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I've heard many a whine about Miles and his back to audience. :-)

Dead songs not liked?

Mostly I've found every song was done great once. That was part of the experience, hoping to hear something new, because you knew the magic could happen anywhere, anytime. Mostly because, as stated earlier, they were " Grateful Goddam Dead. I swear, ok, could have been drugs, but there were many a times at shows where they were being lack luster, shall we say, when bam, the song comes back ROARING. Like they too thought, we're the goddamn Dead.

Against better judgement I half went with Flaming Lips box,,, only got the cd's, that was only 30 bucks, came with two shows, what the hell.

Picked up used Robert Hunter - Box of Rain,,, used,,, 7 bucks.

Then I saw Morning Jacket is releasing MMJ 3 in vinyl,,,, have the first two,,,,,,,sooooo.

FYI - I like the whole line of jokes that went by. Need to cut and paste them into a file.

Oh, enjoying the box set of Dionne Warwick right now, Promise.

....yup. Mick Mars and Motley Crue are going through that right now. Mick announced he's retiring from touring due to constant back pain, but still a member. The rest of the least talented members by FAR dropped his earnings percentage from 25% (100% ÷ 4 is basic math) to 5%. Then 7 1/2% because I guess they felt guilty or some bullshit.

Sorry Mick. You don't deserve this crap. Fight the good fight.
Then again, I remember The Crues "final" tour was in 2015 or something lol.
The new Metallica record is decent, but don't let Trujillo sing again, because he can't.
Kirk Hammet reborn.
Music is the bestest.

Is an obnoxious, arrogant, A-hole, but he has SO MANY great albums!! The beautiful thing is, I don’t have to listen to or interact with him, I only need to listen to the music. All of our heroes have flaws, but the music lives forever!!

One scene that just kills me every time I watch the Last Waltz is that one where Rick Danko is playing pool and Scorcese asks him "what are you going to do now that the Band is breaking up?" And poor Rick doesn't answer, just looks at him like, "I have no idea whatsoever."

There was some bad blood surrounding the Band: Robbie got the songwriting credits and the money from that, so he was ready to stop touring and break the Band up. The other guys were ticked off that Robbie had got credit for songs that were collectively written, and f3elt like they kind of needed to keep the Band going, because they needed to make a living. Levon was supposedly bitter about that till the day he died.

AFAIC the Dead didn't need to cover the Band, because the Dead were better at writing that kind of "Americana" material. Cumberland Blues is better than anything the Band wrote in that vein, and we can add Dire Wolf, Black Peter ... hell, add all of Workingman's the list. Don't get me wrong, I love the Band. It's just that the Dead were better.

Generally speaking, I like it when the Dead cover obscure old jug band tunes and blues, but the classic rock covers seem kind of beneath them, to me. Jesus H Christ, guys, you're the Grateful Goddam Dead. You don't need to play Louie, Louie or Satisfaction or Werewolves of London. You've hundreds of your own tunes that you're going to sound better on.

Dylan covers are in their own category. Being that he's the Greatest Songwriter Ever, it is well and meet that the Dead, like damn near everyone with a lick of sense, should play some Dylan.

My bathroom break song was always Me and My Uncle. Unless it was Drumz. Uncle just got played so many effing times, and there's not a whole lot of variation from one version to another. You've heard one, you've heard all 1,782 versions, really. Drums? You hadda be there. Space I usually like. Tennessee? One of my very favorite tunes. (See remarks above about how the Dead wrote Americana better than anyone.) Surprised to see that one on so many people's bathroom lists. But when you gotta go you gotta go and who am I to say?

Not sure if you can feel it wherever you are, but today NorCal is abuzz over game one of the Warriors-Kings playoff series. I follow both teams, but for some reason I would just love love love to see the underdog Kings take out the reigning champs. Can't wait for tip off.

Meanwhile, I'm on a Sun Ra binge. Last five:

Nothing Is
Live at Montreal
The Magic City
Mayan Temples
Supersonic Sounds

If you find Earth boring, just that same old same thing, come on and sign up with Outer Spaceways Incorporated...

It’s go time! Sabs and AVs end on a high note.

Good luck to Senior PF and the mighty Kraken. AVs are good but I don’t think their unbeatable?
Hopefully it will be a good series.
Yeah, anything called “smart” run away!

Yet another great that Nappy saw and has stories! Keep ‘em coming Hoss!
Think it would have been better just to leave and not come back out?

Strangers stopping strangers
How do Peaceful Man!
Climb aboard the crazy train, hopefully Dave will be with us shortly (probably ducking from incoming waterfowl lol)

a dick genius.

The thing is, anyone can be a dick, but only a genius can be a genius.

I saw Keith Jarrett do a solo show at UCLA's Royce Hall mid 70's or so...he walked out, sat at his piano and proceeded to play non-stop (or so it seemed) for nearly two hours...when he was done he got up from the piano bench and walked off stage without acknowledging the audience's thunderous applause...crowd wouldn't stop clapping and yelling for an encore...after a bit he walked back out and stood mid stage close to edge...it quieted down and he said "You need to digest your meal before asking for dessert"... he then walked back offstage...what? Great show though...

....their logo for the shows even features a squid. Eight tentacles. Eight west coast shows. Nice.
Metallica dropped 72 Seasons today. My hopes are mid. Hopefully they will surprise me.
Howdy back!

I've enjoyed reading posts on the Dave's Picks forum for a while, thought I'd jump in. Peace brothers and sisters!