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Alabama Getaway Greatest Story Loose Lucy Cassidy Tom Thumbs Lay down sally Lazy lightning/supplication Lazy river road Feel like a Stranger Here comes sunshine Playin>Uncle John’s China>Rider Drums space St Stephen Let it grow Days between Playin reprise Let it Rock The first set, while masterfully executed left a lot of good stuff on the table for the second set to be special and i think they picked some really choice stuff. It smoked. The Days Between was a stunner, Jeff owns that song!! Nice big crowd, perfect weather. Good to be with Doc for his return to the scene, haha all smiles.

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 🕺🏻🙏🏼💃🏼

69/01/25 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA Dark Star>St Stephen>William Tell bridge> The Eleven>Lovelight. Dupree's Diamond Blues, Doin' That Rag, Cosmic Charlie, Alligator>Drums>Alligator> Caution>Feed Back>Bid You Goodnight, Filler: Easy Wind, Sing Me Back Home, Next Time You See Me, Take a Letter, Maria, Sittin' on Top of the World, You Ain't Women Enough, Mr. Charlie, Ripple. From the first bars of Dark Star, to the final notes of the Ripple, this show oozed special. The first stretched out in all the right places, the Star particularly devastating in its development. Lovelight a full Pig version. Doin' that Rag a mindblower, Cosmic Charlie slowed a beat. Caution epic. Killer Filler. Reaching deep into the catalog for a couple of gems, and they absolutely slay Easy Wind. What a close to a five show run, infinite magic. Thanks Band and Crew. Praise DSO.

Completely GAME ON show…such a different experience than Del Mar which was super fun, played so well and arguably had better sound in the brand spanking new venue but…. complete roof blowout during Deal after a super solid first set and just total second set beauty perfection…whatever words you use for speechless situations… LA crowd was full throttle and giving it loud and clear back to the band right out of the gate and all the way through and the symbiotic organism fed on itself thoroughly throughout the night…band was so ready to go out on limbs and lay it all down…never recall seeing Jeff quite so animated and playful and literally getting down while slaying the shit out of so many jams… it was just one of those nights…. the Wiltern is such an old beauty (had seen them there 4yrs? Ago) and it makes me wonder how the influence of such a beautiful space that clearly has soul and so much history influences the music… terraced floor so no slope dancing, like the warfield and other small halls I’ve seen that have Eliminated the slope floor for flat terraces….boulder theater comes to mind too… didn’t talk to tons of people but was surprised how many peeps we came across who were DSO virgins in last couple nights. Definitely DandC splillover in there… getting their minds blown I’d say! wow thanks for this full throttle dialed in Saturday night in LA Smokin’ Hot🔥 ⚡️🌹⚡️

Confirmed Set 1: Let The Good Times Roll ; Iko Iko ; We Can Run ; Dire Wolf ; Broken Arrow ; The Wheel ; Operator ; Loose Lucy ; It Hurts Me Too ; Might As Well Set 2: Jack Straw ; Rubin And Cherise ; Unbroken Chain > He's Gone > Got My Mojo Working > drums > Walrus Space > Let It Rock > The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys > Wharf Rat > Viola Lee Blues Encore: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)

1973-02-23 @Assembly Hall, U. of Il, Bloomington, IN Promised Land, They Love Each Other, El Paso, Bird Song, Mexicali Blues, Deal, Looks Like Rain, Tennessee Jed, Box Of Rain, Playin' In The Band Wave That Flag, Me & My Uncle, Dark Star-> Eyes Of The World-> China Doll, Around & Around, Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> One More Saturday Night E: Casey Jones F: Piece of my Heart ❤️ Such fun with great company and a killer show! That Dark Star was simply beautiful ! Review to come - I’m gassed

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.

Holy Guacamole 🥑 Batman! Looks like they threw the kitchen sink at ya'll - and then the whole kitchen, just for good measure 😮 Reads like a dream to me - I'll bet it was a lucid dream for all that got to plug into THAT vibe. One of the best vibes there is musically which I've nicknamed: Endorphin Firehose. Who wants a sip? What I'm most happy about, is BillK522 finally getting the royal treatment with this offering. The veritable 1969 white whale was finally realized - and then that monster just swallowed Captain Bill, whole All I know is that the opening refrain of Dark Star must have made everyone giddy with anticipation 🤪 With a Dark Star opener, you know you're embarking on a 3-hr journey. I might have just jumped out of my skin. Thanks to DSO + Crew for deciding to make this one happen for some very deserving friends- infinite magic indeed ❤

So I have this little project that I've been working on for quite a while now - 6 years? I think it's ready to share with the world, or at least the Deadhead subset of the world. This started out with the thought - why is there no modern, searchable online database of GD shows? Eventually, since this is the sort of thing that I do for a living, that thought grew into "I could do that, but do I really want to?" It was a huge undertaking, and over the years it got shelved several times. About a year ago I found myself telling @John A about it, and it is in large part because of doing so that the project eventually got to this point. Several folks here on the forums have seen this, but I owe a huge thanks to John in particular for his contributions to the data, and his infectious enthusiasm for all of these Grateful Dead stats and details. The site isn't complete, and probably never will be, but it's time to get it out there, to see if anybody actually uses it. If it gets discovered and has enough people visiting, I'll keep paying for the hosting... but if not, it might not last. So I hope some of you will check it out, pass it around, and have some fun with it. https://www.gratefulsets.net/

JGB Original Recipe Set 1: The Way You Do the Things You Do ; I'll Take A Melody ; After Midnight ; Strange Man ; Let It Rock ; Gomorrah ; Moonlight Mile ; Tore Up Over You ; I Want To Tell You > Mission In The Rain ; Mighty High Set 2: Lay Down Sally ; Shining Star ; You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie) ; Simple Twist of Fate ; Run For the Roses ; Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) ; Dear Prudence ; Deal Encore: My Sisters And Brothers Notes: JGB elective. Eaton out on medical leave. Skip sings lead vocal on “Moonlight Mile” Dino on drums. Koritz drums on encore.

Giza Sound and Light Theater, Cairo Egypt, 9-16-78 Bertha Good love Candy man Looks like Rain Row Jimmy El Paso Ramble Minglewood Deal Hamza El Din Ollin Arageed>Fire on the Mtn Iko Iko I Need a Miracle All over now Shakedown Drums Truckin Stella Around and Around Sunrise One more sat nite Jeff said the Sunrise was supposed to be in the middle of the second set but the original set list didn’t show it. I’m fucking glad we got it tho cause there are few things I love more than Lisa singing that song. Another stellar performance from the best band in the land. The Shakedown alone was worth the price of admission.

We had the best time. Jubilee is just the best. Everyone from staff to vendors to the patrons are just top notch. I’d like to also thank the weather. It was also 5 star. We adopted a staff member with a golf cart to join our camp. He’s like I asked what to do and they said we will radio you if we need you and they never did so we met a new friend with benefits. Having a driver up and down the hill is sweet. He figured why not give peeps a lift to help if nothing else to do so we made a new friend. He was jamming with us during dso in his yellow jacket in the crowd lol. But every staff member had a smile besides maybe the overnight wristband checker at the gate. That’s a rough gig and he was the only staff that ever turned down a swig of good whiskey. I’m like bro you’re the one that needs it more than anyone at 3am in the chill. one of my favorite shows was Mattson and friends. Lisa, Jeff, skip and rob b and tom b with koritz popping in once in a while. It was such a fun setlist. I love hearing non dead songs done dead style. During masters of war, I couldn’t hold back a tear with Lisa singing it so angry. She really put her hatred of the senseless war and death into her singing and I was choking up the whole time it was so powerful. The last time I couldn’t control my emotions was Lisa breaking out chimes of freedom in Portland 2/2017 but that whole place had tears streaming. Skip singing the Kinks I’m an ape man is just perfect. He brings the fun to it. Rob b smoked the vocals on Dig a pony. I hadn’t heard that song in years. I was like holy shit they are playing deep cuts. here’s the set list Jeff Mattson & friends 5/28/23 Bright lights I want to tell you Ape man Body parts Take a letter Maria say that I am Carmelita Dig a pony Senor Masters of war 3/5 of a mile in 10 secs

Loved the dancing! Saw old Wofford friends ; good to be among the terriers. Fun dance space. Overpriced drinks. The venue staff security were assholes. I watched them send women away with their purses that were reasonably sized and even on point because they said that they were too big. Problem is women clothes typically lack pockets, so what’s a girl to do with her things I mean they say they don’t want women to dress like men, what do they expect? I mean my purse is the same size as one dude’s cargo pants. This is archaic I told the security guy he needed to be less a Barney fife, and more of an Andy Griffith enough of the diatribe. down with the patriarchy ! I spent the night dancing and detoxing from the daily grind. It was so good to hear Mattson psychedelic guitar iand hear good music. The whales sounds coming out of space calling attention to the stage . Great dance crowd during good loving. et 1: Feel Like A Stranger- powerful and fun like 80s were ; It Must Have Been The Roses ;lovely On The Road Again so fun. One of the gems of the 80s to hear that one. Love a good jig ; Jack-a-Roe ; 🥰😍I’ve learned to play on guitar. And I was Ginger Roger’s during this song . It's All Over Now ; Cumberland Blues short jam ; The Music Never Stopped Ahhhhh! Set 2: Cold Rain And Snow 🌹to Dirkstar and all the wonderful people he brought into my life; prayers for his sun. Grateful. RIP ; Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance what more to say? . > Don't Need Love sold it ! to the highest bidder… maybe the security guard…. > Uncle John's Band like a balm to the soul. Calm and sense reign supreme drums > space > Playing In The Band reprise >Uncle John's Band reprise > Morning Dew Encore: Good Lovin' Filler: Playing In The Band with Lisa!! -> Love the One You're With sooooo good …..the vocals were perfect harmony.

2-3-79 Indianapolis Promised land Candy man Mama tried Brown eyed Looks like rain China cat > rider Minglewood Stagger Lee Heart of me Music never stopped Scarlet > Fire Estimated > Eyes Drums Other one Wharfrat I need a miracle Casey jones One more sat nite F: stir it up wowzers,… that one didn’t leave much in the tank. That 2nd set, near apocalyptic. Another really beautiful old theater.

Tried and true material. Personally business picked up at the China Rider. Pre drums delivered with world class precision. Miracle>Casey Jones probably did not happen often. Fantastic group in the hall getting down all evening. Spent the show with many loved friends. Praise DSO.

Finally checked from my bucket list seeing a show at the Warfield. It did not disappoint, due in large part to the scorcher we got from the band. I’m an early era guy so not my favorite collection of songs but nobody puts lipstick on a pig better than dso. They’ve given me new appreciation for many songs I’d usually skip over. Loser was gut wrenching, cc rider just ripped, and shakedown bout brought that gorgeous ceiling down. Second set up to drums was non stop fun. Skip was playing Phil’s Mission Control bass and let me tell ya, the bombs were flying. Cherry on top being the Visions and going down the road. Dance party was bit scattered due to the seats, but we managed to carve out the space we needed. ps: 1 draft beer = $20…. However the security staff couldn’t have been kinder. The one behind us was trying to help somebody find a lighter for their joint. Thanks to some great folks that showed us how Warfield shows are done, the experience was exceptional. Thanks as always to the band and crew!

Original Recipe Alabama Getaway, Hey Pocky Way, Big RR Blues, Passenger, Peggy-o, Cassidy, Brown-Eyed Women, Broken Arrow, Let It Rock, Pieces of My Heart. Foolish Heart, Lost Sailor>Saint of Circumstance> Crazy Fingers>Drums>Space>Tomorrow Never Knows>Love the One You're With> Saint Stephen>Morning Dew>Viola Lee Blues. E: Baby Blue Welcome to the Left Coast. Small theatre, Slanted floors. No balcony. How am I gonna make this work? Answer: Incredibly well. Well thought out elective delivered to a weekday audience. Big RR third a means business early indicator, although this one crept up on you. Let It Rock hammered. Foolish a bit bumpy, the delivery of the Crazy Fingers more than made up for it. Flawless covers led to the Stephen that popped the cork on a mind blowing final sequence. The closing crescendo of Viola outer limits. Spent with evening with many loved friends. Thanks Band and Crew. Praise DSO.

Eaton just had successful spinal surgery. Here’s to a speedy recovery for Rob! I hope he’s feeling like his old self soon - {{{Healing Vibes}}}

74/08/06 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ Bertha, Mexicali, Don't Ease, BIODTL, Sugaree, Jack Straw, Eyes of the World>Jam, Promised Land, Deal, Playin' in the Band>Scarlet Begonias> Playin' Reprise. Uncle John's Band, Black Peter, El Paso, Loose Lucy, Big River, Ship of Fools, MAMU, Row Jimmy, Sugar Magnolia>He's Gone>Truckin'>Spanish Jam> Other One>Goin' Down the Road>Sunshine Daydream. E: US Blues. Great Friends, Beautiful Day, Kick Ass Band, What's not to love. Praise DSO.

Well, what a great start to three nights at this amazing venue. We got in over here on Thursday, have been driving around this beautiful area, it’s really cool here. Rode the gondola to the top of the mountain, where there are a couple buildings under construction. Passed by few food trucks and a beer tent, to the concert area, a small flat area followed by a short, steep incline up to another flat area at the top. Started down at the bottom and spent most of the time up top enjoying the view of the stage, with the staggering expanse of Grand Teton National Park providing the backdrop. Start time was scheduled for 6pm, had a rain delay of maybe 30-45 minutes, but the storm passed quickly and the sun came out and warmed everything back up. Love the early start outdoor shows, sun was setting early in the second set. I had a good time and the band sounded excellent but I had a hard time getting my legs, usually seem to run into that on the first night of a run, where it could be any number of factors, but I think the elevation was giving me trouble so I took it easy most of the night. Gonna go hit em again tonight with renewed vigor, probably gonna go poke around here again today and see what we can see. Thanks DSO for playing here, been wanting to visit here for a while and this was the perfect time 😄

BOSTON MUSIC HALL - NOVEMBER 14, 1978 The Wang is the old Boston Music Hall and you could feel the bands pleasure playing this recreation from the very same room it was originally played. Absolutely stunning theatre. I couldn’t have asked DSO for a better local return. Boston shows at the Wilbur were fun, but the venues don’t compare. The Wilbur is tight and crowded, discriminates on deadheads, and lacks the space and sound we crave. I’d love to see them play the Wang again in the future. Missed my forum friends but there was an epic dance party in the red carpeted hallway at the top of balcony. Passenger, Estimated Eyes, ship of fools, wharf rat, and GDTRFB personal highlights. GDTRFB was just silly good… so much fun. Got my first “piece of my heart tonight”. I am “on call” which starting at 11pm so I was sober for this show… pretty sure first ever. I danced more than I ever have AND saved money! Everything about this night was perfect, including not running into my ex who first brought me to shows (lol) and hanging out with my cat now as I rest my bones. ❤️❤️❤️ Sugaree El Paso Candyman It's All Over Now Loser Passenger Stagger Lee I Need a Miracle Bertha Good Lovin' From the Heart of Me Ship of Fools Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World drums Wharf Rat Not Fade Away Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad Johnny B. Goode Filler: Piece Of My Heart

My lovely wife will be singing backup for Lemongrass on Saturday so be sure to give any early dance moves you have to spare…see you soon 🤠

Capitol Center, Landover, MD (9/25/76) Bertha New Minglewood Blues Ramble on Rose Cassidy Brown Eyed Women Mama Tried Peggy-O It's All Over Now Loser Let it Grow Sugaree Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication Mississippi Half-Step Dancin' in the Streets > Cosmic Charlie Scarlet Begonias St. Stephen > Not Fade Away > drums > St. Stephen > Sugar Magnolia (no original encore) F: Mr Charlie I’m 100% cooked (rookie) but was indeed a doozie ⚡️. I’ll reflect again but that Let It Grow Sugaree was bonkertown

Phish is a person you bang for fun. A little skanky, but fun. GD is marriage material. Lol

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

I like the idea of Loser…Besides other connotations l like the total irony with ‘last fair deal in the country’ after paying over $500 for a ticket 🤣

Luke and I went to see the End of the Line Allman Bros tribute. I liked it better musically than Allman Betts family revival tour (although I enjoyed both). had a Buffalo Springfield for what it’s worth jam in blue sky and a spacey st Stephen jam in whippin post.

I had a great time dancing all night. I had some bad news earlier in the day, but I just danced those blues away. Thank you.

No time left for filler 78 beauty dripping with brilliance exquisite jams throughout my oh my thank you

It was everything a Sunday show should be, except undersold. The balcony was VIP so just one big room and they sold every square inch. Despite the storms around, heard they sold out. It’s not every show you launch from the first notes, but this one did just that. Me and BillK ended up in the middle of this group of 20 something’s from Santa Cruz. I gotta say, those skinny kids got some sharp elbows. Almost mosh pit like in there. During the feedback jam, the touch heads all left so space opened up. Show itself was fairly short so they had an hour left after the encore. Perfect selection of fillers. Letter to Maria a new one on me, but they rocked it out! Thanks band a crew for a great run!!

Hell yeah, we even spent some time on the rail last night! Place was slow to fill up, but eventually got pretty tight. The slope and the seats had lots to do with that. We carved out a small flat spot at the top and wore a few layers off the carpet. There were some gems in there last night but the closing sequence was a mind bender. Crazy Fingers, oh yeah baby, Jeff killed it. Not a sound from the crowd during the tender Dew moments. Killer place and crowd, thanks much to band and crew for laying it down!

Thanks for tracking and dialing that set list Bill… dug the Lisa/Barracco vocal chanting during the Tommorow Never Knows jam….have only heard instrumentals up until tonight… amazingly young crowd in this college town…I dig that…and they were getting down and getting off sweatiest damn Tuesday night I can remember 😱

. Jerry's first shows back with the dead after already playing eight shows at The Stone, Halloween at HJK and a couple of acoustic benefits. July 8 through October 3 was the time without. 88 days. Incredible recovery which included being part of a UC Berkeley class studying: Dionysus to The Grateful Dead with Joseph Campbell who went to his first dead show in 86 and compared to it to mythological celebrations where all boundaries are brought down and everyone is doing a celebration of life together regardless of class or profession. After lunch Jerry spaced with Mickey and others creating a music piece by generating industrial sounds that were in key with E, G, A, Dm and other music parts. He talked this in reference to the space jam. 90 min space created right before the four person panel discussion (Mickey, John Perry, Joseph Campbell, Garcia). This is a crazy fun show for DSO opening with Playing and then all throughout and space>truckin>Smokestack>Comes A Time ✓✓✓ this material has to have them firing on all cylinders, enjoy everyone!

Fox Theatre, ATL, GA 5/17/77 prob one of the best I’ve heard. Heard on Spotify. This song has deep meaning for me. If it does for you have a listen or post your best. Share some love!!!

Set 1 Cold rain & Snow Feel like a stranger Big Boss Man Cumberland BT wind West LA Strange man Let it grow Hard to handle Box Set 2 Iko> Corinna> New Speedway> St. Stephen> Drumz > Mr. Fantasy Believe it or not Stephen> Tangled up in blue E. Dew I'm beat, great show. Smoking Hard to Handle, been a while for me on that one. Work in 5 hours with a smile I'm sure

Original Recipe Set 1: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) ; Cats Under The Stars ; Stop That Train ; Mystery Train ; I Second That Emotion ; Who Was John? ; Don't Let Go ; Tangled Up In Blue Set 2: The Way You Do the Things You Do ; Rubin And Cherise ; Mission In The Rain ; That's What Love Will Make You Do ; Strange Man ; My Sisters And Brothers ; The Harder They Come ; Stir It Up ; Lonesome and A Long Way From Home > Tore Up Over You Encore: Midnight Moonlight Notes: JGB Elective. Rob Koritz on drums. Rob Eaton out on medical leave.

Awesome time. Original recipe. Quinn opener. Broken Arrow, woman enough, and Birdsong/music/birdsong was a perfect set closer. 2nd set new speedway, uncle johns, st Stephen and holy shitballs death don’t have no mercy brought the house down. I’m missing a ton. Memory be damned

Awesome setlist, awesome venue, DSO doing JGB was a nice treat. Each song was jammed out pretty hard. So many highlights. Mission was flawless. They said Rob E. had to get off his feet for a bad sciatica. If DSO decides to come back and headline this festival again (2 nights) it's a no brainer. My first time there and it was pretty pretty good. If you look up chill in the dictionary there should be a picture of this place. Huge wooded area for camping. A creek/stream ran right through the properly, people were in the creek the whole time on inflatables jamming to the music, many hammocks abound, the preferred thing to do was catch a nap at some point during the day. Music on Friday 2:30p-4:00a and music on Sat. from noon-4:00a. They also had early bird shows Thurs night. Just impressed with the vibe, the bands, everything. Didn't see one security guard or cop all weekend, soo many vendors selling food, cloths, and pretty much anything you can think of. The best part about it was it's BYOB. As much as I like paying $22 a beer at places like the Peach festival for One beer, this is a breath of fresh air. Place was literally out in the middle of nowhere. Back roads for a while, just fields, mountains, and rivers then the venue. There's something about a DSO show that is smack dab in the middle of mother nature. I saw how DSO just threw a stage up out in Jackson Hole and rocked out on the edge of a mountain. This kinda had the same vibe even though we were down in a valley. Kudos to the band for making it an awesome weekend.

Tonight was killer. I had a lot more fun, felt acclimated to the altitude and spent the whole night down in the first few rows twirling around in circles 😄. After another short rain delay, the sun came out bright and hot. The band came out breathing fire right out of the gate, and the crowd really felt electric and fully into it. Lisa killed it on Strange Man, really enjoyed hearing Liberty and So Many Roads, it’s been a while since I’ve seen either song played. Skip started off on oxygen in Tom Thumb’s, love his substitutions in there and this one was great. The crowd was really into the “spent a little time on the mountain” line. Alligator was a lot of fun, and Mountain Jam was a nice treat. Was, of course, as always, hoping for the Dew, and it felt like its arrival was being foreshadowed throughout the second set with some of the 80s pre Dew songs. Gimme Some Lovin, Wheel and Watchtower had me feeling like maybe it could be coming and it was a surprise to get it out of GDTRFB. The Morning Dew was perfect with Jeff nailing the vocals with emotion. Skip was also killing it all night and was laying out the big bombs during Dew. Really enjoyed being down in front and watching the band when I was able keep the front of my body aimed at the stage, resting up tonight and hoping to drive to Yellowstone early tomorrow morning, that was fun😁

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (2/24/73) Bertha Mexicali Blues Brown Eyed Women Looks Like Rain Loose Lucy Beat it on Down the Line China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Jack Straw Here Come Sunshine El Paso Box of Rain Tenessee Jed Playing in the Band They Love Each Other Greatest Story Ever Told Row Jimmy Big River Ramble On Rose Me and Bobby McGee Truckin' Nobody's Jam Eyes of the World Sugar Magnolia Johnny B. Goode

Academy of Music, New York, NY (3/27/72) Bertha Black Throated Wind Chinatown Shuffle Brown Eyed Women China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Me and Bobby McGee Mr. Charlie Looks Like Rain Deal Hurts Me Too Cumberland Blues Playing in the Band Greatest Story Ever Told Ramble On Rose Big Boss Man El Paso Good Lovin' Me and My Uncle Two Souls In Communion Sugar Magnolia Loser Casey Jones One More Saturday Night Filler: * Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu One Drummer show: Rob K. *Dino on Drums (filler) Shit got REAL in the 2nd set.

Comparing D+C to DSO is like comparing apples to skyscrapers - BUT - D+C have been playing their asses off on this tour. Songs were explored much more than usual and the tempo was way better than their typical cadence. Raleigh was a kick-ass show! Great energy and creativity throughout - danced all the way through - Drums and Space too. Met some really, really excellent people - my lot neighbors were the kindest there are ❤ Here's the setlist: (1) New Speedway Boogie, They Love Each Other, Mama Tried (complete with jazz/country space meltdown), Ramble On Rose, Dear Mr. Fantasy > Hey Jude Finale, Bird Song (w/ rainstorm) (2) Sugaree > St Stephen > William Tell Bridge > The Eleven > Aiko-Aiko > Drums > Space > I Need a Miracle > Wharf Rat > Casey Jones E: Black Muddy River Only 2 Bobby tunes although he sang quite a few Jerry's. If you got the ways and means, I would encourage folks to check them out! No, they ain't DSO by a longshot but they definitely do have something cookin on this tour!

Set 2: Help on the Way > Slipknot!> Franklin’s Tower Easy Wind Weather Report Suite > Let It Grow Cryptical Envelopment> Drums> Jam> The Other One> Stella Blue> Not Fade Away Encore: I Am the Walrus

But how was the show otherwise? This may be inaccurate but close: Jack Straw Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo Black-Throated Wind Dupree's Diamond Blues Passenger Unbroken Chain The Weight When I Paint My Masterpiece You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) Tangled Up in Blue China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider Dear Mr Fantasy Playin in the Band > Drums* > Space* > Spanish Jam* > All Along The Watchtower > To Lay Me Down > Eyes of The World > Playin Reprise E: Oh Darling!, Werwolves of London *With Mikaela Davis

1984-10-12 Augusta Civic Center, ME Set 1: Feel Like A Stranger ; It Must Have Been The Roses ; On The Road Again ; Jack-a-Roe ; It's All Over Now ; Cumberland Blues ; The Music Never Stopped Set 2: Cold Rain And Snow ; Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Don't Need Love > Uncle John's Band > drums > space > Playing In The Band reprise > Uncle John's Band reprise > Morning Dew Encore: Good Lovin' Filler: Playing In The Band > Love the One You're With

Wow - that Tweezer is nutso! It's more nuanced than I was expecting and the Shreddy parts were very well done. Thanks for sharing, DD! Still feels like the difference between sex and making love but I like both - just one more than the other. I've received solid advice on such matters

Thanks to all involved for the OT discussion. I enjoy learning from others’ point of view. I think I am most surprised by yours, Greg, in that you have never even LISTENED to a Phish song in your life. That in itself is fascinating to me. It’s easy to understand that some people just do not like them, and I also get a bit of the haters with an air of competition with the Grateful Dead (“there can be only one” mentality haha), but since I know how much you all love GD and the greatest band playing GD music today, Dark Star Orchestra, I would humbly suggest that you at least just experience some Phish for yourself. Not because Phish could ever “replace” GD/DSO, but because it is absolutely a derivative style whose primary influence is the music you so passionately adore. Same with me, of course. And caveat here that none of my views are intended to change anyone’s mind, but only to share in the event that someone finds it interesting. I make no presumptions with this thread (although I did know going in what MC’s view was, given his parenthesized comment in his thread about partners digging our music; I didn’t want to hijack that thread but it did prompt me to start this one. Thanks for that share, Tom.) Like many of you, I had neither time nor interest in Phish while Garcia still roamed the Earth in human form. I found their vibe sophomoric and I only have so much bandwidth for music in my day, and that time is either GD or JGB haha. I tend to be an open-minded individual, but was definitely a skeptic when it came to Phish. I had already been a huge Widespread Panic fan, so between the GD and them I was fully sated for awesome music. But in 1996 I did see my first Phish show, and it was a party. Different and therefore not as comfortable as the 93 Dead shows I attended lol, but similar. I agree with a few of you that have found more similarities with WSP fans and Deadheads than with Phish. I get that vibe as a general stereotype as well. But generalized stereotypes don’t always apply, of course. Over the years I have encountered plenty of kynd, like-minded spirits and proven Deadheads at Phish shows. Some of which are huge DSO fans, like us. So I saw a spattering of Phish shows in the late 90’s and early 00’s, then I got married and adulted for a while, only seeing GD-based bands, including of course DSO. I periodically listened to Phish but never took my time to attend their shows. An itch I didn’t feel the need to scratch, if you will. Fast forward to 2021, and for a variety of reasons,I did attend a show out here in PHX, 18 years after my last one. It was a much more developed sound and therefore experience. The band had obviously written new music and changed/gotten better (not to say that they weren’t talented all along in my view, because these are uber-talented musicians by any reasonable measure). It was thick and funky and the space hit right. So I subsequently deadicated more of my time to exploring their catalog, which obviously includes a vast span of live music, again influenced by the GD. So again with zero presumptions in place, I will tell anyone brave enough to read this far that this recent Spring Tour of theirs was fantastic. They played 8 shows between Seattle, Berkeley, and Los Angeles. I went to the six California shows. Berkeley with a dear old friend who happens to be a long-time taper that some of you may know. Hollywood with a guy is as close to being a brother as you can get without being related. Needless to say, we partied and boogied hard (albeit quietly in the taper section haha). The following videos are from the Greek, one from each second set. If you have a 4K screen and some way to get loud, I suggest you do so. The Tweezer is 44 minutes and goes into Simple for another 19 or so. These are not simply spectacular because of their length, but if you want to see how they have transformed, buckle in. These songs are over 30 years old and they do have some of that goofy lyric thing happening (they are not Gamehendge, however). But these both have jams that get to be QUITE different and are anything but playful. Strongly recommend anyone here to party this Tweezer->Simple this weekend. If you have not heard Phish lately, prepare to be surprised. If you only watch one of these songs below, let it be the entire Tweezer. Around the 25-minute mark is not bad lol. The next offering is Fuego, a newer tune relative to the first two. This also goes places, swampy and funky places. From night 3 is Set Your Soul Free into What’s the Use? If you are going to experience this, settle in for the entirety with an open mind. None of this is Help/Slip/Frank, as no one else can ever supplant our first (only?) true love, but this is some quality and interesting music that is akin to GD in many ways. And I think I’m reasonably qualified to say that this is not some ordinary “jam band”. Interested in any reflections on any of what I’ve shared, and obviously these recent examples of what Phish is up to. Peace DD