jw harding
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Kinda weird that a man who only owned one pair of pants and one t-shirt took such good care of his comic book collection. Or maybe not...
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I suppose that since Alligator was a gift to Jerry, it was his possession, and not owned by the Dead and subject to the same legal wranglings of his other guitars. There are some Martin's in the auction too I believe.
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Overly earnest Canadian living the dream.
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Phish songs are of a style that does not appeal to most people, but to say that Dave Matthews is an infinitely better songwriter infinitely strains credulity.
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I noticed he said like Phish, not the Grateful Dead. C'mon John, give credit to the pioneers of setlist variety, at least. I guess the Dead are still probably anathema to many from an art-rock, punk-rock indie-rock background. Really I don't care who is the model for setlist variety but how great would it be if they would play no repeats for three shows in a row all the time? One might even start to miss Jesus Etc ( or insert whatever overplayed warhorse you are tired of hearing) if you didn't hear it every time you saw them live! You might actually get to hear a song like Kingpin once in awhile or not have to go years without getting Monday or Ashes of American Flags. And diehards would likely attend more shows, too.
I think Phish has received a bit more notoriety lately for the setlist variation, playing 13 straight shows at MSG with no repeats, etc. Phish is more extreme with the setlist variation than the Dead ever were, pioneers tho they were. Or could be due to John living in Phish's backyard these days. Who knows.
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Plus the new Ready or Not compilation. Surprised Samba in the Rain and Easy Answers made the cut. Sometimes less is more. Or go with one of the latter day Phil tunes or new covers for the era - All too Much, Rain, etc.
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Thanks. Went to search on youtube, turns out Sturgill has been on his show quite a few times.
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I haven't heard it yet, but I don't know how he's going to top the bouncing a hotdog off the forehead of a bully story he told on the Joe Rogan podcast.
I'm intrigued. Any idea what episode this is or where to find it?
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Mercury in Retrograde is one of the best songs I've heard in a long time. Does anything capture the current zeitgeist better than:
The road to hell is paved with cruel intentions
If its not nuclear war
Its gonna be a divine intervention
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Nothing Jeff has put out since tops Star Wars. Some of the gushing reviews over this album feel a bit like the emperor has no clothes. Maybe some people have a strong personal connection or reaction to this music, that for others falls kinda flat compared to the past records.
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Pretty safe to say, if you like the direction Jeff's last few releases, since Schmilco, have been heading, you'll like this. If you don't, you won't.
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Box of Rain is a great example of Hunter using hypnotic techniques in his writing to connect with the listener. Hypnosis uses non-specific specific statements to connect with the subject, thereby making them more open to suggestions. For example, in hypnosis the therapist may say "your eyes may feel heavy, maybe you hear the wind outside, you may feel the bottom of your feet..." etc. during the induction, while Hunter writes "any window, any morning, maybe the sun is shining, maybe you're tired and broken, maybe you'll find direction..." etc. Chances are you're able to connect with one or more of those vague lines in the moment, and then you are open to his offer of a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair, if you want it, if you don't that's ok, your choice.
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Hunter receiving his songwriting award at the American Music awards references his writing of those classic songs, and is a fine tribute:
Hunter was one of the first Americans to take psychedelics, including LSD, in government funded studies, before anyone else turned on. When Jerry had his first acid trip and freaked out, Hunter was there to talk him down, before the Grateful Dead came in to existence. He spent a period of his life using DMT intravenously, over 50 years ago. He then went on to map the American collective unconscious of the 60's, painting fables in technicolor, and leaving a trail for anyone interested to follow.
Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go...
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This one hurts. The storyteller makes no choice...
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I'm sure it would be a fun show whatever are we piling on Robbie Robertson I'm in.
In the recent documentary on Trey Anastasio from Phish he brutally mocks Robbie for the line in the Last Waltz about quitting touring after 17 years. "17 years, are you kidding me? I'm gonna do this forever." What a fucking doosh. Put on a scarf, brush your hair, pretend to sing, then wait until your drummer dies before releasing your memoir in which you insinuate that he's an anti-semite. Do some more blow with Scorcese.
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the Grateful Dead's Uncle John's Band is a reference to John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers. Some years later Dylan would pay tribute to the Ramblers in his song Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, which references many Rambler's songs, and lifts the music from the song, you guessed it, Uncle John's Bongos.
Much more here:
http://swarmuth.blogspot.com/2015/12/bob-dylans-secret-answer-record-uncle.html
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Dylan:
"I'm listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound. Someone's always yelling, 'turn it down.'" Sometimes he'd change the lyrics to Annie Lenox, others likely.
Roll on John was about John Lennon to some extent, don't recall the tune that well.
Have you guys ever heard the tune American Pie by Don McLean? It's awesome.
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I guess Brent fans will be happy with this:
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The 6/17/91 show that will be in theaters tonight is getting an official release, which would leave me to believe the box set is from summer 91. I'd be happy with that. Sorry Brent fans.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VTHP8X5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Definitely not abbreviated --- I just brought it up because the whole logistic angle of filing in and out between shows was brought up. Both shows were indeed great. A friend was able to tape the 1st show, but got nabbed during the 2nd - they just took the dat -- they even let him stay for the remainder of the show, if I remember correctly.
I think the Park West shows were announced a very shortly before the actual shows. The Park West shows were on 10/26/99 -- he was back in town, after playing 3 more shows elsewhere, on the 31st at UIC, where he played with Phil at UIC. I remember a bit underwhelmed during Phil's set on the 31st. He had nice line up, but it didn't seem to go anywhere for me, that night.
Paul Barrere - guitar
Phil Lesh - bass guitar
John Molo - drums
Billy Payne - keyboards
Derek Trucks - guitar
Yeah, I was at the UIC show too. Kimock had just quite Phil's band, and Derek was subbing. Pretty underwhelming show. Think a Dixie Chicken and/or Fat Man in the Bathtub were the highlights of Phil's set. Dylan's set was smoking though, with I believe Silvio and Not Fade Away standing out.
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Yeah, I went to an early and late Bob Dylan show once at the Park West in Chicago - it was a bit of a cluster-fuck.
I did have friends who were only going to the late show, so they had been in line for a bit -- I did slide right into their spot as I was getting out of the early show, so in hindsight, perhaps I was part of the cluster creation.
(Dylan did announce both shows at the same time though, unlike Garcia.)
That was Dylan in a really intimate place, breaking in a new band member, Charlie Sexton. So I think the early/late show thing is acceptable given those circumstances. I went to one, amazing experience. And I think he pretty much played full shows, not abbreviated by much if at all.
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Last night was the 39th anniversary of my first concert ever - Jerry Garcia Band (with Dr John opening).
The version of Tangled Up in Blue from that night is one of my favorite live music memories.
Not a bad first concert. Early or late show?
The Grateful Dead
in Someone Else's Song
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Bill Walton took Larry and a bunch of other Celtics to a Dead show at Boston Garden once. They apparently loved it.