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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.

I think the Bralove thing is completely different. He was a tech guy, there to run the midi effects. Very different from having a second drummer offstage and hidden from view.

Seems strange since they played Saturday in AC and by all accounts Weir appeared fine and it was a good show. Maybe that ambien story wasn't true after all?

Really, there's a hidden backstage guitar player and drummer for the Stones? I definitely have an issue with it, and I don't see any substantive difference between hidden backstage musicians and a singer not singing live.

Too funny!!!

I watched the guy pretty closely as best as I could see. When he played, he had a drumstick in each hand and at least one cymbal, and he was playing along with the band. Whatever it was that he was hitting with those drumsticks was blocked from my view. But as I said, there was one song where the drum beat was pounding pretty good, and when they showed Mick on the screen he was playing with brushes. Draw your own conclusions, but it was clear to me that the drumming was being augmented by some hidden tech and the vast majority in the crowd had no ability to know that Mick wasn't responsibl

I've never heard of or seen this before. As I said, I think it's bogus. Bullshit. I'm not a huge Mac fan (one of the main reasons I went is that it now frees me up to see Los Lobos at JazzFest on Saturday since they are playing at the same time), but Mick Fleetwood's drumming (along with Buckingham's guitar) was always one of the draws. I can't believe how bogus I think this is. Have a freaking second drummer on stage. This is lip synching bullshit Mr. Heartbreak, I'm not aware of the Bob Welch story. Did they just toss him to the side of the road for Buckingham and Nicks? Bare Tre

I've been meaning to post this for a couple of weeks now. Fleetwood Mac were in Boston a couple of weeks ago and a buddy picked up a pair of good seats cheap on the day of, so I went with him. We were sitting in Club Section 109, above Lodge 22, which is about one section out in front of the stage on the Buckingham side. We were high enough that we could see the entire stage setup and everything behind the amps. Throughout the show there was a crew member guy behind Buckingham's stack of amps to the side of the drum riser who was clearly playing drum pads along with Mick Fleetwood on many s

Love that show, particularly Bill's rant at the end. Happy belated anniversary. To celebrate, I'm going to put this on!

I don't remember it raining during Wilco's Saturday night set. It poured and lightning before. It certainly rained during most of Friday night's set as we huddled under rain gear and umbrellas, the rain is heard loud and clear on the recording.

Glad to read that Weir was fine last night. Must Have Been the Ambien.

So uncomfortably weird to watch that. Spoke to a friend who was in the house. Says Weir was screwing up lyrics big time earlier in the show. Maybe I'm naive, but I do believe the ambien story. He looks like someone who was drugged. So embarrassing for him. Yes they did, and I was there.

Pretty sure that Mansfield has 11:00 curfew. Been to tons of shows there, that's my best memory. This is the 3rd Boston show I will be missing while on vacation (2 nights of Furthur as well). Not that I'm complaining about being on vacation...

I like the Marquis Moon suggestion.

I have not been a John Mayer fan, other than when he plays as the John Mayer Trio. Which was part of the surprise of Friday night for me. And I like him a lot more after reading this: Have you been writing new music? No, but I've been listening to stuff and just falling in love with certain things. I've been listening to the Grateful Dead nonstop. Mark my words, the Grateful Dead are gonna make a comeback, because of how that music cleanses your palate. When everything is processed and quantized and gridded out – to hear "Tennessee Jed" played with that lope is a real palate-cleanser. They

I was listening to Ladies and Gentlemen on my commute this morning. That 4 night run at the Fillmore represents the very best of Pig and the band as a whole during that era. April 28 and April 29 were among the very first cassettes I got way back in the day in college in mid-70's. The Dark Star > St. Stephen > NFA > GDTRFB > NFA sequence of April 28 has always been among my absolute favorite Dead jams of any era. If anyone has not properly listened to that, I suggest you drop everything and give it a spin!

Hey Bosco, re: the Garcia channeling, I was referring to the song before Don't Let Me Down. My buddy and I heard it loud and clear, as did people posting on the Allmans forum (who referred to it as Fire on the Mountain). I get you didn't hear it, but it was unmistakeable and loud and clear to us. Then I read a RS interview with Mayer from about a month ago where he spoke about spending the last year in Montana just listening to the Dead. No doubt in my mind it was a purposeful tribute to Jerry. Maybe it will be on the dvd and you can give it another listen. BTW, I thought Friday was