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A story about Nels sit in with Los Lobos from someone who works for Los Lobos: conversation i had with Nels Cline as LL was finishing their set (Mas Y Mas): me: hey Nels, you wanna sit in with Los Lobos? Nels Cline: uh yeah, sure. which song? me: this one Nels Cline: the one they're playing right now? me: yeah Nels Cline: lol, you're serious? me: lol, yeah Nels Cline (looks over at his guitar tech who is already onstage with Nels' gear): eh fuck it why not dude walks up the steps, grabs his Jazzmaster, walks to the stage lip next to Save, demolishes a solo for about 2.5 minutes, unplugs, and

Derek and Susan have both been members of bands with some or all surviving Dead members. Just sayin.

What did you think of the Sugaree cover, or was that over your head?

Some people enjoy ranking things. Granted, it's not as noble a pursuit as documenting banter at a Wilco show, but it's pretty much what internet message boards were invented for, and a way to organize the chaos inside our brains. Overall, I'd rank this as one of your better show reviews. Maybe top 10. Keep it up.

Crosseyed is my favorite Phish cover. It never dissapoints, and often indicates a special show.

Lost track at 50 in 1998. Over 100 for sure now.

Just passed my 20th anniversary of 5 consecutive nights at Red Rocks: Allmans first night, with Page sitting in, followed by 4 nights of Phish. Probably my peak concert streak.

The non-synchronized swimming quote is gold. Too often they are described as being telepathic, but the reality is they were often not on the same page. While the struggle to get there usually resulted in a payoff, it's not always worth listening to.

I'm not a completist, don't need to hear every version of El Paso, etc. It's hard to find shortcuts to the Dead, so I love the various Grateful Dead related mixes you can find online. Here's a guy who really knows his stuff, and his tastes align with mine. He apparently had ongoing correspondence with Dick Latvala. Some really cool stuff here, and great commentary: http://saveyourface.posthaven.com/

Cool that you got that gig, but setlists generated by a computer formulas is lame. Pearl Jam has always been paint by numbers classic rock though, so it seems appropriate for them.

Pretty sure when you're referring to rock songs, it's always triptych, cause it just sounds more badass. As in, "That Help>Slip>Franklin's triptych really melted my face tonight."

Well played and thanks. On the West Coast, we prefer to have others do our googling.

Awake on the West coast and no setlist yet. Come in from the fields and spit out the cheese curds you yokels!

Pitchfork article on Phish being the founding fathers of the American Music Fest scene: http://pitchfork.com/features/from-the-pitchfork-review/9929-phish-shreds-america-how-the-jam-band-anticipated-modern-festival-culture/ I'm generally not a fan of music fests, particularly the big ones, for many reasons. I think part of what makes Phish fests so successful and superior is that it is just one band and one fanbase. Everyone is focused on the same thing, has a shared background/interest, and has more of a communal experience. Also, Phish is just better live than most other bands in these s

Have not seen anything mentioned about Jeff being involved in Weir's new album. Seems to be more of the National/Brooklyn scene.

Agreed on the writing style. I can't figure out what bugged me, it was like he was writing the book in the present tense. I'm no English major, but think he was likely emulating some favorite author with the style. Like turn it into a Pynchon tale or something. Love his other writing, but think he got a bit too heady here.

Jesse Jarnonw's Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America covers the interrelationship between the Dead, Deadheads, and creation of the internet - with labs at Stanford and MIT in early 70's being run by Heads, and many of the early uses for the internet being tape trading, databases for setlists and lyrics, and of course the first purchase over the internet being weed. Haven't reached Jerry's death in the book yet, but if anything significant happened on the web that day, it'll be in there.

Freshman year at Dayton, 1993, we drove up to Columbus almost every Wednesday night to see Hookah for a while there. Burned out on them real quick, and never saw them after 1994. They're still touring, with a revolving cast of guys. I think down to 2 original members. Sweeney is good but a classic jamband noodler. Still playing Loner...

Yeah, good one.

Along with Ekoostik Hookah, Ohio's early-mid 90's precursors to the big national jam band wave that included the likes of Umphrees McGee, String Cheese Incident, etc. Some really embarrassing band names came out of this group.

Uh, yeah. Lived with Durbin, Mersman and friends with the whole Gullivers crew. Vaguely remember Flying Blind. I probably partied with you a few times.

Nice, I went to University of Dayton 93 - 97. Maybe we crossed paths. Returned to Kiefaber Ave for my junior year summer after Jerry died.

I was on a family trip in Ireland when I got the news, so wasn't able to partake in any of the communal mourning that took place. I remember not being very surprised or sad at the time. I saw the second to last show at Soldier Field, as was pretty bitter regarding the quality of the performance. Felt like a real ripoff to be charging people for something that was clearly a fucking disaster, ruining cherished songs. Can't say I'm upset that the Grateful Dead ended based on their trajectory at the time. Sorry for Jerry's family and friends, particularly his daughters, for the loss. 52 is too you

Unknown R&B number sung by Pig: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e1s8vg8o6beraoe/gd1966-03-09t01.mp3?dl=0

It is from the recent bt stuff. Phil singing for sure, just not sure if who wrote it. Only a matter of time before it starts turning up in Phil's setlists I bet.