April 13, 20232 yr Author A great Spring 89 show! Just a few years later I would see them at this same venue. https://archive.org/details/gd89-04-12.sbd-matrix.willy.9962.sbeok.shnf
April 14, 20232 yr Dennis McNally is doing a Reddit AMA tomorrow. Post a question if you’ve got a good one.
April 15, 20232 yr Pretty decent AMA last night. There weren’t a whole lot of questions. It’s worth checking out. Someone asked Dennis if he had a show that he thought should be made into an official release. He went with 6/30/74 from Springfield, MA. I thought that sounded familiar. Yep, I’ve got that one. I obviously got it in a trade. Whomever I got it from included some cool labels that were a take on the later Dick’s Picks covers. The only problem was that they forgot to include text on the edge so you can’t see the date when it’s on the CD rack. Dennis pointed specifically to the Playin’ > UJB > Playin’ that closed the first set which he described as, “45 minutes of heaven.” But yeah, this a great show. There are some technical difficulties with the sound during Don’t Ease to start. You can listen to it here: 1974-06-30 Springfield, MA @ Springfield Civic Center Arena Set 1: Don't Ease Me In, Black Throated Wind, Peggy-O, Jack Straw, Loser, Greatest Story Ever Told, Cumberland Blues, Dire Wolf, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band Set 2: Seastones Set 3: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Big River, Scarlet Begonias, El Paso, U.S. Blues > Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine Jam > Eyes Of The World > Stella Blue, Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > One More Saturday Night Edited April 15, 20232 yr by WhatTheBuck
April 16, 20232 yr I think I posted this years ago on the 40th anniversary. It's now about the 45th anniversary. But I exchanged texts with my 94 year old uncle today as he and his 'ladyfriend' saw the Pyramids at Giza in person after a lifetime of waiting. And I thought of Jerry's album cover for "Cats Under the Stars." And then sure enough, his daughter, my second cousin, Leah, who was a regular at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael (Phil Lesh owned it) right by their house and I communicated and it just solidified how this music brings so many disparate people together. And in case you don't think we're living in a simulation, I put my phone down to put my budding astronomer daughter to bed and there it was just like the 8:00 mark on this video...the spiral light of Venus. Rising first and shining best. A rare and different tune we all are: Edited April 16, 20232 yr by YGIFS
April 16, 20232 yr Author That 6/30/74 show above is outstanding. This is perfect for the China Cat>Rider kick I have been on as this one is an all goddamn timer.
April 21, 20232 yr Author What’s better than sitting on the porch drinking, smoking, and listening to LL Rain during a thunderstorm??Not a goddamn thing!I’m listening to the LL Rain from 5/26/77 (just to piss off wtb), which is perfect!
April 23, 20232 yr I'm sure this has been posted. Very tight. edit: at the 5:30+ mark, I'll have what Bobby's having. Edited April 23, 20232 yr by dcbc
May 6, 20232 yr It just occurred to me that Black Peter gets a lot funnier if you pretend it's about BBC.
May 7, 20232 yr I never thought Black Peter was funny at all. Ymmv. This was the best one I saw. The whole show was great. Hotter ‘n Hell on a Sunday afternoon. No beer sales on Sunday in PA so we picked up carry out 6-packs from some bar. Really cool scene around the stadium. They had a firehose spraying the crowd down front by the stage. CSN opened. This was the first of the shows that went on the View from the Vault DVD releases. There was a cool moment during Row Jimmy when a multi-colored hot air balloon passed over the stadium.
May 19, 20232 yr Author 46 years ago tonight. another fine May 77 shows was played from the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia.
May 26, 20232 yr Author There are few things better than sitting on the porch on a beautiful May day listening to the Grateful Dead! This is a phenomenal show!
May 26, 20232 yr 42 minutes ago, Hate said: There are few things better than sitting on the porch on a beautiful May day listening to the Grateful Dead! This is a phenomenal show! In
May 26, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, dcbc said: In Just to quote myself for some reason. Jerry is in the pocket perfectly. Wow. Edited May 26, 20232 yr by dcbc
May 27, 20232 yr And just dispel any rumors before they can spread that the audience is 100% white people… …I got a photo of the Asian fan in the audience.
May 27, 20232 yr Author And tonight is for the 46th anniversary of one of my favorite shows, 5/26/77 from the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland. It's a great listen no matter what WTB says.
May 27, 20232 yr And just dispel any rumors before they can spread that the audience is 100% white people… …I got a photo of the Asian fan in the audience. I also saw that one black dude that plays bass in the parking lot and I believe on the street in Santa Cruz at the show inside, so extra diversity.
May 27, 20232 yr Looks like a nice show tonight. Was fantastic; sound was superb and they mixed it up a bit
May 28, 20232 yr Author I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story! What a great fucking lyric! I'm in a Wharf Rat mood tonight! My favorites are 7/7/89 and 5/28/77.
June 2, 20232 yr Bad ass show in Dallas. Kinda bummed I didn’t travel to another show or two — Charlotte was apparently a highlight so far. Anyone know how to redeem your free stream of the show on nugs.net via your ticket? I have a case of the olds when doing so.
June 4, 20232 yr On 5/26/2023 at 9:19 PM, Hate said: And tonight is for the 46th anniversary of one of my favorite shows, 5/26/77 from the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland. It's a great listen no matter what WTB says. The show is well played. It’s just easily the least jammed out show I’ve ever heard. I’m open to nominations if you think you can find one with fewer jams.
June 4, 20232 yr On 6/2/2023 at 6:08 PM, dbecks said: Anyone know how to redeem your free stream of the show on nugs.net via your ticket? I have a case of the olds when doing so. You're not the only one. I don't even bother trying figure Nugs.net out anymore.
June 10, 20232 yr Author I'm a little bit of everywhere tonight, I've been sending some things to a co-worker of mine that is young (27) but somewhat older beyond his years. He's starting to like the GD as he was into some fairly eclectic stuff before, so the GD makes some sense to him. Anyway, here is a fantastic show from 46 years ago tonight.
June 12, 20232 yr Saturday was great (Help Slip Franklin to start the second set was outstanding), but we'll be talking about the Friday show for a while. Felt like an all-time classic. https://taperssection.net/SharedShows/Share/d858a407-a61a-4b34-a142-aaa351c838f5 Friday set list: Saturday's: Edited June 12, 20232 yr by Prepuce of Doom
June 12, 20232 yr Author There is a GD cover band playing in Houston in a couple of weeks, Forgotten Space. I already got my tickets and can’t wait to check them out.
June 14, 20232 yr Author I can't believe it's been 30 years already since my first show, but here we are. This is a day I wash I could live all over again exactly as it happened. https://archive.org/details/gd1993-06-13.sbd.miller.105491.flac16 There are 3 videos from the show. The Truckin' is alwasy fun in Buffalo.
June 17, 20232 yr Saturday was great (Help Slip Franklin to start the second set was outstanding), but we'll be talking about the Friday show for a while. Felt like an all-time classic. https://taperssection.net/SharedShows/Share/d858a407-a61a-4b34-a142-aaa351c838f5 Friday set list: Saturday's: Nice dude, how was sound volume. Was there last year and it could have been louder. Great time though, and a great city in summer.We are doing Nyc, Boston, and SF partly due to cooler weather.
June 18, 20232 yr Author Just now getting around to this!! Edited for a link to better sound. Edited June 18, 20232 yr by Hate
June 19, 20232 yr On 6/16/2023 at 8:49 PM, Born to Run said: Nice dude, how was sound volume. Was there last year and it could have been louder. Great time though, and a great city in summer. We are doing Nyc, Boston, and SF partly due to cooler weather. Sound was definitely better than last year, but I think that perceived sound quality at Wrigley may depend at least in part on your location. Mickey almost hit The Brown Note though, for whatever that's worth!
June 21, 20232 yr Shit, missed the 30th anniversary of the last show I ever saw of the band with Jerry before I moved from Chicago. I can't remember which one we went to, it was just one of the two. But here are the setlists. Holy shit, 30 years ago yesterday. Seems like a lifetime. FRIDAY: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./gdead/setlists/dead-sets/93/6-18-93.txt SATURDAY: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./gdead/setlists/dead-sets/93/6-19-93.txt I think it was Saturday. If one you tech savvy cats wants to find either show and post it, much appreciated. I would see them with Jerry a couple more times before he died, but never again in my hometown.
June 22, 20232 yr Author Goddamnit…Forgotten space canceled for this Friday. I’m so pissed. Oh well, it’s about to get real here on the porch with this storm. Guess I’ll sit and watch it rain on the porch and listen to a little LLRain.
June 22, 20232 yr There's a thing going on tonight and Friday night where some theaters all across the country are showing the full 6/22/91 concert at Soldier Field. I doubt that I'll attend, but looks like it could be a neat way to spend an evening. https://www.meetupatthemovies.com/home/
June 22, 20232 yr That's awesome, wish I could go watch it. I was at the Saturday night show of that run when Bruce Hornsby joined them. I don't know the story but somehow Bruce managed to become a favorite son of Chicago around that time. I guess all his jazz and blues work. I remember we had Bartles & James wine coolers before the show which may have been a bad choice in hindsight. But we were just sophomores. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/grateful-dead/1991/soldier-field-chicago-il-13d60101.html
June 27, 20232 yr Just noticed that they played Lost Sailor on 6/18, the day the "submarine" disappeared. I'm pre-calling a Speedway opener tonight. Anyone else going? I'll be the guy in the green shirt.
June 28, 20232 yr Unremarkable set list (Must've Been the Roses as the third song seemed strange and out of place - like they wanted to suck the energy out of the crowd or something) and no songs stand out too much, though Bird Song and China Cat were probably my favorites from each set. Haven't have lawn/general admission seats at a large amphitheater in quite a while - was a much different vibe than expensive seats at Wrigley. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires made for a surreal environment. It was pretty terrible for the first half of the show, but got a little better as the night progressed. Made for some interesting enhancements to the light show though... Huge thumbs-up to the venue management for leaving Shakedown alone and un-fucked-with. Edited June 28, 20232 yr by Prepuce of Doom
June 29, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, YGIFS said: How was the "Hell in a Bucket"? Excellent, though I missed a tad of the beginning - my companion and I needed to stretch our legs after stretching our brains during Drums/Space...
June 29, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Prepuce of Doom said: my companion and I needed to stretch our legs after stretching our brains during Drums/Space... That's a great opening sentence to a chapter in a David Foster Wallace novel. Provided there's a 17-sentence footnote explaining what Drums/Space means.
June 29, 20232 yr 14 hours ago, YGIFS said: That's a great opening sentence to a chapter in a David Foster Wallace novel. Provided there's a 17-sentence footnote explaining what Drums/Space means. Pemulis would have gotten along fabulously with us the other night, and some of the organic chemistry footnotes from IJ wouldn't have been at all out of place, either...
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