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I like seeing him both ways, but my favorite time was a solo show at the Park West during his Townes tour. Joe Pug opened the show - it was great night of music. The way Earle handled an over-served table that was set up in front of the stage was an incredible sight. The whole show could have been derailed, but he was able to handle it well. I must admit, that night he could have held a master class for solo artists (like Tweedy) on how to handle unruly, drunk fans without making anyone feel uncomfortable.

I also have Already Dead: A California Gothic sitting my shelf, too - would you recommend Dead over Tree of Smoke? (I am only in 20 or so pages in the Tree book)

Just started:

I saw that clip last night on the Daily Show -- haven't watched that show in years, forgot how funny and on-point it could be....

The kid and I caught Spider-Man:Into the Spider-Verse this weekend - very entertaining.

I told my kid that the Bears are out and he said 'well that was quick...' I had a bad feeling going into the kick - crap way to loose a game, but so it goes...

yep - great shots as per usual!

Yeah some of it is interesting, too - I would support a proper release of the Satanic stuff --- in the the giant book that comes with it, like the White Album release - Keith can write a piece trashing both the Satanic release and Peppers for good measure...

Yeah - those sets are nothing like this White Album collection or like the Peppers' one. It still might be a rights thing with the Stones -- the whole ABKCO catalog. There is plenty of material in the ABKCO vault to do a proper Satanic release like the White Album/Pepper release - though I am not sure how well it would sell...I am not sure about the material for Beggers and Let it Bleed.

Finally got it from the library - it really is a nice looking set. Starting with Disc 4, which is studio rehearsals/takes and such. Revolution Take 18 is quite the trip. Enjoy take 2 of Helter Skelter, also. Looking forward to hearing the Blu-ray - which probably will be tomorrow. I have had the Esher Demos for a long while - I have not listened to them in a long while, though - guessing, I must have not have gotten much out of it, before. I can't imagine the Stones ever putting out a set like this. I am not sure which record they would even consider doing it for.

I am not a Van nor a Boston expert by any means, so I can't vouch for any further mistakes, but it is a good read. A half way decent copy editor should have caught that mistake, though.

After watching the Allman/Scooter Herring bit, I did a quick search and a 1976 Rolling Stone interview with Gregg popped up. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-sorrowful-confessions-of-gregg-allman-108095/

Yeah - I haven't seen the Big House doc., either.

It actually is a pretty decent doc. - some of the old management/roadies are in it. Some pretty cool footage, too. Worth watching - I checked out the DVD from the library a while ago. Watched a bit of it last night on AXS - the bit about Gregg 'ratting' out Scooter -- crazy, sad fucked-up time in the band's history.

Today, I finally gotten around to ordering a turntable -- a U-Turn Orbit Custom. Now I can finally can get my records out of my parents house that have been there since 1990. I am looking forward to searching out records, again.

Yeah - just audio --- they do have pictures on the discs that show on your TV as the music plays, though.

For those who have a Blu-Ray system --- Amazon has the The 1971 Filmore East Recordings (3 Blu-Ray discs) on sale for $16.92 - a great, nice sounding set.

I agree that the Dark Star lryics capture the psychedelic experience quite well - I think that was what Hunter was going for, so I guess he hit the mark. Regarding Playin' - I always enjoyed the first stanza and the theme of the tune quite a bit. The imaginary of the below stanza is great, too - especially while watching Weir perform it - heading into the 'standing' verse was always a highlight for me when I was at a show and the band performed it. The whole theatrics of Wier usually putting his arms in the air and all was fun. Standing on a tower World at my command You just keep a turnin

Listening to the below via sugar megs - Chuck Leavill's solo on Elizabeth Reed is spectacular. Betts had nice things to say about Chuck in the Rather interview -- even stating that perhaps Chuck should have gotten a songwriting credit for Jessica - then he retracted the statement, saying the song structure was 'pretty much all there before they went into the studio'.

I got there on there on the final day of the run. I can understand this - it was quite the scene.

Yeah - I knew about all the above reasons - I just wonder what business adventure Betts was talking about during the time of his firing. He was kinda of all over the place during this segment, though.

Yes -- it was taped over the summer and prior to the stroke. Betts mentioned his high blood pressure in the interview, but said otherwise he was healthy --- it's sad that the high blood pressure more than likely caused the stroke. I can't remember when Butch's streaming (Moogis or something) was being developed. It seemed that someone ( it seemed that Dickey was implying it was someone other than Gregg) in the band wanted the entire band to get behind a business endeavor and Betts was not too keen on spending the band's money on it. This was a big reason why he was fired according to him.

Rather did a nice interview with Dickey -- it seemed like Dickey's main beef was with Butch --- he didn't really want to get in too deep into his firing from the band, since Gregg and Butch has passed away. Betts copped to having a temper and such and I wish Rather would have asked Dickey about Warren and Woody. Besides the firing, Rather didn't touch on their 89 and beyond reunion, which was a bit disappointing.

Definitely looking for to Vol. 30. (Also currently listening to 11/17/07 Ratdog show - decent show with Kimock - I think Karen was off this year due to health issues. Nice version of Dylan's Slow Train Comin')

Woody just needed to add cow bell and he would have had hit. Pretty cool to be able to hear that - shout out to all the tapers and tape collectors out there, so we can continue to hear stuff like this. Wilco seems to have gotten the 'drunk vibe' feeling in their version, too.