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The contrast can be quite extreme when the energy crackles like a thunder-cloud for hours on-end....

8/21/72 - Nuff Said. My favorite GSET - by far. https://archive.org/details/gd72-08-21.sbd.hamilton.150.sbeok.shnf If you don’t have experience with this show - get to know it. 1972 is chock full - show after show

That Terrapin was an absolute monster. Simply vicious. The Crazy Fingers was the perfect fuse for that 2nd set DSO + Crew are just so dialed-in! So thankful.

Maybe you were really cool but just didn't realize it:

Also - my apologies for prompting an unnecessary visit from local law enforcement. I apparently I did not have the proper permits for an outdoor after-hours open-mic performance. Shit. All’s well that ends well !

Both shows were chock full of moments where we all seemed to just levitate together. The band managed to expertly communicate feelings of joy, wickedness, beauty, solemn truth, peace, love, doubt, strength, loss, and inspiration! Really, really great fun! The people - wow, the people! Put these things together and you’ve got heaven on earth The best of times ❤️

I think. ....... Help - Slip - Franklins, Broken Arrow, Cumberland, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Heart of Me, Rueben + Cherise Jack Straw, Expressway, Day Job, Scarlet > Fire, Drums / Space > Alligator > St Stephen > Viola Lee! E: Baby Blue Killer Shit

8/18/87 - Compton Terrace Hell In A Bucket, Sugaree, Walkin' Blues, Ramble On Rose, My Brother Esau, Peggy-O, Greatest Story Ever Told, Bertha Crazy Fingers-> Playin > Terrapin > Drums > Aretha Space > Fantasy > Wharf Rat > Throwing Stones > Lovelight E: Black Muddy River F: Easy Wind, China > Rider Really Good Stuff, Epic Times! More to come

Does Uber run out here? Where can we get muscle milk and sushi? We need to eat dinner by 4pm? What time is check-in? What time is check-out? What is the actual showtime? Is there Re-Entry? Where is the smoking section? Does the venue have a coat-check? Where's my ticket?

Meadowlands Arena on 1988-03-30 Bertha-> Greatest Story Ever Told-> Hey Pocky Way, West L.A. Fadeaway, Queen Jane Approximately, Big Railroad Blues, Cassidy-> Don't Ease Me In Shakedown Street-> Looks Like Rain, Uncle John's Band-> Playin' In The Band-> Uncle John's Band-> Drums-> Jam-> The Wheel-> Gimme Some Lovin'-> Morning Dew-> Turn On Your Love Light, E: Black Muddy River

Turning that knife... I hope this one makes it to archive - really wanna hear that Scarlet > Fire 🔥

Love this quote: There’s no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don’t think eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great – much more than a superb musician with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He is the very spirit personified of whatever is muddy river country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal. To me he wasn’t only a musician and friend, he was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he’ll ever know. There are a lot of spaces and advances between the Carter family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle. There’s no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep. - Bob Dylan

Giants Stadium (Meadowlands Sports Complex), East Rutherford, NJ (9/2/78) Jack Straw Friend of the Devil New Minglewood Blues Dire Wolf Looks Like Rain Stagger Lee I Need a Miracle Peggy-O Lazy Lightnin' Supplication Good Lovin' Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World drums Sugar Magnolia One More Saturday Night F: Brokedown (dedicated to Matt Reynolds + Jerry)

It was a swift kick to the junk for sure...I wasn't surprised but I will still shocked if that makes any sense. It took me awhile to really enjoy other music since I couldn't connect to it like I wanted to - like I had. I accepted 'IT' was gone forever and then I found DSO - that was one holy crap moment!

Days Between are here https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1993/03/17/days-between?source=99229

Graceful > Firey > Graceful?

Ditto - Cheers!

06/10/76Boston Music Hall - Boston, MA Set 1: Promised Land, Sugaree, Cassidy, They Love Each Other, The Music Never Stopped, Brown-Eyed Women, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Row Jimmy, Big River, Mission In The Rain, Looks Like Rain, Might As Well Set 2: Samson And Delilah, Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Let It Grow > Drums > Friend Of The Devil, Playin' In The Band > Dancin' In The Streets E: U.S. Blues F: Strange Man

https://archive.org/details/DSO2018-07-27.DarkStarOrchestraTelefunkenM60ScottMedeiros

https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1990/07/21 By far one of the weirdest shows I ever saw - next-level weird. Thank god for that Scarlet > Fire. I was on the way to Pluto and that combo helped keep me from leaving the Milky Way. Tears of joy all the way through... Check out that Fantasy

There - fixed that for you. lol! The App gives me access to the all the different sources - no problems. Looks like the mobile browser interface is indeed jacked up.....

You got this, right? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relisten-formerly-listen-to-dead-listen-to-recordings/id715886886?mt=8

Sighhhhh...............Gone are the days. https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1989/07/17?source=97347

https://archive.org/details/DSO2018-07-08.aud.akgc480ck61.akgc414.midside.flac24