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    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Full disclaimer. 

     

    I waited until after midnight (wife and kids long in bed) Saturday night to listen to DLP15. I was prepping an overnight smoke of a pork butt, (weber smokey mountain, Kingsford charcoal, pecan and apple chunks, warm water in the basin, pork was salted 24 hours in advance, then rubbed about an hour before the smoke) Once the smoker hit 225, around 12:30, I put the shoulder on, then retrieved a 4-pack of Ommegang Fleur de Houblon Summer Ale (conveniently put on sale from $8.99 to $4.99 the day before), tipped my hat to the day-after full moon, then hit my own smoker for a toke or 3 or 4, then put on my headphones, and had myself a nice little quiet party out in the driveway for the next hour or two. 

     

    So, my mood was perfect for a new Dead Show. And that Dead Show was perfect for my mood. Great night. Great show. 

     

    And the next day, after about 13 hours on the smoker, the pork butt turned out great too. 

     

     

    Great! 

    Star Wars Reviews

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Not well received by this Spanish critic

     

    http://www.efeeme.com/disco-star-wars-de-wilco/

     

     

    Google translation (approx. you know...):

    Wilco
    "Star Wars"
    D8PM RECORDS
     
    Text: Fernando Ballesteros.
     
     
    It is already clear that "Star Wars", the new album by Wilco, has been a surprise because no one expected his appearance, let alone free download. But once it was clear that they have been given their share of headlines and space in social networks and continue clearing doubts, the question whether it is good or fulfills the expectations that can be deposited in the group of Jeff Tweedy in 2015, is say, fourteen years after the publication of an album that changed everything, at least for them and for many of us.
     
    These days it is common to read that Wilco have followed the lead of Beyonce and Kanye West and My mind goes to 2001, when Chicago was already also pioneers when it comes to hang free its "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" after receiving pumpkins from his record Reprise which he thought he deserved that masterpiece not be edited. And that puts us in front of the glorious past of the band as it acts as a yardstick conditioning increasingly presented with new material.
     
    Judging "Star Wars" with the highest level of demand for the new album be as important, or casting off prejudice and almost as if it was a name that did not know, the disc does not approach the excellence group.
     
    This "Star Wars" is guitarrera, short, no rupture with the recent past and almost devoid of pretension. Or so it seems to imply the leader of the group, when asked why the disk that have given answers that did for fun. Perfect. Let's see if it's as funny as we find in the future grooves of these eleven songs. Although one might almost say ten if we reduce the initial story category 'EKG'.
     
    The density of 'More' with an almost addictive and in any case, nice chorus, puts me on guard against the possibility of being in something bigger than I feared. 'Random name generator' repeats robust speech guitars but at the height of 'The joke Explained' with that dylanian Tweedy stop on a certain aroma posed with Velvet, and are asking for a change of pace. Too bad this does not come with 'You satellite' leaden and boring to death distorted.
     
    But all is not lost. 'Taste the Ceiling' makes others think of Wilco, who among mountains of experimental dissonance and deconstruction think they called it, suddenly came off with a pearl for all audiences. This is not so precious and so valuable, but it does the trick. At the end of the day, live better or worse times, who has a natural gift for melody has to keep proving. And it's not the only time they do, because 'Where do I begin' is another example of those who started Wilco quiet and noisy excited to finish or just weirdos.
     
    'Cold slope' is also among the best of a lot on which 'Pickled ginger' returns us to the rocky tone and somewhat uninspired by the assembly and 'King of you' installs cadence dragged us into some and uncomfortable feeling drowsy. And although the closing 'Magnetized' evokes shining and glorious past looking at Abbey Road, the general feeling that makes the album is that this is a minor work, perhaps transitional, they will know where. This time they have distanced himself from the pressure appearing with songs that sometimes seem even sketches of something bigger. To understand, Wilco are playing, without training or work too hard in a lower division of their share. And winning, of course.
     
    Of course, even using the less demanding scale, they miss the days when everything he touched Tweedy dazzled, even if it was a side project band mother. Those days when disc Loose Fur, for example, settled among the most exciting of the year. Never again be 2001, not 2005, but I still think that this man and his group consolidated this training and so much more to give and show again. There will come a day when we surprise and not only by the unexpected release date of an album, nor how to get it to his followers. We will continue waiting. Spare them credit.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

     

    Found in the interwebs that Mojo will release something called Ramble on Rose in September,
    They say these are tracks "that would have formed the successor to American Beauty, from 9 live performances and a studio outtake". Anybody knows something about that 'successor'? Never heard of that...

     

    Forget about the 'successor' to AB, all are in previous DPs, E72 or SMR. Sorry, I am näive  :worried

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    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Found in the interwebs that Mojo will release something called Ramble on Rose in September, with these tracks:

     

    01. Mr. Charlie (San Diego, 7 August 1971)

    02. Brown-Eyed Woman (Chicago, 24 August 1971)

    03. Looks Like Rain (Lincoln, 26 February 1973)

    04. He’s Gone (Paris, 4 May 1972)

    05. Loser (Philadelphia, 21 September 1972)

    06. Comes a Time (Frankfurt, 26 April 1972)

    07. Ramble On Rose (Philadelphia, 21 Sept. 1972)

    08. Chinatown Shuffle (Rotterdam, 11 May 1972)

    09. Black-Throated Wind (Jersey City, 27 September 1972)

    10. To Lay Me Down (American Beauty Outtake)

     

    They say these are tracks "that would have formed the successor to American Beauty, from 9 live performances and a studio outtake". Anybody knows something about that 'successor'? Never heard of that...

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    (Re)watched yesterday Venetta's Sunshine Dream. It's fantastic seeing the awesome work of Bobby in China/Rider, what an underrated guitarist! And what a depressing contrast with his lame slide in Santa Clara 2015 almost ruining Black Peter right from the start. Finally, the wreck was completed with the out-of-tune ridiculous group vocal "harmonies"

    Star Wars Reviews

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I'm not sure this is accurate: "Wilco’s ninth studio LP Star Wars is their most accessible". I'm rather sure instead this is true: " if Wilco have another truly great one in them, history strongly suggests it’ll be devoted to sounding nothing like Star Wars."

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I've seen 3,5 out of the 5 shows (SC+Chi) till now. I've only pushed the forward button with Little Red Rooster, the more anticlimactic choice Bobby could have chosen for an event like this (later I read it was supposedly honoring Willie Dixon's 100th birthday, but still...). Highlights? The Golden Road and Trey almost everywhere, he has gained my eternal respect. As to the cinema where I saw the final gig, it was me and my uncle and about 20 more persons in a varied 15-75 years old range, which surprised me,

    Live! Tonight!

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Grateful Dead - 'Fare Thee Well'...on cinema: 4 hours, don't know what they´ll project, maybe the final show or a best moments comp of the 3-day run. I bet there will be at most about 10 persons in the theatre, mine is a not a deadheadish country despite Jer ancestry.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I can only speak for Santa Clara, I found it very enjoyable, not trascendent of course. But they can play those songs even asleep and should have rehearsed how to finish them and/or the segues, which they don't seem to. Trey is ok in my book, at least in those shows.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Thanks A-Man for the link, you made my afternoon! It took a while for the boys to warm up but overall pretty good imho.

     

    I found this

     

    Grateful Dead - GD50 Set Break Video - 6-27-15 - Music by Neal Casal

    "The hour-long break between sets seemed all about nostalgia. As vintage images of the Grateful Dead -- curated in part by Bill Kreutzmann’s son -- were projected to a soundtrack composed by noted Phil Lesh/Chris Robinson Brotherhood/Hard Working Americans guitarist and longtime head Neal Casal"

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhqvBS-hiC4&feature=youtu.be

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