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I kind of lost track with that band after Three Snakes in the mid 90s. But I agree with you here that those first records were really excellent. You're about a decade younger than me so I can imagine how excited you must have been in that post-HS/college years. Hell, I was crossing the threshold of 30 and I thought bands like them and PJ helped to save rock and roll. I've said it here before but SH&MC is one of the very best records of the 90s. There's really not a dud in the whole bunch and the guitar tones on Sometimes Salvation is one of my favorite things in Rock.

You know what would be the coolest? If Kim Thayil inducted MC5 and then Wayne did the same for Soundgarden.

Peak moment of the run? 45 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8FE03J_bNw

Also this, for Old School types: OTPHJ > OTJ

Man you are truly one of the lucky ones! I first heard Live Cream when I was about 18 and was a seminal piece of work for me. Immediately thereafter I scarfed up all the officially released live stuff. The recorded output of live stuff shows they were the best jam band that ever was. IMO. I love Rush, Zeppelin, The Who and others but for me Bill Bruford and Ginger are the two best Rock drummers ever.

Rizzo's return was the highlight of my day. Kimbrel's return was the lowlight of my day. I felt like I lost TWO games in 10 innings.

Also THIS from 5.5 months ago - they were ridiculous last September if I recall. But not unlike Chicago they were pretty battered most of the year. What happened this week was fucking tragic, though. Yelich was right at the top for another MVP award. The dude was MONEY. And well on a path to be the first player IN MLB HISTORY to be a 50 HR 30 SB guy. Think about that one. It makes me sad even though he kills my team.. That said, they still could very easily sneak in the playoffs if the Cubs continue their sporadic play

3 and 1/2 months since there's been a post. I just punched myself in the face with my fist (after I looked at my watch and my wrist). Christ, there have been SO many insane, spectacular things happen this year I can't even begin to list them all! Just today Nico Hoerner (who got called up Monday from AA ball - not for the 40-man, but when both Baez and Russell went down) hits a home run ON THE VERY FIRST PITCH HE SEES AT WRIGLEY. Some stat nerd should figure the odds of that one out. Anyone feel free to chip in on anything amazing you saw happen.

Yeah. The guitar tone on Sometimes Salvation is one of my favorite moments from that band. But I haven't really gone past the first 4 records so I'm not really a hardcore person with them.

The (now 3rd) annual Little League Classic game in MLB is one of the neatest sporting events going. Heartwarming and so much fun.

It still astonishes me that no matter how bad Garcia looked in '83 and '84 in particular he still had moments - entire shows, even - where he was just playing the most amazing shit. It seems (to me) that every year from Brent coming on board from '79 through '82 the band just got better as a whole. '82 is a high point of that particular period. In '83 and '84 things get a bit more hit/miss and erratic. That said there's many many shows that are mind-blowing. If he was on he was ON, but if not....well he was not. I've always thought that the reason '85 is so highly regarded is a direct resul

I'll respectfully disagree. The whole first half-decade of the Brent Era is so woefully under-represented in the catalog it's always a pleasure when they delve into that. I know they were way lax in running tape from the board in those first 5 Brent years - which seemed to disappear after the 1/85 bust - but I love that period nearly as much as any other classic period. I might have went with 12/1 -just because I'm super-familiar with that show - but the sound of the band Fall '79 is very jazz-like especially in the jams.

Apparently there will be a "gender reveal" of the new box set at the Meet Up on Thursday. Has anyone heard about what it might be? I've asked everyone I know who is connected and I'm getting nothing. Anyone here hear rumors/answers on this? Deadheads aren't well known for caring about "spoilers".

I'm not familiar with that 12/3 show. If it's anything like 12/1 this will be a GREAT pick. I have to wonder if there were any tape anomalies that prevented 12/1 from consideration. I'm a huge fan of Fall '79, that show and the NYE run in particular. I need to see if this is a Betty, and at what exact date Meyer Sound came on board. I was thinking it was the NY Run but it might have been earlier in the tour.

Yes, yes and yes.

I saw The Q a good number of times from '99-'02. While I understand the idea of "showing off" - there was more than a little of that - it also COULD be amazing, as JW said as well. I really liked that band a lot, but then I was a huge Fusion/Prog fan as a young guy so that might explain THAT. There was a lot going on at times, almost an aural assault. But when they were all locked in and listening to each other it was some of the best GD music I've ever heard, certainly more exciting than the last few years of the Jerry-led band. Deer Creek 7/15/01 was just an amazing night - I've been to The

Very sweet. I think that might have happened less than 10 times in the early Brent Years (79-80), and then the only one I really recall after that was 6/14/91 RFK. Gotta love Voodoonola.

Question for anyone here who is a fan - has anyone been to the "Live From The Artists' Den" (Wiltern Theater, LA) screenings? I know Kim turned up to introduce it at The Wiltern last week for the first airing, and apparently Kim AND Ben were there to introduce it (Seattle?) tonight. That show in the film is well loved by the band as well as the fans. It's pretty epic. It doesn't have that wild energy of the early years but it's a sweet document of a very professional band crushing tunes from every phase of their career. Bits and pieces have existed off and on on YT for awhile. It's going to be

A few things that stand out for me in this very captivating movie - I watched it on the 12th after I got back from Deer Creek: - The live performances. Never have I seen Bob so animated and lively. You can tell he was really getting off on the RTR concept in that first leg, especially. Isis is off the chart with energy, and even a song like One More Cup Of Coffee (which I never considered to be a major work) is stellar. The clip of Joni with Bob & McGuinn doing Coyote (did they say that was shot at Gordon Lightfoot house?) was a treasure. - The sequence with Bob and Joan Baez ("Thought

You just described my whole feeling about this perfectly. Cheers.

That quote is intriguing. They missed the traditional May box set last month, but were promoting the $800 Woodstock box. Which is nice, but...no. Apparently I'd better save some cash for what we will find out about in a few hours haha.

I enjoyed everything about this post. I know nothing about Jawbreaker, and I would put New York as the coolest record. Certainly one of Lou's very best records of all time, and who is cooler than Lou? PE was crushing it then. I think they're the best of the whole genre, but that's just me. SG's Louder Than Love is underrated, but really a glimpse of what's to come. Badmotorfinger blew my head off when I first heard it.

I saw the most Dead shows I ever saw in one year in '89 (17). And a couple of JGB shows (Alpine & Poplar).The Spring still felt like a continuation of the hit/miss occasional shows I saw in '88 but from July forward it got amazingly good. But, back to the OP haha: One thing here that I didn't see mentioned was the first major label (A&M) release of the Seattle "Grunge" movement - Soundgarden's "Louder Than Love". I did not hear that when it came out - Badmotorfinger was my fist exposure to SG, and I still think that is the crowning achievement of the whole scene - but the template is