Grateful Dead Listening Guide

I will forever have Jerry's Dancin' solo/j...

2013-04-18T12:40:41.589-05:00

I will forever have Jerry's Dancin' solo/jam playing in my mind. This may not be the best show based on song selection, or on epicness but if you had a chance to play for someone (who had never listened to the Dead) one single show..which one would it be? For me it would either be 5-8-77 or 9-13-75.

I would give this evening an extra praise for this...

2013-03-27T13:17:43.254-05:00

I would give this evening an extra praise for this roaring monster that Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues is. I wish they had played it more often, worked on it and found out, what that song could evolve into. But maybe it seemed to aggressive around that time. I wish I knew why they dropped it. OK, many might say: "because it was not good", but I think it was good, it was just new, Cyberpunk Grateful Dead driven by weird energy. I have the feeling they knew what the song required, and it explains the energetic playfulness of that first set.

Patrick, your kind words are very much appreciated...

2013-03-18T14:43:46.602-05:00

Patrick, your kind words are very much appreciated. So glad this one worked so well for you.

What a find! Listened to it with a couple of felin...

2013-03-18T12:49:03.677-05:00

What a find! Listened to it with a couple of feline acquaintances on Saturday and we were suitably floored. Phenomenal sound, some truly brilliant song selections, and the woojiest, wooliest, nape-of-the-neck-cracklin'est, soul-flippin'est hit of pure mojo I've had the pleasure of riding in many moons.

Thanks for making sure we all heard about this one. And as always, your review reminds me of why you are one of my favorite writers in the whole flippin' world when it comes to finding just the right images and descriptors to help to thoroughly savor a particularly transcendent piece of music, to have a laugh about a particularly artful musical bungle, or to place one in the heart of a singularly fascinating musical landscape... before our ears have actually even trodden there!

Thanks, compadre! ;^)

Patrick

Thank you so much for the glowing review. House e...

2013-03-15T23:46:09.853-05:00

Thank you so much for the glowing review. House electrical problems consumed the lost "It's A Sin" material (no one heard it and note Phil's first/late bass note) and a tape flip (fast forward> eject tape> flip and insert tape> start recording/just how long is the leader?/in the dark) got the missing "China Cat Sunflower" chunk. I guess the band couldn't see or hear the rustling potato chip bag.

You forgot to mention the wonderful audio verite o...

2013-03-12T23:13:24.458-05:00

You forgot to mention the wonderful audio verite of the taper's brother munching on potato chips through the first two sets. I completely agree that this tape is an amazing find!

Thanks for another wonderful review! It's pur...

2013-03-11T16:00:29.065-05:00

Thanks for another wonderful review!
It's pure joy to read the text (and listen to the tape of course)!
cheers, Markus

Supburb!! lovely love your podcasts keep em coming...

2013-03-11T05:25:01.401-05:00

Supburb!! lovely love your podcasts keep em coming :)

not me!!

2013-03-03T20:06:56.265-06:00

not me!!

Grateful Dead Live at Paramount Theatre on 1977-10...

2013-02-28T23:01:34.355-06:00

Grateful Dead Live at Paramount Theatre on 1977-10-01

smokes

on my iPod I call TMNS and Estimated the best vers...

2013-02-26T15:16:12.717-06:00

on my iPod I call TMNS and Estimated the best versions ever from this show.

to the best of my knowledge, this is the first "extended" Estimated Prophet "middle jam"

Jerry takes the band through an extra 16 bars methinks

I went to all but one of the Uptown shows during m...

2013-02-26T10:04:34.617-06:00

I went to all but one of the Uptown shows during my stint in Chicago and it was easily one of the best places to see the Dead. Because they played there so frequently, the sound was always consistently fine, and the sight lines were good, even from the rear of the floor or balcony. I concur with the anonymous comment above that the last run was scary from the balcony, which was very clearly bouncing up and down during the rockers.

6/24/70, 10/21/71, 5/3/72, 5/19/77, 9/2/78, 9/2/80...

2013-02-25T15:06:50.331-06:00

6/24/70, 10/21/71, 5/3/72, 5/19/77, 9/2/78, 9/2/80, 12/31/81

oh I was there brother. Wheel into Truckin into Wh...

2013-02-12T13:53:22.823-06:00

oh I was there brother.
Wheel into Truckin into Wharf Rat and back into the Wheel as the sun set and the doses twirled.

I just finished this show for the first time. Wow....

2013-02-12T10:12:43.870-06:00

I just finished this show for the first time. Wow. I too was a long believer that nothing good came post '78. It took some long drives with the Uptown '81 shows to turn my head around. There were moments when I feared I should pull over out of concern for the others cars on the road (even though I was 100% sober). I experienced the same sensation here. It takes something extra special to make me get up & do the U.S. Blues boogie...
Thanks once again for your cherished recommendations, Noah.

Love your podcasts...during an age of soundboards ...

2013-02-11T23:45:52.808-06:00

Love your podcasts...during an age of soundboards on CD's it's nice to hear audience tapes again. Ever re-visit 6.4.78 in Santa Barbara? it's amazing...a Red Rocks sound

I've never understood why the Cryptical>>...

2013-02-05T07:38:25.197-06:00

I've never understood why the Cryptical>>Other One just ended, without going back into Cryptical. Makes it incomplete. One of my main problems with 1971.

Walked to this concert from Bates College my junio...

2013-01-27T14:35:50.841-06:00

Walked to this concert from Bates College my junior year. Shit goddamn I think I can hear myself in the background. Very memorable. The fairgrounds are no longer there, a business/industrial park, but I may just find exactly where I was sitting in whatever building is there. I'm sure they will understand (like the funny 49ers ad on these days). Anyway, thanks so much to all of you who work hard to post this stuff. You have made me very happy.

These Feb & March '81 shows were what it t...

2013-01-10T11:38:37.954-06:00

These Feb & March '81 shows were what it took to finally drag me out of the '70's closet. From the Uptown on the 26th to the 10th at MSG are well worth giving a listen to if you never have [or haven't in awhile ;)]

Awesome! I was there, had only landed in the U.S. ...

2013-01-07T23:54:21.766-06:00

Awesome! I was there, had only landed in the U.S. on May 4th 1974. The time before this concert at the Bowl, I saw The Dead at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, on May 10th, 1972.

80 was the last good year......

2012-12-25T17:50:46.285-06:00

80 was the last good year......

This was my first Dead show. I was 19. I worked in...

2012-12-18T15:59:06.066-06:00

This was my first Dead show. I was 19. I worked in downtown Madison then, and went to the show with a bunch of people, some from work, and some from my other life. It was an eclectic crew, and somehow I talked them all into going together. Once there, like a true Dead experience, we all drifted our separate ways and enjoyed the show on the wave of the NOW. (Or at least I did.) A little smoke here with these folks, and little chat there with this bunch of strangers/friends/deadheads, a little drifting and trying to find just that right place to stand and let the sound wash over you and through you. This was a show that changed me. I went to it unaware that I would be a different person just a few hours later; I look back on this show as the moment where I was touched by the Dead's music in a profound way. Many GD shows followed this one, but what a start this was for me. Listening to it again, after all these years surprises me because somehow the performance is still familiar. Specific moments have stuck in my head and to find them again, to be able to experience it again after all these years is beyond description. Thank you for the AUD tape.

Podcast at its best...well satisfying indeed.

2012-12-18T05:17:07.280-06:00

Podcast at its best...well satisfying indeed.

They are, though for the life of me I've never...

2012-12-15T09:11:22.756-06:00

They are, though for the life of me I've never been able to get the show to appear in the iTunes Store itself. Just follow the instructions here for subscribing to the podcast in iTunes. They should all show up after you subscribe.

The scene in Anchorage was surreal. The solstice,...

2012-12-14T11:59:44.660-06:00

The scene in Anchorage was surreal. The solstice, sky, to walk out of the high school auditorium at break, as the liquid was kicking in and the colors in the "setting/rising" sun were wild. The Dead, the music of those three nights, are a highlight of my concert experiences. Took the little train up to Mckinley with other heads after the shows, laughing, dosing, camping... lots of friendships were made! Those were the days!