Mr. Heartbreak

I think he meant the new Dave's Picks #9, which does indeed have a Dark Star on it. Kind of a weird, meandering one with a lot of feedback, actually. Just started listening to a SBD of a show from 10/21/83, and hot damn...nice Music Never Stopped opener. Jerry is all over the fretboard on this show. No wonder people on Dead.net are always crying out for more 80s releases. Even froggy voice Jerry can deliver on the solos. Check it out: https://archive.org/details/gd1983-10-21.mtx.seamons.105419.flac16

I agree. Still my favorite lineup. Nothing against Pat, either, I just preferred the Leroy lineup. It must have been a bummer for Jeff having to play so much lead guitar and handle all the lead vocals, too, but it was fun for us.

Wow, I totally called Tore Up Over You without even looking at the setlist. That was weird...like being back at a Dead show and doing it.

Wow, that is mighty fine. Love Catfish John as an opener. And Donna is in fine form, harmonizing beautifully and no caterwauling.

Interesting review of the 2nd CRB release, comparing them (favorably) to the Dead. http://marqueemag.com/2012/09/01/chris-robinson%E2%80%88brotherhood-the-magic-door/

They opened with Less Than You Think at one of the shows I saw on the YHF tour, and then they went right into IATTBYH instead of the drone. This was a general admission show in a club, and it was great. Pretty ballsy way to start a show.

Hmm, could be, but I don't think it always works out that way. I saw Dylan open for The Dead in 2003 (and he joined them for part of their set), and while the sound was horrid for Zimmy, the Dead's sound was pristine. They worship Bob, so I'm confident they wouldn't have shafted him. Anyway, if Springsteen's sound is generally considered good in a variety of venues, I might give it a go.

"Get out of my head, people!"

How good is Springsteen's sound man? I saw Aerosmith at this place a couple years ago, and their sound was excellent, but Blue Oyster Cult opened for them and had absolutely terrible sound. Like, "below contemporary professional standards" terrible.

I could come on here and complain about the show and have all the diehard Springsteen fans tell me I am a douchewaffle.

Bob turned me on to shows from 2005 (thanks, Bob!), but I think I still prefer the 90s period. The mid-2000 period certainly rocks, but I find some of the long jams (like the "Thorn Jam") to be fatiguing after a while. One thing for sure, if you go back and check out different eras of their career, there is a pleasantly surprising amount of variety. People thought they were kind of a one-dimensional band when SYMM came out, but not so.

You got my number. I am hard to impress, as I have been to so many great shows over the years. I figured I might spring for a lawn seat and just see if it's fun, because his shows are so long, but I look at his recent set lists and recognize about 4 songs. It would either convert me or be a long, boring night out. Oh, I forgot to answer your question: no teleprompter for Dylan, but he also does pretty much the same set every night. He could probably do it in his sleep.

I was really surprised when I saw this listing for Tampa. He's playing the big amphitheater and not the indoor hockey rink (I checked). Granted, they both accommodate about 20,000 people, but with the outdoor one, a lot of those are just areas on the lawn way the hell in the back, not actual seats. This is the same place where the AmericanaramA tour played last year. Should I go? I have never seen Springsteen, and am a casual fan at best - I like Tenth Ave. Freeze Out, Born to Run, Rosalita, but not much else. He would be playing a lot of stuff I have never heard, or heard once and didn't ge

There have only been a couple of actors from that generation (basically mine, 40s-50s) who have really caught my attention: him and James Gandolfini. Damn, it's been a bad coupla years for film. I remember when my ex and I went to see Doubt, with PSH and Meryl Streep. The ex was a good Catholic, and after the movie, she couldn't stop talking about that character. She was really pissed at him, as if it were not a movie. The guy was a brilliant actor for sure.

Really depends on what you like best about them. I generally prefer the early to mid-90s, but one of our illustrious members here on VC turned me on to some mid-2000 shows that are pretty interesting, too, with a fair number of surprising covers (Don't Let Me Down, Yer Blues, etc.) Someone more knowledgeable about them than me (which is pretty much everyone here) can probably comment more. I'm a little surprised that the Southeast U.S. dates for CRB are right before the tour proper. Really glad they are playing Tampa. I was thinking of suffering through the Wanee Festival just so I could see

Love and vibes from my peeps to the Tweedy family.

Hmm, looks like highlights were covers of "It's a Man's World" and "Gimme Shelter"...songs that were written before 1974. Sometimes the old music really is the best music.

Eight hours.

For me, Dark Star is a classic example of a "have to be in the mood for it" song. I actually like the under three minute version that was released on What A Long Strange Trip It's Been, complete with Robert Hunter reciting at the end. (According to The Annotated Dark Star, it's "spinning a set the stars through which the tattered tales of axis roll about the waxen wind of never set to motion in the unbecoming round about the reason hardly matters nor the wise through which the stars were set in spin." Yikes.) Historically, it's of some interest, because it was the first song Hunter wrote wit

Because he was driving drunk and killed four people and injured several others. The public/private aspect of the proceedings seems pretty irrelevant.

Unbelievable in any state, much less a "law and order" oriented place like TX. I mean, I'm a bleeding heart liberal and I think the kid should have gotten at least few years in a juvenile facility after rehab, regardless of the circumstances.

What is the deal with this "affluenza" punk in TX? I thought Texas was pretty hardcore when it comes to law and order. Is the kid getting away with it just because his parents are rich? Any of you guys following this story?

"Who gives a fuck anyway?"

No worries. I'm just sad that when someone sees the word "Asian," the first thing they think of is...that. I still kinda wish I could unsee that image.

That's a good point, and I do accept science; I said I believe in evolution, but you're not mincing words to point out the difference. I should have said I accept it as rational, factual, etc.