Seems possible. Those dudes all seem to be on really good terms / appreciate the importance of these kind of opportunities.
It sucks that the Ryman show is a Wednesday night. I'm still going to try to get tix to it and/or Brooklyn.
21 years now. Would love to hear thoughts/feels/memories from anybody that was on the scene at that time
I remember that day pretty well. Was living up at State College. Weather was exactly like today's (on the east coast) -- overcast and hot. August. No one who saw the Dead that summer -- that dreadful summer tour -- was surprised, or should have been surprised. Jerry looked and sounded terrible. (So did a lot of fans -- some ugly moments that tour -- violence, drug overdoses, accidents, etc.) This was just the beginning of the internet, but there were rumors -- Jerry's heroin use was out of control, the band and crew were fighting, guys threatened to quit, etc. The summer before - shit the spring tour -- he looked and sounded like shit most nights too - had put back on all the pounds and more he had lost in 93, but occasionally he'd pull it together and band would have a decent night. That summer was different. Every show he was turned down in the mix, head down, wandering out of key, fucking up lyrics (even though they'd recently installed tele-prompters). It was bad. So, I wasn't shocked when I heard the news. Sad, but not shocked. I worked in a restaurant that summer and I went in that night. Listened to the Dead in the kitchen and then afterwards at a bar One From the Vault played and my group of friends got drunk and said our farewells.
My last show was Buckeye Lake in 1994. It was bad, and rained, someone offered to share whiskey with me that he smuggled into the show in a ziplock bag that he pulled out of his pants. My roommates and I all graduated undergrad during the 1994-1995 year. We talked about going to the June 1995 show in Pittsburgh, but no one was motivated. Our lease ran out at the end of August. Two of the four had already moved out when Jerry died. We all got together, got really high, and listened to a bunch of old stuff. A couple of weeks later, I moved to a new place off campus and started working. Jerry's death was basically the end of college for me.
I was at that Buckeye Lake show. Funny, I thought it was an alright show. Sound was fucked up in the 1st set because of the torrential rain, and both Bobby and Jerry kept forgetting lyrics, but at least the music had a bit of an electric edge to it. On the other hand... everything was not alright in timo land. It was my girlfriend's 21st birthday that day so we were drinking heavily all day -- people giving us free shots and whatnot. I lost my wallet that had a 10 strip in it... and someone actually found it and I actually found them as I was wandering around looking for it. What I should have done was thrown the sid out... because that shit was bad (lots of people had bummers). So it was brutally hot, we were drunk and probably dehydrated, the sid was bad, and then it started torrentially raining during Traffic's set and went down to like 55 degrees or something. Got a little scary there for a while... remember my buddy going "yeah, you're pretty fucked up. If you pass out we'll drag you over to the medical tent." I think those words of encouragement actually helped...
The rain killed that show for me. I really liked Buckeye Lake as a venue. A couple of farmers allowed camping on fields right next to the back of the normal field lots. We camped there every year from 1991-1993. No security, no cops, the last show of the Summer Tour in 1992, we just stayed up all night and left around 8:00 am the next day.
if the rest of the album is this good, it's going to be a strong album. http://www.npr.org/sections/allsong...a-song-from-bob-weirs-first-album-in-a-decade
Really an excellent song. Nice sounds / recording. Not a huge national fan, but they've done some cool things this year.
I like them a lot, in ways. I just can't stand the lead singer's voice. If they started a new band with say Cass McCombs, or a number of other dudes, I'd be way stoked.
I've been working through 1976 listening to every show, mainly as a prelude into doing the same thing next year with 1977. Anyway, June can be a bit of a tough listen - there are some moments, and generally the shows are good. But there are tempo issues, definitely a sense of them getting used to the two drummers again, and a bit of staleness in terms of setlists (mostly weir with a lot of repeats). That said, July starts to really take off with their series of shows at the SF Orpheum. Dave's picks 18 features the 7/17 & 7/16 (filler) shows, and there's some pretty great 2nd half stuff going on. 7/16 - 13Playing In The Band -> – 07:58 14Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin’ The Turkey -> – 07:51 15Cosmic Charlie -> – 08:06 16Samson And Delilah -> – 07:03 17Spanish Jam -> – 09:11 18Drums -> – 03:52 19The Wheel -> – 07:21 20Playing In The Band Reprise -> – 05:07 7/17 - 13Comes A Time > Jam > – 14:54 14The Other One Jam > – 00:19 15Drums > – 01:39 16The Other One > Space > – 15:36 17Eyes Of The World > Jam > – 14:44 18The Other One > – 03:37 19Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad > – 07:11 20One More Saturday Night The 7/17 sequence in particular is pretty fucking great. I might have to grab the official release on that one... Bonus: this Scarlet Begonias from Chicago 7/28 is one of the highlights of the tour, thus far -> when do they announce the dave's picks subscriptions each year? Edit: huh, didn't know we could link to the archive like this...
I know I saw ANTWONE mention it in the jam thread, but the JRAD shows at Lockn were pretty damn good. I was impressed, and it was all very proffessional, for lack of a better word. Truckin, Brown Eyed Woman, and Tennessee Jed were highlights for me on night 1. Wish I had stayed for Terrapin Suite at the end, but I was feeling like dick, probably from drinking all day amoung other things. Night two the whole crew stayed for it and Dancing in the Street, Franklin's Tower, and Not Fade away were great. Also, the Phil and Phriends set with the Stringdusters was easily the best Phil and Friends set I've seen. Susan and Derek coming out for Mr. Charlie and Sugaree always helps, love those two.
How would you guys describe Jerrys vocals? Its just so unique. Doesn't blow you away, but you can just feel the sincerity in it and his soul being poured into the song I feel like.
I actually come pretty close to paying attention to his vocals as I do his guitar playing. But it's also a difference between JGB & the Dead. JGB has that smoothness to it, and his vocals just seem to kind of settle into it all. His singing in the Dead had to cover more ground I guess, and could be a bit more hit or miss. But that usually tends to follow the shows that he was in a good state of mind for. But to answer the basic question, I fucking love Jerry's vocals. You don't need to be Chris Cornell or the dude from Journey to be a good singer. So Jerry's right up there for me, I could listen to him sing just about anything. Even towards the end, he could still bring it.
Bobby's show @ the Capitol Theater this sunday is streaming free > http://www.jambase.com/article/capitol-theatre-announces-free-stream-bob-weir-birthday-show
Should have said in this thread instead of the jam thread but going to see Bobby on Wednesday at the Ryman.
Same. My friend I'm going with has been to Nash, and maybe the Ryman for something, I don't remember. Either way should be a great time. Where are you sitting? We got tickets on StubHub that were Main Floor section 6, pretty damn good from the looks of it for about 65 a piece after fees. Not going to any Phish, but I can live with it after the 2 shows I got at Lockn.
I'm in the balcony like mid-way back. I probably should have waited for secondary market, but when I went online for the sale all the main floor tickets were obstructed view. Balcony should be cool though.
Ran the Detroit half marathon today & picked this show kinda randomly as my running music. This Fire On the Mountain is a fucking monster. Pretty sure which ever mile this was playing was my fastest (at least happiest) of the day. I've spent a lot of my time in 1971 & 1976 lately...nice to come back to '77. Yay mu-tron!
What did you think of Bobby coming out on Tuesday? Loved how Bobby sang Miss You and Trey sang Playin in the Band
Looking forward to hearing cover band "Bobby's Shorts" next month at a sorta fundraiser event. Damn good reference made me watch downhill from here this afternoon
only phish set that I hardly even danced. just stood in amazement soaking it all in. sounded like Bobby was born to sing Miss You---beautiful moment.
The Jack straw in the new Dave's picks is an all time meltdown. The rest of the show smokes, and the sound is really really fucking good. Especially for an 80's recording.
She could be hanging around a steel mill Working in a house of blue lights Riding a get a way bus out of Portland Talking to the night
Got some 74 spinning while prepping in the kitchen. Goddamn, I love this band, and this day, so much.