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Historic performance. I'm with mountain bed, Sets 2 (and 3) are among my favorite sets of all time. I have the poster for this show hanging in my office.

I never acquired an ear for Victim, to this day.

Possibly the best Dew ever? That means I should definitely check it out.

Yes, and the Eyes>Estimated is not too shabby. I wasn't their either, but the tape circulated pretty quickly on the WELL. Blew me away.

I know from friends they did some, or at least one, epic shows in Maine during this period. Among their favorite shows of all time. I've still never listened, but this has prompted me to get to it.

'90 MSG too. And '91 Boston. And the first Branford show at Nassau, what was that, March '90?

Funny, I was off the bus from '81-87, and never listen to any shows from the '81-84 era!

I thought '90 and '91 were great years. Some of those Hornsby shows are among me favorite GD shows of all.

Agree, Jerry looked absolutely terrible in '94 and '95. There were nights we thought he was just going to die on stage. (Albany, Spring '95). He was huge, and spent 99% of the shows hunched over his guitar, no eye contact with the band, not interactive at all. 50/50 he would get the vocals correct even with a teleprompter. There were a couple of gem shows in there, but the % of great GD shows was way down in those years. The last great run of shows I saw was Boston '91. Saw all the Boston and Albany shows in 93, '94 and spring '95, there were some good ones, but it was obvious to me tha

Re: CVB vs. Cracker, significant difference in the music between the bands to my ears, probably mostly to do with the prominent role of the violin in CVB. I'm with remphish1 on this, I wouldn't knock seeing CVB in any respect, but I vastly prefer Cracker. Love Hickman's playing, and I think the Cracker songbook is much stronger. In fact, I love the Cracker songbook. This tour has been coming to Cambridge every January now for several years, didn't see it this year because of the Pats game, so I last saw them in January 2012. Brought my then 22 year old son and his buddy. Even though he

Solid Sound posted a photo on FB this morning showing some earth moving equipment "getting ready for Solid Sound at MASS MoCA: creating a bit more room for you by Joe's field." Wonder if ticket sales are up this year?

I blew off going to see Camper Van and Cracker at the Middle East because of the Pats/Ravens game (a/k/a AFC Championship game). Would have had a much better time at the Middle East.

Never saw Warren with a Strat, until he came on stage last week in New Orleans with the Mule and opened with Are You Experienced?

Low, on KEXP

I still have a promotional/collector's edition of Without A Net, still wrapped. I have no idea why I'm still holding onto it or haven't unwrapped it. I guess I thought it would become some sort of collector's item and worth something, though I doubt it, and wouldn't even know what to do with it anyway. But it's still sitting in my cabinet. I don't have any problem with GD/Rhino putting out these box sets. I don't buy all of them, but I've been very happy with the ones I have purchased, especially the Winterland '73 and '77 box sets. The only reason I bought the May '77 box is because I

Can't argue with that one!

Happy anniversary to my favorite May '77 show. This write up does it better justice than I ever could. I was fortunate to see 2 of the May shows, but not so fortunate to me at this barnburner. http://www.deadlistening.com/2010/03/1977-may-9-buffalo-ny.html

"Best show ever" pretty much impossible to determine. There are a number that could easily hold that moniker. I know this show took the number 1 slot in a fan poll (maybe multiple polls?). Cornell is a gem of a show, but I don't even give it the best show of that week award. That prize goes to the next night, May 9 in Buffalo. Cornell may have the best ever Scarlet>Fire.

There is an entire book on the equipment of the Grateful Dead. Probably my favorite of all the GD related books. And I'm not a musician or audio gear head. Don't forget the postage! Heck, let's start an old time WELL tree.

A print of the crowd photo at the 1:13 mark is hanging in my office. Love it every day.

Can someone help refresh my memory: is Sunday's schedule going later this year? I have a memory of both Tweedy's and Levon's sets ending around 4:00 or so. I have no memory of Sunday going to 7:00 in either of the previous SS's.

Just back home from JazzFest. Next up, Solid Sound. That certainly takes the sting out of the end of JazzFest!

Totally agree about that NFA opener. I dl'd this when they put it up, was blown away hearing that NFA for the first time. I remember thinking, " this is why they are the Grateful Dead!"

A little late, but last night The Meter Men at Republic in NOLA. Today, Black Keys, trombone Shorty and probably Meter Men again, all at Acura Stage at JazzFest. Tonight, Papa Grows Funk at Republic.

I watched the Lemieux video. I'm sold. Not that it would take much to sell me on a May '77 box. Especially one that includes 5/15, I was there for the first Aiko.