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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.
AGT Week 8
Anyone see the guitar player from Alaska ?
I think I saw the strings smoking !
funny to find out so many…
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!
Inspiration Move Me Brightly
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
Anniversary show 8/4/79 Oakland Auditorium
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!
Hey Marye....
Can we get the political posts back on the trouble ahead, trouble behind thread? Both left and right and keep it there.
Windmill guy....
....is this centurys naked pole guy.
He was this close.
Jack
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
60th Anniversary
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.
60th Anniversary
I apologize for the double post. Technology isn’t my strong area.
Back to reality....
....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.
60th
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.
Ponchos and Waiting
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.
...is that a real poncho or a Sears poncho
'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
G.
.....Greetings All......and…
.....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.
I Second That Emotion
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
You Gotta Try the Soup!
If sonically the new Dave's #55 is 'soupy' on some technical technicality, well then that is some damn fine soup! NEEEEEEEXT!
79 Box/60th Anniversary
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.
re: Porkins
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.
Dave's 55 ...
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!
when Jerry and the Dead said...
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.
D & C
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.
Well, I met #10,600 accidentally, in Saint Paul, Minnesota
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?
R.I.P. Terry Reid
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.
Lovin' DeadVikes '79 Box plea
These would fit in nicely here:
October 28
November 1
December 1
Four score reminder to....
....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.
Grateful Dead night at Mariners tonight
Great tribute band Deal
Nice giveaway jersey with Mariners logo and dancing bears with SYF on sleeves and 13 on back
And the Mariners won
🫠🫠🫠
60th
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!
Kindness
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!
GL
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.
PT Barnum: Push Politics Elsewhere
There are forums to do that. I want to read about Grateful Dead.
60th Sadness
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.
Worse ways to go?....
....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.
He Was a Friend of Mine
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.
Thanks VGUY72!
That’s cool! My niece is up that way on vacation. Pretty area.
30 years
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.
Gulp
With tears in my eyes
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened"

