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It was 40 years ago today, August 6, 1974, I stepped into Roosevelt Stadium, the Orange Sun was Shining brightly, the Wall of Sound was staring us down, a beardless Jerry and band stepped out into the sunshine and kicked into Bertha, and away we went. First show. At least I've been enjoying the ride.

I'll be the first to admit that Phish has some terribly stupid songs (most of which are from early in their career, with Wombat a current era example), and even their best songs don't hit my gut lyrically like a Tweedy or Garcia/Hunter song does. My brain doesn't connect with Phish for the lyrics. Either that or I have an empty brain since I'm always up for hearing a David Bowie rage!

From today's Boston Globe: http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/08/02/the-allman-brothers-fillmore-tapes-get-deluxe-treatment/TUe3r75wrd94VEqXOxYQYI/story.html The writer says the"peak" live album era was '69-71. There's lots of reasons why I disagree with that statement. Starting with a little 3 lp set called Europe '72.

I'll be interested to read what you think of the 5.1 surround sound mix. I've read that it sounds like you're sitting front row center of the Fillmore, all the music coming out of the front speakers and crowd ambient sound coming out of the rear surround sound speakers.

I think what Analogman may be referring to is that the photo wasn't taken outside the Fillmore East. It was later shot outside a warehouse in Macon, set up to make it look like it was taken outside the Fillmore. That too.

At the Mansfield show, it was hot and sticky, the air wasn't moving at all, and we were surrounded by cigarette smokers and guys farting. I had none of that last night! I will always go to shows, nothing beats the live experience, but I do love doing a couch tour. And Phish does it well, lots of cameras, good audio, etc. Interesting to me that you so enjoyed the 2 shows you saw, but watching and listening to, say, Chalkdust or First Tube last night didn't move you. The power of being present at a show I guess.

Got my 1971 Fillmore East Recordings box set in today. The 6 cd version. Listened to disc 1, the early show from March 12. Sounds freakin awesome! The music is so "present." Very psyched to finally be able to listen to all of this.

Mine didn't arrive today. Which is ok, as my Allman Brothers Complete Fillmore East box did. 6 discs. That will keep me occupied.

I was having a lot of bufferin/connection troubles during the first set (Verizon FIOS), was really distracting and hard to watch. But it all smoothed out by Kill Devil Falls>Suzie, and it was all smooth sailing for the remainder. I was really tired and kept wanting to go to sleep, but couldn't break away. I did shut it down after the second set ended, so missed the Fluffhead encore. Great show, great tour.

Just to clarify, those are TWEEDY dates, not Wilco dates.

I'm definitely confused about the Baseball Project. I thought Buck was always in the band, and never realized that Mike was.

Edit: that was some Hood > First Tube!

That was some Hood!

Couch tour- free webcast of tonight's Phish show. Final show of summer tour.

Free live webcast of tonight on right now

They say don't miss a Sunday Phish show. Been true this summer. Will definitely couch tour this one.

They say don't miss a Sunday Phish show. Been true this summer. Will definitely couch tour this one.

Unexpectedly seeing Dave Mason's Traffic Jam tonight in beautiful Truro MA

I agree, the GD Gear Book is my favorite of all the GD related books.

2 more: the Bill Graham bio and Phil Lesh's book. Sent from my Windows Phone using Tapatalk

Timely topic. Just today I finished Perfect Circle-The Story of R.E.M. Updated in 2013. A great read and a fun summer project for me as I listened along to each album as I read about it them. A band my wife and I were into from Murmur on, my favorite band for many years, so I really enjoyed this one. Others, the Keith Richards book, and Gregg Allman one as well. I've been meaning to read the recent Duane Allman bio authored by his daughter, but haven't gotten to that yet.

I've been seeing them since '95. I can't compare and contrast the different years like I can with the Dead. But let's just say that I've enjoyed the 2012-2014 shows as much as any earlier ones. Mr. Miner js quite enthusiastic about the last 3 shows. They should fi ish this summer with a real bang. http://phishthoughts.com/2014/07/29/catching-fire/

From what I read, the Chicago shows seemed to be a slight downturn from what was before, and since a run of spectacular shows. Great moments/songs, just not through and through. Or so I've read. I have listened to the last 2 shows at Merriweather, and they are great, so the band should be hot rolling into Portsmouth tonight. Have fun Wilco Me!

Oh, I think I get it now

Where? All 4 Wilco shows, or 1 in particular? I hope the rumor is not that Spencer is replacing Glenn.