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Great venue please come back!

Best indoor venue i've seen d s o at! I don't know about the water bottles. I remember security coming up to me after a killer helped slip franklin's asking if i'm okay? I was leaning on the rail at the soundboard catching my breath before the next tune. I assured them I was fine, and that was just awesome and told them I was just catching my breath before the next tune. A minute later, they brought me 2 unopened bottles of water, no charge! Beside plenty of dance space and fantastic sound, they have got the best security/attendants of any place I have been to. Could have been the same night second set or the year after, I was dancing and having some of the most fun in my life. A security woman came up and asked me if I was okay during an amazing jam. I kinda shook my head yes, and just kept dancing away since there was so much room. She came up to me a minute later and asked me to follow her and she guided me out into the entrance hallway and asked again if I was going to be okay. I realized she thought I was spun out on major psychedelics... i told her that I haven't had a drug or a drink in twenty some years. Her reply was yes yes, okay, but Will you be okay tonight? Lol She couldn't believe somebody could have that much fun without being all fucked up!!! Best indoor venue, plenty of space, best sound and great employees! Are any of my Longtime d s o friends doing this show? Philly friends? We can drive to you then take my car if you drive.. With my broken fusions and herniated discs, after a 3.5 hour drive it makes it hard to dance and enjoy myself after driving. As a passenger, I can stretch out a little and not be in pain getting out of the car..

Great guy, rip Bryan 😰🙏✌️♥️

Happy you guys got an awesome set list like that! Sorry that we missed it! ✌️♥️

We L🩵VE Electives!!! New speedway, hell in a bucket, loser, Mr charlie, passenger, Tom thumb blues, believe it or not, lost sailor, St of circumstance, tangled up in blue Shakedown, Corrina, 2 souls in communion, UJB, drums, jam, miracle, fantasy, Mission in the rain, sugar magnolia/sunshine daydream Uncle John's reprise, Volunteers

Hmmmmm..... I'm all about great venues with great acoustics!!! Add the best band in the land to that place for 3 sets and I'm in! --- Just made an easy rerouting of my plane up north to visit with my parents for Thanksgiving to include a 24 hour stop in DC!!! 😁 Hope to hook up with you guys. Mark

I should’ve posted at the time. I suck as a human sometimes but love this dude and this news sucked and made me cry but in life this guy made me laugh smile. His joy was contagious

Wow one hell of a topic that I have so much to say privately on. The neighborhood theater wasn’t that bad. We go from the orange peel to salvage station. Black mountain was the it for a long time and the place. Remember Rude’s Airbnb. Loved black mountain. but I’m with the poster that said complaining ain’t gonna do you shit. I would add any chance to catch this band is way worth it. Even if you have to dance the whole show with your hands locked behind your back. Btw to give the devil advocate some ammo, I’ve chosen to freak out dance on aisle of a seated venue or two to the point of ejection. I know we there dance or at least I am but any show any time this band plays if you have the patience the ear and the need you’ll get more than what you came for. nfa

We shall make penns as many of you know I almost never miss it since finding the bus. Also make Fort Lauderdale x 2

If you really want to go and you solo maybe drop me a pm, no promises and ask around I’m crazy and probably jerking your chain but think about it if you serious

What’s up with the new jubilee line up?

COUNTDOWN: 2 months (61 dayz) from today 'til I leave for the land of Bob Marley to do some JAMMING with the boys (and girl)! Wow. Feeling it!!!! Sunshine, daydream, Now come on over daydream!!!!!!!! 😃 😃 Mark

That’s what I’m talkin a bout⚡️ DM you some details

I’m in! Sure would love to say hi to you guys after all these years together here. Lmk

Ok, it's not an essay as such. Perhaps better described as an abstract? But since I bothered to write it, and since this is a forum devoted to The Dark Star Orchestra after all, it seemed appropriate to post... In 1967 Garcia reconnected with his early ‘60s Palo Alto friend and kindred spirit Robert Hunter. While living in New Mexico, Hunter intrigued Garcia with several song lyrics, and Hunter rejoined Garcia in Sonoma County where the pair began officially collaborating for The Grateful Dead. By Spring 1967 Jerry had started working on the chords to Dark Star, and later that year while Hunter was listening to the band play in their Rio Nido rehearsal space he began writing the lyrics. He wrote the first verse in his bed by the rehearsal space, and Garcia felt it fit perfectly. At Garcia’s request, Hunter wrote a second verse some days later while sitting in Golden Gate Park. In January 1968, Dark Star debuted. This signature jam vehicle steadily expanded, including a 48 minute version in The Netherlands during the 1972 Europe tour, making Warner Brother’s release of a 1968 Dark Star single stretching all of 2 minutes and 44 seconds quite amusing. Much ink has been spilled on the song’s structural evolution, from the late 1960s forays (like the February 1969 Fillmore West version featured on the double LP LiveDead, introducing The Dead’s psychedelic power to countless fledgling Deadheads), to the more expansive 1972-1974 renditions, to the lone three late 1970s appearances, to the latter era revivals starting in 1989. From late 1968 through early 1970, a Dead show’s featured jam component was often a Dark Star -> Saint Stephen -> The Eleven suite. Phil Lesh once said, “Dark Star is always playing. All we do is tap into it.” Erstwhile Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten echoed that thought, commenting, “You don’t begin it so much as enter it. You don’t end it so much as leave it.” One of the few Dead songs capable of ranging from bliss, to fear, to cacophony, to dissolved silence, Dark Star represented the ultimate ideal of The Dead’s mind-expanding mythology. By 1972, Dark Stars had become increasingly intense; The Dead capriciously either tempered these voyages with a quick interlude like El Paso, or they pressed down on the pedal with another big emotional song like Morning Dew. The Dead revived Dark Star for the final show at San Francisco’s beloved but crumbling Winterland Ballroom for their New Year’s Eve 1978 show; a fan that afternoon displayed a sign reading, “1535 DAYS SINCE LAST S.F. DARK STAR.” At the Greek Theatre in 1984, The Dead played a one off Dark Star, as the encore on Friday the 13th under a full moon. Phil Lesh announced, “We’re going to try a little something tonight, one night only.” Images from the NASA Yoyager interstellar probe were projected on screens behind the stage. After Dark Star was revived its final time in 1989, it stayed tethered to the rotation for the rest of Garcia’s life. From 1989 through 1991 Dark Star’s two verses were often broken into separate 2nd set segments. Such was its legend, a mere hint at the four note opening riff could create delirium.

Looks like BillK and I will be in attendance - Anyone else game? World-Class venue with an impeccable sound system, and space to dance. My only gripe is no plastic water bottles with caps in favor of Cans of Liquid Death for $8. First world problems

While I agree with your superlatives regarding Hyryder, My heart is still with DSO. Having seen Hyryder dozens of times over almost a decade, at a similar point in my DSO history I was seeing 25 to 30 shows a year at comparatively similar prices. Even then travel expenses overwhelmed ticket price and still does. Looking at their websites, DSO has about 35 shows scheduled out to March 2027…Hyryder has 6. They are not committed full time.. Losing ET was not helpful. He had enough vocals to give Charlie a respite and trading vocals is a GD thing. Now with basically only Charlie doing all the vocals it does get a tad tedious. Then there’s Lisa…DSO secret weapon. No GD band can duplicate. I will and certainly do pay more for DSO now but we both have paid our dues. However, they rarely play around here anymore. This is in no way meant to disparage Hyryder, they are my number 2 and see them about 10 times a yr now…similar to DSO minus planes and hotels. Sure to see you there!

Hotel AC Rocks.

I've jumped ships. Every Hyryder show is outstanding, incredibly creative and brings an audience of folks that started in the early 70's and first timers at every show, super kind and knowledgeable in so many ways. I will do my best to stay off this forum knowing it's for dSo. Financially and curiosity, I'd much rather pay $20 and be able to walk up to the stage and all around beats the prices and restrictions of a dso production. So long forumites. I've learned a lot from you all and enjoyed every show,except maybe a couple of 72's and some over played 76ers. Everyone I've met has been cool. Keep on keeping on I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone...

There's a new trip in town now and its only $20 to walk right up to the stage. Each show continues to get better, check out 10/24 Columbus ~ absolutely incredible: ChinacatMorningDewPromontoryIKYRyder ~ other level interweaving

Doing the doubleheader in Ft Lauderdale… Previous shows on the Pacific…hard to imagine, but Ohio used to have a plethora of DSO

Saw Rush Friday night in Cincy. Great Show, Annika killing it on drums. Set 1 Xanadu Dreamline Subdivisions The pass Headlong Flight bravado La Villa Strangiato The Trees Passage to Bangkok Spirit of Radio Set 2 2112 entire Closer to the Heart Time Stand Still Red Barchetta YYZ Limelight Camera Eye Witch hunt Vital Signs Tom Sawyer E. By-Tor & the Snow Dog Working man

Brewers are a machine this year!

The bus came by and I got on