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EP
Trad climber
Way Out There
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Jun 26, 2015 - 06:15am PT
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We have three fix for the Sunday night show and nine for the Chicago shows. I could have flown to Munich for a week instead.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jun 26, 2015 - 08:30am PT
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Wow, look at that Strat! Amazing pic, thanks.
The Eurpoe '72 box set has a booklet with a piece about that guitar... I'll try to carve out some time to scribble it out...
ass.grass.gas ... my other guitar sounds better ... the enemy is listening
The man liked his stickers!
I see the ass.grass.gas covers The Enemy...
drljefe, the flu. Bummer...
A good friend of mine bought a Sat. ticket, for $230. Then she had a family affair and can't go.
Tickets are easy to find now, she's having a hard time selling.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Jun 27, 2015 - 09:32am PT
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 27, 2015 - 09:43am PT
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"River gonna take me, sing me sweet and sleepy . . .
Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back back home . . .
It's a far gone lullaby sung many years ago . . .
Mama, mama many worlds I've come since I first left home . . ."
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bixquite
Social climber
humboldt nation
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Jun 27, 2015 - 02:47pm PT
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whoever is going to the shows, have fun and dance and shake your bones,
but as always I'm gonna go climb and surf on the beach in Trinidad and have a mellow night
with the wife and kid. I am grateful for the shows i saw and magic when Jerry was on, and
at this point in my life nothing beats a good day of surf or climbing in index and at the end of the day chilling in the hammock with the kid and listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
Thanks boys for the songs that are the sound track of life, and mr Hunter for the depth of
your words. To all the good family far and wide, lets keep on dancin'
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 27, 2015 - 03:32pm PT
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We have at least one taco operative on her way to Santa Clara show 1 right now....
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Jun 27, 2015 - 09:34pm PT
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Jun 27, 2015 - 10:53pm PT
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Love and respect.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jun 28, 2015 - 04:23pm PT
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When Jerry arose ....
you know how it goes
Goin to leave this Broke-down Palace
On my hands and my knees I will roll roll roll
Make myself a bed by the waterside
In my time - in my time - I will roll roll roll
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2015 - 06:09pm PT
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Couch Tour continues.
Last night was great, possibly my favorite post Jerry Dead music.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 28, 2015 - 08:53pm PT
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Thanks for the set list Jefe!
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EP
Trad climber
Way Out There
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Jun 29, 2015 - 07:55am PT
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Saw the webcast first night and the live version last night. There is something quite reassuring about watching from the comfort of a couch with a beer in hand and a plate full of food. Trey was a very interesting choice. I prefer Kadlicek.
Next stop?
Chicago.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jun 29, 2015 - 09:12am PT
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More Garcia
Half of Bill Walton's living room is filled with musical instruments. These include an array of drums, cymbals and percussion instruments given to him by the band’s drummers, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. All of the band's members once signed a Zildjian cymbal for Walton as a birthday gift. On it, Garcia wrote: Hey Bill. Beat this!
Bill is a "bigger" fan than many of us. :)
You can check out his Dead memorabilia here.
I took out the links because after you click 'em a couple of times they default to the newspaper subscription page.
This is pretty weird, since it apparently "remembers" your ip address and blocks access to the article. Some may call it the end of the free press in Amerika.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 29, 2015 - 09:23am PT
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"Talkin' 'bout the time when we was mutual friends . . ."
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Stevee B
Trad climber
Oakland, CA
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Jun 29, 2015 - 11:36am PT
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So...I watched the first show, second set only from the couch while on a family visit in Santa Barbara, visiting sister and parent and picking up hand-me-down baby stuff. Then I see the first photos posted of friends from tour who I hadn't seen in twenty years imploring "GET UP HERE". I petition my wife and we leave Santa Barbara at 2pm the next day.
We stop at the Santa Clara Mariott to pick up a floor ticket left for me at the front desk at 6:40pm. I hear Minglewood from a mile away. By 6:58pm I'm stepping on to the floor, front left, of the stadium. The traditional rendezvous point. At 7pm, as scheduled, Frank comes out and wraps my wrist with a VIP band and I find myself hugging and hooting with a dozen friends who I had literally not seen in twenty years.
No time to catch up, music's playing! Talk to you at set break.
As it went down:
(Missed)
Stranger
Minglewood
Brown-Eyed Women
(arrived)
Loose Lucy - very competent - much more energy than last night. Trey is getting loose.
Loser - very impressive. I like Phish some but I'm way cynical about this configuration. This one rocked. Trey most definitely overcame his initial inhibitions. In fact, Bobby and Phil tried to return from the bridge several times with Trey obliviously soloing over them at least three times. Eventually they gave up. "I guess we're done when Trey's done." Kinda funny moment when Bob and Phil just lost all control of the band. Far more prominent than ever happened with the Boys.
Row Jimmy - Also very strong. Well extended. Trey is strong.
Alabama Getaway - straight up smoking. Full-tilt, and a nice treat since I only saw one in the 80s/90s.
Black Peter - nice placement in first set, suprising energy to a song that drug us into a dark place in the Jerry days.
Hell in a Bucket - Rowdy and fun. The Bobby songs seem to float better.
Set break Chuck and I mysteriously found ourselves taking a wrong turn and ending up fortuitously in a VIP lounge area with free food and short bar line. We stacked ourselves with treats to take to our friends and chuckled back out into the concourse to socialize.
Back for Round Two -
1/2 Step > Wharf Rat - as good as it ever got in the days. I don't recall hearing a Wharf Rat from 1988 forward that approached the quality of this one. My friends and I began a discussion of how many truly terrible Grateful Dead shows we saw, and how on balance this was certainly better than some of them.
Eyes - off kilter. Please don't let Phil sing anymore. Love you Phil.
The rest was continuously solid with no real low lights, but nothing electrifying.
Drums>Space>
Miracle>
Death Don't>
Sugar Mag
E: Brokedown
Death Don't does deserve mention. I don't know what happened but the falling-off-his-chair Bobby, doddering old pain-pill addled old man received some sort of rejuvenation. DDHNM was one of the rare Jerry songs that Bobby actually sounds just as good if not better singing, and he nailed it. Emotion and intensity I don't recall ever hearing when done by the boys.
Donor Rap, Final Bow, that's it that's all. So glad I didn't miss it.
Best wishes to all of you heading to Chicago!
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 29, 2015 - 12:40pm PT
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"I can't think of a place that's more perfect, for a person as perfect as you . . ."
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Jun 29, 2015 - 12:41pm PT
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We got to see both shows - what fun!
Last night we had floor tickets. The security people gave you a wristband that meant you had access to the floor. I asked them when they would open the floor to everyone (Saturday the floor looked packed!) and they said never - it was reserved for floor ticket holders the whole time (like your seat would be reserved for you the whole time). As soon as the first song started to play, broad daylight, people started jumping down in the ADA section next to the floor, then down to the floor, then jumped the barriers into the crowd and disappeared/blended in. Soon it was crazy crowded on the whole floor - we eventually bailed to some unoccupied seats way over yonder. Kind of annoying and also kind of sweet that the floor was so well used. Prolly a big part of it was that they had sold all the obstructed view and no view seats behind the stage, so those folks packed in all over.
The interesting thing to me was the perspective of the Levi's Stadium security personnel. They we're flabbergasted and unprepared for the aggressiveness and disrespect of the people jumping the section barriers and flooding the floor and ignoring their instructions and authority. They were used to better behavior from the people who attend NFL games, which seemed an interesting commentary on the values of the fan bases. It's not what I've learned to expect. :-)
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