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Wow being at the Greek for this was an unforgettable experience and phenomenal way to experience that venue for the first time…lotsa parrellels to the 2018 Red Rocks for DSO’s first time. Being on the DSO train over the years is like being on a long extended hiking trip up in the mountains…something as full on as hiking the Pacific Crest trail, for example….…it’s an adventure packed with beauty and challenge and curiosity about what it’s like up around the next bend…only to find yet another outrageously beautiful, expansive view with indescribable and pristine perfection splayed out in front of you,,.possibly even more glorious than the mind blowing view you had just a couple miles back… There have been what seem like endless peaks, sublime mountain lakes, quiet gurgling streams, alpine meadows, marmots calling out from beneath the rocks, views into deep valleys, terrifyingly steep cliffs, thunder and lightning rainstorms to survive, exhaustion yet truly fulfilling exhilaration along with a bit of physical malnourishment at times within a journey that offers thick and drippy glimpses into timelessness…. There have been many memorable high peaks along the way,,,and the Greek was a pinnacle experience…a peak among peaks that will be hard to beat,,,but all the peaks have so much to offer in terms of expansive views and inspiring beauty. The Greek completely fucking kicked ass… How could the best band in the land not pour it on as thick as molasses and heat it up and pour it all over you…their first time getting to play such an iconic and gorgeous venue steeped with Grateful Dead history. I also feel like it always up’s the ante when DSO plays in the Bay Area since it was the birthplace and home base for this music,,and history matters when it comes to the GD experience… With the juju of the venue and jehovah’s favorite Choir ready to pop so many of our Greek cherries good and hard…our favorite band played the shit out of 7/13/84…quite frankly, they fucking slayed it from start to finish. The beast that lives deep within the caverns of this music was fully unleashed and raged hard and strong as they worked their way through the intensity and sweetness of it all…the entire lower bowl below the upper grass area seemed to be dead silent during Stella Blue…the crowd seemed completely on board for the full shamanic cleanse throughout second set. Felt many times that we were in some sort of forgotten ritualistic cathartic festival of great human release in an ancient temple of sorts……ahhhhhhhhhh…..that’s why we chase this shit so hard…SOOOO freaking GOOOOOOOD!!!!! Of course the filler on top of the long and lofty Dark Star polished out the experience into a crystal clear gem with Lisa pouring it on thick…. i had a buddy who was way up at the top of the venue while we took it in down in close and he said when they dropped into Ripple he had to stop moving and drop into silence because the sound of the whole bowl of people down below singing together along with the band was drifting up the hill and landing in his ears as indescribable beauty and strong GD emotion…wow…. I want this hike in the high country to go on and on and on….so much satisfying beauty behind and so much yet to be discovered out ahead…. Thank you DSO…your capacity to transform the human spirit through your musical skill cannot be described with words!!!! Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of man… ⚡️🌹⚡️

This weekend (Oct 18 &19) two days of a small GD festival in a Nashville park "Touch of Brews Festival". (Terrapin Beer sponsored) John K will do a solo "acousti'Lectric" show and then set in with other bands both days. My family is even going along to Nashville which is unusual.

Wow! Wow! WOW! This was THE NIGHT! Set 1 was complete 11/21/69 Cal Expo, Building A - Sacramento, CA (Set 1:) Casey Jones Good Morning Little School Girl Cold Rain And Snow Cumberland Blues Easy Wind (Set 2:) Good Lovin' Drums Good Lovin' China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider High Time Me And My Uncle Turn On Your Love Light Set 2 elective Cryptical/the other one/cryptical St.Stephen William Tell The Eleven Death Don't have no Mercy Alligator Encore: Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane) 1st time played in front of people I don't have to say anything else, this was insanely amazing and unbelievable dance fest. Thank you DSO!!! And crew!!! Love you all!

AZ proud to fire it up once again. New venue (praise Baby Jesus for the Van Buren, the Marquee was super aggressive with hipsters and heads ffs). Hoping for China/Rider, don’t care what era (beggars and choosers and all that). LFG!!

Thank you God for this past year, Thank you God for family here Thank you God for this delicious food, Thank you God for all that's good Awesome night, no better way to kick off the holidays. Sold out show once again at the Peak! DSO never disappoints. They threw me off with a 1st set drums, never heard that before. Thought maybe it was an elective set. The band is just a juggernaut when they get warmed up. The whole second set was fire once again. Props to my upstairs dancers. Another awesome night on the mountain. Hopefully everyone made it home safely and had a great Thanksgiving celebration with family and friends.

When DSO put this on the tour schedule i was excited. I saw Billy and the kids last summer at the Pier and it was great. The view is insane and if you get a day like Sunday there’s nothing like it. but other than that, unfortunately there hasn’t been any reason to go there for any music. DSO hasn’t been to the city in years, maybe since coney island 6 years ago. Definitely haven’t been to Manhattan in 8 or 9 years. It’s falling apart again in this city but it’s nice to have a show in your backyard. So the day was perfect, sun shining, a cool breeze and Alotta smiles. I love how the guys in the band talk about playing at home. I heard some reminiscing of club wetlands !!! Minglewood and Row Jimmy first set love. Sugaree.. thank you dso for everything as always, it means the world to all of us

Once in awhile you say to yourself that was THE best show that you’ve EVER seen or ONE of the best shows you’ve ever seen. but soon you catch yourself saying it a lot lmao that being said, the second set of the final show of the week was up there with one of the best I’ve ever seen. morning dew to start that monster double decker sandwich was something I needed to experience PITB>UJB>umbroken>d/s>imagine instrumental with the crowd singing some of it >last time >DARK STAR>PITB>UJB. This was totally amazing. Dark star was all ready sending me into orbit when we got the pitb reprise and ujb reprise. You don’t want these nights to end but they have to. the whole week in Jamaica is just amazing and I really loved the matinee. Wasn’t sure it was gonna be topped. Something about a daytime show that warms your bones differently. But that last set was something I’ll cherish for quite sometime, especially as I sit here in NY in the snow thinking about my sunsoaked week, of great people, beautiful weather and music that makes me happy beyond words. They are second to none when it comes to re creating the Grateful Dead music and the vibes that come with it . Ending with ripple my cup was beyond full. Dark star thank you once again, much love, and thank you Melvin and JGB!

The band I streamed last night - Hyryder @ The Mousetrap / Indianapolis, IN / Halloween Kickoff Hell in a Bucket > Viola Lee Blues, Candyman, Dire Wolf, Pride of Cucamonga > New Speedway Boogie > Pride of Cucamonga Reprise, Peggy-O, King Solomon’s Marbles > Samson & Delilah, St Stephen > William Tell Bridge > The Eleven > Turn on your Lovelight Born Cross Eyed > Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Dark Star > Truckin, Don’t Let GO > Death Don’t Have No Mercy > Promontory Ryder > Shakedown Street, Purple Rain E: Werewolves of London > Greatest Story Ever Told, Promised Land Whole thing was masterclass! Don’t Let Go>Death Don’t>Promontory Ryder>Shakedown with a Purple Rain chaser was X factor city

Happy Birthday Brian! Thompson Arena (Dartmouth College), Hanover, NH (5/5/78) Promised Land Dire Wolf Cassidy Candyman El Paso They Love Each Other Passenger Brown Eyed Women Lazy Lightnin' Supplication Bertha Good Lovin' Ship of Fools Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World drums Not Fade Away Stella Blue Around and Around Werewolves of London Filler White Rabbit We love a "home" show! I don't think Frog Alley knew how many people would show up, someone that lives in the apartments right there said that was the biggest crowd ever. I'm glad, would love to have DSO back next year. Parking lot summer stage area type venue. Had people with chairs in the back and great size area for dancers/standing. Definitely needed more bathrooms for that amount of people. Band seriously killed it, so much fun dancing and loosing myself in the music. Thank you DSO and crew!

Melvin couldn't make his scheduled 9:30-11 evening show on Friday so Hyryder filled in after playing their earlier 5-6:25 scheduled show. Then we also got a third dose on Sat from 6:35-8 opening with St Stephen. The weather could not have been any better ~ low 50's for sleeping and mid 70's -80 during the day. We secured the absolute best camp site on Wednesday (although they tried to send us into the boonies) Thanks to Ducks eagle eye and Jedi driving we turned around and drove right up to the beach entrance from the woods. My first time back to the Ledges since Dark Star left , like 15 years ago. I forgot how intimately everyone there becomes best friends. 🤞🤞🤞🤞That DSO gets back there🙏🙏🙏

1974-06-20 @ The Omni, Atlanta, GA https://archive.org/details/gd1974-06-20.sbd.remaster.105427.flac16/gd74-06-20d1t01.flac This remaster is simply killer - crazy good channel separation! One of the better recordings I've ever heard for this time period - some say 1st Slipknot! They had been emphasizing it for a couple months and this is the most pronounced. More like a slipknot jam but it’s killer

Original Recipe Not Fade Away > Cumberland Blues* > Easy Wind*^, Box of Rain, Hell in a Bucket, Althea, BIODTL(13?), I’ll Take a Melody, Shakedown Street** > Low Spark of High-Heeled Space Boys** > Shakedown Street Reprise** Scarlet Begonias > Eyes of the World > Corrina > Drums > Space > I Need a Miracle > Dear Mr Fantasy > Morning Dew > Not Fade Away Reprise (w/confetti drop) E: (Crew Thanks) Woodstock *w/Daniel Donato ^w/Lisa on Harmonica **w/Warren Haynes

Hey all, This is Mik, of The Garcia Project. I've been lurking around the forums and thought I would drop in and say hello. Way back in 2002 (I think?) I was at The Gathering of the vibes and it was the first time I saw Melvin play with John K - as DSO was headlining....They did a Jerry Band set that brought me right back to the old days of Jerry Band tour. I was backstage and met Melvin that night but I also walked John from the stage to his trailer with his guitars. We chatted for a while and I told him that I thought he and Melvin sounded great and would love to hear more of it. He said he loved it too but was very busy with DSO...Then I quipped that I might have to start a "Jerry Band" to keep it going....He said Go for it! He was so kind and nice to talk to. And now he's back playing with Melvin! Love it! Since then, I met up with Kat Walkerson, who subbed in for Cheryl and sang with Shirley for a few shows with Melvin and JGB (Stu Allen was lead at that time). I had just started The Garcia Project (2010) and Kat joined the band for our second show and onward! We both loved how DSO did the GD sets lists and we started doing actual Jerry Band set lists with the same style, arrangement and feel of the original. We built the original gear and were gifted guitars from Andy Logan (Grateful Guitars Foundation) and since then we have played many shows with Melvin Seals, Jacklyn LaBranch, Maria Muldaur and Buzz Buchannon, covering sets from 1976 through 1995! Now in 2025, we have assembled the absolute best band and crew and are out touring again through the USA. We all absolutely love and miss Jerry and the experience that was a Jerry Garcia Band show. We strive to recreate that feeling at every show. We even have a couple of shows on our March tour with the one and only Jackie LaBranch! We love singing with her and her voice brings us right back..... I saw my first GD show back in 1987 at Silver Stadium in Rochester, NY - Right after the show my friend asked me what I thought...I said it was amazing, but what if Jerry sang every song??!! He said to me, Go see Jerry Band.....I sad WHAAAAAT??? There is a Jerry Band? And the following year I saw my first Jerry Band shows at Great Woods. Hooked ever since. Ive always missed that rich beautiful tone of his guitar playing and his soulful voice and presence, Anyway, we've done a lot over that last 15 years (including recording an album of Jerry Garcia spiritual songs called SPIRIT with Maria Muldaur, Jackie LaBranch, Peter Rowan, Jason Crosby and more....) --- and its our mission in life to continue on the musical legacy, keeping true to the original arrangements, feel and style that Jerry laid down from 1976-1995. I hope y'all will give us a shot if we play your neck of the woods and Im happy to answer any questions or tell any fun stories. We absolutely LOVE DSO and sometimes get to see them when our tours cross or we are on the same bill....Cotter has even run sound for a few times. Love the band, the community and the music! We would love to join y'all at the Jubilee or Jamaica some day.....Peace, love and music.... Mik

We woke up at 3:15am at our home near Asheville and by 11pm (8pm PST, haha) we heard the first notes of a killer opening Jack Straw about 3,000 miles away. Wow, talk about a long day. I was thinking about how Rude doesn’t even like to do a 4-5hr drive on show day, lol. Our son moved to Bellingham, so we combined a visit with him and these two shows. His first dso shows! His only prior exp with the Dead being a Dead & Co show I took him to in 2017 that was not very good. He was loving it last night!! Bertha in the 2nd song spot nodded 80’s to me, esp after the jack straw opener. From there it ripped. The Candyman was all melty and oozing goodness. Just love the guitar work in Brown Eyed and obviously Jeff does two. Those flourishes created liftoff!! TJed a raucous throw down and the Bucket kept us nice and sweaty up til set break. I actually called the China Rider (impressing my son, haha) which was more than adequate to get back in the groove after a cold break outside with flurries. After a soothing Looks Like, He’s Gone reminded me why I always yearn for that number! Jeff’s guitar work was crisp and emphatic. Then, the Spoonful>Jam>Drums>Space>The Wheel, wooooow! That was prob an hour of the second set and there was a lot to take in. I chose to let it take me in and really lost my bearings several times. Beautiful Black Peter and my second called song 😅 Knockin was a kaleidoscope of Dylan brilliance perfectly delivered! Don’t even need to say this, but Lisa slayed that Little Piece and left everyone with cups FULL. Venue very reminiscent of my local Orange Peel with all the shoulder rubbing and apologies to bystanders, lol. We got there right at show time to a line around the block but the band noodled and we walked in right at the first notes. Spent most of the night stage right by the ADA section where I had about a 3-4ft circle of space, best we could do. Couldn’t find Island Bro but will correct that tonite, haha! Thank you band and crew for hauling this party all over for the people that love it 😍!!

I still have about 50 of my stubs. Used a collage of them to make a gif to print on my envelope used to score Dead50 tix from mail order. 2 are full tix…11/5/77 my third show. Crowd pushed through glass doors. 7/2/95 no show Deer Creek. First stub 5/4/77 my first show Last stub 7/9/95 no explanation needed. The stories this baggie of stubs could tell…..

Recreation of 1/3/70 stunning maybe best DSO show I’ve seen. I’ve seen them about 30 times post Covid.

original. 1. 1/2 step/i know you rider, btw, peggyo, never trust a woman, tom thumb, biodtl, chimes of freedom, greatest story, tangled up in blue. 2. stranger (w/john kadlecik- no jeff mattson, jk left after stranger), speedway, playin/uncle johns/d/s/fire on the mtn/hey jude/china doll/playin. e. take a letter maria.

1969–12-30 The Ark Boston, MA Set 1 Good Lovin (pig) > Drums > Good Lovin, Mama Tried, New Speedway Boogie, Casey Jones, Black Peter, Me & My Uncle, Midnight Hour, Cumberland Blues, Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Cryptical Reprise > Cosmic Charlie Set 2 Uncle John’s Band, Masons Children, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Ryder, Dark Star > Alligator > Drumz > The Eleven > Alligator Reprise > And We Bid You Goodnight F: Big Boss Man, Volunteers

We won’t make penns this year. I want you to know that I’ve considered this a non negotiable show for a long time and we will be back next year. But have to sit this one out. I mean I’ve lied to my partner when she was pregnant to be there. I spent much money on shakedown that night to try to compensate for my guilt it was stupid. I had to go one year with a previous lover and partied all night. Went to her family’s thanksgiving the next on no sleep and sweated the night out during the thanksgiving festivities it would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic and sad. But penns is special and always will be. The Dso pre thanksgiving show gave me something to be thankful for when I felt I had nothing else to be thankful for. Thank god I have so much to be thankful for today. But I want you to know that I love this community and this band. The fill cups of love when the cup empty. Make it over flow. For four hours they make everything just exactly perfect. I miss you guys so much and miss the music even more. Been a while since we’ve seen a show. We will make some of new years. And January is jam packed for us with Jamaica and the sages here in Colorado. We gonna do a week west coast in February too. But most important I want to tell you guys I love you and I am beyond thankful for all of you and the impact you’ve had on my life. I am forever grateful. Happy thanksgiving. I know you’ll crush it up on that mountain. I love you guys so much band and fan. Keep bringing the heat and joy to those around you. love is real.

The sure sign a great time was had. Have carried note taking supplies at shows for years to mark the signposts. Praise DSO.

Caught Hyryder at Headliners on Friday night. Their usual solid performance. Songs swirling in my head but cannot even attempt any coherent set lists. Of note… 25 years and 10 months ago at this exact venue I begrudgingly went to my first show where the band played “entire Grateful Dead shows” ( “note for note” lol ). No current DSO band members on stage that night are current, save for Lisa. Long strange trip rolls on.

One does not mess with Roberta Lincoln ❤️

Watching "Young Frankenstein " tonight for Halloween and in honor of Teri Garr. Been a while, such a classic.

We lost a good one. My favorite lyric of his, “ I’ll trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday…” Powerful stuff there.

Looks like time for old friends to drop by so I thought I'd say High. These posts bring back memories of better times when we would meet at the Ledges and dance in the sand, swim in the lake, and on a moonless night get lost in the maze of paths in the woods, also know as the "warzone" if I remember right.... Did anyone ever find the second tunnel? Peace and Love, Doc

Very special show for me and my family. My wife’s and sons first time here and my 8 month old first show. Headphones for him and a blanket and he was very content watching the kids run and play and dancing with his mom and dad. What beautiful night on the water, couldn’t have asked for anything more. short first set but I said to my wife earlier I wanna hear Mississippi tonight so that was cool, and what a beautiful birdsong. when the lights go down my boy was loving the lights and music still. He made it to Truckin and then we had to keep truckin, he was toast. thank you dso for making this special for us. Great mini road trip for the fam as we headed to Mass for treehouse brewery. See you guys in the fall!!!

Now it’s confirmed Jack Straw ; Brown Eyed Women ; Mister Charlie ; Green, Green Grass of Home ; Don't Ease Me In ; Big Boss Man ; Box Of Rain ; Strange Man ; Dark Hollow ; They Love Each Other ; New Orleans > Good Lovin' Here Comes Sunshine ; Cumberland Blues ; It Hurts Me Too ; In The Midnight Hour ; Unbroken Chain > Dark Star > drums > Dark Star jam > Morning Dew > Not Fade Away > Going Down The Road Feeling Bad > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) Encore: Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Notes: Dino on drums. Rob K drums on encore.

Really quite fantastic. Brother Esau was replaced by Black Thrusted Wind- apparently because someone yelled it right before they were going to start. I guess that works occasionally? I’m trying to figure out what else was different but I can’t remember. Cool venue- potential to be very cool. Reminiscent of Pisgah Brewery in Black Mountain NC (miss that place so much). Excellent 2 shows for me. Good to be back in the action. Selbyville DE next.

Aiko It’s all over now stagger Lee Tom Thumbs Blues Lindenburg Hop Easy wind Mission in the rain Jack straw Cats under the stars You ain’t women enough Let it grow China Watchtower Black Muddy river Corrina I know you rider Everybody must get stoned definitely not correct but close great show! please excuse my strange text, copied and pasted from notes in phone

Wish I was there…Stone Pony that is (original my 2nd GD show!)

Original Recipe Set 1: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider ; Black Throated Wind ; Box Of Rain ; Althea ; The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) ; Jack Straw ; Shakedown Street > Playing In The Band > Mission In The Rain > Throwing Stones > Tangled Up In Blue Encore: White Rabbit

Tea was accurate regarding the first set. 2nd set original recipe in same style…may be missing a tune Cold Rain MAMU St Stephen William Tell Eleven Alligator Caution Encore….Dancing in the Streets Absolutely phenomenal show…DSO at its best Lisa on harp for pigpen tunes with Rob B rappin away 2 drummers throughout

Thanks for your passion and your constant rib-rattling carpet bombs 💣!

I have All of my Grateful Dead ticket stubs in a frame. Got snuck into Radio City so, no ticket stub but I have a 8x10 hand written xerox flier from a guy selling glossy photos of the band on stage. My roommate wrote the set list on the back of that. Good thing, because my handwriting sucks. I tried keeping up a list during shows but am not so sure I ever pulled off a whole show’s list. I found it to be a distraction during the show, kept me from getting lost in the music. Of course, we’re talking about my brain. If I didn’t write it down at the beginning of the tune, it would get lost to eternity. Recalling set lists sometimes would take days. Younger heads need to understand, word of mouth was pretty much it for information about the Grateful Dead. Keeping track of set lists had to be done. People would be lined up using pay phones at set break to call their friends and tell them what was played. I remember running into a high school class mate in the spectrum lot eight years later. The first thing he said was, “they played ripple in Baltimore”. People who didn’t make it into the show would swarm the people leaving the show, “What they play?, what they play?”. “Any show stoppers?”. If you had a list from the previous night, there was a crowd around you in the lot. The discussion would be happening. I didn’t know they had brought back Attics until I saw it on a flier someone handed me after a show that had all the set lists from that tour. I learned about Good Lovin/ LaBamba/Good Lovin from Pierre Robert at Wmmr in Philly. He talked about the MSG show that Dark Star Orchestra just recreated. I had tickets for the upcoming Saturday night in Philly. I was pretty sure that if we got a good Lovin in Philly, we were going to get the La Bamba. Sure enough… It was history in the making, it turns out. List keepers and tapers are why we have what we have now. Once the technology advanced, the resources were already in place. Especially with Dark Star’s live shows but also with the internet, I have been taken back in time, to shows before I got started and also conquering new horizons with original set lists. I had probably only heard a hundred shows before the internet. I now seek out a new show every morning, listen to the whole thing while I go about my day. Within the last few years, the number of GD shows that I have heard has gone through the roof. It also helps that the cassette player in my truck finally wore out. Strangers stopping strangers…just to see what they played.

Been digging through some old files and I dug up my write up of the TXR evening where the power went dead... Terrapin Crossroads, the project that Phil and Jill Lesh had been working on in Fairfax for some time, and that was forestalled by a vocal minority of locals, finally opened this Spring in San Rafael to a chorus of complaints about the hefty price of admission for Phil & Friends shows - $150. But hey, that comes with a poster, plus a grilled cheese sandwich on the way out the door. More recently, Phil and been leading various groups of musicians through a series of “West Coast Rambles”, modeled after the famous Levon Helm “Midnight Rambles” held in his barn studio in Woodstock. For the Rambles shows, the costs are scaled back to $65. Then last week The Crossroads announced a “Telstar” show this coming Sunday, more open ended jam oriented, for the bargain basement price of $30. And finally, this Tuesday and Wednesday, the fee to see Phil at the Crossroads came crashing down to zero. Now, these shows were not held in the “Grate Room”, but rather in the adjoining restaurant. But they were scot-free. The line up was a sub set of this weekend’s Ramblers; Phil on bass, John Kadlecik on lead, and Jon Graboff on pedal steel. Reports on the Tuesday show were quite positive, so after an open house for my 7th grader at Mill Valley Middle School, I was off to San Rafael. I arrived around 8:30 to a casual scene. The cocktail/bar section of the restaurant was full but not bursting. The performance area encompassed the landing at the bottom of a wide, twisting staircase. The back of the “stage” opened onto the main dining area, and the front (slightly more than 180 degrees of the ring) opened to the cocktail space, the hallway from the main entrance, and the wood burning oven. I was able to settle in just behind the people who were against the ropes, in the thin corridor between the pizza bar and the stage. There were somewhere around 150 people already there, swelling to maybe double that as the 9pm show time approached. Then it happened. Complete darkness. At first it seemed like something had blown right there on site, but the jolt of having large amps and speaking several feet away instantly cut out will create such an illusion. And the only good view of the outside world from where I stood was through the back of the restaurant across the canal; all lights on there. So I was surprised when, after about 10 minutes, a security officer announced that the outage was area wide (apparently only on Terrapin’s side of the water) and that no further details were available. Frankly, I was even more surprised that they weren’t moving to have the place evacuated. But no, we were just told to hang tight. In fact I had just been pondering that there likely must be some sort of public mandate about evacuating a crowded establishment where there was no power. Instead, it appeared Terrapin was able to play by its own rules. And indeed, Phil came out minutes later and said there will still be a show, it will be acoustic, and that amazingly there were no acoustic instruments on hand but they were “nearby.” It was another half hour before several guitar cases made their way through the front door and up the staircase. It’s a good bet going forward that Terrapin will be better prepared! By this time staff had swept through with trays of lit candles, doors had been propped open for ventilation, camping style lamps were strategically placed, and a table of brightly burning cylindrical candles of varying heights had been set up in the center of the performance space (to call this a stage is a misnomer). The power wasn’t coming back but music was imminent. When the musicians finally came down the stairs, slightly over an hour after we were plunged into darkness, JK, Jon, and Phil all had acoustic guitars. JK had what could have been a Takamine, looking exactly like something Jerry would have played. Jon’s guitar looked to be a steel strung model with dark grained wood. And Phil had a large bodied instrument similar to what I recall him playing at a benefit show way back in 1994 at the Berkeley Community Theater Berkeley High School benefit. Phil also carried out a MacBook Pro, which I found curious. He consulted it briefly a few times between songs. There were also small battery powered lit-lights on JK and Jon’s music stands. Now it was time to see not only what these performers were made of, so far as their ability to roll with this massive audible, but also to see what the audience was made of. This was the absolute test of an audience’s resolve to pay respectful attention, the likes of which I’ve never experienced. Think about it: 300 plus folks, most of whom had a few drinks in them, in an inherently awkward performance space, with zero amplification. This should prove interesting. And by god it worked. Not perfectly of course. There were bottles to recycle at the bar. And there was the aisle behind us that kept getting clogged, requiring the occasional “please, we have to keep this space clear” from staff members. But the catcalls were almost exclusively between songs, and the few sing-along moments were well placed and mostly fitting. I think ultimately the urgency of keeping silent was so obvious to everybody that 99% of folks didn’t dare even breathe heavily. That made it even more head scratching the few times someone had to be shushed; what could anyone be thinking?? So the show then was a tightrope act; a continuous give and take between the spellbinding understated power of what we were witnessing with the annoyance of the varying distractions. Most importantly though, on balance it worked. Perhaps not consistently throughout, but certainly on the whole. The set list was nuanced, varying from classic acoustic numbers like Dire Wolf, Folsom Prison Blues, Dark Hollow, and Jack-A-Roe, to complete surprises such as Casey Jones, Bertha, and Here Comes Sunshine. Jon Graboff sang the Johnny Cash classic along with Dark Hollow, but I felt his vocals were less than ideal given the scenario. Phil sang only one song, but it was a soft, gorgeous, lilting version of Peggy-O. And wow did the crowd stay quiet for this one, especially when it become apparent how hushed and reticent his voice was. For the high notes you had to crook your neck forward to hear, but I must say I’ve never heard his voice sound so soothing. It felt like you were with him in his living room. With JK, however, it was more like being around a raucous campfire. He projected, intoned, resonated, and more or less just stole the show. I have a completely new respect for the Ryan Adams song Peaceful Valley. Dire Wolf and Bertha were rollicking and bouncy. Here Comes Sunshine was a ray thereof. But the knockout punch was Visions of Johanna. The lyric sheet was clearly placed and the light on JK’s music stand adjusted. Being able to refer sporadically to the lyrics made him that much more confident. And his reading was breathtaking - both forceful and seductive. Unbelievably, the guy behind me and to my right not only knew most all the lyrics but proved it by mouthing them softly. I suffered through a few verses before realizing he wasn’t going to stop, so I told him “Hey man, it’s really impressive that you know all the words to this song, but I can hear you as loud as John.” Thankfully that shut him up, and it might also have shamed him as he left the area when the song was over. Lyrics always have a way of taking on a continued, evolving meaning with the Grateful Dead, whether it be their own songs or those of others. In Visions, several lines had a newfound resonance, such as “Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet”, “Lights flicker from the opposite loft”, and of course “The ghost of electricity”. Unmistakably powerful stuff. After playing for just over an hour, they closed the show with a magnificent I Know You Rider, featuring splendid, potent harmonies. And then, with what was probably a collective breath of “Thank god we made it through that,” the show was over. The crowd whooped, banged, and hollered rambunctiously for several moments after the musicians had retreated up the stairwell, but when the candles were blown out it was clear there would be no encore. It occurred to me that not only were such unforeseen circumstances necessary for this scenario to have gone down, but had the power actually come back on at any point (and it’s amazing that it didn’t) the unique and astonishing vibe would have been derailed. What an improvised, singular experience, the likes of which will almost certainly never be witnessed again. I wouldn’t want to be part of such an experiment with a NYC crowd of socially lubricated Heads, but the West Coast folks were able to make it work. In the Lesh household, I fancy that JK’s stock just skyrocketed. The set list went like this: Casey Jones Dire Wolf Bertha Folsom Prison Blues Here Comes Sunshine Peggy-O Peaceful Valley Dark Hollow Visions Of Johanna Jack-A-Roe Don’t Ease Me In I Know You Rider

It appears there's a 'new' show that was transferred and uploaded from an 8-track tape. Here are the particulars from the uploader: This was one of two miracles (and all on the same 8-track tape) that I had in my collection that I finally got around to transferring (not believing that it was what it said it was). Boy oh boy was I surprised when I found out that not only some head in the 70's made a bootleg 8-track tape but that it had material no one had heard before (more to come...). So here it is as essentially a raw transfer just slight editing to make each track transition smooth all done using Roxio Sound Editor (2009). Tracklist 01 The Same Thing 02 New Minglewood Blues 03 Nobody's Fault But Mine 04 Beat It On Down the Line 05 Next Time You See Me 06 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 07 Viola Lee Blues // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE0IVkMlzsI From this discovery, it appears that there is also a previously uncirculated version of 8/5/67: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKf4973_bhU (Reel to Reel?) to 8-Track Tape to Zenith 8-Track Player (analoge out) to Digital Input / Protools Capture to 15H kps / 48 kHz .wav file to Flac Thanks to Brian Flegel for this transfer Tracklist: Matinee Show 01 //Deep Elem Blues 02 Cold Rain and Snow 03 Big Boss Man 04 That's It For The Other One * (first recording in circulation) 05 {Tuning / Stage Banter} 06 I Know You Rider // Evening Show 07 {Stage Banter / Tuning} 08 Dancing in the Streets 09 {Stage Banter / Tuning} 10 Morning Dew 11 It Hurts Me Too 12 Cold Rain and Snow 13 {Stage Banter / Tuning} 14 Turn On Your Lovelight // I'm not an audiophile but I suspect those that are will find this to be an interesting development!

Hyryder @ The Vogue Indy 12/14/24 HSF Miracle>Wang Dang 1/2 Step>Minglewood ChinaRyder Slow Train Comin St of Circumstance Est>Eyes>H2H Dark Star> Wharf Rat> Dark Star> Cumberland Blues Sugar Magnolia SSDD E: Ryde Mighty Hy long drive home in the rain, but back safe and sound. The Roads a Breeze at 3am⚡🛞🇱🇷

Back four of the first got a nice roll going into the break. Feelin Groovy woven in lovingly. A syrupy slow Loose Lucy. The back of the second delivered with additional gusto, WRS Gold Star. Drive home a snow globe adventure. Thanks Band and Crew. See you in Pittsburgh. Praise DSO.

I did Grateville on the river in Louisville. BCE, hot brown smackdown, pranksters, grateful dads; Mr. Please; Captain midnight; pink talking fish todays bluegrass/old and in the way day. I’ll probably watch a little football early and roll over there later.

Friday 9/27 at Rupp Arens watched a 38 song 3 hour 26 minute set. 1 set. 8:00 on the dot to 11:26. “Kentucky don’t give a fuck about no hurricane”. Sturgill ripped my face off. Melty and jammy. It was some goodness it was so long of a show meili asked if he played turtles yet and I’m like it was like 12 songs ago. It became surreal at the end. It was so deep a dive for that long consecutive music I sorta lost track with reality. The constant song>song>song gave no reprieve.

Patti Smith and her Band Hancher Auditorium Iowa City , IA 9/28/24: Dancing Barefoot Redondo Beach Free Money We Shall Live Again My Blakean Year Diamond on His Sleeve Smells Like Teen Spirit! Sweet Jane Rock and Roll MASTERS OF WAR Peaceable Kingdom Because The Night Pissing In A River Gloria People Have the Power. University of Iowa week long cultural event culminating with this rare state side performance of Patti with her full band. She did a reading on Friday night so they were all set for the onslaught of this magical show last night. Opening with Dancing Barefoot >Redondo>Free Money and the Teen Spirit & Masters of War made this show a top five

Too rainy to trek to Indy Fri night but made the Saturday night show.. Help Slip* CatfishJohn Stagger Lee Lazy Lightning Supplication Eternity Eyes of the World Hard to Handle Slip* Franklins BIODTL Cryptical Other One Hell in a Bucket Cryptical Caution Dark Star I Need a Miracle Wang Dang Doodle All Right Momma Feel Like a Stranger Cold Rain and Snow OMSN * Slipknot teases between many of first set songs Not exactly sure of Caution placement and may have missed a tune. These guys are plain FUN…was asked to say “Hi” to Ed lol

dead to the core and a kick-ass rockstar to boot Mobile site won’t let me add more photos 😑

Proud to know the vast majority of names listed in these posts. Integral part of this long strange trip.

TIJGBH. Hometown shows to start the tour. Final Jerry appearance at MPP. Had a bunch of fun at the pair. Praise DSO.

Cool to see a blast from the past! More of ya'll is light years better than more of me on here - I hope everybody's worlds are spinning as they hope 💓

Since Chuck, Kris, and Blythe made an appearance, I might as well stop by. Miss you all!

Everything starts with you! Happy Birthday

No need for Deadbase anymore! https://www.gratefulsets.net

Shook off enough dust that I’m a last minute add to The Greek.