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Just came across this recording of Space Oddity on NPR: http://wvpublic.org/post/hear-wilco-cover-space-oddity-mountain-stage

Steve Martin and Martin Short

https://www.facebook.com/juliekimchi/videos/10206361242974704/ Visual evidence of the O'Rourke sit in

They were a multi-headed monster. The nights the magic happened they were all "on" and in sync with each other. It wasn't just any one of them. Why that happened some nights and not others is the mystery of live performances.

There's a short capture vid posted on FB of O'Rourke playing with them on Laminated Cat. I can't figure out how to capture that, but it's there in the Wilco fan group if anyone wants to see it with their own eyes and ears.

That Houston Hofheinz Pavilion show is a monster. Should definitely be listened to if you haven't heard it.

Listening to Today in GD History, 3-29-85 Nassau. Middle of the 6 years I was off the bus. Never knew they did Baby What You Want Me To Do. I always knew that as a Hot Tuna sing on Yellow Fever. Brent does a good job with it.

Going back to the previous discussion about late era new tunes, Today on This Day in GD History on Sirius they were playing second set from Albany 3-28-1993. I was at this show, I usually like listening to shows I saw live. Except here, after Ship of Fools, they go into Wave to the Wind, and I had to turn it off in less than a minute. Can't bear to listen to them play that song. I don't remember much about this night, but I do remember the previous night having many great moments. The Days Between stands out in my memory bank, I still feel the chills I got hearing that song that night.

Nice to see Mr. Tinnitus Photography's photo showing up in a tweet from Wilco today. Nice shot Tim. https://twitter.com/Wilco/status/713397313763479552

Being a big Courtney Barnett fan, and given that New Speedway Boogie is among my favorite Dead tunes, I've listened to that track several times. My take is that Courtney makes that song her own, it is not by any means a copycat rendition. Well let's cure that. Give it a listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72OLupNWNho Warms my heart

Just placed my pre-order for the 5 disc set.

My then 24 year old son turned me on to her when he got his hands on a pre-release leaked copy of Sometimes I Sit and Think...He had been listening to her for a while already and claims he had already played Avant Gardner for me, but I must not have been focused. I love it when the wheel turns round.

From the soon to be released Day of the Dead tribute album, they released the full track of Courtney's performance of New Speedway Boogie. Giving one of my favorite GD tunes the Courtney Barnett treatment, sounds great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdaAQlmExmI

They released some full tracks on the website. Here's Courtney Barnett doing New Speedway. Grateful Dead music + Courtney + New Speedway = pretty much hitting the trifecta for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdaAQlmExmI

Couldn't make it to House of Blues for Lake Street Dive tonight, but I have friends coming over to watch the free webcast on Yahoo Music. I saw Rachel Price sing at Lockn' last year, but I've never seen LSD (a very funny thing for me to say)

Bill Walton just released a memoir, "Back from the Dead." http://liveforlivemusic.com/news/bill-walton-has-released-a-memoir-titled-back-from-the-dead/

Hope you had as good a time last night as I did on Monday. I've seen Lu many times. I went into Monday's show less psyched than at any previous show, mostly because I wasn't familiar with the new album and the few tracks I heard seemed too slow and morose. Another instance of low expectations leading to great reward. As this reviewer wrote: "It was spectacular." http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/guestlisted/2016/03/last_best_show_lucinda_williams_at_the_paradise

Lucinda

Had some home alone time today, took the opportunity to play D3 of Dave's Picks 17, Fresno, July 1974, the first official Wall of Sound show, at concert level volume. I've listened to this show many times over the years, but I never realized how tight and rockin the US Blues is. The entire show is worthy no doubt, today for the first time US Blues jumps out and slapped me in my face and stuck me in the gut. I can't help but repeat myself about these GD HDCD releases, they sound amazing.

Barrence has not stopped playing, and I understood he's back performing with the Savages, but there were a number of years when he was solo, and that night in Johnny D's was the "final" BW and Savages show. Or perhaps I'm confusing this with something else (but I don't think so). I will get confirmation. My favorite Barrence moments are at just about every Lobos show in Boston when he jumps on stage for DIrty Water, like this show I was at in Salsbury, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIcNyUiRilE, or Georgia Slop, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvffXTjUEZU

Nice, sounds like an awesome band. I've never been much of a Black Crowes or CRB fan. I got a ticket to see the Foundations of Funk show here in Boston, which is George Porter, Jr., Zig, Krasno and Neal Evans. Looking forward to that one.

Came upon this video of Ryan Adams doing an acoustic Wharf Rat. Fantastic version. He introduces the song by saying: "When I'm feeling sort of out of place, or not feeling great, I listen to the Grateful Dead." I bet all of us here can relate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4TrOK1L8xQ

I like almost all of those "last batch" tunes, with Days being at the top of my list. Never really took a shine to Liberty. A little too cheesy for my tastes. "Ooh ooh, Liberty..." I saw a couple of versions of Days that were spine tingling. Great imagery in the lyrics, and Jerry could belt out those lyrics to kick my in the gut.

I didn't get there as frequently as I would have liked, but I did make sure I caught a show before it closed, the Modeski Trio about a month or so ago. My buddy got the head's up on the Neil appearance and called me, I couldn't get out of the office but he made it over in the afternoon and got in. We stumbled in one night several years ago with friends and unbeknownst to us it was the "final" Barrence Whitfield and the Savages show.

Good point, same experience for me. I got Hundred Year Hall when it was first released and it instantly snapped my head around and went straight to the top of my charts of favorite GD releases. Pretty much every track is a "best version" or close to it for me. So when they released individual shows from the Europe '72 box, this is the one full show i bought. And for some reason, I don't find it as compelling a listen as HYH. It must be the mix. But whatever the reason, I go to HYH more often than I go to the full show release.