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1969-02-07 Stanley Theater , Pittsburgh Pa filler: Easy Wind Hard to Handle Strange Man Love The One You’re With I am no longer sad about missing out 🕺🏻🙏🏼💃🏼

69/02/07 Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA Dark Star>St. Stephen>William Tell Bridge> The Eleven>Lovelight. Cryptical>Other One>Cryptical>Death Don't Have No Mercy>Alligator>China Cat Jam> Caution>Feed Back>Bid You Goodnight. Filler: Easy Wind, Strange Man, Hard to Handle, Love the One Your With, Tore Up. This one was not to be believed. First standard early 69 fare, the Star stretched a little more than Napa, Eleven elevating, Rob strong on the Lovelight. Second the real face melter from first notes of Cryptical, Death Don't popped the lid on the insane closing sequence, Caution went deep. I absolutely lost my mind during the Easy Wind, the filler much like Napa killed. Spent the evening with many loved friends. Thanks Band and Crew. Praise DSO.

what’s wrong with Lafitte 55 ? 😉 I wish all of you were there the last two nights. From my seat, it doesn’t get any better. More like a fine Burgundy, though 😉 oh before I forget, the 69 from a few nights ago. 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀 back to your regularly scheduled program 😉

HOLY SHIT! Best DSO show I have ever attended, by far!! Easily one of the top 5 CONCERTS I have ever attended! Please tell me I can find this show for sale on a DVD or on ReListen!

Overwhelmed several times by the bands inspired play. Scarlet Fire unreal energy lifted the whole theatre. Jeff really nailed the second set. Thanks band and crew. Praise DSO.

Very extra good

Very cool elective— kept me on my toes. Hot hot hot Help Slip franklins Box It makes no difference Loser Masterpiece Jack a roe It hurts me too GSET Tangled PITB Visions St Stephen Keep on growing Drums Space Tomorrow never knows Wheel Hey Jude PITB Big boss man Piece of my heart

1987/3/2 HENRY J. KAISER CONVENTION CENTER - OAKLAND, CA Jack Straw Althea C.C. Rider Bird Song Beat it on Down the Line Ramble on Rose Feel Like a Stranger China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Man Smart/Woman Smarter Ship of Fools Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World drums Truckin' Morning Dew e: Johnny B. Goode f: Take a Letter Maria

Show #438: Been a while since I got caught a pure 69 show like this. Sometimes getting hit with Dark Star as the opener can be a shock but I was ready this time and thoroughly enjoyed the whole 1st set sequence. Does it get any better than Dark Star>St Stephen>11>Lovelight? This stuff flows through my blood and makes me move in different ways. The venue- XL live - added a new "VIP" area this time around. It conveniently cut our usual open dance space down by 2/3s. But looking at the stage set up and knowing what we were in for I knew that all obstacles must be transcended. Sometimes the conscious choice to have fun- to be a conscious creator in that process- can make all the difference. Heck, maybe it is all the difference- what we bring to the party. I felt free last night. The music was beyond phenomenal- what is there even to say about it? They do keep refining ever further, tapping into deeper levels of mastery, coalescing into one mind. Such a pleasure to be a part of this. The Filler songs were so fun- esp Hard to Handle for me. "love the one you're with" was dedicated to me . Looks like that's it for me until the Jubilee. So good to dance with and see everyone that I did- sometimes I forget how good it is!

69>Wilkes Barre>69, made it 2 out 4 for me. A friends last spin was Napa, he did back to back. Still an unreal performance in the light of day. The sets started and did not stop. Other One jam felt Dark Stary and as of yet unplayed Wharf Raty Soooo Good. Praise DSO.

THAT's the stuff right there. I'm sure it had many walkin on sunshine! Up until the filler, think about how much actual singing happened 😁 The vocal chords got some reprieve - except for maybe Barraco given his slate. After 23 years of BillK522 chasing a 69 show and getting one, he gets another 1969 jolt less than 2 months later. I really like that new batting average! Couldn't have happened to a better guy 😀

79/12/30 @ Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Me & My Uncle-> Big River, Ramble On Rose, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication-> Deal Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Let It Grow-> Drums-> Truckin'-> Wharf Rat-> Around & Around-> Johnny B. Goode E: Don't Ease Me In E2: Brokedown Palace Happy 84th Birthday, Phil F: Expressway to your Heart, Broken Arrow, White Rabbit

That scarlet fire was as good as it gets everything after was icing on the cake

Original Recipe (1) Box of Rain > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Black Throated Wind, Loser, Greatest Story Ever Told, I’ll Take a Melody, Easy Wind, Just Like Tom’s Thumbs Blues, Feel Like a Stranger (2) Help is on The Way > Slipknot! > Franklins Tower, Corrina > St. Stephen > Eyes of the World > Drums > Space > The Wheel > Playin in the Band > Stella Blue > Playin Reprise E: Mr. Charlie, Piece of my Heart

Awesome pair of shows! So very grateful they came yet hoped there would be more people. I fear they won't return if bringing the show to Hawaii isn't viable. Maybe Big Island? Feels like there are more heads there. Would fly in to see them again. If they do come back to us I'll buy extra tix and invite friends to come along. I like seeing younger people there, reminds me of those who turned me on in the 80's. Heartfelt Mahalo to DSO and crew. May the four winds blow you safely home!

12/27/77 Set 1 Bertha -> Good Lovin' Brown Eyed Women Cassidy Peggy-O Looks Like Rain Dire Wolf Passenger Candyman El Paso Friend Of The Devil The Music Never Stopped Set 2 Cold Rain And Snow Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain Estimated Prophet -> He's Gone Truckin' -> Wharf Rat -> Around And Around Encore Samson And Delilah

Show is up on archive: https://archive.org/details/dso2024-03-22.pr

Emmylou's playing on her 77th birthday on Tuesday with special guest Jerry Douglas. I think this is the first time she's played on her birthday and it's a benefit for her dog rescue Boneparte's Retreat and a homeless shelter in Nashville. City Winery, free parking (which is a big deal in Nashville). I hoping for a

Don't have a full setlist yet but I think I've narrowed it down to an elective or a show from 1973 since I know they played Let Me Sing Your Blues Away. Anyone know? Cue Black Peter EDIT - Now we have it: Original Recipe Set 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo ; Silver Threads And Golden Needles ; Loose Lucy ; You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) > Sittin' On Top Of The World ; Big Iron ; It Must Have Been The Roses ; The Race Is On ; Let Me Sing Your Blues Away ; Dancing In The Street Set 2: Here Comes Sunshine ; Maggie's Farm > Cumberland Blues ; Big Boy Pete ; Pride Of Cucamonga ; Eyes Of The World > Uncle John's Band > Masters of War > Sing Me Back Home > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider Encore: Walking The Dog * One drummer elective. Dino on drums. Rob K drums on encore I'm sure it was all great but that segment from Eyes forward looks damn juicy!

Show busting at the seams with East coast tour energy. Praise DSO.

This was one of those shows that reminds me why I like to keep coming back. Amazing energy the entire show, especially Scarlet Fire, where everything expanded and you could feel the whole room lifting. Killer jam out of drums, ferocious entry into Johnny B Goode where I thought it was just the two step part of Aroundx2. Everyone I talked to post show and the following day mentioned the Scarlet Fire and how good it was 🔥🔥

Heed that link above - count2's database is powerful and bad ass! I was surprised to see that there was a set 2 Bertha -> Good Lovin' in '93... and there was a show opener of it in '89. The penultimate set 2 sequence, 11-2-84, is post space and features the greatest Bertha ever, IMHO. Absolutely love that BCT show..

Forgive the shameless plug, but there's no need to be counting in this day and age. Just go to https://www.gratefulsets.net and do a search like so:

I'd really like to hear some long distance running experiences from folks here there and everywhere or at least some highlights? I know we all have set out on Americas great roadways for one or three shows back when gas was under a dollar. And I've also been fortunate enough to hear travels with Dark Star through these forums and in person with you kind people. I think my longest and most trying was the Eel River 3 set show on August 29,1987. I went up and back without stopping. 21 hours to get there a half hour before the show, scoring my ounce of the prized Humboldt and to get the batteries and the blank tapes situated with my taping gear, great show then directly back in to my 79 collora right after to get back to Laramie for Monday morning class. Needless to say I had to find another recruit for the next excursion. I really went through lots of friends that wouldn't do it again. I always had the 3am-8am driving shifts and of course paid for their tickets, food, beverages, everything even a lay at the Mustang Ranch outside of Reno. Sounded good to the college kids of Wyoming when I asked if they were up for an all expense paid trip to California for the weekend (courtesy of the 40 dollar sheets) until they realized I meant only 3 days. Earlier in 87 was 32 hrs for the JGB Lawlor Events Center in Feb Totally worth getting my first Dixie Down equaling happy trails through the desert back to class for Monday morning, Wiltern March 13 and 14 also 87(couldn't miss a Friday the 13th after what happened at the upcoming recreation in Berzerkly on Fri the 13th in '84. The Alladin theater was when my cherry popped for 4/6/84~24 hrs RT one hell of a ChinaRyder and spaced into Eyes,with Bobby sitting on the edge of the stage swinging his legs during SSDD. Syracuse 10/20/84~ 22hrs RT,that town was decked out and all the houses seemed to have open doors for travellers to crash and got jack strawed...I could go on and on about 87 because the darkness of Jerry in a coma of '86 put a lot of people in "glad he's back and tjd the gotta see every show mentality ramped up when he recovered and returned. Please share some tales before you or this forum disappear. am interested ime other folks tales of highway hypnosis if got in you to share?

Elective setlist and that they played Shakedown and Corrina is all I know... EDIT: Here it is compliments of Kristina Sutherland: (I) Cold Rain and Snow, Black Throated Wind, Deep Elem Blues, My Brother Esau, So Many Roads, We Can Run, Midnight Moonlight, Box of Rain, Greatest Story Ever Told > Shakedown Street (2) Help is on The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower. Corrina > Crazy Fingers > Uncle John's Band > D/jam > UJB reprise > Lonesome and a Long Way From Home > Saint of Circumstance > China Doll > One More Saturday Night E: Honky Tonk Woman

4-29-71 Hard To Handle, Filmore East. So after listening to this version of HTH for the umptenth time, I am professing this is some of Jerry’s best work. Still get chills all the way. He slays every nuance of this song. Pig is spot on. The band is in sync. I’d really love some honest feedback on this and songs/versions you think are better AND WHY? I wanna learn, but can’t get past how fucking good that is. (Ed is gonna bust my balls about his fav but I leave it to the experts…., you fine folks, ha!) please, you have to listen before responding, it’s on archive or ladies and gentlemen the Grateful Dead release. You won’t regret the time spent, lol.

Favorite Grateful Dead Hard to Handle: 8/6/1971: https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1971/08/06?source=335844 2/13/1970: https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1970/02/13?source=88525 12/31/1982: https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1982/12/31?source=339414 Favorite non DSO post Grateful Dead Hard to Handles: Phil Lesh Quintet: 12/31/2001: https://relisten.net/phil-lesh/2001/12/31?source=63070 Midnight Hour*> Hard to Handle* w/Susan Tedeschi Furthur: 3/12/2010: https://relisten.net/furthur/2010/03/12?source=12144 Viola Lee Blues> High Time> Caution jam> Viola Lee Blues> Hard to Handle*> w/Chris Robinson Viola Lee Blues

Encouraged and somewhat challenged, I started with the 5:10 min from 3/15/69 and the last 7:32 from 8/26/71 and listened going back and and forth from these bookends quickly realizing that you two have found the most enjoyable H2H's. (I'm open to any others from the mega drive search)Thanks for the lead though because I got to see how quickly Keith came in to play and understand the introduction of the 5 new songs in consideration of Pigpen's lost material. The five new ones became as paramount from 71-79 as pigpen's were from 65-71 and then similarly with Brent's new material from 79-90. Not so with Vince's 90-95.

Pass the whiskey round. Like serious. You drunk mother fuckers ate hogging it all. 4/29/71 is just too short. Sorry. 9 minutes isn’t enough to tell a tale. For non heads 9 minutes is extremism but it leaves too much on the table for me. on the 8/6/71 I have 4 sources from the John A mega drive but only 3 have the hard to handle as dicks picks volume 35 excludes it so I need to listen to all 3 but not sure 7:48 will do it either. Did the dead not play a 15 min hard to handle? Has Dso played an expanded one? I’m sorta confused. I thought there were many really long ones but I can’t seem to find any. I guess I never really think about the length of a few songs. Good lord I need to listen to more shows again but I get “no dance daddy. No dance”. We aren’t dancing. I’m playing music. “No dance daddy!!!!!!” Peace. Bed calls

https://archive.org/details/gd84-04-06.sbd.willy.10159.sbeok.shnf Fortunately I was able to catch my 3rd show because someone decided not to go at a Friday night house party in Laramie, Wyoming and I took my friend Tim up on the suddenly available Sat night Grateful Dead ticket for the Aladdin Theater in Las Vegas. This adventure was about the road trip. 780 miles each way and having to be back in class by Monday morning. My first two were about seeing the Grateful Dead and were only in Morrison, CO, 9/7 & 9/8/83 a mere 2 1/2 drive from UW. My fourth show was about both the road trip and the excitement of seeing the band again in Syracuse fall of '84. By then I was enrolled in college back in Cincinnati in the professional drama program CCM offered @ UC. As you listen to the end of this show picture Bobby sitting on the edge of the stage swinging his legs back and forth during SSDD🎉🎶🔥⚡also a real drippy space only a week before the last Dark Star for five years. I didn't get my first HSF until it was revived by the Warlocks in '89, even then it took me until 1990 having not gone to 9/6/83😞. But now all is good with DSO keeping things in progress! This here is an outstanding DSDB. Give a whirl without looking at the setlists... there's an unusual surprise after d/s (Edited 4/8/24)~ the comments under this archive recording tell about how closely the band was connected to the audience and illustrate the dedication of the audience to the scene and the band to the audience)

I found a website once that had the songs that the Grateful Dead played listed in the order of number of times played, from Drums/Space, Me and My Uncle right on down to quite a few that were only played once. The end of that list is quite intriguing. Some are associated with one off benefit shows with other artists on stage with them. Some, like the Master’s Bouquet are from spontaneous acoustic shows. I’m fascinated with the songs they tried and decided to shelve after just a few attempts. If I Had the World to Give is kinda the holy grail with Jerry giving it three tries. Woulda been nice to see him get that worked out like he did with Visions of Johanna. Late in the game creaky voiced Jerry would have done that one justice. I think. That’s what’s so beautiful about Dark Star Orchestra. We get to have these songs. It Makes No Difference would be sweet to catch.

Anyone get London tickets yet? Having trouble getting credit card info through. Praise DSO.

Dave’s everywhere!! Hopefully see you soon bro!! Rest in peace Joel. I’m sure he’d have been there with you.

I was at band practice last Thursday night when a friend showed me one of his bootleg dead albums asking if I could find out what show it was from. Both albums had blank white labels on both sides and the cardboard cover was also blank white. He really wanted me to listen to the Little Red Rooster (with both Jerry and Bobby playing slide at the same time) declaring it possibly the best LR Rooster he'd ever heard! One album side was LR Rooster, China>Rider (sounded 80ish, so we figured that was the end of the first set) , the second album side had: Playing>Comes A Time>Playing (figured outta drums), third album side was EST>Eyes> drums, and the fourth album side was 0+0>Alabama Getaway (which we figured the AG to be an encore). Well tonight I looked into Deadbase quickly identifying his 4 bootleg album show to be Uptown Theater 8/19/80 after finding out Comes A Times was only played 7 times in 1980. Turns out he was kinda correct about that LR Rooster as it was the first one played since 1965. Give the 8/19/80 Rooster a listen to hear it before it became Bobby's slide song.

Back in the day, I had a bootleg album of a show from Santa Monica ‘82 that had the same blank white album center and album cover.

officially ready for the Jubilee, please come promptly

I maxed out at seven shows a year for both Dark Star Orchestra and Grateful Dead. Fortunately for me, Dark Star played a lot of mid Atlantic area shows back in the day. We got New Year’s in Philly and Baltimore. They played my home town and summer home town, more than once. I swear they were following me.

I see your 5 shows and cover with my 1 a year these last few years. The glory days were grate but like someone sang, life is just a party and parties aren’t meant to last. C’est la vie, courtesy of a Francophile. 😎

I see roughly 5 shows a year. May I be the enemy you need to unite behind

I still think this will happen FYI

Caught Garcia Project twice last week…had a blast steeped in some gorgeous jgb…they did a 76 and then an 83,,both super well done…definitely ready for more of these guys. Had seen them once but felt like they’re going deeper now…great vibes. if you’re craving some squeaky clean jgb, go check them out when they come around 😉

One of the best electives I’ve ever seen. The mashup of The band, the Beatles , Dylan was awesome. band was flowing all night from help slip franklins. Loser was a highlight through masterpiece and I always always love Jack a roe. After GSET I said what a great first set to get a fireeeeee tangled. Hey Jude to playin reprise second set highlight. Thank you dso. 3/23/74 tonight????????

first time electric

1977-10-28 @ Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial, Kansas City, KS (1) Promised Land, They Love Each Other, Cassidy, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues-> Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication, Deal (2) Samson & Delilah, Candyman, Sunrise, Passenger, He's Gone-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> Stella Blue-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Around & Around E: Casey Jones F: Mr. Charlie, Ripple

F: Mr Charlie, Ripple Fun bouncy show the whole night. Stella Blue was so sweet! Lisa crushed Sunrise followed by an appropriate audience chant of "Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, Lisa,...!"

Really fun and interesting show. song selection had us guessing at first but pretty quickly became apparent it was elective. Loved dancin with the old time tighten up jam. Lisa was amazing on you aint man enough and masters of war. very happy to hear pride of cucamonga - had a feeling that was coming. and sing me back home was perfection - you could hear a pin drop. looking forward to new haven.

Further research courtesy of count2: On 9-1-79 Bertha -> Good Lovin' closed a 2nd set, whereupon the next 13 iterations proceeded to also close the last set. Culminating with the final closer on that 11-2-84 BCT show. It there would only be one more in set 2, that '93 Meadowlands show. Fascinating, for geeks at least. Also, there were 27 Need a Miracle -> Bertha -> Good Lovin', beginning shortly after 3 passes of a Miracle set 1 closer followed by a Bertha -> Good Lovin' set 2 opener. Took a few tries for them get it just exactly perfect. 😁

Second set beyond highlights were the whole set but both FOTM & Wharf Rat peaked very very strongly wowza Be back tonight 🌝

Scarlet Fire rewarded all the folks that did the drive. It would have been 8 1/2 hours each way which stopped my inquisition. Maybe this could be a new Random thought.

PSA: The shows on March 15th and 16th at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA (8pm) are being streamed live via Nugs.net (free for subscribers and they also have a 7-day free trial if you didn't already use it recently) https://www.nugs.net/search/?q=dark+star+orchestra&lang=default