Dave's Picks Volume 29: Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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April 15, 2019 - 8:51pm

#51

Lovemygirl

Joined:
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*Re/ Keithfan

...Road Trips ‘The Wall Of Sound’ minus the Bonus Disc...I play it quit often! Thank you again my friend, I hope your still enjoying those major Europe 72’ shows...love it!
🙏❤️😎
April 15, 2019 - 8:48pm

#52

MDJim

Joined:
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6/20/83 -The First and Most Memorable Merriweather Show

I apologize for the length of this post.. but man.. that storm.

I grew up perhaps an hour hike from Merriweather Post Pavilion.. and after getting harassed by Howard County's finest for hiding beer under my car instead of pouring it out on the curb as instructed at a Jethro Tull show a few months earlier culminating in a thorough and regretful search of my parents car and a loss of a nice pipe and some hash.. I just started walking to shows from that point forward (at least until I moved out of my parents house). I probably saw between a hundred and a hundred fifty shows there over the years.. probably about the same number of times I saw the Grateful Dead. I'm ashamed to admit now.. but I knew how to get in that place for free plus the ticket collectors were mostly people I went to high school with, so taping two stubs together and presenting an amicable grin was usually enough to gain entrance. I did buy tickets for many/most shows, certainly for all the Dead shows.. - never take unnecessary risks.

Some background.. I wouldn't compare this to one of the greatest or best shows, but it was memorable for lots of reasons. My first show was 4/19/82 at the Baltimore Civic Center (perhaps my biggest lysergic GD moment, save that for another day).. I believe I made the Capital Centre shows in the fall that same year but they weren't playing super close in the Spring so we headed South to Hampton and my first GD road trip in April for my one and only birthday show. I think I drove and I am confident we did not tell my folks we were taking the family car to partake in all kinds of shenanigans and see the Dead.. in hindsight, so dishonest. Then it was announced that they would be playing two nights in the summer for the first time at Merriweather Post, my local venue. I couldn't believe it.. That would make this run my fourth and fifth shows.. I was still quite green behind the ears.

I had friends that worked as busboys and room service at the Columbia Inn, where all the bands stayed back then that performed at Merriweather, they told stories of bands partying in the bar, tips they got (or not) and what floors they would put them in, etc.. so the night before, on whim.. we showed up and went to the bar. I could barely drive but with an older brother that looked similar, and the drinking age being 18 at the time, I had an ID and we headed past the lobby to find Phil sitting at a table by himself.. we closed the bar that night and had some passes for the next day... I have to say, he was super nice and not at all an icon or unapproachable. I do recall a few of the stories told, but the memory I left with was that I could not muster up the courage to offer anything intelligent to say and couldn't think of a decent question to ask until I was walking through the parking lot to the car at the end of the night. After a few beers, humor was flying and things seemed fine. Phil seemed happy to have a group to party with. I was so young I couldn't even order a beer correctly.. I asked for a tap beer and she brought me a tab (soda).. so she returned it and brought me a draft Budweiser.

So the next day.. a few of us walked from the neighborhood where we all lived to the show, a bit early.. I had my pass and went backstage and it was so weird.. plus early. I just couldn't handle it. I didn't know anyone except my buddy.. and it was like being in a foreign country. Nobody seemed to want anything to do with us and the band wasn't there yet.. So we decided to split before the show started, inhale a bit in safety and get to our seats, which were pretty close.. I am fairly sure we took some mushrooms too which only made it all the more weird. So the only time I ever had backstage passes, I totally wasted them. ..Perhaps for the best.

I don't think you can talk about the show without talking about the storm. Growing up there.. the only time I recall it raining harder was during Hurricane Agnes in 1972. This is the only time I recall the highway on the way in (Route 29) flooding and being shut down like it did that night. The storm was biblical and it wasn't just rain. It thundered and lightninged for hours that night and I believe lightning hit the lightning rod at the venue or perhaps the shed itself at least once (during He's Gone, Truckin' and perhaps one other time), but that's probably impossible to verify. You can hear it on the tapes though including the PA going in and out several times.

So the performance aside, there was other energy and stimulus going on that night.

The setlist was fairly standard for the day.. my second Peggy-O, second Truckin', second China>Rider. The first set was pretty standard, but things started to get weird by The Music Never Stopped.. I forget exactly when the started and ended and then started again, but I think t had had rained in the first set and the beginning of TMNS, then the sun came out for a bit during this song, then set break.. then big cumulonimbus clouds, then it started getting spooky dark as the setbreak came to an end. ..and then things really got weird. In hindsight, we should have starting building an ark.

The second set started with China>Rider>Sampson>He's Gone>Truckin'>Drums. By the transition in China>Rider, everyone was getting soaked and the rain entered the pavilion area as it was raining sideways. I had to pee as Sampson started and by then people were body sliding down the lawn and everyone was so soaked that it just didn't matter anymore. Soaked to the bone, you couldn't get more wet.. When I got back to our seats, the heavens opened up and the lightning started and it went from weird to downright scary. The people working at the venue sought shelter, anarchy ensued and there was a mad rush from the lawn to the pavilion area. Everyone got squashed and became bug eyed.. and safety became a big concern. We got pushed forward and what row you sat in mattered less than the need to create more room inside, under the shelter. By He's Gone, there became a general feeling of insecurity and helplessness, just as I began to peak. Lightning struck the shed and the power went out.. but the weirdest thing of all, the band was just as freaked as we were, but the they kept playing on. I swear Phil and Jerry were playing power chords in sync with the thunder and lightning. By the time Space ended, we got a rare Bob Star (one of three times played).. during Sugar Magnolia I think Bobby got shocked and put down his guitar and took his mike to a strange part of the stage and started wailing into the mike.

There was no encore and no soundboards exist.

So what to 20k tripping, soaked, disoriented hippies do when the show ends? The deluge had stopped but it continued to rain. There was a tiny creek between the venue and the parking lot, usually a trickle like you see on a water fountain.. it was flooded way over the banks and to make matters worse had washed away the foot bridges, so you really couldn't safely walk to the parking lot, but people managed.. the lawn was so eroded both from the rain but more from people doing mudslides down it that at dawn, they had to bring in heavy machinery and rebuild the lawn as there was another show that next night. After they Dead left.. they really went to town and had to do a total rebuild of the lawn area, changing the contour forever.. lots of heavy machinery. They spent the day off to rebuild it with different contours to the format we have to this day.

When we walked home, still tripping.. we could not go the way we came, it was not passable. So we went an alternate route. Getting over the highway, which was still flooded.. we held hands as the current was strong and waded in waste deep water eventually getting to other side and about an hour later to mom and dads house. Some quick showers, then post show activities until the sun came up then sleep.. only to do it again the next day on a reformatted lawn with straw and new sod. They played Looks Like Rain that next day and you can imagine the crowd reaction.

So back to the show.. Yea.. I sort of remember 6/20/83. It was the weirdest, highest energy GD show I ever saw. Not the best, but certainly one of the most memorable. I saw every GD/JGB show played there but this was perhaps the most fun. Thanks for jarring my memory.
April 15, 2019 - 8:22pm

#53

KeithFan2112

Joined:
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Unbelievable

They say the oakwood interior of the cathedral was built in the year 1200, requiring trees that would have been 400 years old, thus sprouting out of the ground in the 8 or 9th centuries. Hard to believe.

Bob t - thanks for the heads up on One From The Vault release date. I could use a change from the E72 binge. I did manage to get in 6/14/76 and 12/26/69 today, both on the Rolling Stone top 20.

Lovemygirl - I don't recall which ones you sold me, I'm thinking Tivoli II, Lille France, and maybe one of the Lyceum shows? Lotta weed in between ;-) I don't remember what I sent you, refresh my memory. My memory is outstanding on everything until I was 25, and then past 3 weeks. But everything in between is shit.
April 15, 2019 - 6:53pm

#54

MDJim

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6/20/83

Holy Smokes.. yes, I was there. It was biblical, as much or more from the storm then from the music.. but it all combined for a complete sensory overload.

I wrote something on this a couple times over the years.. but I think I was too shy to share details, or perhaps too lazy to try and remember it all and it put to paper.

Just getting home, if I have some time once I get settled I will try and put my arms around it..
April 15, 2019 - 6:17pm

#55

Angry Jack Straw

Joined:
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Our Lady

Such sad news.

Not just an architectural marvel, but one of the most important structures in the history of mankind.

My deepest sympathies to the people of France.
April 15, 2019 - 5:58pm

#56

nappyrags

Joined:
January 24, 2013

Hey Stone Jack Baller...

I too just got my notice that the CD issue of the Warfield performances will be in my grubby paws in a few weeks...I tried at first on a couple of record shop websites that do online ordering of what is left of the merchandise on Sunday but no luck...I went to Amazon and Bingo! i feel like I won the jackpot considering how many copies are on Ebay for over a $100 a pop...can't wait...meant to say that the nearest record shop to me is over three hours away...at least it's all downhill but still...
April 15, 2019 - 5:56pm

#57

bob t

Joined:
November 21, 2007

One from the Vault Anniversary 8/13/75, released 28 years ago

Did anyone just see the post on facebook from the Dead about this. Released 4/15/91, 28 years ago..... This changed everything if you were trading tapes back then!!! Everyone had this show, either FM, or the bootleg called Make Believe BallRoom.. But now we had a legit release!! It really did change everything... It took away i have 1000 hours of tapes and only want to deal with someone who had the same amount and started to level the field..... Sorry to rant but I was in that era... bob t

Edit my first copy of this were two cassettes!!! Didn't get the CD's because wasn't a fan yet!!!
April 15, 2019 - 5:23pm

#58

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Fire

Hopefully no lives were lost or people injured-doesn't seem to be much in the news about that. The only thing I could find was that one firefighter had been burned. Pretty remarkable.
April 15, 2019 - 5:07pm

#59

Exile On Main St.

Joined:
August 10, 2018

Sounds to me

like we have a false prophet among us.
April 15, 2019 - 4:22pm

#60

Lovemygirl

Joined:
April 29, 2016

*RE/ Trainwreck, Keithfan & Paris

...first I’d like to make a statement about the horror in Paris today, a sad day in my soul, so much lost turning to dust & rubble, my prayers are with Paris’, May the songs of old play on in heart & soul. 🙏❤️😢
...Trainwreck, you asked me about my last post and by what I mean by “treasure trove” is a new batch of tapes have been recently found. 😉 I’ll share more info when I can. ‘Exciting News For Me’, I love new and unheard recordings of all bands, the Grateful Dead more so now in my life than my past with the likes of ‘Elvis’ & ‘Beatles’ Records lol ...Plus Some confirmed dates for new Dead releases/product...😌
...Keithfan, hope all is well as always. What three shows did I send you from the ‘Europe 72’ boxset, i can’t remember, but I do remember them being Primo Shows ! 😎 and the Primo Show you sent me, love it! 🙏❤️😎
Off to dinner, have a grateful evening everyone...

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An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram

We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.

Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.

Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

Vguys 8.30.69 Dark Star....

....it's an oldie but a goodie. Put that show in your pipe Mr. Lemieux and smoke it.

Ifn you need to hear something non gd

Trout mask replica

Recommend getting green first

Dentist

No needle required if only getting a tooth drilled. Only nitrous. I've had 10 drillings and fillings with nitrous only.

Trout Mask Replica....

....you've been touting that for the past week stoltzfus. I'm getting to it.

TMR

One of a kind

Like the GD, you either get it, or you dont.

TMR

Took me some time to warm up to it.. Some syncopated, interesting shit.

I think someone here turned me on to this, but I could have stumbled onto it on my own, I forget. A good documentary on the Captain Beefheart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBa8bS_vZkM

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How sad is that? A spammer who forgot to add a link to his site! 😂

Safe As Milk...

...that was always my favourite Beefheart album, and still is, come to that. A stunningly original blues album -Ry Cooder on guitar, too.

Box Sets, Howling Dogs and Beefheart

Really haven't started thinking about the next box set other than the Electric on the Eel box coming up in March, which by the way is down to about $30 on amazon at this point. In the meantime, I have been revisiting some releases that I haven't listened to in awhile. Listened to the first Grateful Dead album from the Golden Road box, it had been a while, and it actually really hit the spot, particularly the Good Morning Little School Girl and Viola Lee Blues. Also spun the 5/17/77 Tuscaloosa show from the first May '77 box, and DaP 13 2/24/74, both of which were stellar and well worth another listen, and today I'm spinning Cats Down Under the Stars from the Jerry studio box from a few years ago, a disc with a nice mellow sound for a snowy afternoon.

As far as Casey Janes reference to his dog howling during a Dylan album, in the '90's I had a large Akita that would consistently start to howl midway through the Dark Star from Live Dead. I have had 3 akitas so far and while they don't bark without a reason, all three have been pretty vocal in a howling sort of way when they have something on their mind.

As far as Captain Beefheart, I have the Safe As Milk album at this point and dig it, that is the extent of my Captain Beefheart knowledge. In the right mood, that album does cook.

Sing along

My cat sings with Jerry whenever I put him on (every night).

Anniversary 2/24/74. See you next month at the Cow Palace I hope

So many well played songs, the Dark Star is so mellow... My favorite It's All over Now Baby Blue!! Dave's Pick's something.. Great Playing, Row Jimmy, all of it.. I still randomly say the closing Phil Line!!! be good bob t

2/24/74

One of my favorite Dave's Picks. I can get lost in parts of that show.

Quick diversion.. love the lap guitar on this one.. wots uh the deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itxVfQ1MZOo

Skeleton Skaters

I believe it was KeithFan who came up with that appellation for this anniversary show, DaP 13.

I know this-- I have been waiting all week for this moment, and it is currently delivering the goods as promised.

Whatever else is going on in the world, whether it's wars, kidnappings, or crimes...it is indeed a peaceful Sunday night with the Grateful Dead where I am...

Skeleton Skaters

Indeed.

Speaking of wars, kidnappings, and crimes.. I wonder what Bolo is up to these days.

My favorite Dave's Picks…

My favorite Dave's Picks ever!

Slow Day

2/24/74 is top 5 in my book. So good!

Any possibility of a 1979 box for this year?

Snow Day

Watching the blizzard drop snow at a steadily increasing rate here in the banana belt of MT. Pretty cool watching stuff disappear under the snow as it gets buried over the day. Gave the 11/8/76 JGB show from GarciaLive volume 7 today, dig the JGB stuff from '76.

As far as 2/24/74 (DaP13), that release is definitely excellent from start to finish, but on my most recent listen last week it was the Playing in the Band that kind of clicked for me. Always interesting to see what jumps out on different listens of the same release.

The Montana Banana Belt....

....I had to Google it. They grow tobacco in Montana Charlie? The more you know.
Jimmy Cliff has had my undivided attention for the past three days. Lovin' it.

Banana Belt

The 'Tropical' part of Montana, which ironically is experiencing blizzard conditions as I write this :D.

As for a tobacco crop, I am holding my breath that we are talking about wacky tabacy, in which case.. having a few friends living in Missoula, I wholeheartedly agree.

I think I am going to springboard into some more modern GD.. a few 80's and then a skinny dip into the 90's. On good nights, there is a raw power from this period that can be invigorating if in the proper mood.

I spent a work weekend a few weeks ago down South and one of the people there brought up the GD.. I fished out of him his first show was 10/20/84, Carrier Dome, Syracuse.. the show with the Angry Jack Straw. Great energy in that Jack Straw. I always thought a good comp to this was the Jack Straw from 4/4/85 Providence, with a nice She Belongs to Me tossed in for good measure, too bad we don't have a better recording from that date.. it's a nice show.

Somehow I am going to squeeze in a mood enhanced listen to 10/12/84 Augusta. The UJB>DrumsSpace>PITB>UJB>MDew goes to 11.

Edit: For what it's worth, my old Maxell version of 4/4/85 sounds better to me than the versions on archive.org. This could be the only example where my tape sounds better than what circulates.. it seems to be from the same source as the soundboard on the archive but the last time I listened to both, back to back (a very long time ago) mine sounded just a tad cleaner so there must be a better source out there for this show.

Charlie3 nailed it....

....every listen shows you something new when it comes to music in general, not just the Dead, although they perfected it. Is that a thing? Whatever. It is now. 🙄 Shit. The Bangles and Metallica do that to me sometimes.

Ha, Jackballer

Yeah, Skeleton Skaters, good stuff. I listened to most of it twice this weekend and today. What a great Dark Star - if only they'd played it more in '74. I snuck in Eyes of the World and Here Comes Sunshine from 2/23 on my digital / phone album. Just threw them in there like they were proper bonus tracks. Except I put them right in the middle of a show where I thought they belonged. Blasphemy maybe.

Skeleton Skaters, Coat-Tail Skeletons (Jimbo), whatever it takes to get me to remember which show is which. 1974 - a year like no other.

For some reason I played the Slipknots from this new release at the Swing back-to-back-to-back with the ones on Dave's 28 & 27. That's just dotty. But not a bad way to spend 25 minutes.

I'm ready.

I've been saving DaP 29 to listen to on its anniversary date. I have never heard this show, so here we go!

Doc at the Radar Station is probably my favorite Beefheart album.

Last five:
Tavener--The Protecting Veil (Isserlis--cello)
The Who--It's Hard
Jethro Tull--Benefit
GD--10/08-09/89 box
Sonny Rollins--Newk's Time

Banana Belt

VGuy, after reading your post I googled it too, and what do you know, it's not just a nickname for the Bitterroot Valley as I originally thought. We are the nose of MT if you look at it on a map, pretty much the westernmost point of the state, just south of Missoula, where apparently MDJim has friends. Missoula is to MT as I suspect Austin is to TX. And definitely agree, it is not just the dead, it is music of all types that can strike you different ways on different listens. What's the quote - the one good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain. I'll see your Bangles and Metallica with some Fixx and a side of the Police, maybe a Genesis abacab...

Snow Math

My driveway is about a quarter mile dirt road on a steep hill, with a 90 degree turn in the middle of the steep part of the hill, just to keep you on your toes. I will have to shovel at least the topmost 360 feet or so of a road about 15 feet wide and snow that is now about 18 inches deep. By my back of a napkin calculation, I will need to shovel at least 8,000 cubic feet of snow tomorrow to get out my driveway. If my neighbor doesn't plow the lower portion, it will be more like 30-40,000 cubic feet of snow to shovel. By hand. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?

Public Service Announcement

Pre-order w/bonus disc (if this is old news I apologize):

Electric on the Eel celebrates the Jerry Garcia Band’s 3 beloved, biannual performances at French’s Camp on the Eel River in Piercy, CA: August 29, 1987; June 10, 1989; and August 10, 1991. The events were co-presented by Bill Graham Productions and the Hog Farm which, as producer & Hog Farmer Bob Barsotti describes "lent them an air of familiarity not always present in the urban settings in which Jerry usually played.” The audience and band both delighted in the free spirited and fun-filled atmosphere, setting the stage for 6 magical sets of music featuring the quintessential JGB line-up: Garcia, John Kahn (bass), Melvin Seals (organ), David Kemper (drums), Gloria Jones (vocals) and Jacklyn LaBranch (vocals).

The collection features several unreleased rarities including the seldom performed “See What Love Can Do”, “Twilight”, “Lazy Bones”, and “I Hope It Won’t Be This Way Always.” Other rarities from the release include “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love”, “Struggling Man”, “Lay Down Sally” and “You Never Can Tell [C’est La Vie]”.

While supplies last, every CD pre-order via Garcia Family Provisions will receive the Acoustic on the Eel bonus CD feat. the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band’s complete Aug. 29th, 1987 set from French’s Camp.

Beefheart/Last 5

'Doc At the Radar Station' is my favorite as well… 1st time I heard 'Ashtray Heart' I thought what-in-Sam-Hill is that? I've been listening ever since.
From what I've read (can't say it's true) the good Dr. was known for physically assaulting his band members when they didn't play up to his expectations. Anyone hear or read anything similar?

Last 5:
1. John McLaughlin - Live In San Francisco
2. Stereolab - Switched On Stereolab Vol. 1
3. Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
4. Pixies - The Purple Tape EP/Come On Pilgrim EP
5. Hawkwind - In Search Of Space…after GD and then Pink Floyd, I would consider this band the next in space (3rd)… deep, deep frightening space.
6. GD - 30 TATS: 10/3/76 Cobo Hall - Detroit, Mi.

I had to list 6 as I forgot about Cobo Hall late yesterday…

Hope everyone has a good day (or at least a 'painless' one).

re: Charlie3

....ouch. That's a lot of shoveling. Perhaps you can play some good ole GD in your ears to make it a little more tolerable.

Oh and Happy Anniversary to This Here show....lovin it.

Sixtus

Excellent choice, Dave(no, not that Dave)

For the second time in two weeks, I have put a cd on, clicked on to this board, and seen the cd I am listening to referred to. Last week it was Skydog, today, it the 30 Trips 1976 show from Detroit, 10/3/76-great spacey Playing as I type. It must mean something.

I also have listened to Hawkwind today-Parallel Lines, which is a 3 cd set-a sort of alternative history of the band from 1970 to1975, with previously unreleased tracks mixed in with more well known ones. Definitely one of the great space bands, and infinitely more fun to see live, back in the 70s than Pink Floyd. As I may have said before.

Also regrading space bands-if you like Hawkwind I would check out some of the German bands from the first half of the 1970s. Amon Duul 2's first 5 albums are tremendous. But there are many, many great space rock German bands.

Anyway-my last 5? why not...

30 Trips 3/10/76
Parallel Lines Hawkwind
Ann Arbor 12/15/71 Grateful Dead
Live in Peoria 3/10/72 King Crimson
Live Adventures October 2009 Soft Machine Legacy

Also-John McLaughlin Live in San Francisco looks like one to get at a future date.

The Dead, My Wifes BDay & Co

Today is my wife’s birthday and I am celebrating by listening to her birthday show, (loudly) working at home while she is at work, but even better, today I pulled the trigger on Dead & Co tickets for June 7th & 8th at The Gorge Amphitheater in Washington this summer and believe it or not, she gave me the green light to do so last night, so I have wasted no time. We are due to be in Depot Bay, OR the following weekend for my in laws 40th, so when I saw the boys would be playing the prior weekend, I had to make it happen. Originally I had planned to camp but after my wife found out my plans she limited the camping to Saturday only, which meant only one show. This would not work....so last night I worked out a compromise and agreed to buy the VIP travel package at the Ramada, but it only comes with both shows...damn the luck!!!!....1,600 for 2 tickets to both nights and hotel stay for both nights along with transportation to and from the show and some other goodies. In laws are paying for flights and next weekends accommodations so fuck it....this Deal is going down. Anybody else going?

Last 5:

-Now...Dave’s 29
-Vandoliers - Forever - On Vinyl
-The Black Keys - El Camino - On Vinyl
-Dead & Co on Spotify -02/27/18
-Dicks 8 05/02/77 - Vinyl

Jimmy Cliff and Beefheart are on my hit list....these are both new to me, at least by name...looking at song list I think I know some Jimmy Cliff songs

Also have the new Dream Theatre Vinyl on the way - Distance Over Time - I’m not a big Metal Head but caught John Petrucci with G3 last year and became an instant fan. Biggest guitar tone I have ever heard live....crunchy, raw and yet sweet and soothing at the same time. For you guitar lovers out there, Petrucci is arguably the best player alive today!

On side note, I did buy my wife a nice Kate Spade purse for her birthday....that’s equal to Dead tickets in her world

Play Dead

KCJ

These are a few of my favorite things....

https://jambands.com/news/2019/02/26/dogfish-head-brewery-teams-with-da…
...The Dead and beer.

Last 5

2-26-77 (Playing now)
5-9-77
2-24-74
11-17-71
12-28-79

Slipknot

Seeing 5/9/77 referenced below tempts me to play it myself soon. My favourite show of 1977-although 6/9/77 is also high in my estimation and 2/26/77 has also now become a stand out show for me. All feature great Help-Slipknot-Franklins.

I also liked keithfans idea of playing a few Slipknots back to back. I wasn't so sure about the idea of filling a cd with different versions of Sugaree, but a whole cd consisting of different Slipknots might be interesting. A bit like those Greyfolded discs of Dark Star, perhaps. Might not work at all, of course.

Interesting comment Dave L in this weeks tapers section

Under the 12/6/81 show Dave writes that the late fall 1981 tour is the last to be recorded to two-track reel-to-reel tapes... In case you missed it... bob t

Dave's Picks 29 missing liner notes booklet

Good Morning All,
I received my Dave's Picks 29 earlier this month and everything was 'just exactly perfect' with the exception that the liner notes booklet was missing from the CD sleeve. I have initiated the email - request form process attempting to get the missing liners. Since beginning the process on 2/6/19 I have subsequently spoken with Customer Service twice in an to attempt to confirm that my request was properly submitted and the issue is in the process of being resolved. Two separate times I was provided with escalation numbers and told that I would be contacted within 48 - 72 hours. I have yet to hear back from anyone.
After years of purchasing Dicks Picks, Road Trips, limited edition sets and other offerings from the various iterations of Grateful Dead Merchandising, I guess I should consider myself fortunate that this is my first encounter with customer service and their lack of response. Is there some other method that somebody can recommend to try to get the issue resolved?
Thanks in advance for taking time to read my post and for any recommendations that you could provide.
Have an excellent day.

Happy 2/27/69 anniversary, y'all!

most recent 5:

8/12/81
7/11/81
10/31/70
10/30/70
10/18/74

Chebel

if this isn't resolved, send me a PM and I will get the Doc on the case.

Recent last 5 / Prog. Rock / GD listening

This AM's (current 5) playlist:

1. The Strawbs - Grave New World
2. Caravan - 1st S/T
3. John Scofield - Groove Elation
4. Wire - Chairs Missing/5th Demo Sessions
5. Mott The Hoople - Brain Capers

Todays GD: 5/26/77 Baltimore, MD - unfortunately this hasn't been released yet (maybe a DaP this year? Are the tapes in the vault?). A few songs have been released with 30 Days/Dead. I think this is one of the underrated gems from Spring '77.

I've been on a 70s/Prog. Rock binge of late: Genesis, K. Crimson, Yes, Caravan, Strawbs (ok Progressive Folk), Matching Mole, Soft Machine, Renaissance, Be-Bop Deluxe, Camel, Gong…newer Prog. with Big Big Train & Pineapple Thief…I'm happy to see this genre getting some of the respect it deserves…as well as Mott The Hoople, Spirit, Dylan, Doc/Merle Box, Hawkwind, Pink Fairies (don't laugh…if I recall correctly these guys can blow the roof off your house & friends with Hawkwind/Lemmy-Motorhead).

The only thing I can say with any certainty is music (and of course family) helps keep me sane and functioning LOL...

And yeah...music is HEAVEN!

This Day In Dead History....

....brings me to shows that I otherwise would pass over. Like this gem!
https://archive.org/details/gd1994-02-27.sbd.miller.32577.sbeok.flac16/…
....second set is pretty solid. Especially for '94. That Cosmic Charley tease is brutal though. I would have actually been a little bit pissed if I was there tbh.

Daves Picks 29 - Missing Liner Notes

Awesome....I will give this a few more days to see if anything happens and will follow up if necessary. Thank you Marye. You are the best.

This Day in Dead History, Part Deux...

Today is a good day! The Santa Barbara 77 show that is represented on DaP29 with the Dew, Sugar Mags, and JBG - as mentioned here a few weeks ago, that one is a killer show, and the AUDs available on the Archive are totally worth a good listen!

VGuy's 94 Oakland show - a good one for those who would like to step out of the comfort zone. I'm going to check that out later today! Thanks for the suggestion!

Also, shows from 69 (The Live/Dead Dark Star>St.Stephen show!), 70 (at the Family Dog, with an Easy Wind, and a 35min NFA>Lovelight!), the middle show of the 81 Uptown run (could that be a tasty 3-show box set? According to Bob's previous comment, perhaps :) and a 90 show leading up to the classic Spring of 90 we all know and love! That's a WIDE span of Dead! Something for everyone!

I would provide links, but I am at work, and often get kicked out of the Dead.net system by our web-blocker, especially when I try to post links. That being said, I have found that just typing 2/27/year into Google usually takes me to the right spot! Happy listening, DeadLand!

Peace

Brain Capers...yes!

I'm not stalking you...but more great musical references from Dave. There is a brilliant box set of Mott The Hoople's first 4 albums, the ones that connoisseurs regard as their finest, featuring lots of bonus tracks. There is also a cd in this box featuring two of their live concerts, including the legendary 13th September 1970 show in Croydon-up there with The Who's Live at Leeds. Its that good. Mental Train is the name of this box-great stuff.

As for the Pink Fairies....yes, they surely built the template on which Motorhead were based. In fact, in Larry Wallis they shared a lead guitarist during 1976, and Motorhead even went so far as to record the Fairies City Kids for the B side of the single Motorhead. They often jammed with Hawkwind, until the latter band had a hit with Silver Machine in 1972. The first two Fairies album are the ones to get-Neverneverland and What A Bunch of Sweeties, after which their guitarist Paul Rudolph left and their sound changed slightly. Mandies and Mescaline is probably the best album of their live shows, although the live in Finland one is pretty good, too. I wouldn't touch the recently released Rare Live Recordings and Radio Broadcasts 1970-71 with a barge pole though. Well...I would...but I wouldn't recommend that you do-terrible sound.

The Brilliant Uncertainty of the Grateful Dead’s ‘Dark Star’

...a New York Times article I came across today....cool. Not sure if everyone can access it as I sometimes have issues with this online paper, but worth a read if so.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/opinion/grateful-dead-dark-star-anni…

Be well, people.
Sixtus

Pink Fairies rule!

They were always something of a cult band. I saw them live a couple of times at the beginning of the '70s at festivals. Their sound could best be described as basic.

Dark Star Article

Sixtus, that was an interesting article, kind of weird to see a NY Times opinion piece on Dark Star and the performances thereof. No doubt that when I listened to the 2/27/69 Dark Star from Live Dead the first time it was different than anything I had heard before, and meshed perfectly with the regular tripping I was doing at the time. There is still something magic about hearing those first notes from the 2/27/69 Dark Star come wafting out of the speakers, inviting some subtle alteration in perspective, conjuring echoes of days gone by and flaming youth.

Dave Strang...

Has your '70s prog rock binge included Quatermass, T2, Jody Grind and High Tide. All well worthy of attention. There were so many great bands in the early '70s - too many to list here.

Re: Dark Star Article

Agree with Charlie.. plus reading it reminds me that today is the 50th anniversary of the 4 show run that became Live Dead, including perhaps one of the most beautiful Dark Stars ever performed.

How cool is that?

Thanks all.

Winterland '73

I revisited the Winterland '73 box yesterday and today, gave the 11/9/73 show a spin. It's been too long since the last time that I opened that box, those are all some great shows. That 11/9 show has a cool Here Comes Sunshine, and one of those nice slow Eyes. Everything from '73 just seems to hit the spot for me, both GD and solo Jerry stuff. I went with the Winterland box because winter has been on my mind, currently in day 3 of a blizzard, watching the last visible piece of my picnic table slip beneath the surface of the snow. When I finished shoveling the 2 feet or so yesterday I though I was done for a while, but apparently not.

Re: Winterland

Hearing about that amount of shoveling is making my back hurt.. Honestly, I wish we had some of your snow.. you know, share the burden. Here in the East.. we have had like five dud winters in a row. Not complaining though, getting in some great winter boating, which is fun too.

Good luck with it and be safe.

Also.. good to hear talk of psychedelics and music in the same conversation.. Perhaps I have a bias, it's good to see society taking a second, more productive look at the topic. It's not the same as pounding beers. someone here posted an article on micro-dosing a few months ago. Interesting read. :D

Love the Winterland 73 box.. those Lay Me Down's are sweet and every night has something unique to offer. Perhaps a bit under-rated?

Under Rated

Hey MDJim, definitely agree that each show in that Winterland box has something unique. I think it is a testament to how much great stuff has been released since that box came out that I haven't listened to it in a while. I really dug hearing 11/9/73 again, but I seem to recall that each night was better than the night before in that box. Pretty sure I will be spinning the other shows in that box soon. This evening I jumped over to the Hartford show from the Spring '90 TOO box to mix it up a bit, interesting to hear the two years back to back. Releases with a Shakedown are few and far between, which is what led me to the 3/18/90 Hartford show. I saw most of the shows the Dead did in Hartford in '86, '87 and '88, so I have a fondness for Hartford. I recall enjoying some really great green gels and some goony birds blotter at the '86 shows.

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