Grateful Dead General Thread

[Hate 20247]

That was a pretty damn great show.  I'll have to add that one to my rotation.

[Hate 20247]

Tonight is 7/2/88 from the Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine. 

 

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

For the Deadheads. This is sort of like a cross-post. I posted the U.S. Blues from 6/26/74 in the “What are you listening to right now?” thread. But this one is from the previous show, at the Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami on 6/23/74. That’s an all-timer of a show. And this rules.

 

[Hate 20247]

Here is the best 4th of July show ever.

 

Edited July 5, 2022 by Hate

[Prepuce of Doom 21285]

Tonight's Dead show was canceled - Mayer's dad is in the hospital or died or something.
So there's a free broadcast of the Friday Wrigley show. It's at set break for another 2 minutes right now.

 

[Hate 20247]

I've posted this before, but 33 years ago tonight the Grateful Dead shut down JFK Stadium in Philly.  The stadium had been condemned and this was the very last event at the venue.  It's worth the viewing just for the Blow Away that Brent does to close the first set.  I've never been a huge fan of Brent songs, but he is a phenomenal vocalists.  He has the crowd in the palm of his hand for this version.  The Loser in the first set is sublime as well. The second set has a great Box of Rain, Scarlet>Fire>Estimated Prophet. The Standing on the Moon may be the best ever and The Other One>Wharf Rat is off the fucking chart good.  Brent and Jerry take you to church during the "I'll get up and fly away" refrain.  The Knocking on Heaven's Door encore is the perfect way to finish an all time great show.  

 

Edited July 28, 2022 by Hate

[PDX_Horn 24]

2 hours ago, Hate said:

I've posted this before, but 33 years ago tonight the Grateful Dead shut down JFK Stadium in Philly.  The stadium had been condemned and this was the very last event at the venue.  It's worth the viewing just for the Blow Away that Brent does to close the second set.  I've never been a huge fan of Brent songs, but he is a phenomenal vocalists.  He has the crowd in the palm of his hand for this version.  The Loser in the first set is sublime as well. The second set has a great Box of Rain, Scarlet>Fire>Estimated Prophet. The Standing on the Moon may be the best ever and The Other One>Wharf Rat is off the fucking chart good.  Brent and Jerry take you to church during the "I'll get up and fly away" refrain.  The Knocking on Heaven's Door encore is the perfect way to finish an all time great show.  

 

My all-time favorite show

[PDX_Horn 24]

Great show all around but this Althea at 14:40 in the vid is straight ⛽️⛽️⛽️

[Hate 20247]

Yeah, the Althea had an early 80's feel to it.  This has been a great show so far.  That was such a wonderful year for them.  You can tell how much they were having every show. 

[Hate 20247]

Tonight is 7/9/89 from Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It's a solid show.  It isn't as good as the 3 prior shows, but to me that  is only due to the set list.  There are quite a few songs I either don't like or am somewhat indifferent to.  Fist set Shakedown is solid as are the Jack Straw and Bird Song.  China Cat/Rider from this era are always great...even though this is one jam that is pretty great regardless of the era. I'm looking forward to the NFA>Brokedown Palace finale.

 

[Hate 20247]

7/13/89 queued up for tonight.

 

[Hate 20247]

I'm checking out 7/14/84 tonight.  It's Bastille Day in Paris and some other national holiday week for Egypt, so pretty much half of my project team is out tomorrow too.  There isn't going to be a great deal done tomorrow, so I can stay up a little later and enjoy a show.

 

[Hate 20247]

 

[Hate 20247]

 

[Hate 20247]

This is a damn fine show to listen to on a Tuesday night!

 

[Hate 20247]

I can't stop listening to the NFA>Wharf Rat from 5/28/77.  It's my second favorite Wharf Rat.  It's so so damn good!

[Hate 20247]

The sound on this isn't all that great, but the show is pretty solid.  I love the jam on Mississippi Half Step after the last chorus and before the "lay river" refrain.

 

[Hate 20247]

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

Happy 80th, Jerry!

 

[Hate 20247]

What's up fellow Dead heads?  I'm up finishing off One More Saturday Night with some drinks and the Grateful Dead.  I'm on a Wharf Rat kick at the moment, so I am listening to my two favorites 7/7/89 and 5/26/77.  Wharf Rat is probably a top 5 song for me.  I love it during any era,  Lyrically and musically it is perfect to me.  A lot of my love for this song is that its easy to transition to from another song.  The two shows I posted above are The Other One>Wharf Rat and Not Fade Away>Wharf Rat and the transitions are beautiful! What are your favorite ones? 

[Hate 20247]

I'm checking out this early 80's show from Manor Downs.  I've listened a little bit before, but I don't remember the sound being this good.  I'll have to finish this one tomorrow or the next day, but it's a damn fine show so far.

 

[Hate 20247]

Rainy nights are absolutely the best.  I've been sitting on my porch with some bourbon and my one hitter listening to LL Rain and watching the storms.  It's wonderful.  I've been listening to my favorite version (WTB de damned) 5/26/77.  It's at the 46:45 mark if any of you want to enjoy it as it appears we may have a few rainy nights in the next week or so. 

 

[elguapo 4620]

On 8/6/2022 at 10:41 PM, Hate said:

What's up fellow Dead heads?  I'm up finishing off One More Saturday Night with some drinks and the Grateful Dead.  I'm on a Wharf Rat kick at the moment, so I am listening to my two favorites 7/7/89 and 5/26/77.  Wharf Rat is probably a top 5 song for me.  I love it during any era,  Lyrically and musically it is perfect to me.  A lot of my love for this song is that its easy to transition to from another song.  The two shows I posted above are The Other One>Wharf Rat and Not Fade Away>Wharf Rat and the transitions are beautiful! What are your favorite ones? 

10/7/77 is a great Wharf Rat

https://archive.org/details/gd77-10-07.pset2-sbd.kiefe-fiske.1191.sbefixed.shnf/gd77-10-07d1t2-fixed.shn

 

[Hate 20247]

Checking that show out now. That's a great set list. 

[Prepuce of Doom 21285]

I'm not great at identifying voices, so pardon what might be a pretty elementary question for others. Who would occasionally announce the set breaks by saying, "we're gonna take a short break, and you can too."?

I can't think of any specific show, but I feel like it was kind of a regular thing for a while. 

Every time someone in my daily life mentions taking a break (regardless of the speaker or context) it reminds me of that. 

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I'm not great at identifying voices, so pardon what might be a pretty elementary question for others. Who would occasionally announce the set breaks by saying, "we're gonna take a short break, and you can too."?

I can't think of any specific show, but I feel like it was kind of a regular thing for a while. 

Every time someone in my daily life mentions taking a break (regardless of the speaker or context) it reminds me of that. 

Probably Bobby. 

[Hate 20247]

Definitely Bobby.

[Prepuce of Doom 21285]

That was my hunch. 

Thanks! 

[alincoln 2391]

On 8/6/2022 at 11:41 PM, Hate said:

What's up fellow Dead heads?  I'm up finishing off One More Saturday Night with some drinks and the Grateful Dead.  I'm on a Wharf Rat kick at the moment, so I am listening to my two favorites 7/7/89 and 5/26/77.  Wharf Rat is probably a top 5 song for me.  I love it during any era,  Lyrically and musically it is perfect to me.  A lot of my love for this song is that its easy to transition to from another song.  The two shows I posted above are The Other One>Wharf Rat and Not Fade Away>Wharf Rat and the transitions are beautiful! What are your favorite ones? 

4/22/78

[Hate 20247]

That turned out to be a damned fine show.  The LL Rain was stellar and Sugar Magnolia is always a great second set closer.  The NFA into Wharf Rat was just awesome.  Thanks for the rec!

[stc 1500]

Saw this sticker in Colorado last week and laughed.

[Hate 20247]

I'm checking out 8/16/80 tonight. 

 

[elguapo 4620]

Anyone else a huge fan of The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)?

 

[Hate 20247]

I'm up getting fucked up and listening to the greatest goddamn band there ever was!

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

18 hours ago, elguapo said:

Anyone else a huge fan of The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)?

 

Yep. Beautiful tune. 

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

This is pretty cool. Everyone who sat in with the Dead, 1966-1995. I’m not crazy about how the tracks are ordered but what a compilation and what an effort.

https://archive.org/details/AllGratefulDeadGuestSit-ins66To95

Be forewarned, this is a long list:

Spoiler

1) 7/28/73 - Not Fade Away - (with the Allman Brothers & The Band)
2) 7/28/73 - Mountain Jam - (with The Allman Brothers & The Band
3) 7/28/73 - Johnny B Goode - (with The Allman Brothers & The Band)
4) 3/3/87 - Iko Iko (with the Dirty Brass Band)
5) 7/6/87 - Iko Iko (with the Neville Brothers)
6) 7/6/87 - Day-O (with the Neville Brothers)
7) 7/6/87 - Man Smart,Woman Smarter (with the Neville Brothers)
😎 7/6/87 - Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (with the Neville Brothers)
9) 7/6/87 - Good Lovin’ (with the Neville Brothers)
10) 7/6/87 - Johnny B. Goode (with The Neville Brothers)
11) 8/22/87 - Good Morning Little School Girl (with Carlos Santana on guitar)
12) 8/22/87 - In The Midnight Hour (with Carlos Santana on guitar)
13) 8/23/87 - Iko Iko (with Carlos Santana)
14) 8/23/87 - All Along The Watchtower (with Carlos Santana)
15) 9/22/87 - Gimme Some Lovin’ (with Spencer Davis)
16) 12/31/87 - Man Smart, Woman Smarter (with the Neville Brothers)
17) 12/31/87 - Iko Iko (with The Neville Brothers)
18) 12/31/87 - Day-O (With The Neville Brothers)
19) 12/31/87 - Do You Wanna Dance? (With The Neville Brothers)
20) 12/31/87 - Knocking’ On Heaven’s Door (with The Neville Brothers)
21) 2/16/88 - Drums (with Batucaje)
22) 3/17/88 - Drums (with Hamza El Din)
23) 6/25/88 - Sugaree (With Bruce Hornsby/accordion)
24) 6/25/88 - Memphis Blues (with Bruce Hornsby/ accordion)
25) 7/16/88 - Drums (with Babja Olatundji)
26) 7/31/88 - Little Red Rooster (David Hildago on guitar)
27) 7/31/88 - West L.A Fadeaway (David Hildago on guitar)
28) 9/24/88 - West L.A Fadeaway (Mick Taylor on guitar)
29) 9/24/88 - Little Red Rooster (Mick Taylor on guitar)
30) 9/24/88 - Chinese Bones (Suzanne Vega)
31) 9/24/88 - Neighbourhood Girls (Suzanne Vega)
32) 9/24/88 - Every Time You Go Away (Hall & Oats)
33) 9/24/88 - What’s Going On? (Hall & Oats)
34) 9/24/88 - Drums (Baba Olatunji/Michael Hinton)
35) 9/24/88 - Not Fade Away (Hornsby)
36) 9/24/88 - Good Lovin’ (Jack Cassady)
37) 9/24/88 - Knockin’ On Heavens Door (All Guests from 9/24/88)
38) 10/18/88 - Drums (Neville Brothers)
39) 10/18/88 - Iko Iko (Neville Brothers/Bangles)
40) 10/18/88 - Knocking’ On Heaven’s Door (Neville Brothers/Bangles)
41) 12/31/88 - Wang Dang Doodle (Clarence Clemons on sax)
42) 12/31/88 - West L.A Fadeaway (Clarence Clemons on sax)
43) 12/31/88 - Sugar Magnolia (Clarence Clemons on sax)
44) 12/31/88 - Touch Of Grey (Clarence Clemons on sax)
45) 12/31/88 - Man Smart,Woman Smarter (Clarence Clemons on sax)
46) 12/31/88 - Drums (Baba Olatunji, Sikiru Adepoju & Kitaro)
47) 12/31/88 - Goin Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (Clarence Clemons on sax)
48) 12/31/88 - One More Saturday Night (Clarence Clemons on sax)
49) 2/12/89 - How Long Blues (Spencer Davis)
50) 2/12/89 - Gimme Some Lovin (Spencer Davis)
51) 2/12/89 - Iko Iko (Bob Dylan)
52) 2/12/89 - Monkey & The Engineer (Bob Dylan)
53) 2/12/89 - Alabama Getaway (Bob Dylan)
54) 2/12/89 - Dire Wolf (Bob Dylan)
55) 2/12/89 - Cassidy (Bob Dylan)
56) 2/12/89 - …Memphis Blues (Bob Dylan)
57) 2/12/89 - Drums (Kodo Drummer)
58) 2/12/89 - Not Fade Away (Bob Dylan)
59) 2/12/89 - Knocking’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan)
60) 6/21/89 - Hell In A Bucket (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
61) 6/21/89 - Ship Of Fools (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
62) 6/21/89 - Estimated Prophet (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
63) 6/21/89 - Eyes Of The World (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
64) 6/21/89 - Truckin’ (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
65) 6/21/89 - The Other One (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
66) 6/21/89 - Morning Dew (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
67) 6/21/89 - Lovelight (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
68) 6/21/89 - Brokedown Palace (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
69) 7/10/89 - Drums (Neville Brothers)
70) 7/10/89 - Iko Iko (Neville Brothers)
71) 7/10/89 - All Along The Watchtower (Neville Brothers)
72) 7/10/89 - Morning Dew (Neville Brothers)
73) 7/10/89 - Sugar Magnolia (Neville Brothers)
74) 7/10/89 -Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Neville Brothers)
75) 7/12/89 - Sugaree (Bruce Hornsby)
76) 7/12/89 - Man Smart,Woman Smarter (Bruce Hornsby)
77) 7/13/89 - Tennessee Jed (Bruce Hornsby)
78) 7/13/89 - Memphis Blues (Bruce Hornsby)
79) 12/6/89 - Ship Of Fools (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
80) 12/6/89 - Terrapin Station (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
81) 12/6/89 - The Wheel (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
82) 12/6/89 - Standing On the Moon (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
83) 12/6/89 - Sunshine Daydream (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
84) 12/10/89 - C.C Rider - (Spencer Davis -guitar/vox, Bruce Hornsby on keyboards)
85) 12/10/89 - I’m A Man - (Spencer Davis -guitar/vox, Bruce Hornsby on keyboards)
86) 12/10/89 - Jack Straw (Bruce Hornsby on accordion)
87) 12/10/89 - China/Rider (Bruce Hornsby on accordion)
88) 12/10/89 - Man Smart, Woman Smarter - (Bruce Hornsby on piano)
89) 12/10/89 - Good Lovin’ (Bruce Hornsby on piano)
90) 12/10/89 - All Over Now Baby Blue - (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
91) 12/27/89 -Iko Iko (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
92) 12/27/89 -Playin in the Band (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
93) 12/27/89 -The Wheel (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
94) 12/27/89 -I Need a Miracle (Clarence Clemons on Sax)
95) 12/28/89 - Drums (with Willie Green)
96) 12/31/89 - Big Boss Man (Bonnie Raitt)
97) 12/31/89 - Iko Iko (with Taro Hart)
98) 12/31/89 - Victim Or the Crime (with Airto Moreira)
99) 12/31/89 - Dark Star (with Airto Moreira)
100) 12/31/89 - Drums (with Airto Moreira)
101) 2/27/90 - Drums (Michael Doucet and Beausoleil)
102) 2/27/90 - Iko Iko (Michael Doucet and Beausoleil)
103) 2/27/90 - Man Smart, Woman Smarter (Michael Doucet and Beausoleil)
104) 3/29/90 - Birdsong (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
105) 3/29/90 - Eyes Of The World (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
106) 3/29/90 - Estimated Prophet (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
107) 3/29/90 - Dark Star (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
108) 3/29/90 - Drums ((Branford Marsalis on Sax)
109) 3/29/90 - Dark Star (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
110) 3/29/90 - The Wheel (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
111) 3/29/90 - Throwing Stones (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
112) 3/29/90 - Lovelight (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
113) 3/29/90 - Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Branford Marsalis on Sax)
114) 7/10/90 - Jack Straw (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
115) 7/10/90 - Friend Of The Devil (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
116) 7/10/90 - When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
117) 7/10/90 - Birdsong (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
118) 7/10/90 - Promised Land (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
119) 7/10/90 - Iko Iko (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
120) 7/10/90 - Playin’ In The Band (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
121) 7/10/90 - Uncle John’s Band Jam (Bruce Hornsby on Accordion)
122) 12/3/90 - Drums (with Sikiru Adepoju)
123) 12/4/90 - Lovelight (with Huey Lewis on Harmonica)
124) 12/27/90 - Drums (with Hamza El-Din)
125) 12/31/90 - Birdsong (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
126) 12/31/90 - Promised Land (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
127) 12/31/90 - Not Fade Away (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
128) 12/31/90 - Eyes Of the World (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
129) 12/31/90 - Darkstar (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
130) 12/31/90 - Drums (with Hamza El-Din)
131) 12/31/90 - The Other One (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
132) 12/31/90 - Wharfrat (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
133) 12/31/90 - Not Fade Away Reprise (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
134) 12/31/90 - The Weight (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
135) 12/31/90 - Johnny B. Goode (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
136) 2/20/91 - Drums (with Baba Olatunji, Sikiru Adepoju)
137) 2/20/91 - Jam (with Baba Olatunji, Sikiru Adepoju)
138) 2/21/91 - Uncle John’s Band (with Airto Moreira)
139) 2/21/91 - Terrapin Station (with Airto Moreira)
140) 2/21/91 - Drums (with Airto Moreira)
141) 2/21/91 - Eyes Of The World (with Airto Moreira)
142) 2/21/91 - Throwing Stones (with Airto Moreira)
143) 2/21/91 - Not Fade Away (with Airto Moreira)
144) 4/28/91 - Birdsong (with Carlos Santana on guitar)
145) 10/27/91 - Iko Iko (with Carlos Santana and Gary Duncan)
146) 10/27/91 - Mona (with Carlos Santana and Gary Duncan)
147) 10/31/91 - Spoonful (with Gary Duncan)
148) 10/31/91 - Darkstar (with Gary Duncan, Ken Kesey)
149) 10/31/91 - Jam (with Gary Duncan)
150) 10/31/91 - Dark Star reprise (with Gary Duncan)
151) 10/31/91 -The Last Time (with Gary Duncan)
152) 10/31/91 - Werewolves of London (with Gary Duncan)
153) 11/3/91 - Wang Dang Doodle (John Popper on Harmonica)
154) 11/3/91 - Born on The Bayou (John Fogerty on Guitar/vox)
155) 11/3/91 - Green River (John Fogerty on Guitar/vox)
156) 11/3/91 - Bad Moon Rising (John Fogerty on Guitar/vox)
157) 11/3/91 - Proud Mary (John Fogerty on Guitar/vox)
158) 11/3/91 - Forever Young (Neil Young on Guitar/Vox)
159) 12/30/91 - Dear Prudence Jam (with Airto Moreira)
160) 12/30/91 - Drums (with Airto Moreira)
161) 12/31/91 - Not Fade Away (with Airto Moreira)
162) 2/23/92 - Drums (with Baba Olatunji)
163) 5/31/92 - Spoonful (with Steve Miller)
164) 5/31/92 - The Other One (with Steve Miller)
165) 5/31/92 - Morning Dew (with Steve Miller)
166) 5/31/92 - Baba O’Riley (with Steve Miller)
167) 5/31/92 - Tomorrow Never Knows (with Steve Miller)
168) 6/15/92 - I Need A Miracle (Steve Miller)
169) 6/15/92 - Standing On The Moon (Steve Miller)
170) 6/15/92 - Throwing Stones (Steve Miller)
171) 6/15/92 -Not Fade Away (Steve Miller)
172) 6/15/92 - Knockin On Heaven’s Door (Steve Miller)
173) 6/20/92 - One More Saturday Night (Steve Miller - Guitar, Bruce Hornsby - Accordion)
174) 6/20/92 - Baba O’Riley (Steve Miller - Guitar, Bruce Hornsby - Accordion)
175) 6/20/92 - Tomorrow never Knows (Steve Miller - Guitar, Bruce Hornsby - Accordion)
176) 6/25/92 - Iko Iko (with Steve Miller)
177) 6/25/92 - Good Morning Little School Girl (Steve Miller - Guitar, James Cotton on Harmonica)
178) 6/25/92 - All Along The Watchtower (with Steve Miller)
179) 6/25/92 - Lovelight (with Steve Miller - Guitar, James Cotton on Harmonica)
180) 6/25/92 - Gloria (Steve Miller - Guitar, James Cotton on Harmonica)
181) 7/1/92 - In The Midnight Hour (with Steve Miller and Norton Buffalo)
182) 7/1/92 - West L.A Fadeaway (with Steve Miller and Norton Buffalo)
183) 7/1/92 - Truckin’ (with Steve Miller and Norton Buffalo)
184) 7/1/92 - Spoonful (with Steve Miller and Norton Buffalo)
185) 1/26/93 - Drums (with Carlos Santana)
186) 1/26/93 - Space (with Carlos Santana)
187) 1/26/93 - The Other One (with Carlos Santana)
188) 1/26/93 - Stella Blue (with Carlos Santana)
189) 1/26/93 - Lovelight (with Carlos Santana)
190) 1/26/93 - Gloria (with Carlos Santana)
191) 2/23/93 - Drums (Graham Wiggins on Didgeridoo)
192) 2/23/93 - Space (with Ornette Coleman)
193) 2/23/93 - The Other One (with Ornette Coleman)
194) 2/23/93 - Stella Blue (with Ornette Coleman)
195) 2/23/93 - Lovelight (with Ornette Coleman)
196) 3/11/93 - Space>Flibberty Jib>The Island (with Ken Nordine)
197) 4/4/93 - Drums (with Baba Olatunji)
198) 8/21/93 - Good Morning Little School Girl (Huey Lewis on Harmonica)
199) 8/21/93 - Smokestack Lightning (Huey Lewis on Harmonica)
200) 8/21/93 - The Last Time (Huey Lewis on Harmonica)
201) 9/20/93 - Drums (with Edie Brickell)
202) 9/20/93 - Space (with Edie Brickell)
203) 9/20/93 - The Other One (with Edie Brickell)
204) 9/20/93 - Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (with Edie Brickell)
205) 12/9/93 - Drums (with Airto Moreira and Flora Purim)
206) 12/9/93 - Space (with Ornette Coleman - Sax,Airto Moreira and Flora Purim on drums)
207) 12/9/93 - The Other One (with Ornette Coleman on Sax)
208) 12/9/93 - Wharf Rat (with Ornette Coleman on Sax)
209) 12/9/93 - Lovelight (with Ornette Coleman on Sax)
210) 12/10/93 - Bertha (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
211) 12/10/93 - Scarlet Begonias (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
212) 12/10/93 - Fire On The Mountain (with Branford Marsalis on Sax)
213) 9/22/93 - Birdsong (with David Murray on Sax)
214) 9/22/93 - Lazy River Road (with David Murray on Sax)
215) 9/22/93 - Throwing Stones (with David Murray on Sax, and James Cotton - Harmonica)
216) 9/22/93 - Lovelight (with David Murray on Sax, and James Cotton - Harmonica)
217) 10/17/94 - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (With Bob Dylan)
218) 12/9/94 - Scarlet Begonias (with Sikiru Adepoju)
219) 12/9/94 - Fire On the Mountain (with Sikiru Adepoju)
220) 12/9/94 - Drums (with Sikiru Adepoju)
221) 12/12/94 - Drums (with Sikiru Adepoju)
222) 2/26/95 - Estimated Prophet (with David Murray on Sax, Sikiru Adepoju on drums)
223) 2/26/95 - Eyes Of The World (with David Murray on Sax, Sikiru Adepoju on drums)
224) 2/26/95 - Drums (with David Murray on Sax, Sikiru Adepoju on drums)
225) 2/26/95 - I Need A Miracle (with David Murray on Sax, Sikiru Adepoju on drums)
226) 2/26/95 - Days Between (with David Murray on Sax, Sikiru Adepoju on drums)
227) 2/26/95 - Not Fade Away (with David Murray on Sax, Sikiru Adepoju on drums)
228) 4/5/95 - Matilda (with Willie Green)
229) 4/5/95 - Drums (with Willie Green)
230) 5/21/95 - Drums (with Carter Beauford)
231) 6/2/95 - Drums (with Gyoto Monks)
232) 6/2/95 - Chanting of the Gyoto Monks
233) 12/1/66 - My Own Fault (unknown blues singer & harmonica player)
234) 12/1/66 - Yonder’s Wall (Unknown blues singer & harmonica player)
235) 11/14/67 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Charles Lloyd plays Flute/Raps)
236) 6/18/67 - Alligator (with an Unknown harmonica player)
237) 6/18/67 - Caution (with an Unknown harmonica player)
238) 7/23/67 - Neal Casady Rap (Neal Casady Raps/Dead as backing band)
239) 9/20/68 - Drums (with Shankar Ghosh and Vince Delgado)
240) 10/30/68 -Dark Star Jam (with Jack Casady)
241) 12/16/68 - Jam>Jam> (with Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden, David Getz) 
242) 12/16/68 - Jam (with Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden, David Getz)
243) 2/1969 - Lovelight (with an Unknown singer with Pigpen)
244) 4/4/69 - Lovelight (with Unknown Organ Player (Bob Powell of Sanpaku?)
245) 5/11/69 -Alligator (with Santana percussionists Mike Carabello & Chepito Areas)
246) 5/11/69- Drums> (with Santana percussionists Mike Carabello & Chepito Areas)
247) 5/11/69-Jam> (with Santana percussionists Mike Carabello & Chepito Areas)
248) 5/11/69-Lovelight (with Santana percussionists Mike Carabello & Chepito Areas)
249) 5/31/69 - Cold Rain Rap (with Ken Babbs)
250) 5/31/69 - All Over Now Baby Blue (with Ken Babbs)
251) 6/6/69-- Beat It On Down The Line ( with Elvin Bishop, Wayne Ceballos)
252) 6/6/69-- Checking Up On My Baby - Elvin Bishop, Wayne Ceballos)
253) 6/6/69-- Green Grass Of Home (6/6/69 - Fillmore West - Elvin Bishop)
254) 6/6/69- Me & My Uncle (6/6/69 - Fillmore West - Elvin Bishop)
255) 6/6/69 - Smokestack Lightning (6/6/69 - Fillmore West - Elvin Bishop)
256) 6/7/69- Lovelight (6/7/69 - Fillmore West - Janis Joplin sings with Pigpen)
257) 6/8/69 - Lovelight (6/8/69 - Fillmore West - Wayne Ceballos sings instead of Pigpen)
258) 6/8/69 - Things I Used To Do 6/8/69 - Fillmore West - Elvin Bishop (guit./vox), no Garcia)
259) 6/8/69- Who’s Loving You Tonight? (6/8/69 - Fillmore West - Elvin Bishop (guit./vox), no Garcia)
260) 6/13/69 - Lovelight (6/13/69 - Fresno Convention Centre - Gary Larkey of Sanpaku plays flute)
261) 6/27/69- Slewfoot (6/27/69 - Veterans Aud. - Peter Grant plays Banjo, Tom Ralston sits in for Mickey on drums)
262) 6/28/69 - Doin’ That Rag (6/28/69 - Veterans Aud. - Peter Grant plays Pedal Steel)
263) 6/28/69 - Mama Tried (6/28/69 - Veterans Aud. - Peter Grant plays Banjo, David Nelson (guitar solo)
264) 6/28/69- Me And My Uncle ( Peter Grant plays Banjo, John Dawson sings with Weir.)
265) 8/2/69- Mama Tried (David Nelson plays guitar)
266) 8/2/69 - Slewfoot (David Nelson plays guitar)
267) 8/3/69 Alligator (with Charles Lloyd on Saxophone/ unknown Fiddle performer)
268) 8/3/69- Caution (with Charles Lloyd on Saxophone/ unknown Fiddle performer)
269) 8/3/69 - Dark Star (with Charles Lloyd on Saxophone/ unknown Fiddle performer)
270) 8/3/69 - Drums ((with Charles Lloyd on Saxophone/ unknown Fiddle performer)
271) 8/3/69 - Hi-Heeled Sneakers (with an Unknown fiddle player)
272) 8/3/69 - The Other One (with Charles Lloyd on Saxophone/ unknown Fiddle performer)
273) 8/21/69 - Minglewood Blues (with Gary Larkey of Sanpaku plays flute)
274) 8/21/69 - China Cat Sunflower (with Gary Larkey of Sanpaku plays flute)
275) 8/21/69 - Doin’ That Rag (with Gary Larkey of Sanpaku - flute)
276) 10/25/69 - Lovelight (with Stephen Stills)
277) 11/8/69 - Caution (rap with Dawson)
278) 11/8/69 - Main Ten Jam ( rap with John Dawson)
279) 12/10/69 - Casey Jones (with Stephen Stills on guitar)
280) 12/10/69 - Good Morning Little School Girl (with Stephen Stills on guitar)
281) 12/10/69 - Morning Dew (with Stephen Stills on guitar)
282) 12/10/69 - Black Queen (with Stephen Stills on guitar/vox)
283) 2/1/70 - Lovelight (with Peter Green on guitar)
284) 2/4/70 - Allstar Jam (Jefferson Airplane,Santana) 
285) 2/11/70 - Darkstar ( Peter Green, Duane Allman, Mick Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks & Berry Oakley)
286) 2/11/70 - Lovelight ( Peter Green, Duane Allman, Mick Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks & Berry Oakley.)
287) 2/11/70 - Spanish Jam ( Peter Green, Duane Allman, Mick Fleetwood, Danny Kirwan, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks & Berry Oakley.)
288) 4/9/70 - Cowboy Song (unknown audience member sings)
289) 4/15/70 - Cryptical - (with unknown organ player)
290) 4/15/70 - Drums - (with unknown organ player)
291) 4/15/70 - Jam - (with unknown organ player)
292) 4/15/70 - Drums - (with unknown organ player)
293) 4/15/70 - The Other One - (with unknown organ player)
294) 4/15/70 - Cryptical Reprise- (with unknown organ player)
295) 6/13/70 - Good Lovin (with Dino Valenti and Gary Duncan)
296) 6/13/70 - Lovelight (with Dino Valenti and Gary Duncan)
297) 7/14/70 - Cumberland Blues (David Crosby on 12-string)
298) 7/14/70 - New Speedway Boogie (with David Crosby on 12-string)
299) 7/16/70 - Lovelight (with Janis Joplin)
300) 8/19/70 - Not Fade Away (with David Crosby)
301) 8/19/70 - Lovelight (with David Crosby)
302) 9/17/70 - Box of Rain (with David Nelson on guitar, Garcia on Piano)
303) 9/20/70 - To Lay Me Down (Garcia on Piano)
304) 11/11/70 - Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad (Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Papa John Creach)
305) 11/16/70 - Hard To Handle (with Steve Winwood on organ, Will Scarlet on harmonica)
306) 11/16/70 - Big Railroad Blues (with Steve Winwood on organ, Will Scarlet on harmonica)
307) 11/16/70 - Not Fade Away (with Steve Winwood on organ, Will Scarlet on harmonica)
308) 11/16/70 - Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad (with Steve Winwood -organ, Will Scarlet - harmonica)
309) 11/16/70 - Not Fade Away Reprise (with Steve Winwood on organ, Will Scarlet on harmonica)
310) 11/16/70 - Truckin’ (with Steve Winwood on organ, Will Scarlet on harmonica)
311) 11/16/70 - The Other One (with Steve Winwood on organ, Will Scarlet on harmonica)
312) 11/16/70 - Uncle John’s Band (with Steve Winwood on organ, Will Scarlet on harmonica)
313) 11/20/70 - It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady)
314) 11/20/70 - Jam ((with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady)
315) 11/20/70 - Around & Around (with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady)
316) 11/20/70 - Jam (with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady)
317) 11/20/70 - Darling Corey (with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady)
318) 11/20/70 - Jam (with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady)
319) 11/20/70 - Jam (with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady)
320) 2/18/71 - Dark Star (with Ned Lagin on clavichord)
321) 2/18/71 - Wharf Rat (with Ned Lagin on clavichord)
322) 2/18/71 - Dark Star (with Ned Lagin on clavichord)
323) 4/26/71 - Sugar Magnolia (Duane Allman on guitar)
324) 4/26/71 - It Hurts Me Too (Duane Allman on guitar)
325) 4/26/71 - Beat It On Down The Line (Duane Allman on guitar)
326) 4/27/71 - Help Me Rhonda (with The Beach Boys)
327) 4/27/71 - Johnny B. Goode (with The Beach Boys)
328) 4/27/71 - Okie From Muskogee (with The Beach Boys)
329) 4/27/71 - Riot in Cell Block #9 (with The Beach Boys)
330) 4/27/71 - Searchin’ (with The Beach Boys)
331) 4/28/71 - Dark Star (with Tom Constanten)
332) 4/28/71 - Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (with Tom Constanten)
333) 4/28/71 - Not Fade Away Reprise (with Tom Constanten)
334) 4/28/71 - Not Fade Away (with Tom Constanten)
335) 4/28/71 - St. Stephen (with Tom Constanten)
336) 3/25/72 - Hey Bo Diddley (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
337) 3/25/72 - I’m a Man (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
338) 3/25/72 - Seen Them All (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
339) 3/25/72 - Jam (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
340) 3/25/72 - Take It All Off (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
341) 3/25/72 - Mona (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
342) 3/25/72 - Wow Wow Hey Hey (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
343) 3/25/72 - Unknown Blues (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
344) 3/25/72 - Pollution (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
345) 3/25/72 -Eighteen Children (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
346) 3/25/72 - Jam (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
347) 3/25/72 - Jam (The Grateful Dead backing Bo Diddley)
348) 7/16/72 - Not Fade Away (with Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, and Jaimoe from the Allman Bros)
349) 7/16/72 - Goin’ Down The Road Feelin Bad (with Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, and Jaimoe from the Allman Bros)
350) 7/16/72 - Hey Bo Diddley (with Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, and Jaimoe from the Allman Bros)
351) 10/9/72 - Playin In The Band (with Grace Slick) 
352) 10/9/72 - Jam (with Rap by Grace Slick)
353) 12/31/72 - The Other One (with David Crosby on Guitar)
354) 12/31/72 - Drums (with David Crosby on Guitar)
355) 12/31/72 - Drums and Bass (with David Crosby on Guitar)
356) 12/31/72 - The Other One (with David Crosby on Guitar)
357) 12/31/72 - Morning Dew (with David Crosby on Guitar)
358) 9/10/72 - Dark Star (with David Crosby on Guitar)
359) 9/10/72 - Drums Jam ((with David Crosby on Guitar)
360) 6/10/73 - Goin Down The Road Feelin Bad (with Dickey Betts, Merl Saunders, & Butch Trucks)
361) 6/10/73 - Johnny B. Goode (with Dickey Betts, Merl Saunders, & Butch Trucks)
362) 6/10/73 - Not Fade Away Reprise (with Dickey Betts, Merl Saunders, & Butch Trucks)
363) 6/10/73 - Not Fade Away (with Dickey Betts, Merl Saunders, & Butch Trucks)
364) 6/10/73 - Promised Land (with Dickey Betts, Merl Saunders, & Butch Trucks)
365) 6/10/73 - It Takes A Lot To Laugh (with Dickey Betts, Merl Saunders, & Butch Trucks)
366) 6/10/73 - That’s Alright Mama (with Dickey Betts, Merl Saunders, & Butch Trucks)
367) 9/17/73 - Let Me Sing Your Blues Away (with Joe Ellis & Martin Fierro on Horns)
368) 9/17/73 - Truckin’ (with Joe Ellis & Martin Fierro on Horns)
369) 9/17/73 - Eyes Of The World (with Joe Ellis & Martin Fierro on Horns)
370) 9/17/73 - Weather Report Suite (Prelude) (with Joe Ellis & Martin Fierro on Horns)
371) 9/17/73 - Weather Report Suite (Part 1) (with Joe Ellis & Martin Fierro on Horns)
372) 9/17/73 - Let It Grow (with Joe Ellis & Martin Fierro on Horns)
373) 3/23/75 - Blues For Allah (with Ned Lagin on Fender Rhodes, and Merle Saunders (Hammond Organ)
374) 3/23/75 - Stronger Than Dirt (with Ned Lagin on Fender Rhodes, and Merle Saunders (Hammond Organ)
375) 3/23/75 - Drums (with Ned Lagin on Fender Rhodes, and Merle Saunders (Hammond Organ)
376) 3/23/75 - Stronger Than Dirt reprise (with Ned Lagin on Fender Rhodes, and Merle Saunders (Hammond Organ)
377) 3/23/75 - Blues For Allah Reprise (with Ned Lagin on Fender Rhodes, and Merle Saunders (Hammond Organ)
378) 3/23/75 - Johnny B. Goode (with Ned Lagin on Fender Rhodes, and Merle Saunders (Hammond Organ)
379) 9/28/75 - The Music Never Stopped (Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
380) 9/28/75 - Beat It On Down the Line (Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
381) 6/25/78 - Drums (with Ken Babbs)
382) 6/25/78 - Space(with Ken Babbs)
383) 9/14/78 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din)
384) 9/15/78 - Drums (with Hamza El-Din)
385) 9/15/78 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din)
386) 9/16/78 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din)
387) 10/18/78 - Drums (with Lee Oskar)
388) 10/18/78 - Mojo Jam (with Lee Oskar)
389) 10/21/78 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din)
390) 10/21/78 - Drums (with Lee Oskar)
391) 10/21/78 - Space (with Lee Oskar)
392) 10/21/78 - Mojo Jam (with Lee Oskar)
393) 10/21/78 - The Other One (with Lee Oskar)
394) 10/21/78 - Stella Blue (with Lee Oskar)
395) 10/22/78 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din)
396) 10/22/78 - Drums (with Lee Oskar)
397) 10/22/78 - Not Fade Away (with John Cipollina)
398) 10/22/78 - Mojo Jam (with John Cipollina)
399) 10/22/78 - Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad (with John Cipollina on guitar) 
400) 11/24/78 - Drums (with Hamza El-Din)
401) 11/24/78 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din)
402) 11/24/78 - Fire On The Mountain (with Hamza El-Din)
403) 5/7/79 - Space (with John Cipolina)
404) 5/7/79 - Not Fade Away (with John Cipolina)
405) 5/7/79 - Black Peter (with John Cipolina) 
406) 5/7/79 - Around & Around (with John Cipolina on guitar)
407) 8/5/79 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din)
408) 12/31/79 - Not Fade Away (with John Cipolina on guitar)
409) 12/31/79 - Stella Blue (with John Cipolina on guitar )
410) 12/31/79 - Sunshine Daydream (with John Cipolina on guitar)
411) 1/13/80 - Not Fade Away (with John Cipollina & Carlos Santana)
412) 1/13/80 - Sugar Magnolia (with John Cipollina & Carlos Santana)
413) 1/13/80 - US Blues (with Greg Errico)
414) 3/30/80 - US Blues (with John Belushi)
415) 6/29/80 - Drums (with Lee Oskar)
416) 6/29/80 - The Other One (with Lee Oskar)
417) 6/29/80 - Black Peter (with Lee Oskar)
418) 6/29/80 - Sugar Magnolia (with Lee Oskar)
419) 10/11/80 - Not Fade Away (with John Cipolina on guitar)
420) 10/11/80 - Wharf Rat (with John Cipolina on guitar)
421) 10/11/80 - Goin Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (with John Cipolina on guitar)
422) 10/11/80 - One More Saturday Night (with John Cipolina on guitar)
423) 10/30/80 - Drums (with Billy Cobham)
424) 12/13/80 - Drums (with Flora Purim & Airto Moreira)
425) 12/13/80 - Space (with Flora Purim & Airto Moreira)
426) 12/14/80 - Little Red Rooster (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
427) 12/14/80 - Drums (with Flora Purim & Airto Moreira)
428) 12/14/80 - Around & Around (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
429) 12/31/80 - Little Red Rooster (Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
430) 12/31/80 - Scarlet Begonias (with John Cipolina on guitar)
431) 12/31/80 - Fire On The Mountain (with John Cipolina on guitar)
432) 12/31/80 - Wharf Rat (with John Cipolina on guitar)
433) 12/31/80 - Around & Around (with John Cipolina on guitar)
434) 12/31/80 - Sunshine Daydream (with John Cipolina on guitar)
435) 3/24/81 - Drums (with The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
436) 3/28/81 - Drums ((with The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
437) 3/28/81 - Drums2 ((with The Flying Karamazov Brothers)
438) 3/28/81 - Not Fade Away (with Pete Townshend)
439) 3/28/81 - Wharf Rat (with Pete Townshend)
440) 3/28/81 - Around & Around (with Pete Townshend)
441) 3/28/81 - Good Lovin (with Pete Townshend)
442) 3/28/81 - One More Saturday Night (with Pete Townshend)
443) 5/8/81 - Drums (with Kesey on Harmonica)
444) 5/8/81 - Space (with Kesey on Harmonica)
445) 5/8/81 - US Blues (with Kesey on Harmonica)
446) 8/16/81 - Drums (with Kesey, Zane Kesey,Babbs, and the Thunder Machine)
447) 12/30/81 - Me & Bobby McGee
448) 12/30/81 - Lady Di (with Joan Baez)
449) 12/30/81 - Barbara Allen (with Joan Baez)
450) 12/30/81 - Feel Like a Stranger (without Brent)
451) 12/31/81 - C.C Rider (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
452) 12/31/81 - Must’ve Been The Roses (with Joan Baez)
453) 12/31/81 - Big Boss Man (With Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
454) 12/31/81 - Minglewood Blues (With Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
455) 12/31/81 - Iko Iko (with Joan Baez)
456) 12/31/81 - The Other One (with John Cipollina)
457) 12/31/81 - Not Fade Away (with John Cipollina)
458) 12/31/81 - Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (with John Cipollina)
459) 12/31/81 - It’s All Over Now Baby Blue (with Joan Baez)
460) 12/12/81 - Around & Around (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
461) 12/12/81 - It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (with Joan Baez,without Jerry & Brent)
462) 12/12/81 - Lady Di (without Jerry)
463) 12/12/81 - Minglewood Blues (with Matt Kelly on harmonica)
464) 12/12/81 - Little Red Rooster (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
465) 12/12/81 - The Boxer (without Jerry)
466) 5/28/82 - Drums (with Flora Purim & Airto Moreira)
467) 5/28/82 - Drum Jam (with Flora Purim & Airto Moreira)
468) 5/28/82 - Walkin Blues (with Boz Scaggs & John Cipollina)
469) 5/28/82 - Mind To Give Up Livin’ (with Boz Scaggs & John Cipollina)
470) 5/28/82 - Lovelight (with Boz Scaggs & John Cipollina)
471) 5/28/82 - Johnny B. Goode (with Boz Scaggs & John Cipollina)
472) 8/8/82 - Drums (with Zakir Hussain)
473) 8/8/82 - The Other One (with Zakir Hussain)
474) 8/8/82 - Wharf Rat (with Zakir Hussain - drums, John Cipollina - Guitar)
475) 8/8/82 - Good Lovin’ with Zakir Hussain - drums, John Cipollina - Guitar)
476) 8/8/82 - I Can’t Get No (Satisfaction) (with Zakir Hussain - drums, John Cipollina - Guitar)
477) 8/8/82 - Brokedown Palace (with Zakir Hussain - drums, John Cipollina - Guitar)
478) 12/30/82 - Hard To Handle (with Etta James & Tower Of Power)
479) 12/30/82 - Tell Me Mama (with Etta James & Tower Of Power)
480) 12/31/82 - C.C Rider (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
481) 12/31/82 - Not Fade Away (with John Cipollina on Guitar)
482) 12/31/82 - Deal (with John Cipollina on Guitar)
483) 12/31/82 - Sunshine Daydream (with John Cipollina on Guitar)
484) 12/31/82 - Lovelight (with Etta James & Tower Of Power horns)
485) 12/31/82 - Tell Me Mama (with Etta James & Tower Of Power horns)
486) 12/31/82 - Baby What Do You Want? (with Etta James & Tower Of Power horns)
487) 12/31/82 - Hard To Handle (with Etta James & Tower Of Power horns)
488) 12/31/82 - In The Midnight Hour (with Etta James & Tower Of Power horns)
489) 12/31/82 - Broke-down Palace (with Etta James & Tower Of Power horns)
490) 4/16/83 - Black Queen (with Stephen Stills on guitar/vox)
491) 4/16/83 - Iko Iko (with Stephen Stills on Guitar)
492) 4/16/83 - One More Saturday Night (Stephen Stills on Guitar)
493) 4/16/83 - Johnny B. Goode (Stephen Stills on guitar)
494) 4/17/83 - Not Fade Away (Stephen Stills on Guitar)
495) 4/17/83 - Love The One You’re With (Stephen Stills on Guitar/Vox)
496) 5/15/83 - Drums (with Airto Moreira & Flora Purim)
497) 5/15/83 - Not Fade Away (with John Cipollina)
498) 12/31/83 - Big Boss Man (with Rick Danko & Maria Muldaur)
499) 12/31/83 - Iko Iko (with Rick Danko & Maria Muldaur)
500) 12/31/83 - In The Midnight Hour (with Rick Danko & Maria Muldaur)
501) 12/31/83 - Goodnight Irene (with Rick Danko, Maria Muldaur, and John Cipollina)
502) 5/8/84 - Drums (with Ken Kesey,Ken Babbs, and The Thunder Machine)
503) 7/14/84 - Little Red Rooster (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
504) 10/31/84 - Minglewood Blues (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
505) 10/31/84 - Big Railroad Blues (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
506) 10/31/84 - I Need A Miracle (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
507) 10/31/84 - I Ain’t Superstitious (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
508) 10/31/84 - Around & Around (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
509) 10/31/84 - One More Saturday Night (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
510) 2/19/85 - Man Smart, Woman Smarter (with Gung Hay Fat Choy)
511) 2/19/85 - Iko Iko (with Gung Hay Fat Choy)
512) 2/19/85 - Man Smart,Woman Smarter (with Gung Hay Fat Choy)
513) 3/9/85 - Drums (with Merle Saunders)
514) 3/9/85 - Space (with Merle Saunders)
515) 3/9/85 - Jam (with Merle Saunders)
516) 3/9/85 - The Other One (with Merle Saunders)
517) 3/12/85 - Little Red Rooster (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
518) 3/12/85 - Not Fade Away (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
519) 3/13/85 - Minglewood Blues (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
520) 3/13/85 - Deal (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
521) 3/13/85 - Spoonful (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
522) 3/13/85 - Drums (with Hamza El-Din)
523) 3/13/85 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din)
524) 3/13/85 - Man Smart,Woman Smarter (with Hamza El-Din)
525) 3/13/85 - Black Peter (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
526) 3/28/85 - Smokestack Lightning (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
527) 3/29/85 - Down in The Bottom/I Ain’t Superstitious (with Matt Kelly on Harmonica)
528) 12/31/85 - Throwing Stones (with Baba Olatunji)
529) 12/31/85 - Not Fade Away (with Baba Olatunji)
530) 12/31/85 - Lovelight (with Baba Olatunji)
531) 2/11/86 - Drums (with The Neville Brothers)
532) 2/11/86 - Eyes Of The World (with The Neville Brothers)
533) 2/11/86 - Drums (with The Neville Brothers)
534) 2/11/86 - Not Fade Away (with The Neville Brothers)
535) 2/11/86 - Not Fade Away Reprise (with The Neville Brothers)
536) 2/11/86 - Hey Bo Diddley (with The Neville Brothers)
537) 2/11/86 - Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (with The Neville Brothers)
538) 2/12/86 - Drums (with The Neville Brothers)
539) 2/12/86 - Space (with the Neville Brothers)
540) 2/12/86 - Willie & The Hand-Jive (with The Neville Brothers)
541) 2/12/86 - The Wheel (with The Neville Brothers)
542) 2/12/86 - In The Midnight Hour (with The Neville Brothers)
543) 2/12/86 - Johnny B. Goode (with The Neville Brothers)
544) 4/21/86 - Eyes Of The World (with Jose Lorenzo)
545) 4/21/86 - Drums (with Jose Lorenzo)
546) 4/21/86 - Don’t Ease Me In (with Jose Lorenzo)
547) 12/16/86 - Drums (with The Neville Brothers)
548) 12/16/86 - Willie & The Hand-Jive (with The Neville Brothers)
549) 12/16/86 - Iko Iko (with the Neville Brothers)
550) 12/16/86 - In The Midnight Hour (with The Neville Brothers)
551) 12/30/86 - Drums (with Hamza El-Din & Jose Lorenzo)
552) 12/30/86 - Ollin Arrageed (with Hamza El-Din & Jose Lorenzo)
553) 12/30/86 - Drums (with Hamza El-Din & Jose Lorenzo)
554) 12/30/86 - Drums (with Hamza El-Din & Jose Lorenzo)
555) 12/30/86 - Iko Iko (with The Neville Brothers)
556) 12/30/86 - Man Smart,Woman Smarter (with The Neville Brothers)
557) 12/30/86 - Johnny B. Goode (with The Neville Brothers)
558) 2/11/89 - Drums (with Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, & Diana Moreira)

 

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Today is the 50th Anniversary of one of the more legendary shows...8/27/72 from Veneta, Oregon.  It was later released as "Sunshine Daydream".

 

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

Here’s a sample from Mickey Hart & Planet Drum’s new album. Heard it on the GD Hour last week. Not bad. His original Planet Drum book and CD were really cool. And back around that time they had items from Mickey’s collection of percussive instruments from around the world on display in the San Francisco airport. If you’re interested, the Planet Drum book is worth a read. It’s not heavy at all. But it’s kind of deep. It’s like a coffee table book that isn’t a coffee table book. If I knew a young person starting out on drums, I’d give them my copy.

 

[Hate 20247]

Texas Fight! Fuck Alabama.

 

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[Hate 20247]

I had an early day and a late afternoon.  I managed to squeeze in 18 holes of golf and some bourbon and weed.  I've defaulted to my favorite show tonight 7/4/89. The best Bertha, Cold Rain and Snow, Masterpiece, Deal, Women are Smarter, and Morning Dew ever...imo.

[Prepuce of Doom 21285]

I had the Dead Sirius XM channel on my Dish TV last night, and they played a very disco-y, almost "gritty" version of Feel Like a Stranger where the bassline was just absurdly low and funky - the best way I can describe it is like the strings were so loose as to be "raggedy," kind of like the fluttery thrum of flicking a long rubber band right next to your ear.

Unfortunately, the Dish version doesn't always give the date of the recording. 

Anyone with a better timeline in their head than mine have ideas on what date or range of dates that could be from? 

~~~~~

Trying to find the answer myself, I ended up down the rabbit hole of this Reddit thread:

That thread features these two quotes that I'm sure we've all heard before:

 

I think both are pithy and accurate, but I would also add that getting into the Grateful Dead is kind of like smoking cigarettes - you probably won't like it very much the first few times you try it, and you'll likely wonder what all the fuss is about, but if you are dedicated enough and/or want to like it enough to stick with it, it'll click before you know it, and then you're hooked... 

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

I gave up cigarettes. I could never give up the Dead.

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

Oh, thanks for reminding me that I wanted to add more to this. It’s daunting because I could blab and blab and blab about it. It’s hard to be concise. It’s sort of like when you’re dosed and your thoughts are moving faster than your mouth can speak them  

No idea how to identify that Stranger. Just listen to a bunch of them. Just the fact that it was played narrows the range of possible dates. They first played it on 3/31/80 so you know that show wasn’t from before then.

I love that song but it took me a little bit to get it. They opened my first show (Pittsburgh, 7/6/87) with Stranger > Franklin’s. And boy, was that appropriate because I totally felt like a stranger. That was a different world. I barely knew any of their music. We didn’t have very good seats, way in the back of the arena and way up high. (Pun intended, I guess, because we were tripping balls.) As soon as they launched into the song, the whole audience started dancing. They were just this huge swirling mass of people wriggling and shaking as I sat there awash in that sensory assault. That’s not a song that was similar to other songs I knew. My first love was the Beatles. My first concerts were Rush and REO Speedwagon and Styx and Journey and Billy Joel. I grew up listening to Top 40 radio. The Dead are decidedly not that.

As a matter of fact, I caught a Stranger > Franklin’s three times in my first four shows. They opened with it at my third show, at Buckeye Lake on 6/25/88 (with Bruce Hornsby and the Range opening; we also got Bruce sitting in on accordion for Sugaree and Memphis Blues). And then at my fourth show, in Landover, MD on 9/3/88, after opening with Let The Good Times Roll, I got another Stranger > Franklin’s. By then I was much more familiar. (It also helped that Go to Heaven was one of the first two albums I bought, along with Shakedown, after my first show.) We were fortunate enough to catch the last electric Ripple, the first since 4/29/71, at that show, performed at the request of a sick young person by way of the Make A Wish Foundation. Also, I’ve found that when they open with LTGTR then that’s usually a sign that you’re in for a good show.

But anyway, yeah, Stranger is a great song. Sort of gritty and raunchy and so unlike anything I grew up hearing on the radio. A lot of the Dead’s music is like that. (But they also covered a lot of music that was stuff I already knew from tv and radio and the county fair).

I’m not the biggest or most experienced Deadhead in the world by far. But I have a respectable resume. I remember being a newb and getting lost in a jam in like, say, Throwing Stones, and forgetting what song they were playing. And then they’d come back to the song and I’d be like, “Whoa!” Several years ago I was relaxing on a friend’s patio while we were smoking ribs and drinking beer and I was playing some Dead show. I pointed out in the jam that they just went back into The Other One, or maybe it was Playin’. Whatever it was was a big song sandwich that included Uncle John’s Band. Anyway, he was oblivious. I backed up the disc and sure enough, the track number changed right where I called it.

I’ve known (and benefitted from) people with nearly complete collections of bootlegs. They’re better at identifying songs/shows than I am. But I’m not bad. I recently tuned into the GD Hour on NPR on a Sunday night, in the middle of a jam, and successfully guessed that it was probably Throwing Stones circa 1982. It was Throwing Stones on 11/25/82. (Montego Bay in Jamaica. The Dead played from very very late night until sunrise. Parts were included over two episodes of the GD Hour, host David Gans said he was there and it was awesome. Stranger wasn’t performed.)

Anyway, there are cues to guessing when a song or show might have been played. What song(s) they’re playing, first of all. And who’s playing keyboard. And what the keyboard sounds like. The sound of Brent’s keys in ‘84 and ‘85 are pretty distinguishable, for example. There’s a huge difference between Brent and Vince. Another is the sound of Jerry’s voice. He had his ups and downs along with his health and his demons. (RIP)

As far as people who don’t get it, who cares? It’s not a religion. I’m not trying to convert anyone. I totally understand why some people don’t get it. There are a lot of different ways that people like to consume music. Music plays a different role in different people’s lives. Some people just want background music. Some just want a simple beat in a simple time in a familiar chord that they can dance to. Some people want to go to a concert and hear the hits played just exactly like they were played on the album. I don’t care if they don’t like the Dead. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, it would’ve been better if a lot fewer people “liked” the Dead or at least had stayed home instead of just coming to the show for the party.

The thing is it takes some time and investment to really get the most out of the Dead. It’s not really meant for the casual listener. Sure, those people exist. But it’s easy to understand how someone might not embrace them right off the bat. Their music is different, it’s not radio friendly. They’re a live band and their live catalog is enormous and almost every individual performance of a song includes a flub or two, or more. Some people hear one performance of a song, hear a mistake in a line or a riff and think, “These guys suck!” We hear a dozen versions of the same song, all different, with different approaches and different moods every time, and edit out the little mistakes. The concept of the song is an amalgam in our heads and when I play Sugaree in my head it’s very different from the Sugaree you play in your head. By contrast, every Rush fan plays the exact same version of Tom Sawyer in their head as every other Rush fan plays in their head. And they all play that drum part in exactly the same way. And they all expect to hear the band perform the song in exactly that same way in concert. And they think that makes Rush a really great band because they can precisely recreate their studio performance live on stage. (I confess I was once one of those people.)

So fuck ‘em if they don’t get it. Who cares? What do I care if they don’t get the joy I feel when listening for the first time to that GD Hour show I tuned into a few weeks ago, in the middle of a Throwing Stones jam, which went into NFA > Black Peter > Good Lovin’ which are all songs I know and have heard a hundred times but it was still like new? I don’t owe them an explanation.

Btw, that was a really sweet Good Lovin’ and I mentioned this on the old board that it was when they launched into that song at my first show that I was thrown involuntarily to my feet in dance out of pure joy. There was no thought. It just happened. They’re the best dance band in the world. 

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

Another thing. The Dead played a lot of songs. People will be playing their songs for years to come. They also covered a lot of other songs ranging over a wide variety of artists and styles. They opened me up to a lot of other music. They helped me out at my first show by playing covers of songs I already knew. Like Good Lovin’ and Johnny B. Goode. Like Mama Tried and Big River. With members of the Neville Brothers as special guests they played Day-O (aka the Banana Boat song) which I’d heard Harry Belafonte perform on the Flip Wilson show as a child. They also played Man Smart (Woman Smarter) which I knew from an episode of I Love Lucy (and was also part of Belafonte’s repertoire.) I didn’t know there was such a thing as New Orleans music at the time, let alone Caribbean music or world music or a wealth of other styles. They were influenced by those as well as every other style of American music from folk and blues and bluegrass and country (and Western) and jazz and R&B and disco and so on and so also influenced me. And you’d hear a mix of it at any given show. I have them to thank for turning me on to so much other music.

The Dead wrote a lot of great original songs that other artists will be covering for years. But what really set them apart was what they played when they weren’t playing the songs. The improvisational stuff. The stuff they played inside and outside and in between the songs. That’s really what they were (and are) all about. The songs are just a vehicle to get there, to a certain extent. I mean, sure, not every song is Dark Star. But that’s really what sets them apart and a whole lot of people don’t get that.

Bill Graham said it best:

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

Just because I had the inclination, here’s Jamaica 11/25/82. It’s cued up for Good Lovin’ because I was talking about that but it doesn’t mean you can’t listen to the whole show.

It’s not the best version of the song. It’s just one version. It’s unique. It’s not what I would play if I wanted to turn someone on to the Dead. “Oh, you gotta hear this!” Nope. It’s just that time when they played it at around 4:30 in the morning in Jamaica back in ‘82. I’ll bet it was fun to be there.

I love it whenever Bobby screams.

 

[Prepuce of Doom 21285]

Next summer is it... 

[Hate 20247]

Damn…I’ll have to find a show to go to since they won’t come to Texas in the summer.

For tonight, I’m sitting on the shores of Lake Buchanan listening to some Good Ol’ Grateful Dead!

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

I think I’d rather see Bob Weir & Wolf Bros. I see Phil & Friends have a stand coming up at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. A lot of Dead history there. They book a lot of interesting acts. Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets is playing on Monday. Phil’s stand has a couple of breaks, one for ZZ Top, another for Steve Vai. Other acts on the schedule are Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp, The Last Waltz, Lindsey Buckingham, and Hot Tuna (acoustic and electric — that would be a worthwhile trip).

https://www.thecapitoltheatre.com/events/venue/the-capitol-theatre/all

The venue is now owned by Peter Shapiro, the guy used to own Wetlands in NYC. I only made it there once, to see KVHW in, I think, 1999. Maybe 2000 but I’m guessing 1999. It was right after a Phish show in Cincinnati. I made the drive straight to NYC from Cincinnati. I was supposed to crash that night after the Phish show at the home of moe. guitarist Chuck Garvey but his girlfriend got pissed at me because I wouldn’t give my extra to her fat friend and invited some hot co-worker from the bar she worked at and she ditched me downtown. I had to take a cab back to Chuck and Amy’s place to get my car.

But I digress. (Nothing against Chuck. He’s a cool dude.) I don’t remember when Wetlands closed but I’m thinking it was sometime lot too long after 9/11. Anyway, they named the bar/lounge area at the Capitol Theatre “Garcia’s” and they book acts there too.

I’ve heard ads for upcoming acts at the theatre and Garcia’s when I’ve tuned in to the GD Hour recently. I heard that Oteil & Friends were booked at Garcia’s. I hadn’t heard about them. They have John Kadlicek, former front man (playing the part of Jerry) in Dark Star Orchestra (saw them a few times, they were pretty good), and they’ve got Kimock’s kid.

The members of the Dead aren’t getting any younger but the music will never die. (2018? Seriously? I’ve got to try to keep up.)