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I don't know if it's been discussed here (and I'm too lazy to go back and look haha) but AXS-TV just aired a really nice 2 hour doc on the ABB called "After The Crash" - a great overview of their career up to the Beacon run in 2014. I highly recommend it.

That's one of the heaviest things I've ever read here. My mind is blown.

Originally I got suckered into it for the jams and the weirdness. But eventually the words started to assert themselves in my brain to the point that now I can come up with a Hunter/Barlow lyric to explain damn near any situation I might find myself in during any given day.

That's wild that Lammy posted a link to the 12/31/69 and then we find out the Dave's #30 will be the very next show.

For me, Roxy is the best pick. Stevie is the worst.

On Father's Day a couple of years ago my daughter got me a very cool present - some thing she got from Amazon UK I believe -a CD box set of the FMs from some of the shows from the Fall '71 Tour (when they were doing a lot of live shows on the radio, promoting Skullfuck). Now, I was weaned on many of these shows, some of them were among the first tapes in my collection, so I have a particular affinity for them, as well as they're a REALLY exciting period to be documented - some really killer jamming here and there. Here's the list of the shows (about 20 CDs): 7/2/71 Fillmore West (the last s

My hope would be that #1 - On one of of the two shows at The Paradiso Wilco delivers a really spacy old school show (blow out some open minds!), and secondly it gets recorded and thrown in a road case - or better yet, streamed!

Dude, was last Sunday a crazy fucking game or what? Disappointed the Bears lost, but it sure as hell was entertaining stuff. Bears lost, but the Vikes lost - I can't figure them out. They're not the Iggles but still I wonder if they're going to get their shit together.

I wanted Mike Finnegan! I saw him in Crosby's band in '89, and he was a phenomenal talent, especially on the B-3. And that dude could really sing! But...at the time he was 12-steppin', which obviously would have been tough in a band like The Dead.

A couple of Vince quotes from (IIRC) Greenfield's book: "The band knew I was clean - I don't count herb as a drug" "If it was up to me John Kahn would have been kicked out of the scene" Vince was truly grateful that he got the chance to be in that band. When he asked about pay he was told $1000/day. He thought, "80 gigs per year - 80 grand, right?" And was told, "No, $1000 A DAY (350K)". He tried, he really did. He listened to tapes after shows, he made copious notes about the tunes. I honestly don't see a guy jeopardizing a job like that by using heroin when he'd basically been stone-cold

This is one of the real real quality posts in these threads in my view. A LOT of it resonates with me. The timeline is slightly different - a bit longer (so what!) but I quit touring after the Fall '93 Richfield shows. I did only Deer Creek in '94 and '95 because it's literally 20 minutes from my front door, but those Richfield shows were a real revelation (read:bummer) for me. They were the first shows I saw after the massive Jam out of Terrapin from 6/23/93 - the last time magic really visited the stage that I saw. 11 weeks later it was basically a low-energy sleepwalk for 3 days and I was

Man I love this post.

I would have to say that the most pleasant surprise this year (for me) is Da Bears. I truly didn't see this coming. I still think they'll be lucky to go anywhere in post-season, but it's been very refreshing.

I've seen The Stones (my very first favorite group as a kiddo) 3 times - Fall '81 (Louisville) December '89 (Indy, my 27th birthday party!) and 7/4/15 at the Indy 500 Speedway. That July 4 show was a total exercise in hedonism - I've never seen a drunker crowd and EVERYONE was smoking pot like it was the last day they'd ever be alive haha. So I'm good if I never see them again. But I hope they play forever!

I have a Moore/Cline tape here live in a music store (I forget the date) that is crazy sick good. Let us know what your impressions were!

Hey NoJ - can we do live sides? I'll start. -Side 1, Deep Purple - Made In Japan (Highway Star, Child In Time) -Side 2 Genesis Live (1973) - (The Musical Box, The Knife) - Side 6, Yessongs - (Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper) -Side 2 Live Cream - (Sweet Wine, Rollin' & Tumblin') -Side 1 Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (Astronomy Domine', Careful With That Axe Eugene) -Side 3 Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East (Hot Lanta, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed) -Side 4 Renaissance Live At Carnegie Hall (Ashes Are Burning) -Side 1 Lou Reed - Rock & Roll Animal (Sweet Jane, Heroin) Si

Yes - Close To The Edge, either side, but if I have to choose side 2 (And You & I, Siberian Khatru).

I think it's arguable that that show is the best of the Post-Brent years. That first few days with Bruce is as inventive, exploratory music as they ever did after Brent passed. It's like they hit for the cycle and had 2 grand slams in that show. Sadly (in my view) it really peaked right then and there. Europe wasn't as good, NYE was a good one, Spring and Summer was good, but it really was "Downhill From Here" after September '90. Sigh.

Respect. Think about this - how well could LL Rain have worked in place of a post Space Jerry ballad slot? Maybe even out of Space? It might have been MUCH better placed in set 2 if it was late in the show. But, you know, Jerry HAS to take that ballad slot there. Oh well...

The LL Rains from the post-retirement / pre-Brent period is my favorite period for that song, easily. This was not a song for Bobby to get over the top histrionic on (esp. Mega Dead period). This song works best when it's subtle imo. And never should have been moved to set 2 (again, imo).

I wonder if they have first-hand access to the "Amy Boards" and if any of those might make the cut.

I've never heard it. I had 6/18 & 19 on cassette. I would have much preferred 6/14. I guess I'll never see that come to pass.

^ My God. Did we not ALL have a reading comprehension class at some point in school? I'm just going to say a couple of quick things here, because I'm too enraged to speak with any sense of decorum at this point. First, Wisconsin cheese has been scientifically proven to cause irreversible brain damage; secondly, Go Cubs Go. Oh..and to reiterate for those of you scoring at home: AM BT ST YHF AGIB SBS WTA TWL SW WS THIS IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE.

Here's a super weird piece of trivia I just got from Charlie Miller: during the October 1980 Radio City run (8 shows, material from which Dead Set got pulled) there was not one version of Eyes played. EYES - IN 8 SHOWS. That's fucking weird.

I guess I wasn't aware of that. It is a REAL nice edit. I had to go look it up - Stranger > Franklin's was done 3 times during the run that produced Dead Set, but they didn't use any of those.