Leaderboard

Amazingly lovely venue.... inside. Huge and spacious and decent sound except when dancing behind the speakers in the front by the side. Over there I couldn’t understand a word they were saying in banter, but at soundboard it was clear and perfect. But.... the security were searching people for lighters, vapes and cigarettes..... and had no smoking area...... and that was really really annoying! we made it after lotsa traffic in the cold rain (had my first New England snow in Maine a few weeks ago.... cool! Lol) and made it in for that second song. Instantly ran into people I love and we were in for a great night! The biodtl was a ridiculous explosion of welcome home energy and I wrote “happy home” on my setlist bc it seemed more right at the time. Omg here comes sunshine to sing my blues away?!? Perfection in trancendent moments! I figured they were trying to just wrap all my favorite sounds into one night, so I didn’t mind that my girlfriend was so taken by the music and whatever else she had taken that she couldn’t much stay on her feet from about here on..... but I was there to pick her up and the crowd was super sweet about her falling into everyone in her blissful glee (and me coming to rescue the situation each time lol).... what a night! the btw ground my heart soft and the bew melted it away. Divine alchemy. woman enough had me jumping in giggles (yay Lisa!) and the birdsong made my melted heart regrow with wings and soar away! i murmured to friends about wrs and the wolf and history as the song began, laughing that it’s me passing the legend on now (thank y’all for giving it to me, one show at a time! Hehe) and thank you for having this at my most recent show.... as it stole my soul the first time I heard y’all play it at my first show. knew it would be setbreak, that knowing built on years of judging the setlist wave to know when I can breathe again, and it’s sucked to not get to go smoke. But whatever. Jesse forgot his boot and pretended he could walk all night..... good for him! second set was one of those perfect ones that DSO manages to pull of with surprising regularity but still ranks as best ever, every time. My third world to give from them (we beat the odds, this lifetime!) after a ridiculously on point and wonderful scarlet fire Sampson..... holy Jerry! My girl lost her keys during scarlet and a girl handed em back just bf I shook her friends hand for the strangers stopping strangers bit and that was adorable! got asked if I was okay during Stella. Just crying to Stella.... as usual..... but damn..... best Stella ever it broke me right the fuck open! I get two shows this year, and Stella......... quite appropriate. This cool guy in overalls gave us beer and water most of the night and danced with us. Werewolves was terribly fun and that Stephen NFA stacker was just that kind of perfect spin on a night that I love good ol’ DSO for. Kiss kiss thank you i miss y’all more than words can tell

Thanks to a super fast taper, here's your setlist: https://archive.org/details/DSO2018-11-13.aud.MKH804.nico11104.flac24 Set I Big Railroad Blues Me and Bobby McGee They Love Each Other The Race Is On Loose Lucy Next Time You See Me Big Iron To Lay Me Down Good Lovin' China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider Set II Sittin' On Top of the World Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) Pride of Cucamonga Eyes of the World> Dark Star> Drums> Other One> Uncle John's Band> Other One> Morning Dew encore: Rockin' Pnuemonia

Billy Strings added to next year's jubilee. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Leftover Salmon is also on the bill

I looked last night at classic Albany shows. I think it's one of the 90 shows and 3/24 seems like the one to me. 3/25 & 26 were played more recently and 1 in NY. And not as classic. Since we know New Haven is 5/5/77, it's easy to check overlaps, and that would leave only Jed 2 nights in a row. But I was going to see what Higher Ground and Portland are first before really trying to predict. But if it's 3/24 that has Playing UJB Terrapin, so it'd be a lot of terrapins just having been played in NoHo, if they do it in Portland too.. We'll see. I love this!

I'm a 5-22-77 Pembroke Pines Sugaree guy myself, but certainly we can all agree that Spring '77 was a fine time for that number.

Here is Tim's excellent sounding recording of this concert if anyone wants to listen to it, it's also in the relisten and etree apps. I'll probably have my stuff up from this weekend in a few days. https://archive.org/details/DSO2018-11-09.DPA4011_plus_NakCM-300.CP4_24bit48khz

We all know that Dead lyrics constantly seem to morph into new meanings based on current circumstances, but that observation is just simply bad ass. I love it.