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Yeah, I think Smile is spotty, with some fantastic stuff (Break In The Clouds) and some not-so-great stuff, but Sound Of Lies and Rainy Day Music are great almost all the way through, IMO. They already released some outtakes on their box set a couple years ago and there was also that bonus EP that came with some copies of Rainy Day Music, so I wonder what is left for bonus tracks on these?

Getting to drink backstage with Slash is an awesome story. Dude, you scored!

Favorite small show: Georgia Satellites – The Channel Club, Boston 1987 A hot summer night in this sweatbox of a dark dive, the Satellites brought a true and sincere 1980s version of turbo-charged Chuck Berry via the Stones and Faces three-chord rock ‘n roll: simple no frills barroom music without pretense for a packed crowd. I’m not much into mosh pits and punk rock, but I left this show soaked to the skin in sweat and spilled beer (both mine and other people’s on both accounts) after beind smashed in with a bunch of hooligan rock fans all night and I totally loved it. Rock ‘n’ Roll nirvana

I was at this show. Living in Boston for just a year, I saw among other shows, my 2nd thru 7th Dead shows in a week (Hartford and Worcester in Spring '88). For the Aerosmith show, some dudes who were friends of co worker and worked at a ticketmaster outlet scored a bunch of up front tickets as they did for almost every rock show and there happened to be an extra for a weird West Coast hippie (me). So we were 4th row or so, the first time I had been that close at a big venue. Guns n Roses absolutely destroyed that place, it was fan-fucking-tastic. Prior to the show I had thought they were

Yeah that was completely surprising and surreal, although weirdly enjoyable to me. At one of the Dylan and Petty shows in LA in 1986, a strange looking little creature in a cloak ( I was way in the back, hard to see) came onstage during Knockin' On Heaven's Door. I had no idea who it was until a voice emerged. It turned out to be Annie Lennox and she wailed on that song!

Here we go! Initially disappointed that Steve Molitz won't be in the band, but Matt Slocum sounds good and looks like he's got a Fender Rhodes and a Hammond, so I think its still gonna be great. Stoked!

I wish I was. We went last year for my first time ever in NYC. We took our 13 year old son, a guitar player, he loved the entire experience, although we had to caffienate him so he could rock out for that long! Parents-of-the-year, I know. We got to meet Jaimoe and the roadies were really nice to our son. A great time. I hope Dickey sits in this year. Even if not, it feels like its gonna be an extra special run. Have an awesome time!

Listening to Idlewild South at lunch today. Please Call Home is such a great great song. A nice strong soulful piano ballad with incredible vocals from Gregg. That dude could really sing R&B in his day, truly one of the great blue-eyed soul singers, I'd say.

There's my horn section! Sounds great!

I'm totally digging the horns on Shit Shots Count. Have they ever toured with a horn section?

I'm continually astounded by the depth and detail of knowledge some folks have about the Dead's performance history. I really appreciate the time some people have spent putting reviews up on archive.org. It often leads me to other shows I had never listened to that are so impressive. Here is a phenomenal Playing In The Band from 10-26-72. https://archive.org/details/gd1972-10-26.sbd.miller.32717.sbeok.flac16

Thank God Rich is still making good music. That CRB song sounds awful to me.

I'm still waiting for my copy in the mail. Blue Sky in '92 was probably the peak of that song, god damn Dickey and Warren ripped it up night after night.

Thanks! nice of you to say. Yeah I also wonder who that Voodoonola person is too. What a great thing he or she is doing, kinda like Charlie Miller remastering so many of the audio recordings on archive. It would be interesting to hear their backstories.

I checked this show out, really nice first set and first half of the second set, too. There are a lot of good shows in 1983. I've been working my way thru the recommendations I've gotten here and there have been lots of winners. Thanks! Voodoonola has three full shows from the New Year's Eve run in 1983 up on YouTube for viewing and those are all pretty good too. I listened again to Santa Fe 1983 and yep, its still sounding great. I dig the Help>Slip>Franlin's>Let It Grow. Brent and Jerry are clicking. Thanks, too, for the reminder of the Road Trips. I didn't realize the phy

Is there a Dark Star on DP 9? That's MSG 9/16/90 right? Did you mean DP 19 which is Oklahoma City 10/19/73? There are a lot of versions of Dark Star that well-versed fans will point out as exceptional, like Rotterdam '72, 2/13/70 Fillmore East, etc. I listened to the Veneta Oregon '72 Dark Star today, and WOW! fucking fantastic playing to my ears. On that day (easily heard in the Bird Song and the Playin In The Band, too) I think they were in a perfect state to play in a dreamy, care-free, meandering way, that was still purposeful and focused, a real nice balance between the two. I don

Amen to Songs From Northern Britain! That is some of the most addictive shit I've ever heard! (if you are a power pop junkie like me).

If one just looked a list of cover songs the Crowes have played live over the years, it quickly becomes clear they have an encyclopedic-like knowledge of good music. They peaked as the Dead were declining and in my view, they took the hand-off and became the torch-bearers for how a rock band can take a wide scope of great influences, put their own spin on it and simultaneously pay tribute to the long historical legacy of the musical traditions that inspire them. I agree, the Crowes are under-appreciated and not well understood, even by people who would probably like them a lot if they got an

Check earlier in this thread for comments about the 94-97 era Crowes, Bob Lamonta knows what he's talking about. Many hard core Crowes fans feel the era you mentioned is best particularly the Winter tour (Jan and Feb) of Europe in 1997. I prefer 2005 because of more covers, more setlist variety and I think Ford's guitar playing got even better when he came back, but others feel Chris' voice peaked in the mid 90s. Beacon Theater, NYC March 19, 1995 is very good. I saw plenty of good shows in the Luther years, but I wouldn't really start there. If you do, try the Fillmore run in 2008, e

My fave Crowes era is 2005 and 2006, the return of Marc Ford. Eddie Harsch on keys is essential, in my view, so that means stick to stuff prior to Sept 2006 when Ford and Harsch were no longer in the band. The Fillmore run in August of 2005 is great (live DVD Into The Fog is almost an entire performance from just one night, super hot playing, the lighting is too bright and bums some people out, though) So is the Fonda Theater, Los Angeles run in October 2005 But for one epic jamming their asses off show, I'd heartily recommend either: Hampton Beach Casino May 14, 2005 the Black Moon

After the Experience Hendrix tour (he's only on 6 of the dates) he will release his next solo album in April and there will be a full tour, which is what I'm most stoked for. http://richrobinson.net/

I agree with ya, lamrod, about his voice. But they are fun to go see live, particularly if most of the crowd is drinking. It can get racous. As for their studio stuff, I like Women and Work because it has the horns and the pedal steel more prominent than earlier stuff.

As someone else pointed out, you don't have to just look at the Dicks Picks. You can also look at the Vault series and other releases that were multi-track recordings and thus mixable. All the Dick's Picks are just stereo or mono recordings, no mixing possible. In general the sound quality on the multi tracks is gonna be better than the Dicks Picks and if sound quality was an obstacle to getting into the recordings your friends shared with you in the 80s, you might want to be careful what you pick up from the Dicks Picks, Dave's Picks and Road Trips series. (many of those are excellent sou

As always, with Deadheads, you will find polarizing opinions. I'm not that impressed with 5-2-70. The sound quality is not as good as other releases and I just don't hear the awesomeness that others seem to in this show. I'd take Dicks Picks 4 over DP #8 anyday. Dark Star!!! plus Dancin' In The Streets, Other One and Not Fade Away are highlights, I think. I heartily concur with the March 69 Fillmore 3 CD set. Its awesome sounding, performed brilliantly, and the packaging is great, too. (Live/Dead was taken from these shows) For '72, Sunshine Daydream Veneta Oregon is fantastic. e

I was asking about details of overdubs on Europe '72 and Europe '72 Vol. 2 a ways back. Just came across this cool essay on the subject: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-europe-72-overdubs-guest-post.html