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here's a shot where Weir and Lesh are both behind the drummers.

Since Trump wants to drain the swamp, I am sure he'll push for campaign finance and lobbying reform.

Maybe it's because I am reading through a Bear bio - but I guessing he probably told him to stand behind them for sound purposes.

I never gotten into the extended live version of Running Free - but the studio cut is great. I would replace The Trooper with Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

I recently checked out the 1st two deluxe cd's, via the library - the DVD's that were part of them were pretty great.

comments are pretty funny - very Spinal Tapish. Always nice to see all the equipment in the loft.

Yeah - I have no idea where our seats will be --- I just know they were $120 per ticket, which is too much.

Looks like I will be finally seeing them (Soldier Field in Chicago) -- my wife just emailed me and said our friend snagged four tickets this morning.

Looks like a great line up -- nice too see all the great jazz musicians on the bill.

Yeah - It's a nice easy intro to the Dead world when you are a teenager coming out of Stones/Zeppelin/Maiden world - just pretty much straight up songs, that kinda of rocked and swung. I only had the 1st set on tape. At the time I only had the Skeletons comp. and Dead Set.

You may want to invest in a cheap tuner, too. I remember when I kid and getting frustrated because it never sounded right. Granted, I sucked at playing it, but once I figured out how to tune it correctly, it was more enjoyable sucking at it...

I always enjoyed Van Dieman's Land. I never gotten around to see U2, friends of ours want to go to a Chicago show - we may go. My friend is excited - she was too young to see the Joshua Tree tour - her first tour was Zoo TV and she has seen every tour since. I remember giving $5 to a friend in my high school for his copy of Joshua Tree --- he brought it to school, where we had very skinny lockers - it barely fit.

Quinones added to the Allmans, mostly because it seems that Jaimoe chops dimensioned, so he picked up the slack. I don't think either of the above added much to the Crowes. Not of fan of Airto when he played with Miles in the late 60's, early 70's, either.

Finally getting to the last show of the 66 tour -- 5/27/66, Royal Albert Hall. The electric set is something else -- the whole 'read more books and J.D. Salinger' intro on the intro to Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues. This day and age, management would have risked him off to rehab after this show. Of course, back then they just called it a motorcycle accident.

Lastly, why the hell do you to have extra percussionist when you have Gorman. Always bugged the hell me when the Stones had Ollie Brown in 75-77, too,

Looking forward to the 1st two, too. 12/5/71 was one of my first boot legs tapes.

Here's a great review from a show from the 95 Beacon run. Man... http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/20/arts/rock-review-borrowing-without-blending-black-crowes-at-the-beacon.html

I didn't know Wachtel was touring with Walsh until after the tour. I wouldn't mind seeing a Joe Walsh gig (with his current band). I saw him once - he played, solo, at a benefit type show - he was still drinking and it wasn't very good. He was funny as hell, as per usual, though. Now listening to 3/22/95, Beacon Theatre show.

Honestly, he was the best part -- still wasn't good, though.

Watched some Bad Company's Soundstage performance last night on PBS -- it was pretty painful, though I never really was much of a fan. I don't think they needed Robinson up there at all - I don' think he took one solo. He just to seemed there to fill in the sound. Their reworked version of Shooting Star was dreadful.

It's all about the image of a wall.

Plus an hour before the tweet, Conway was on the talk circuit touting the plan to gut the oversight committee.

And Trump. Of course, now Trump can take a victory lap for a tweet opposing the plan and take full credit for the R's backing down.

Looks like the House R's are scratching their plans in gutting the ethic's panel. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/gop-congress-ethics-office-233123

I'm the rank outsider.