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Ammagamalin Crew

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  1. From the second night at the '86 Greeks > RFK and most of all '87>90 I stayed sober until after each show. Those big shows (NYE, Frost, Greeks, RR, Chinese NY, Mardi Gras, ect) folks would come in from all over the country bringing their finest stash and share with everyone. That first night at the Greeks it seemed like wrapping gauze around my head with everybody's best. That's when I figured I would save the chemical buzzes for when I was at home starring at the carpet and not in the presence of the master. Driven too far and waited too long between shows to not have my full unadulterd mind and body present. The live performances trip me out more than anything else, esp listening through the concert sound system. But when I get back in the after show parking lot, game on! Good for you getting back in tour mode with the upcoming Jubilee run⚡🎶🔥🐉
  2. You get the goods when the songs are few. Very happy it happen for the band and you all. Thanks for the spirited field report
  3. 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?
  4. 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.
  5. Come up to Dayton on the 22nd. Looks like a great venue
  6. Thanks for posting the setlist. There was a time in Crazyfingers that I forgot what started the jam, they were that far out there. Then landed us back on the ground with I Know You Ryder, Roadrunner and Promontory speaking appropriately to those that travel for music. Visions was an unexpected marathon encore. Everyone at the Mousetrap shows are super fun, so glad you made it. ⚡🔥🎶
  7. Maybe it's the last time played being in a great space spiritually, physically, emotionally and technically to finalize? I kinda heard some practice leads in the proceeding PITB jam which tried to transition until China Doll intercepted. Jerry makes it clear SHE BELONGS here. He then does deliver the verses correctly if going from most important being: "She's nobody's child" descending to least "She wears an Egyptian ring". PITB>China Doll ended up being played right back at the Kaiser the first show of 86 two and a half months later. Seems like Jerry tripped out with the Comes a Time & SBTM options in 85 and didn't want them to become routine. The final cap to the wonderous 85 experiment. New Year's was kinda blah for me after listening to all the other new years up till then, also only a two nighter. Mighty Quinn saved the day!
  8. looking forward to it John A, you write with insight and integrity to provide thorough and enlightening context that is appreciated when you make it happen 🙂
  9. Helps me get through the days between knowing that "all we ever wanted was to learn and love and grow..."
  10. Wow! That's so nice. Just acknowledging this show and then announcing it will be played again is very generous. If there were ever dark star to play this, it is the current band. A step in the same propensity as when 6/24/85 was gifted. A Saturday night just one kind day away from the Fri the 13th original. Thanks for the announcement⚡ Good luck everybody!
  11. A "let Blair sing chant" (up in Indy~ homebase) resulted in my only Operator. Haven't heard him sing a song since which is weird. Barraco sing those two?
  12. Yeah, you're absolutely right. WTF's up 4 CDs not being the four sets that were played? I felt similar when the Down Hill From Here DVD had the first and third Alpine shows as one DVD. That ruled out releasing all songs from all three shows. I think the Hartford 77 official CD release has a weird, stupid break of songs from different sets like this Frost 85. Encores, yes; however, each set should be it's own entity. Esp when these Frost boards have been around since 87. This merits a rant
  13. It's been good to hear they're at 100% better (this was the first year I didn't go, saying enough is enough already💤boring). Now I hope they'll take this 100% better approach and integrate it with the Sphere's concert delivery environment allowing the 2024 audience to go to places we got to go to with Jerry. Kudos to those that get in. Looking forward to reviews and details of shows. This is the year I'm finally cutting back as I say each year and never dew. Passing on this isn't as distressing as trying to give up Phish and BMFS. Those two now end up being big concert $ drains. Dark Star, Hyryder, BCE, Emmylou and Del McCoury merit my concert dollar more than D $ C and Phish.
  14. I'll chime in here ,real quick, All Fall Down was mastered at Billy's 9/25/23 Huntsville show, youtube it and check out the frog sounding peddle effect around 11:23 in. The two that followed: Pittsburgh and New Orleans pale in comparison to this Huntsville Sept 23 version of All Fall Down. He is really into beginning a song and not committing enjoying the pre song antics, similar to segues with the dead. I can't go to these big arena shows after starting in bars in 2014 and ending in Halloween 23, esp after the Riviera Dark star Chicago show which was easily accessed and waist high stage with so many kind people mingling.
  15. It f*cked up the scene from a ground level viewpoint and a lot of people actively discourage it. Drained all the cash from the lots and didn't really induce any meaningful conversations. The travelling artist couldn't make it on the road anymore. Instead of there being a few bucks for grill cheese and crystals lots of people suffered when tanks came into the scene.
  16. Same weekend that JHMF used to be on. Hope to see you there and finally get to shake hands and bones if you can make it. ⚡...if anyone is flying in from the west coast, Vegas or Phoenix don't hesitate to ask for a a pick up at a nearby airport.
  17. . 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!
  18. There's the SF⚡ I don't see 7/14 following, but I could be wrong. That's what Lemmon can make you be🫠
  19. Wow⚡ you all got dosed hard. Throwing Stones has always had the propensity to reprise and to come out of a wheel and into a wharf rat with a Gloria is really nice. I can only imagine the great crowd interactions during set break and then the anticipation as a 2nd set opening with Shakedown would further confirm the gathering for the everyone that was there. So glad it happened and for the experts who attended. Thx for keeping us in the loop!
  20. Always bring ear plugs. Stanleys Pub had a box of them for the Ugly Radio Rebellion Band considering it was an older audience seeing as they are a Zappa cover band. Last summer Billy Strings had them available at the soundboard area for the two Indy shows. John Entwistle had them at his merch table when he did a mini spring tour in 1996 at local bars. $1.00 and tickets were only $15.00. You know he had the cream of the crop for his band. Couldn't talk Cincinnati peeps into going to the Dayton (McGuffeys) and the Louisville (Toy Tiger) gigs, but they all showed up for the Annie's show and realized what a big deal these were. He played from midnight to 2am and it was possibly the loudest I've experienced. Later that year The Who did a Quadrophenia tour at $60.00 for coliseum shows.. I passed after getting spoiled from the $15.00 bar shows. Thunderfingers indeed! Ear plugs and peppermint candy canes for when the cotton mouth sets in and your on the rail.
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