12/15/72 is superb, the "jam" is absolutely mindblowing. Dark horse Morning Dew. I have to listen to this again today, my first impression is it's one of the greatest things I've ever heard.
Haven't listened to this one in awhile...sounds real good this Sunday morning "That was a Grateful Dead record, as far as I'm concerned. And I don't do that material with my side groups. It was all me singing, all my songwriting. I started by using a couple of different musicians, and it just settled in to being a Grateful Dead record right quick."
To be clear this was my second show, and my experience tells me that there is a learning curve in regards to learning to appreciate the experience, while also recognizing history when the band was making it happen in the hall (or hockey arena). So I can say that I appreciate this show far more in retrospect than I did that night. And I was not really in the scene yet, so I don't know how people felt about it at the time. Additionally, in 1979 we were much closer to the glory years, and within a month Keith & Donna would leave the band. That news overshadowed the January tour. I will say, having seen 2 shows with Keith & Donna, that the GD were a very different band with them than with Brent. Not saying better or worse, but the NRG was different. I will say this: Keith played in Europe in 1972, and in the Grateful Dead Movie.
Won my bid for Dave’s 14 and supposedly it looks to include Bonus Disc. If it’s true that the Bonus Disc is included and set is in the shape it’s said to be in, I’ve made the best deal that’s ever been made recently for this set!!
Back to 4/14/72 - Cumberland & PITB are great followed by spectacular - one day if I ever get all the E72 shows, I’m gonna listen to all of the PITB’s for a week. All of them I’ve heard (most of them?!?!) all hit very strong peaks with historic energy.
I finally got that 8/3/82 show downloaded, the one you guys have been discussing and enjoying. These 24 bit files are huge. Doing some testing after cleaning up the tags. "Stella Blue" is lovely. But then, it always is. Jerry's in very nice voice this night. He sounds 10 years younger.
Drove past Buckeye Lake today. That was surreal after listening to shows from there. Memories, anyone?
Settling in on Sunday evening with RT 3.1. 12/28/79 Oakland I’ve been deep in the psychedelic weeds this weekend and needed to come up for air a bit. 72 Dark Stars yesterday and then Chris Robinson Brotherhood at The Fillmore (my first time there!) last night. Tonight I needed some Brent era GD - jamming but not too deep. This opening Sugaree is phenomenal. The 6 Headed Beast is in full effect - Billy and Mickey just banging it out while Brent’s B3 soars underneath Jerry and Bob. Great great stuff Happy Sunday
My 21at birthday, 6/11/93. Beautiful day. We drove from Rochester, NY, got there early and spent a while wandering the parking lot scene. Went in to see Sting, who I really liked. He had two alternating setlists, that night he played Bring On The Night/When The World Is Running Down, which was a highlight. The Dead were definitely on that night and the setlist was like a birthday gift for me. Jack Straw->Foolish Heart opener 3 Dylan songs (Tom Thumb, Masterpiece, Watchtower( My first show with Eyes of the World Brokedown Palace encore Even Corrina led into a nice jam before Drums/Space It was a huge field, so there was plenty of space. I remember lying down in the grass during D/S. Then, the show ended. Remember the part where we arrived early? Well, the parking lot wasn't exactly organized. We were way towards the back, in an area which got totally parked in. There was no way to move at all. We had planned on camping anyway. Even thought we couldn't stay there, we set up the tent and took a nap until the crowd cleared out. An excellent birthday. I've listened to this show a few times and it was as good as i remembered.
Last night at The Fillmore A portion of the poster room, CRB Neal and Chris. Neal played a Tele (pretty sure it’s an actual fender tele)off and on last night. It sounded great. Really very different than his usual tone with the Scott Walker. A classic tele tone. It boogied Chris on harmonica
Threw in my 12au7 rca blackplate pre amp tune tonight. I forgot how great these tubes are for soundstage. Maybe not as high a soundstage as the JJ/Tesla I run day to day but much wider and far more front to back. Much more 3D and engaging. Terrapin > Playin from the aforementioned RT 3.1 12/29/79
I got 2 shows from the boxset within 1 month after it was shipped and both shows I got for less than $30 each. one from the 60's and then 1988. they have gone up a bit now though
[QUOTE="ianuaditis, post Weir plays a lot of 'parts' rather than chords in general. 'exploded chords' sometimes, but often just a small part or a little lick. 'Sugaree' is a great example. You can see in this version, Garcia is playing chords and little box riffs during the vocals, and Weir is basically play 'Bob leads.' And then even behind the solo, he's playing arpeggios (chord tones played separately in sequence) and little riffs and fills rather than just playing the 'rhythm' on chords. [/QUOTE] Bob also plays a lot of octaves and fill notes. His octave slides in Scarlet are a key part of the song.
Took a walk in winter wonderland yesterday, just as the sun was setting. Those birds are quite late for their migration down south. Anyway, returned to 78-11-18 for a bit. Really liked that one. Jerry is in good voice. Keith is up in the mix. Everyone sounds good. Check out The Other One if nothing else
Filling in the gaps of 1974 in my long-term project of listening to every Grateful Dead show. 1974 has been so well represented in official releases—we have one from every month they played in that year—that I feel I have a pretty good picture in my head of what they did that year, how they played, how the jams and songs evolved. This week I listened to: 9-20-74 Paris, France and 5-17-74 Vancouver, BC I truly recommend 9-20-74 to anyone who has not heard it. A fine show. Maybe the best show of September 1974. Setlist doesn't look like anything that special on paper, but the Charlie Miller version is a killer recording. Very intimate sounding. I also listened to 12-1-66 The Matrix, San Francisco for the first time! Wow! I don't usually get into '65—'66 Dead, but this one smokes! 12-1-66 is a must-hear for Dead completists. You've got to hear these early versions of GD staples. You will have fun—I promise!
if anyone is missing the first roads trips, fall 1979, its on sale right now for $14.99 at dead.net. hope mine comes with the bonus disc
Bob also plays a lot of octaves and fill notes. His octave slides in Scarlet are a key part of the song.[/QUOTE] Ive always thought of Bobby as a Lead-rhythm player. Like hes soloing within the confines of chords and structures rather than busting out noodly leads and string bends.
Ive always thought of Bobby as a Lead-rhythm player. Like hes soloing within the confines of chords and structures rather than busting out noodly leads and string bends.[/QUOTE] That's a good way of describing it. I was trying to explain to a bass playing friend of mine that Phil doesn't really play bass and Weir doesn't really play rhythm. It's hard to describe exactly where the song structure comes from.
