Grateful Dead

45 years ago I hitchiked up to Portland for some crazy fun times with the Good old Grateful Dead. Great show, fun times.

Howlin’ Wolf - H.W./Moanin’ in the Moonlight
BareNaked Ladies - Gordon
Allman Brothers - An Evening With The ABB 2nd Set
Neil Young - Unplugged
Bill Evens - Peace Piece
Good night John Boy…Goodnight Mary Ellen
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....Dave's 10 Thelma LA brought me here.
There is a cajun seafood place two blocks away.
And I'm hungry.

Aye.

Second set. Pure transcendence.

6/8/69
Courtesy of a kind poster on this here site
Been an interesting week of adventure and personal growth away from my day to day activities
Reestablishing the GD vibe
Right now they sound gloriously sloppy
I can understand why some people think not so highly about GD
A person needs to "get it" in order to hear the beauty

Jumping around the Phish '23 run. The first night basically had no security and you could wander and dance wherever you'd like. Was everything California should be. Such an iconic venue. Not a bad seat in the house. I enjoyed taking in the views and sound in the upper levels just a much as being down up front.

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Those Dave Holland Quintet albums form the late 90s and early 2000s are incredible. And actually quite the jazz renaissance at that time. Holland included with David Douglas, Brad Mehldau, Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Don Byron, Scofield, MMW, etc. They all were blending open style of free jazz with more traditional structures. Hybrids!

Joao Gilberto- the warm world of Joao complete recordings 58 to 61
Calexico-Algiers
Songs of the Mountain, bluegrass show on PBS app. Pretty cool showcase of all the cool regional bluegrass bands,
Dave’ Pick 59, -Just gets better

Peace & blessings

Very impressed with this Jimi Hendrix box. 3 cds crammed with amazing guitar playing - works in progress, jams, alternative ( alternative to what, I wonder?) takes - all of it essential.
I am not as keen on the documentary on the blu ray disc. Way too long, and apart from a few clips of Jimi live it's a bit boring. Like hearing some blokes talking about home improvements.
One thing that did interest me - the way they tell it on the documentary, live gigs during 1970 were seen by Hendrix as far less important than the work he was doing in the studio. Almost a necessary evil, to help pay for the studio work. I don't know if he saw it that way all the time - maybe he did.
Certainly some psychedelic albums were studio works of art in their own right, rather than just recordings of songs to be played live. After the first album, up to Blues For Allah, all the Dead's album were like that. Totally distinct and different sounding from the way they played live in their respective years. Although, unlike with Jimi Hendrix, they have always been perceived as inferior to their live sets.

Mention of Woodstock - my favourite live performance by Jimi Hendrix took place there on 17th of this month. Fascinating film. All those people wandering off while he was playing. I suppose after 3 days of peace and love they'd had enough, and just wanted to go home.

....looks like a great time again!
Unbridled insanity.
Hitting the road soon. TTB and Black Crowes beckons.
As does Ghost Rider. An impressive wooden coaster and I am all over it. Montazooma finally reopened last week.
Need some airtime and G-forces man!