Steve Reynolds

I saw Letter to Maria twice as a final encore in PA in NJ last month and it was awesome

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

I live in Wayne, NJ which is the best location in the world for live music!! I see 10 plus jazz/free jazz improvisation shows a month in NYC & Brooklyn. I’m less than a hour from Capital Theatre, 25 minutes from Wellmont Theatre. 2 hours from Kirby Theatre in Wilkes Barre, PA.

Also Phil & Friends on 3/13, 3/15 & 3/16 I’m planning on 3/4 & 3/13. Be signing on for tickets tomorrow AM Have DSO tickets for 3/15, 3/16, 3/22 & 3/23 may add 3/18 Hartford if I can manage the driving:)

Going to 3/15 & 3/16 at Kirby & 3/22 & 3/23 at Wellmont 3/15 on the floor, 3/16 second row mezzanine First row loge at both Wellmont shows

The sound in Red Bank from 7th & 4th row was even better than the sound at Capital Theatre from 1st row loge. All 4 nights the sound was spectacular. No band playing Grateful Dead music *sounds* anywhere as good as DSO.

A step below the 2 previous nights. Those slow tunes in the second set killed all momentum even though FOTD was very good. Best first set performances were Cold Rain, Jed, TMNS, Scarlet & Row Jimmy Let it Grow WAY off what they played at Penn’s Peak. Should be a first set song. The re-entry of the short drums was clunky. Skip’s bass was bombing much stronger on Friday night. Plus I was first row Loge left and usually the sound really kicks from that spot. Was 8th & 4th row floor in Red Bank. Tonight first row Loge right for NYE. Hoping they do the third set primal. We deserve a Dark Star like last year or better yet an Alligator>Caution plus how about a Mason’s Children?? THE MOST undervalued song in the whole canon. H>S>F was good but again with the Travis Bean it did not compare with what they played at Penn’s Peak. Dancin’ was kinda good but me hates S&D. Wharf Rat was good and emotional as always as was A&A but I was finished by then. Then again I’m very spoiled as this was my 13th or 14th DSO show post pandemic

It was even better than the set list. Best non-Dead Half Step EVER best Terrapin I’ve ever seen DSO play and I think I’ve seen 6-7 versions since I started attending the shows in 2018.

As good as a 1984 show could be. BEST non-Dead China>Rider EVAH very good first set. Great second set.

Very good show despite not wanting to hear Low Spark again. I wish they would learn the ending. Plus the drummers don’t nail the fills. It was a big let down out of space. Gimme a classic Dead tune there, please!!! Highlights were Let it Grow, HSF, GDTRFB & One More Saturday Night. Not a great set list but the performances were tremendous for the most part. Great jam out of Lonesome Long Way but I have no idea why they would place that non-Dead song in that prime pre-drums spot. Plus at least Blow Away wasn’t long.

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I have 5 shows upcoming and I’m also a bit upset I’ll most likely not get a primal show. 11/22, 11/25 & 12/28 But then I’ve got 12/30 & 12/31 at Capital Theatre so maybe like last year we will get a third set Dark Star 69 suite.