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How about DSO history 2001-09-08 Show# 546 Tipitina's Uptown New Orleans, LA Click Here for Setlist GD 01/11/1979 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY This was my tenth DSO show. By then I had met and hung out with the crew after shows and met nearly all of the band, except Rob Koritz and Lisa. That night I met Rob between sets and we had a chance to actually talk. Then he took me Backstage and introduced me to Lisa. "Mean" Willie Green sat in with the Band that night on Drums and Percussion. I also met him (Didn't know who he was at the time.

maybe about 2006.... "Started out to Richmond for the Cosmic New Year's Run Four nights listening to Dark Star, expect'n plenty of fun Hoping to dance all night with Starhead friends hanging all around. Just bought a brand new Prius, gets mileage you wouldn't believe But ran out of gas in the mountains while traveling I-81 Outside of Possum Hollow but the car won't run on pure ethanol. Another stop at a thrift store Bess and Tim got to have their fun Not much but good old clothes, soft and cuddly warm I found me a big law book and largest French Press in the land. Finally made it to "The National" Talked with Sara at the Tee shirt stand Chuck and Lisa were at the show Connie and Gary from the far northern land. Show got off a bit slow, Musta not had something turned on. Second set was setting fire, Franklin's Tower and Terrapin Loved see'n Dan Healy dancing behind the big mix'n board. Fire alarm went off at 4 am, but hotel wern't burn'n down Took forty minutes to stop the sound Everybody was just standing round. Next night in Norfork found DC Frank by the rail All our friends were bounc'n high When Lisa sang "Hurts Me Too" both Janis and Pig just had to smile. Drove seventeen miles across the sea Chesapeake Bay all around Then up the peninsula, beautiful birds and trees railroad on our side. New Jersey roads ain't no good, Bumps and twists and turns, Can't find my way around I now agree with Herdy, don't want to come here no more. Montclair's Wellmont Theater Another beautiful show Woke up in the morn'n, it was cold and windy too, Big white flakes a fall'n, brightly cover'n the ground This Southern Boy ain't seen snow like this since winter of 99. Hit my head in Baltimore, knocked me out stone cold. Didn't really wake up till second set But then things came around Danced with some blonde haired girl, cutest chick in town. When the show was over, we all headed out of town Kira couldn't find the cab so we walked till break of dawn Stopped in a 7-11, not much else going down. Finally back in the hotel, don't know what room I belong. Called up my wife, Bess, just to catch the number home. Woke her out of sleep so fast, her eye got full of pain. Had to take her to the hospital, the doctors were all amazed. We broke off from the tour... had to get Bess on home. Sorry to miss John's show, but later this year we'll go at it again.

1983-09-08 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO Set One: Shakedown Street; Mama Tried-> Big River; Ramble On Rose; Hell In A Bucket; Brown Eyed Women; Looks Like Rain-> Deal Set Two: Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain; Estimated Prophet-> Terrapin Station-> Drums-> Space-> Throwing Stones-> Black Peter-> Around And Around-> Good Lovin’ Encore: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue DSO did this at Red Rocks 09/08/2019 w/ White Rabbit Filler.

Ron, can’t tell you how grate it is to see you posting here occasionally. Those of us who been around here for a while gotta a lotta love for you brother!! Keep on keepin on!! ❤️

Yes it was

I wasn’t at the original but was at the DSO show with bells on. Oh what a night!

.......that I'm happy that I've found a place that LOVES DSO as much as I do!!!!! Pleased to meet you! Mark here. First post, yada yada. I'll give y'all the crib notes. I got on the GD bus in 2006 and have never looked back! Have many reasons why it took me so long but that's for another day. In retrospect, quite bummed about that fact but the only thing that matters is that I am NOW ON BOARD!!!! (And have been religiously for the past 20 years) Had an awesome friend who continuously sent me live Dead shows (on my request) over a long period of time. Got about 150 shows, mostly SB or high quality audience. Anywho, I got on the DSO bus LATE as well..... 10-15-2023, The Signal, Chattanooga, and was so blown away that I've seen the boys (and girl) 15 more times over the past 2 1/2 years. 90% of which I had to board a plane to get to them. To me, they are the greatest band on the planet and I've seen shitloads of bands all over the world. Trust me, I KNOW that I am NOWHERE near the league that most of you are in, seeing the Dead and DSO 100's and even 1000's of times, but know this: I LOVE THIS BAND, almost more than anything in this world and I will continue to do everything in my power to see them as many times as I can until the day I die. To me, they are a gift from God. Mark We'll be back in just a little bit.........................

Thank You to both of you for your support and patience. Happy belated Bday gr8fulpair you have been a gr8 contributor! Thank you Mr. V. the longest registered member of the forums. I Love you All

The Comet Bluegrass Allstars opened with 2 sets, Sitting on Top of the World, Dark Hollow, Pig in a Pen, Summertime, IKYR, Catfish John, The Weight, Orange Blossom Special, Hobo Song, Midnight Moonlight, and other Peter Rowan and Indiana referenced songs. They've been doing free shows every Sunday for the past 30 yrs. Then: Set#1 Chinacat Ryder River 1/2 Step Bertha GSET Althea Lucy After Eleanor Midnight Dancin Set #2 Alligator Take Me to the River> Hell Est Scarlet H2H Eyes Fire Stranger US

I'm not aware of glitches where replies don't show. I hadn't replied to this post, Me Tea and DesertDead did "React" to it. You would have received notifications of that. I did do an Upgrade on Wednesday (8/19), I forgot to take the Forums offline as I usually do. Perhaps the others posted their reply during that time. Sorry for the inconvenience.... I am Old and on Medication. Welcome to the Forums! ☮️

Thank you, Chuck and Tea! (I guess Tea is the head honcho here? - I'm honored. 😊 ) An Obsession to say the least, Chuck!!!! I just found a double-bill that I can do before Jamaica! Hampton Beach for 2 shows! So psyched!!!!! When I see 2 shows listed ON A WEEKEND, within 2,000 miles, I'm ON IT!!!! 😃😃 Once I pull the trigger on the flight and hotel (or AirBnB), just the entire month, or whatever it is, becomes an anticipation bliss factory!!!! So, it's not just the shows, it's the whole lead-up to those shows! I'm paying for and enjoying months of happiness before it even happens!! LOVE IT!!!! And, this is a slight bummer with the site. I again got notifications that DesertDead, Taper Ron, and Dead duck responded to this post, but those posts are not shown.....????? What's up with that? I would like to thank them or respond, or whatever, for their posts. Can that issue be remedied? If not, THANK YOU, you three invisible posters! 😉 Listening to one of my faves right now - 11-14-87 , Long Beach. Fricking SOLID!!!!!! Let's fricking ROCK in Hampton Beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DSO RULES! Mark

I said goodbye to someone this week who meant a whole lot to me. He was a father, husband, uncle, grandfather, an animal lover and to me he was a mentor, a father figure, a brother, a deadhead that went back to the 70’s but mostly Frank was my close friend. I met Frank in 2007 as I entered the fire department and he was my original Captain of the house. On our lockers we all have stickers and stupid stuff but on the front of his locker was a JGB sticker. I said wow my captain is a deadhead with such delight. In 2010 I organized a bunch of us including Captain Frank to go see DSO. He already seen them and so had I. Some of the guys not into the dead the least bit, some knew a few songs but me Frank and 2 other guys were there for the music. Everyone had a blast. Some of you out there know me and have met Frank a few times. We went to many many DsO shows throughout the years together. He alway wanted to make JITS but never found the way to get there after retiring at 65 and having health issues, but he still made DSO shows in NJ and NY as best he could. He was a true warrior. he played the saxophone in a local band called American beauty , I used to go to the jam sessions and sit in the tiny room and listen to them rock out for the 3 hours they had the space rented. He played in the Capitol Theatre in the 70s with one of his bands and was so proud of that. He used to say to me some nights, listen man some people complain about the dead being dead after Jerry. When I close my eyes I listen to DSO it’s there and it’s as close as anyone will ever get man. This band is the real deal. I loved hearing him reminisce about his old days. He was a treasure and special. One night we went to DSO with friends of his. They drove. One woman got sick and had to leave. Her husband wanted to drive the woman home at set break. So I said Frank im gonna stay I’ll get home you can get a ride with them. He said no way brother im staying with you. This is a 74 year old man, 35 year FDNY veteran, hobbled and recovering from multiple illness…..stood right by with me. Love you bro Captain Frank was a sweet loving gentlemen from an era of love. He showed it at work to all of us everyday at the firehouse. He showed it at shows when he spoke to people and he showed it when he played his beloved sax. Frank passed away on Jerry birthday. I think that’s fitting. I listen to Sirius XM channel 23 pretty much everyday I’m in the car. The days between show had started that morning and we usually talk. weirdly i hadn’t heard from him I said let me call him and see how he’s doing (he had multiple health things going on). An hour later I got the news. The next week I found some solace in mostly JGB band on channel 23 in the car. Im gonna miss him more than words can tell. He did give me a huge amount to live off of. At the firehouse, at shows, and just being a good human being. i Love you brother, im gonna miss you tremendously. Your hugs, smile, telling me you loved DSO after the show. I hope you’re playing the sax up there talking to Jerry looking down on all of us. Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this , Frank was one of us.

I do many Hyryder shows myself…Bluebird always a good one.

NFA Cold Rain and Snow All Over Now Tom Thumb’s Blues Dire Wolf Hurts Me Too BIODTL Believe it or Not Passenger Casey Jones Till the Morning Comes Women R Smarter Two Souls UJB Corrina D/S GDTRFB Throwin Stones World to Give NFA Reprise Keep on Growing Mighty Quinn GDTRFB out of Space prob an homage to the Pittsburgh ‘89 show.

Hallowed ground….my first Grateful Dead show

Stoaked for Harrisburg, on the water, hotel walking distance. Hoping for a Liberty encore

Well, did you have too much fun?

Remember it fondly. Praise DSO.

Emmylou opened tonight's show with this

Warning thread drift~ with all the fore mentioned renditions of Jolene ~ This makes me wonder how many dead bands played Days Between during the Days Between. It's been in my repertoire since 2009 after seeing John K perform it with DSO at a show in Boulder (without a monitor). When memorized and then emotionally delivered, it's quite the experience for both performer and audience.

One of the true great souls we’ve ever known in our lifetime. The greatness of the art of her music, somehow pales in comparison to the kind of woman she was. This about sums it up for me

She was Jerry’s favorite female singer. I enjoyed learning about her earliest work from the Ken Burns documentary on Country music. She goes all the way back to the roots.

I’m in Rome today. These lyrics have been with me forever. Today more than most “oh the streets of Rome are filled with rubble. Ancient footprints are everywhere.” A beautiful statement of hope. ”someday, everything’s gonna be different….when I paint my masterpiece”.

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to read this and letting me share about someone who enjoyed DSO and music like all of us here. gr8fulpair and tea thanks for the kind words my friends, haven’t seen you guys in too long…and I know well be there soon….and can’t wait…..but I feel the love from everyone who commented and who feel like Frank was someone we all know who’s a shining light in our life……thank you again everyone. love is real

I’ll try again - welcome, Mark! And safe travels. This band is an obsession but it’s pleasing!

Hyryder! I moved to Bloomington and catch as many Hyryder shows as possible. iykyk

Welcome Mark. See you out there. Enjoy. Praise DSO.

Well, I am probably not the only one that harkens to wings a mile long. And if I step a little outside GD canon there’s the incredibly evocative notion that Big John’s been drinking since the river took Emmy Lou.

NFA sandwich with all the feexins’ DSO on a fall night in PA, on the river, you can’t go wrong. Strong show with some nice surprises. Venue was great, lots of room. Bar menu could have been better, but the weather was perfect. Hope DSO runs it back next year at this venue!

Sorry I’ve been ghosting - my employer decided to block my access to the forums. Oh well….

Who's in / where? Excitement building. I'll be at Charlottesville and Harrisburg, Hampton Beach (x2) possible Burlington. Hoping to get in the water in Hampton Beach, may be a stretch. Safe travels everyone. Praise DSO.

Hope to see you there. Anthem is the goods - world-class venue with a sound system to match!

We are gonna fly to DC for this 11/21 show. Will be my maiden voyage at the Anthem. Promises to be quite festive.

Guess so. Still nice to see a little activity round here. Hope you're well friend. Praise DSO.

Crickets - don’t worry tho, you’re friends will be wherever you are. Have a blast buddy ❤️

Thanks for the shout-out, Bill. Stay tuned... built-in copy buttons coming soon.

Lot of love indeed! ❤️❤️🙏🙏

You are welcome Mark! I'm still trying to learn myself. You're Never too old to learn something new, learn something every day!

Holy shit. I just now saw those emojis or whatever they are on the right side of the posts! LOL! I am SO old school and basically ANTI-social media literate because I just don't want to go down that road. My life has been fking superb W/O any of that crap! Simple and REAL is the way I like to live. But whatever, Taper Ron, thanks for the insight!!! And taking the time to explain things. The word "react" is the key word, and that stuff is on the right side of the posts! I thought it meant "respond". The newbie is still in the learning stages................ What I'm NOT learning about is how much I love listening to LIVE GD and going to DSO shows!!!! 14 Dayz........... I feel lucky! (Time to hit the "play" button for one of the best Shakedowns-----06-30-85, and CRANK IT!!!!!) Mark

Virgil Cane is my name and I served on the Danville train

The best examples, IMHO, of lyrics invading one's mind, is when by whatever reason a familiar Dead song throws up a few lines that you interpret anew. For me, this is most typical with Garcia/Hunter material. It usually happens based on a new life experience, but it can also happen out of nowhere by a surprisingly fresh interpretation. To wit: despite Jerry shelving it after 3 live plays, I consider If I Had The World To Give top notch Garcia/Hunter stuff. And I digress by noting DSO seems to agree, as it pops up more than occasionally in elective shows. More digression: this shit fascinates me - what made Jerry take up great songs that he poingently delivered only to abandon them? Sing Me Back Home and She Belongs To Me are a couple other good examples. World To Give is classic Hunter, whereby its thrust is powerfully uplifting, only to go against that grain while not in obvious fashion (and of course we all know Hunter thrived on the non-obvious nebulous verse). Anyway, I'm trying to get to lines I heard in a newfound darkness. "Only if you let me be your world, could I ever give this world to you." What an awful concept, and what an unhealthy sentiment.

One of my all time favorites. Thank you for sharing this. RIP Dolly. Another star above shines bright.

Like the old dog gone astray, he's just old and in the way

I'm new to this stuff but I got notifications that Tea and ChuckVegas responded to this post but I cannot see those posts. (??) Whatever. I do know about computer "glitches". ~ The only thing that matters is WHEN CAN I SEE DSO again before my ultimate trip to The Jam In The Sand???!!!!! Holy shit! I cannot WAIT for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( I / We got screwed last year by that bitch, Melissa, so I'm gonna party TWICE as hard this year!!!!) When / If I see Eyes Of The World on the beach, barefoot, with the ocean waves crashing behind them, I may fricking reach nirvana and explode into dust!!!!!! And love every minute of my last day on earth!!!!!! (Hopefully, it's day 4 😘) Bring it ON!!!!! Mark

I'm very sorry for your loss, Vic81. Obviously, Frank was an awesome person and a great friend to you. And you to him. That was an excellent Tribute Post! I'm sure that Frank, Jerry, and Bobby are smiling down on you. 🙂🙂🙂 May Frank R.I.P. forever! Mark

What a wonderful sharing about a true brother. Thank you for this.

I had what I'd go as far as to call a profound experience Friday night, on account of music / location / psychedelic enhancement. (I guess that trifecta reads like, well, duh!.") I'm going to write it up while still fresh, and to help some life to this place I'll definitely post it. 😬 😜 Teaser alert: I saw Easy Wind, for my show at Belly Up in Solana Beach. (Which is pathetic; I've lived here in North County SD for over 6 months and Solana Beach is one town down.) I was totally solo, Ubering in case I wanted to imbibe with impunity. I didn't spend a cent in the venue, because the wildcard was the shrooms. I've partaken a fair amount over the past few decades various psilocybin forms, including the premium harvested stuff. I've also done small to medium LSD doses a couple times since the 90s. So how could carefully portioning off a third of the 4g laboratory mushrooms my wife bought home from a source in NYC go wrong? I'm eating about 1 1/3 grams. By showtime and hour later I was (a) dumfounded at the potency of these things, (b) wondering and/or fearing how much higher I was going to get, and (c) realizing that if when the music started this band wasn't bringing it I for me I might be in trouble! It's about 8 miles home if I walked on, or closely when not possible, the coast line. What a great way to experience this unexpectedly insane high if necessary! This is the kinda shit now hitting me. Looking at my phone to text my wife about these Frankenshrooms was a chore as it swirled and pulsated. While I'm a lightweight in these circles, I know what a full scale phchedelic high is, this stuff was turbo charged. I don't think I've been this high since the late 80s. So all that said, maybe folks can chime in with Easy Wind experiences. My story soon...

"I saw her again last night, And I know I shouldn't..." the Mamas and Papas, 1966 It's due to one of my recurring crushes Peace and Love, Doc

I don’t think punishing the band for coming to your hometown is gonna bring about the change you’re looking for. I lived in Charlotte for a long time and I suffered many years of seeing them in the jam packed, oversold Neighborhood Theater and then it finally happened. They moved to the Filmore with twice the capacity. Same thing in my current area of Asheville at the Orange Peel. A literal termite mound of people trying to get down to DSO without hurting the people around you. Years and years of that, and then it finally happened, they moved to Salvage Station with 3 times the capacity. Then hurricane helene wiped that venue off the map, but that’s a different story, haha. They now play at Asheville Yards, 2-3 times bigger than Orange Peel. Support your bands dude, no matter where they play. Things will change over time and you won’t be missing killer shows.