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    WHAT'S INSIDE:
    Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (4/5/69) – Cassette
    Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/5/69)
    Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/7/69)
    Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/8/69)
    Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/24/71)
    Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/20/71)
    Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/25/71)
    Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/27/71)
    Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/15/72)
    Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/16/72)
    Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (3/16/73)
    Winterland, San Francisco, CA (3/20/77)
    Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (5/13/78)
    Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (8/12/79)
    Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (8/23/80)
    Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (7/11/81)
    Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (3/14/81)
    Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5/1/81)
    Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (8/20/83)
    Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7/13/84)
    Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/21/85)
    Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/22/85)
    Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (9/16/87)
    Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (7/15/89)
    Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA (12/27/89)
    Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (5/12/91)
    Capital Centre, Landover MD (3/17/93)
    Capital Centre, Landover MD (9/15/82)
    Boston Garden, Boston, MA (10/3/94)

    Originally Recorded By Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, & John Cutler
    Mastered By David Glasser & Jeffrey Norman
    Plangent Processes Tape Restoration And Speed Correction
    Custom Keepsake Box w/ A Guide Book By Jesse Jarnow, Producer's Note By David Lemieux, & Essay By The Stanley Owlsey Foundation
    Design By Once Upon A Time

    Limited To 6,000 Individually Numbered Copies
    Dead.net Exclusive

    When the ride begins in '65 at a pizza parlor in the South Bay under another moniker, who would have imagined? When "Who Are You? Where Are You? How Are You?" became "Won't you come with me?" and, ultimately, "Where does the time go?," who would have thought? 60 years on, we're celebrating the Grateful Dead's Diamond Era. Here we go back to the beginning, to the original "Follow," and uncover the wonders of getting on the bus all over again.

    ENJOYING THE RIDE is a sweeping 60-CD collection that maps an epic cross-country road trip along the “Heady Highway” with stops at storied venues where the music, the moment, and the magic of the Dead reliably converged. Spanning 25 years of legendary live performances, this expansive compendium spotlights defining shows from 1969 to 1994 at 20 venues that consistently inspired the band to new heights. 

    With the exception of a few tracks from earlier releases, virtually all of the music on ENJOYING THE RIDE is previously unreleased, with more than 450 tracks and over 60 hours of music. Of the 20 shows in the collection, 17 are presented in full, with some featuring additional material from the same venue. The remaining three — Fillmore West, Fillmore East, and Boston Music Hall — are curated from multiple performances at each venue, capturing key moments on those legendary stages.

    These performances were originally recorded by Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, and John Cutler. David Glasser and Jeffrey Norman restored and mastered the performances, with select ones using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction for optimal sound quality.

    It's all housed in a custom keepsake box inspired by the experience of traveling from city to city to see the Dead at legendary venues across America. Inside, a beautifully detailed tour guide features liner notes by Jesse Jarnow (author and co-host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast) and a producer’s note from Lemieux, an essay by the Owsley Stanley Foundation, and more. The set is richly illustrated with photos, including many taken at the shows featured in the collection.

    Due May 30th, this one is limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies and exclusive to Dead.net. We invite you to take this not-so-little piece of the road home.

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  • Vguy72
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    JFC. King Gizzard And The Hollywood Bowl....

    ....delivered the goods. Holy shit.
    I need to pick up some brain cells after that.
    Y'all need to catch them. Trust me.
    Dude next to me offered a free ticket to the San Diego show tomorrow.
    I would be a liar if I said I didn't think about it. And I thought about it for a while. Dude was begging me to take it. Amazing.

  • billy the kiddd
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    "Mason was a mighty man, mighty man was he. .......

    Always said when I'm dead and gone don't you weep for me."

  • nitecat
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    30 years...

    I was on the job at an all day presentation that I was video taping, running the camera and recording. I learned about it during a break at 11 am. It was hard for me to concentrate the rest of the day. I felt a big hole in my life. Later friends gathered at our house and we all went over to GG park to join the heads gathering together in grief. There was a large circle of heads on the grass, with lots of candles and pictures of Jerry, and people singing along to guys with guitars and drums.

  • Crow Told Me
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    I read the news that day, oh boy

    The day the news of Jerry's death broke, I was starting a new job in a new city and pretty overwhelmed by everything that entailed. I was unpacking boxes, meeting new people, shaking lots of hands and nodding vigorously as my new bosses explained my new duties, and I didn't have much time to think about it.

    Until later. That evening there was a gathering of people in the park near my new apartment, so I went down there to listen to the songs and read the signs and try to process the whole thing.

    I'm still processing.

    I, too, was surprised by huge public outpouring of grief. My primary show-going years were the late '70s and early '80s, a time when the Dead was widely considered a cult band that was barely relevant to the music biz or mainstream culture. By 1995, I had not been to a show in years, and I didn't realize how big the "cult" had become. But the public reaction to Jerry's death--the front page stories, the mass gatherings, the musical tributes--was a lot like when John Lennon was killed. And that was when it first hit me that the Dead's audience was damn near as big as the Beatles.

    And I think it's bigger now than it was then.

    TTB was great at Red Rocks, btw. I also traveled up to Bend to visit a friend and caught a show (just one of the two) there. It was super cool to see some of the same folks I had met at RR, some of whom were following TTB through several cities on the current tour. Strangers stopping strangers. High fives, hugs, and other things were exchanged. Reminded me of the olden days, it did.

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    Jerry

    I was working at Charles River Park next to the Boston garden, and had a wristband for the next show ticket line. I thought it was another false alarm, but soon found out the worst. Poor Jerry.

  • Vguy72
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    Safe arrival at Santa Monica beach....

    ....figured I'd hang here until hotel check in time.
    The beach heals and its 76 degrees.

  • daverock
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    It was 30 years ago today

    Well, yesterday actually. I can remember that Jerry's death was reported on the national news and was front page news the following day. Apart from my one Deadhead friend, this surprised everyone else I knew. The Dead obviously were nowhere near as well known in the U.K. as The States, and most of my friends assumed they were just a strange acquired taste of mine. An obscure cult band from the 60's with a very limited following. They didn't know anything about you lot.

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    you got it all wrong bro, I'm not pushing politics, I'm answering some trump sucker who pushed politics. If you come on this site and praise a stinking convicted felon, wife abuser, sexual deviant on this site, I'm right here to tell the truth, and if you don't like it, eff off too.

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    Wins the best memorial.
    Honors them.
    Makes us remember.
    And makes me feel better.
    Cheers

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    Down the road to Union…

    Down the road to Union Station running through the fog
    I thought I saw Joe Hill last night grinning like a dog
    "I understand they did you in for everyone to see"
    He smiled - shook his head - "that's a lie," said he

    "I been on a mountain top observing from a cloud
    Been in the hearts of workers milling with the crowd
    My tears are shed for freedom and equality of means
    My blood and perspiration oil the gears of your machine"

    Down the road again
    Down the road again

    Down the road to Massachusetts driving through the night
    I thought I saw Jack Kennedy hitchhiking by a light
    I hit the brakes - backed up slow, and Kennedy got in
    I said, "It's nice to see you lookin' back in shape again

    Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they gunned you down"
    He just shook his head and looked off sadly with a frown
    Said, "bullets are like waves, they only rearrange the sand
    History turns upon the tides and not the deeds of man"

    Down the road again
    Down the road again

    Driving down to Fiddler's Green to hear a tune or two
    I thought I saw John Lennon there, looking kind of blue
    I sat down beside him, said "I thought you bought the store"
    He said "I heard that rumour, what can I do you for?"

    "Have you written anything I might have never heard?"
    He picked up his guitar and strummed a minor third
    All I can recall of what he sang, for what it's worth
    "Long as songs of mine are sung I'm with you on this earth"

    Down the road again
    Down the road again

    From the corner of my eye I saw the sun explode
    I didn't look directly 'cause it would have burned my soul
    When the smoke and thunder cleared enough to look around
    I heard a sweet guitar lick, an old familiar sound

    I heard a laugh I recognised come rolling from the earth
    Saw it rise into the skies like lightning giving birth
    It sounded like Garcia but I couldn't see the face
    Just the beard and the glasses and a smile on empty space

    Down the road again
    Down the road again

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WHAT'S INSIDE:
Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (4/5/69) – Cassette
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/5/69)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/7/69)
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6/8/69)
Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/24/71)
Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2/20/71)
Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/25/71)
Fillmore East, New York, NY (4/27/71)
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/15/72)
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9/16/72)
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (3/16/73)
Winterland, San Francisco, CA (3/20/77)
Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (5/13/78)
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (8/12/79)
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (8/23/80)
Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (7/11/81)
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (3/14/81)
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5/1/81)
Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (8/20/83)
Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7/13/84)
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/21/85)
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11/22/85)
Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (9/16/87)
Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (7/15/89)
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA (12/27/89)
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (5/12/91)
Capital Centre, Landover MD (3/17/93)
Capital Centre, Landover MD (9/15/82)
Boston Garden, Boston, MA (10/3/94)

Originally Recorded By Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, & John Cutler
Mastered By David Glasser & Jeffrey Norman
Plangent Processes Tape Restoration And Speed Correction
Custom Keepsake Box w/ A Guide Book By Jesse Jarnow, Producer's Note By David Lemieux, & Essay By The Stanley Owlsey Foundation
Design By Once Upon A Time

Limited To 6,000 Individually Numbered Copies
Dead.net Exclusive

When the ride begins in '65 at a pizza parlor in the South Bay under another moniker, who would have imagined? When "Who Are You? Where Are You? How Are You?" became "Won't you come with me?" and, ultimately, "Where does the time go?," who would have thought? 60 years on, we're celebrating the Grateful Dead's Diamond Era. Here we go back to the beginning, to the original "Follow," and uncover the wonders of getting on the bus all over again.

ENJOYING THE RIDE is a sweeping 60-CD collection that maps an epic cross-country road trip along the “Heady Highway” with stops at storied venues where the music, the moment, and the magic of the Dead reliably converged. Spanning 25 years of legendary live performances, this expansive compendium spotlights defining shows from 1969 to 1994 at 20 venues that consistently inspired the band to new heights. 

With the exception of a few tracks from earlier releases, virtually all of the music on ENJOYING THE RIDE is previously unreleased, with more than 450 tracks and over 60 hours of music. Of the 20 shows in the collection, 17 are presented in full, with some featuring additional material from the same venue. The remaining three — Fillmore West, Fillmore East, and Boston Music Hall — are curated from multiple performances at each venue, capturing key moments on those legendary stages.

These performances were originally recorded by Owsley “Bear” Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, and John Cutler. David Glasser and Jeffrey Norman restored and mastered the performances, with select ones using Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction for optimal sound quality.

It's all housed in a custom keepsake box inspired by the experience of traveling from city to city to see the Dead at legendary venues across America. Inside, a beautifully detailed tour guide features liner notes by Jesse Jarnow (author and co-host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast) and a producer’s note from Lemieux, an essay by the Owsley Stanley Foundation, and more. The set is richly illustrated with photos, including many taken at the shows featured in the collection.

Due May 30th, this one is limited to 6,000 individually numbered copies and exclusive to Dead.net. We invite you to take this not-so-little piece of the road home.

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Anyone see the guitar player from Alaska ?

I think I saw the strings smoking !

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funny to find out so many Heads are Trumpsters. Real patriots. Thanks for the hang guys - DaP 54 by the campfire with an American flag. btw eff that labor stats piece of crap who wants to lie and make Trump to look bad! Keep truckin' Trump!

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A Stoltzfus style post from a general lurker

Can't find the What Are You Listening To Now Thread

Was vibing the Hawaii 70 shows when I saw PF promoting them

Happened to be quaffing a beer called Turtles All The Way Up at the time

Knew I had to put them on aka DaP 19

Check out the front cover

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46 years ago I was up in Oakland for a fantastic time with the Good old Grateful Dead. The Oakland Auditorium would be the Grateful Deads new home since the closing of Winter land . Two new songs were previewed Lost Sailor and Althea. Garcia played his Tiger Guitar for the first time at a Grateful Dead show. The show would be part of a nice 1979 box set along with 2/17/79, 4/22/79 and others Fun Times!

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Can we get the political posts back on the trouble ahead, trouble behind thread? Both left and right and keep it there.

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And everyone who can't find their way.
Go to upper right corner drop-down once you've signed in.
RECENT POSTS. All those threads you can't find will be there.
Except DaP 55 which got lost in the recent update?
But especially "The new, new trouble ahead trouble behind current events" where politics belong Mr. McT.
Cheers

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I’m not sure where to post this comment, so I figured I’d put it here as it seems the most current. I just got back from this past weekends 60th anniversary celebration in San Francisco. What a blast! I don’t know how much affiliation this website has with it, but I want to throw out a quick thanks to everybody involved. I know Dead & Company isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but I had a great time and it seemed like most everyone else there did too.

Anyway, back to reality again. Have a good day everyone.

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I apologize for the double post. Technology isn’t my strong area.

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....a touring buddy from back in the day attended and confirms porkins points.
Hes going to Disneyland today. He's not ready for reality yet.

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Watching Trey & Co. doing Scarlet>Fire and I'm noticing a green Celtics jacket behind Mickey seemingly hanging on an appropriate skeleton. A perfect nod to our late great friend Bill Walton? Gotta be.
Cheers
Nice Good Lovin' beat in the transition!
And Bob, FZ asks is that a real poncho or a Sears poncho, lol.

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Has to be real poncho. Haven't had time to delve into this past weekend.

Still waiting on #55 to arrive. Lost in space...instead of drums and space.

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'Camarillo Brillo' was the first tune I ever heard from FZ, in a record store in Frankfurt, 1974.
It was played very loud over the store's stereo system and I got hooked.
Bought it right away and ever since I'm a follower. He was always 'on duty'. And he had a lot to say. Real stuff!

Same thing happend later, 1976, with the GD: 'Scarlet Begonias' got me. Still my favored.

I'm very grateful
Cheers
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.....Greetings All......and apologies if I break any rules on this board with this post. I just wanted to use this space to acknowledge and thank JIMINMD for being such an awesome human being.

I'm pretty certain that many of you already know this, I just had an opportunity to be a part of his kindness, firsthand, so I'm feelin' a pretty good 'high' right now.

I know that there are MANY other awesome human beings in this group, some post, some lurk, either way, it's good to know that YOU are out there.

Thank you for being positive, good people and being there for others. I am ALWAYS happy to read when anyone posts "You will never regret being kind", or any variation of that sentiment.

Thank you for the space and good vibes. Have a beautiful day.

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I am Grateful to know him too.
His time traveling John Deere has taken us to many interesting places.
Set the way back machine Sherman!
Cheers to Jim

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If sonically the new Dave's #55 is 'soupy' on some technical technicality, well then that is some damn fine soup! NEEEEEEEXT!

Billy, would love to see any kind of box from 79. If it was up to me I would focus on the October 28-November era. Some really great ones to choose from.

Good to hear someone got to go see Dead and Co.
Streamed the first night and was happy with that decision.
I thought it was really cool Grahame Lesh was out there for the first two songs and sang the Box of Rain opener. Enjoyed the rest of the show.
It seems like Bob has aged 30 years in the last ten years. Voice is not what it used to be but it was fun to watch the opening night and good to see him and Mickey still out there.

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Great release, great sound - give us 10/31/1990 next year Dave..

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Dude, AMAZING Avatar!

Porkins: one of the great unsung heroes from the Battle of Yavin.
Sadly, his pork product interiors were splattered all over the Death Star's surface.
RIP, Porkins.

Awesome that you got to see D&C in SF, that's a once in a lifetime event.

Be Well People!
Sixtus

P.S. And I can concur 1000% that JimInMD is a top quality, real-deal human being having had several meet ups and visits with him over the years. He can work a mean piece of lumber too, into almost anything. Thank You as well, Jimbo, for all that you bring to This Mass.

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Disc 3 - played it starting with Picasso Moon, through to KoH'sDoor - is awesome. The Wembley material, in particular, shines with some of that there 'x factor' ...

So, yes: Getting 10/31 next year + some more filler would be great 👍

Edit: I also enjoyed most all of set 1 (especially Althea, Maggies, Cassidy, and the more spritely than usual Tenn. Jed) from Paris.
Thanks DL!

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that everyone was welcome, they did not expect or even dream that a psyco felon sexual predator would EVER be president. So to any and all that think the current traitor in chief or any of his twisted followers are welcome here, guess what, you're not. So eff off.

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Disgusting to defund it. We're living in dark times.

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Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I expected much more from the 3-day money grab last weekend. No surprises, same old songs that they've played for the past 10 years. Why no Cosmic Charlie, Pride of Cucamonga, Sing Me Back Home, or at least ONE song that they haven't performed? If I had paid those big bucks, I would have been bored, and some of the crowd shots looked like a lot of bored people. I saw stuff on utoob and it did not resonate with me. I'm not a fan of any Dead cover bands though. I do look at the setlists when they play, and it's the SOS. I'm happy for the fans that were not in the mix from 1966-1995 and they get to enjoy their experiences now, but it was painful to watch.

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I intentionally ignored the messages about DaP55, and stayed away from Dead.net, just so that opening the white box would be a complete surprise. I had no idea what the release would be, and covered the date with my fingers while unboxing so that I could try to figure out which show it was, based on the cover art. The clothing on the skeletons gave me half my clue, then the Eiffel Tower gave me the other half!

It arrived a week ago, but I just now had time to unbox it.

Oh, oh, what I want to know, is are you kind?

I was sorry to see that Terry Reid died earlier this week. He was one of the great unsung British rock and soul singers. He mainly seems to be remembered for refusing to join Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin - but for recommending Robert Plant. And John Bonham, for that matter.
He did a similar thing with Deep Purple, refusing to join them after Rod Evans left, before the mic was offered to Ian Gillan.
I only saw him once, about 20 years ago - excellent in every respect. Currently listening to one called "Bang Bang You're Terry Reid" from 1968. Well worth a listen.

....rotate your Spring '77 box show art so it faces the front.
Going with the 5.13 Chicago one. Circles and triangles. The reddish side.
That cool die-cut ain't gonna change itself!
Edit. If there are any King Of The Hill fans here, BMFS did the outro music for the upcoming season.

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Glad the Golden Gate Park events happened. Appropriate venue for such a celebration. Perhaps I missed it but I did not see any mention of Bill being there. Nor Bruce or TC. Seems strange to me to have those important individuals not participating in any way. Maybe health related issues.

However, it looks like Grahame Lesh will be the flag bearer for the future generation and that is great!

The first test of a deadhead is "Are you kind?"

I am not one to give tests but I said that to another poster on here last week and he said absolutely. Me not knowing some of the recent meltdown here.

Grahame Lesh the next great light bearer. Last Friday (I think) GD Sirius XM played the whole show (I think) of Grahame Lesh and Friends from the first show at Pier 48. It was way way better than I expected. His influences are deep. His technique on bass was amazing. Has Phil/GD influence but his tone on bass was punchier/more defined, like maybe some Geddy Lee and Chris Squire influence.

Recently ordered TTB - Mad dogs and Englishmen Revisited CD. Ships next month. Can't wait!

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Totally agree Farseer, from what I have heard from Grahame Lesh and friends so far iit is really good. Great energy.

Yes, meltdown indeed.

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Grahame Lesh-- it was so very cool to see that he played all three nights with the big band. He was scheduled to play a free show Saturday in the small town in southwest Michigan five minutes from my house, but it appears that he has had to cancel all his gigs for the coming weeks due to family issues (none of my business).

I saw him at the same venue (essentially the public park with a stage) a few years ago with his band Midnight North and I was really looking forward to this iteration of his career. He plays here because the keyboardist in Midnight North is from our town . We are actually friends with the keyboardists' family (mom, sister, kids, etc...). Kind of funny, they converted their mom into a Deadhead and she has gone full bore into it-- Sphere treks, she was at Golden Gate, etc.... I don't think she ever really listens to Grateful Dead, all she knows is D&C.

Just to bring it full circle, I was a Touch Head who came on the scene in the late 80s and now understand the angst of the older Heads who saw their band co-opted at that time. In my mind, I see that today there are Dead and Co Heads and Grateful Deadheads with some overlap. Personally, I enjoyed my D&Co shows (getting together with the tribe as it were), but could not imagine listening to them outside the show. Music was ok, but given a choice between listening to Jerry Garcia play and John Mayer, not a contest.

I think guys like Grahame Lesh are going to keep the flame going in a solid way while creating their own jammy music. Bummed I can't just fly out the door and catch them Saturday, but wishing him well.

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The Highwaymen Live - American Outlaws

8 days ago full show , Awesome!

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According to the S.F. Chronicle -
Fred Cothard died while dancing with his partner Jody Leddy at Sunday's show.
They were dancing to They Love Each Other.
There are worse ways to go of course but sad nonetheless. He was 54.
There is a gofundme to facilitate bringing him back home to Michigan.
Cheers to Fred and prayers for Jody and Fred's family.

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Life is extremely strange

Here's to Fred

Condolences to his family

😪😪😪

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....I'd say so. With your love of your life relationship wise and music wise? One could only wish.
I'm 57. Eek.
This beer is for Fred.

No, not really, but the song says more than I could.

A tragedy at 56 years old, but maybe it was meant to be. What better place and time.

Heart strings to the family and friends.

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WE LOST A FRIEND
FARE THE WELL

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half my life.. Every year about this time I get sucked into the land of UselessTubess and pick a few of those Garcia Hunger classics that really pull at my heartstrings. So Many Roads is usually on that playlist, the one with all the license plates you'd start seeing as you come in range with a venue.

It's amazing the effect he had on culture, history, humanity, music and, well, ... me (probably all of us). There's a quote from Mickey after last weeks shows saying something to the effect, ....when I looked out I saw Pigpen, I saw Jerry.

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