thats why i do it. keeps things fresh. sometimes listening to several shows in a row from the same year your mind starts to mix things up with what you just heard
52 years ago today 01/16/70 Springer's Inn Portland - Portland, OR Set 1: Casey Jones Mama Tried Black Peter Hard To Handle China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider High Time Good Lovin' Drums Good Lovin' Dancin' In The Streets Alligator Drums The Eleven Jam Death Don't Have No Mercy Set 2: Cumberland Blues Me And My Uncle Dire Wolf Uncle John's Band Easy Wind Cryptical Envelopment Drums The Other One Cryptical Envelopment Cosmic Charlie
I've come to prefer Fennario (sometimes with only one N as I've seen Latvala write it.) I don't have any particular reason why, I just started writing that a couple of months ago and it stuck. or backwash
Just downloaded it--looking forward to spending a snowy Sunday afternoon here in my part of MD with NFL playoff games and this all day & evening. Cipollina jammed with them post-Space...
This post sent me down a Go-Betweens rabbit hole (thank you) but unfortunately I don’t have either box set. After just a quick look around, they’ve certainly appreciated in value. Wow! G stands for Go-Betweens today.
Been watching early period videos like Playboy After Dark 1969, Calebration 1970, and Tivoli 1972. I always loved the version of Hard To Handle on Backstage Pass. Any chance the GD would ever do an anthology type Blu Ray with bits of video like that?
Picked up a sealed copy of the 11/18/72 release on CD this week from the classifieds. My first run through. Starts off a little rough mix wise and performance wise but this He’s Gone jam is leaving me with high hopes for the Playin. I’m enjoying the Phil heavy mix. Edit: cooking version of Deal. Is that Keith with a subtle Rhodes during the intro?
Now listening to 7/3/84[Kansas City]on TIGDH on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead channel on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead channel via the webstream now playing The Wheel.
As a fellow stickler, I can sympathize. You'd better watch out, I confused Seattle with Portland and the cosmos paid me back with Portland losing the MLS cup final to boy city. That hasn't been on Yobtob in years, I'm going to check that out later tonight.
Today’s listening is Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, 17/01/79. “I’m sure you all want to welcome Jerry Garcia back from the jaws of death” . . . A rescheduled show from November 25, 1978, where Bobby announced to the crowd just before start-time as they were taking their seats, that Jerry was sick and that the show would have to be cancelled, promising the punters they’d be back. There’s a real laidback, swingin’ vibe to this show. Another great-sounding AUD, though I somewhat agree with Dick that this is quite uneventful. It’s rock-solid and well-played; a good, not great show. Still, a loose and funky Shakedown Street opener is always a treat—this time, it’s rockin’ partner from the previous show, I Need A Miracle, is resigned to set-closer, where it stomps home with glee; the country rockers’ MAMU > Big River pairing is a rollicking one-two; I’m a complete sucker for pretty Peggy-O (or Fenario, with one “n” as listed here by Dick), and here, she’s more a ragged beauty than outright stunner; Stagger Lee has a little extra grit, as an exasperated Jerry strains to belt out the repeated final lines, “the song that woman sung”; New Minglewood Blues features piercing slide soloing, if you like that sorta thing; it’s clear Jer is struggling vocally, most evident throughout Brown-Eyed Women, though it does lend a certain power to the “old man’s getting old” lyric—he really does sound it! An epic, almost non-stop jamming sequence makes up the entire 2nd set—though there’s no real fireworks, I mean, you can’t really go wrong with a Scarlet > Fire, Estimated > Eyes double-double-whammy, can ya?!—Scarlet > Fire has Phil dominating, though the transition jam isn’t one you can get lost in and doesn’t delve too deep, with a quick, fairly immediate turn into Fire; there’s some interesting sounds (gurgling, bubbling synths and rhythms) coming outta Estimated; before an effortlessly sweet transition into an Eyes that rattle on by at top speed; Drums sounds like it wants to head into NFA, but first; a unique Jam hints at that “Serengeti” Jam from the previous show, it’s got a tropical/exotic vibe about it, but it doesn’t seem quite as fully-realised or fleshed out, sounding at one point like it’s gonna explode into TOO, before settling back into that relaxed groove; an extended, spacey NFA is woozy and hazy; the transition from Black Peter into Around And Around is better than “nice,” it actually rips—also, Black Peter is long, long, long and languorous, deeply dark and intense with a croaky, world-weary Jerry lending it an air of hopeless desperation; a slide-heavy, loose-groovin’ Casey Jones closes. “We found out some bad news today, our whole crew are communist spies” . . . I: Shakedown Street, Me And My Uncle > Big River, Peggy-O, Beat It On Down The Line, Stagger Lee, New Minglewood Blues, Brown-Eyed Women, From The Heart Of Me, I Need A Miracle. II: Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Jam > Not Fade Away > Black Peter > Around And Around > Good Lovin’. E: Casey Jones. Once more, here’s Dick’s thoughts:
I am looking forward to revisiting this tomorrow. The picture is great for me, seeing that PA brings back memories. PS- I recommend the second set from 17 January 1978- Sacramento.
