jw harding

What a weird list that is. Sky Blue Sky at 40? Guess I'm gonna have to get high and listen to that. Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name should be much higher than 37. Features Jerry on pedal steel, some other members of the Dead, Airlpane, CSNY, Joni. The ultimate San Francisco 60's album maybe.

Agree with a lot of what you are saying. Generally don't listen to much pre 1970 Dead, but if they have one definitive album it has to be Live/Dead. Don't often listen to an entire Dark Star or Lovelight, but if you're in the right state of mind, they really are quite mind bending and exhilarating. I don't think there is much that can touch the intensity of a great version of The Eleven though, and this is a great one. The version on Two from the Vault might be better. Certainly got to follow you tastes, but every Deadhead should be familiar with Live/Dead.

I would say start with American Beauty and Workingman's Dead. Then check out Live/Dead, need to check out the early psychedelic origins. If you don't dig the Dark Star, Lovelight, and Eleven, then you probably won't dig the Dead. Hard to say where to go from there, so many different eras and different sounds. Europe 72, Reckoning, One from the Vault, Anthem of the Sun are all required listening. Then get into individual shows.

I thought it was Jack Straw, maybe Playin'. He's still up on that pole.

Chalkdust Torture. Pretty straight forward guitar rock, good tune. Wilson or Possum would be good choices too.

Beth Orton should be an interesting guest.

First show was 92, and felt like most shows I saw were good, a few were great, but the decline was pretty intense in 94 and 95. Even the bad ones had some great moments that may have made them worthwhile. Saw the 2nd to last show at Soldier's and was pissed. Pretty much knew it was over, or at least that I wouldn't be putting much effort into seeing them. But man, the Visions from that night was epic, whether Jerry read it off a teleprompter or not. Shock waves through the stadium when he lifted his arm up in the air to the line "And even Mona Lisa must've had the highway blues, you can tell b

That's from the Live at Shoreline DVD release. Great show, phenomenal Dear Prudence with interplay between Jerry and Melvin. Powerful version of Lucky Old Sun, one of the most amazing performances I've ever seen.

This. Success is a bitch. See also Elvis, Michael Jackson, Prince, Hendrix, Morrison, etc. Hard to imagine being an introverted guy and people treating you like Jesus rock star. Even celebrities melt around Dylan, guy is intimidating. Plus, I know if I had the ability to keep 99% of the world out of my space I would take that. Aside from all this nonsense, while I love all the bands on this tour, and have not been too amazed with the last few Dylan shows I've seen, Dylan would be the reason to catch one of these shows. Duke Robillard just joined the band, they are finally playing a lot

Must be out of print, but pretty sure you can watch it on youtube.

One year anniversary of his death, so might as well bump this shit to the top. Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012)

I will admit that the only time I really enjoyed and "got" the Space portion of a Dead show, which was always MIDI heavy, was the 2nd to last show in Chicago, and I was tripping face. Seemed like they were musically creating the sounds and feelings of a swamp. Don't think I would've picked that up in a normal state of consciousness. Some music is enhanced by drugs, other music is not. The Dead certainly spent enough time in alternate states of consciousness to know how to musically communicate in that territory.

I wouldn't have been offended by that. It is factually correct and actually only adds to his legend. I can certainly understand why the Dead's music doesn't appeal to some people and have no problem with that.

Is Wayne Coyne still the Lip's roadie?

Anyone who would repeat that joke fails at both music and drugs. And comedy, life, etc.

Not sure how this turned into a MIDI thread, but Jerry's trumpet playing on Ramble on Rose was mind-melting. At least it was if you were on a head full of acid.

I think Bralove worked for Stevie Wonder before the Dead, right?

I believe I was the one who said they are turning into a 60's cover band, and stand by that. If you look at the setlists from this run, as well as the past several years, not many new tunes, bunch of random covers that don't really seem to have much to do with the classic Allman's sound. I still like them, and agree with much of the rest of your post. But they're a band that hasn't added anything to their legacy over the past 15 years. Artists like Neil, Dylan, and Levon continue(d) to make meaningful music at late stages of their career. Supposedly Greg has a bunch of new tunes and they're go

One of the worst concerts I've seen was a Dickey Betts show maybe 5 years ago. He was clearly under the influence of something, incoherent between songs, freaking out about his guitar during songs and yelling at his tech guy, inviting the opener up on stage to his surprise to perform a song they'd never done before. I believe he ended the concert mid-song by dropping his guitar and walking off stage while the band played on. Can't blame the Allmans for kicking him out, but wish he could be relatively sober and still in the band.

This is pretty cool, but feels like they're just turning into a 60's cover band. Lack of quality new material over the past 20 years is hurting. http://youtu.be/SVk0ljkgDjY

I guess this is done in the Allman's bluesy style, but I find it disappointing. Preferred the Dead's version, which was more uplifting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3emVqWFwFK8

I know he was quoting Franklin's Tower during the intro to Blue Sky. Never heard Dickey do that during GDTRFB.

I was never sure if that was intentionally an Other One jam or just sounded similar. Saw Chris Robinson a few months back, and they had a jam very similar to Other One as well.

After Jerry passed, in the fall of 95 through at least 96, they used to bust into St. Stephen's jams coming out of drums, with Woody leading the way on bass. Sometimes would be teases of Dark Star and Lovelight in there as well. Maybe other tunes as well. Really meaningful to all the deadheads at the shows, a nice tip of the cap. And they continue to cover Franklin's Tower and Shakedown Street in recent years, and have members of the Dead sit in with them. Probably the younger guys are the fans of the Dead. Greg sang I'm No Angel, among many other dubious choices over his years, so his opinion

Gregg has written a bunch of new songs and Butch has been talking about a new album, but who knows.