Grateful Dead

The Faces-1970-1975: You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything - this just gets better and better every play
DaP- 54 & 55
Steve Earle- Copperhead Road

....Sammy Hagar's Three Lock Box.
Bought this over 30 years ago for $7.99. Take in inflation, and current vinyl prices are tracking ok.
Lets dust it off, shall we?
Lips on the cover. I miss the 80's.
....reminiscing.

Fascinating year
Very rubbery

Volume 2

I wore that 86 River Bend tape. I had started to get the tape collection going pretty good. Had the River Bend tape with a week to 10 days of the show. Also enjoyed the Rubber Bowl show as we got tapes fast. Also received the Greek shows about as quickly and enjoyed all three but wore out summer soltice as it had a nice smokestack. I have written before about my Pig-smoke. It was Pig's rendition on Bear's choice that sunk the hock in this phish's mouth.

Hey Dav, how bout some of your memories from both Alpine, but also your first at the Horror dome? Fifteen huh, did you go with older sibs or..? Need more road tales here than just from this old windbag! I think that dome show is underrated and the playing was pretty good in spite of the horrible acoustics etc. Felt the same about Carrier Dome shows: good shows, just a terrible place!
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DOC! Off the 71 wagon I see ; )
I love that 3/24 show and also think 4/10s a bit of a dud, comparatively, especially to the previous night!

6/30/86
7/2/86
All such a blur?
Have always remembered River Bend as being one of my top @ Shows.
Maybe getting decent inside seats for the only time influenced a little?
Definitely think ya had to be there!
It’s deceptively excellent. Even, well played, sorta laid back mid-west vibe, building solos up nicely versus the more forced? manic stadium shows of the time.
It’s a shame there’s not a better source for the full show.
History/memory of course is a fickle mistress, but my recollection was of a large barge rollin by (really close behind the amp on the Ohio river) during Big River, and an old Mississippi River Paddle boat during Ship of Fools, and that the crowd reacted appropriately. But I can’t hear it on the Aud? The fact that I recall something so specific tells me I’m correct, if not fully accurate! Man we really foraged in the fungal forest this tour, hell all year, so ya know, shit gets funny lol Seem to also recall a LOT of fireworks after the show.
Next memory is pulling into Nazareth feeling about half past dead….or in reality Akron Rubber bowl. I swear I remember burning tires or some such weird ominous energy as we drove in, adding to a muggy overcast kinda day, but who knows? It definitely was muggy, and seemed really overcrowded in front of the SB etc…and we were kinda of understandably burnt by tgen, that running on manufactured energy at some point quits feeling good.
My recollection of the show was it was one of the most lack luster shows I saw, but the one time I’ve heard it I didn’t think it was that bad? We shall see soon…certainly set/setting played a part with this one. For sure a huge setting let down after the awesome Riverbend experience!
Thought Dylan coming out was gonna be cool, but it didn’t really work, think luckily Jer kept it from totally falling apart?
Then it was back to Bu faf which after sleeping hard in own bed and resting up was big fun. Like some of the other stadium gigs, maybe a bit forced etc, but good energy and ya had to be there when the sky/clouds opened up and let a direct shaft of sunlight on Jer during Fire!
Went solo but met up with different folks, including Phinster who you can see us in the video, especially if you’ve ever seen the non broadcast one of the first set. There’s just one camera mostly static I think, at the SB, and we’re just below it in the bottom mid right of the screen. I’ll have to look this up on Tubes of you this WE…
But I walked out to a main road and got picked up without even trying, immediately by a buddy, not going, but took me a few miles outta his way and dropped me off right in front of Rich Stadium, or the Ralph as it was known locally. First of five mostly good shows there.
Petty/Dylan was decent, but quite the juxtaposition and let down after the boys.
After, I wandered the lots and ended up hanging with this really kind, beautiful gal who was trying to get a ride to the Rainbow gathering, so being a road warrior in those days and thinking it was in Allegheny State park (not too far away) instead of much farther Allegheny National Forest down in Pennsitucky. So mr Bright idea gets a quick ride home, where I had recently moved back to, borrowed the family car as I didn’t have one, and proceeded to give the young lady a ride…well, didn’t find out the mistake until we arrived at the State park with not a freak in sight. That’s when the lightbulb went off about the National Forest…
By now it’s getting very late, but I can’t just leave her in the middle of nowhere, so kept going until, luckily, we ran into some travelers on their way there at some all night gas store.
She gave me a big hug and a kiss and an awesome tape from 85 Red Rocks!
Ok, not great situation, but figure I’ll fill the tank back up mañana and, well,, Opps, forgot the old man had to go to work so as I pull in well after dawn, there he is standing in the driveway and non too happy lol as he’s just about late for work!
Luckily, the old man RIP was always fairly cool, and it did lead him to give me a small loan to by my awesome 73 LTD with 30K original miles from a guy he knew. Man that car was awesome and went on to hit dozens of shows over the years until I had to junk it in 92 due to rust etc. When I took it to the JY, the guy asked if it still ran, to witch I reached inside, turned the key and started her up, what a car! I miss it like a good dog or friend!
Man what a year!
Folks like generalize about JG and the drugs and how horrible he was etc, but it’s not accurate. Yeah he looked terrible, but if you see past all the BS and listen, he plays consistently well, not necessarily stratospheric 72, 77, GOAT, but often good, and I haven’t heard “the voice” yet this year, though there were a few shows he suffers from the ole vocal flubs, but not much, and when didn’t he?
No I think it’s more like Bob related in a semi resent interview: the guy just unfortunately took horrible care of himself. Diet, smoking, lack of exercise alone would do it, so not a shock he ended up with major diabetic troubles, we perhaps were just too young/dumb to realize such things BITD? No I think the drug problems are overblown in the context of over all health, to the unfortunate point where I’ve read folks who just categorically write off the year without objective consideration of just the music. But hey, that’s just me and I’m sure there’s folks who’ll disagree, which is fine, but too bad…

I ordered the PPV back on 1989-06-21, Summer Solstice show. I still have the video tape. It was a great show. As many heads agree that I have spoken with, wish it could have been Brandford instead of Clarence but still awesome. Phil thunders on the opening of Estimated. I am sure I have watched it on youtuber, but not certain. Always wished they would release that as an official release "View from the Vault." Not sure why they didn't include it as a bonus in the "All the year's combine" box. Was speaking to another poster friend about this very topic last weekend.

For me an awesome day, after being semi-retired, I am now considering full blown retirement. Unfortunately, related to health issues.But being in the deep south, to look out and see blue sky is awesome. With the gulf to the south, we usually have many gray days, akin to Seattle. And starting the day out as a green day with tasty coffee and listening to some tasty music is fine indeed. Just finished listening to the new Brother Cain album, it will be released tomorrow. It is exceptional if you like hard southern rock. Right now have on ABB at the Beacon March 27, 2009. Has some great guests. This afternoon (?), tonight March 21, 1981 - Dave's#56. Sweetest green day.

Hopefully more l8tr

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OMFG amazing

... Hideaway
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then onward to a new found mix of
June 21st , 1989
@shoreline
hoping it sounds cleaner
than my master cassette (FM broadcast)
which was not very good SQ
IIRC a splendid box of rain
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this new one is a healy/pearson
ultramatrix on the archive at #151620
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PEACE for ALL!