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Best dancers has to go to the beautiful ladies in Sunshine Daydream. Although pole guy does detract from it some.

That bonus disc is amazing too. I prefer 3rd set at Winterland though for the feel - energy in the crowd, band stoned, lighting, playing, set list. Unfortunately the GD Movie and bonus disc is kind of sterile in comparison - stage lights on the whole time, band relatively sober. Pretty sure the Closing of Winterland video was from a PBS broadcast feed, and while the quality is not pristine, it just feels right - a middle of the night psychedelic haze that gives a sense of what it might've been like to be there. There are some camera angles that are incredibly hallucinatory, especially if you

I found the first two sets underwhelming, though I recall the band finding a nice groove in Fire. 3rd set is the best Dead video out there. Cosmic stuff. Jerry dosed to the gills singing the first verse of Dark Star staring straight into the camera. Love the transition back from Other One back into Dark Star, Bob leading the way. St. Stephen and Wharf Rat. Yes please. Awesome stuff.

Just stumbled across this. Can't remember too much about these shows. I'm sure they're kind and all, but don't think much stands out. http://fp.io/a1bb26f8/ Great American Music Band 4/20/74 Pilgrimage Theater, Hollywood, CA Show sponsored by McCabes Music Store David Grisman - Mandolin Jerry Garcia - Banjo David Nicturn - Guitar Richard Green - Fiddle Taj Mahal - Vocals, Bass Maria Mauldar - Vocals (1) Source: multi gen cass/soundboard > BBE362NR > DAT > Sek'd Prodif Plus > Soundforge > Cdwin > SHN 01. Intro & tuneup 02. Limehouse Blues 03. Dawg's Bull 04.

What are the highlights of the Download series? If you were just going to download two or 3? Looks like they are all available here: http://brooklynsteveridesagain2.blogspot.co.at/

Wasn't there an excellent version of Iko that preceded that All Too Much? Jerry goes bonkers and won't let it end. It would be hard to imagine a 95 show being released, but a compilation could work. That Visions is already on Fallout from the Philzone.

Wish they'd release more compilations. Really liked Fall Out From the Philzone, which was just a bunch of random tunes over their entire career, but outstanding versions. There are so many different types of compilations they could put out, and with itnues playlists, I think that is they way people tend to listen to music these days - cowboy songs, blues, rockers, ballads, thematic jams (MLB, Spanish), etc. If a really great show is released I'll pick it up. Bought the May 77 box and Field Trip show, but those were the first ones I had purchased in maybe 5 years. Sound quality and packaging

That was the only time I saw him too. Great show, great band. They really jammed it out.

To reply to your post from the previous thread: "C'mon, man. Enough of the "fake Jerry" crap. They need a guitar player to play lead and take some vocals. So the keyboardist is a fake Brent? Or the drummer a fake Mickey? When Bobby sings Masterpiece he's a fake Dylan, I suppose.If you don't enjoy them or go to the shows, that's cool. But why would you actually be looking forward to the hiatus, then?" I'd prefer a different guitar player/vocalist than fake Jerry, and I just find him to be terrible. Warren Haynes, Neal Casal, Stu Allen are a few that come to mind. It's a pretty commonly used

Furthur: They're not the worst at what they do, they're the only ones that do what they do. Or something like that. Would rather hear Phil sing than fake Jerry. Don't dig Bobby's slow tempos. I'm sure there are some fine moments and good times at the shows, but looking forward to this break.

Regarding Days Between and Jerry's passing, this is really an excellent read: http://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-days-between

The Rowan quote reminds me of the one time I saw the David Nelson Band, and how in many ways that was the closest I've come to the Jerry experience since he passed. Taking the folk music from their early days, putting a psychedelic stamp on it. They did a few Jerry tunes, as well as some of the songs he covered like Mississippi John Hurt tunes. Nelson was clearly influenced by Jerry, yet they came from the same era and were always so similar. While it was a tribute to Jerry, it was also a genuine expression of who Nelson was. They were both cut from the same cloth, and while Nelson may not hav

The Dylan quote is the best. Show that to anyone who would deny Garcia's genius. Some more nice words from one of America's greatest literary and cultural figures: The Lives They Lived: Jerry Garcia;The False Notes He Never PlayedBy Ken Kesey Published: December 31, 1995HEY, JERRY -- What's happening? I caught your funeral. Weird. Big Steve was good. And Grisman. Sweet sounds. But what really stood out -- stands out -- is the thundering silence, the lack, the absence of that golden Garcia lead line, of that familiar slick lick with the up-twist at the end, that merry snake twining through t

A great late era performance that hopefully everyone can appreciate. Minor lyric flubs. Strong playing and singing. Nice song to listen to on Jerry's death day:

That verse was on the back of my wedding program. It is a great tune. There's a real nice live version probably from 94 with David Murray on sax that surprisingly works real well.

I've heard crazier opinions on the Dead. Seeing Eternity while in an altered state certainly helped me appreciate it. As for Days Between: Lazy River, Liberty, and So Many Roads, while great, are Garcia songwriting 101. Pretty generic stuff from him. Days Between was much more interesting musically, with the haunting and distorted guitar. Plus, great imagery from Hunter on that tune. Phantom ships with phantom sails set to sea on phantom tides...It's got that bittersweet feel that Garcia was the master of. Total end of life tune. I could, and have, gone on about this tune.

If the Shoe Fits was another lost Phil classic from that era. I like Way to Go Home. Just wish they kept it in the 1st set. Jerry would rip on it, and a nice vocal breakdown at the end. Eternity was actually a really cool tune live, but should've stayed a mid-first set tune. Saw it as a first set closer, and in the Estimated slot in the second set once. Ouch. Willie Dixon wrote the lyrics after Bobby showed him the music. Pretty cool story about them writing it together out there somewhere. Days Between was the best of all the late era tunes, and could've been among the best all time if

Was hoping they'd do Chest Fever once I heard Garth would be sitting in. Wonder if there was much of a Genetic Method keyboard duel between Garth and Mikael?

I tweeted 2 nights ago that Wilco & Weir should do Spiders>Other One>Spiders>Viola Lee Blues. Mikael and John "favorited" the tweet. This gives me hope.

Bob Weir only sits in on songs I sing to my daughters at bed time: Ripple, California Stars, Friend of the Devil, and Dear Prudence (w/MMJ). Next up, Forever Young w/Dylan. Not holding out hope for Twinkle Twinkle or ABC. Guess I'll have to start singing Dead Flowers at bed time, change the needle and a spoon line to cow jumping over the moon.

Smokestack was on Bear's Choice. Maybe you're thinking of Big Boss Man? Both those albums do have a similar stripped down rootsy feel. Like the Dead in bar band mode on Skull and Roses, 5 piece band, one drummer, Pigpen as the only keyboardist, with the exception of some Merl Saunders overdubs on a few tunes.