The Grateful Thread

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by JRM, Apr 11, 2014.

  1. davmar77

    davmar77 I'd rather be drummin'...

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    only live version of rosemary I know of is from 12/68 in Louisville. wasn't unbroken chain played in 95?
     
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  2. ianuaditis

    ianuaditis Matthew 21:17

    Location:
    Long River Place
    Right, post hiatus he sang much more rarely, though he does debut his late-period singing style with some backup on Truckin' in 77-78 (and Bobby does the falsetto for Phil's former high parts,) etc.

    But the vocal issue wouldn't explain why they didn't do Pride of Cucamonga (nor why they stopped playing Box of Rain,) they must have worked up Pride of Cucamonga prior to the Mars Hotel sessions in Spring 74, when he was still singing most of the parts, and we know the story of how the rest of the band couldn't nail down Unbroken Chain, so it seems he was prepared to sing that one live. I don't have the citation available, but I thought I remember him commenting somewhere that the reason they didn't do Box of Rain for almost 2 years after the record came out was it took him a long time to get comfortable playing it on bass and singing.

    I doubt it's a question we will ever get an answer to, though for some reason I love the game of 'inconsequential GD what-if scenarios'
     
  3. dsdu

    dsdu less serious minor pest

    Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
    What's Become Of The Baby?

     
  4. Freebird

    Freebird Was 205 pounds, now 215.

    Location:
    Plainfield, IN
    Word of the day:

    thaumaturge - n. a worker of wonders and performer of miracles; a magician.
     
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  5. mikestar

    mikestar Friendly Optimist

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    Capitol Hill
    Strongly agree with 9/26/91. Was down front for that jewel of a show.
     
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  6. KeninDC

    KeninDC Hazy Cosmic Jive

    Location:
    Virginia, USA
    Easy breezy read. Does not dig real deep.
     
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  7. Detroit Music Fan

    Detroit Music Fan Forum Resident

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    Detroit
    I don’t care how many dispute its contents, Rock Scully’s “Living With the Dead” is the very best Dead book there is.
     
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  8. davmar77

    davmar77 I'd rather be drummin'...

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    clifton park,ny
    only two live versions of sage and spirit that I know of. 8/13/75 and 10/31/80.
     
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  9. uzn007

    uzn007 Watcher of the Skis

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    Raleigh, N.C.
    I took my mom to that show. She said parts of the show reminded her of Wagner. My sister was supposed to go with us but didn't for some reason I can't recall now. She gave her ticket to a friend of hers, a deadhead who hadn't seen the band since the early/mid 80s and had no idea what sort of business they'd been up to for the prior couple of years. He was quite blown away and started seeing them regularly again until Garcia died.
     
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  10. posnera

    posnera Forum Resident


    After the debut of Unbroken Chain in March, I think they played it once at pretty much every tour stop until the end.
     
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  11. GuidedByJonO)))

    GuidedByJonO))) Forum Resident

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    Evanston
    Billy's book is fun in that it reads exactly like Billy is sitting next to you on a bar stool telling you his life story, for all the good and bad that would imply.
     
  12. budwhite

    budwhite Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

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    Yes! A fun and easy read.
     
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  13. Archtop

    Archtop Soft Dead Crimson Cow

    Location:
    Greater Boston, MA
    Technically yes, but one could argue "not really." In either case, it was rare, which was among the options presented.
     
  14. bzfgt

    bzfgt The Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler

    Not really. Just a slip.
     
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  15. Frosst

    Frosst Vinyl-obsessive kiddo

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    Sweden
    The Truckin' that opens 5/7/72 is fantastic. The same can also be said for the Sugaree that follows it. :cheers:
     
  16. davmar77

    davmar77 I'd rather be drummin'...

    Location:
    clifton park,ny
  17. Champagne Boot

    Champagne Boot Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride

    Location:
    Michigan
    Go on.
     
  18. fritz7784

    fritz7784 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Chicago, IL.
    I'd go with Huner's assessment from when it was published:

    "What he sees is mostly his own reflection. Other than that, what’s to say? It’s a hilarious book. But parts of me wish he hadn’t written that particular one."
     
  19. Frosst

    Frosst Vinyl-obsessive kiddo

    Location:
    Sweden
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  20. SJR

    SJR Big Boss Man

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  21. davmar77

    davmar77 I'd rather be drummin'...

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    yea! and me in first row too! ( have I mentioned that one or twenty times? :righton:)
     
  22. Dennis0675

    Dennis0675 Hyperactive!

    Location:
    Ohio
    End of an era: The Palace of Auburn Hills demolition begins

    I’m thinking I saw six or more shows here, lots a great memories. I may have posted this here before but I think it was 94 on Garcia’s birthday they did an amazing stella blue and then into satisfaction, the place just exploded. It was the opening night of a Rolling Stones tour that started in DC, hence the decision to close the second set with satisfaction. Knowing the crowd was going to go nuts for that tune I think Garcia put a little extra into Stella not wanting to let Bobby steal the the show on the night of his birthday. As they say, not a lot of great shows from the era but some of the best moments they ever had.
     
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  23. US Blues

    US Blues Undermining Consensus Reality

    The unplayed song y'all missed: France
     
  24. US Blues

    US Blues Undermining Consensus Reality

    :bdance:

    Have a banana peel.
     
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  25. SJR

    SJR Big Boss Man

    I like France :hide:
     

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