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You bailing on the caverns. I want you to keep your ticket and come.

I think restaurant is back open. Website lists a menu with no mention of any closure.

We staying at smoke house lodge both nights.

Plan on doing the days between festival and some other stuff that may pop up in august.

Choices choices. With sights set on Europe, I sadly realize that Hampton Beach is out. I will still see you in NJ. All plans through July are booked and planned. I still plan to add some August stuff to the plans but looks like Caverns, Memphis, Jubilee, and NJ are it through July.

I'll see you in NJ

Oh there's the NJ in June show I mentioned. It must've come to me in a dream.

As for actually catching music, I got personal things that I need to devote greater attention to so I won't make us many but I'm still spoiled. Got 6 Dso shows coming. Caverns Memphis and jubilee. I'll be able to catch NJ in June and Hampton beach. Plus definitely gonna make days between festival and jubilee New York. So my cup will be full.

Mostly I put this on cause grateful shred played viola lee blues and even with 3 guitar players and a lot of fancy synthesizers couldn't even scratch what the Dead do to close this show.

Went to Boulder tonight to see Grateful Shred. The gets a little too synthesizer for me but put on a damn good show. The first set was a little short and the crowd although attentive seemed extremely stiff. Almost like we were the only ones dancing, definitely the only ones dancing in 360 degree manner. We eventually saw one other dancer. The crowd really came around 2nd set. By the shakedown encore it was a full on boogie down. Not 100 percent but I think we will go see them in Denver tomorrow night.

It's still a few days away but listening to 5/2/70 complete with the new riders set tonight. Epic stuff.

I've noticed less activity around here. I'm making a conscious effort to increase my own. I think I may even return to long winded reviews.

I would be surprised if selbyville de is a one off like that. DSO has played Asheville or black mountain right around there for the last I don't know 10 years so I would bet they had to Virginia and then to Asheville from there but I don't know nothing you guys don't know. Just speculating. Maybe more than that. Maybe I'm hoping.

I'm gonna give that 4/23/77 a spin today. Scarlett fire. HSF. Looks great on paper.

I'm gonna to suggest a cure for workitus is 2 nights Caverns with a Memphis booster if the sickness holds through the Caverns. Life is far too short to suffer through workitus when there is a cure. I have my DSO approved vaccine so Im not worried about Chuck spreading it to me.

Ya we've lucked out big time with Scottie moving in and helping out with the kiddos plus a willing grandma to watch them. Shows with the little ones can be a handful and certainly are not as fun. I agree. With Europe, I would bring the baby sitter if the kiddo came. But even then the trip just wouldn't be the same. Grandma is going to come stay out here to watch the girls.

It will be good to see you Tea.

Rude the decision is wholly yours but I think you should try to come and do 2/3 shows. It won't be same without you for a bit. I know it's probably not affordable but maybe bring grandma and the little one. we can't afford that though so I get that. Flights too expensive. We plan to do some of this but grandma is gonna come stay at our house plus we have scottie living here. He's like a live in baby sitter for the girls. They love him. He's been so great with our little ones.

How do people plan to get from city to city while on this tour?

The plan is to hang a bunch with you guys if possible. We definitely hoping for a central hang out spot with a lot of you there. We have a baby sitter for the shows worked out I think but I also think we may have a friend who would do some hotel sitting for us as well coming along so we could hang after show and before. No guarantee on that yet. If that doesn't pan out, we probably head back to hotel after shows pretty quickly.

We will be staying at a hotel. Since we have the kids with us having a hotel to retreat to and shower and have a pool helps immensely so we will be looking to hang out in and around these RVs hardpan. Hopefully you guys can coordinate to get a group of them together.

Sorry if this one already exists. Banjo plus 3. The kiddos will be with us for this one.

We will be there a few hours before show. We fly in and out of Memphis so we will catch the Memphis show as well. Be great to see you Doc.

Banjo plus 1

We caught the first set of Shakedown st with Stu Allen tonight. Quality music although Stu played respectful with their Jerry guy and I feel could've stood out more if he chose. The crowd kind of sucked. Lots of standing and talking. At one point, we found a decent spot behind the soundboard but of course that's in the vicinity of the ping pong table. After one song, two people decided it was time to play ping pong. We had to move. Sometimes the Denver dead scene disappoints me but of course I'm that overly critical dead fan that wants the crowd to be quiet and dancing while the band plays. At the very least, quiet and listening to the show. You know, engaged in the music. It's often more of a social hour at so many roads. Of course, we will be back. They get some good dead acts to come through. JGB pretty frequently. I had two strong thoughts after. I want a bob weir stfu shirt and I miss the old DSO days when I first got into this music when at least it seemed to me more people went to these shows to listen then to be seen and be heard. I love my DSO family. They bring the heat and taught me to respect the music. I doubt we resurrect the rugs but the rug people brought it every night at the jubilee. We had some epic dance parties. It was special to be apart of it. Can't wait for May. We catching the Caverns and Memphis plus Jubilee. It's going to be a great month of music. Thank you so much DSO for enriching my life and bringing me that ultimate joy. So much love for this band and this community. I miss you guys and love you.