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Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East Arguably the best live record ever made, and even the lengthy tunes never cause you to lose your attention.

I got the new Road Trips (Vol. 3 No. 3 - 5/15/70) in the mail Friday. This is a STRONG release, dudes. One of the better ones of the dozen or so RTs. I woke up this morning with a pretty decent-sized hangover, and had a few strong coffees, and worked my way through the whole thing - acoustic stuff first, then the electric. What a joy to have so many previously unreleased tunes! Long Black Limousene, Silver Threads & Golden Needles, I Hear A Voice A-Callin' (with David Nelson on mandolin & Marmaduke on harmonies), and ESPECIALLY Pig doin' She's Mine. I had these shows on cassette 20

Does Cracker count? I don't think anyone has mentioned them yet. I saw Cracker, Gin Blossoms, and Spin Doctors on a triple bill in '94. The Blossoms were just ok, The Docs were fun, but Cracker stole the show. I really got off on their set.

7/2/71 - one of the first batches of tapes I owned. Nice FM (KSAN, I think). That version of The Other One might just be the best of the year (well, until October anyway). SCARY-good. Dedicated to Owsley, who was in Terminal Island at the time.

No celebration of America should be without a nod to America's Greatest Ever Live Rock Band - The Grateful Dead. My suggestion? Jack Straw (from Europe '72). Lyrics: Leaving Texas, 4th day of July Sun so hot, the clouds are low The eagles fill the sky

I might include some Thin White Duke, but yeah.

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Finally sat down and watched the doc last night. Wow. I couldv'e went with about 5 more hours of that stuff! The band interviews were great, the interviews with other musicians were great (Jack Black excepted). BTW - my mom turned 70 yesterday. She loves the band. As a matter of fact I DVR'd the doc for her on her TV and she really liked it a lot - "That was always my favorite band you used to listen to when you were a kid living here". She only wished there were songs in their entirety. 2112 is her fave song. Rock on, Mom!

This is true. Bill was one hell of a guy, and he knew better than anyone how to cater to Rock star's egos (and from what I've read there were few bands with bigger egos than CSNY), but all the lavish expense was taken out of what would've been profit margin for the bands. Of course I suppose the artists didn't really care all that much - and who would when everyone around you is telling you you're the greatest thing since sliced bread.

^ Well of course the hardcore fans would eat that shit up. I know I would. But I know there's no argument that This band gives you your money's worth. Like I said a few pages ago I've seen them at least for 8-10 tours and I've NEVER been anything but pleased with what I heard. It's just not the kind of thing I'd follow all across the country (not a bad thing ). edit: In all honesty all of us should feel really blessed (I know I do) that we have a band here that has stayed together and consistently delivered quality music and stellar musicianship for nearly 40 years. These guys are such a

Neil will undoubtedly use some 'electronica' on his percussion. I detest it with a passion as well, but with people like him and Bill Bruford it's done as tastefully as can be. I really wasn't a fan of Moving Pictures when it came out - Permanent Waves is MUCH stronger imo, but I'm in the minority there. And as far as mixing up the sets - not unlike a Floyd show there's just no way to do that. The synchroniztion of the multi-media extravaganza makes that an impossibility. Hell, I'd love it if EVERY band I like would mix it up ala Phish or The Dead but unfortunately that's not the world I l

Personal favorite: Bill Bruford. The guy is as tasty as they get.

I know we've talked about this before, but June '74 is one of the greatest months in Dead history. They were just simply untouchable at that time. It wasn't too long after 6/74 that they just got so tired from lugging around The Wall, all the blow etc. that a break was necessary. Of course, I can't really hear the music suffering very much.

Yikes. If ever one would need a wake-up call to get your shit straight I would think a liver transplant would be time to re-evaluate. If Phil and The Cros can survive then Gregg can do it, too.

"I don't care who you are - you can be Kareem, Akeem, Shaleem, any of those people...you can be playing in game 7 of the NBA Finals and it means nothing, NOTHING if you haven't read the fucking BOOK! READ IT! It can SAVE YOUR LIFE!" "What, you think you're TOO GOOD for THE BOOK?" (paraphrasing here - but I think I covered some of the good bits)

Glad to hear you had a great time! That's a really odd placement for Slave, but i'll take that one anytime! Good to see My Friend and Theme in there as well. those songs remind me of '95 so much - the best Summer Tour ever imo.

Diane, all I can say is try to have no expectations, at all. It doesn't matter where you are in the venue as long as the sound is good. Just soak up the atmosphere - and a heads up - if you smoke something you didn't bring yourself be prepared to get REALLY high. These people don't fuck around with schwag. In my experience it's high grade all the way.

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I LOVE me some Eric Johnson! He's one of my favorite players of the past 25 years. I'm almost in shock that you and your buds would cover such cool stuff - there's no way I could do tunes like that justice. Well done! When my youngest kid was in concert choir (HS) her friends had a 3 piece rock band, and at the Variety Show that year the band played a flawless version of YYZ. My old Rush buddies Spanky (Kenny Harris) and JD (Jack Dudley) also had kids in the show, and after it was over we all said that if we live to be 100 years old we will NEVER see anything as cool as that in a fuckin

Yes, it's that time again, dudes. Go pull your copy of 6/10/73 and waste 4-5 hours of your day. At least waste 20 minutes for the "Eyes". One of my favorite versions.

I can agree with almost everything you've said in this post. I bought 'em all up through Grace Under Prssure, and other than Different Stages ( mostly for the Hammersmith '78 disc) I haven't bought any since. For me, the best LP in the catalog is Farewell To Kings. It's the perfect combination of Prog and hard rock. After that you can hear them getting slicker and slicker as time goes by. Nothing wrong with that - hell, "La Villa Strangiato" is one of the best things they've ever done imo, but things got more and more concise from that point on. The '80 Permanent Waves tour had it all - By

Also, I'm pretty sure I've heard every tune on "Moving Pictures" played live.

I certainly would not say that "Caress Of Steel" is weaker than some of the synth-driven LPs of the latter half of the '80s. Hell, "The Necromancer" is one of my favorite things they've ever done. Side two is Rush attempting to go whole hog with an side-length tune. It's not really mind-blowing, but they had to do "The Fountain" so they could truly get a grip on such a long piece, and with their next effort at a magnum opus (2112) I think we can all agree that they hit the jackpot on that one! I think of it like The Floyd first doing "Atom Heart Mother" (which sort of just plods along for the

This is fantastic! Where are you seeing them? If you say "Columbus OH" I will be tempted to make the drive. Just to chime in on this thread - I've seen the band many times over the past 30+ years ('78, '80, '81, '82, '97, '02, '05, '07) and they have NEVER failed to deliver the goods. These guys are consummate professionals with their craft, and I just cannot imagine any lover of Rock music not digging what they do. So many memories for me...when I was a teenager my little group of friends were THE Rush freaks in our hometown. They were easily the best thing going from that post-Zep/post-P

One of the best to ever come from Hoosierland. The very personification of the phrase "class act". It's hard for some younger folks to even imagine how consistent, and unbeatable, his teams were for about a dozen years. One things for sure - we won't see anyone like The Coach ever again.