Vacant Horizon Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 My favorite part of many Weir tunes is Garcia's contribution. Like in the Dylan covers, Masterpiece, Desolation Row, etc., when Garcia kicks in with the backing vocals, that space right there is heaven, takes it to the next level. "You can hear them blow..." I'm with you on that. I loved hearing Tom Thumbs, Desolation and Masterpiece. Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I'm going for THIS: http://www.glidemagazine.com/179695/jerry-garcias-legendary-wolf-guitar-auctioned-benefit-southern-poverty-law-center/ Always my favorite Garcia guitar. Still have my Wolf tee shirt, purchased from Doug Irwin. Break it out for special occasions. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Seems like we chat about this a lot - but Alligator has always been my favorite. The Wolf is tied with his SG during 69/70 era. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 I was watching the 6-21-1971 show last night. Of course - that is when he was playing the Strat. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Happy birthday to 2/13/70. Still remains my favorite Dark Star. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Happy birthday to 2/13/70. Still remains my favorite Dark Star. The "Smokestack" is nothing to sneeze at, too. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Been listening to the 2/13/70 show this morning. It's a good one. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Been listening to the 2/13/70 show this morning. It's a good one.I love how the 2nd electric set is 3 tunes and roughly an hour and a half long. Yow. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I love how the 2nd electric set is 3 tunes and roughly an hour and a half long. Yow. Started the show around 6:20am when I got into work and I am almost done with the Lovelight. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I love how the 2nd electric set is 3 tunes and roughly an hour and a half long. Yow.Yup. I remember getting the cassette when I was in high school and thinking there must be lots of filler (or blank space) at the end of the tape and then it ran out (before We Bid You Goodnight came one). Link to post Share on other sites
winterland121072 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I love the songs and all that - both Jerry and Bob songs, but the best jerry soloing in my opinion is when no one was singing... Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 I doubt it was on their radar - but that is also the same day/month/year the first Black Sabbath album came out. Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Wonder if Sabbath and the Dead ever crossed paths in the 70s. Just to put a scare in everyone: Link to post Share on other sites
Sun Caught Fire Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Just in relation to February 13, 1970. I am in a small email group among college deadhead buddies and we do day of the dead every day and vote for favorite show on that particular date. When i got the email today I responded that it being a Grateful Dead national holiday i thought it would be a day off. Here is the text of the email but names etc removed to protect the innocent: OK Gents,Here's your February 13th. Wake up little Susie we gotta vote early and vote often. -1970 NY, NY Fillmore East1988 Oakland, CA Kaiser-1970 Fillmore East. Perhaps the luckiest Friday the 13th in musical history. For one, the audience got to hear The Allman Brothers Band as the warm up act. For another, there was both an 8pm performance, and an 11:30pm. Early show features nine tunes, open with Cold Rain. A couple Pigpen tunes (Good Lovin, Hard To Handle) and a Saint Stephen-Not Fade Away (the latter three are very well played, tight jams, worth a listen).Late show has an opening electric set, an acoustic set (six tunes, including the first Wake Up Little Susie), and another electric set. It's the latter ---Dark Star, That's It For The Other One, Turn On Your Lovelight --- that is quintessential. Contains not just the best performance of 1970, but among the band's finest ever. 8 recordings. Dick's Picks #4. This seems to have both concerts, SBD, though the track names are missing:https://archive.org/details/gd70-02-13.early-late.sbd.cotsman.18114.sbeok.shnf/gd70-02-13d1t01.shnHere's an AUD of the early concerthttps://archive.org/details/gd1970-02-13.early.aud.unknown.holmes-Oleynick.109535.sbeok.flac16/gd1970-02-13d1t01.flacand AUD of the latehttps://archive.org/details/gd1970-02-13.123814.aud.cooper.flac16/d1t12.flac 1988 Kaiser. First concert of the year. 7 tunes set one, Hell In a Bucket to open, Sugaree next, they close with Loser. Set two opens Iko Iko, Looks Like Rain, Gimme Some Lovin, then Drums. Hmm. Yes, 25 minutes of pre-Drums music. At the end of Wharf Rat, Weir starts playing One More Saturday Night, then quickly pivots to Good Lovin, and he sings it a bit tired; Garcia's one run also weak. Don't think they brought their "A" game on this night. Encore Black Muddy River. 6 recordings. Walker-Scotton-Miller quality, just 3.6k views.https://archive.org/details/gd1988-02-13.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.85908.sbeok.flac16/gd88-02-13d1t02.flacMain, 13k views, only one reviewhttps://archive.org/details/gd88-02-13.aud.wiley.15126.sbeok.shnf/gd88-02-13d1t01.shn Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Quite the yin to the yang^ Link to post Share on other sites
Sun Caught Fire Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I read that the Grateful Dead and Black Sabbath were both on the bill on May 24, 1970 at a festival in England called the Hollywood Festival. Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks for the 2-13-70 anniversary reminder! One of the first tapes I got all those many years ago, and still one of the best of them all. I was just about to put on a Prince Spotify playlist, but switching gears to 2-13-70 Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I read that the Grateful Dead and Black Sabbath were both on the bill on May 24, 1970 at a festival in England called the Hollywood Festival. Yes! And Mungo Jerry, of course! It's a pretty deep Dark Star from here, too.... Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Listening to this Utica '73 show on gdradio now. I forgot about Phil's (sarcastic) Fire Aisle rant:https://archive.org/details/gd73-03-22.sbd.sacks.1822.sbeok.shnf/gd73-03-22d1t09.shn Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I read that the Grateful Dead and Black Sabbath were both on the bill on May 24, 1970 at a festival in England called the Hollywood Festival. Right - just looked it up and a saw it on the Archive. 5/24/70 was a Sunday. Can't say I am familiar with any of the other bands, with the exception of Sabbath and the Dead. Lower Finney Green Farm Leycett - Hollywood Festival -first European performance Saturday: Lord Sutch & Heavy Friends; Family; Titus Groan,' Mike Cooper; Mungo jerry; Airforce Sunday: Demon Fuzz; Wildmouth.' Black Sabbath; Quintessence' Colosseum Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Wonder if Sabbath and the Dead ever crossed paths in the 70s. Just to put a scare in everyone: It's a great album. The one I have has Ozzy spelled "Ossie" in the album credits on the back side of the album. Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Not a fan of Screaming Lord Sutch? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Sutch_and_Heavy_Friends Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Not a fan of Screaming Lord Sutch? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Sutch_and_Heavy_Friends I wonder if any the known players in the link played at the Hollywood Festival - guessing not, from the reaction of few of the players of the record. Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Ryan Adams was on Marc Maron's WTF today. The last 10 minutes or so is all about the Dead. Fans would probably appreciate it. Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Ryan Adams was on Marc Maron's WTF today. The last 10 minutes or so is all about the Dead. Fans would probably appreciate it.Totally appreciated that. Wharf Rat as his entree! Very cool, excellent interview overall. Link to post Share on other sites
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