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I know what you are talking about, mountain bed. I do, however, like when Viola Lee Blues returned in April '69 after about a one year absence. Then there is the 11/6/69 Dicks Picks 16. That first set of that show had some real problems on the Workingman's stuff as you mentioned, but they got good again later in the show with the great jam, Dark Star>Other One>Dark Star>Uncle John's>Dark Star>St. Stephen>The Eleven and then Caution>Main Ten>Caution!

Hey, you spilled your Zappa on my Grateful Dead! Can we go back to discussing Weir's fashion sense, please? Ha ha ha! But my, the Dead were smoking in early 1969, weren't they? I'm deep into the Fillmore West box this week.

Mickey's ranch and Olompali are nearby one another, but they are separate properties. Olompali is now a state park, well worth a visit, just a beautiful spot. The Dead lived there for just a summer in 1966. http://www.dead.net/tags/rancho-olompali They did go back often in the next year or so for parties thrown by the commune that moved in after them, The Chosen Family. There is a movie about the history of the place that might never get finished or released due to lack of funding, but at least they are trying. http://www.olompalimovie.com/ The Chosen Family story is pretty interesting

I saw that too, last year and I thought it was very good. There is no other band playing Led Zeppelin music as well and as authentically as this one, IMO. Jason is a very good drummer and he knows the music so thoroughly, even down to the different ways his dad played in different years. The rest of the band is very competent and they play the music very well with a bit of theatrics thrown in. You probably have to have a tolerance for a cover band kind of thing, though, which I do. Its on par with seeing Dark Star Orchestra, some Deadheads like me think its great because its so historical

When the hell is the Scorsese film gonna come out or even be finished? That should be quality, at least.

You were so fortunate to be at that show, wrp! I shoulda done more East Coast shows....

I like the Miami '89 and the 10-16-89 Dark Stars, too, but my fave Dark Star of the 80s and 90s is definitely from 9-20-90 with the insane freakout meltdown noise jam! https://archive.org/details/gd1990-09-20.sbd.miller.108849.flac16

Lost in the 80s, I'd say. Rodgers and Page were both so adamant to not just recreate their 70s sounds, but the result just wasn't that good. I saw both those tours and while I, as a teenager, was very excited to see Jimmy Page live, it really wasn't anything powerful or special or musically exciting. Chris Slade was a pretty good drummer on those records and tours, but the 80s production and mediocre songwriting sunk them. Outrider solo record was a little bit better and the tour was a LOT better because Page played Zeppelin stuff including In My Time Of Dying and he had Jason Bonham on d

I saw both of the Page/Plant tours. I've come to realize that those two tours were the Led Zeppelin reunion, or as close to it as it we'lll ever get for a full blown touring. Its really a shame they did not invite Jonesy, what a slap in the face to him and a diservice to the music. Michael Lee was absolutely incredible with his passion, hard-hitting, big sticks big drums style as well as his swing. I prefer him even to Jason Bonham as far as trying to fill in for Bonzo. I recall on the first tour how hard the whole arena was rocking out to Hey Hey What Can I Do, it was one of those elect

Thank you!

I thought I read in a post in this thread someone had a pick for best Other One of 1973. I could be losing my memory, but if it was on this thread, I cannot find the post. Can anyone steer me in the right direction for best Other One of '73?

When I was 14 I saw Simon and Garfunkel at the San Diego Stadium in 1981. They played Late In The Evening mid set and it went over so well, being the awesome funky Latin jam that it is and the horn section and rhythm section just killing it, they played it again at the end of the show, people were rocking out so hard. It was great to see a stadium full of people getting into it like that. I went with my Mom and one of her friends but luckily I had a separate ticket and sat by myself. Some adult partiers next to me had a gallon jug of homemade sangria they had smuggled in and they shared it

They have got the craft of a live rock show down, don't they? You don't really have to be familiar with their songs to get into it, first timers are usually pretty impressed, in my experience. Its killing me to not be at these Beacon shows and to hear about all the cheap tickets floating around. Have a great time, everybody! Tonight will probably be hard rocking, I'm gonna guess. Do some neck stretches, because there will be head banging! Ha ha ha!

http://www.tompetty.com/news/palladia-s-tom-petty-thanksgiving-takeover-1576216?eml=2015November24%2F2923285%2F6011005&etsubid=6051649 Tom Petty weekend on Palladia, all day long on Thanksgiving. They are gonna show the 2014 Fenway Park concert film, I think that is a premiere?

Sandoz, the first night of the Beacon was the show for you, nine songs from their first two albums. AT DAWN BERMUDA HIGHWAY I WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU DIE NASHVILLE TO KENTUCKY GOLDEN Half of THE BEAR A NEW LIFE CIRCUITAL XMAS CURTAIN OUTTA MY SYSTEM JUST BECAUSE I DO DONDANTE KNOT COMES LOOSE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM (New Basement Tapes cover) OLD SEPTEMBER BLUES PICTURE OF YOU O IS THE ONE WONDERFUL MAN IN ITS INFANCY (THE WATERFALL) HOLDIN ON TO BLACK METAL ----- INTO THE WOODS CARRIED AWAY DANCEFLOORS GIDEON worldrecordplayer, how did you like the Boston show you saw? Jim James said they are

When you are tripping on psychedelics, there is no such thing as "too much jamming" . Seriously, though, I didn't find it boring to listen to Haynes and Herring wail away on all those long jams. If they hadn't been playing so great, I would probably agree with you. I was fairly blown away all the times I saw that lineup, but I don't listen to recordings of them hardly ever.

Interestingly honest and I think revealing interview with Jim James. It answers some questions about his recent stage demeanor (not talking to the audience that much, not rocking out as hard) and other points hardcore fans have been discussing. http://www.jambase.com/Articles/127073/Interview-Catching-Up-With-Jim-James-Of-My-Morning-Jacket

Dark Star Orchestra for me because I like the way they play the songs better than the other bands. Its also a helluva lot cheaper than going to see D&C and in much smaller venues. My answer might be different if I hadn't seen the Grateful Dead so many times. I have not seen JRAD and I know a lot of people hold them in high esteem, but the videos I've watched have not impressed me. I don't think Russo alone on drums is sounds beefy enough. He doesn't do anything that impressive to me. Same for the bass. If you want a great rock 'n' roll band, you gotta have a great rhythm section an

Petty being on heroin is a big revelation, I don't think many fans knew about that until the press for Zane's book started up a few weeks ago. I'm pretty sure it must've been in 1996 right after the Wildflowers tour ended, and he started the divorce proceedings, took a year off from music work with no set schedule and moved into that shack in Pacific Palisades and got really socially isolated and depressed. That's apparently when he was writing the songs that ended up on Echo. Many of the songs on Echo certainly seem like they were inspired by Petty's divorce and I've always thought of it tha

Well said, Cortez. I will never tire of listening to Fleetwood Mac and Rumours albums, the production/arrangements are fantastic and suprisingly good under headphones. Lots of credit should also go to Richard Dashut and Ken Callait for the brilliance of Rumours, I think. And there is something revealing about listening to a really good singer without any microphone or amplification, the power of their voice seems more pure and direct, like in the video vacant posted. Combining two of my favorites, check out this duet between Petty and Nicks, I Will Run To You, what a great song from her

Yeah, its crazy Zanes got Stan to talk. When I see in the Bogdanvich film how Stan was the positive cheerleader for the band in the struggling early years, the one who kept people motivated when they got discouraged, I see what he brought to the band and appreciate him much more for that. I always loved his drumming, he swung more to my ears. He and Benmont were the ones who wanted Let Me Up to be a raw rock record, just the live basic tracks, but Tom and Mike got their way and put all the lame synth overdubs on it. If you reconstruct what could have been using the outtakes from the Playba

Looking forward to the bio written by Del Fuegos' Zanes. (Remember the Rock 'n' Roll Caravan tour in 1987 right after Petty's house was burned by arson? Heartbreakers, Del Fuegos, and the Georgia fuckin' Satellites! Man that was a great show!). I think Lammycat mentioned a few years ago the really fantastic Peter Bogdanovich doc Runnin' Down a Dream, which is indeed excellent, particularly the 4 hour director's cut. Also very very good is the Paul Zollo book Conversations With Tom Petty.

That Wildflowers deluxe edition is not a reissue of the original Wildflowers album nor a box set. Its gonna be a second CD of outtakes, no duplicates from the original album. I agree that it has really held up and is still one of the best albums he's done. Inspired and brilliantly executed. " Tom Petty's forthcoming album Wildflowers - All The Rest, which is composed of tracks written and recorded by Petty between 1992 and 1994, will complete the original Wildflowers album, which was initially intended by Petty and producer Rick Rubin to be a double CD. "

What show are you describing? No Big River on 7-19-74 Fresno? No Eyes>Playin' either.

Wow, what a great show last night by Dead and Co. I have not been that impressed with much since The Phil Quintet and I was thinking that Mayer gave Haynes and Herring a run for their money in his guitar playing last night. I was shocked at how into it I got. Mayer was playing really really well, not too timid or deferring, not too aggressive or forceful, playing well constructed solos that came to nice crescendo while also listening and leaving room for the others. He has clearly studied the music, but not just in a technical way, he has gotten inside the feeling of it and its clear he ha