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http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoekstra/2009/08/jim_dickinson_takes_a_walk.html A nice piece by Sun-Times' Dave Hoekstra about Dickinson's Chicago connections.

At the end of the day I think Dylan is just a fan like any other music fan who is interested in the history of some his favorite musicians. In Chronicles he goes on and on about his influences. Sure he is Dylan, but I think he was Dylan the music fan before he was Dylan the songwriter. Listening to his radio show you can sense that he really digs the roots/history of music.

I went to the Lucero show last night and the bass player gave a shout out to Dickinson. I am not familiar enough with Lucero to write what song he dedicated to Dickinson. I did read yesterday that Dickinson produced at least one of their records, so I was hoping that they would mention his passing. It was a great show.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/aug/15/memphis-musician-jim-dickinson-dies-67/ This is a bummer. Always liked his contributions to many of my favorite musicians/bands. I am sure there is going to be one hell of jam session at the wake/funeral.

I kinda have to agree with you, here. I can understand Lane playing with them, though at times his playing does grate on my ears, but couldn't they have found a different guitar player. I only saw DSO once in the late 90's so I do not know much about his playing, but I would have thought they could have gotten any number of other guitar players. It is a great gig for Kadlecik, though. Kudos for him.

I don't remember that speech. I Googled and read an excerpt. Pretty direct/funny stuff. I love this quote by Dylan, who being inducted that night:

That's great. It would be nice if some members of Tortoise sits in with Wilco for a song or two (and vice versa).

It appears so. Found link on Expecting Rain. from http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2009/08/i_had_never_heard_of.html

I think just the Dick's Pick 32 (8.7.82) that Mountain Bed mentioned. Below is a nice link showing all the Grateful Dead releases by recording date: http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_Dead_By_Date.htm

My first date with my wife was a double feature at a drive-in with some other friends. We brought in some rum and cokes. The double feature was Striptease and The Rock. We all were glad we brought the rum and cokes. My favorite movie is The Hustler. I stand by it as the best, too. What the hell.

A bump for the show tonight. 10pm http://www.wdbx.org/

It looks like Charlie sat in with the band last night. Setlist: http://www.boblinks.com/080409s.html Discussion: http://www.theneverendingpool.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,22/func,view/id,63022/catid,6/limit,15/limitstart,0/ Definitely looking forward to hear the show.

Unbelievable collection of music.

I was able to make it to the Terrapin Station shows. It was a very festive weekend. It was my first Dead related show since 1995 and I was just happy to be there and see the guys play again. The first show, though I had a lawn ticket, I was able to get down to first 15 or so rows and sat with some very nice people who had everything one can possibly imagine. The whole weekend was a bit like that. It was a very long few days. I thought the playing was great. It was nice to see Hunter play, though I must admit his solo playing is not my cup of tea. But it was great to see him play none the les

One of my favorite album covers.

Yeah, I tried tuning in last night but I couldn't get the stream. I'll try remember to bump it. Can't you guys be online while you do the show or does she tape the show, then the station puts it up?

Definitely one of the cooler things I read about in a while. It's great that it is free, too. It would be nice to have him bring it on the road, but I assume the would bring expense, thus eliminating the free status. I would gladly spend money to looking through the stuff, though. Perhaps this will start a trend with other artist.

from http://www.phish.com/festival8/

Fine by shed standards. Better than the place outside Chicago, at least (though that is not saying much). Saw them play there when the opened for REM 'in 99(?). That was great show. I'm assuming Nudie suits all around, for Farm Aid.

Was shut out the first pre-sale, but I was able to snag a GA ticket through Ticketmaster. Very happy.

Caught a few songs, one of the them was "The Mob Rules". I thought it was good, too and I just read they are playing in Chicago on my birthday. I never seen a "true" metal show before, so perhaps this may be a nice first.

I'm don't have any suggestions, but you may find some here: http://forums.viachicago.org/topic/35877-going-to-chicagowhat-to-do-see-stay-etc/

I would make the same decision. I love Dylan, but his shows(now-a-days) are "oh-hum" compared to Wilco.