Put on this old Phil run Tshirt and had to pause when I realized these shows were a quarter century ago. Man, it all goes way too damn fast. #gratefuldead#PhilLeshAndFriends#Deadheads
I can’t say I have a general take on the sporadic #gratefuldead performances from the summer of 1973… except for the luminous quality of the improvisation, featuring one of the great improv themes, The Phil Jazz Jam.
GD: Wake & Mars Hotel Supplement (outtakes & live)
For some reason, the 50th anniversary physical releases of #gratefuldead studio albums do not include a generous portion of studio outtakes or a curation of great live takes of the albums’ songs.
In honor of Bill #Walton I should share not just a pinnacle #GratefulDead jam, and not just one he attended on his home court of Pauley Pavilion at UCLA, but an uncompromisingly long ass jam, too long to embed, because that's what he would've dug the most. Cheers ya big freak
Playing In The Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's > Playing Reprise
(11.17.73) #music
I think the essence of Bill Walton was easy to understand: when you love something, love it with all your heart and passion, without reservation or worrying what anyone else thinks. I think he got everything out of his life that he could, left nothing on the table. To me that's a life well lived
What is the correct setlist for #GratefulDead's Rockin' The Rhein? Wikipedia mentions a third set, the archive.org has the same ordering as the official release, and deadlists begs to differ. :/
While I def agree with the takes in the Deadcast that the pre-Fire versions of Scarlet Begonias from 1974 and 1976 are fantastic, I have two additional notes:
After that era the solo section within Scarlet was sometimes pushed to new heights, with surging, thrilling peaks (like Estimated Prophet in the same time frame).
The version right after the debut of Fire is, inexplicably, another standalone Scarlet, and it has one of the finest outro jams of all:
friends, we’ve the reached the “scarlet begonias” episode of the good ol’ #GratefulDead-cast & it is W-I-L-D. alongside the studio multitracks (& a supercut thereof) & excellent jams, we’ve got vampire weekend’s chris tomson, the story of how robert hunter met the woman in scarlet begonias, and... https://www.dead.net/deadcast/mars-hotel-50-scarlet-begonias#podcast /1
Does anyone know any businesses in the Ventura County or San Fernando Valley areas which offer custom wood CRC work? Where I can just send them a file and get it machined?
Everywhere seems like they offer metal only even though I'd expect wood to be easier to work with. And I want to make them ~2ft which is a bit too big for the LA library maker space I think.
As with the other '74 shows, this China > Rider comes with a full show listen as well. Kreutzmann, presumably driven by fear of death by crushing, is flying again here. Locked in with Weir. Transition peak before Feelin' Groovy is massive, very tight entry into one of the best FG so far. Another big growly Headlight. Kreutzmann goes full DnB mode at 4:25 of Rider (116983).
Eyes of the World 5/14/78 goes to a different kind of place with busy side drums and cool rhythmic guitar figures before heading into drums/rhythm devils territory, great growly show overall. 1978 #gratefuldead continues to delight.