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You can listen to Grateful Dead records over and over again and never understand the attraction they have for certain people until you attend one of their concerts. Sometime during the Dead's usual five-hour set, it will all click: Jerry Garcia's Indian bead string of notes on the guitar, the ozone ooze of the vocal harmonies, the shifting, shuffling rhythm of bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and the distant echo of the oldest of American folk music. - Columbia Flier

"Certain people" will know that we're coming in hot with one that's got all these things and more, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77. Yes, there's still plenty of spectacular May '77 to go around. Nearly chosen for Dave's Picks Vol. 1, 5/26/77 delivers three-fold. There's one count for the energy - all the precision of the Spring tour conjuring up the raw power of the Fall tour that was to come. There's another for the setlist which featured beloved songs from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and soon-to-be favorites from the freshly recorded TERRAPIN STATION. And a third for its element of surprise (or shall we say surprises) from an astonishingly peak 15-minute "Sugaree" to new delights ("Sunrise," "Passenger," "Jack-A-Roe') to a rare first-set finale of "Bertha" to the second set's "Terrapin>Estimated>Eyes," traveling leaps and bounds towards the improvisational journey that is a nearly 17-minute "Not Fade Away."

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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October 28, 2023 - 5:26am

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jonathan918@GD

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Baltimore '77

Starting this morning with some of Garcia's finest (LA Baker) and disc 3 of this gem! The band just kicked into Eyes and I must say, today is gonna be a good day!

Rock on, gang
July 29, 2022 - 3:42pm

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SunshineDel

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Dave's Pick 41

In the old days, when you paid to have something done, you were rewarded by getting it ON release date! Today was listed as release date! Not only did I NOT receive my new CD, it appears that you haven't even bothered to ship it yet! This total lack of concern for your long term supporters, is soon going to bite you in the A$$!
May 4, 2022 - 4:42am

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daverock

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Dona nobis pacem

Amen to that. Always a worry when people feel the need to be at war with others who have different beliefs or ideas. I wouldn't want to be part of a society where everyone agrees with each other, and tries to shut down debates that question the status quo.
May 3, 2022 - 4:22pm

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wissinomingdeadhead

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Era Wars

There are NO WARS!!!!!!
Dona nobis pacem
April 30, 2022 - 8:33pm

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1stshow70878

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And You Saw Hendrix?

So last week Sis tells me she saw a Dead show at Mammoth Gardens 4/24/70. Now she sent info about "another good show she saw", the Denver Pop Festival including 6/29/69 where she saw the final performance of The Jimmy Hendrix Experience. The festival was largely overshadowed by Woodstock two months later but was a Barry Fey three day gig for $15 with great lineups and setlists. Only four years removed from her "generation" but I had no idea Denver's scene was that good back then. Going to have to get some stories from her.
Cheers!
Edit: Listened to the aud. recording she sent with it. Interesting hour or so with the last song missing (Voodoo Child/Slight Return). Not Jimi's best, but he was blazing. Some bad stories about the teargas, etc. there at Mile High. Wasn't long after that a similar incident at a Red Rocks show with Jethro Tull got rock shows banned from that venue for many years. Times were tougher for hippies before I started going to shows, but I guess it happened to us as well when the scene just got too big later.
April 29, 2022 - 3:57am

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daverock

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Alvarhanso

Apologies for misreading. Pink Floyd also seemed to be the main band that people in England got into when they started smoking dope in the early 70s. They were so big by 1977, that John Lydon-nee Rotten, in one of his attempts to upset the masses, wore a Pink Floyd tee shirt with "I hate" scrawled on before the bands name. Nick Mason put a replica of this tee shirt on display at the Pink Floyd exhibition in London a few years ago.
April 28, 2022 - 7:16pm

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alvarhanso

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Era wars just a joke...

Though it does get ugly around here from time to time, mainly third and fourth Dave's of the year announcements and box sets.

But glad to hear all the excellent tales of Pink Floyd earlier years. I dig that stuff a lot, and love that box set. Would have loved seeing them back then. Though I could totally understand somebody freaking out during Careful With That Axe.
April 28, 2022 - 3:46am

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daverock

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Era wars?

Alvarhanso-sorry to come back so quickly-but that phrase "era wars" always puzzles me a bit. I don't think there is a single band or artist I have liked where I have liked all their work. Most, if not all, of the ones I liked in the early 70's left me a bit cold as the decade progressed. A random sample - The Stones, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Hawkwind - yes, it is everyone! - personnel changed, style, approach, inspiration...they all seemed to follow a similar trajectory-rise, peak, decline. And maybe repeat the pattern. I never saw myself as a long term "fan" of any band, who needed to like everything they did. I have also never felt the slightest animosity to anyone who sees things differently-or who likes a different era of a specific band to me though. I am certainly not at war with anyone!
A lot of bands I have liked for decades - but there is a massive difference in quality - to me anyway- in the music they produced during that time.
April 28, 2022 - 2:39am

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daverock

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More..

Alvarhanso - in some respects, the era of Pink Floyd leading up to Dark Side seems to have gained currency in recent years. The Early Years 1965-1972 box set is a treasure trove. And those gigs Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets played a few years ago, focussing on those years, were brilliant-to me, anyway. A cover band for sure, but one with credibility and fire power. They opened with Interstellar Overdrive and Astronomy Domine. Top that.

To me, Pink Floyd had three eras. First the Syd Barrett one, swiftly followed by the experimental phase, when Rick Wright was more influential. Rick Wright was also hugely important in developing their sound when Syd was at the helm - a very underrated musician. Then the Dark Side and beyond years, which seemed to be dominated more by Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters.

Nappy - that gig where they played Careful With That Axe Eugene sounds good. They did do a few well known soundtracks for films-but that experimental phase always struck me as something that would have gone well with horror films. Something by Dario Argento, perhaps.
April 27, 2022 - 8:58pm

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nappyrags

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Hey Oro...

First, an apology for my addled memories...the choice between going to the Hollywood Bowl for PF or the Hollywood Palladium two weeks earlier for the GD was based purely on the fact that I'd rather see GD...DSOTM wasn't even released until 6 months or so after the Bowl gig... touring with unheard music was pretty ballsy...the Mother Heart Atom show was great with a small orchestra and choir accompanying the band...it started with "Astronomy Domine" and it just got crazier then that...during the floating wisps intro to "Careful With That Ax Eugene" a guy sitting in the orchestra pit, stood up with his hands over his ears yelling "STOP"...his friends tried to calm him but it didn't seem to help...Waters walked over to the edge of the stage, kneeled down and talked to the guy who finally calmed down enough to be escorted out by one of his friends to the lobby...crazy....I have a pretty decent for the time bootleg of this show and you can hear a disturbance but it's not clear enough to know what's going on...2nd set was "Atom heart Mother" with the "Interstellar Overdrive" for the encore...we went home very happy....for "Meddle" my memories aren't quite there...I remember "One Of These Days" as played but set lists I've seen don't show it...The ones I've seen only list one set but that can't be right...I do remember that as we waited in line it hailed on us which was pretty funny....earlier in the year I had taken a pretty nasty fall and broke my left arm and I had to be off from work for three weeks before I could go back to light duty...I went home to LA and because of being ther with my arm in a cast I saw The Stones at The Long Beach Arena & Pigpen's last show at The Hollywood Bowl...also at that time was when my picture was taken with Muddy Waters in the lobby of The Ash Grove as we were both there to see Johnny Shines play...'72 was a good year, broken arm and all!

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You can listen to Grateful Dead records over and over again and never understand the attraction they have for certain people until you attend one of their concerts. Sometime during the Dead's usual five-hour set, it will all click: Jerry Garcia's Indian bead string of notes on the guitar, the ozone ooze of the vocal harmonies, the shifting, shuffling rhythm of bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and the distant echo of the oldest of American folk music. - Columbia Flier

"Certain people" will know that we're coming in hot with one that's got all these things and more, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77. Yes, there's still plenty of spectacular May '77 to go around. Nearly chosen for Dave's Picks Vol. 1, 5/26/77 delivers three-fold. There's one count for the energy - all the precision of the Spring tour conjuring up the raw power of the Fall tour that was to come. There's another for the setlist which featured beloved songs from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and soon-to-be favorites from the freshly recorded TERRAPIN STATION. And a third for its element of surprise (or shall we say surprises) from an astonishingly peak 15-minute "Sugaree" to new delights ("Sunrise," "Passenger," "Jack-A-Roe') to a rare first-set finale of "Bertha" to the second set's "Terrapin>Estimated>Eyes," traveling leaps and bounds towards the improvisational journey that is a nearly 17-minute "Not Fade Away."

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

right on, Lemmy

thank you for the story Nappy

Phil Lesh , June 4th, Frost Ampitheatre

Phil Lesh and his son will be playing at the Frost Ampitheatre on June 4th.

Mummy

As fate would have it, 2/19 also is connected to the poor soul found at Kaiser. The Dead played there on 2/19/1985. I know - freaky.

There was a rumor floating around back then that "Shorty" LeBlanc, who manned the popcorn machine at the concession stand, went backstage that night during the break to deliver some popcorn goodness to Jerry. There was a purple haze in the air, which disoriented him as he sought his way back to his stand (think Spinal Tap backstage in Cleveland). Last anyone saw of him.

Anyway, it is now speculated that ol' Shorty went left instead of right, tripped and ended up lodged inside a wall under construction.

He was a good dude, but at least we finally got some closure. Rest In Popcorn, Shorty.

R.I.P. "Sister" Bobbie...

Bobbie Nelson passed at 91...she had been playing piano for brother Willie since 1972...saw them many a time...Sail on Dear Soul...Sail on

Have A Gas

Hi there,
off topic but a bit shocking today when I was filling up the car.
One Liter was 2,19 €.
Converted it'd be $ 9,05 per gallon.
Prices tend to increase.
A new box soon please, any year!!!!!!
G

Consider yourself lucky, Gerd

Here in the Netherlands the average price for a litre of gas is € 2.48. That works out at $ 10.24 for a US gallon at the current exchange rate.
More than half the price here is tax but the government are going to reduce the taxes on april 1. I hope that isn't an april fool. If you hate taxes, and who doesn't, then don't come here.

popcorn synchronicity

I work at a school

every Friday is popcorn Friday

a kid delivered some popcorn to me

I'm noshing on said popcorn and here comes Bolo going on about popcorn

LOVE these kind of moments

I made a belt out of old wrist watches....

....only to find it was a waist of time.
Nice avatar simonrob. 👌

Gas prices are getting ridiculous....

....I went online to check the value of my car and it asked if the tank was empty or full.

Gas

Yeah it’s going up but:
A) it’s tge least we can do to support the cause. If you know anything about what many folks had to ration, sacrifice, and endure during WWII, it’s really not so bad is it?
B) we all need to be more efficient and mindful of overuse/wastefulness anyway

Remember: we can run, but we can’t hide!

Ok, sorry, Friday buzz kill PSI over, and now back to yer normal scheduled programming/happy hour…

We can run....

....but we can't hide from it.
Brent was cool.

Old Angel Midnight

Today marks the 100th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's birth date. I've got my old copy of "The Scripture of the Golden Eternity" here to guide me through the day.

Incidentally, I don't hate taxes. Depends what they are being used for, of course.

purple haze in the air

no wonder I could not figure it out. I have experienced that haze, it was in a field right after an afternoon rain, floated about 2 ft off the ground, buzzing with promise.

Kerouac house

Lots of good things happening today for Jack's 100th, look them up in Lowell and in Winter Park. We went to see the original scroll of On the Road back in the 90's. The Kerouac family had it on display at his abode where Jack lived in Winter Park, Fl. Touchstone for me and a whole generation.

Rockin' The Rhein, Dark Star, Part II

Coming after a 26 minute Part I, and then a Me and My Uncle interlude, I do declare this is a special improvisational jam piece, clocking in at 15 minutes. What sets it apart from most two part Dark Stars....hmmmm. Good question.

For one thing, it's pure improv jamming with no meltdowns. The first five minutes I guess I would describe as steady melodic Space. It starts off with this really cool intro I won't even try to describe. In the first 6 minutes they trade off little bits and pieces, as though it was all written ahead of time. This opening segment is slow tempo, smooth, and cohesive. They explore ideas independently and it meshes nicely. There is a never a moment when they stall out and fill the void with noise or silence. And Pigpen plays the maracas - always a sign of good things to come.

Phil does flirt with meltdown indicators as they approach the 6 minute mark. Jerry had begun to pick up the pace, but Phil seemed headed for Dark Dreamville (he throws in a few one note bombs during this minute, but nobody took the bait). I think Keith, Bobby, and Jerry walked him in off the ledge.

They continue to explore for the next 10 minutes, but at a much faster tempo. Billy holds it together with some fast hard hitting that is more rock than the jazz, with lots of ride symbol for emphasis; while he's doing this, Keith and Jerry go in and out of several different melodies they discover along the way.

Keith comes in with a nice little piece around 7:00 and another around 8:20; Jerry develops a couple of catchy phrases around 9:20 and just before 12:00. The jamathon continues... Bobby and Phil have been low in the mix during most of this, but Bobby does develop a nice theme of his own around 13:40 and goes on for a minute or so.

Approaching the 15:00 mark, Billy finally takes his foot off the gas and Jerry comes in with the Dark Star theme, which is notably the only time we hear it during Part II - but only for a 15 second wind-down preceding the seamless transition into Wharf Rat. There is no second Dark Star verse; in fact, if not for this brief moment when Jerry plays the main theme for a couple of bars, there is no hint they're even IN a Dark Star. Bobby picks up on the main theme and continues another bar or two after Jerry kicks off Wharf Rat's opening chords; Keith plays a few repeating notes on the pinky keys (to great effect), and the whole thing is bliss. The Wharf Rat is fantastic, and runs straight into Sugar Magnolia, which is one of the best IMHO.

So why all the fuss over Rhein Dark Star, Part II? Well, it's appealing to me because it is100% un-recycled improvisational playing. There is no reliance on themes like Feelin' Groovey, Tighten Up, and Mind Left Body - or Dark Star for that matter. They just get up there and do their thing for 15 minutes of pure synergy.

There are no meltdowns. I have a feeling the cacophony-laden wanderings they often indulged in were much better to behold as a live audience member. I can deal with short durations, as they sometimes enhance a more melodic theme that rises from them; but for the most part I'm looking forward to the day when I have time to replace my defunct Roxio software with something that allows me to edit those atonal sections, and neatly cross-fade "the normal parts" together. Then I will make a Dark Star that goes on for 21 hours and 12 seconds.

And I guess the last thing that does it for me is its uniqueness and duration. 15 minutes is a long time to carry on like this, and they keep it interesting by starting at a slow tempo for the first third of it, and then kicking it into high gear the rest of the way. None of the themes they conjure up last longer than a minute, but they fill the space between with well-crafted leads and runs. I haven't come across too many jams that fit this profile.

And how about The Other One from the Paramount 7/25/72??? I demand this show be released at once.

Last Five....

Jane's Addiction - Nothings Shocking
JGB - Cats Down Under The Stars
Donna The Buffalo - Positive Friction
Trey Anastasio - Mercy
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry
Hope everyone has a grate weekend.

Lasts

Robert Plant: Lullaby and…ceaseless roar
Bonnie Rait: The BR collection
Norah Jones: Come Away with Me
Natalie Merchant: Ophelia
Hamp & Getz
p/o Bill Evans: Everyone Still Digs Bill Evans

But that was last night, now Dave’s Picks 9 5/14/74 Rollin!

Last five

Melvins Stoner Witch
Germs GI
X Los Angeles
X Wild Gift
X Under The Big Black Sun

X rox

No GD for an oddly long time

Every time I think about what to listen to, I feel "not now"

I figure to reenter the GD universe I should start with 2/13/70 Dark Star

Inspiration...

Kerouac

PT - there was a good exhibition at the British Library about ten years ago, in which all manner of original artefacts were on display. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be much recognition of today in England - not that I have come across anyway. The one woman I mentioned it to yesterday had never heard of him-and her a poet at that. Maybe that's the way Jack Kerouac would have wanted it - "I insist on your freedom" it says here.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.....

Hey rockers!!

Last 5:
4/8/72
10/9/72
10/2/72
Hendrix-In The West
Traffic-Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

Still no 71s, yup gettin' painful, not sure how much longer I can hold out..............

Rock on,

Doc
If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.......

Wot’s…Uh,The Deal

Last 5:
Doors-Live In Pittsburgh
Doors-Live In Detroit(disc 1)
CTI California Concert(disc 1)
Grateful Dead-Dark Star/Morning Dew 9/21/72
Dreamies-Auralgraphic Entertainment

Weird, I almost ALWAYS play entire albums/cds but today, I’m in the mood to hear as much different music as possible. It’s amusing to me how my brain decides what to pick next to listen to. I just start flipping through stacks, and where I stop, nobody(except me) knows.
I’m feeling old and decrepit, yet still young at heart. I’m pretty sure I’ll play disc 2 of the 50th anniversary of Skull & Roses next. I could go on.

Music is the Best!!

Stay Away, Covid

Recent live shows:

Richard Thomson, two weeks ago
Taj Mahal Sextet, last week
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, tonight

Small theater for all three...no masks required.
Maybe things ARE coming back to normal.

Billy Strings in April, outdoors...psyched.

Mr Strings....

....gonna catch him in April as well Big Brownie. Third trip around the son.
Gonna try and get really close this time around.

Lasts

‘Twas a big music day!
GD: 5/14/74
GD: 3/8/70
GD: 3;31/91
Robert Plant Alison Krause: Raising Sand
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant: No Quarter
Rob Wasserman: Trios
Beck: Morning Phase
Melody Gardot: My One and Only Thrill
Bill Evans: Everybody Still Digs BE disc 4

Good night John boy, Good night Mary Ellen…

More last 5

David Bowie "Heroes"
X More fun in the new world
Melvins Hostile Ambient Takeover
Melvins A Senile Animal
David Bowie Scary Monsters

"I lit out from Reno", 3/13/82. Anniversary show

40 years ago today I was up to Reno see the Good Old Grateful Dead, what a blast of a weekend! Stayed in South Lake Tahoe at a friend's place, with a bunch of friends, we really cut loose. Fun city. 1982, great year to be a Deadhead in the Bay Area, Frost ,Greek, Ventura, and December year end Oakland shows.

All The Haunts Be Ours

Last 5 -

My People Were Fair, and Had Sky in Their Hair - Tyrannosaurus Rex
At The Beeb cd1 David Bowie
The Magnificent...... Charlie Parker -pressed on egg yolk coloured vinyl
Bootleg Series 15 cd 1John Wesley Harding-Nashville Skyline outtakes Bob Dylan
and last but not least...
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched - which isn't music at all. It's a documentary on the first blu ray disc in a fascinating looking box set called "All The Haunts Be Ours - a compendium of Folk Horror". Two of the twelve discs are Region A, so I can't play them - but as I've already got the films on those, I ain't too fussed. Actually, I think there is a cd in all this with music on - but I doubt I'll get there before Midsommar.

@BTK...Reno '82

Did you also go to UC Davis the following night? Great weekend, I'll post more later...am in Sedona at the moment showing some out of towners around...one thing though...do you remember Jerry sounding like he was starting Dear Prudence before finally playing Black Peter?

X and the SoCal Punx

I'm also a big fan of X. They're one of the few really great bands I can actually I saw their earliest gigs. I was an Xhead early on, following them from the Masque to the Whiskey to the Starwood etc. The SoCal punk scene was so interesting in the early days, such a variety of styles: avant-garde stuff like the Screamers and Black Randy, hardcore from the Germs, Middle Class, Black Flag, poppy stuff like the Go Gos (yes, they played the punks clubs early on), uncategorizable bands like the Minutemen and Suburbans Lawns. And X was the best of them all: they could really play, they wrote great lyrics, they looked super cool. Ah, those were some days. Punk was great, until it became a formula, and suddenly you had to dress and sound a certain way to be "punk." Much more wide open in the beginning, when the Patti Smith Group and Television and Here Ube were "punk.".

I always thought the whole "hippies vs punks" thing was a myth, btw. At least in SoCal there was a lot of crossover. Whether you were a hippie, or a punk, or surfer, you were probably on the same drugs and you probably shared the same contempt for mainstream rock and normies in general. The guy across the street, who I used to get my L and my speed from (yeah, I know, I shouldn't have done speed, but I did, then) was hippie, until one day he went to a punk show (can't remember who or were) and the next day he buzzed his hair, started wearing thrift store clothes, and started a punk band that sounded kinda like Social D, Seriously. Stuff like that used to happen.

Last five:

Grant Green and Stanley Turrentine; Complete Recordings (nice 2 CD set0
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen (wish it was better recorded, but still a hoot)
AZIZA Quartet (great band with Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Louke, Eric Harland, only made one record)
Funkadelic: Hardcore Jollies (Eddie Hazel ruuuuuuulezzz!)
GOGD: DiP 11 (now THAT was a show!)

I enjoy everyone's last fives....

....turned me onto X.
That's it. That's the post.
Regarding earliest gigs. I saw Slayer in 1985. Haunting The Chapel tour. Maybe 200 people there. Small space on the corner of Spring Mountain and Decatur Vegas. Six bucks.
Was sixteen and impressionable. Parents worried about me at the time lol.
Don't panic mom and dad. The kid was alright.

keithfan

Thanks for the Dark Star Rockin the Rhein recommendation! Most enjoyable!

Nappy/ Reno 3/13/82

Yeah Nappy, Garcia did start Dear Prudence before Black Peter. I had a blast that weekend, I didn't make it to Davis, it was my Dads birthday that Sunday, I heard it was as a great show; I'm glad you made it there.

Just got back from seeing The Batman....

....for the second time.
I'm a Batman snob, and this rendition delivers the goods.
Most excellent.

RIP william hurt

Altered States, baby

RIP

I noticed that too.

RIP

Bobby Nelson, long time to be gone and a short time to be there. Been a bad couple of years for Wilie, first Billy, then Bobby. RIP sweet soul

last 5

always love your last 5's Daverock, such classics and some I've never heard thanks for the recommendations.
Tangerine Dream Legend soundtrack
Spirit Cosmic Smile
Roger Waters Amused To Death
Blind Faith remastered 2 cd set with live jams
Peter Gabriel Secret World Live Alive and Bumping' Italian import this was one of the top 5 concerts that I ever attended. 1994

UC Davis 3-14-82

So today is the 40th Anniversary date for the UC Davis show, it followed the previous nights Reno show...I was with a rather large group of folk and of course we were in a VW bus....this bus started acting weird and sputtery as we crossed over the Sierra...we finally had to pull off of the interstate at a rest stop so one of the more mechanically inclined guys could try and figure out what was wrong...of course it was snowing lightly so we threw a tarp over the back end of the van to keep the snow off of the two trying to get the van going...I made a PB & J sandwich and walked over to a historical marker at the far end of the parking lot...as I munched my PB & J I read (of course) the story of the Donner Party...I hadn't realized we had stopped at the Donner Pass rest stop...gave me a mas creepy feeling...in about a half hour's time we rolling along to the show...

Rockin the god damn rhein

Black throated wind, loser, pitb, dark star, love light. There really is no comprehending the dead in areas such as this or that song, it really only matters in the aspect of the Now. There is no making sense of it. It just smokes. The dead is like beer. You can't get enough...... I'm not making sense am i?

Re: Nappy

Did you make a PB&J for everyone? Or were the less fed ones beginning to give you the eye?

Funny story, stuff like that cracks me up. Evidence of a misspent youth perhaps...

2,066 years ago today Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of his own Senators. Perhaps history should repeat itself? Beware the ides of March - #FU Count Vlad.

i can wait

I can't wait
to see these guys tonight! I caught the Dead when they toured a few years back, but to see Billy or any of the boys in a small club is a treat we should all seek out.

Nappy,great story

Those people in the Donner Party, sure could have used those PB&J sandwiches.

Happy Birthday Phil

Happy Birthday Phil. It's mine as well - cool to share it with a Dead member. I wonder if half of his Birthday cards also say "beware the Ides of March". I have an Aunt who is kind of witchy and always leads off with that one when she calls. Typical freaks.

Anticipation/sandwichs

DBACKKY: the waiting is the hardest but sometimes best part. Have fun!

SANDWICHES: yasss, being the considerate guy he is, Nappy made a stack of sandwiches, but while everyone was focused on the repair etc, a flock of pesky Magpies and a Raven stole em, bastardos!

Happy, happy, joy, joy!

to Keithfan, oh yeah, you too Phil lol
Many more to you both!

So, Pearl Jam is coming to town in May....

....some friends of mine might go and I may tag along. I'm admittingly not too familiar with them other than their first release. Checked out Vs. last night and was surprisingly impressed.
Any of you even seen them live? And if so, thoughts?
Last one. Vs. - Pearl Jam.

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