Hardpan

Happened to pick Dave’s Picks #35 tonight, 4/20/84: Stranger, Cold Rain opening sequence 😎

Oh yeahhh 🔥

Everyone has those shows that bring you back to your earliest days of discovering the Grateful Dead. You know every note and vocal inflection, maybe haven’t played them in years because you’ve listened to them so much. Been listening to some of mine lately, they’re like going home. Yesterday was 12/31/87, the Ticket To New Year’s video release, my first GD video I had on VHS and I played it a LOT. Great show. Today is 9/20/70, got on a blanks and postage offer on the rec.music.gdead newsgroup, another great one. What are some of yours?

I don’t think people really pay attention to them. I see at the bottom of the page, that it’s powered by invision community, probably a forum template that has features like this built in. From one Master Poster to another, I don’t think it’s anything to worry about 😛

I’m with you, Desert, Cold Rain and Stranger. Honorable mention for Jack Straw.

Snow-globed, a great description 😃

Wow, what a great second night last night at the Cap. What amazing generosity from Grateful Guitars and everyone involved to deliver such a beautiful guitar to Jeff. The back of the guitar is inlaid with an epic scene of two wooly mammoths locking tusks in battle. I thought it was so cool that the guitar was not only a replica guitar of the finest quality, similar to Rosebud, but not a direct replica, as it was outfitted with beautiful inlay artwork to be Jeff’s own. J.Mattson inlay at the end of the fretboard. The general buzz surrounding the second night was palpable, wondering what they would do to top night one, with the outside temperature dropping twenty degrees, and a sold out box office, it felt like a fall show. Tight crowd, and it got tighter as the night progressed. Had a good group of friends dancers and we shared the limited space. Box opener, followed by Johnny B Goode, which immediately launched us into orbit. China Rider had the mammoths doing battle, a thunderous sound. Music Never Stopped continued the high energy into To Lay Me Down, a nice breather and tenderly delivered. Jack Straw and Help Slip Deal kept the energy high to close out the set, giving us a welcome break. Setbreak found the area at the back of the theater we were occupying packed wall to wall with people, scrambling every which way for purchase. Second set Stranger opener, stuck around in tight quarters for better sound, and moved back to the relocation point during Cats. Kind of bounced around between locations. Found a good groove among friends during Scarlet Fire, post drums highlight for me was the Eleven. Overall, a great night, thanks to all ❤️

Great time last night at the Cap. First set highlights for me were the Cold Rain opener and Looks Like Rain. Second set was a killer throughout. Shakedown opener was called by Northeast, and it got the crowd moving. Just a great selection of songs for the second set. Sound was extraordinary in the theater, especially when I ventured up for a few songs. Skip kills me with his playing, he is just so good ⚡️Pretty packed house and a fun group of dancers. Left with sore feet, gotta gets me sea legs back. Ready to do it all over again tonight 😎

Today’s the day 😄

It’s gonna be fun 😁

It’s brought down from the castles by insurance men 😃

Black Muddy River, unless this was commentary 😛 Touch of Grey or Desolation Row?

Skip played rhythm guitar with Cosmic Jerry Band in NJ this past Sunday. DSO streamed it on their Facebook page. I tuned in for a little while, they sounded good, cool to see Skip on guitar.

That one’s been out of the rotation over here for a while, hopefully it stays there. The new Octonauts episodes have been getting heavy air time😃

This is the most important part, I think. The band and crew go to work and make their living in the highest risk environment, (why do you think theaters have been so slow to open up?) a packed house of 1500-3000 dancing, heavily breathing, shouting, singing, drunken, high, etc. fans. They are just people who want to safely go to work, and provide all the fun and entertainment that a concert goer demands, have cohesive and cost effective tours so they can make a living without bouncing all around the country, etc. If they were saying “fuck the vaccine, have fun, you only live once “ or “climate change is a crock of shit” how would you feel about their politics then? Sorry for the mixed up order, messed up on Rude’s quote.

Don’t waste your breath to save your face, when you have done your best.

24. Simple Twist of Fate

Cryptical Envelopment

I was thinking through the lyrics of some songs in response to DesertDead’s one word game, and thought of another game. Try to think of songs whose titles (either single word or multiple) aren’t contained within the lyrics of the song. Some examples: The Other One Loser Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

I haven’t heard that one, but it’s not what I’m thinking of. 26. Jack-a-Roe I see what you’re getting at, you got it right. She Belongs To Me. I think both of those words gotta be in other songs.

DSO just announced a two night stand at the Cap in Port Chester, NY. Gonna do my best to make it there 😄

21. Promised Land 22. Easter 23. Halloween

I caught the tail end of Grateful Dead cassette trading when I got into the music in 1997. I found rec.music.gdead, and people would offer up copies of shows for blanks and postage. My tapes are long gone, but those shows are among my most treasured and best known to this day, from back when the lightning was beginning to strike me.

Chilly

Great review, PG ⚡️⚡️