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― Aaron M., Tuesday, 1 July 2003 19:09 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Dick's Picks #4 -- Fillmore East, February 13-14, 1970 -- Better than Live Dead, but do have a chance of finding it?

You can still get any of the Dick's Picks from the Dead's own site (gdstore.com). DP4 is $21 plus postage.

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 15:13 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

No shit? I've been looking for a "gift" copy for years -- Thanks, JB.

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 17:16 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The new Dick's Picks 39 is a six-disc set of two 1977 shows.

― Sam J. (samjeff), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 17:45 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

Whoops, that's 29.

― Sam J. (samjeff), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 17:46 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

The thing with a lot of live Dead stuff is that even the better gigs have a lot of average stuff on them, but they're worth hearing for the moments where the inspiration hits and they really take off.

So I don't know why they don't release more albums that take stuff from a variety of performances (and eras), cherry-picking the really juicy tracks. 'The Phil Zone' is a good example of this - it's got a great range of stuff, even some not-bad performances from the late 80s. And it's got an absolutely monster version of 'Hard to Handle', which not only rocks like a bastard, it's from an audience tape so you can hear everybody going mental as they crank it up.

(I also wish you could hear more audience on a lot of the Dick's Picks. They capture the music well, but not always the whole occasion. OK, I know they're mostly taken from the mixing desk so maybe that's not possible.)

Aaron or chaki - could you recommend any good Dick's Picks from 73-4 or 77?

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 4 July 2003 15:39 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

I've been meaning to contribute to this thread, but I wanted to wait for a free moment to audition a bunch of my stuff again. One good thing this thread has done is get me to finally listen to the package of Dick's Picks I got a couple months ago but hadn't listened to yet (well, I threw them when I got them but wasn't able to listen as closely as I'd like): 22 and 26. So far, 26 sounds great! A bunch of rare live Aoxomoxoa songs!!

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 4 July 2003 15:56 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

#4 and #8 are my favorites (though i kinda stopped paying attention after 16 or so - not for lack of interest but lack of cash)

search GRAYFOLDED - Oswald's "plundering" of over 100 versions of Dark Star from 69-95. Essential drone

Anthem of the Sun and Live/Dead are pretty much perfect legit albums btw

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Saturday, 5 July 2003 06:05 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

I was thinking of getting 26, Mr D. The track listing looks very promising, but I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts.

And I've just looked at the tracks for 22, that also looks tempting. I listened to Two From The Vaults over the weekend, from the same year (and with a similar set). There's something about the sound of the band/Garcia's guitar from that time (68/69). I can only describe it as having a lot more bite.

Completely agree with you roger about Live/Dead - that's the benchmark for me, both the version of Dark Star and the album as a whole.

I was surprised the first time I heard Grayfolded how 'ordinary' a lot of it sounded i.e. not ordinary as such but just like a great extended version of Dark Star, the first CD at least. The vocal 'swooshes' and 'folds' sound good though.

― James Ball (James Ball), Monday, 7 July 2003 13:54 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

bump

― James Ball (James Ball), Thursday, 10 July 2003 19:43 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 11:51 (fifteen years ago) Permalink

ten months pass...

Revive, please.

Just listening to vol 12's lovely version of China Cat Sunflower, as mentioned above by Aaron M.

Any new opinions?

― frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 13:45 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

I really like #16. I feel like the only Dead I ever buy is stuff from 68-70. I just saw #4 at a store and it looks great, after reading this I've decided I need it. Hundred Year Hall is a great set and I enjoy a lot more than the Europe 72 album, which I think sounds kind of neutered. There is a lot of inspired jamming and an absolutely beautiful Pigpen vocal on "Two Souls in Communion." I haven't listened to it in years, though, since my copy was stolen. I have a hard time buying Grateful Dead discs sometimes, although I have no problem listening to them.

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 13:56 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

Closing of Winterland looks promising.

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 15:25 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

one month passes...

the dvd? it's fucking awesome! Possibly my favorite music DVD ever!

i'm too tired to elaborate, but if you consider that Neil Young has Candian citizenship, and if you exclude the American contingent of Fleetwood Mac at their absolute peak, The Dead are the greatest American rock and roll band of all time.

Trux and the Drive By Truckers are tied for me personally, but we're looking through history's lens here, people. The Dead. the fucking DEAD!!!!

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Saturday, 24 July 2004 06:16 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

I spent last weekend listening to Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead, that 4cd set that Arista put out a couple years back. Fucking PRIME '71 era shit. Absolutely G=god-like. Rog, you gotta get that one if ya don't have it...

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Saturday, 24 July 2004 06:23 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

Also, I really want to see this..

http://usa.festivalexpress.com/

I do have to admit, I didn't get that excited about Closing of Winterland though. THen again, I watched it at like 3 in the morning a couple months ago when I was pretty wiped out. I'll give it another go.

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Saturday, 24 July 2004 06:28 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

I'm a ridiculous Godchaux apologist, FWIW.

haven't tracked down that Arista set - 71, eh? I'm more a 72-77 kinda guy, but will check it out - thanks!

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Saturday, 24 July 2004 06:35 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

Wow, a 72-77 guy! I'm impressed. I'm still trying to get with the Godchaux era. I think it will come to me in due time. Do you have that One From the Vault? That one's pretty good, as I recall.

Yeah, the Ladies and Gentlemen thing is '71 but it's pretty song-oriented. Sort of midway between the psychedelic blow-outs and the Europe '72 stuff. It's a nice, pleasant listen. GREAT version of "Bird Song".

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Saturday, 24 July 2004 06:42 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

im a 73 guy and yah the new dvd is great!!

― Sir Chaki McBeer III (chaki), Sunday, 25 July 2004 06:23 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

ok, fuck it, Chaki I trust you.. I will watch it again!! It just kind of seemed goofy to me. With the whole dude riding in on a joint at the beginning of the concert. Like, you almost want to shake Bill Graham and the Dead and say, "the 60's are OVER!! Didn't you guys watch 'gimme shelter'??" Plus, the Godchaux. And "Fire on the Mountain" goes on entirely too long. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Dead, don't get me wrong, but that 'FOTM' just goes on too long, sorry. But I will check it out again, as I said...

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Sunday, 25 July 2004 07:20 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

Hmm.. I just started watching it again, midway through the set. You know what? This version of "Friend of the Devil" is really kind of beautiful! Even Donna is kind of endearing right here! Mea culpa.

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Sunday, 25 July 2004 07:45 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

"Even Donna" - wtf?

Donna was probably just as proficient a musician as Phil Lesh (making her twice as proficient as Bob Weir) and an all around great, great vocalist. Her live performances were hit and miss due to lack of proper monitor support, everyone knows that.

She never gets a fair shake. It's not like she was Linda McCartney fer chrissakes.

The Godchauxes broght so much life (not to mention a a very vital jazz-informed musical eloquence) to The Dead. I love Pigpen and Mydland as much as the nxt guy, but the 70s are where it's AT because of Keith and Donna!

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Sunday, 25 July 2004 17:54 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

two months pass...

Disk one of Vol. 23 rules. I have to admit, though, that the "China Cat Sunflower" / "I Know You Rider" medley gets sooo tiresome after listening to Dick's Picks.

Rocking the Rhein is good stuff as well.

― frankE (frankE), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:48 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

the "Dark Star" on Rockin' the Rhein is eyeball-melting

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 18:54 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

I bought Dick's Picks 22 on a fleeting whim a few days ago.
I'm a little regretful of it now.
Feb '68 show at a Lake Tahoe bowling alley. Vocals are rarely audible (which I guess isn't always a bad thing, har har).
Now I'm wanting Rockin the Rhein.
I think I need a break from the Dead.

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:11 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

I just listened to Reckoning this past Friday night. Always a treat to pull that one out.

― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:27 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

'Two From the Vault' is v.good...it's mastered or mixed really well for headphones. And at the end of 'Morning Dew' the house pulls the electricity from them, great moment.

― 57 7th (calstars), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 20:26 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

"It's when you see/hear them live that it all makes sense."

Au contraire. Au contraire.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 21:42 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

"The Dead are the greatest American rock and roll band of all time."

i take umbrage with this comment.
and so would CCR.

me rawk.
you snow.

― eedd, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 23:18 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

Regarding my last post, in case it's not clear, I mean to say that they SUCK LIVE. I don't get it.

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 23:20 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

Blues for Allah is the best thing they ever did, according to me

Help/Slip/Frank rules

― Jackson, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 23:22 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

Donna's "soulful" scream at the end of "Scarlet Begonias" on Dick's Picks 7 is the most out-of-key singing I've heard on an officially released record.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 30 September 2004 03:11 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

apparently there's a letter to the editor in the new Arthur from me regarding The Dead, but i haven't seen it. i can't get it here

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 30 September 2004 04:49 (fourteen years ago) Permalink

one month passes...

HELP - I'm visiting a well-stocked Deadhead (over 300 shows) who has kindly offered to let me borrow whatever I want from his stash - any suggestions as to what I shld look out for - keep in mind that I generally prefer Dead Stuff w/ LOTS of guitar solos, the freakier the better, and am less concerned abt 'songs' per se

Thank You

― Uncle John, Saturday, 27 November 2004 21:20 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

one month passes...

I just got this Jerry Garcia Band 3-CD Kean College set from 1980 that Rhino put out last fall. S'good! I'm just a dabbler in the Dead, but this is close to perfect -- nice sparse 4-piece, warmly recorded, the grooves don't overwhelm the songs and vice-versa -- I mean, the grooves are songlike, and the songs are groovelike. And maybe because he doesn't have to work to make himself heard, Jerry's playing is even more loose and gentle than usual. The solos are like barstool conversations. I think I'm going to be listening to this a lot.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 9 January 2005 08:49 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

yah that shit kicks ass

― chaki in charge (chaki), Sunday, 9 January 2005 09:05 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

two months pass...

May check out that Jerry band thing. Has anyone heard the No. 29 6CD thing from '77? Curious about that as well.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 31 March 2005 18:07 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

One more chance at an answer re No. 29. I orderd the Jerry Band thing yesterday.

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 1 April 2005 14:01 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

Not Dick's Picks, but...

Does this new version sound better:
Europe '72 Remastered with bonus tracks?

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Friday, 1 April 2005 15:17 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

Mark, I haven't heard 29, but I've heard that show and it is extremely good, particularly if you like the 77-78 style. You really can't go wrong with any show from 5/77 if you like that stuff (I think that period is a little over-rated, but its good). I think the Dick's Picks from Englishtown, NJ in 9/77 (I think it's like no. 21 or something) is a better show, though, so if you want a 77 show, go with that. The 77 NYE show is also shit-hot. (I think that's in the teens somewhere).

And LS, Europe 72 sounds better (though the original still sounds fine to me) and the bonus tracks are worth it.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Friday, 1 April 2005 17:02 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

Thanks. I had heard Phils bass was too high in the mix or something on the reissue.

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Friday, 1 April 2005 17:08 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

It's higher, yeah. I guess whether it's too high is a matter of taste.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Friday, 1 April 2005 17:32 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

Thanks, Scott. Do love 77-78 era, & I like to see a "Scarlet-->Fire" in there somewhere, so maybe 29 is worth a shot (looks like it's the only one of the '77 Dick's Picks to have one).

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 1 April 2005 17:52 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

I just wanted to point out for people who still don't know it...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON GREAT LIVE DEAD RECORDINGS. Archive.org and Furthur both have plenty of 1st rate SOUNDBOARD and other high quality recordings.

Download these for starters FOR FREE:

1977-05-08 - "one of the best" (5/7 and 5/9 were good, too)

1972-05-26 - soundboard

1977-05-26 - (same month/day as above, but different year)

1977-11-06 - "one of he best"

1970-05-02 - Harpur College (hard to find, but available as a Dick's Pick if you can't find it as a free download)

1971-04-28(?) - Fillmore East

1971 - Port Chester

1969 - Ark

1973 - Pavillion

1978 - Red Rocks

1973-11-11

1972-05-26

1968-02-14

1969-03-16

1970-02-13

1970-05-06

1981-02-21

1985-04-08

Lots of these are available as soundboard (SBD), just look for it. The Soundboards from 77 were especially high quality.

Sorry the dates are not in chronological order, but I started out doing it highest quality first and then I just went through my discs and chose the best for sound quality and performance. The above represent a good many hours of great live Dead: flub-free, energetic and good singing.

... and YES, I did learn all about bold punctuation from comic books!

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Saturday, 2 April 2005 02:41 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

dude you're paying for "dick's picks" though not full shows... no on could edit like dick.

― charleston charge (chaki), Saturday, 2 April 2005 02:46 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

The above shows don't need editing, IMO. Some shows do, plenty do not!

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Saturday, 2 April 2005 02:50 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

... besides, aren't most Dick's Picks full shows? They're mostly 3 or 4 discers, which is inkeeping with those listed above. Some were highly circulated boots before they became Dick's Picks. I think a lot of what you're paying for is some remastering, but the free soundboard FLAC or SHN shows are so high-quality they often sound like official releases.

As far as paying $$...

I think "Go To Nassau" is just FANTASTIC! "Live Without A Net" is way overlooked, too, although I can see why people wouldn't like it. It grows on you, though.

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Saturday, 2 April 2005 03:05 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

I totally left out some of the best quality I've found yet (Just downloaded recently and were in my bag):

1977-06-09 - soundboard
1977-02-26 - soundboard
1977-04-22 - soundboard
1969-02-22 - soundboard

all totally killer quality top notch, but I'm not familiar enough to tell apart the 77's yet. I think 06-09 is the one that really is blowing me away lately.

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Saturday, 2 April 2005 03:15 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

Up above that should say "best quality I've found LATELY" (not "found yet").

― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Saturday, 2 April 2005 03:30 (thirteen years ago) Permalink

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it was fun! nothing revelatory or life changing but definitely better than i expected. justin vernon did some songs with them which incensed the online deadheads for days, which i found hilarious because it makes just about as much sense to have him up there as it does to have john fucking mayer. for a band so rich in lore, etc i'm glad i could be there for a night of legendary infamy :)

― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 28 June 2018 14:59 (three months ago) Permalink

a friend is trying to convince me to go to a dead and co show in boulder next month, but i am resisting. mainly i just don't want to stand in the sun for 5 hours. also mayer.
i do want to read that new book about the post-Jerry years that just came out, should have some juicy stuff in it.

― tylerw, Thursday, 28 June 2018 15:02 (three months ago) Permalink

otm xp

honestly tho there is a local dead cover band here that is ace and i enjoy their shows more than i enjoyed the dead & co

― marcos, Thursday, 28 June 2018 15:03 (three months ago) Permalink

I've contemplated seeing Dead & Co, but really cannot get past Mayer, unobtrusive though he may be. And Marcos OTM re: Phil. If Phil joined Dead & Co., and if Ned Lagin tagged along and a "Seastones" could be expected at every show, yeah, I'd go see them.

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 28 June 2018 15:12 (three months ago) Permalink

...and then they ditched everyone and it was just Lesh and Lagin doing Seastones

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:10 (three months ago) Permalink

my wife shamed me into two Dead and Co shows. First was on a very nice summer night last year, outdoor show, excellent seats way up front. much more fun than I expected.

second was in a big indoor hockey arena and the sound sucked. that said, they had tightened things up, esp the second set, which made for a better product in some ways.

in both cases, the music was incredibly slow even by their standards. bertha in particular was a slog. can't see how an uninitiated could have stayed awake. loved hearing bobby's guitar high in the mix and he seemed to be rising to the occasion. mayer provided the energy and adequate guitar playing and the bass guy helped alot. keyboard guy seemed a little too dead-cover-band for the role.

protip: get there an hour late and skip a big chunk of the first set. makes the night go by much faster

― tobo73, Thursday, 28 June 2018 16:57 (three months ago) Permalink

justin vernon did some songs with them which incensed the online deadheads for days, which i found hilarious because it makes just about as much sense to have him up there as it does to have john fucking mayer

ok I'm no Mayer fan but this is completely, laughably false

― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:31 (three months ago) Permalink

only ppl with signature guitars allowed?

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 June 2018 17:41 (three months ago) Permalink

how so paul

― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:11 (three months ago) Permalink

yeah what is the difference

― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:28 (three months ago) Permalink

Mayer is unapologetic about being a bro asshole, Vernon is a shy violet with no spine. Mayer's milquetoast brand isn't that much more 'straight' or normcore or whatever than whatever Bon Iver is up to.

― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:30 (three months ago) Permalink

vernon is way more of a sconnie dude than people think from what i hear

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:31 (three months ago) Permalink

"sconnie"?

― flappy bird, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:35 (three months ago) Permalink

Someone from Wisconsin

― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:56 (three months ago) Permalink

The only time I've spent any time around Vernon he was mostly yelling at a Green Bay Packers game

― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:57 (three months ago) Permalink

....wistfully yelling at a green bay packers game through autotune

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:31 (three months ago) Permalink

Bon Packer

― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:36 (three months ago) Permalink

how so paul

― global tetrahedron, Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:11 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah what is the difference

― flappy bird, Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:28 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

virtuoso (like it or not) guitar hero / dreamboat with at least some credibility (or at least name recognition) with the kinda festival attending bros who dig Panic, Phish, Mule, etc vs. sensitive cornball indie rocker not especially known for protracted guitar solos (or solos of any kind for that matter)

― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:48 (three months ago) Permalink

i do want to read that new book about the post-Jerry years that just came out, should have some juicy stuff in it.
The Rolling Stone mention, not really a review, that I saw (may have been more coverage later) cited the shocking tale of how Lesh and Weir cruelly went Furthur, leaving the other Dead behind. I had previewed a Furthur show in Columbus OH, did a little background, seemed like just another GD sidetrip, like all of 'em have done at one time or another. They had the Garcia clone from Deep Banana Blackout, a couple relatively young but experienced hands on drums and hopefully non-toxic keys, plus the possibility of unlisted guests, as at earlier gigs, non-outrageous ticket prices etc., whole thing seemed okay. Apparently ended when Weir fell down onstage, but that was furthur down the road.
A thing on the Phil Zone site in late 90s where he announced that he was disgusted with at least some of the other Dead, the ones who wanted to use the Vault as collateral in a venture with Microsoft, according to him---suppose there might be *some* lasting fallout from the Phil Zone over this, and maybe that's in the book as well.

― dow, Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:01 (three months ago) Permalink

Oh no, sorry, he wasn't from DBB; this was the crew we got with Lesh and Weir:
The original lineup also included John Kadlecik of the Dark Star Orchestra on lead guitar, Jeff Chimenti of RatDog on keyboards, Jay Lane of RatDog on percussion, and Joe Russo of the Benevento/Russo Duo on drums.

― dow, Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:33 (three months ago) Permalink

Although Lane may have already split? I didn't actually attend, so no idea (assigned a preview, not a review).

― dow, Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:35 (three months ago) Permalink

Furthur retained much of the characteristic style and texture of the Dead. In addition to performing many of the songs regularly played in concert by the Dead, Furthur tried to "keep it fresh" by routinely adding new material to their setlists. This included many songs resurrected from the Grateful Dead's extensive songbook, including several rarely or never performed live, like "Alice D. Millionaire", as well as several cover songs from bands including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Band, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Ryan Adams, Van Morrison and the Clash. They also regularly performed some new, original material. Now I wish I'd gone!

― dow, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:02 (three months ago) Permalink

Deep Dark Banana Star Blackout Orchestra. (It's hard to keep all them jambands straight...) xxp

― Get aboard the flappy bird, departing gate 19 (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:16 (three months ago) Permalink

was there always a vague affinity from jam bands towards the talking heads? it's something i've noticed lately. there's even a band called 'pink talking phish' which i'm sure is just... something

― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:22 (three months ago) Permalink

Post-Jerry: The Dead > Dead & Co >>> Furthur in my experience. Phil was great but he's nowhere near the player he used to be and Otiel in dead & co is an upgrade with a sweet voice for ballads and having a DSO's Jerry impersonator up front was creepy. My advice is don't let Mayer scare you away, he takes a backseat to Bob and deeply respects the music.

― BrianB, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:22 (three months ago) Permalink

xp well yeah: http://www.openculture.com/2012/11/watch_phish_play_the_entirety_of_the_talking_heads_iremain_in_lighti_1996.html

― dow, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:25 (three months ago) Permalink

How was Trey w Dead & Co. or whatever they were called then?

― dow, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:26 (three months ago) Permalink

i was driving lyft the night byrne played mpls and i picked up a carload of jam band dudes from colorado

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:28 (three months ago) Permalink

thanks for picking us up dawg, though we weren't loving the tunes -- did you say it was some band called Loutallica?

― tylerw, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:30 (three months ago) Permalink

Vernon is a shy violet with no spine.

this is really misinformed, vernon can actually belt when he wants to & is an outstanding, very well-rounded musician

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:33 (three months ago) Permalink

The Dead w/ Warren Hayes >> The Dead w/ Trey. Trey's not bluesy enough to stand in Jerry's shoes.

― BrianB, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:43 (three months ago) Permalink

xxxp
In the times I tried (and failed) to get into Phish, it flummoxed me how they loved stuff right in my zone like the Dead, Talking Heads, and VU's Loaded -- yet I could find no way into their own music (including their covers of that stuff).

― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:48 (three months ago) Permalink

this is really misinformed, vernon can actually belt when he wants to & is an outstanding, very well-rounded musician

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, June 28, 2018 5:33 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You're right, I'm only familiar with For Emma, Forever Ago (which I loved), and his wishy-washy Grammy's speech, which was 6 or 7 years ago. I haven't kept up with him.

― flappy bird, Friday, 29 June 2018 16:53 (three months ago) Permalink

i was a mayer skeptic for a long time but saw them at citi and thought he did a great job of largely taking a backseat while injecting some (relative) youth and energy into the lineup. he really killed the guitar on help -> slip -> franklin and his voice works pretty well on bluesier stuff like hurts me too. it's taken them some time to find their groove together but i'm feeling this tour a lot.

― oiocha, Friday, 29 June 2018 17:28 (three months ago) Permalink

two months pass...

god dicks picks 8 is good, the acoustic set and the other one -> cryptical envelopment -> cosmic charlie -> casey jones -> good lovin (with a really wild driving jam on a track i normally can skip) stretch is insane. trying to make it through every dp on spotify. what a great time to be a dead fan.

― oiocha, Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:54 (one month ago) Permalink

i was a mayer skeptic for a long time but saw them at citi and thought he did a great job of largely taking a backseat while injecting some (relative) youth and energy into the lineup. he really killed the guitar on help -> slip -> franklin and his voice works pretty well on bluesier stuff like hurts me too. it's taken them some time to find their groove together but i'm feeling this tour a lot.

You’re taking the piss right

― calstars, Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:05 (one month ago) Permalink

i think that now i'm easing closer to middle age i'm gonna get super into the dead, just feels right imo

― gbx, Saturday, 15 September 2018 20:06 (one month ago) Permalink

i found my two favorite dick's picks at the record shoppe, vols 3 and 4 just sitting there right next to each other :)

― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 15 September 2018 20:52 (one month ago) Permalink

i think that now i'm easing closer to middle age i'm gonna get super into the dead, just feels right imo

this has been me over the last 2 weeks. 45 was the magic number as it turns out.

Dicks Picks 3 has been in constant rotation

― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 16 September 2018 05:15 (one month ago) Permalink

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Grateful Dead live, Dick's Picks etc - S&D