One of us, one of us!
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 20 August 2023 20:52 (eight months ago) link
There's (or was) a whole festival of Dead tribute bands in Ventura, CA. I always enjoy going to this divey place in Pasadena that does "Dead Night" once a month. Through strange circumstances, one of the best bands to ever play that place later opened for Vampire Weekend at the Hollywood Bowl. Blew my mind.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Sunday, 20 August 2023 21:01 (eight months ago) link
Any chance that was Taper's Choice? Not exactly a Dead tribute band, but jam adjacent and Vampire Weekend's Chris Tomson is a member...
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 21 August 2023 15:30 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYauWP1boZg
― MaresNest, Friday, 25 August 2023 15:11 (eight months ago) link
that's honestly a really fun game to play along with imo
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 25 August 2023 15:29 (eight months ago) link
I love how they can't help but get into that Sugar Magnolia.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 25 August 2023 17:30 (eight months ago) link
Maxmillion: not Taper's Choice, but I have seen them too. This was Richard's Pictures.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Sunday, 27 August 2023 05:44 (eight months ago) link
listening to 10/28/79 at Cape Cod this morning, not sure how I'd missed this one until now, it's a pretty hot show and one of those where the first set damn near bests the second set. you know you are in for a treat when the first set opens with a 12-minute "Half Step" into an 18-minute "Franklin's". the outro jam on the set 1 closing "TMNS" is fire too.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:19 (seven months ago) link
lol that's about 50% more "Franklin" than I need! I did listen to set one this morning, Jerry starts creaky but warms up. Good setlist, nice "Althea."
― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 21:26 (seven months ago) link
yeah it's a lot of "Fraklin's" but I think it's 100% justified
the second set "China > Rider" is worth it for the Phil bombz and when Bobby mistakenly tries to steal Jerry's "I wish I was a headlight" verse
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 21:40 (seven months ago) link
79 fall tour is pretty great, I've always been partial to 10/31/79 Nassau Collisium.
― BrianB, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 22:55 (seven months ago) link
dipping into some '83 shows - an absolutely unhinged Jerry performance on "New Minglewood Blues" from 9/2/83 went waaaay beyond my expectations.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 01:02 (six months ago) link
Yeah, that was a surprisingly decent show when it came out as a Dave's Pick a few years ago, I dug large parts of it. Although I always laughed when Phil opened the show with his, "Citizens of Boise, submit or perish – you are a conquered people" intonation and the band promptly launched into...... "Wang Dang Doodle".
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 14:28 (six months ago) link
Ha. I don’t think the dead doing WDD conquers anyone.
― tobo73, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 14:41 (six months ago) link
xp i clipped that exact section afterwards!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 15:41 (six months ago) link
New to me, the "Dark Star" from 2/21/69 at the Dream Bowl. Really liking this version a lot, feels like one of the earliest versions where it feels like the entire band is locked into the improv.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 3 November 2023 22:02 (five months ago) link
Thanks, Jon!
https://archive.org/details/gd69-02-21.sbd.owen.7859.sbeok.shnf/gd69-02-21d1t03.shn
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 3 November 2023 23:02 (five months ago) link
Not the longest version, but nonetheless an epic, prismatic one.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 3 November 2023 23:07 (five months ago) link
Thanks for this. I needed a good Dark Star>St. Stephen>The Eleven to lift my spirits. That last one is just so joyous to me.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 4 November 2023 00:17 (five months ago) link
Listening to without a net, was wondering who the smokin trumpet player was on “let it grow”, realized it’s Jerry’s midi guitar lol
― brimstead, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 21:45 (three months ago) link
Just caught on that Paul Pope did the artwork for the 7-8 78 Red Rocks release, That was a bit of a surprise.Pretty good show.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Saturday, 20 April 2024 01:55 (one week ago) link