Embarking on a Grateful Dead journey (all purpose thread, second set)

Continued from here:

Embarking on a Grateful Dead journey (all purpose thread)...

 

Allow me to post the second set opener:

 

Sandinista wrote:

That is how I understood it, yes.

 

Second Set.... nice!

My first thread to ever get to a part two - I really appreciate all the great posts in the "first set" - definitely helped me in the learning/appreciation curve. Can't wait to see what I discover in the "second set."

Listening to the Fall '89 Weir/Garcia box as I type. Good stuff.

 

This second thread/set will have to be longer, with each post far more long-winded than the posts in the first thread/set. Around the middle of the thread there will be a lot of weird, primal yelps and screams, then a lot of nonsensical characters, but soon it will revert to standard opinions, culminating in a perfunctory rehashing of something someone said decades ago...

 

Just as long as the encore isn't Day Job.

 

Yay, second set!

 

Day Job was better than I Fought The Law.

 

Yes. Although I remember one person who saw the Dead in 1994 and said that IFTL was the only song where Jerry seemed to be having fun.

 

I'm sure by that point, Jerry loved having an encore song that was less than 2 minutes.

 

Was Jerry getting burnt out on the Dead in the early to mid 90s? Am I misreading some posts (here and in the "first set") in sensing it was a bit more than addiction that was affecting his performances?

 

I was glad that at the show I saw we got an almost as brief, but better song for an encore, "The Mighty Quinn."

 

Day Job has been the encore for some very good shows. One of my favorites is 6-30-84 Indianapolis Sports Center. Top 5 show for me.

 

There were problems along those lines when he had addiction issues around 1983 to 5 and again in the 90's.

 

In case anyone doesn't know, Bobby reformed Ratdog and the tour started last night. Here's a live stream for tonight's show in Philly: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/website-test1

This version features the core line-up of Bobby, Jay Lane on drums and Jeff Chimenti on keys with Steve Kimock on lead and the rare double bass combo of Rob Wasserman and Robin Sylvester.

Jonathan Wilson joined up for most of the first set tonight. Good stuff.

 

Well played, Mr. 5/8/77.

 

I think that was part of it, his comment I mentioned a few weeks ago re: JGB vs. GD (it's like you have your wife, and then your mistress... Sorry, ladies!") was probably symptomatic

 

Hey, we all have to stop posting here and get back to our real work someday...

Speaking of which, if I did not have a more than full time job, and two young rug rats, I would seriously like to start up the GD official live release (vault, DiP, RT, and DaP) album by album thread. But if any if you actually have the time, it would be a lot of fun... Otherwise, maybe I'll get to it in 5 years or so.

 

5 years from now sounds like a good timeline for me - it'll probably that long for me to get all those releases! (Damn kids. Always growing. Always eating.)

 

I have about 2 tb of lossless live shows. My collection has gone from cassette to vhs hi fi to dat to cd and now to hard drives. At one time I probably had about 2,000 cds. I would much rather listen than talk about it, but I do enjoy reading this thread. I don't make much distinction between official releases and other recordings.

 

Yet, they are both filled with solid advice. Advice you could ignore as you beat the crowds out the door.

 

There are days
There are days
And there are days between

 

this has been done before and very well by one of our Australian posters though it needs updating-search is your friend.

 

That thread
(http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/grateful-dead-album-by-album-thread.182298/)
is chronological release analysis like the current Stones deal.
This one is rambunctious.
Reason for both.

 

Since some of you have never heard "Day Job," here it is..........

Considered by many to be the worst ever Grateful Dead song.....it's the one song they eventually stopped playing by fan request. I actually kind of liked the song, and missed it when they stopped playing it.


I was at this show......Philly 85 was a lot of fun.