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    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

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    For me, the 73 horns tour was a mixed bag. I generally disliked nearly every horns rhythm and/or solo. If I remember correctly, they mainly performed during the Eyes, Let It Grow, Let me sing your blues away, with the occasional truckin'.

     

    But, that was (imho) arguably Jerry's finest year. During such horn shows, Jerry was on fire. Interesting also that the "horns" tour was 8 shows and they only performed PITB 4 times (frequency much higher for 1973 prior to and post "horns" tour).

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

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    totally agree that 78 had some great / amazing shows. I based my overly global opinion on the year as a whole. The CMH shows with If I had the world to give were amazing...

     

    It just to me seemed that the band was mainly interested in "ya!!!! jamm!!!!" too much. I like that as well but not every song...

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

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    1978 began to sound "drunk" if that is possible or psychedelically sloppy. It began to come apart at the seems. For a lot of the Garcia's music to work there needs to be a certain amount of structure or alignment or tightness with the band (sometimes not much but a little bit is always necessary). In 1978 that tightness was really waning and the music suffered. I think 1978 is the worst year from the 70s...(folllowed by .... 76? or maybe june 1976...or maybe january through september of 1971?)...

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

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    It was rare that my group and I would make through a whole show on the lawn without getting split up. I never had tix in the pavillion.

     

    What was worse was after the show trying to find my tent...that took hours...

     

     

    Yeah, and it goes on FOREVER. Once at the height of the MegaDead Era I left our place on the lawn the second the last note of the first set was played, just to go the the restroom and I literally didn't return back until China Cat was starting. And all I did was go straight to the head and then straight back. I'll never forget that.

     

    I saw 15 GD shows there from '85-'89. My only regret is not going there for the previous 5 years.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

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    The lawn is a lawless area...I got very lost on that lawn many times...

     

    In terms of the music being free, I meant the whole Garcia et al taping policy. I agree with you about spotify / rhapsody / apple music. For almost every other band I try to purchase the whole album if I like more than one song.

    The Grateful Dead

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I saw the bulk of my shows from 87 thru 90. I don't recall too much "risk" outside of the normal risks that state and fed laws imposed on my lifestyle. Lots of sketchy people on the scene though. We always had a tent or car to sleep in/under. I could see not having one making things very different.

     

    I guess it's hard to describe. I mean blowing off school and putting myself at academic risk by going to Chicago for 2 nights / milwaukee for 2 nights and then minneapolis. Or, quitting through not showing up to yet another job. Or, blowing my family off. etc. etc.

     

    It was necessary to form who I am, but at a lot of those shows there was a really interesting mixture of feelings - complete joy and ebullience on the one hand, and fear on the other. Not for every show, but for a lot of them...And returning home and accomplishing what i needed to accomplishing made it all worthwhile. I could have followed the path I should have or the path that society dictated I should follow, but I chose my own path - at least for those days.

     

    Its like running outside during a tornado watch -- totally stupid thing to do in terms of what society deems to be right / wrong, but having survived it, it makes you all the better of a person ((((or voting for Jill Stein instead of Hillary)))).

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