Some of the best tunes ever

An album I always dig a.k.a. the Music I Ran To This Tuesday Afternoon...

	Led Zeppelin IV 1971
Black Dog Rock and Roll The Battle of Evermore Stairway To Heaven Misty Mountain Hop Four Sticks Going To California When The Levee Breaks

Not listening to this album for awhile makes me feel like a dumbass. I don't listen to classic rock radio or else I'd hear almost all these songs like I did so many years ago when I lived in northern New Jersey. Back on WNEW these were tunes that went along with growing up there in the suburbs of New York City. These were played so often and I have such great memories of hearing them on the radio. How could anyone not dig this?!? Methinks rather than listen to something from Zep every month, I've got to listen to something from Zep plus a listen of this album. Apparently that idiot magazine Rolling Stone names this #66 of the Top 500 Albums of All Time... 66? That's it? HA! No way. More like Top 10, biotche. One thing's for sure -- this is one of those albums I can put on and listen to all day. Seriously, put it on Random and Repeat and just let it go all day long. I do wish I was listening to it while driving out of Bergen County on the Garden State Parkway headed down to Long Beach Island. Ain't nothin' like a little Zep on the way to the Jersey Shore in the summertime. Ahh well. Still good great tunes anytime at all!

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Final Run in June

Tuesday Afternoon Run: 11 min 52 sec

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2 Days Since My Last Run
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2:10 p.m. 95° (35C) / 97° Heat Index way sunny
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Running Tunes: Led Zeppelin IV

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Hot. Just hot. Could be worse. It would feel hotter if the humidity was really high but today it's actually way way way low (like 32% according to The Weather Channel as I don't have my own humidity gauge.) Even with low humidity, the 90+ degree temperature was brutal to the max. I think I've got to stop doing these runs. They're uncomfortable, they don't make me feel like I've gotten exercise, they don't leave me feeling good overall. I do love the challenge of running when it's this hot, it makes me feel like I can do anything... but this kind of heat just sucks the life out of me. Today when I got back to my ice water I drank the whole thing down, almost, leaving me just drops for the 12 minute walk back to the house. Not good. Back, showered and once again resting and once again still sweating. Damn, this sucks ass.

And now that running for the month of June is over, I can seriously think about how the hell I'm going to achieve a better time in July. With these temperatures persisting all summer, I'm not sure how I'm gonna do it. We'll see what happens.

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 3:23:56

12 runs in JUNE: 3 hours 24 min 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

Phishing with The Boss

Phish -- June 14, 2009
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Manchester, Tennessee

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* with Bruce Springsteen

1st Set
AC/DC Bag-» NICU, Gotta Jibboo, Punch You In The Eye-»
Sparkle-» Bathtub Gin-» Character Zero-»
The Horse-» Silent In The Morning-» Run Like An Antelope-»
Mustang Sally*, Bobby Jean*-» Glory Days*

Set 2
Rock & Roll-» "Manchester Jam"-» Light-» 46 Days,
Limb By Limb, Farmhouse,
Backwards Down The Number Line-» Prince Caspian, First Tube

Encore: Suzy Greenberg-» Tweezer Reprise

So what do I know of Phish? They're from Vermont. That's most of what I know. Apparently lead singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio spent some time growing up in the Princeton, New Jersey area. Hey, despite what many ignorant people think, anything New Jersey is usually cool so that's cool. Growing up, Trey dug Springsteen... a Springsteen concert was the first concert he ever saw... and he still does dig Bruuuuuuuuuce.

Some Deadheads jumped on the Phish train and when Jerry kicked the bucket, they adopted Phish as their new favorite band. Me, I never saw 'em. I never wanted to as I'd heard too many bad things about the scene. Take what was bad about the GD scene and multiply it times about 40 and it was pitiful. Range Rover frat boy Phishheads with their cell phones and trust funds? No, that wasn't all of them but that was enough to keep me away.

For whatever reason, Phish went on hiatus (broke up?) several years back and for a short while at least there was the Trey Anastasio Band plus other various side projects from band members. Now Phish is back and they headlined Bonnaroo this year.

There are a couple Phish shows that I'd been meaning to listen to someday, and probably still will -- both at Shoreline and one is with special guest Bob Weir and the other with special guest Phil Lesh. Other than those two shows, I figured I'd never listen to this band. Thanks to a roommate back in Missoula, Montana, I'd heard some Phish once upon a time I and thought their music was incredibly stupid. I never listened to them since. I know some very close-minded people will consider me stupid for my thinking that Phish's music is stupid but if someone wants to think that way, they're free to... but it's a sad way of thinking. Unfortunately I know some Phishheads are going to be incredibly pathetic like that but eh, that's life. Fortunately there are others who will respect my opinion even if they disagree with it. While some [people?] might be close-minded, I'm not going to be -- I've opened my mind to trying them out again; I'm going to listen to Phish. The reason I decided on this isn't really because I wanted to listen to Phish, though... it's because Bruce Springsteen came out and played on a few songs and I'm a pretty big Springsteen fan. I could've listened to those songs alone but I thought I'd give the whole show a chance. Actually, I've been listening to this show off and on for about a week now and here I am listening to the whole thing straight through.

The first two songs of the show left me a little bored but Gotta Jibboo, while perhaps kind of dumb, does get into such a sweet jam!! Holy moly, this got me hooked!

I love the opening to Punch You In The Eye but not the vocals. Is it me or does this sound a little like Sex and The City? Overall it's not bad and I've got positive feelings for that one. Sparkle returns to the dumb, unfortunately. It feels like a train wreck and I just don't get it.

The cool jamming returns in Bathtub Gin. Again I completely dislike the vocals of the song but it gets into a GREAT groove. It sounds like these guys are firing on all cylinders and playing the hell out of this. More of the same on Character Zero -- so sweet!! Another tune which is a minimum of 10 minutes follows -- Tweezer. This features a bit of a funk sound that had me movin' around my living room. When the song is less funk, it seems like it's all jam. Man, oh man... if I was at Bonnaroo hearing these guys, I'd've been dancin' my ass off!

The Horse-> Silent In The Morning I'm not crazy about but Run Like An Antelope is pretty cool. This is one of their signature songs or something like that? No? I dunno. I really like the playing here. This is definitely a song that makes me see how some Deadheads can very easily dig this band.

My favorite part of the show is when Bruce Springsteen is introduced as Trey's childhood hero. The first song they do isn't a Springsteen song but it's one Bruce knows well. Bruce's voice sounds kinda like crap on Mustang Sally but it's cool to hear him and Trey trading guitar licks. They have a lot of fun with this as I doubt the E Street Band ever jams it out to ten minutes! I don't often think of Springsteen as a guitar player but he surely knows how to play and he doesn't do a bad job. Mustang Sally really shoulda been the last song of the three they played because it smoked whereas Bobby Jean was a little tired. It wasn't so E Street Band great only because these guys don't know it like they know their own songs. The pros they are, they were able to do a decent job with it plus there's a nice guitar solo in there... which I'm not sure if it's Trey or Bruce. In this case it could be either as maybe Trey stood aside for a moment to let Bruce wail on his own song. Glory Days wraps up the trio of tunes. The band seems to have a slightly better grasp on this than they did on Bobby Jean. Trey lights up a guitar solo that Bruce, in about a minute, joins in on but eventually Springsteen settles back into a rhythm player mode while Trey momentarily completely launches that sucker into freakin' orbit. Holy crapola, what a blistering finish!!!! That was way cool. Since it wasn't the E Street Band, it wasn't perfectly Springsteen but they had fun and the guitar work was sometimes better than what might be offered up at a Springsteen show, not to mention, other than an official live album release, there are no recent Springsteen soundboards to listen to so for the Springsteen fan, this should be some cool stuff! Or not. Hey, whatever floats your boat and it sure floated mine!

Set two starts off with a cover of the Velvet Underground's Rock and Roll which flows incredibly into something labeled "Manchester Jam." Here is Mike Gordon's strongest bestest Phil Lesh-sounding bass playing of the night so far. What an incredible thirteen or so minutes of music. I didn't care much for the following Light until they set off into jamland... then it got interesting. Trey's guitar is amazing. Everybody here is just awesome. Gordon's bass is non-stop while Jon Fishman on drums and Page McConnell on keys keep the pace crankin' full blast. When they finally slow it down you get a healthy heaping helping of Gordon's bass while Trey kinda noodles along for awhile. Fantastic stuff! And then the way they find their way out of the jam to begin 46 Days -- epic! Maybe not of true epic proportions as far as Phish is concerned (I have no clue) but it's so classically Grateful Dead, like how when the boys are deep into a jam and so far gone but BAM all of a sudden out of nowhere they're so perfectly making that left turn into something we all recognize. That's what happened here, it appears. Holy cow, 46 Days is sweet!

That's all I've got for now. Perhaps I'll finish writing later.

I should add that listening to this hasn't turned me into a Phishhead and I'm not gonna start regularly posting Phish shows 'round here. I'd be surprised if I listen to them more than once or twice a year... three times tops. I kinda dug this, definitely dug the jams, but I'm not sure I'll warm up to the vocal parts of the songs. None of that really thrilled me. But again, the jamming, that's a whole 'nother story! Awesome stuff!!!

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goodbye flea circus

Coming soon:
something from Bonnaroo '09
Jerry has Tears Of Rage
NRPS, GD '71
the GD play for reindeer

Nothing today,
except for something for you to watch, if you wish... it's:

Cartoon Time

"To Itch His Own"

Directed By: Chuck Jones

The final cartoon scored by the great Carl Stalling.

Release Date: June 28, 1958

Kiss My Ass, Brazil!

Football!!!!
But wait... isn't it baseball season?!?
All summer it's baseball season but there's also football!

Unfortunately I'm gonna miss the Cubbies-White Sux game but the game that I care more about is on tonight -- the Mets are going to lose at home to the Yankees on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. Damn Mets.

But right now is the most important soccer football match of the year -- U.S. vs. Brasil in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final, baby!

So far it's 1-0 U.S.!!!!!! Kaka is goin' down!!

Sunday Early Afternoon Run: 12 min 20 sec

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1 Day Since My Last Run
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1:25 p.m. 93° (34C) / 98° Heat Index way sunny
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Running Tunes: Led Zeppelin (a mix from first few albums)

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I'm still sweating my butt off even though I stopped running well over 30 minutes ago. Soon after that I was back from the trail inside an air-conditioned house and into a mostly cold shower. My body temperature feels like it's slowly coming down from about 110 or so. This always happens on these wicked hot days. And that's all we have now is wicked hot days, one after a-freakin'-nother. And then when I don't wake up at dawn I've got no choice but to go and do a death run. It could be worse, it could be 95 with a Heat Index of over 100. When it's this hot it doesn't necessarily matter what the temperature is. Crickey, mate, this just ain't easy and I've got to cut it the heck out. Or die. One or the other. And today I didn't have ice water. I hd forgotten to put my water in the freezer and by the time my run was through, I had warm yucky water... but I still drank it because no matter what the temp of the water, it was needed to prevent dehydration and heat exhaustion. Man, this sucks. Living in this situation with horrid temperatures like this is something I need to have come to an end. I don't know why people live where it's this hot. It's disgusting... and not condusive to running.

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 3:12:04

11 runs in JUNE: 3 hours 12 min 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

It's a little hot today

Saturday Afternoon Run: 11 min 52 sec

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2 Days Since My Last Run
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12:55 p.m. 95° / 101° Heat Index way sunny
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Running Tunes: Midnight Oil

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Fantastic, I say sarcastically. Fantastic that once again I did not run at dawn when I should have. Fantastic that the extreme heat of the day limits my running to a mere 10-12 minutes. Fantastic that I face an uphill battle in order to achieve a better overall running time in June than May. Ugh.

If anyone besides my wonderful Sugarmag is reading this, I advise AGAINST running when it is this hot. You could die. I could die. It's not smart.

I got out there this afternoon and it was like running in hell. The walk alone to the trail was murder. It felt as if I was a slug. It felt like a 12-15 minute walk took an hour. My bottle of ice was already quickly melting. I thought by the time my run is through, it'll be warm! Not exactly but close. When it's this hot I really don't want to stretch and I think I skimped on my normal routine. The run was short but long as it seemed like it would never end. From minute one I wanted to quit. It was a horrible chore to accomplish another 20 seconds... and I had to go through that 20-second cycle over 2 dozen times. Not easy. I remember thinking I wanted to turn around early and run past my water and all the way back to the house. Hell. Today is definitely the hottest run of the year so far, by a couple degrees or so. I do not want to do this often. Hopefully one day I can get the sleep I need and run at dawn again. Ugh!

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 2:59:44

9 runs in JUNE: 3 hours 0 min 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

Knock Knock Knockin' On Long Island's Door

Heya. So here we are on Friday again. Man, a freakin' week has passed already? Okay, well kids, you know what Friday around here means, right? That's right, it's Polka Time!!!! Now when I count to 3, everybody start to Polka. A-ready? a-one and a-two and a-three.... are you Polkaing yet? No? Alright, how about some Dead? We left off last week with the show on April 23 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Why'd they play there when they'd later play 2 shows in Philly? Beats me but they did and then the next night of the tour was a stop at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City for a visit on The Late Show with David Letterman. I think I posted that video the day it was on TV . . . BUT WAIT!!! What you may not have seen but might be interested in is some pretty cool pics from Jay Blakesberg that were posted on JamBase. So give a click, if you wish, and check 'em out!

Or... on with thy tune-age!!

The Dead Spring '09 -- Volume IX

The Dead -- April 24, 2009
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, New York

1st Set: Jack Straw, Brown-Eyed Women, It's All Over Now Baby Blue,
Easy Wind, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Don't Ease Me In,
Lost Sailor-» Saint Of Circumstance

Acoustic Set: When I Paint My Masterpiece, Peggy-O, Looks Like Rain

Electric Set 2: Alabama Getaway-» Jam-» Dark Star-» Drums-» Space-»
Knockin' On Heaven's Door-» Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad

Encore: Touch Of Grey

After the extremely unconventional show-opener of Mr. Charlie in the last show, here we get a Jack Straw, something that most Deadheads are way more used to as the first song. It starts out a little stale but the band very easily finds their groove and turns this into smokin'!! The crowd is lovin' it!

Brown-Eyed Women's a little lyrically sloppy in the beginning but the crowd, as usual, doesn't boooooo, they laugh, they know Bob's human and he'll screw up now and again just like the rest of us. They all weren't on the the same page but maybe partially because of that screw-up, they got to the same place they needed to be and executed the rest of the in fine fashion. Warren's playing here is... it's him yet he's clearly channeling Jerry but not imitating Jerry completely. It's nice and this version is mostly stellar. What a great way to start this show!

Could it really be possible that Baby Blue is my personal highlight of the first set? I'm sitting here listening and I'm nearly speechless. Okay, maybe it's not exactly a slice of drop dead gorgeous perfection but it's sure as dang comes close. It's just so good. Warren's slide guitar is a nice touch that most of haven't heard, Jeff's got some great spots to fill in the sound on keys, and Bob's command of the vocals here is wonderful. Jerry who?! (HA, I kid.)

The fantasticality of this show keeps rollin' on with a magnificent Easy Wind. Here it's Warren who has great command over Pigpen's vocals and his lead guitar here really helps make this a sweet 21st century version of this song. As they begin to jam, Mickey & Billy and Jeff kinda lay low while Phil and Warren step up to drive forward... but it's not just those two as Bobby is playing a huge part havin' a whole lotta fun on rhythm guitar. The way he was sometimes so perfectly on with Jerry, the way he'd make rhythm guitar an amazing art form, that's what he's doin' here, too. Hell yeah, this is... it's awesome!

Death Don't in the first set like this? Anything goes with this band so while odd it's not that surprising. What it definitely is is interesting. The way Bob & Warren take this on is practically magical. Jeff on Brent's Hammond B-3 gives a bit of a Pigpen sound at times, really eerily late 60's. The pace the band has set is just right and again Bobby's rhythm guitar alongside Warren's lead is just perfect.

Noooooo! End of the set already? After Bobby throws the crowd a big, fat Lost Sailor tease, the band is soon starting up Don't Ease Me In -- a standard first set-closer. There's great playing from Phil but overall, it's just got no spark to it. Kinda sad. Man, I gotta tell ya, if that was the end of the set, what a let-down... but the guys never left the stage and we do get to hear Lost Sailor. Bob's eyes must've accidentally skipped down the setlist sheet, or maybe he wanted to skip Don't Ease but Phil wanted it and over-ruled Bob? In any case, Sailor-> Saint wraps up the first set and a really nice bunch of steam they pick up on the way. The jam kinda fell short of a Mt. Garcia peak but the push onward is steady and smooth and the band is clearly having fun up there. And the crowd? Hopefully most 'em are dancin' their asses off at this point!

Harken back, if ye will, to Show #2 of the tour, in Washington, D.C. . . . the guys came out for the second set and kicked things off with three songs done Radio City 1980-style (acoustically.) That was the second show and then for the next six shows that had completely disappeared. Anyone notice? I did. But here they are once again breaking out the acoustic guitars for a delightful Masterpiece and Peggy-O that's sung so wonderfully by Phil. Man, oh man... seriously, Jerry who?! No, no, no... what I mean is what a brilliantly sung and well-played tribute to Jerry. And then ha ha, Bobby's gives us a false start to Looks Like Rain to round out the acoustic threesome.

To start off the third set, or Electric Set 2, is Alabama Getaway with Warren on vocals. I wasn't sure if I was diggin' it but the truest test of that for me, to really make sure, is to stand up and see if I start dancin' around the house -- yup! What's most interesting here is the way Alabama slides into a Jam and then into.... Dark Star??? Wow. What an assault on the senses this is. The music is far from rockin' out but there's so much to hear. One particularly cool moment comes a little more than halfway through when Phil starts wailin' on some Lovelight chords and Bobby momentarily jumps in. It doesn't last long and goes absolutely nowhere but it's really fun to listen to! Twenty minutes of playing dwindles down until Billy and Mickey are left to do their thing. It sounds for a moment like it'll be a more traditional Drums but within a couple minutes they're diving deeply into all the electronic stuff. Eventually they go tribal and whomp on the skins for awhile before exiting for Space.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door begins the end and what a lovely rendition of this classic it is (and lovely's not a word I use everyday!) Even though it's a Bob Dylan tune, I think this was clearly the Jerry tribute of the night. They follow that up with a big ol' heapin' helpin' of GDTRFB fun -- so nice and rockin', and with the Touch encore, a perfect way to finish the night!!!!

Comparing shows is so totally not my thing as I like to take each show on its very own merits without having to live up to the standards of others.... but.... through the first nine shows of the tour, hands down this is one of the two best!! It's gotta be! It just does. With the exception of Don't Ease and another run-of-the-mill D->S, this is all soooooo sweet, so well-played, and just a great listen from first song to last!

My comments were written
without reading a single word about this show from anyone else.
The Grateful Dead's tape archivist is on tour
and I wonder what he has to say...

First Set Another pre-1972 sequence of songs opens this show at Nassau Coliseum. I asked a friend if the backstage area was as, um, filled with character as much as the rest of the building was, and was told that DW on the recording crew had whacked a roach, so, yes, it was. The show opened with a couple of tour repeats, which is to be expected by this, the 9th show on the tour, opening with the classing Europe ’72 sequence of Jack Straw and Brown-Eyed Women. Next was Dylan’s It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, followed by Easy Wind and then the first big surprise of the night, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, a tune I’ve heard many people calling for. Although nothing can really touch the way the GD did this in 1969, with some Jerry’s finest, most emotive singing ever, this band certainly does play these bluesier songs very well. The GD’s versions from 1989-1990, while not of the intensity of the 1969 versions, are definitely worth seeking out, as all of them were excellent, with each of Brent, Bobby and Jerry taking a verse. And Jerry’s solos were spectacular, particularly the one at Shoreline on 9/29/89. Next up is another song that entered the Grateful Dead’s repertoire around the same time as Death Don’t (1966), Don’t Ease Me In. This is followed by the Weir-Barlow combo of Lost Sailor-Saint of Circumstance, something I’ve been awaiting all tour, as I’d heard it a couple of times in soundchecks. It’s such a great pair of tunes, and at a time like this, 14 years after the end of the Grateful Dead, there’s really never been a more appropriate time to hear that this ain’t the real thing “but it’s close enough to pretend.” The music and band members might be different, but there’s still nothing that compares to looking around a full arena and seeing 16,000 people genuinely getting off on the music, moving as one, listening to the same songs that they’ve been hearing for 5, 10, 20 or 30 or more years. So, an entire set of music from 1979 and before. Pretty cool. A quick set break note on the recordings from these concerts: they’re brought to you by the same recording team that has brought you more than 300 RatDog shows, David, Peter and touring member of the team, Derek. So, whether you get these recordings at the concert as you walk out (a totally cool concept!) or download them, these things sound great. Second Set A very nice way to open the set, with another Bob Dylan song that was added to the Grateful Dead’s repertoire in 1987, When I Paint My Masterpiece, followed by Peggy-O, two always-fun-to-hear songs by the Grateful Dead. Following this is Looks Like Rain, which is to say three mellowish tunes to open the set, but all of them are excellent. And, it seemed like an appropriate song selection considering they were played acoustically, the first acoustic segment since the second show of the tour in DC on 4/14/09. They then jumped into some electric music with Alabama Getaway, a song that always rocked. Jeff has really carried on the tradition of those amazing Brent solos on this great Garcia-Hunter tune. This was followed by the tour’s second Dark Star, last played in this building a little more than 19 years ago, on 3/29/90, with very special guest Branford Marsalis sitting in for the first of a few mighty fine collaborations with the Grateful Dead. Dark Star flowed into Rhythm Devils, which, as I’ve mentioned a few times during the tour, have been exceptional all tour long, with the inspired drummers taking this portion of the show way out there. Space led into the tour’s first Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, the show’s third Dylan song of the night. Nice. Then come a couple of rockers, Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad and Touch of Grey to wrap things up, as we bid farewell to La Casa De La Cucaracha, and move over to Madison Square Garden for the Saturday night show by David Lemieux

Some cool parking lot pics from this show at Time Out New York,
OtherOnes.net has a few dozen great pics from inside + out in the lot,
plus, as always, more from Jay Blakesberg at JamBase

The Dead 4/24/09 @ the Internet Archive: Audience sources only for Listening or Downloading.

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Bears Bus

Seems there are so many times when I want to post a show but I just can't find the time to. Dang it. I had 2 from the GD lined up for today but they're gonna have to wait a little while. Ah well, no worries, I'll get them up eventually.

And there'll be something from Sugarmag, too. She's gotta once again dedicate a lot of her time to grad school, which means she doesn't have a lot of time to Deadicate to Dead and Jerry shows, but hopefully she'll have a show up on Sunday! Always more great music that will get posted so Thanks for Stoppin' By and Stay Tuned!!

Random VW Time

Fahrvergnügen Volume 14

hippie Grateful Dead Volkswagen bus

the dancing bears aren't expertly painted but a nice try...
sorta strange, too, that the front is painted like it's a pre-68.

posted by Flickr member wesh. in the Flickr group VW Buses

More Heat

Thursday Afternoon Run: 12 min 51 sec

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2 Days Since My Last Run
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1:20 p.m. 92° / 97° Heat Index sunny
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Running Tunes: The Go-Go's

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Twas not as hot yesterday when I decided to take the day off from running... and then today when I didn't wake up for an early morning run when it's cooler out, I had to settle on the short afternoon thing... when it's hot. Swell.

I've gotten used to these short runs in the heat. Before each one, I'm ready mentally. They're never easy but since they are so short, I'm able to tough them out and push through the extreme heat index while the sweat waterlogs my headband and eventually starts to drip onto my sunglasses like it did again today. Hearing the End Cue on my Running Play List isn't a gigantic relief in this heat because like today, I often feel nearly completely dead. My ice water helps tremendously but I'm about ready to lay down under the hot sun and just wait to see what happens. Of course it's not that bad as I am able to make the 12-15 minutes walk back.

At this point it's totally an uphill battle to achieve my goal of running more in June than the previous month... but I'm still gonna give it a try; I ain't givin' up! I guess if I don't achieve that goal, these short runs are better than nothing. I feel like they accomplish nothing but my wonderful Sugarmag keeps reminding me that that's not true. If I'm not running, I'm sitting... sitting's never better.

jogging Beats Per Minute Pace 2:47:52

9 runs in JUNE: 2 hours 48 m 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

Bunny on a Bun

No music today... none to be posted here, that is. I am listening to tomorrow's tunes and gettin' Friday's show ready so there are always more tunes on the horizon.

Seein' as how these are barely on TV anymore,
dig this, if you please...

Cartoon Time

"Hair Ribbin'"

Starring: Bugs Bunny

Directed By: Bob Clampett

Release Date: June 24, 1944

Suicide or Murder?
Either way, nothin' like some good old-fashioned cartoon violence, eh?

What's after 7/16?

I just listened to '66 Grateful Dead a few days ago but putting this one so soon makes sense...

July 17, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, California

Big Boss Man
Cold Rain & Snow
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Cream Puff War
King Bee
Stealin'
Dancin' In The Streets

1966, mid-July, another night at the Fillmore, supposedly the night after the seminal 7/16 recording. In the past, especially in the analog age, there were questions about what songs constituted the 7/16 and 7/17 shows. Eventually it was discovered and/or determined that the songs here are 7/17 and Cardboard Cowboy and In The Pines and others, were played the day before. (Wasn't it also thought that there were 3 sets? Maybe? I forget.) In any case, for whatever reason we have a much shorter set on this day and what 7/17 is is sort of a twin to 7/16 with a couple songs repeated and the rest in the same exact style of playing and essentially the same exact quality. This may be shorter but it's another dose of '66 that is "essential" for every Deadhead. How can one live without the King Bee here?! Mmmmm!!! Amazing how they go from Cream Puff War to King Bee, playing two different styles, and making each sound soooooo damn good. This isn't a long set of tunes and there are flaws: a couple songs are clipped here with not much of Boss Man existing, and the end (super-sadly) is cut off Dancin'. Oh, man, speakin' of Dancin', is it just me or does it sound like Jerry's flirting with the the birth of Spanish Jam? Maybe bits of what Jerry is playing with just sounds similar. In any case, there's not a bad note of music here!

7/17/66 @ the Internet Archive: The Soundboard for Listening Only

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Repeat Run

Tuesday Afternoon Run: 12 minutes 30 sec

+19 sec

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1 Day Since My Last Run
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2:40 p.m. 93° / 96° Heat Index sunny
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Running Tunes: Grateful Dead 7/17/66 Fillmore Auditorium

Hot. Again. Over 90 degrees. Again. (Same exact conditions as yesterday.) Humidity is kinda low so says The Weather Channel... and it feels like it... so it could be MUCH worse... but it's still already really freakin' bad. Well, not really freakin' bad but pretty bad. Summer sucks... unless you're at the Jersey Shore... or in the mountains of Montana or Idaho or maybe Utah. Alaska wouldn't be bad except for the mosquitos. Not good.

ANYWAY... somehow I have been able to string together three consecutive days with pitiful runs. I've really really really dug the challenge of running in this heat, seriously. While I don't want to be outside in these temps for almost anything at all, challenging myself is something I like a lot. The practically-bordering-on extreme heat is rough -- it's not easy to accomplish 10 to 12 minutes and when I'm done I feel like my life should just end 'cause I'd feel a WHOLE lot better. After my run came to an end, I had a minute or two walk back to my icy Gatorade which felt like it coulda been 30 minutes. That first swig of cold liquid was Heaven, I tell you what! On the walk back I baked in the sun, nearly cold shower and now I'm just freakin' spent. Day off tomorrow, I swear. I need it.

7 runs in June :: 2:35:01 sec· X

8 runs in JUNE: 2 hours 35 m 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

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Dawg Music Straight Outta Jersey

By total coincidence, my other musical selection for the day kinda sorta also comes from the great mafia and corruption state of New Jersey... Hackensack this time. I didn't know that Jerry's good friend and Grateful Dead disliker was from Jersey, but low and behold, me and Mr. Grisman are fellow New Jerseyans. I wasn't actually born in NJ but I did grow up there. I'm more Jersey than I am a New Englander. I'm happy to claim both...

and happy to be listening to some DGQ from a little more than a week ago, from some little music festival in Tennessee, Jed, a festival a few people may have hoid of....

David Grisman Quintet June 13, 2009 The Other Tent Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival Manchester, Tennessee

James Kerwin - bass
Matt Eakle - flute and bass flute
George Marsh - drums, percussion
Grant Gordy - guitar
* with Eric Robertson on mandolin

Eat My Dust
Bluegrass at the Beach
?
Tracy's Tune
Svingin' with Sven
Acousticity
Pigeon Roost
Grateful Dawg
Dawg's Waltz
16/16
Newly Wedding
Dawg's Rag
Shady Grove*

I really need to be shot or something for not listening to a David Grisman show more often. What a great bunch of tunes this is! The crowd really digs when David mentions that they're going to play something that he did with Jerry. There was a similar crowd reaction when James Kerwin (who played with Garcia-Grisman) was introduced.

Fun stuff throughout. Grisman, at age 64, is still kickin'... maybe just as strong as ever?!

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Some more great pics Here.

Texas Country Straight Outta Jersey

An album I've been listening to... a.k.a. the Music I Ran To This Monday Afternoon...

	Clint Black Killin' Time 1989
Download Killin' Time @ 320 kbps	Straight From The Factory A Better Man Nobody's Home Walkin' Away You're Gonna Leave Me Again I'll Be Gone Nothing's News Winding Down Killin' Time Live and Learn

If the beautiful state of New Jersey claims Clint Black as their own, that would be a little silly... but he was born there, in Long Branch down by (on?) the Jersey Shore. (Wasn't there always a killer Haunted House in Long Branch every Halloween-time?) Someone born in Jersey can still become a Texan and that happened to Clint Black. His family (or at least his dad) was from Texas and soon enough young Clint was back in the Lone Star State leaving Jersey far behind. (But I wonder if bein' born in NJ is something he's proud of. That'd be cool.)

Anyway, apparently this debut album of his made quite an impression and had quite an impact on the country music scene at the time. He went on to become one of the most successful country artists in the 1990's. A pretty darn fine career launched right here with the record.

The music on this album is really well done with well-written lyrics throughout. There's a beautiful country sound on every song. So much country music from this new millennium can't hold a candle to the sound here. How and why some artists strayed so far I have no idea. What a shame but thankfully artists like Clint Black kept it pure.

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Clint's first single which went to Number 1...

Another hot run today

Monday Afternoon Run: 12 minutes 11 sec

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1:45 p.m. 92° / 96° Heat Index sunny
1 Day Since My Last Run

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I had to go for another hot run today because I was wayyyyyyy too tired at dawn when the temperature was more appropriate and suitable for running. What I didn't do was waver. Nope, no wavering, I got right out there. I was actually kind of excited. The temperature today isn't as high as yesterday but still dang freakin' hot. It was not pleasant out there by any means. The sweat poured down even though my pace was slow. The sun blared down, completely heating me up whilst sucking the energy from me. Diligently I paid attention to every note of music that was playing in my ears. I gave half my attention to my body to make sure everything was working fine (something I generally always do but maybe not as much as today) and half my attention to the tunes to take my mind off the heat and the run. It was a constant battle to keep my pace and not stop and begin my walk back to my ice water. Twelve minutes in this heat is like a half hour when the temperature is nice and moderate. Maybe twelve minutes in this is even more work.

I'm not sure if I'll get to my goal of making June better than May, but I'm gonna do what I can to get exercise in.

7 runs in June :: 2:22:31 sec· X

7 runs in JUNE: 2 hr 22½ min 10 runs in May: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min

Not quite Jake & Elwood... but close

An album I've been digging... a.k.a. the Music I Ran To This Sunday Afternoon..

	J. Geils Band The Morning After 1971
I Don't Need You No More Whammer Jammer (Juke Joint Jimmy) So Sharp The Usual Place Gotta Have Your Love Looking For A Love Gotta Find Me A New Love Cry One More Time Floyd's Hotel It Ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It!) (Juke Joint Jimmy)

What a fun album. I'm not sure what possessed me to check out the J. Geils band but I listened to their first album sometime last year and it was surprisingly really good! Here's the band with the follow-up to their debut and it's just as good or maybe even better! It's almost Blues Brothers-ish with lots of crankin' bass rhythms and harmonica and.... and fun! I can easily picture Jake and Elwood crankin' out several of these tunes. Just wow. This is a band that I once upon had no idea about, except for their Freeze Frame album and maybe some stuff from Love Stinks (or is that just a song and not an album?) In any case, I knew their MTV popular stuff and that's it. This blows that stuff away!!! Almost a Favorite Album of Mine.... not quite but close. If anyone is put off by Centerfold, I don't blame them but I say Open Ye Mind and Dig Thy Early 70's J. Geils Band!!!!

J. Geils Band: The Morning After @ Floodlit Footprint
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(Coulda Been a) Death Run

Sunday Afternoon Run: 10 minutes 3 seconds

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4:10 p.m. 96° / 99° Heat Index kinda cloudy
4+ Days Since My Last Run

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Wow, I feel great! I've kinda sorta given up on having a better month than last month... but I'm still gonna run, of course, and in fact I'm gonna push myself with some runs in the wicked heat. And there's still an outside chance I can make June better than May but I've got to overcome a mental roadblock -- I feel like I shouldn't on back-to-back days. That's exactly what I'll need to do in order to achieve my June goal. We'll see.

In any case, I hit the trail today when the temp was absolutely searing. Well, it actually coulda been worse, like yesterday. Yesterday was a few degrees hotter but 96 with a 99 Heat Index is still kinda nuts. (Ideally I'd like 100+ but that's my craziness showing.)

My run of only 10 minutes seems weak but once again -- it was freakin' hot out there. No way I was gonna go more than that. No got dang way. It's a 12 to 15 minute walk to the trail and by the time I got there I was drenched in sweat. I didn't want to stretch as sweat was constantly screwing up my vision through my sunglasses. On top of the heat, I'd have that to deal with. At some point the bandanna on my head had reached its limit of stopping the sweat from running down onto my face. Ay caramba. My ice water was a slice of heaven when I finished my run, as was the practically cold shower when I returned to the house.

Overall, I think the run in such heat went well. No cramps, no massive exhaustion afterward... except a few minutes from getting back when I had already run out of water and three or four minutes of walking made me completely miserable. Now that I'm relaxing I'm feeling happy that I chose to do this run..... but now I wish I'd done it yesterday when it was 5 degrees hotter!!!

6 runs in June :: 2:10:20 sec· X

10 runs in MAY: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min October 2008: 2 hours 10 min

Dead Reckoning with Timmy!

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Dead Voodoo All Night Long in Wilkes-Barre

Hey Now! I'm not sure if anyone's picked up on this but Friday has become my day for The Dead '09. It happened unintentionally but it's happened, it has, and that's the pattern I've had for a few weeks or a month or whatever now. That doesn't mean it'll continue permanently like that, especially with two Meadowlands shows and two Chicagoland shows, I might not wanna wait a whole week before posting the next one. Anything can happen.

But for now, since it's Friday......

The Dead Spring '09 -- Volume VIII

The Dead -- April 22, 2009
Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

1st Set: Mr. Charlie, Stagger Lee, Liberty, Candyman,
Me & My Uncle, Built To Last, Tennessee Jed, Dire Wolf

Set 2: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)-» Revolution,
Weather Report Suite: Part 1-» Iko Iko-» Drums-» Space-»
Caution (Do Not Stop On The Tracks)-» So Many Roads-»
In The Midnight Hour

Encore: Box Of Rain

I really like the Mr. Charlie to start the show. I had never heard a version of this by The Dead before. At first I wasn't sure if I was diggin' it as a show-opener... but I changed my mind, I do. They get into a nice groove. Even though Bob's never done this with Ratdog, Jeff Chimenti has an exciting and important part here that really helps make this song. Stagger Lee didn't do much for me, thanks in part to some sloppy and/or lazy vocals from Bob. More great groove in the three slot with Liberty. Talk about groove, they've really got it goin' here. Bob's into this and to the crowd's roaring approval he gives 'em more at the end, making this tune his, in a way. In falling short of an all-out scream, he gives just enough to give me a huge smile. This is what it's all about! Well... this and the great jams they'll surely get into in the second set.

Candyman is really nice, methinks. It could almost be a planned moment of the show, one that's truly just for Jer. One really odd selection here is Built To Last. I know it's been done in the past with both The Dead and Phil & Friends but.... eh. More great playing from Jeff in Tennessee Jed and some oh so sweet slide from Warren. Finally the set-closer is Dire Wolf? Great song, of course, and it's nice to hear it electric but.... eh.

Not the most smokin' first set of the tour but nice with some definitely great moments.

I'm not sure what to say about The Golden Road starting the second set. It's such a rare Grateful Dead song, played how many times? Only a few? I'm sure The Dead has done it before, maybe Ratdog and Phil Lesh & Friends, as well... but other than on a 1967 recording, hearing it here is a first for me. I think they did it justice. It took the band a minute but they got on the same page for Revolution. Amongst post-Jerry projects, this is a rarity just as much as it was a rarity when it was kind of in the GD's repertoire. It feels a little tired here, like it used to rock a little more than this.

Beautiful is the WRS: Part 1... but, uh, didn't they play Let It Grow (WRS: Part 2) in one of the previous shows? Wouldn't it a-made perfect sense to play WRS:Part 1 and then a night or two later do Let It Grow, ya know, in succession? Derrrrrrrr. Whatever, it's still gorgeous! Iko Iko wasn't the most wonderful follow-up because once again it felt tired, it was sadly adrift and taking on water... until Jeff got kickin' on keys, he bailed this sucker out and away we go! Whoa!! It's weird the way it ends, though. This band seems to have decided to do things this way or they truly can't sustain a jam into Drums for their lives anymore. I know these guys can jam, they're pros to the zillionth degree in that field so maybe they've just become a little lazy at their advanced geriatric ages.

Without having anything remotely traditional-sounding, Drums so easily melts right into Space on this night. I love Bob's contribution to Space the most as he picks away in Bobby rhythm guitar style while Warren plays off on the side. Eventually Phil steps up and plays as much of a roll as Bob and Warren. Phil's been kinda layin' low on this night, it seems like. Not a lot of output from him compared to other nights when he's completely blown the roof off the place. He's leading the charge out of Space, though, right into the next song? Nope, into a really sweet (!!) jam that is the ultra-extended intro to Caution. This has GOT to be the highlight of the night. At about 9:25, right after Warren delivers the line, "All you need is a little touch... of a mojo hand," you'll hear Warren's guitar blare to life but listen fast for a second guitar as Bob goes ape shit. Oh my God, it's the best part of the song (for me.) This is fucking great!! The jam just goes on forever, winding down, winding down, winding down until the quiet beginning and first lyrics of.... So Many Roads. I want this to leave me speechless. When it comes to songs you can't screw around with and fail on, this has got to be one of the most important in that category. My feeling of eh slowly but surely waned as Warren threw himself into this with everything he's got. Jerry Garcia he is not, Jerry Garcia I do not want him to be... I want a tribute to leave me speechless and bring me to tears. This doesn't do that... but it sure does come close. Well done! Midnight Hour to close out the set features a decent amount of dominance from Phil on bass. That's nice to hear considering he's, for the most part, been so absent this show. They really barrel through this, putting in a solid 13 minutes; it ain't no lickety split wrap-up here. It's almost like they're really finally finding their jam. They send this one kinda far out there, getting into a nice jam that's up and down and it goes 'round and 'round, really leaving Midnight Hour proper for awhile before settling back in for the grand finale. I don't remember ever hearing a version of this tune quite like this. Isn't it usually right to the point, fun and rockin'? After the jam, this one seemed to lose its bearings and it wasn't able to pick up the full amount of steam it should have. They gave it a good effort and I'm sure everyone in the house was happy.

To make up for the general lack of Phil during the show, Box of Rain without a doubt pleases everyone.

My comments were written
without reading a single word about this show from anyone else.
The Grateful Dead's tape archivist is on tour
and I wonder what he has to say...

This venue is the smallest arena on the tour, at less than 10,000 seats, and they opened the show with a tune that is mostly associated with another small venue tour, Europe ’72, breaking into the Pigpen classic Mr. Charlie as the show opener. Warren on vocals. A big thanks to DR and JM on the road for the frequent reports from out there. Next are a couple of Garcia-Hunter tunes that have this show spanning 20 years in its first three tunes, with Stagger Lee from 1978 and Liberty from 1993. Once again, it’s amazing the depth of tunes from which the band is drawing on this tour. Evidently, they’ve been doing their homework. They follow this with another Garcia-Hunter song, this one from 1970, Candyman. I’m really enjoying watching the years they are hopping around in selecting their songs. We called Sunday a 1968-ish show, and last night in Buffalo was a 1973-ish show, but tonight is all over the place, which is equally cool. They follow this with Me and My Uncle, the most-played Grateful Dead song. With the exception of 1976, this tune was part of every era of Grateful Dead music. Next is another mighty fine Garcia-Hunter song, Built To Last, jumping through time again to 1989. Well, ok, the debut was in October, 1988, but the song is mostly associated with the album of the same title that came out on 10/31/89; of the 18 times this song was played, 16 were in 1989, with one each in 1988 and 1990. As a journalist friend commented earlier tonight, they really are playing everything. Back to 1971-1972 with Tennessee Jed, yet another Garcia-Hunter tune. In continuing this trend in Wilkes Barre, along comes Dire Wolf. This is quite a run of songs, and considering we’re on show #8 and they have just done a batch of first cabin songs that have not been played on this tour before tonight. Cool! Set 2 They just keep pulling rabbits out of their hat, opening the second set with The Golden Road, the band’s first song on their first album, and what a great song it is! This is the song that hooked me around May, 1984. Thanks Jason! Next is Revolution, always a great song when the Grateful Dead played it. Next was a huge surprise, Weather Report Suite Part 1, a surprise because they’d just played Let It Grow on Sunday in Worcester. But then came another surprise, no Let It Grow! I didn’t see that coming, as the Grateful Dead had never played WRS Part 1 without Let It Grow. And after this, they went into the all-time-best Grateful Dead party song, Iko Iko. Hey now! This segued into Rhythm Devils, always fun on this tour, with Mickey and Bill playing some inspired duets. Then comes Space, which then flows into the tour’s second Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks). Hey, if this is the type of song they want to repeat, be my guest. They follow this with another late-era Grateful Dead song, So Many Roads, often a highlight of GD shows in the last three years of their concerts, 1993-1995. Then comes Midnight Hour, a song I always think of fondly as it was the first live Grateful Dead song I saw them perform. There’s been a heck of variety tonight, with a solid mixture of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s Grateful Dead. And to cap it all with a Box of Rain encore just seems so perfect. By all accounts, a great night of music. by David Lemieux

Phumes, has dozens of pics from this show
+ a few from Jay Blakesberg at JamBase

The Dead 4/22/09 @ the Internet Archive: Audience sources only for Listening or Downloading.

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The Music Never Stopped, 2009 -- Volume 61

Sox Suck! / Duck Hunts Bear?!

No music today...
wayyyyy too busy celebrating
the Cubs victory this afternoon... late inning back-to-back homers got 'em back in the game, and then a run in the Bottom of the 9th gave 'em the W over the hated southside Sox. A sweet win for Sweet Lou!

But that's not actually why there's no music today. I'm a Mets fan! But my dad's from Lake Forest, IL, on Chicago's north side, so I've come to dig the Cubs over the years. Them bein' on WGN like 3 or 4 times a week really helps, too. Oh, and the Mets SUCKING also helps. I can't give up my allegiance to The Amazin's but seein' as how they haven't won a World Series in 100½ years, ain't no harm cheerin' Da Cubz on.

Go, Cubs, Go!
Go, Cubs, Go!
Hey, Chicago, whaddya say,
Cubs are gonna win today!

Cartoon Time

"Suppressed Duck"

Starring: Daffy Duck

Directed By: Robert McKimson

Release Date: 44 years ago today... June 18, 1965

Ancient Dead at Its Finest

July 16, 1966 Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, California

-set one-
I Know You Rider
Big Boss Man
Standing On The Corner
Beat It On Down The Line
In The Pines
Cardboard Cowboy
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Next Time You See Me
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Cream Puff War

-set two-
Viola Lee Blues
Don't Ease Me In
Pain In My Heart
Minglewood Blues
Sittin' On Top Of The World
You Don't Have To Ask
Cold Rain And Snow
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Dancin' In The Streets

A return to the primitive, a return to 1966. Here we have the definitive source for this show which Charlie Miller tweaked and mastered to its finest form about a year and a half ago.

In the post-analog age, a bunch of Heads wanted to try to know as best as possible what's what when it came to uncertainties in old-dated tapes and various recordings. Much research was done by a lot of Deadicated Heads to get us to the point where we are today -- we have a much better idea of what's what than we did a decade ago.

For this show, and the one from the day after, for a long time it was thought to be a certain bunch of songs were legitimately 7/16 while other tunes may have been from one show or from the other... or from neither show. It was sometimes a fuzzy thing and you just had to believe was was commonly thought to be known. Then the age of discovery set in and eventually it was determined that this is the first show. And if you were to listen to Grateful Dead chronologically, there are a few first recordings here including In The Pines, Nobody's Fault But Mine and Pain In My Heart. Those may've been played previously in 1966 but none of those recordings exist.

The sound here is out-freakin'-standing for 1966. It's outstanding for any year!

Rather than try to write about this amazing material, I implore you to go and read the FANTASTIC write-up at Grateful Dead Listening Guide. That guy can sure write the hell out of a show. Me? I'm no professional show-reviewer, nor do I wanna be... I just write what I like. Conversely, the linked review for this show isn't just a show review, it's a commentary of not only this show, but of the Dead in 1966. A must-read. And the show -- a Must Have!

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Bob (not Weir)

So I'm a-gonna try to hopefully get back to posting Grateful Dead tunes tomorrow. Here's the finale of my tribute to legendary taper Jerry Moore. A deadhead he was, to be sure, but I think the guy also dug himself a little Bob... of the Marley variety...

Bob Marley & The Wailers June 15, 1975 Manhattan Center New York City

Trench Town Rock
Slave Driver
Burnin' And Lootin'
Concrete Jungle
Kinky Reggae
Midnight Raver
Lively Up Yourself
No Woman No Cry
Rebel Music
Them Belly Full
Natty Dread
I Shot The Sheriff
Nice Time
-encore-
Talkin' Blues
Bend Down Low
So Jah Seh
Get Up Stand Up

Some nice Bob... and not of the Weir variety. I'm not really sure what to say about these tunes. What makes one Bob Marley & The Wailers show better than another? Not like there's a ton of jamming to get into. Not like there's lots of spacey places to explore. So I and I just listen, mon... listen and enjoy the reggae.

Sound quality could be better but it's not horrible. Remember cassettes with hiss from multi-generations? Jah bless the digital age, mon! No hiss like that so all in all this ain't bad!

Download The Show Here (320 kbps) Part 1 - 6/21/75 Bob Marley ♦ Marley 6/21/75 - Part Two recorded by Dennis Anderson & Jerry Moore Audience > Cassette Master (Sony ECM 33P mics > Sony TC-152SD) > 7" Reel @ 7.5 ips w/Dolby > Tascam HD-P2 24/48 > CD Wave > Adobe 16/44 > FLAC

I am (not really) a good ol' country boy

I am a good ol' country boy... at heart... sometimes. Who'm I kidding, I'm from Jersey... north Jersey, practically NYC... I was born in New Hampshire, I'm a New Englander! So how'd I ever get into liking music like this?! There are a few factors such as moving to Utah after high school and meeting and becoming friends with some country music-loving people who lived quite different lives from those of me and my friends back in Bergen County, NJ. And my willingness to be open-minded helps. Well, that's what allows me to listen without a biased mind, without thinking it'll suck and I'll hate it. Since I don't have that obstacle it's then up to me to decide whether I really like it or not. And when it comes to music I'm easy, definitely not picky, there's no reason to be. So something like this, while it ain't by any means my favorite music in the world (not even close,) it's really not bad. I'd most likely never ever press play on something like this if I didn't run... but that's why I listen to a fairly significant amount of stuff like this, because I run and because I've become accustomed to using music like this to help me along. And often I'm surprised at something I pick 'cause it sometimes is something I'd never've listened to... like this.

the Music I Ran To This Tuesday Morning...

	Jason Aldean self-titled debut 2005
Hicktown Amarillo Sky Why Even If I Wanted To Lonesome USA Asphalt Cowboy I'm Just A Man You're The Love I Wanna Be In Good To Go I Believe In Ghosts She Loved Me

Good ol' boy from Macon makes it big in Nashville. Yeah, this is Nashville made-for-radio country but it's not bad. You've gotta give credit to someone when they go out and chase their dreams, right? So many try, so few make it. Here's a guy who did. One of the tunes from this debut album of his made it to #1 on the country music charts and another one or two cracked the Top 10. Hey, that ain't bad. When it comes down to it, I'd probably rather listen to an independent country music artist, one who's not in the corporate radio machine... although I'm not sure this guy's record label is exactly fitting the corporate mold of so many. It's kinda small but his music screams that it wants to be #1 on the charts... and while that's fine for him and others, I'd rather listen to someone who just plays music for the sake of playing music. Then again, maybe that's what Jason Aldean does... just that he's controlled by suits who want to make as much money off him as possible. Eh, whatever, it's still good music even if it was made with the prospect of winning a country music award... which he did win one of, for Top New Male Vocalist in 2005 for this album.

find a download of Jason Aldean's debut @ Just Country
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"Hicktown" - music video
Girls in denim skirts, big trucks, gotta love it!

Needed Run

Tuesday Morning Run: 27 minutes 44 sec

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5 Days Since My Last Run ● 5:45 a.m. ● 71° ● dawn

Same temp this mornin' as five days ago. How did I even let five days go by? What the hell?! Three days was the maximum that I had decided would be my limit between runs. Damn it. Oh well. Can't change the fact that I so royally screwed up so the only thing there was to do was just get this run in and look forward.

Beautiful morning. I love walking to the trail when it's practically still fully dark. By the time I was stretching I could see just fine, mostly. By the time I was running I could make out the trail well enough. Bein' a trail with lots of trees around, it's not as light as the streets in the neighboring neighborhood. The sky slowly lightened some more and by the time I turned around, I could see perfectly well.

Wasn't too difficult of a run. I was tired but awake. I was ready to run and not dreading it. The music I listened to (country: Jason Aldean) helped me along; the dude's got some snappy songs that helped keep me going at a nice pace. Anything slow and I get the feeling that maybe I should just stop running and walk. If that's not a problem then being tired can be a problem but that wasn't a terrible problem this morning, thankfully. I made it, I'm good, I'm tired now, and I'm not sure if I can pass my time for May... but I got my run in this morning. Oh, and I only added a measly 6 seconds but it's better than not adding anything.

5 runs in June :: 2:00:17 sec· X

10 runs in MAY: 4 hours 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min October 2008: 2 hours 10 min

Jerry-less Merl

Merl Saunders & Aunt Monk
March 31, 1976 - early set
Red Rail - Nanuet, New York

Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
Martin Fiero - sax, flute
Chris Hayes - guitar
Tony Saunders - bass
Larry Vann - drums

Wonderin'
Finders Keepers -» Drums-» Finders Keepers
No Woman No Cry
Boogie On Reggae Woman

This is a neat little gem from legendary taper Jerry Moore. He didn't need his mics on this night -- he somehow got a tasty soundboard recording. From what I've been able to determine, the Red Rail was just a small bar/club that hosted a variety of musical acts in the mid-70's. Nanuet is just a small town in what's almost rural (not quite but getting out there) New York... suburban, really. I grew up not too far from there and without consulting my good ol' Rand McNally road atlas, I'll guess it's in Orange County, Rockland County (thanks Ron!), New York, about 25 miles or so west northwest northwest (I checked the map) of midtown Manhattan (NYC.) It's not too far over the New York state line from northwest Bergen County, New Jersey.

Anyway, here's a little info about this band,
according to Bay-area-bands.com:

A little known, short-lived jazz rock group, fronted by Merl Saunders, in the early 70's, who were based in San Francisco featuring Merl, his brother Tony, Martin Fierro, Larry Van and Chris Hayes. Chris - later lead guitarist with Huey Lewis and the News - then was also playing in Sweet Meat with his sister Bonnie Hayes and his brother Kevin Hayes.

Merl Saunders and Aunt Monk released the album You Can Leave Your Hat On early 1976. The album was recorded (September-October 1975), remixed and mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA. Sheila Escovedo, later known as Sheila E. played congas on this album.

No Sheila E here in this show. Darn, I know. No matter, Larry Vann is excellent on drums and could have fit into Garcia-Saunders perfectly. This band almost sounds like Garcia-Saunders, especially with Martin Fiero on flute and sax. Merl's playing is excellent on Hammond B-3 and the bass player here could be mistaken for John Kahn at times. This is cool stuff. It's mellow, it's rockin', it's jazzy, it's funk. There's no reggae, though, even though they do play Bob Marley & The Wailers' No Woman No Cry and Stevie Wonder's Boogie On Reggae Woman. There's no Jerry either but so what, it's still great music from Merl and Friends. I like it!

Should you maybe wanna hear a sample, here you go!

No Woman No Cry

Download The Show Here (320 kbps) ♦ Merl Saunders - Nanuet, NY - 3/31/76 ♦ Soundboard > Cassette Master taped by Jerry Moore (Sony TC-153SD, Maxell UDXL-90, Dolby B) Lineage: Nak Dragon > Tascam HD-P2 24/48 > CD Wave > Adobe Audition 2.0 > FLAC

I wonder what street this is...

Cliché-less Dead Stop in Western NY

The Music Never Stopped, 2009 -- Volume 59
The Dead Spring '09 -- Volume VII

The Dead -- April 21, 2009
HSBC Arena -- Buffalo, New York

1st Set: The Promised Land, They Love Each Other, Mama Tried, Loser,
Smokestack Lightning, Stella Blue, It's All Over Now, Big River

Set 2: Playing In The Band-» Me & Bobby McGee-» Loose Lucy-»
Ramble On Rose-» Drums-» Space-» Maggie's Farm-»
Eyes Of The World-» Playin' Reprise

Encore: Truckin'

After a decently upbeat Promised Land to kick off the show, I'm really liking They Love Each Other. The guitars, from both Warren and Bob, are really helping to set a groove so fine. Throw in some great backbone from Phil and this, by my standards, is beautiful for post-Jerry. It's interesting that Bob's using a verse of Robert Hunter lyrics that were in very early playings of the song. For a zillion playings that part of the song was dropped but I guess Bob (probably with Ratdog before this) decided to include it again. I really like it. So nice to hear and just about outstanding, methinks.

Mama Tried leaves me scratching my head a little. The ending makes me wonder why did they not attempt to transition into something and make it a two-fer, what so many of us are used to? What a grand showcase for the awesome rockin' ability of this band that would've been. The stand-alone Mama Tried is just weird. The following Loser is really nice and actually kind of surprising me. This features more great rhythm guitar in perfect tandem with Warren's lead and some nice keys from Jeff really adds to the beauty of this. Wow.

Bob's in great form tonight on rhythm guitar, maybe his best show of the tour to this point... or maybe he's just turned up a notch above Warren and is just slightly more audible? Whichever, another beaut is given to us with Smokestack Lightning. This not being a Grateful Dead original, Warren's free to be himself without worry -- he's not gonna step on Jerry by sounding too much like him here. He definitely does not. This version of Smokestack is The Dead all the way!! The jam they sail into isn't mindblowing, perhaps a little choppy, but still fairly sweet with a good extra bit of playing from Phil as well as Jeff again. It peters out in the end, not making a proper segue into the next song. That's kinda too bad but the transition that there is, consisting primarily of the lead, rhythm and bass guitars quietly playing alone, and the anticipation for what's next makes up for the eventually stoppage before Warren pays a beautiful tribute to Jerry with Stella Blue. Ohhhh.... wow. Earlier, Loser was wonderful... but this is leaving me practically speechless. A really nice solo from Phil seems to inspire both Bob and Warren to really pick it up at the end. Ya know, it's not just some song from these guys. There's a lot more there and it works so well as a perfect tribute to the music we loved so much from Jerry.

Holy crap! It's All Over Now! WOW!!!! Oh my God! So fucking cool!!! Listen to it twice, man, seriously, hit that Back button and play it again! So far these guys are ON this night in Buffalo!

Big River is an odd set-closer and not a total barn-burner; it would have worked a hundred times better as the second song or right after Mama Tried but eh, whatever, it still was, for the most part, a damn fine set of music!

The second-of-the-tour Playing In The Band gets Set Two off to a great start. Firing on all cylinders, without a doubt. Warren's lead guitar is seemingly non-stop and a little less like Jerry here than it was a few shows ago in Charlottesville. And finally we get a proper and sweet transition as they practically as seamlessly move into a wonderful Bobby McGee. Wasn't expecting that! Once again it's Bob's rhythm guitar that is completely making this song be as good as it is. The transition into Loose Lucy isn't as smooth and this doesn't quite possess the raucousness that I'd prefer from this song... but it's not bad. Ramble On Rose might not have the same meaning anymore, not without The Leader Of The Band leading the way through the lyrics, but this is still a well-played version. It is a bit off, though, how it just ends right before Drums starts. No jam or nothin'.

Drums is interesting... and perplexing. It starts out with Jeff on stage, helping out as Mickey goes wildly electronic. This sounds almost nothing like what Mickey & Billy gave us so often, night after night for so many years. During this, Mickey plays a mashup recording of Rush Limbaugh and Barack Obama. What is the purpose in that? Limbaugh is clearly heard saying, "Let me tell you what conservatism is" and then it's edited to have him say, "Arrogance" and some other stuff. More editing makes it sound like Obama adds, "Flying off in private jet airplanes" and "Racism is everywhere" and then something about fancy curtains? What the hell, Mickey? Yes, because that's what all conservatives are like while all liberal Democrats are humble people who live humble lives, always looking out for the lower income people of America, and never ever looking out for themselves and their fellow politicians, ALWAYS spending taxpayer dollars wisely and never wastefully, right? Yeah, uh huh, whatever. Hey, have a seance and ask Pigpen what he'd think of your political bullshit. My guess -- he'd tell you to cut it out and just play music!! What a totally bogus way to (momentarily) bring down a show, man.

Coming out of Space it almost sounds like they're sliding into Samson and Delilah. The previous show was on a Sunday and so Bob made sure to play Samson then... it wouldn't be here just one show later. Nope, total fake-out and it's Maggie's Farm. I totally prefer when different band members take a verse -- Jerry, Bobby, Brent, Phil. Not here. This is all Bob and the arrangement is ever so slightly different than what most Deadheads are used to hearing.

Unfortunately what comes next is a total giveaway as the band is really sloppy here and there's no transition to speak of into Eyes. Bob can be heard trying to get everyone onto the same page. When they're finally rolling, it's Warren taking the lead on vocals. Early on there's a sweet and rather lengthy solo from Jeff who knows this song quite well because the band he's in -- Ratdog -- introduced it into their repertoire a few years back. I don't like Warren singing this, though. . . I'd rather hear Bob. What I do know for sure about this -- the playing is great.... and as I type that here's Phil taking a verse. The crowd loves it! And I'm really lovin' it, too. Bob steps up and takes the final verse and this is simply gorgeous!! The finale of the set is a meandering and then totally rockin' Playin' Reprise. Very cool, very fun, splendid!!!

And with the guys being in Buffalo, the obligatory Truckin' is the encore. While the guess that it finally had to be played is correct, I'm sure no one in the crowd knew it from the bit of a jam that they intro it with. Man, I dig that stuff! Keep 'em wondering until those first noted really truly kick in. Hell yeah! But OH MY GOD -- they fucked up the "Up to Buffalo" line. DUH!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well. Still a sweet show, maybe (probably) the most well-played show of the tour to this point.

My comments were written
without reading a single word about this show from anyone else.
The Grateful Dead's tape archivist is on tour
and I wonder what he has to say...

Tonight is the first of six straight nights of music for the band in six different venues, including the Thursday night appearance on David Letterman. Western NY state has always been a very strong place for the Grateful Dead to play, and tonight marks the first ever show at the new home of the Buffalo Sabres, who unfortunately are not in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs. The band does have a good history here, but mostly at the Aud and Rich Stadium, plus the Shea’s Buffalo Theatre show in 1979, but you can read all about the band’s history in Buffalo in this show’s history page. On to the show, where the band was greeted by a VERY loud western NY crowd, by all accounts. A special thanks to DR and RLL for being my eyes and, more importantly, my ears in Buffalo. Opening with that classic opener from the 1970s, Promised Land, they signaled that this was to be a rocker from the start. No jam, just straight into this Chuck Berry powerhouse of a tune. The last time the band opened a Buffalo show with Promised Land was a shade over 30 years ago, at the aforementioned Shea’s show in 1979. Cool! Following this with They Love Each Other is a very nice and traditional way of opening a Dead show. I like where this is going. Following this up with Mama Tried and Loser has the makings of a really classic Grateful Dead setlist. I mean, I’ve got to say I love what happened the second night of Worcester, with the mid-first set Cream Puff War and the first set ending Good Lovin’, but there is such a huge charm in the look of a good old Grateful Dead setlist. There is a certain comfort in a Hell In A Bucket>Sugaree>Walkin’ Blues, Dire Wolf opening sequence, isn’t there? A report from the show, in regards to Loser and They Love Each Other, said great vocals on both, with Warren taking the former and Bobby the latter. Oh, here come the fireworks! Woe-oh, Smokestack Lightning! Nice! I only saw the Grateful Dead play this half a dozen times or so, but Bobby always did it justice. Warren has been a monster on these blues tunes so far this tour. Next is Stella Blue, and looking at these first six tunes of the night, none of them are repeats from earlier in the tour, which is to say about 6.5 shows into the tour, only three tunes have been repeated (Uncle John’s Band, Slipknot! and Samson played on Sunday in Worcester were the only three repeats so far). I always loved Stella Blue at GD shows, but then again, I loved all of Jerry’s ballad tunes from the second set, including Black Peter, Wharf Rat and Morning Dew. None of which they’ve played yet on this tour, I might add. Up next is another non-repeat, It’s All Over Now, such a great song for the Grateful Dead since 1976, and a tune that Bobby has played consistently since then with and without the GD. These setlists on the tour are really revealing the depth of not only the quantity of Grateful Dead music, but the depth of quality. Here we are 6.5 shows into the tour and they keep pulling out classic Grateful Dead songs. So cool! Big River, very, very cool! Mama Tried and Big River, although not attached together tonight, was always my favourite cowboy medley amongst the many variations. This is fun! Big River, a great way to end the set. Set 2 Opening with Playing In The Band is such a great second set opener, as it bodes well for an uninterrupted set of music. As RL pointed out, it’s a very 1973 sounding show tonight, with hints of a 1977 vibe. Playing In The Band, as is no secret, is one of my favourite Grateful Dead songs, as it always opened up to such magnificent spaces. Although it’s a tour repeat, that’s OK, as I could hear this song every night. In keeping with the 1973 vibe that I’ve heard from a few people at the show tonight, up come another couple of songs that are vintage 1973 Grateful Dead, Me and Bobby McGee and Loose Lucy (reminiscent of the Buffalo 1990 Loose Lucy, as pointed out to me by RL, which was a great version in the midst of a really great show). This setlist is out of control good. It’s a very cool theme to follow, this 1973-ish setlist, whereas the setlist of Sunday’s Worcester show was 1966-1968-centric, with Alligator, Cream Puff War, Born Cross-Eyed, Schoolgirl, Lovelight and Good Lovin’. Clearly, this is a band having fun, and drawing upon almost 45 years of music. Up next is another typical-of-1973 tune, Ramble On Rose, which was another huge crowd sing-along as reported by RL. This is one cool show so far. Something that’s been so interesting so far on the tour is how varied each and every show has been. Obviously this applies to the setlists, but also the formats, some shows opening with long jams, some second sets having two songs before the drums, a show with a two song encore, etc. Not only are they drawing upon their entire repertoire, but they’re eschewing the standard formats and going with whatever feels good on a given night. After Ramble On Rose came Drums, which as you might know by my previous show recaps, have been excellent on this tour. Really, if you’re going to a show, check out this impressive part of the show. This was followed, of course, by Space, where the four non-drummers have been making some really great sounds all tour long. Out of the ashes of Space came the uplifting melody of Maggie’s Farm. This was followed by the quintessential 1973 song, Eyes of the World. With all of this talk about 1973, I had really hoped they’d play Eyes of the World at this show, another tune they had not yet played on the tour. Another of my personal favourites. This then falls into the always-welcome Playing In The Band reprise. Truly a classic-looking Grateful Dead setlist. A few twists here and there (Smokestack, Maggie’s Farm amongst a few others), but overall a show that would not be out of place in 1973. And the encore was an appropriate Truckin’, both because it is another vintage 1973 Grateful Dead song, but also because of the line “Truckin’ up to Buffalo!” What a setlist!! Again, a huge thanks to David Raffarin and Rory Levy for the reports from the road. Tomorrow’s show in Wilkes Barre is the smallest venue on the tour, about 9,000 and change, so to all those heading out to that show, have fun. It ought to be great! by David Lemieux

See some more cool pics from this show at JamBase

The Dead 4/21/09 @ the Internet Archive: Audience sources only for Listening or Downloading.

Download The Soundboard Here Audio Quality: Source: Digital Soundboard (Matrix) Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3

mp3 320 kbps SBD download + setlist (no lossless FLAC) - 4-21-09 aka 04-21-09 aka 4/21/09 aka 04/21/09 aka 09-04-21

Moore Jerry!

Last week, on the morning of June 3, Jerry Moore passed away. Who was Jerry Moore? All's I know about him is he's responsible for taping a lot of music in the mid 70's through to the 80's and maybe beyond? There are shows that we would never be able to hear all these years later if it weren't for Jerry Moore. I don't know if he was a Deadhead first and foremost or if he just loved music. What is for sure is he sure did give a lot of attention to all things Grateful Dead-related, pouring his money and time and love into preserving the music that we love. He really enjoyed that right up until the very end. For all that he's done, we Deadheads who press play on a Jerry Moore production should be very Grateful, not only for what he taped and spread around, but also for inspiring others to get out there and make their own recordings of music we dig listening to.

Over the next few days I'm a-gonna try to pay my respects to Mr. Moore by giving a few of his shows a listen and allowing you to grab them, too, of course.

Thanks, Jerry!

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders July 2, 1974 The Bottom Line New York City

1st Set: That's The Touch I Like, Expressway (To Your Heart),
Someday Baby, My Funny Valentine, (I'm A) Road Runner

Set 2: How Long Blues#, It's Too Late, After Midnight,
My Problems Got Problems, How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

- Show without Martin Fierro (horns)
- w/ Maria Muldaur (vocals) + Roger Troy (a.k.a. "Jellyroll") (bass, vocals)
# Roger Troy lead vocals

I hate to criticize the quality of a recording but it's important. If something sucks it might be torture to listen to. Always I attempt to be fair; I'm just going by what my ears hear... and what my ears hear might not be what your ears hear. Ya know? Anyway, this isn't the best Jerry Moore aud of a Jerry & Merl show but it's not terrible by any means. It's a little bit kinda distantly muddy sounding without Jerry's guitar being completely nicely squarely up front in your face as one might like... but it's surely listenable.

The performance is another good one, of course. Did Jerry & Merl ever have an off night? The only songs that had me wishing for a soundboard is My Funny Valentine. This is Grateful Dead-like in the way it kinda melts for awhile into an outer space jazzy dreamy jamland. Very nice Merl here. Road Runner to close the first set really rocks to a great conclusion. John Kahn on bass helping power the way forward while Jerry's on auto-pilot. Absolutely the way you wanna go into Halftime, methinks.

Kicking off Set 2 is a treat, in a way -- the only known version of How Long Blues by a Garcia side project. This is it. Always kinda cool to have a guest on vocals on a tune. After Midnight is purely my highlight of the set. I love the way it just rambles on with everyone playing as important of a role as the next guy. My Problems Got Problems is also is another rambler, much fun to listen to right after After Midnight. And then How Sweet It Is definitely makes a better show-closer than opener. What a wonderful way to end the night. Mmmm! All the way through this is a nice listen and it's made my afternoon a whole lot brighter! Thank you, Jerry & Merl . . . and Jerry!

as of 6/11/09, there's still no Garcia at the Live Music Archive. Complain to your Congressman.

Download The Show Here Source: shnid=14984 ♦ Audio Quality: Lineage: Master Audience Cassette (taped by Jerry Moore) > SHN 7/2/74 - Garcia-Saunders - Part 1 Part Two - Jerry and Merl - 7/2/74

7-2-74 aka 07-02-74 aka 7/02/74 aka 07/02/74 aka 74-07-02

Rock n Roll to Wake Your Ass Up!

So this Deadhead listens to a lot of freakin' music. Quite simply, if I did not run then I wouldn't listen to albums like the one I ran to this morning. See, I HATE running but my health is too important not to and when I run I need a steady beat, sometimes I need beat progression, sometimes beat regression. Dead and Jerry studio stuff could do it but not a lot of it has a fast enough beat which is also an important factor. Man, if I limited myself to what I ran to, I'd get bored real fast. So I stay open-minded (better than being close-minded, right?) and listen to whatever. Sometimes whatever is just perfect. Sometimes it kicks bloody ass all over the place and is the most outstanding bunch of loudness to wake your ass up and really get your blood flowing. I'm sorry but as much as I love listening to Jerry, Sugaree or A Simple Twist Of Fate ain't gonna do that at 6 in the morning.

Van Hagar will!

An Album I've Been Listening To. . . (and the Music I Ran To This Thursday Morning)

	Chickenfoot self-titled debut 2009
Avenida Revolution Soap On A Rope Sexy Little Thing Oh Yeah Runnin' Out Get It Up Down The Drain My Kinda Girl Learning To Fall Turnin' Left Future In The Past Bitten By The Wolf	Sammy Hagar - vocals Joe Satriani - guitar Michael Anthony - bass Chad Smith - drums

Holy bunch of rockin' out aging rockers, Ghost of Jimi Hendrix. Holy crap, I can't get sick of this, at least not after about five listens to far. What a great album from a great band. It would be a rock and roll travesty if these guys don't sell out everywhere they go this summer. Recently they wrapped up a short like 9-show club tour, a warm-up for lots of shows this summer in Europe and then back in North America. What a frickin' whiz on guitar Joe Satriani is. Long, long time ago I had one of his CD's -- Surfing With The Alien, I think? I haven't heard Satriani since then (circa 1992-ish.) Hagar's Hagar and I just listened to him the other day. Sammy's great. Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith really help drive this album. They're fuckin' animals, man. Holy crap! And then when Satriani dives in... holy crap!!! (That about sums it up -- Holy Crap!) Soap On a Rope, for instance, while oddly named, it goes along la di da di da and then at the end it completely blows out the windows and blows the roof off the house. FUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!! This just screams at you -- "PLAY IT LOUD. LOUDER, DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!!" I might worship just about every note of Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia music but sometimes this is exactly what I want! A great Shakedown Street is a fun way to wake up but when they move into Althea or later on play Looks Like Rain, the life out of being LOUDLY woken up can just be sucked away. Something like this -- oh holy crap hell yeah, THIS is the (musical) way to wake up!!!!

And I just read the following which is blowin' me away -- Sammy's 61 years old?!?!?! Get the FUCK out of here!!!!! Noooo wayyyyy. Holy crap, I don't believe it. At times Satriani sounds as good as and no better than Eddie Van Halen and perhaps at times this is a continuation of Van Hagar... but maaaaaan, it simply fucking rocks. There's just one ballad here -- Learning To Fall -- which is the slow spot on the whole album, and one song -- Future In The Past -- that slows things down somewhat, at least until it picks up a ton of steam as it goes along, and the last song -- Bitten By The Wolf -- is the only to feature acoustic guitar (and harmonica.) Even though it's a total anticlimactic finish to the album, since it's about New Orleans I'll give it a pass. So there are some places where the music isn't completely balls to the wall and alright, not every song is perfection, a few have moments of lame harmonies or lame lyrics, or a spot where Satriani is this totally solo dude not fitting perfectly into a band... but every bad instance is made up for fifty times over. In just a few months, in October, the Red Rocker's gonna be 62?! Jayy-zuzz, you've GOT to be kidding me!

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Sammy on the late night show Red Eye talkin' to Greg Gutfeld
about sex, rock and roll, and driving 55.


"Oh Yeah" - June 6, 2009
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson Jay Leno Conan O'Brien

(Quality is MUCH better on the (stoopidly) unembeddable YouTube version)

Better Health... or else

Obama orders you to exercise, and eat right, too.

No, not really.
But eventually the Supreme Holy One just might do that.

I run because I care about my health. It's the only significant exercise I get. I certainly don't run because I like it. I don't. Many (most?) people don't like exercise one bit. That's why we're a fat nation, generally speaking.

Those who are true blue Obama supporters will say this is insane (or they won't mind it): we, as a nation right now, could be on a path where the government has a direct part in how healthy we are. That's already started with removing trans fats from foods... so why not expand the Better Foods For All idea?

The President seems to believe in changing this great nation from the U.S.A. to The United Socialist Commune of America -- he wants free healthcare for all... well, sort of free, paid for from taxes, primarily from the taxes of the wealthier people; since they've been more successful and have done well in life, they need to pay for those who don't make a lot of money as well as those who don't want to work in life.

When everyone can have every issue taken care of, the usage of the healthcare system will increase exponentially and the cost of this new healthcare system will skyrocket. The high cost will cause the government to panic when they can't continue to pay for it. What will they do?

To be able to pay for the Utopian Obamanation Free Healthcare System, one thing they'll do is raise taxes and/or everyone's cost of living (an indirect tax.) Another thing they might work toward is dictating some of the ways citizens of this country live their life -- order them to be healthier. I have no clue how they'd go about doing this but when you're paying for something for someone, and when you're rationing it, it makes sense to save yourself some money. In order to reduce healthcare costs, they will need to not just lecture to people that they want them to be healthier, but actively be their nutritional and workout coaches. "You, Joe Citizen, if you want this free healthcare, you must lose 20 pounds by your next visit to the doctor we tell you to go to. If you don't meet our requirements, you will be charged X amount of dollars. Your healthcare should be free but you are in danger of forfeiting that full privilege. So don't eat donuts and/or exercise. We don't care which. Just do it or else."

Yes, working to make America healthier is a good thing. Obama has decided that's what he wants. What's not good is the fact that he and the government will be lecturing to America (lecturing to their children) that Coca Cola and Doritos are bad. What if America doesn't get that much healthier at the mere request of the government? Maybe they'll tax companies knowing that those companies will in turn have to raise their prices making a liter of cola cost $3 and a bag of Doritos also $3, donuts will be 2 bucks a piece and a meal at McDonald's for just one person or a medium popcorn at the movies will cost $10. Some people will quit the habits they have if they can't afford them anymore. Take away unhealthy choices and maybe American citizens, in general, will get healthier thus reducing healthcare costs.

Eating fruits and vegetables and staying away from the fried chicken and cola and other sugars is a good thing. But don't be surprised if they work to chisel away at our choice to easily consume those items if we wish to. That could also be called taking away some of our freedom. I'm all for a less fat and healthier America!!! But I also fully support one's choice to eat what they wish and to get diabetes and to die from a massive heart attack weighing 300 pounds.

If I'm someday required by the government to fill out a survey of what I eat, after they run it through some newly created, bloated budget government Better Health For All Americans office, they'll tell me to cut back on many things. But at least they'll give me a smiley face stamp for running.

Thursday Morning Run: 27 min 38 sec

+17 min 18 sec

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3 Days Since My Last Run ● 6:05 a.m. ● 71° ● dawn

After FAILing my last time out, I had to make sure I got back to where I should be at. Twasn't easy. Not enough sleep for running is never a good thing but with the temperature reaching 80 before noon and then 90+ in the afternoon, and then not cooling off until After Midnight, I've got to get out there in the early a.m. when it's coolest. My run would have gone just fine with plenty of sleep but I was pretty tired. I still succeeded but when I was finished I had that feeling of wanting to just lie down right on the trail and sleep until the hot sun woke me up hours later. The last thing I wanted was a fifteen minute walk back to the house. Now that I'm back, showered, and having my coffee, all I want is some sleep.

4 runs in June :: 1:32:33 sec· X

10 runs in MAY: 4 hours - 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min October 2008: 2 hours 10 min

Love Bus

Tunes tomorrow (hopefully.) Today this...

Random VW Time

Fahrvergnügen Volume 13

hippie Grateful Dead Volkswagen bus

same bus, different day



posted by Flickr member MR38. in the Flickr group VW Buses

"Great afternoon for a ballgame, Ladies & Gentlemen"

I can never seem to get a show posted when I want to. Today's selection was supposed to be yesterday's selection because yesterday this show would've been 35 years ago. Ah well. Of course, just because the dates matched yesterday, that doesn't mean I can't still get it up today.

Enjoy!

Grateful Dead -- June 8, 1974 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, California

1st Set: Promised Land, Brown-Eyed Women, Me & Bobby McGee,
Scarlet Begonias, Mexicali Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses,
Me & My Uncle, Tennessee Jed, Greatest Story Ever Told,
China Cat Sunflower-» I Know You Rider, Around And Around

Set 2: U.S. Blues, Big River, Ship Of Fools,
Playing In The Band-» Wharf Rat-» Playing In The Band,
Eyes Of The World, Sugar Magnolia

Encore: Casey Jones-» One More Saturday Night

When pressing play on this show, you should notice some light hiss during the quieter moments. The first set sound quality is slightly not as good as set two. The mix isn't perfect as both Keith's piano and Bob's rhythm guitar are sometimes not the easiest to hear. For the most part everything's fine and it's pretty sweet and even with minor these faults, some people will still give this an A+.

One of the earliest ever Scarlet Begonias is a highlight in the first set. It's an exceptional piece of music for only the sixth time played out of over 300. Roses is also a standout here. So nice. Bob comedically follows that with a brief and aborted explanation at what the hot sun is doing to the band's guitar strings. Einstein Weir can't seem to figure out what he means so Lesh jumps in -- "He means they go flat." Bob should definitely not be attempting to explain such things with big words like "molecular."

Tennessee Jed is one of the smokinest songs in the set (along with the kicking butt Around and Around to close the set in the set while China Cat is played to perfection. The transition into Rider just melts on through from one to the other.

Starting the second set is the first of several full songs from the Front of Board audience source, seamlessly patched in presumably because the soundboard does not exist/is being withheld from us. The sound of the FOB Aud is actually just about as good as the SBD... it's actually better in that you can constantly and much more clearly hear Keith on piano.

What to listen for in set two? Playin'. End of story!

transcribed from: DeadBase IX [out of print] Yes, it was hot outside, we had to wait forever for the Beach Boys to show up, and the Dead's guitars kept going out of tune, but Playing In The Band was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. When it started I expected a repeat of the 11-10-73 and 03-23-74 jams, but I was pleasantly surprised to hear it gradually dissolve into total weirdness. Jerry hinted at the "Tiger" for a long time, and when they finally did it, it was the best I've ever heard. That went into a short feedback, leading into a strange, atonal jazz jam. The Eyes that followed Playin was good except for when they tried to take it into China Doll and couldn't since they'd gone out of tune. Show's like this make me realize how much I miss the Dead's "jazz" days. Mike Dolgushkin The great thing about the big '74 Dead jams is the way the band totally loses its identity as a bunch of hippies from Marin and turns itself (and the audience) into dinosaurs, galaxies, hurricanes, whirlpools, amoebas... Take, for instance, the Playin jam from the Day on the Green show with the Beach Boys (!). About two minutes into the jam, Garcia is already so far gone into his prehistoric condor jag that the rest of the band has no choice but to "boldly go where no man has gone before." So, what started out as a nice outdoor-fun-festival-picnic-type event has suddenly become some kind of cosmic frontier back about 400 million years ago. When these guys get into automatic pilot and just let it rip, every once in awhile they catch a VERY big wave, and that's exactly what happens here. (Check out the photo of Phil at this show on page 66 of Deadbase III -- that says it all!) Don't expect to comprehend this jam fully the very first time you hear it. Several listenings in a shamanistic frame of mind might be helpful. This is unquestionably one of the most powerful Playin jams in history. It culminates in a colossal giant-soundsystem roar that is probably still rattling windows at the center of the galaxy. All of this sandwiches in between a rip-roaring first set and tremendous versions of Wharf Rat and Eyes of the World make this one of the very best Dead shows of all time. Gary Ross

6/8/74 @ the Internet Archive: a Front of Board Aud for downloading and the Soundboard for Listening Only

Download The SBD Here Source: shnid=97268 ♦ Audio Quality: Lineage: Set 1 + Encores: SBD > Master Reel > Reel > Reel > Wavelab > FLAC Set 2: SBD > Master Reel > Dat > Wavelab > FLAC (the FOB Aud source supplies patches) 6/8/74 - Part 1 ♦ Part 2 - 6/8/74 Day On The Green - 6/8/74 - The End

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The Music Never Stopped, 2009 -- Volume 57

The Red Rocker Turns Green

No show posted today but I'm workin' on something old, something from this date many years ago, hopefully to be posted before the sun comes up tomorrow morning on America's east west coast. So stay tuned!

This morning I randomly chose some Sammy Hagar to listen to for my running and I was inspired to seek out another Sammy vid, this time a little a lot more Grateful Dead related. Check it out...

Earth Day 2007
Green Apple Festival
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

P.S. This show has Loose Lucy by Sammy with The Dead
in Digital Soundboard form.

Red Rocker

An Album I've Been Listening To. . . (and the Music I Ran To This Monday Afternoon)

	Sammy Hagar I Never Said Goodbye 1987
When The Hammer Falls Hands And Knees Give To Live Boys' Night Out Returning Home Standin' At The Same Old Crossroads Privacy Back Into You Eagles Fly What They Gonna Say Now

Sammy Hagar's only solo album from during the time when he was in Van Halen. Reportedly, he's on guitar while Eddie Van Halen is on bass but I don't believe for a second EVH didn't play any lead guitar. Tis album was also reportedly made in 10 days, start to finish. Well, maybe songs were written or mostly written and ready to record but apparently when Sammy joined VH, his record company demanded him to fulfill his recording contract and so he whipped this together.

This isn't bad. A couple of these songs even made it into VH concerts. The more I listen to this, the more I like it... not love it, but it's pretty cool. I need something exactly like this from time to time. I didn't help me in my running today but this is perfect early early early a.m. music to wake yer ass up and get yer ass moving! I've always thought that of 5150 and OU812 and this being from the same period of time as 5150 is kinda sorta very similar. Fun stuff...

and there's a Grateful Dead connection here: I'm not sure when the friendship started but Bay Area rocker Sammy is a friend of and has played with Bob & Phil and Mickey (on several occasions) so Sammy's always cool in my book!

find a download @ The House Where Music Does not Suck!
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Not my favorite but maybe one of only two songs from this album
that he made a music video for... but this one kind of costars
his VH bandmates, Eddie & Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony

Sammy Hagar - Hands And Knees

FAIL

Monday Run: about 10 minutes 20 sec

-17 min

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3+ Days Since My Last Run ● 1:50 p.m. ● 84° ● mostly sunny

Bad run. I thought I was well hydrated. I thought I was well fueled. I thought I had plenty of sleep and wasn't tired. But for whatever reason, my body told me to quit and my mind, after fighting it once, quit as well. I gave up after just two songs. Stamp this run with a big fat FAIL. The heat, while not deathly, just wiped me out. I don't think I was prepared for the heat. It sucked the energy out me. As each minutes ticked away, I swear I could feel energy evaporate from my body. So bad. A big fat FAIL.

3 runs in June :: 1:04:55 sec· X

10 runs in MAY: 4 hours - 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min October 2008: 2 hours 10 min

Heroes

Magical Satisfaction in Woooooster

The Music Never Stopped, 2009 -- Volume 56

The Dead -- April 19, 2009
the former Centrum (DCU Center)
Worcester, Massachusetts

1st Set: Here Comes Sunshine, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Alligator,
Deal, Hell In A Bucket, Cream Puff War-» Good Lovin'

Set 2: Scarlet Begonias-» Fire On The Mountain-» Drums-» Space-»
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction-» Born-Cross Eyed, Slipknot!-» Let It Grow-»
Uncle John's Band-» The Wheel-» Turn On Your Lovelight

Encore: Samson & Delilah

I'm guessing that The Dead opted for two nights in this smallish-sized arena to make up for not playing a night in the larger idiotically corporate named and renamed arena in Boston. That's where they should have played but for whatever reason they did not so here there are inland a ways. Night 2.

Here Comes Sunshine, unfortunately, had me way unimpressed. There was no fervor and it was sooo laid back; some great music, though. Warren was non-stop similar to how Jerry could just go and go... but he wasn't Jer-like which is good. For whatever sad reason, it dwindles at the end, coming to a totally boring conclusion before immediately starting into Schoolgirl. But why is Warren on vocals here? I don't get this. It's different but Schoolgirl is so a Bob song. There's a fairly nice solo from Chimenti on keys who knows this song well from Ratdog. I was really getting to like Warren's lead guitar here and then comes a bit of a duel with Bob. The two go at it, kinda briefly, but they get into it. I love it! A touch of a Smokestack Lightning tease takes place before the band kicks into a higher gear for Alligator... back-to-back Pig. Too bad this vocally just sucks. It's musically sloppy for awhile with no one really being on the same page here except for maybe Bill and Mickey. Eventually they bring it together to sorta salvage the end of the song. The show so far hasn't been incredible by any means, slowly paced perhaps. Maybe they're just building up.

An oddly placed Deal is next. Why's it here in the set?? I'm scratching my head about that but the good thing is it's probably the most musically solid tune of the show to this point. They don't try to reach, they just play. At one point they almost get lost but quickly bring it back together for Phil to lead the way to the end of the tune. Nothin' out of the ordinary or different with Bucket except its placement. For the life of me, since so many of us know this to be a show-opener, I can't figure out why it's in this spot in the set. Makes no sense in my mind and it would work better as a show-opener or set-closer. Ah well.

The most musically solid song might be Deal but my highlight of the set is Cream Puff War. I've never heard a version other than from a 1960's recording and by this point in the set all the guys are sufficiently warmed up and really crankin' it out. Bob's vocals are perfection. A decent Good Lovin' wraps it up before Halftime.

The beginning Scarlet Begonias to launch Set 2 is mediocre. Don't worry because in good time the band is in a really nice groove, firin' away and really pushin' the 8,000+ into a frenzy. Yeah, they're totally diggin' it and the SBD-Aud Matrix setup helps highlight those crowd-pleasing moments so nicely. For the transition jam into Fire, Phil is way out in front and in charge, completely leading the way with superior authority. Finally in this show he's really playing with a fever in his fingers. Warren's got lead vocals on Fire but the whole band makes this song flow so smoothly along. The jam might not last as long as we want but the end really catches on true fire.

Drums begins so abruptly with Jeff staying on stage to help out. Sadly, Mickey plays with a mashup sampling of Rush Limbaugh and Barack Obama. It's not clear what his creation is saying exactly, something along the lines of... well, I don't really know, it's hard to make out the specific message. Still it's a shame that he decided to bring politics into the show. The Dead did their bit to help elect the President but why must the political bullshit be carrying over into this tour? I seriously doubt that Jerry would approve. That mashup sampling was used in Greensboro on the first show and then went away for the next four. Here on Night #6 it's back and it's too bad it didn't stay away.

At some point, Jeff goes away (leave the stage) so it's just Mickey & Bill doin' their thing sans any keyboard assistance. The overall sound of Drums on this night is way different than a normal primal beating of the skins. Soon it's into a pretty unremarkable Space which turns remarkable with the introduction of the first notes of Satisfaction. Jerry's had plenty of solos on this with the good ol' GD but it not bein' a GD original, I don't mind so much what Warren does with it. I'm actually tryin' to focus on Weir's guitar which is essential in holding the song together. Hands down the smokinest part of the show so far! Freakin' sweet! And the Born-Cross Eyed that follows is rather nice, I must say. I was surprised by it but the out of nowhere surprise for the show is the left turn into Slipknot! Huh wha huh??? Man, the art of the jam is in full effect here. It almost seems like everything thus far has been the prelude to this pinnacle in time. The Let It Grow that follows ain't bad either. For this whole post-Drums block of music, the band is doing no wrong. If the show started out on the eh side, that's all been made up for! Like so many versions, UJB starts off slow but it sure builds some decent steam. Yet again, the band gets into such a sweet groove. There's a really nice solo by Warren and this is a rare instance where I'm really appreciating him playing what Jerry should be playing.

From here on out it's a smooth sail to the finish line with Wheel and Lovelight. Oh geez, so fun, so good, great lead guitar, bass, keys, drums, everything here is working. I didn't have a high opinion of the first night at Woooster but here on Night 2 it's a whole 'nother ballgame. They absolutely rocked in this second set. Wow. This is so worth it!

My comments were written
without reading a single word about this show from anyone else.
The Grateful Dead's tape archivist is on tour
and I wonder what he has to say...

Pre-show After a largely cold and rainy day and evening on Saturday, Worcester on Sunday was a perfect Spring morning, sunny, cool, but beautiful. Arriving to the venue a few minutes before the crew, it was fun sitting in the empty stands for a while to write and hear nothing but the hum of the building’s systems. As I mentioned yesterday, this building really has a huge amount of character. It was built in 1982, with its first-ever concert being Frank Sinatra in September 1982, just like the Knickerbocker in Albany in March, 1990. Multi-night runs are interesting in that you walk out of the venue at night with trash and other debris all over the floors, and arrive the next day to a near-spotless facility. I’ll be hopping off the road after tonight’s show to get some work done on other projects, but I’m looking forward to meeting people at the Rhino booth in the concourse. In my absence, feel free to stop in to say hi to Sherri, who is running the booth. Outside of the venue today, on such a beautiful day, people started arriving early to hang out in the sun, walk around and check out this very cool historic city. The staff of the venue was busy discussing the playoff hockey game last night, Worcester at Hartford, which the Worcester Sharks lost 5-3. But, the local Boston Bruins won their game, which had the Massachusetts hockey fans smiling. Oh, off to soundcheck. More later… Set 1 A rousing taste of 1973 to open the show, Here Comes Sunshine, featured some as-expected tight jams and great work by Warren. That was followed by a bluesy Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, with Warren and Bobby trading some intricate interplay. A superb surprise came next, Alligator, sung by Phil with terrific percussion work by Billy and Mickey. The vibe in the room is very smooth and mellow, which isn’t to say it’s not pumped with energy. Everyone is dancing, but it does feel like a Sunday show. To keep the high energy going, they ripped into a nice Deal, with some excellent solos by Warren and Jeff. Next up, Hell In A Bucket! Yes, indeed, we’re enjoying the ride. That then went into an even bigger surprise than Alligator, a hugely impressive Cream Puff War! And it was realllllly good! To end it all off they played another 1966 era song, Good Lovin’. All in all this was a very, very good set. The second set ought to be excellent. Set 2 There’s just something very Worcester-like about Scarlet>Fire, and so it seemed very appropriate that they’d begin the second set with a smoking hot Scarlet>Fire. The instrumental break in Scarlet was nailed to perfection by Warren leading the way and everyone hammering away in unison. Again, Bobby sounds great, both in the mix and his performance. Likewise Phil sounds amazing. Derek Featherstone really has it dialed in at the soundboard. Warren nailed a few solos in Fire that had the entire house cheering ecstatically. Oh, lest I forget, a few nights ago they played Bertha, and I forgot to mention that on the jam they nailed that terrific bomb that Phil and Bobby coordinate on the “3.” For an example of that check out the Bertha on the Egypt 1978 DVD. Anyhow, back to Sunday in Worcester. Scarlet>Fire went into another insane Rhythm Devils. Followed by a spacey Space, the improv of the show went into a powerful Satisfaction that had the entire building singing along, the beginning of a sequence that was as good as anything on the tour. Then came more fireworks with Born Cross-Eyed>Slipknot!>Let It Grow. It was truly a spectacular sequence of music, both in song selection and execution. Kudos again to the lighting crew of Dan English, Groove and the rest of a hard-working and talented crew. It looks great, guys! Next up was the tour’s first repeat, Uncle John’s Band (well, Slipknot! was a repeat, but it was out of its normal context of Help and Franklin’s), amazing considering this is the sixth show of the tour. So far this little sequence after Satisfaction featured music from 1968, 1975, 1973 and 1970. Nice. This was a great sing-a-long version that had the place singing as one. Epic! Next up, from Jerry’s excellent first solo album, came a very smooth version of The Wheel with a long and winding introduction. It also featured a cool calypsoish ending with Bobby again singing some terrific stuff at the end. Between Hell In A Bucket, Satisfaction and this version of The Wheel, Bobby’s singing has been exceptional, like it’s 1989 again. Next up was Lovelight, a great way to end the set, and what loads of people around here are raving is the best show of the tour so far. Very good stuff from start to finish. Warren played some really nice leads. Then, for the encore, hanging out with recordingman David R., we speculated on the encore, completely forgetting it was Sunday, and of course they played a rocking Samson and Delilah. What a way to end the night, and a great two nights in Worcester. Thanks again, Worcester by David Lemieux

see a few more pics from Jay Blakesberg,
including some from the parking lot, at JamBase

The Dead 4/19/09 @ the Internet Archive: Audience sources only for Listening or Downloading.

Download The Soundboard Here Audio Quality: Source: Digital Soundboard (Matrix) Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3

mp3 320 kbps SBD download + setlist - 4-19-09 aka 04-19-09 aka 4/19/09 aka 04/19/09 aka 09-04-19 Worcester

Classic Cars

An Album I'm Listening To Now, a.k.a. Music I Ran To This Friday Morning...

	The Cars self titled debut 1978
Good Times Roll My Best Friend's Girl Just What I Needed I'm In Touch With Your World Don't Cha Stop You're All I've Got Tonight Bye Bye Love Moving In Stereo All Mixed Up

I've loved listening to this album a whole bunch of times over the past couple days. A long time ago, not too many years removed from now, a few lifetimes past perhaps, I used to hear several of these tunes on 102.7 WNEW and quite possibly WPLJ before that (99.5 was PLJ if I recall correctly.) Before CDs were common in Sam Goody and other stores in every mall across the land, and way way before mp3, I vaguely remember taking home the cassette of this from the local public library and making my own copy on my duel-deck boombox. Had to have it! This is super chock full of classic American tunes from a classic Boston band. Okay, it's not classic rock 'n' roll, more like new wave/alternative but it kinda has the ability to crossover and can easily be played on some "classic rock" radio stations. WNEW, at some point, went to playing plenty of stuff that falls into this grey area but when it comes to The Cars, they loved playing these guys. No where else in the world I'd rather've grown up (Bergen County, northern New Jersey) and a huge part of why is all the great music on WNEW.

Anyway, five of nine songs here were common on the radio. That's so unheard of. Not totally but mostly. Another song, which might be my favorite, was featured on the classic 80's flick Fast Times At Ridgemont High -- Moving In Stereo. All around a great album and I'm not sure why I waited like two dozen years between listens.

The Cars: 1978 debut -- find a download @ Humppazoid's House
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not one that Ric Ocasek sings on...

Running In Stereo

Friday Early Morning Run: 27 minutes 20 sec

+5 sec

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2+ Days Since My Last Run ● 6:20 a.m. ● 68° ● dawn

Twasn't easy to wake up so early but I managed and as soon as I'm done with this, I'm a-goin' back to bed for awhile. I'm so tired but I'm glad I ran. I think May was my best month ever (definitely the best in the last eight months) but now I want June to be the new best ever. That's gonna take some work... and I'd better work on getting my runs in when I'm not so frickin' tired. Holy crap. Once again, my butt was draggin' on the way to the trail. I think I was asleep while I stretched and the pace I set for myself was rather slow and quite possibly I was asleep while running, too. Not really but seriously I was! Wet trail from rain last night but not much worse than a dewey morning. I'm not sure how I accomplished 27 minutes though. Somehow I did and now I'm wiped out -- soon time for more sleep.

2 runs in June :: 0:54:35 sec· X

10 runs in MAY: 4 hours - 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min October 2008: 2 hours 10 min

GD UIC

Awhile back someone requested 4/11/87 and finally I'm gettin' around to it... sort of. I'm gonna post the whole run at UIC Pavilion that April in 1987. I've been unable to be speedy with requests (my secretary is to blame, of course -- Stoopid Monkey!) but requests are always welcomed and Sugarmag and I are happy to do what we can for ya!

Grateful Dead -- April 9, 1987 UIC Pavilion University of Illinois - Chicago

1st Set: Greatest Story Ever Told-» The Promised Land,
When Push Comes To Shove, Never Trust A Woman,
El Paso, Row Jimmy, My Brother Esau, Far From Me, Deal

Set 2: Scarlet Begonias-» Fire On The Mountain,
Playing In The Band-» Uncle John's Band-» Drums-» Space-»
China Doll-» Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-» Sugar Magnolia

Encore: U.S. Blues

The first thing you're gonna notice when listening to this is the sound quality ain't so hot... but this is as good as it gets. Master Dead show masterer Charlie Miller says: "This is a very poor sounding Ultra Matrix mix." It's tolerable but not a sweet sounding soundboard.

Greatest Story is pretty nice and Promised Land keeps the kick ass good times a-goin'... I think Bob was havin' some fun as the crowd was really getting whipped into quite a frenzy for a moment there. After that highpoint, the first set rolls along nicely with only one noticeable lyric flub from Jerry in Row Jimmy... but like so many other versions with a mess-up, the song is by no means ruined. It's too bad the sound isn't better because the band is so nicely on throughout every song. To finish the set, Jerry launches during Deal while Phil valiantly tries to out-duel him. Oh, to have a crispy SBD of this would be amazing. Dang it! Probably the best couple minutes of the whole set there. Nice stuff!

Listen closely throughout Scarlet to kick off the second set if you wanna hear more great Phil. He's not tremendously clear in the mix which is rather unfortunate because he's on another roll here. They don't spend a lot of time jamming into Fire but all the way there Jerry and Phil are both in one gear: non-stop.

Unless it's my imagination, the sound quality improves somewhat during Fire -- a little less crowd, a little more (and clearer) soundboard. Not a very long and drawn out combo, more on the concise side, but oh so well played! I don't think Phil let's up for a second. The sounds definitely does improve as Healy must have tweaked a knob or dial so we can better enjoy the rest of this recording. There's not a lot of Brent in the mix but now I can more clearly hear Bob's rhythm guitar filling in perfectly. Playing In The Band heads on out there for a little while, flirting with the edge of space, jamming away across the heavens until it returns to Earth with the introduction to Uncle John's Band. The tune hits a bit of a peak, albeit a brief one and as always, the crowd is lovin' this. There's not a lot of jamming here as they quickly make way for Billy & Mickey to do their thing.

A rather quick Drums->Space leads to a nice China Doll. The run-up to it is filled with such great noodling from Jerry. Thanks to the quiet crowd at this point and the crisper sounding recording here, we get to dig Brent's keys, so delicate and perfectly played, almost like little footsteps ahead of Jerry's vocals. Just close your eyes and be taken away in Jer's guitar. So, so nice but not the song to listen to if you're really tired as Garcia's lullaby will simply send you off to sleepyland... not that it's boring, just soooo relaxing. Before long we're struck squarely in the ears with a bit of Playin' tease which doesn't last more than 20 seconds before they opt to head into GDTRFB. That wasn't long enough to call it a Reprise so that was odd. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad doesn't hit any mega-heights but it's perfectly danceable, that's for sure. So's Sugar Magnolia! While Jerry cruises there's a lot of fine rhythm work from Bobby who's seemingly hitting his stride right here at the end. The jam leading to Sunshine Daydream works up quite a nice lather with, judging from the crowd noise, a moment of stage theatrics from Weir for good measure. Not the smokinest version ever but a fine, fine way to end the set.

Phil is all over the U.S. Blues encore, runnin' up and down, adding his unique bass signature to the song. Then at the end we get a extra heavy dose of emotion from Jer to put the perfect capper on it. Couldn't ask for a better ending on the night.

transcribed from: The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, Volume III: An In-Depth Guide To The Music of the Grateful Dead on Tape, 1986-1995 [out of print] Aside from some brief post-"Drums" doldrums, this is far and away the most solid show of the run. There's a great deal of high quality FM soundboards of the eleventh in circulation, as well as the soundboard for the tenth, rendering the rather average audience tape of this night much less circulated. On the tape there is a great deal of treble and the most low-end frequencies are missing. The first set is solid, with a great opener from Phil. It's mostly a bluesy set focused on Brent tunes, with a "Good Times" that rips up those tremolos hooked up to his Hammond. The "Scarlet" is very up-tempo, with Phil and Jerry exploring the jam with lots of stutter-step runs parrying each other in turns. The jam is brief but remains fast-paced right through to "Fire" and is reminiscent of some of the versions from the very early '80s that were a departure from the drawn-out dreamy versions of '77 and '78. This is a real rock 'n' roll version. Jerry is definitely making the most of the tempo and pulls out a few quick and scorching solos. The band is right there with him as they play this song duo to perfection. The boys move through "Playing" quite well but it's played cautiously, with little if any chances being taken to move the song into weirdness. But they're right back at the tempo and power during the jam in "Uncle John's Band," jumping into its three-chord punch almost immediately. The "Drums" portion of the show is similarly brief, lasting no more than ten minutes, before Jerry and Bob return to the stage. Following "Drums" there is a very basic run through "China Doll," whose rarity doesn't really make up for the performance. Jerry aborts an attempt at a "Playin" reprise and opts for "Goin' Down the Road," which is similarly uninteresting. The set-closing "Sugar Magnolia" is a good one. The jam before the "Sunshine Daydream" part is played well and is unusually long. A rockin' "U.S. Blues" is the needed encore for this up-tempo start to the U.I.C. Pavilion run. KEVIN WEIL

4/9/87 @ the Internet Archive: a few different Auds for downloading and the Soundboard for Listening Only

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The Music Never Stopped, 2009 -- Volume 55

We're not safe, Mr. President, are we?

If a man like this is captured by the United States, and he potentially has information that could save hundreds of thousands of lives, what is the morally correct thing to do?

Maybe an attack could be stopped if information is divulged by that prisoner. If all other interrogation methods yield no results, should that prisoner be waterboarded in an effort to gain valuable life-saving info? Or under absolutely NO circumstances should waterboarding take place?

Instead of waterboarding, would it be morally correct to let hundreds of thousands of Americans die?

Of those two, which one should the United States do?

Would Nancy Pelosi or Comrade Barack Obama sacrifice their family so that America can say we never "torture" our prisoners? Is the discomfort of 1 single Muslim extremist more important than the deaths of 330,000 Americans, not to mention the national tragedy that that would be?

As it is right now, the terrorist prisoner would be offered slippers and some tea, plus he'd be afforded every legal right that a kid who steals a Milky Way from the 7-Eleven has. Can we trust that the President of the U.S. would do the right thing to save American lives?

Your children murdered in a terrorist attack or a prisoner waterboarded in order to stop that attack. Which would you rather have happen?

Rascal Crap

An Album I'm Listening To Now, a.k.a. What I Ran To This Wednesday Morning...

	Rascal Flatts self titled debut 2000
Prayin' For Daylight This Everyday Love While You Loved Me Some Say See Me Through One Good Love It's Not Just Me Waiting All My Life From Time To Time Long Slow Beautiful Dance I'm Movin' On

Eleven songs, three band members but only two songs have a partial writing credit for one of those three guys. One guy sings lead. One plays bass on one song and sings harmony vocals. The last guy is harmony vocals. Three guys singing? Okay, for me that's cool for a girl band, I love sweet female voices... but I don't want to hear that for guys. This is lame. Sometimes an album grows on me after I initially don't care for it that much... not this one. This blows. In general I don't have anything against the music side of today's Nashville. A lot of it isn't my favorite music by any means but I can use it just fine for running. It works for me, helps me get exercise. Unfortunately, there are definitely some pitiful, over-produced, lame-sounding acts out there and Rascal Flatts is one of them. What is this, Manhattan socialite "country"? BMWs, silk shirts and $125 pairs of blue jeans? Probably. I guess once upon a time I heard a couple songs of theirs and thought they were okay so I'd try 'em out someday. No idea did I have that they'd be this dorky. Three guys singing harmony vocals with a backup band? Dudes don't even, for the most part, write or play the music themselves. Whatever.

Rascal Flatts: 2000 debut -- download @ Zona Musical
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First run in June

Wednesday Morning Run: 27 minutes 15 sec

+14 sec

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2½+ Days Since My Last Run ● 5:55 a.m. ● 66° ● dawn

Miraculously, I was wide awake at a quarter to six this morning and after skipping coffee but having a quick bowl of cereal, I was dressed for running and on my way to the trail. Twas nearly still dark, and the sky was getting light but there was not a glint of sun yet to be shining. Dewey morning and the weeds intruding on the footpath I was on got me nicely mildly soaked. Not pleasant but not terribly bad and I was able to run just fine anyway. I seemed to have just the right amount of energy to huff it along, turn around, and make my way back. My last run in May was a shortened one, meant only to push me above four hours for the month, but here this morning I kicked my time back to where it should be. Onward and upward towards thirty minutes... I'll get there eventually. Now that I'm back inside, showered, and sitting down, I almost want to go for another run.

June :: 0:00:00 sec· X

10 runs in MAY: 4 hours - 9 min 8 runs in April: 3 hours 29 min 6 runs in March: 2 hours 28 min *** FEBRUARY *** 3 hours 41 min January 2009 2 hours 54 min December 2 hours 42 min November: 2 hours 31 min October 2008: 2 hours 10 min

Thomas Jefferson? He's not President anymore...

No music today. I'm listening to and workin' on a Grateful Dead show for Wednesday and then a recent '09 Dead show for Thursday. So stay tuned!

Cartoon Time

"Room And Bird"

Starring: Tweety & Sylvester

Directed By: Friz Freleng

Release Date: 58 years ago today... June 2, 1951

Max the Dead Buffalo

Friday, May 29, 2009
Port City Music Hall, Portland, Maine

Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Scott Murawski - Guitar (Max Creek)
James "Hutch" Hutchinson - Bass (Bonnie Raitt)
Tara Nevins - Electric Violin, Acoustic Guitar & Washboard (Donna the Buffalo)

1st Set: Louisiana Sun-» Franklin's Tower, If You Only Could,
Thunder, Rhymes-» In The Midnight Hour, Alabama Getaway

Set 2: He's Gone-» Yellow Moon-» Eyes Of The World-»
Tore Up Over You, Peggy-O, Murderland-» Bertha

Encore: Scarlet Begonias

New lineup, new tour for BK3 a.k.a. the Bill Kreutzmann Trio. Well, sort of a new lineup. Returning is Scott Murawski, from Andover, Massachusetts and of the band Max Creek. Oteil Burbridge, of the Allman Brothers Band, he was on bass last time; now we have, from Bonnie Raitt's band and from Somerville, Mass, James "Hutch" Hutchinson. Throw in A Guy Named Bill on drums and there's the 3. But wait, there's more! Special Guest along for the ride, playing an assortment of instruments and providing lead vocals on a few songs, is Tara Nevins from the New York band Donna The Buffalo.

This show is the first stop on this mini-tour and things gets started with a rendition of Max Creek's Louisiana Sun. The Franklin's that follows really gets the show underway. Tara's electric violin gives this song a sounds I've never heard it have before. She sears that sucker, man. (Can violins be seared?) Her couple of solos are sweet and in no way meant to play the part of Jerry Garcia... or even Warren Haynes. The first time I listened to this I was kinda sorta blown away by this version... and even thought it to be better than from the recent tour by The Dead.

If You Only Could is a Tara Nevins original that her band Donna The Buffalo plays. It's not bad, slows things down a little. Following that, Billy gets to display a bit of an animalistic side on Thunder. I've not found confirmation of this but Thunder might be a Robert Hunter penned tune specifically for this new project of his friend Mr. Kreutzmann. At over 19 minutes, there's a lot of room to play here and James "Hutch" Hutchinson has his first moments in the spotlight. Anyone familiar with Oteil Burbridge in this band might want to make a comparison seein' as how Oteil is an absolutely outstanding bass player, but Hutch does alright. We also get to hear, I believe, some of that washboard playin' from Ms. Nevins. Interesting.

Al Green makes an appearance in what's become a Kreutzmann Trio standard -- Rhymes. That makes a smooth segue into the oh so familiar Midnight Hour, sung this time, I'm pretty sure, by Hutch, his debut here on lead vocals. It's a brief and not very rockin' version but a crowd-pleaser to be sure.

I've never heard Alabama Getaway sung by the female species but that's what closes out the first set. Murawski does a nice job on guitar here, playin' Jerry but not playin' Jerry, playing the song but not playing Warren playing Jerry. Scott's really doing his own thing which really makes me appreciate this a lot more than by The Dead... but there I go again comparin' which really ain't fair. In any case, it is such a brief spin on the song but quite rockin'.

Tara's acoustic geetar makes a nice appearance in He's Gone to start Set 2. She's also once again on lead vocals but I'm not sure the crowd is lovin' this band's take on this beloved and now very important Grateful Dead song. It's strong... but it's not. It's nice... just not having a huge effect on me. Perhaps not the best tune to kick off the second set. Murawski's definitely (nearly) playing Jerry here but it's one of those songs that seems like there's no choice but to.

When that winds down they stroll into the Neville Brothers' Yellow Moon. Their stroll isn't a short one by any means -- they jam this out for a solid 14 minutes. More great bass playing here from Hutch. Very John Kahn-like. Murawski on guitar is at times just non-stop here. I love the way this just wanders. Fantastic fevered jamming especially at the end before the quick wrap up and left turn into those first few notes that so many Deadheads know so well and hold so dear to their hearts -- Eyes of The World. Who needs Jerry & Phil? Okay, so the vocals aren't quite the same, and the songs doesn't really have a Grateful Dead feel exactly, but once Tara starts in with her violin, and then backup vocals, we have a truly unique version. While mostly everything in the song is familiar, I think what's most GD about this is Billy's drumming. There's no Mickey but close your eyes and focus on the drums alone and it's the Grateful Dead. Ha, I know drums alone doesn't make the Dead but sink yourself into it and you're there on a warm summer night with Billy backing up Jerry. Ha, no, there's no Jerry here but it's imaginationland. No Jerry but there is a lot more of Tara on violin. Wow. So cool. Maybe overall it's not a beautifully put together rendition but it's an interesting place they head off to after the last of the lyrics. Starting with Hutch's bass solo at that point, it could probably be called Eyes-> Jam. They don't head off into any Grateful Dead-like spacey jamland type of place but it's out there in another corner of the galaxy nonetheless.

Eventually they wind down and begin their intro to Tore Up. Conciseness takes over but it's enjoyable enough before Tara takes Peggy-O for a spin which is sweet but some of the crowd would rather chat away. How rude!

The Robert Hunter-penned Murderland is probably better in the 1st Set but it does feature a bunch of sweet bass. There's a striking contrast from that to Bertha. With more violin here, and perfectly played I must say. If this tour was longer than just practically a handful of shows, this would get to a point where it's absolutely smokin'. What potential. This isn't blistering hot, it doesn't hit those Jerry highs, even has a brief moment of sloppiness, but it's boogieingly danceable, without a doubt. Fun, fun stuff to finish the set.

Mega-GD favorite Scarlet is the encore and they do it justice. It's to the point, for the most part, but with just enough room to have a little fun. I've gotta say, think I like Murawski better than Warren here. This is way cool, the band's mostly in perfect sync with one another and they're able to turn in a jammin', rockin' Scarlet encore.

A final note -- the 4½ stars I give the Audio Quality should speak for itself. Huge thanks to the taper for getting a great recording of this show!

Billy Kreutzmann stuff, as of June 1, 2009, is not @ the Live Music Archive

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5-29-09 aka 05-29-09 aka 5/29/09 aka 05/29/09 aka 09-05-29 Portland, Maine