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There's some good in between song interaction like that captured in this video. At one point, Garcia does a little Stan Laurel top-of-his-head scratch and it cracks Brent up.

Took advantage of the family being out of the house yesterday afternoon and put in the DVD Truckin' Up to Buffalo 7-4-89. I'm not as big a fan of 1989 Dead as some are, but this one took me by surprise. I had it CRANKED on the home theater and man did it ever sound good! A really strong first set, especially the Cold Rain and Snow. Its so great to see Garcia smiling and getting into it, he was clearly loving this show! His high harmony vocals on When I Paint My Masterpiece were fantastic, just sounding so great against Weir's lead vocals. I haven't got all the way thru the second set, bu

They were/still are? giving it away free (download) on their website for awhile. They were/still are also giving away their first album. I just figured they had released it. I think the Mother Hips' manager, who lives in Brooklyn or the NY area, either is working with them or just knows them. This link might still work. http://www.thenationalreserve.com/free

that's just what I was thinking! Great Dark Star!

I haven't noticed the sound quality issues, but I have the recently released DVD version. I'd say this is definitely in my top ten of all time great live rock DVDs. For me the '72 tour was the Stones at their absolute peak as a live rock band. Its probably the best evidence that exists (along with the audio of Get Yer Ya Yas Out) that for a period the Stones had a valid claim to the title The World's Greatest Rock n Roll Band. I watch this one over and over and over and I never get tired of it.

I've mostly been listening to the Riff City EP, loving the pedal steel and the horns. I'd love to hear them live, but don't imagine they get out to the West Coast or AZ at all. Singer has a real nice voice, too.

Dang! If we could've gotten the time off work, LD and I probably would've joined you at this show, Donna. I'm glad you got to go. I'm mildly freaking out to not have any Wilco or My Morning Jacket shows that I can attend anywhere near on the horizon! I love those all-rockers encores, that one looks pretty good. A Monday would've put it over the top for me...

Has anybody listened to/ even heard of these guys? http://www.seanwalshmusic.com/

Those two things would make any show better, I heartily agree! I love a horn section!

You nailed what ruins the Counting Crows for me. What a complainer. I love a wallowing, self-indulgent sad song as much as anybody, but Duritz takes it waaaay past just the song in his stage banter and on-line arguments with fans that he often gets into. If he'd shut the hell up on stage and just sing the songs, they'd be a lot better. That may sound harsh, but its frickin' true. Dave Immergluck is the musical hero of the band, and I love his playing, but even he's been an arrogant prick when I've met him. Sometimes its better to not know too much about the personalities and personal lives

Even better Fleetwood Mac... Station Man

You are right, I didn't know about Phish playing straight jazz and bluegrass, I've only heard them do their goofy stuff and a few choice covers (I dig their cover of Lovin' Cup). They do have pretty good chops technically, so its not surprising that they are capable of playing lots of styles, but they still fall short in the songwriting dept, IMO and I still think the Allmans and The Dead tower above them.

I'm with ya, Analogman. The Dead and The Allmans were not jam bands, Phish and the Spin Doctors and Widespread Panic are/were. The Dead and The Allmans are in another league of greatness in the spectrum of American roots-based rock music. Jam bands noodle without sufficient grounding and background/influence in traditional American musical forms, and with far weaker songwriting, IMO.

I suggest Eleanor start with Ashes of American Flags DVD. IMO, its the most accessible and convincing recordings of this band for people who think they don't like Wilco. If anyone can give that DVD their full attention and still walk away saying they just don't get it, I'd give up trying. For me, Wilco live is where they shine. Sounds like she knows that but still doesn't get it. I'd encourage her to just be OK with not liking Wilco, if that's the case.

I'd love to see a non-festival show in New Orleans. I'd go on a mini-tour if there were two or three shows within a few hours drive of one another down thataway.

Steve Earle's Goodbye (also recorded by Emmylou Harris and separately by Chrissie Hynde) - I'm sure somewhere in there I made you cry, but I can't remember if I said "goodbye" Love Hurts - Everlys, Gram and Emmylou, Keef and Nora Jones, lots of good versions, what a great great song I know he can be a pathetic idiot and makes it so easy to dislike him AND some of the lyrics in this song exemplify these qualities, but Come Pick Me Up by Ryan Adams is still a song I love to hear. I could go on and on. Ditto on Bonnie Raitt's I Can't Make You Love Me and The Band It Makes No Difference and

Is Wilco playing a secret show in Chicago next week? I don't see any Chicago show on their schedule.

That's my kind of encore! When Wilco decide to do it, they can out-Stones even the 1972 the Rolling Stones on any given night, I do believe. By that I mean play the hell out of some straight up Chuck Berry-inspired rock 'n' roll!

yeah, I don't buy this premise that being prohibited from using technology during a show keeps people from being involved in the show and I, too, think just the opposite. Sounds like the guy has a huge vested interest in promoting more and more technology usage in everyday life. I'm not anti-technology by any means, but I think people using cameras and phones and all that during a show keeps them a little bit out of the experience and takes away from the overall atmosphere created by the energy of people all in the same room at the same time focused on the same thing, which should be the music

Thanks for the info, friends. Found this on YouTube: thanks for the help!

I'm guessing he made a mistake, but a friend texted me that they played Not For The Season. Maybe he confused it with Laminated Cat? Either way, it sounds like SF got the goods last night, wow! Thanks, bbop for the prompt setlist postings, really appreciate that!

I was so thrilled for You Never Know! Seemed like they played much more of a straight-up guitar-oriented rock show and that the rocking out started a lot earlier in the show than typical lately. I was happy to hear Side With The Seeds, The Late Greats and Hate It Here. I Got You was pounding! Ashes would've floored me. But add in Kidsmoke (although I'd have lost it if they'd played the hard, funky jamming version), Reservations and Can't Stand It and you've got a hell of a setlist. I had so much fun at this show, what an amazing theater! Thanks to all the good people I met for the fun ti

The Mother Hips have had a thriving fan-run message board, The Grotto, for over 15 years, but in the past couple years, the Facebook addictions of many of the consistent contributors, even in the band, has really drained the life out of The Grotto. People just post on Facebook and they don't post that much on the Grotto anymore and its a real shame to me. I'm not a fan of Facebook and I'd hate to see the fan energy spread too thinly over too many sites. I understand some people like Facebook and want to see everything they like on there, but I'm not in favor of it for the reason stated above

At Tempe, my section (10 rows back from stage on the far right (Pat's side), everyone immediately stood when they took the stage, then immediatley sat down for One Sunday Morning and then stood again for Art of Almost and stayed standing the entire rest of the show. I thought it was great. Third night of LA was much more of a sitting crowd, with just one or two folks braving the desire to stand and dance and that lasted about the first half or 2/3rds of the show. As they started rocking out, more people stood and it stayed that way through the end. I'd prefer to stand all night, but I was

Ticket sold. Good luck to those still looking!