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I probably missed this on somewhere in deep in the message board. I figured it would be newer the top. Maant for general discussion of all things GD. Haters, if you would please start your own thread that would be awesome. I promise I won't bother you there.
Anywqys.
A few years ago I found a very large (250gb +) collection of dead SBD on PB and try to listen to a show from today's date every once in a while trying to make a dent in the epic adventure that was the grateful dead.
i am currently in the middle of the twentieth anniversary of the shoreline run of '93. The 8-26-93 show is quiet excellent. I have been dancing all morning cooking breakfast, doing the dishs, getting ready for work.
Hell in a bucket bertha wang dang doodle candyman just like Tom thumb's blues let it grow don't ease me in crazy fingers saint of circumstance way to go home he's gone drums jam the other one stella blue around & around rain
great setlist for a late era show in my opinion. Candyman is always awesome and Bertha hit like the seventies. So did Don't ease me in.
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Although I do not listen to them as much as I used to. They are almost always my music of choice when I am in the my car. I have a large catalog of both live recordings and studio/live official releases. They remain my number one band after falling in love with them back when I was a young tyke. I would not be here or have attended the number of shows that I have over the years were in not for the good 'ol Grateful Dead. It is not just the music, it is the entire idea of the Grateful Dead that has firmly implanted them in my life as an major influence.
Everything, from their music in the early years, through the Donna years, Jerry's decline, The Other Ones, The Dead/Further (with Warren and now John), Kingfish, Ratdog, Phil and Friends, The Mickey Hart Band, Dark Star Orchestra, and the countless bands that cover GD tunes.......I love it all.
I only got to see Jerry twice incidentally...once in 1990 and once in 1991. Both good shows, but very late in the game.
Jeez, it was so hard to get tickets in those days. Only mail-order and phone (and scalping at the venue, which there was no way I could afford back then.) If you missed mail-order, you were screwed unless you got very very lucky by phone. Sales would open at 12:00:00 noon and they'd be sold out by 12:00:15.
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Post by itrainmonkeys on Aug 26, 2013 10:27:36 GMT -5
They were a big part in my being introduced to music. Real music, anyway.
Grateful Dead hold a special place in my heart. One of the first CDs I bought on my own when in college was American Beauty and from there I kept getting into different albums and live work. I wish I could have seen Jerry in his prime or even caught shows with Pigpen or Brent Mydland. I've seen the "dead" and Further and other incarnations and they are great but I really wish I knew what it was like to catch a real Dead show.
They were a big part in my being introduced to music. Real music, anyway.
Grateful Dead hold a special place in my heart. One of the first CDs I bought on my own when in college was American Beauty and from there I kept getting into different albums and live work. I wish I could have seen Jerry in his prime or even caught shows with Pigpen or Brent Mydland. I've seen the "dead" and Further and other incarnations and they are great but I really wish I knew what it was like to catch a real Dead show.
They were straight-up hippie shows, man, but there were also a lot of MTV generation-type people who had been won over by "Touch of Grey." Touch-heads. I was one of them; don't mind saying.
Jerry was definitely past his prime. We sat stage left for that 1990 show, in pretty good seats right to Jerry's left and behind Mydland, and by then Jerry was playing the same solo over and over and having to read the lyrics off a teleprompter. This didn't dampen the crowd's enthusiasm, though...it was like going to visit your beloved but slightly dotty grandfather.
One of those shows, if I remember right, was with Branford Marsalis. I think Hornsby sat in for a few songs during the other one.
Yeah, the Dead and Further weren't the same, but they were still fun. Either the first or second time I ever saw Warren Haynes was with the Dead in Boston in 2004.
Post by monkybunney on Aug 26, 2013 12:26:41 GMT -5
I remember my first exposure to the Dead. For the first half of my teenage years I was a complete Metal Head. I literally couldn't understand why anyone would listen to anything other than heavy metal. My father was stationed at Tyndall AFB in Panama City FL. which was a cultural VACUUM in those days (and still is IMO) so I had no exposure to what the Grateful Dead were. All I knew was that the album cover for Blues For Allah looked METAL AS F*CK!
After buying the album and listening most of the way through side 1, I then I flipped it to side 2 and listened for maybe another minute more. I snatched it from my turntable and sent it flying out our back door Frisbee style where I intended to destroy it with our lawn mower. It was not at all as gratifying as you might think. The record was not immediately obliterated by the lawn mower as I'd hoped it would be. I had to prop it up in the sandy soil and it took several passes before the record was thoroughly destroyed to my satisfaction.
That was my first Grateful Dead experience.
Several years later I was introduced to The Corn. During one of my corn eating excursions someone threw on Anthem To The Sun and I was quite hooked. I had 1 opportunity to see them after I moved to Atlanta, circa 93 maybe, but the tickets were impossible to get. One of my biggest musical regrets is that I never got to experience a proper Dead show. But I have gone from destroying their albums with lawn mowers to having them on fairly regular rotation at my home, and for that I am Grateful.
I was born in 78 and turned 17 the week before Jerry passed (we share a birthday 8-1) and my parents weren't the type to take their kids to dead shows. Ad there was no way I could head out of state as a 16 year old with a fresh drivers license and go cross country to see the dead. We lived in Houston TX and they never came close to us any ways. I guess the closest they came to us in 94/95 was Birmingham Alabama and that we still four states and ten plus hours away I had some friends in Sealy Texas outside of Houston who had tickets to a colorado show after chicago in 95. I.got hooked in college and had listened to their greatest hits in high school on trips and what not. Now I am a straight up addict. I am going to hit up another set waiting for class to start tonight.
It can be fun to send your friends shows from the day they were born. That's not just a Dead thing…any band with a deep taper archive, like Phish, can be a gift…but it's a nice thing to do for somebody assuming they're into the band in question.
i am currently in the middle of the twentieth anniversary of the shoreline run of '93. The 8-26-93 show is quiet excellent. I have been dancing all morning cooking breakfast, doing the dishs, getting ready for work.
There's an excellent chance I was there. I almost certainly was at one of the shows during that run.
Doing some finance homework listening to the Dead show from 7-4-2003 Spicewood, TX at Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic. I would post the link but its not at archive.org. It's hard to do homework while dancing in my seat. The Music Never Stopped is what inspired this post. This is the dead show I was passed out in the crowd for. Embarrassing huh? But I was there.
Post by dreamingtree on Sept 18, 2013 9:51:19 GMT -5
I just noticed this thread! I'm a huge deadhead and saw them many times from late 80s to early 90s before Jerry died. I got to see the Jerry Garcia Band a few times also. It's hard to describe those shows to even people who have seen the newer incarnations of the band. There is just nothing like a Dead show. Phish comes pretty damn close for me, but not quite. This band really started my obsession with seeing bands live and I am so happy for that!
Post by itrainmonkeys on Sept 18, 2013 11:47:22 GMT -5
lol
Atlanta, GA: Almost 24 hours after its grand opening, “The Dancing Bare” shut its doors for good. Local officials scoffed at an aging entrepreneur when he outlined his plan to bring a new strip club to Atlanta. The catch? This club would only play music from the Grateful Dead. Club owner Sammy ‘The Wheel’ Christianson said that he originally got the idea while he was at a Furthur show and saw all the “hot mammas” dancing around him. “There is nothing better than a sexy mamma shaking her hips to a nice jam during Sugar Magnolias. I totally asked my buddy T.L. what he thought about a strip club that played some Dead music. During Drums we came up with the idea for the club, and the next day we got the ball rolling.”
Christianson’s friend T.L. told us, “I didn’t really think the idea was that great, but this was the most motivated I’ve seen The Wheel since that day he decided he’d become a taper. He really thought he could do it. Until he found out he was tone deaf in his left ear. That was a tough week for him.”
Christianson admitted that there were many obstacles to opening a Grateful Dead themed strip club. “Well first you have to get the girls. It was tough getting chicks that were willing to give lap dances for 28 minute jams. And the only girls that would agree to dance wouldn’t shave. Anywhere. Plus, every girl wanted her name to be Sugaree. Shit, they can’t all have the same name! I had to ban that name so no one was thinking I was playing favs or nothin’.” After thinking about it, Christianson added, “There was one girl I had who’s name was Touch of Grey. I hired her to appeal to the older crowd.”
City officials were not surprised to learn of the rapid demise of the business. While none would officially comment for this article, one city employee did tell us off the record, “I’m not gonna lie, I was definitely intrigued, but when I drove by there was this overwhelming sense of patchouli. I just couldn’t do it.”
The Wheel told us he wouldn’t give up his entrepreneurial spirit. He vows to come back next year with a diner that makes only one-eyed-jacks because, “I love that shit.”[./b]
Post by billypilgrim on Oct 21, 2013 22:39:43 GMT -5
Just got tickets to see a Phil & Friends incarnation that resembles the Phil Lesh Quintet aka The Q. Phil, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Jeff Chimenti, and John Molo, playing 4 shows at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael. And rumor has it that we'll get an announcement next week about New Years.
Post by billypilgrim on Oct 25, 2013 15:24:55 GMT -5
New Year's Eve shows just announced:
Celebrate the end of 2013 with a New Year's run of Phil Lesh & Friends shows in the Grate Room and in the bar at Terrapin Crossroads. We're excited to announce six special shows to wind down a wonderful 2013 and welcome in the New Year here at Terrapin Crossroads.
Head to Terrapin Crossroads on Monday, October 28 for a Ticket Release Party, then stay for Phil & The Terrapin Family Band in the bar at 7pm! Special VIP and Travel Packages will be available for purchase on Monday. Full details here: www.terrapincrossroads.net/new-years/
On Monday, come get your tickets for these fantastic upcoming shows:
Phil Lesh & Friends (ft. Anders Osborne, John Kadlecik Tony Leone and Jeff Chimenti) December 27 & 28 in the Grate Room Tickets: $79
Anders Osborne live in the Grate Room! December 29 American Jubilee to open! Tickets: $25
The Terrapin Nation House Party! December 30 in the restaurant. Music all night from Phil & Friends (with special guests!) and more! Tickets: $100
New Years Eve! Phil Lesh & Friends in the Grate Room, plus an extended late night set in the bar! Tickets: $125
New Years Day House Party! Music all day, delicious buffet food, and more. Tickets: $100
I like the live stuff. I have a bunch of audio and DVDs. I have the 7/8/95 Chicago show on DVD and the 7/9/95 show on cassette from my trading days (bootleg of course). I don't know if those shows are in circulation or not.
I wish there were some musicians here around the Nashville area that wanted to play that stuff. I've tried running ads but no luck. My friend and I from Illinois get together on Skype sometimes and jam. He plays rhythm and sings and I play lead. We do a lot of Dead and Hot Tuna.
Post by billypilgrim on Nov 6, 2013 18:32:31 GMT -5
Just downloaded the free Grateful Dead iPhone app (search "listen to the dead" in the app store and the first app has a yellow symbol with GD in it). It supposedly has soundboards or the best available audience recording for every available show from every year.
Just got tickets to see a Phil & Friends incarnation that resembles the Phil Lesh Quintet aka The Q. Phil, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Jeff Chimenti, and John Molo, playing 4 shows at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael. And rumor has it that we'll get an announcement next week about New Years.
These shows were amazing. Friday rocked harder (esp. the 1st set) and Saturday was jammier (esp. the 2nd set). The interplay between Haynes and Herring was a sight to behold. Herring's instrumental "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was pristine. Phil was sporting a new 6-string bass and seemed to be having an awfully fun time. What a band.
Friday:
Phil Lesh and Friends 12/6/2013 TXR, San Rafael, CA
*Phil Lesh* Jeff Chimenti John Molo Neal Casal Jimmy Herring Warren Haynes
Set 1: (8:20 pm - 9:37 pm)
Bertha (WH) Dire Wolf (NC) New Speedway Boogie (WH) > Broken Arrow (PL) > No More Do I (WH) > Althea (WH) Soulshine (WH)
Set 2: (10:20 pm – 12:04)
The Golden Road (WH) Viola Lee Blues (WH, PL, NC) > Psychedelic Space Jam > Viola Lee Blues (WH, PL, NC) Shakedown Street (WH) Whipping Post (WH) Playing In The Band (NC) Unbroken Chain (PL) Terrapin Station (PL, WH) > Playing In The Band (NC, PL, WH)
Phil Lesh and Friends 12/7/2013 TXR, San Rafael, CA
Same lineup as Friday:
Set 1: (8:20 pm - 9:22)
Jam > Here Comes Sunshine (NC) > Crazy Fingers (NC) Dear Mr. Fantasy (WH) > Hey Jude (WH) Somewhere over the Rainbow (JH instrumental) > He's Gone (NC) > Cosmic Charlie (PL, NC)
Set 2: 10:12 - ~11:45
Caution (WH) > Play with Fire (WH) > Dark Star (PL, NC, WH) > Wharf Rat (WH) Other one (PL) Dark Star v2 Let it rain St. Stephen
Donor Rap
Enc: White Lightning (JM) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (WH)
On Friday, at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA (Phil Lesh's club), Phil will be playing with a group of "friends" that includes John Medeski, John Scofield, John Kadlicek, and Joe Russo. I'm very excited for this lineup.
They'll be webcasting these shows, which run tonight through Saturday. $7/show. Info here.