Vegas 6/25/94, ugh. What a terrible show. I remember my friend (an attractive woman) said she ran into Billy after the show and he was talking her up and asking her how she liked the show, which was probably the worst of the year, certainly setlist-wise. It cracked us up when she got back to the hotel. If the Shoe Fits was a relatively short Phil number, with the chorus "take your ball and go home." All I can say for it is that I like it better than Wave to the Wind.
I posted in the Daves thread upriver the last two announcements were on the 26th. Sadly thats two weeks away and im already anxious.
10/22/71 Chicago via DaP 3. There seems to be mixed opinions of this one but I think it’s some good ‘ole ‘71, and it’s early Keith to boot. Also compared to DaP 2 (7/31/74) which I just played the other day the sound is crisp and vibrant. Just finished the first set which other than some vocal missteps in Comes A Time was solid. On to Set II and That’s It For The Other One...
9/19/70. Dark Star>St. Stephen>NFA. The reason why 1970 NFAs were especially good is Bob's rhythm work. Very ballsy. Jerry on a Les Paul this night? Kinda sounds like it to me. On another thread I referred to this as musical Valhalla, which it is. I am going to listen to it again when it's done. Don't listen to this on Relisten; go to the archive. The RL version cuts out in the middle of Dark Star. Pretty revolting.
The entire setlist is very...ummm...un-fan friendly! Which means I'll check it out later this evening.
A couple of GD related items in CT news today - first, a bear broke into someone's garage, most likely in search of their stash of Dead tapes Bear makes mess of Colebrook garage Also, it was announced today that a 2nd-divison soccer team is coming to Hartford starting next season, to play in Dillon Stadium, famous for both the Wall of Sound show in 74 and also a sit in by the Allmans two summers earlier. I'm pretty sure they will just level the old bleachers and put up new stands, but maybe with the upgrade they will throw a few concerts there again. My understanding is the neighbors were not too thrilled with the 'rock n' roll' element back in the 70s. technically, I think yes - he was playing a (circa) 1961 Les Paul (the shape that would later be called the SG) during the latter part of 1970.
Very much so. #18 is top five in the series and maybe even the very best release post hiatus. #25 are two fine May shows. The first recorded by Bear and the second recorded by Betty
Apologies if this has already discussed.... http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20180711/10-most-annoying-things-grateful-dead-fans-say Apart from No. 9 I would tend to agree with all these points, *especially* No. 4
As someone who has taken full advantage of the extraordinary taper/trader network for Dead shows, I was wondering to learn a bit more about how this seemingly extremely well-managed and organized 'system' works. Mods, let me know if anything I post here is forbidden; but I'm hoping everything is A-OK since I've seen these sites referenced frequently. From what I can tell, most sources appear on LL first. They then get posted to bt.etree.org, usually by LL folks. That's where I get lost, though. Is the person who posts on bt.etree.org responsible for 'giving' the source a source number and filling out the db.etree.org profile? Where does posting to the archive fit into all of this? Does that take place before or after? The work that has been done to develop and maintain this resource just seems absolutely staggering, but I haven't seen this written up as a model or example, which is why I'm asking here.
Nice sequence in yesterday's TDIH, 7/11/81, might be worth checking out for some of you. Start with the long jam out of Truckin' (kind of unusual post-74) that goes into a good drums. Space actually features the band playing together instead of noodling, into a short but powerful Other One featuring a Bob Dylan-like vocal delivery from Bob. The link to the show
