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I hate you.

The Grateful Dead. Duh, right?

The Byrds' song "Mind Gardens" (Crosby tune, on Younger Than Yesterday) is chock-full of backwards guitar. One of the trippiest things I've ever heard.

Ahhh yes....those WERE good times, weren't they? Jay Bennett burning a fatty on the roof of JC's White House...

PM on the way!

End of thread. No one is gonna top this for sheer disappointment.

Yeah, I saw a tour with Crespo. Pretty lame.

He's oxy-moronic!

The real shame is that Gilmour and Co. were able to call it "Pink Floyd".

Ok, I'll try again - in no order (except the first one ) Grateful Dead Zappa Miles Phish David Nelson Band Crimson ELP Yes Bowie John McLaughlin (w/ Trelok Gurtu) Return To Forever Jeff Beck Nels Cline Singers Allmans String Cheese Incident The Who Wilco Neil Young - you pick which backup band - I love em all Rush Sabbath (Black & Blue Tour '80 - best metal show ever, imo)

I love the RHCP, especially in the Hillel period, but man they had some really suckass openers for them on the tours I saw. '86 - Thelonious Monster - with a doubt the most unprofessional piece of shit band I ever saw for money. seriously, me and my alcoholic friends in the garage late on a Saturday night sound more together than these dudes did. '88 - Faith No More - the singer was so drunk he just berated the crowd most of the night, and eventually got so pissed he left the stage. Thank god they finished up with a near letter-perfect take of "War Pigs" or it would have been a total loss.

I love this post. See ya The Creek, Matt?

And the Allmans! Christ, 5 is just too hard.

Substitute David Nelson Band for Ween and you have my list. also: King Crimson, ELP, Yes, Bowie, John McLaughlin, Return To Forever, Jeff Beck...and I can't forget the Nels Cline Singers. Can we make this a top 20? I got a whole lot more to mention!

I'm gonna try not to rant here. But....why can't folks just roll themselves a few fatties, slip that tab in their pocket, whatever, before the show? Christ, you have 3 MONTHS to plan for this run...you've made road trip plans, you've got the hotel room booked - get yourself ORGANIZED fer Chrissakes! I'm gonna stop right there.

Yeah. Well, the Prez said we shouldn't be stuffing our mattresses with the hard-earned. But, I didn't drink the kool-aid, so why should I listen to him?

I joined this board about 3 years and a month or two ago, after lurking for awhile. At the time I joined I was in a pretty 'rabid fan' phase - now it's a part of my regular interwebs routine, like checking the emails, etc...I just log on, almost unconciously. What I get out of the board runs a pretty large spectrum - there are a number of folks that regularly give me HUGE laughs, some that give me insight and a different perspective than my own, and, on occasion, some that actually steer me away from my Dead-related obsessions into new music. I blame our friend Basil II for getting me h

WW, Poca and I wish only the best for you - and we're quite sure you'll land on your feet.

Grateful Dead. On any long drive, at any time of the day or night. Grateful Dead. Sorry that I can't be more help.

I'm glad Lemieux mentioned "Wave To The Wind" somewhat favorably. I always thought the song had potential, and there are a few versions out there that are quite good. Shame they didn't continue to keep it in the rotation.

Nice save at the end there!

So true. I remember Conan when he first started - I thought "God, this is the personification of lame"....but eventually he became the funniest of them all, imo.

3/9/81 Madison Square Garden, NY NY I: Stranger, Althea > CC Rider, Ramble On > El Paso, Deep Elem, BIODTL, Bird Song, Minglewood '81 was a really strong year all the way through, and this first set is one of my favorites from the Spring tour. Essential listening.