I also enjoy listening to Bobby on Dark Stars. I think one of those Doc 1971 soundboards has him mixed up very loud. St Stephen was another one from that show where I was just intrigued by his playing. I'm listening to 6/23/74 DS now, and yeah...this is good stuff. I used to listen to this one a lot + the Eyes of the World it goes into, but it's been awhile.
    The Keith Richards comment definitely described the Rolling Stones approach. The solo he plays on Sympathy is fantastic. And then you get into the era with Mick Taylor, and it's Mick who plays rhythm on Bitch while Keith plays the fills. Then there is the multiple guitar weaving rhythm thing he loves to do with a second player. He gets into some discussion on that in his autobiography, (which is great).

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    I like my oatmeal lumpy!

  • Gary Farseer
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    But dang, we done lost Humpty.

    Wonder how many even know what that means...?

    Digital Underground...one of the first to make Roland 808 drum machine popular. The 808 is why we have sub-woofers today as it digitally created low end that had never been heard before. My sub creates strong low end, it even rattles my bowels. Phil bombs are intense. Never found the article I meant to post as a result of Dave' first show. It was an article concerning Meyer Sound. For Fare The Well, Meyer 18"subs were used both on stage and flown. The article has Mickey stating that Dead and Meyer were exploring the medical benefits of sub frequencies on healing. Hope some day to see how that is going. Of course that kind of healing has been going on for 25-30 years, like when they use sub waves to break up kidney stones. Hmmm...throwing kidney stones. Well that "is" stupid...

    G

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    mine is in transit also. Have you looked at the Savory box set Mosaic has available?

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    Today is the 50th Anniversary release date of "Sticky Fingers"...
    "Woah-oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?"

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    I might well be missing the point, but all this exposure for 1971 makes me wonder if people feel like tipping their hats to some of the sources of this great music. The last day or so I have been listening to the Complete 50s Chess recordings of Chuck Berry. He was covered so often in the 1960s and 70s, by so many-everyone from Joe Bloggs to the Jimi Hendrix Experience, that its easy to forget -if it was ever known in the first place-how great the original recordings of his songs were. And there is of course, much more. Download Howlin' Wolf on to your phone and the damn thing is likely to explode.

    The Dead I listened to last night was 6/24/73, and I found myself zeroing in on Bob Weirs playing during Dark Star. What a great and unusual player he was at that time-the term "rhythm guitar", which to me implies a percussive approach, doesn't do his style justice at all. He added so much colour and texture. As Keith Richards has been wont to say - there is no such thing as lead guitar playing, or rhythm guitar playing-its all just guitar playing.

    As for a box of 1969 Avalon and Ark shows, count me out. Only joking - it would be stellar.

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    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X01lIQiqh3k. Time for that big 1969 box set April 1969, Avalon & Ark. Great show!

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Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of "Mississippi Half-Step" into a where are we going? where have we been? "Passenger," followed by full-on versions of "Friend Of The Devil," "El Paso," "Brown-Eyed Women," and a double-barreled "Let It Grow>Deal." Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes ("Bertha>Good Lovin'," "One More Saturday Night") and introspection ("Candyman," "Playing In The Band"). Then - great fifes and drums - it's 15 minutes of "Rhythm Devils," with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of "Not Fade Away>Morning Dew" that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

The town crier's addendum:

Three bags full! Lest you feel 4/15/78 beginneth and endeth too quickly, we've selected highlights from Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 4/18/78 to satisfy your fancy.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 37: WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA 4/15/78 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. It is guaranteed to sell out - often within hours.

*2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Spammer message below has been deleted--my Pink City post no longer makes sense.

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Seriously - you didn’t think this was a joke, did you!? Where else would an escort walk into!?

Hey, first listen of DaP 37 is two thumbs up! The job that Jeffrey Norman and team does mixing and mastering these releases is first rate.

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Only time I was ever a target for pick-pockets. Out of my front pocket! They got my wallet with a few pesos, driver’s license. But failed to get my passport, visa and travelers checks further down in the same pocket. That was back in the first half of the 90s. Back when I had more sense, back before I got any credit cards.
Mexico City is still my favorite city after San Francisco. Read Jack Kerouac, “Mexico City Blues” and “Tristessa”.

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Hey how about shipping my Dave’s picks? I live 30 minutes drive from Carlsbad, and people in England have theirs and I don’t. The shipping method is stupid a d ridiculous. This happens EVERY DAMN TIME.

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Do not stop on tracks. 2/4/68 San Miguel de Allende

So I wake up today (always a good start) and in my normal Sunday morning routine after the coffee is brewed I check my normal music BT sites and there are three new Charlie Miller offerings of a three day Winterland run from Feb 22, 23 & 24, 1974...jumped on those puppies, dropped them into my Hi Res player and am preparing for a listen on my headphones...But first I will serve my Honey her Valentine's Day lunch request...yesterday I slow stewed a brisket in garlic, onions, oregano, beef base & cumin in my enameled cast iron pot for about four hours...I take the meat out and set aside...I then run the broth through my blender adding red chile powder...I put the broth back in the pot and bring to a simer to let the powdered chile cook in it...i shred the brisket and add back to the simmering stock for about another 30 minutes...Voila, you have killer Chile Colorado to do with as you please...will serve it for lunch with a side of thin sliced fried potatoes, pico de gallo that i made and some tortillas that unfortunately I did not make...and then Winterland '74!!! PS I know DP 13 is 2-24 but does anyone know if the other two dates were officially released?

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....always a good start." - nappyrags.
Indeed.
It may have taken awhile, but I'm finally dipping my toes into the expansive catalog that is Frank Zappa. Started with Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar and expanding out from there in either direction. Where has this been all my life! (right in front of you vguy. You just never paid attention).

Shut Up And Play Your Guitar is very good. Some people forget that Zappa did not just do that naughty and lyrically funny stuff but also played fantastic instrumentals with improvisation. Rat Tomago is a great one from Sheik Yerbouti. It is worth a listen.
I am a fan of Dweezil's Zappa Plays Zappa and if we are ever allowed to go to a concert again they are worth the price of admission.

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I've been watching Roy Buchanan videos on YouTube. Jerry was quite an RB fan. There are some good RB technique tutorials on YT too.

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Freakout!
Absolutely Free
We're only in it for the money
Uncle Meat
Hot Rats
Burnt weeny sandwich
Weasels ripped my flesh

Listen to these IN ORDER.

After that, explore.

Oh. One more...
You cant do that onstage anymore vol 2 disc one.

One of the greatest discs EVER. by anyone not GD, that is

....that record blew my mind deadegad. My eyebrows were all over the place.
I started with that record. Did I fuck up?
I did listen to Hot Rats years ago. Didn't get it. Guess it wasn't my time yet...
Playing ketchup now.
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Live at Town Hall 1974 and American Axe 1974, two great CD releases of recent years.

They'll blow your sox off.......

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. No disc, no email confirming it's been sent, no nothing. I dropped customer service a line here, but based on the comments others have made I won't be holding my breath waiting for a response.

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Order is there. The location of my copy of 37 remains an utter mystery. Emailed customer service. Can't wait for the form letter response.

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Been listening to Perlita Leon and her sister Angelita from Ayacucho, Peru.
So a couple hours ago I glanced at my bulletin board and noticed my ticket from Grateful Dead 35 years ago today. So looks like its a sign I better download it from relisten and check in with 2/14/86.

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Oliver twist is right. I happen to be reading it and remember when I first read the story in high school and always had that saying in my head for years. It's funny how you remember stupid things from a long time ago.

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My glass arrived at my alternate address and will pick it up tomorrow. So they will be arriving soon for you. I hope.

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Carlo13 - just what I was thinking. I haven't seen "Oliver" since I saw it with my parents when it came out - about 1968 - yet I remembered where that line came from when you asked.

Something of a lost art, pick pocketting. That's one of the problems with the internet - its taken the personal touch out of petty crime.

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Caution indeed. None of us in this crazy bunch would be exactly who we are today without good 'ole Cowboy Neal at the wheel.
Thanks for stopping to pick me up Neal.
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Thanks for the info...BTW these shows sound great

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Glad to see you're back to the red dice on green felt. You had that for so long it was like an extension of your name.

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Great show would have liked to be there, nice lush, analog sound (at least so when playing back HDCD). Mickey and Bill on fire! Love the syncopated shuffle opening and during Brown-Eyed Women, the way they drive Jerry rhythmically during his solo, and then bring the whole thing together (rhythmically again) at the lyric Tumble down shack in Bigfoot county etc. This goes on throughout as I am listening for the second time. The percussionists are driving the music.

Also, of Mickey/Billy note, the drums section I thought was exceptional.

Speaking of rhythm devils, maybe someone with more detailed knowledge than I can give me a reference. I went to a couple of shows sometime in 1978 or 1979 where an Egyptian percussionist jammed with Mickey/Billy for the Rhythm Devils. Anyone know, were any of those concerts released officially? Thanks!

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I think it was more the people who wrote about, and mythologised Neal Cassady that had the most influence. More in fact, than did the man himself. Nobody would have known who he was without Jack Kerouac and Tom Wolfe. And as a possible point of entry...The Dead.

I like that quote from "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" - "When legend becomes fact, print the legend."

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I met a Mexicana in the plaza of Real Catorce in the state of San Luis Potosí in November of 1993. She taught English in Monterey (Mexico) . Her insight on the Mexican Revolution was telling. And I paraphrase; “The mythology surrounding the history of the revolution may be greater than the actual event. “ And I do not wish to diminish the amazing history of Mexico. Emiliano Zapata was a man of great conviction. Read “Zapata and the Mexican Revolution” by John Womack Jr.
Pancho Villa?, read “Insurgent Mexico” by John Reed.

The mythology surrounding the old Haight Ashbury may very well far overshadow the actual short lived fluorescence of the time. But I do believe it was a cultural revolution in its own write. And connected to other paradigm shifts that started in the 50s.
Read Dennis McNally “On Highway 61”.

So many books, not enough time. The same can be said of recordings of the Grateful Dead. But I’m gratified there is so much knowledge, literature, art and music at our fingertips. “As well to count the angel’s dancing on a pin.”

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Thanks for the suggestions. I look forward to hearing them.

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Strider - I have to say that American books and music of the 1950s and 60s were enormously inspiring to me. I read a Kerouac biography before I read any by the actual author-it was written by Ann Charters, and I found it in a second hand book shop, about 1982. I was completely taken over by what I had read, and went out of my way to read as many books by Kerouac that I could find. It was a very positive influence in that it led me to look into things that he wrote about-from Buddhism to Charlie Parker. One of the books I was most pleased to get was this one I have here " As Ever - The Collected Correspondence of Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady". Treasured particularly because this copy is signed by Carolyn Cassady. Amazing to think that she once enjoyed the same physical space in relation to this book that I myself am lucky enough to enjoy now, this minute.

Interesting also that the writing about a historical event changes the way that event is perceived. In some way, it re-creates it.

Billy - great minds - I was only listening to Little Walter this morning. An old double album called "Chess Masters" that has no information about who is playing on it. But it sounds like Muddy Waters and his band, and includes Juke. Another great instrumental is one called "Rollercoaster".

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Not sure who mentioned the FM box set with remastered music from the early days of the Mac, but thanks for the tip! I already have most of those cds, but couldn't resist remastered versions of these Mac classics, all the bonus material, and the added cd of a live show right before Bob Welch left the band. I was listening to Future Games yesterday, and I must say, that is nearly a perfect album, every song is top notch.

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Thanks for the Europe tips, keithfan. I am also making my way through the luggage box for the third time. Just listened to the Beat Club Truckin' >Drums>TOO. Pretty funny how they screwed up the beginning and started over again. The very end of TOO is very spacey and psychedelic.

I hear it was hot that weekend...

GD sets that day
Ramble
Minglewood
Roses
Baby Blue with Dylan
Desolation Row with Dylan

That's set one
5 songs

Set two Garcia feeling a little....off
but enough sparkles through
He leaves the stage at least once I think

Satisfaction is awesome

The highlight of the show is the encore
That happens sometimes with the GD (7 13 84)

the Deadbase reviewer calls it "a night to cherish"

It came close to being THE Last One

Luckily it wasn't

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Upon further review, I stand by my earlier opinions. This is a super fine show, and I was quite pleased(and a little surprised) at just how fine it is. I would make comments on certain tracks, but I love ‘em all. Bonus disc is just a little less tasty, but grateful to have ‘em.

DAVEROCK-I got my Chocolate Watchband cd, and it is fantastic. Have been through this one twice also. The liner notes are copious and fascinating. I had no real knowledge at all about this band, but it was great to read about them during the first listen, and then to just concentrate and LISTEN the second run through. Thanks for a great suggestion, I owe you one(or 2, Mighty Baby also).

Stay well all, it’s just a shout away.

Mr Ones - great - having recommended it, I am glad you like it! Unbelievably they actually played a gig in London about 2005, supported by The Fuzztones. It was part of an indoor festival in London, held every Easter called "Le Beat Bespoke ", which featured psychedelic bands old and new. I also saw Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols front Love there, as well lost legends The Misunderstood, July, The Pretty Things and Arthur Brown-who is still going strong.

It was a pretty good festival, actually. A bit kitsch, maybe...people used to dress up in 60s gear, like Syd Barret or Julie Christie might have done in 1967. They had great lightshows and had Go Go dancers performing on raised podiums while the bands played. Fantastic records were played between sets, too, and there were indoor markets selling vintage records and clothing. Heck....I wish I was going there tonight!!

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....My boss said to me, “You’re the worst train driver ever. How many have you derailed this year?”
I said, “I’m not sure; it’s hard to keep track.”
My feeble attempt at a Casey jones dad joke.

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Greetings all! Dipping into ‘86. Forgive me if I’m a little late to the party. 12-15-86 is a historic show. Jerry’s first show back after being in a coma for months. The audience recording on the archive is the one to queue up. The heads are juiced right out of the gate as they start with Touch of Grey. When the chorus comes around and Jerry belts out the line: “I will get by, I will survive” all you can hear is this thunderous roar erupt from the crowd. It nearly drowns out the audio. Heavy shit; goosebumps. There’s another moment equally as heavy during Candyman. Absolutely sublime version. The part when Jerry gets down to “....pass me my old guitar, pass the whiskey round,...” it is now difficult to hear Jerry screaming the lyrics over the raucous roaring ovation. Moves me to tears everytime. Even just thinking of it.

Cheers rockers!

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A couple years ago I re-read a lot of the Beat books for the first time in 20 years. They made a much bigger impression on me in my 20's, but they do stand the test of time and remain excellent. I'm getting ready to re-read Junky by Burroughs this week. If you're looking for more about Neal, he has an auto-biography named The First Third, which is surprisingly good. My wife's favorite is Off the Road by Carolyn and is well worth your time. Happy reading and listening.

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"William Burroughs-A Life" by Barry Miles is worth reading if you have read any of his novels. Or if you haven't, come to that.

It also works very well listening to him read his work. I used to have a few cassettes of him reading "Junky". I was less keen on tapes I had of him reading over a musical background-there are a few of him backed by 1990s style electronic music, which detracted from his delivery a bit. But he had a great voice.

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So since Dead.net/Rhino still hasn't hooked me up with DaP36 I took the liberty of "getting" my hands on digital copy until mine arrives (so shoot me - woulda been nice if Rhino offered that, given the shjt$how in DaP36 fulfillment, and that I prob won't get my copy for a long time still, but they didn't).

Anyway, the China> Rider is crazy good, partially due to the smile-inducing crowd reaction throughout the song. The band blows the roof off the place moment after glorious moment, and the crowd goes apeshit. Also possibly the best "Esau" that's been released. Can't recall if those observations were similar to everyone else's, given this came out three months ago and I can't recall what everyone else said (awkward). But that's what stood out to me. Great release overall, though I'm not asking for more '87... For some reason the year just doesn't thrill me overall.

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