They never left the stage for Heavens Door, and on the big screen during the song they showed photos of Cutler and all the others who have sailed on the ship of the Grateful Dead and have passed on. It was very good.
And overall it was a fine, FINE show. If Saturday or Sunday are better than this one, than folks are in for a great weekend.
Even now there really is nothing else like a concert that is Grateful Dead imbued.
Set 1
NFA >
Shakedown St
Cold Rain $ Snow
Ramble on Rose
Brown eyed Women
New Speedway Boogie
Wharf Rat
Don't Ease me it
Set 2
China Cat >
Rider >
He's Gone >
Scarlet >
Fire >
Drums / Space >
Dark Star (instrumental, done Big River style) >
Standing on the Moon >
Casey Jones
US Blues
Knockin on Heavens Door
fun day/night. Started at the SF Art & Book Fair in the dogpatch, picked up Chuck Sperry's Vol2 of the poster art series then up to the Free Harmonic Jam outside Chase. An allstar bay area group calling themselves the "Jerry-atrics" (Hartle-mathis-lipp-murph-feinstein). Friends convinced us to head to Oracle and we got freebies just as the music started. Scalet>Fire was the standout for me. Agee with Lance they do justice to the rockers but the psychedelia is often lacking...
For those in the area, there is an apparently great and FREE poster/art and photo exhibit of 'The Jerry Years' being called "Between The Dark & Light" at the Haight Street Art Center, 215 Haight, (@ Laguna) that runs through sometime in early Aug.
Set 1
Let The Good Times Roll bw jm jc
Hell In a Bucket bw
It Hurts Me Too jm
Jack Straw bw jm
Big Railroad Blues jm
Cassidy bw >
They Love Each Other jm >
Turn On Your Lovelight bw
Set 2
Deal jm >
Playing in the Band bw
The Other One bw
Lady With a Fan jm
Terrapin bw
Terrapin Station
Drums/Space
Blues for Allah teaser>
Uncle John's Band all >
Playing in the Band (Reprise) bw >
The Other One bw >
Morning Dew bw
Watched the stream and noticed that there was no "Saturday Night" last night. Otherwise, the show was great. Phenomenal playing and can't believe how good they are on this last tour. No disrespect for Bill, but Jay Lane has the band in overdrive.
I did not get in to the show, but enjoyed the scene outside and watching all the excited fans going in. The way the Official Shakedown Street was subsumed by scofflaw dead head entrepreneurs, probably a hundred local bacon wrapped hot dog carts, and the sound of whizzing gas and exploding balloons. No cops around ~ it was a law free anarchist zone, but only joyful vibes, including Hell's Angels out front of the ATWater Tavern. Inside the tavern, cold Anchor Steam on draft! I will be back this afternoon and would humbly accept somebody's extra ticket. Kudos to Dead & Company fans for a first rate Shakedown Street 2023.
Expect we'll get Samson & Delilah 1st set opener. Probably an Althea in there too.
2nd Set:
Help On The Way>
Slipknot>
Viola Lee Blues>
Estimated Prophet>
Eyes Of The World>
Drums>
Space>
Dark Star>
If I Had The World To Give>
Truckin'>
Sugar Magnolia
I listened to piece of the first night. In general it sounded like a decent tempo and mayer seemed dialed in.
The most interesting bit for me was the Big Dark Railroad Star blues jam. Something new, creative, and not just rehashing the same songs played over and over.
Not Fade Away, which started the show Friday, will end the show tonight, followed by Brokedown Palace.
My prediction above, although when it was 10:48pm when Ripple finished myself and the group around me were waiting for OMSN, I was stunned that the lights came up and
no more Saturday Nights.
First world problems to say the least! Tears will be shed tonight, this isn't the 'Final Anything' right?
This group on this tour is simply playing outstanding music. Nothing nostalgic, nothing dialed in. Dead music at a highly creative level and played with heart. There ain't no faking this shit. Quality audio on quality speakers is a must; and play that shit loud. Rock and roll changed the world and it ain't done yet.
I thought it was a nice show last night. TLEO was really good. I had better sound up at the club level than I did on Friday at field level, more bass...
And the Blues For Allah hint was pretty cool to hear.
I'll be there tonight, and I suspect they will likely play pretty much what people have speculated above, with maybe a Touch of Grey in there somewhere....
And no Jay, this isn't the final anything....except this particular lineup.
Nugs has frozen up all 3 days at the beginning. I got on fine this morning, but haven't been able to get in for an hour now. Last two nights I missed the first song, some of the 2nd, but then it worked fine, frustrating though....
Expecting a "This Could Be The Last Time." Wouldn't be surprised to hear "Not Fade Away" as they leave the stage and the crowd continues the song. Clap clap.
Finally got the stream working. Band sounds great again. Crazy how Mayer was doing the whole Eddie Van Halen finger tapping thing last night and it fit perfectly.
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
Loser
High Time
Samson and Delilah
Althea
Dear Mr Fantasy (Hey Jude coda)
Bird Song
Set 2
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklins Tower
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes of the World >
Drums >
Space & Drone show >
Days Between >
Sugar Magnolia >
Sunshine Daydream
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
Loser
High Time
Samson and Delilah
Althea
Dear Mr Fantasy (Hey Jude coda)
Bird Song
Set 2
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklins Tower
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes of the World >
Drums >
Space & Drone show >
Days Between >
Sugar Magnolia >
Sunshine Daydream
Truckin' >
Brokedown Palace >
Not Fade Away
Bows, Mickey Thanks the Crew, Drone show
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
Loser
High Time
Samson and Delilah
Althea
Dear Mr Fantasy (Hey Jude coda)
Bird Song
Set 2
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklins Tower
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes of the World >
Drums >
Space & Drone show >
Days Between >
Cumberland Blues >
Sugar Magnolia >
Sunshine Daydream
Truckin' >
Brokedown Palace >
Not Fade Away
Bows, Mickey Thanks the Crew, Drone show
I admit I got a touch of FOMO seeing the videos... drumming/pace is definitely much better, but I still find the bass and lead guitars to be lacking in ways I don't know how to verbalize.
With the revelation that Dead & Company are a corporation (as were Furthur) whose primary shareholder is John Mayer, have we seen the last of Dead & Co. ?
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Sadly, yes.
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The band’s excellent near-eight-year run reached new heights in 2023 as Dead & Co. morphed into an extraordinarily tight unit able to play the music of the Grateful Dead as well as most-any post 1995 incarnate.
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Their stadium and amphitheater tours greatest benefit was returning Deadhead Nation to the road, to allow us — veterans, newcomers, the curious and the young — to answer not just the lure of the road but the call of the wild.
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To feel the wind in our hair, the experience of driving toward something even if it’s the great unknown.
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Dead & Co.’s primary shareholder is Mayer, whose controlling interest tells us that the band may have been the brainchild of Bobby and Mayer but its principal owners are Mayer and Irving Azoff.
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It was Mayer who leaked the impending breakup of Dead & Co. to Rolling Stone a year ago and who was first to announce that this summer's tour would be Dead & Co.'s last.
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Azoff is the villain in all of this who’s more than capable of creating a situation in which the music of the Grateful Dead would be marketed and presented in a manner that would generate such wicked amounts of cash that Mickey, Billy and Bob would be willing to accept less cash than Mayer to make more money than any one of them could ever earn or need in one lifetime.
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Is there something intrinsically wrong with that ?
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Let’s put it this way — it’s not a case of right or wrong but a case of the bizzare.
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It’s bizarre to me that the Core Three were willing to split an approximate fifty percent stake in Dead & Co. three ways to become fabulously wealthy.
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Did Billy’s absence diminish the music or the tour ?
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Not at all.
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And let’s leave it at that.
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Jay Lane was more than up to the task and truly phenomenal.
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In a big-time way.
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No guts, no glory.
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With Oteil and Jay’s help, Mickey and the drum solo was the unlauded star of this tour. Hart added voices, recordings, an aerial laser light show in the shape of an eyeball and a Stealie (last night) and tape loops to the drum solo that achieved transcendence.
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Truth be told, there’s no doubt Dead & Co. all but had a patent on mishandling the numerous quagmires and moral conundrums thrown their way during the past eight years.
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One poor decision after another.
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But enough on that.
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Mayer and Weir created and nurtured a band that respectfully honored the music of the Grateful Dead. Since 2015, the group took a few back roads and some steps backward as well as a few easy, unnecessary shortcuts but ultimately provided Deadheads with life-time experiences and memories.
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Mayer may have been the primary breadwinner in this adventure, as odd as that may seem, and there may not have been a single breakout in 2023, but as the kids say — It’s all good.
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It was one heck of a run: daring, exciting, fun and riveting, and it brought the music of the Grateful Dead back to life on the major stages it earned and warrants.
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Mayer bought in hook, line and sinker, and that is what enabled Dead & Co. to attain greatness. The Connecticut native drank fully and deeply from the vat both figuratively and literally.
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That was the key.
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In doing so, Mayer didn’t learn how to play like Jerry or sound like Jerry.
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But, by the end, he sure could emote like Jerry, generating that thing Garcia was a master at — spreading love and happiness.
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Next, Azoff plans to enter the high-end VIP ticket business for sports and music, in partnership with Live Nation and a technology company he is not ready to name. “It’s my answer to what’s broken in the system, which is what I call ‘the StubHub factor,’ ” he says. “You have lots of people with no skin in the game escaping with lots of money.”
To Azoff, it’s only natural to wonder why that money doesn’t go to artists themselves. “If you make the right decisions for creative people, it will eventually be the right decision for your business,” he says. “I don’t consider a lot of what we do disruptive — I consider it common sense.”
to me, this does not imply that his "dealing with the stubhub factor" will bring ticket prices for average fans down to reasonable, "face value" levels - he just wants the $$$ from $500 tickets for himself and the bands he manages.
Three nights of Dead and Company shows at Oracle Park this weekend infused an estimated $30.9 million into the San Francisco economy. The final Grateful Dead offshoot tour (maybe final?) drew 120,000 people to the ballpark over the three shows, and they apparently bought plenty more than just tickets.
^^^^ Good article she is a really good writer - don't agree with all of it, but it is amazing how this music keeps bringing people in.
Liked this from the article
There have been so many big-time Dead shows in stadiums like this, and in the fresh daylight and cool early-evening San Francisco breeze, time collapses, and it feels like we’re inside each and every one of those shows; I’m fully conscious of the fact that for something to be timeless, it has to exit time, it has to die....
...The Grateful Dead keep dying. And regardless of whether Dead and Company are truly done right now, they will die one day, too.
^^^^^ El Niño; Same here. Although I liked the read, I didn't agree with everything. She has great introspection on half of the Grateful Dead's "living and dying ". The Pigpen piece set up the story correctly; but then she fell short by not including the death of the Kieth and Donna years; as well as the death of the Brent years. Then ultimately the death of Vince; post Jerry.
It is a good commentary from her perspective. I just feel she could have driven her Point home by being more complete. I give it a C+ because if you are going to put your balls out on the line for the world to see; you best make sure you are thorough.
It is a great draft for a better final product.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: surjade Treeflo
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 05:24 pm
So far just the usual sights
So far just the usual sights and sounds of the Tenderloin, lol.
On the way to pregame at the park's Loose Lucy lounge.
Have fun kids!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry heathentom
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 06:25 pm
On my way over now. At the
On my way over now. At the moment I'm only in for tonight.
The lady is ready for the beast...
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on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 06:31 pm
approved.
approved.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: The Sound of Steam and Caffeine Zooey
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 08:20 pm
VIP poster by Emek
VIP poster by Emek
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 09:41 pm
Friday July 14, day 1
Friday July 14, day 1
Set 1 sneak peek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544rZz0yets
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: No mas naranja. mikeedwardsetc
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 10:14 pm
I was watching Billy Strings'
I was watching Billy Strings' webcast and nugs crashed. I'm guessing because of overwhelming demand for D&C.
Edit: And just like that, it's back up.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 10:53 pm
From FB;
From FB;
"This is from Corrie: It’s been a long strange trip but we made it to Oracle Park and I’m going to try and stream on Twitch username corden53."
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MeditateontheQ LLOLLO
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 10:54 pm
audio on Mixlr
audio on Mixlr
https://toph-mac-dhuibhshithe.mixlr.com/events/2542446
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Highnote Stringtwang
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 10:58 pm
Got this one
Got this one
https://matthew-treat.mixlr.com/events/2542430
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MeditateontheQ LLOLLO
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 11:01 pm
Mixlr audio could be better..
Mixlr audio could be better... loud talkers at times
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Highnote Stringtwang
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 11:08 pm
yeah one is muddy and the
yeah one is muddy and the other is thin.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Friday, July 14, 2023 – 11:40 pm
Set 1
Set 1
NFA >
Shakedown St
Cold Rain $ Snow
Ramble on Rose
Brown eyed Women
New Speedway Boogie
Wharf Rat
Don't Ease me it
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 02:03 am
Set 2
Set 2
China Cat >
Rider >
He's Gone >
Scarlet >
Fire >
Drums / Space >
Standing on the Moon >
Casey Jones
US Blues
Knockin on Heavens Door
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: frenchiethetickler astro
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 02:12 am
Thanks Noodler
Thanks Noodler
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry heathentom
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 03:08 am
They never left the stage for
They never left the stage for Heavens Door, and on the big screen during the song they showed photos of Cutler and all the others who have sailed on the ship of the Grateful Dead and have passed on. It was very good.
And overall it was a fine, FINE show. If Saturday or Sunday are better than this one, than folks are in for a great weekend.
Even now there really is nothing else like a concert that is Grateful Dead imbued.
It was really something.
It was far out.
LLTGD!!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry heathentom
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 03:08 am
They never left the stage for
Wow, that's twice I've double-posted.
I guess it's just the times.
Carry on.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry heathentom
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 04:36 am
Oh, and by the way, for the
Oh, and by the way, for the nay-sayers, the Casey Jones US Blues finish rocked the FUCK out of that now slightly ol' ballpark.
So take that haters.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 05:28 am
Dead $ Co, Friday July 14,
Dead $ Co, Friday July 14, day 1
Set 1
NFA >
Shakedown St
Cold Rain $ Snow
Ramble on Rose
Brown eyed Women
New Speedway Boogie
Wharf Rat
Don't Ease me it
Set 2
China Cat >
Rider >
He's Gone >
Scarlet >
Fire >
Drums / Space >
Dark Star (instrumental, done Big River style) >
Standing on the Moon >
Casey Jones
US Blues
Knockin on Heavens Door
Just listened to the 2nd set, good times!
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on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 07:46 am
(No subject)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: krab groad1123
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 10:48 am
https://archive.org/details
https://archive.org/details/20230715_20230715_0832
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: I rang a silent bell China-Rider
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 12:30 pm
I didn't really hear the
I didn't really hear the golden gate sounds in drums/space but they could have been in there somewhere
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jay Sunshine jaysunshine
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 01:36 pm
Grate Time last night.
Grate Time last night.
I thought the first set actually rocked harder than the second - the standouts of the show from me where Ramble on Rose and Brown Eyed Women
Jeff Chimenti is the secret star of the band.
Ready to do it all again tonight (and tomorrow).
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: The Sound of Steam and Caffeine Zooey
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 01:37 pm
Where's that confounded
Where's that confounded bridge?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call" Knotesau
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 01:52 pm
https://youtu.be/KMR7U5wzEYA
https://youtu.be/KMR7U5wzEYA
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: (~)};)StealYourFace WALSTIB
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 01:56 pm
fun day/night. Started at the
fun day/night. Started at the SF Art & Book Fair in the dogpatch, picked up Chuck Sperry's Vol2 of the poster art series then up to the Free Harmonic Jam outside Chase. An allstar bay area group calling themselves the "Jerry-atrics" (Hartle-mathis-lipp-murph-feinstein). Friends convinced us to head to Oracle and we got freebies just as the music started. Scalet>Fire was the standout for me. Agee with Lance they do justice to the rockers but the psychedelia is often lacking...
we maintained home-field advantage
ymmv
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 02:14 pm
"Last-Ever Grateful Dead
"Last-Ever Grateful Dead Shakedown Street"
https://sfstandard.com/2023/07/14/grateful-dead-shakedown-street-san-francisco-final-shows/
I doubt that. More nonsense from the clueless press.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Localcountyline Localcountyline
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 04:38 pm
My wife and I had a good time
My wife and I had a good time last night. It could have been a little louder but overall they sounded ok.
Oteil dropped a couple good bombs during Rider, that was nice to hear.
As the elevator door opened at one point, who was standing there but Ramblin' Jack Elliot....
And despite all of his negativity about this band on this board, I had an LLTD sighting...couldn't say hello because he was in stream of people
moving fast, but good to see him.
All and all a fun night.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GDTRFB StrawBud
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 04:48 pm
For those in the area, there
For those in the area, there is an apparently great and FREE poster/art and photo exhibit of 'The Jerry Years' being called "Between The Dark & Light" at the Haight Street Art Center, 215 Haight, (@ Laguna) that runs through sometime in early Aug.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha Slickrock
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 05:51 pm
So glad to see the San
So glad to see the San Francisco and left coast family having such a great weekend. High vibes. And a nice set list to boot!
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on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 06:07 pm
#2 Upload
#2 Upload
https://archive.org/details/deadco2023-07-14
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: I rang a silent bell China-Rider
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 06:59 pm
Thanks Knotesau, and Zooey, I
Thanks Knotesau, and Zooey, I can see it now.
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on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 09:44 pm
And the couch tour continues!
And the couch tour continues!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call" Knotesau
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 10:50 pm
Ltgtr
Ltgtr
HIAB
It hurts me too
Jack Straw
Big railroad blues
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call" Knotesau
on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 10:52 pm
Cassidy
Cassidy
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on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 11:03 pm
They love each other
They love each other
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on Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 11:13 pm
Lovelight
Lovelight
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call" Knotesau
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:07 am
Deal PITB
Deal
PITB
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:25 am
Terrapin
Terrapin
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: krab groad1123
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:29 am
(No subject)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call" Knotesau
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:41 am
D/S
D/S
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 01:03 am
UJB
UJB
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 01:24 am
Playing TOO
Playing
TOO
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 01:43 am
Dew
Dew
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 01:46 am
Ripple
Ripple
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 03:14 am
From Deadheadland on FB
From Deadheadland on FB
Dead & Company
- The Final Tour
Oracle Park
San Francisco, California
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Set 1
Let The Good Times Roll bw jm jc
Hell In a Bucket bw
It Hurts Me Too jm
Jack Straw bw jm
Big Railroad Blues jm
Cassidy bw >
They Love Each Other jm >
Turn On Your Lovelight bw
Set 2
Deal jm >
Playing in the Band bw
The Other One bw
Lady With a Fan jm
Terrapin bw
Terrapin Station
Drums/Space
Blues for Allah teaser>
Uncle John's Band all >
Playing in the Band (Reprise) bw >
The Other One bw >
Morning Dew bw
Encore: Ripple all
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D. Portland_ken
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 11:57 am
Watched the stream last night
Watched the stream and noticed that there was no "Saturday Night" last night. Otherwise, the show was great. Phenomenal playing and can't believe how good they are on this last tour. No disrespect for Bill, but Jay Lane has the band in overdrive.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:24 pm
I did not get in to the show,
I did not get in to the show, but enjoyed the scene outside and watching all the excited fans going in. The way the Official Shakedown Street was subsumed by scofflaw dead head entrepreneurs, probably a hundred local bacon wrapped hot dog carts, and the sound of whizzing gas and exploding balloons. No cops around ~ it was a law free anarchist zone, but only joyful vibes, including Hell's Angels out front of the ATWater Tavern. Inside the tavern, cold Anchor Steam on draft! I will be back this afternoon and would humbly accept somebody's extra ticket. Kudos to Dead & Company fans for a first rate Shakedown Street 2023.
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:26 pm
Forgot to mention the buskers
Forgot to mention the buskers out in force. Let there be songs to fill the air!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: The Eggman Sandiegohead
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:31 pm
Smoking show last night .
Smoking show last night . They weren't playing for silver last night.
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:34 pm
Friday's show just started on
Friday's show just started on GDradio.net. (I thought it was better than last night)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: krab groad1123
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 12:37 pm
^^Outstanding source over
^^Outstanding source over there, great audio^^
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee Herbal Dave
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 01:04 pm
A Sunday show for the finale.
A Sunday show for the finale.
Expect we'll get Samson & Delilah 1st set opener. Probably an Althea in there too.
2nd Set:
Help On The Way>
Slipknot>
Viola Lee Blues>
Estimated Prophet>
Eyes Of The World>
Drums>
Space>
Dark Star>
If I Had The World To Give>
Truckin'>
Sugar Magnolia
Encore:
Brokedown Palace
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee Herbal Dave
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 01:42 pm
Forgot to finish the Franklin
Forgot to finish the Franklin's. Pencil it in after Sugar Mags. Also, add NFA before Brokedown.
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 02:52 pm
Samba in the rain> Corinna
Samba in the rain>
Corinna
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 03:43 pm
I listened to piece of the
I listened to piece of the first night. In general it sounded like a decent tempo and mayer seemed dialed in.
The most interesting bit for me was the Big Dark Railroad Star blues jam. Something new, creative, and not just rehashing the same songs played over and over.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha Slickrock
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 04:54 pm
Nugs is offering streams for
Nugs is offering streams for $30 for subscribers. About 2 weeks of on-demand viewing, if I got that right. Oughta be some parties!
https://www.nugs.net/live-download-of-dead-and-company-oracle-park-san-f...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jay Sunshine jaysunshine
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 05:04 pm
Not Fade Away, which started
Not Fade Away, which started the show Friday, will end the show tonight, followed by Brokedown Palace.
My prediction above, although when it was 10:48pm when Ripple finished myself and the group around me were waiting for OMSN, I was stunned that the lights came up and
no more Saturday Nights.
First world problems to say the least! Tears will be shed tonight, this isn't the 'Final Anything' right?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: billionyearoldcarbon thegunkman
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 05:22 pm
This group on this tour is
This group on this tour is simply playing outstanding music. Nothing nostalgic, nothing dialed in. Dead music at a highly creative level and played with heart. There ain't no faking this shit. Quality audio on quality speakers is a must; and play that shit loud. Rock and roll changed the world and it ain't done yet.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Localcountyline Localcountyline
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 05:31 pm
I thought it was a nice show
I thought it was a nice show last night. TLEO was really good. I had better sound up at the club level than I did on Friday at field level, more bass...
And the Blues For Allah hint was pretty cool to hear.
I'll be there tonight, and I suspect they will likely play pretty much what people have speculated above, with maybe a Touch of Grey in there somewhere....
And no Jay, this isn't the final anything....except this particular lineup.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D. Portland_ken
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 08:58 pm
Demand for tonight's stream
Demand for tonight's stream is apparently so high, the server has crashed and can't order it.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:03 pm
Nugs has frozen up all 3 days
Nugs has frozen up all 3 days at the beginning. I got on fine this morning, but haven't been able to get in for an hour now. Last two nights I missed the first song, some of the 2nd, but then it worked fine, frustrating though....
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: dj_easy_wind DJ Easy Wind
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:05 pm
Kudos to one of my oldest my
Kudos to one of my oldest my friends James Zoltak. We met up at The Gorge and he wrote this Pollstar Magazine cover story on Dead & Co!:
https://news.pollstar.com/2023/07/14/truckin-dead-company-kept-long-strange-trip-rolling/
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:06 pm
Drone barge
Drone barge
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: treat island judit
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:17 pm
Rumor in a Facebook group
Rumor in a Facebook group that Phil was seen backstage. And just saw a video of fragile-looking Wavy Gravy arriving.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: joy blackrock
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:18 pm
easy to love you>
easy to love you>
sing your blues away>
wave to the wind
vegas odds of sit ins
Tom Constanton 100/1
Kenny Brooks 99/1
Steve Parrish 97/1
Donna Godcheaux 75/2
Warren Haynes 70/1
Branford Marsalis 65/1
Billy Strings 60/1
Phil Lesh 50/3
Bill Krueztman 25/1
Dave Matthews 10/1
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:21 pm
Dead & Company Live
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Sunday 7/16/23
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
(Nugs.tv working now, for me anyway)
Sneak Peek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L5qA9PEeQw
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _________ Plf9905
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:26 pm
MEH ..... and I Know Why..
MEH ..... and I Know Why..
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:36 pm
Bobby take That Blue THING
Bobby take That Blue THING Off and Wipe Oteills Face Off With It --- Shudder
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D. Portland_ken
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:43 pm
Oteill got smacked in the
Oteil got smacked in the face by Jerry's ghost?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: _________ Plf9905
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:53 pm
Mayer " I'm COLD !! Went To
Mayer " I'm COLD !! Went To REI Beforehand DEEP Montana Look..
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha Slickrock
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:58 pm
Expecting a "This Could Be
Expecting a "This Could Be The Last Time." Wouldn't be surprised to hear "Not Fade Away" as they leave the stage and the crowd continues the song. Clap clap.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: frenchiethetickler astro
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 09:59 pm
Is Weir wearing a cape?
Is Weir wearing a cape?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D. Portland_ken
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 10:01 pm
Got the stream working. Band
Finally got the stream working. Band sounds great again. Crazy how Mayer was doing the whole Eddie Van Halen finger tapping thing last night and it fit perfectly.
Not a cape. Bathrobe or duster.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 10:13 pm
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Sunday 7/16/23
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
Loser
High Time
Samson and Delilah
Althea
Dear Mr Fantasy
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: DaBreeze Mosthigh
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 10:20 pm
The last time Bob and Mickey
The last time Bob and Mickey will play together (until 2025). So sad.
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on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 10:35 pm
Is Weir wearing a cape? <<
Is Weir wearing a cape? << could be
either way terrible color cut thinness ha ha
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – 10:38 pm
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Sunday 7/16/23
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
Loser
High Time
Samson and Delilah
Althea
Dear Mr Fantasy (Hey Jude coda)
Bird Song
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sigmund SeaMonster
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 12:43 am
Holy fuckin shit TinklerBell
Holy fuckin shit TinklerBell
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call" Knotesau
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 12:45 am
Love Weir's Days.
Love Weir's Days.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 01:00 am
This Cumberland is Phil
This Cumberland is Phil worthy!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 01:21 am
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Sunday 7/16/23
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
Loser
High Time
Samson and Delilah
Althea
Dear Mr Fantasy (Hey Jude coda)
Bird Song
Set 2
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklins Tower
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes of the World >
Drums >
Space & Drone show >
Days Between >
Sugar Magnolia >
Sunshine Daydream
Truckin' >
Brokedown Palace
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 01:27 am
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Sunday 7/16/23
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
Loser
High Time
Samson and Delilah
Althea
Dear Mr Fantasy (Hey Jude coda)
Bird Song
Set 2
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklins Tower
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes of the World >
Drums >
Space & Drone show >
Days Between >
Sugar Magnolia >
Sunshine Daydream
Truckin' >
Brokedown Palace >
Not Fade Away
Bows, Mickey Thanks the Crew, Drone show
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee Herbal Dave
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 01:36 am
Where was Cumberland played?
Where was Cumberland played? I don't see it in your setlist.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 01:42 am
Oops, Thanks Dave!
Oops, Thanks Dave!
Dead & Company SF Day 3
Sunday 7/16/23
Set 1
Bertha >
Good Lovin
Loser
High Time
Samson and Delilah
Althea
Dear Mr Fantasy (Hey Jude coda)
Bird Song
Set 2
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklins Tower
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes of the World >
Drums >
Space & Drone show >
Days Between >
Cumberland Blues >
Sugar Magnolia >
Sunshine Daydream
Truckin' >
Brokedown Palace >
Not Fade Away
Bows, Mickey Thanks the Crew, Drone show
Mind Blown!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Dave Nycdave
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 10:14 am
Mind blowing set list!
"Mind blowing set list! "
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: |-|/-\|_|_ Googlymoogly
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 04:26 pm
Just a touch of FOMO
I admit I got a touch of FOMO seeing the videos... drumming/pace is definitely much better, but I still find the bass and lead guitars to be lacking in ways I don't know how to verbalize.
Glad for everyone who got to enjoy the ride.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Jay Sunshine jaysunshine
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 06:47 pm
So what's the take on next
So what's the take aka rumor mill on next summer 2024 and Bobby/Mickey?
Dead Deux?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane fishcane
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 07:50 pm
Lost Sailor and the Saints of
Lost Sailor and the Saints of Circumstance
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D. Portland_ken
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 08:38 pm
Heard this on the commute
Heard this on the commute home today about the future of Shakedown Street post Dead & Co:
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1188181244/it-was-great-while-it-lasted-d...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Dave Nycdave
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 09:03 pm
FB post on Aces Back to back
FB post from Aces Back to back
With the revelation that Dead & Company are a corporation (as were Furthur) whose primary shareholder is John Mayer, have we seen the last of Dead & Co. ?
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Sadly, yes.
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The band’s excellent near-eight-year run reached new heights in 2023 as Dead & Co. morphed into an extraordinarily tight unit able to play the music of the Grateful Dead as well as most-any post 1995 incarnate.
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Their stadium and amphitheater tours greatest benefit was returning Deadhead Nation to the road, to allow us — veterans, newcomers, the curious and the young — to answer not just the lure of the road but the call of the wild.
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To feel the wind in our hair, the experience of driving toward something even if it’s the great unknown.
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Dead & Co.’s primary shareholder is Mayer, whose controlling interest tells us that the band may have been the brainchild of Bobby and Mayer but its principal owners are Mayer and Irving Azoff.
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It was Mayer who leaked the impending breakup of Dead & Co. to Rolling Stone a year ago and who was first to announce that this summer's tour would be Dead & Co.'s last.
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Azoff is the villain in all of this who’s more than capable of creating a situation in which the music of the Grateful Dead would be marketed and presented in a manner that would generate such wicked amounts of cash that Mickey, Billy and Bob would be willing to accept less cash than Mayer to make more money than any one of them could ever earn or need in one lifetime.
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Is there something intrinsically wrong with that ?
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Let’s put it this way — it’s not a case of right or wrong but a case of the bizzare.
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It’s bizarre to me that the Core Three were willing to split an approximate fifty percent stake in Dead & Co. three ways to become fabulously wealthy.
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Did Billy’s absence diminish the music or the tour ?
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Not at all.
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And let’s leave it at that.
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Jay Lane was more than up to the task and truly phenomenal.
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In a big-time way.
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No guts, no glory.
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With Oteil and Jay’s help, Mickey and the drum solo was the unlauded star of this tour. Hart added voices, recordings, an aerial laser light show in the shape of an eyeball and a Stealie (last night) and tape loops to the drum solo that achieved transcendence.
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Truth be told, there’s no doubt Dead & Co. all but had a patent on mishandling the numerous quagmires and moral conundrums thrown their way during the past eight years.
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One poor decision after another.
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But enough on that.
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Mayer and Weir created and nurtured a band that respectfully honored the music of the Grateful Dead. Since 2015, the group took a few back roads and some steps backward as well as a few easy, unnecessary shortcuts but ultimately provided Deadheads with life-time experiences and memories.
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Mayer may have been the primary breadwinner in this adventure, as odd as that may seem, and there may not have been a single breakout in 2023, but as the kids say — It’s all good.
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It was one heck of a run: daring, exciting, fun and riveting, and it brought the music of the Grateful Dead back to life on the major stages it earned and warrants.
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Mayer bought in hook, line and sinker, and that is what enabled Dead & Co. to attain greatness. The Connecticut native drank fully and deeply from the vat both figuratively and literally.
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That was the key.
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In doing so, Mayer didn’t learn how to play like Jerry or sound like Jerry.
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But, by the end, he sure could emote like Jerry, generating that thing Garcia was a master at — spreading love and happiness.
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— Scott
July 17, 2023
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba Noodler
on Monday, July 17, 2023 – 09:20 pm
from FB
from FB
"Jess Burbridge doing Oteil's face with the Jerry hand"
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GDTRFB StrawBud
on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 – 12:36 pm
Not sure where this may best
Not sure where this may best be "filed" but it has some relevance here anyway.
"The New Pioneers: Irving Azoff on His Plan to Deal With the ‘StubHub Factor’ — ‘You Have Lots of People Escaping With Lots of Money"
https://www.billboard.com/pro/new-pioneers-irving-azoff-stubhub-live-mus...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Dr. Benway daylight
on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 – 12:56 pm
Next, Azoff plans to enter
to me, this does not imply that his "dealing with the stubhub factor" will bring ticket prices for average fans down to reasonable, "face value" levels - he just wants the $$$ from $500 tickets for himself and the bands he manages.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 – 01:05 pm
We want Phil!
We want Phil!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GDTRFB StrawBud
on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 – 01:07 pm
^Agreed, for better or worse.
^Agreed, for better or worse. The article is dated 2016 so we have some ensuing results to ponder.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 – 12:33 pm
Three nights of Dead and
Three nights of Dead and Company shows at Oracle Park this weekend infused an estimated $30.9 million into the San Francisco economy. The final Grateful Dead offshoot tour (maybe final?) drew 120,000 people to the ballpark over the three shows, and they apparently bought plenty more than just tickets.
https://sfist.com/2023/07/18/day-around-the-bay-those-dead-and-company-shows-pumped-31-million-into-the-sf-economy/
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GDTRFB StrawBud
on Friday, July 21, 2023 – 04:50 pm
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: (~)};)StealYourFace WALSTIB
on Friday, July 21, 2023 – 10:02 pm
drone show/rhythm devils
drone show/rhythm devils:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYHj9tn2x6g
drone show NFA reprise:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5LnjhbzRPg
cool
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on Friday, July 21, 2023 – 11:43 pm
Starting to look like an old
Starting to look like an old Harpo Marx
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MeditateontheQ LLOLLO
on Saturday, July 22, 2023 – 12:07 am
I love love love that pic^^^
I love love love that pic^^^
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Thursday, July 27, 2023 – 07:27 pm
"I was 9 years old when
"I was 9 years old when Garcia died" which makes this dude an elder scholar of the Dead $ Co scene.
He wrote a long essay about their final tour, and I am glad that he had a real good time.
I don't get that John Mayer is a "superstar." He's certainly no Bobby Weir!
https://www.theringer.com/music/2023/7/27/23808537/grateful-dead-and-company-final-tour-john-mayer
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino kxela
on Friday, July 28, 2023 – 06:10 pm
^^^^ Good article she is a
^^^^ Good article she is a really good writer - don't agree with all of it, but it is amazing how this music keeps bringing people in.
Liked this from the article
There have been so many big-time Dead shows in stadiums like this, and in the fresh daylight and cool early-evening San Francisco breeze, time collapses, and it feels like we’re inside each and every one of those shows; I’m fully conscious of the fact that for something to be timeless, it has to exit time, it has to die....
...The Grateful Dead keep dying. And regardless of whether Dead and Company are truly done right now, they will die one day, too.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Stella the flipper Stelflip
on Saturday, July 29, 2023 – 09:44 am
^^^^^ El Niño; Same here.
^^^^^ El Niño; Same here. Although I liked the read, I didn't agree with everything. She has great introspection on half of the Grateful Dead's "living and dying ". The Pigpen piece set up the story correctly; but then she fell short by not including the death of the Kieth and Donna years; as well as the death of the Brent years. Then ultimately the death of Vince; post Jerry.
It is a good commentary from her perspective. I just feel she could have driven her Point home by being more complete. I give it a C+ because if you are going to put your balls out on the line for the world to see; you best make sure you are thorough.
It is a great draft for a better final product.