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A truly great loss. A virtuoso who took the violin to another level--or three. I, too, remember Leroy from the seventies with Jerome Cooper and Sirone--those amazing early discs. I heard him many times during the peak of the "avante guarde"years of 1975--1978 in New York playing in clubs, lofts--anywhere and everywhere, always with something to say. He should also be remembered as the man who convinced Joseph Jarman to come out of "retirement." Without Leroy, so much would never have been. A great void--not likely to be filled.

If you haven't found this yet: http://www.dead.net/view/tapers This week February 12 - February 18, 2007 Submitted Feb 12, 2007 There’s plenty to play from this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, and in addition to loads of great material from the week of February 12-18, we also have a great jam from a week later, but with next week so packed with interesting music, we thought we’d play something a little early. It’s hard to think of this week without thinking of the 2/13 & 14/70 shows at the Fillmore East. Justifiably famous and enshrined on Dick’s Picks Vol. 4, we’d like to start this week out by playing a couple of songs from that magnificent album, specifically Dancing In The Streets (MP3 13.03MB) and Caution (MP3 19.80MB) (both of which are from 2/14/70). The entire album is worth hearing again from start to finish, but these two songs are just to get you in the mood. As we heard with the excellent Not Fade Away, Cold and Snow and High Time last week, the 3-night run of shows had lots of other great music played. From 2/13/70, this Good Lovin’ (MP3 13.18MB) features a nice little jam typical of the era. Short on Pigpen rap, big on power. Also from 2/13/70, this jam of St. Stephen>Not Fade Away (MP3 22.11MB) presents another excellent 1970 Not Fade Away, with the entire band jamming toward the end of the set in anticipation of what would famously follow later on the night of 2/13/70. From 2/14/70, the second set has been preserved forever on Dick’s Picks Vol. 4, but the first set also featured some monumental music. This Dark Star (MP3 34.46MB) hits some great places, and although it doesn’t delve into the deep spaces, nor the melodic peaks, of the 2/13/70 version, it is most certainly an excellent rendition. Note how Bobby tries to veer the jam into the Feelin’ Groovy melody, to be rebutted by Jerry. Later, Phil tries the same move, but Jerry again puts his foot down. However, just before the second verse, Jerry relents, and the entire bands swings into a very powerful, but brief, Feelin’ Groovy jam. Unfortunately, the master reels are marred by a nasty reel cut between St. Stephen and The Eleven, rendering them unplayable here, but this 2/14/70 version of Lovelight (MP3 32.83MB) is presented with pleasure. And for another little taste of Pigpen, there was some excellent music played during the six nights at the Capitol Theatre in Portchester in 1971, and this fine It Hurts Me Too (MP3 7.28MB) exemplifies that. As you can see, this week’s Tapers Section is largely devoted to the 2/13 & 14/70 shows, and in addition to the great music on Dick’s Picks Vol. 4, there were hours and hours of additional music played that’s worth seeking out. However, we ought not forget that 2/14/68 saw one of the finer primal shows, at the Carousel. From that wonderful night, we thought you’d like to hear this terrific That’s It For The Other One>New Potato Caboose>Born Cross-Eyed (MP3 27.75MB). Also this week, we have something very special from a week later in 1968, but which comes with a caveat. One of the most frequent questions we’ve received over the years is what about 2/22/68 Lake Tahoe. As we all know, Dick’s Picks Vol. 22 is from 2/23 & 24/68. Unfortunately, the tapes for the 2/22/68 show were incomplete, and more importantly, they had severe mix problems that rendered the bulk of that show unlistenable. But, because the music at the end of the show is so good, we are going to play it here for you, although please be warned: there are no vocals on the tapes, and there are a few other mix issues. However, as you’ll hear, those issues are rather minor when put up against the high quality of this music. So, for the first time, here is the heart of that show, Dark Star>China Cat Sunflower>The Eleven>Caution (MP3 46.05MB) from 2/22/68 at Kings Beach Bowl. Don’t say we didn’t warn you, but this music is so good, we thought you’d be able to overlook some sound problems. Finally this week, we jump forward a few months to July, 1988. We’ve received a few requests for later 1980s GD, but with so few tapes in the vault from January and February in the mid-to-late 1980s, we haven’t been able to play too much to start the year. Although we’ll have plenty to talk about and play as the year goes on, here is an excellent Stuck Inside of Mobile (with the Memphis Blues Again) (MP3 11.38MB) from 7/2/88 in Oxford, Maine, recorded from the Beta PCM soundboard master, not the common matrix tape that many have heard. Also from the 1980s, in case you missed it on the reissue/HDCD remaster of In The Dark, here is the set-closing Throwing Stones (MP3 13.19MB) from 7/4/87 at Foxboro, mixed from the master 24 track tapes. Enjoy. Check back next week for some music from 1970, 1973, 1974 and a few other cool things. As always, we welcome your input, so feel free to write with any questions, comments, suggestions or just to shoot the breeze. David Lemieux vault [at] dead.net Note that there is a fair amount of early material being posted.

Apropos of nothing, cool link: http://dozin.com/jers/guitar/history.htm#

Thanks to John, I can complete my little project!

I can find them; I just can't download them. Same with "She's Mine," which is on a Smithsonian release that is not cleared for dl--except in some obscure place in England which wants me to jump through hoops and rings of fire. Sure--help would be greatly appreciated. Since the cd runs only about 60 or so minutes as is, I have room for both originals and versions Pig likely worked with.

Hard to find some of the original originals--urge, etc. will only go so far in obtaining rights to obscure stuff. Did find the Tampa Red version of Hurts me Too! Thanks. ANy additions, suggestions, are of course welcome.

Just had too much fun burning the following tunes which were the original versions of most of Pig's songs (that's what happens when your daughter comes by to add tunes to her IPOD). As follows: Katie Mae, Bring Me My Shotgun; The Rub--Lightnin' Hopkins There is Somthing on Your Mind--Etta James Who Do You Love--Bo Diddly Turn on Your Lovelight--Bobby "ble" Bland It Hurts Me too--Elmore James Smokestack Lightnin' Howlin' Wolf It's A Man's, Man's World James Brown Next Time You See Me--James Cotton Big Boss Man-Jimmy Reed Hard to Hande, Pain in My Heart--Otis Redding I'm a Kingbee--Slim Harpo Good Morning Little Schoolgirl--Sonny Boy Williamson Searchin'--The Coasters The Same Thing--Muddy Waters In the Midnight Hour--Wilson Pickett Run, Rudolph Run, Chuck Berry She's Mine and Big Boy Pete are currently not available for download.

However, poor Piggers never got to age.

Young and crazy, Lon. Working now on downloading all the ORIGINALS to Pig's songs--found 17 so far!

Only 8 more shopping days until the release of 12-31-76. January 23, a day that shall live in infamy. That's because it will be my 23rd--uh--55th birthday. 1976 (really 1977) Thirty years ago!!!! I was 25. Ah, the old dog looks back with fondness to the time when . . . . Why am I telling you this? A cheap attempt to get you guys to buy me copy? Nah.

I agree with that assessment. Neither Jerry nor Pig were born into the particular times and places that gave birth to country and blues. Hell, San Francisco ain't Kentucky; and I certainly don't think Tennessee Jed has much authenticity. But they sure could play the stuff--and, for a brief time--Hunter could write about it. It would be interesting to put together a compilation of the originals that Pig covered.

I disagree somewhat--though not completely. Jerry and Pig, certainly, have some authenticity. Yes, Cash and Haggard, et al. were the inventors, creating from the land they lived on, but Jerry and Pig were closer to the original than 99% of the wannabes. Listen to Pig on It's a Man's World, and then listen to Mick Jagger on the Chess sessions--the latter sound white as can be, while Pig and Jerry and in the zone. Jerry also spent time going to the source--especially bluegrass--to listen and learn. What I think separates BEW and other such songs from others of the time is that they manage to capture the same sort of feel that other original American songwriters caught--that sense of American identity. Then there's Bobby on Mama Tried. I don't think Merle had anything to worry about there. For some Jerry roots: http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=2088...bd22224e69ea628 Disc 1 of 8 - pwa ( 25 / 73:57 ) PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR Provided by Pat Lee College of San Mateo Folk Festival College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA November 10, 1962 Jerry Garcia - guitar 1. tuning (0:14) 2. Little Birdie (3:25) 3. Walking Boss (3:02) College of San Mateo Folk Festival College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA November 10, 1962 Jerry Garcia and David Nelson 4. intro ("honest Jerry Garcia" (0:16) 5. The Miller's Will (3:25) 6. Deep Elem Blues (4:04) 7. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (4:35) 8. I Truly Understand (4:21) 9. "Cousin Elmer" (3:07) 10. The Raging Sea (3:42) 11. Cannonball Blues (3:19) 12. The Cuckoo (4:20) 13. Man Of Constant Sorrow (Jerry Garcia - a capella) (3:40) The Hart Valley Drifters College of San Mateo Folk Festival College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA November 10, 1962 Jerry "Earl Scruggs" Garcia - banjo and guitar Robert Hunter - bass David Nelson - guitar Norman Van Mastricht - guitar and dobro 14. tuning (1:59) 15. intro > Handsome Molly (x) (2:44) 16. tuning (1:4 17. intro > Handsome Molly (3:0 18. "Cousin Elmer is back..." (2:35) 19. Pig In A Pen (2:19) 20. Banks Of The Ohio (4:1 21. "Cousin Elmer" (3:25) 22. Pay My Money Down (3:07) 23. Nine Pound Hammer (2:27) 24. Salty Dog Blues (2:30) 25. "For our final group, Dean Hammer and his Nails..." > If I Had A Hammer (2:05) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disc 2 of 8 - pwba_16_20_16p_17p ( 22 / 58:54 ) PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton The Wildwood Boys The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA February 22, 1963 Jerry Garcia - banjo Robert Hunter - guitar David Nelson - mandolin Norman Van Mastricht - bass 1. Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:54) 2. Introductions (0:55) 3. Jerry's Breakdown (2:12) 4. Standing In The Need Of Prayer (3:01) 5. Muleskinner Blues (3:41) 6. Saturday Night Shuffle (2:52) 7. "we're back again" > Pike County Breakdown (2:14) 8. The Little Sparrow (4:52) 9. (x) We Shall Not Be Moved (2:46) The Second Story Men The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-63 Rod Albin, Peter Albin, Ellen Cavanaugh, Ron McKernan 10. When The World's On Fire (2:55) 11. Hard Luck Woman > Katie Mae (4:4 12. Jenny Jenkins (3:06) 13. Rocky Mountain Blues (3:49) 14. Billy Grimes, The Rover (2:54) 15. Jubilee (1:56) Peter Albin and Ron McKernan (NOTE: tape is too fast?) The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-64 16. (x) John Henry (2:07) 17. Hoochie Coochie Man (2:17) Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-64 18. Jerry Garcia talks... (0:51) 19. I'm Satisfied With my Gal (1:54) 20. The Rub (Ain't It Crazy) (1:53) Peter Albin and Ron McKernan (NOTE: pitched down to 90% of tracks 16. and 17.) The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-64 21. (x) John Henry (2:21) 22. Hoochie Coochie Man (2:34) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disc 3 of 8 - pwc ( 15 / 25:43 ) PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton The Black Mountain Boys March 6, 1964 Jerry Garcia - banjo Robert Hunter - bass David Nelson - mandolin Eric Thompson - guitar 1. (x) Monroe's Hornpipe (1:42) 2. Katie Kline (2:07) 3. Intros (0:45) 4. Homestead On The Farm (2:30) 5. talking about "Barefoot Nellie" (1:02) 6. Barefoot Nellie (2:33) 7. song intro (0:52) 8. She's More To Be Pitied (2:19) 9. song intro (1:09) 10. Noah's Blues (2:09) 11. Somebody Touched Me (2:31) 12. talk (0:34) 13. Who'll Sing For Me? (2:05) 14. Darling Aller Lee (2:07) 15. Outro (John Hardy (?)) and break (1:17) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disc 4 of 8 - pwda ( 35 / 75:27 ) PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers The 'new' Boar's Head Coffeehouse Jewish Community Center, San Carlos, CA June 11, 1962 Jerry Garcia - guitar and banjo Marshall Leicester - banjo and guitar Dick Arnold - fiddle 1. (x) Run Mountain (3:13) 2. talk (0:21) 3. Billy Grimes, The Rover (2:50) 4. looking for a capo talk (0:49) 5. Cannonball Blues (2:4 6. fiddle player talk (1:02) 7. Devilish Mary (3:12) 8. intros (0:35) 9. Buck Dancer's Choice (1:49) 10. Little Birdie (3:15) 11. "...tough luck, we're back..." (0:41) 12. Sally Gooding (1:27) 13. talk (0:36) 14. Hold The Woodpile Down (3:2 15. end of set talk (0:20) 16. tuning (0:21) 17. Crow Black Chicken (2:34) 18. talk (0:15) 19. tuning > The Johnson Boys (4:03) 20. talk (0:33) 21. Shady Grove (2:25) 22. talk and tuning (2:33) 23. Uncle Joe (2:12) 24. tuning (and gap) (1:19) 25. Sweet Sunny South (3:10) 26. All Go Hungry Hash House (3:54) 27. Man Of Constant Sorrow (2:22) 28. Yonder He Goes (Rabbit Chase) (3:00) 29. Three Men Went A-Hunting (2:06) The 'new' Boar's Head Coffeehouse Jewish Community Center, San Carlos, CA possibly June 11, 1962 Jerry Garcia, Ron McKernan, and Mike Sector 30. Blues Jam (2:23) 31. Careless Love > In The Pines (4:02) 32. Going To Chicago (3:07) 33. Mike Sector introduces himself (0:21) 34. Jerry Garcia introduces Ron > 99 Years (5:14) 35. Blue Goose (possibly just Mike Sector) (3:02) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disc 5 of 8 All selections are from a KFOG re-broadcast Provided by Michael Parrish Jerry Garcia and Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA May 4, 1963 Jerry Garcia - vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin; Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia [Garcia's first wife] - vocals and guitar 1. KFOG deejay > (x) Deep Elem Blues (3:03) 2. Will The Weaver (2:41) 3. I Truly Understand (3:16) 4. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (3:12) 5. Long Black Veil (4:40) 6. JG and SR got married the previous week on April 25, 1963 > The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man (3:26) 7. Keno The Rent Man (2:19) 8. Some Foggy Mountain Top > "Wow!" KFOG deejay (2:52) The Wildwood Boys The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA February 22, 1963 Jerry Garcia - banjo Robert Hunter - guitar David Nelson - mandolin Norman Van Mastricht - bass 9. Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:52) 10. Intro by Hunter (0:5 11. Jerry's Breakdown (2:10) 12. Standing In The Need Of Prayer (3:03) 13. Muleskinner Blues (3:39) 14. Saturday Night Shuffle (a Merl Travis tune)(2:44) 15. Pike County Breakdown (2:00) 16. intro > The Little Sparrow (x) (2:51) 17. (x) intro (0:41) 18. The Little Sparrow (3:52) 19. We Shall Not Be Moved (2:25) 20. KFOG deejay and Richard Rafel (0:32) The Second Story Men The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA, xx-xx-63 Rod Albin, Peter Albin, Ellen Cavanaugh, and Ron McKernan, 21. Hard Luck Woman > Katie Mae (4:43) 22. Rocky Mountain Blues (3:45) 23. "Oh, boy..." KFOG deejay (0:04) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disc 6 of 8 - pwfa ( 8 / 30:46 ) PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR NOTE: tape may or may not have had Dolby ON Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton Jerry Garcia and Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA May 4, 1963 Jerry Garcia - vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin; Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia [Garcia's first wife] - vocals and guitar 1. (x) Deep Elem Blues (3:46) 2. Will The Weaver (3:35) 3. I Truly Understand (3:51) 4. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (3:35) 5. Long Black Veil (4:43) 6. The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man (3:51) 7. Keno The Rent Man (3:44) 8. Some Foggy Mountain Top (3:59) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disc 7 of 8 - pwg ( 8 / 30:36 ) PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR NOTE: tape may or may not have had Dolby ON Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton Jerry Garcia and Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia The Tangent, Palo Alto, CA May 4, 1963 Jerry Garcia - vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin; Sarah Ruppenthal Garcia [Garcia's first wife] - vocals and guitar 1. (x) Deep Elem Blues (3:16) 2. Will The Weaver (3:36) 3. I Truly Understand (3:51) 4. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (3:34) 5. Long Black Veil (4:42) 6. The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man (3:50) 7. Keno The Rent Man (3:46) 8. Some Foggy Mountain Top (3:59) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Disc 8 of 8 - pwh ( 21 / 53:08 ) PA mixer > reel > cassette > cassette > CDR Provided by Joani Walker, via Paul Scotton (NOTE: the date for either of these is not certain; different sources switch the dates for these two) Burlingame, CA January xx, 1962 Jerry Garcia and others (possibly Robert Hunter?) 1. Bolshevik In Hell (0:46) 2. talk about the bomb (0:15) 3. Rose Connelly (1:49) 4. Long Lonesome Road (2:45) 5. Railroad Bill (3:37) 6. The Wagoner's Lad (2:01) 7. Fortune (3:45) 8. Pay Me My Money Down (2:12) 9. Greenback Dollar (2:20) 10. Instrumental (1:10) 11. I'm A Good Old Rebel (1:49) 12. (x) Wealthy Old Maid (2:31) Carlos Bookstall's loft called 'Boar's Head' San Carlos, CA July xx, 1961 Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, and Marshall Leicester 13. (x) talk, tuning, Banjo Instrumental (2:35) 14. 'last night a banjo string broke' > Poor Ellen Smith (4:00) 15. Wildwood Flower (3:15) 16. (x) Brown's Ferry Blues (2:19) 17. Jesse James (4:44) 18. talk (2:20) 19. No One Will Stand By Me (2:55) 20. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (3:13) 21. Darling Corey (2:45) I'm downloading these now--20 seeders should speed it up. I guess I'll be burning Lon a set!

The New York Post reported that the first song the Dead played was Shakedown Street, perhaps appropos considering the surroundings! I heard Phil was M.I.A.? Three members? Does that include Hornsby?

You made one ugly Pigpen anyway. A few thoughts: Seems this thread has been running on fumes as of late--no new fuel for the fire as it were. I hope it fires back up. I've noticed something on another thread (another band): Song of the moment. Picking a song you really enjoy (obviously by the Dead) and putting it up for discussion--like/dislike? Recommended versions? Ideas on what makes it a great (or lousy) song? I put up Brown Eyed Women--it is usually my favorite Dead tune. So perfect for the image they were creating at the time, and right in the middle of the most prolific period of the Hunter-Garcia songwriting. I also love the harmonies and Jerry's ability to make you feel that he really IS Gentle Jack Jones (not evey singer can do that). Thoughts?

Look, dude, we can't both be pigpen!!!!!!!!!

One can only be intersting if one's peers are also thus. I have learned a lot from this board/thread. And I have started listening to the dead more than I have in years. WIth great satisfaction, I find that they stand the test of time. So many of their songs--especially the slew of Hunter-Garcia tunes--from 1070--1973 are timeless snapshots of the American landscape. In fact, I would daresay that the G.D. are the most American non-jazz band I've heard. Witness: Gone are the days when the ox fall down Take up the yoke and plough the fields around Gone are the days when the ladies said "please Gentle Jack Jones won't you come to me" Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down And it looks like the old man's getting on Nineteen twenty when he stepped to the bar Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar Nineteen thirty when the wall caved in He made his way selling red-eyed gin Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down And it looks like the old man's getting on Delilah Jones was the mother of twins Two times over and the rest were sins Raised eight boys, only I turned bad Didn't get the lickings that the other ones had Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down And it looks like the old man's getting on Tumble-down shack in Big Foot County Snowed so hard that the roof caved in Delilah Jones went to meet her God And the old man never was the same again Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down And it looks like the old man's getting on Daddy made whiskey and he made it well Cost two dollars and it burned like hell (note e) I cut hickory just to fire the still Drink down a bottle and you're ready to kill (note f) Brown-eyed women and red grenadine The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean Sound of the thunder with the rain pouring down And it looks like the old man's getting on And it looks like the old man's getting on A tale of generations, of survival, of moonshining and tradion, of father-son, or the harsh realities of Appalachian life, of the core of the American experience. This is one of Hunter's great first person narratives very much like Black Peter or Here Comes Sunshine. Brown Eyed Women and much of the Hunter-Garica songs from this time could easily have been penned by J.R. Robertson or perhaps even Dylan. All were back on the frontier--back into the history of America, with its gamblers, bootleggers, miners, outlaws, candymen, honkytonkers, all of them truckin' along the American landscape. That's why I've always felt that the Dead were perhaps the most American of bands--outside the jazz spectrum--because they explored and grew from their roots. A listen to the Roots of the Grateful Dead cd is illuminating. Beat that for a dip into the fabric of the American mythos.

Oops--placed this in a "new' thread by accident! My bad! Having posted for a few months on another, dead specific site, I just want to take a minute ti say "THank You" to you guys for your intelligent, interesting, informative, mellow, and no vitriolic posts. There are a lot of boards out there where egos, not topics, rule. Here, I found friendship (yes, Lon), I have found all sorts of usful links, and have enjoyed the threads. I have found folks to be helpful, not hostile, and I enjoy making my own posts without fear of harsh criticism or disdain. And no one jumps on my typos! This is a good place, filled with good people. Thanks!

Having posted for a few months on another, dead specific site, I just want to take a minute ti say "THank You" to you guys for your intelligent, interesting, informative, mellow, and no vitriolic posts. There are a lot of boards out there where egos, not topics, rule. Here, I found friendship (yes, Lon), I have found all sorts of usful links, and have enjoyed the threads. I have found folks to be helpful, not hostile, and I enjoy making my own posts without fear of harsh criticism or disdain. And no one jumps on my typos! This is a good place, filled with good people. Thanks!

Guess I'm just going to have to burn it for you.

SHN is sooooo easy. Just download mkw Audio Compression Tool then download the music files. Double click the red SHN check icons. Then move the files onto the MKW window and they will change to wave. Otherwise I'll burn you a copy.

This link is for Lon! http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=3121...dc86296592d3471 40 years ago--newly discovered reels from various 1966 locations. MRs>DAT>3x>Delta DiO 2496>Soundforge 7.0>WAV>CD Wave Editor>FLAC CD #1 Possibly 2/12/66 - 7"reel 1/2 track at 7.5 IPS: Viola Lee Blues Don't Ease Me In Tastebud "Longshoreman's Hall 1st Night" - 7" Reel 1/2 Track @ 15IPS: Beat It On Down The Line Schoolgirl>You Don't Love Me>Schoolgirl (original reel cuts) Unlabeled Reel: Pigpen Raps Billy, Bobby, and Pigpen> New Orleans (sort of an attempt) Twist and Shout CD #2 "Longshoreman's Hall 3rd Night" - 10" Reel 1/2 Track @ 15IPS: It's A Sin Viola Lee Blues Midnight Hour Beat It On Down The Line Blues Jam (with Jorma and Jack) Note: reel runs out before the end Pauley Ballroom #2 (no date) - 10" Reel 1/2 Track @ 15IPS: You Don't Have To Ask - Phil Talks About The Move To L.A. Viola Lee Blues (some static at start of song) I Know You Rider Midnight Hour (plug pulled) There are also a couple of short digi noises during the blues jam. The dates and locations are as marked on the boxes of master reels. Let's leave it to the Deadhead historians to figure it all out for accuracy.

I just listened to this concert for the first time since 12/31/76. Sounds great to me, even better than I remembered it through the heavy fog of champagne and reefer. So you Pigpen addicts are just going to have to put up or shut up. We will never shut up! But I can manage, I'm sure.

Deadheads--obnoxious? No way! Besides being musical leaders, the band also led the way in merchandising. The ubiquitous akull and roses t- shirt giving way to a myriad of tie-dyed marvels, the stickers, the dancing bears. The ability to release a set of recordings that is over 25 years old and selling it out. But beyond that--the most loyal following in rock. I can see, however, how the enthusiasm slips into obsession and how obsession can become obnoxious. I can see the lost souls being a bit much for a non-dead head to put up with! Still, sorry you missed them.

No question about Newcastle! A good show it is.

Yeah, Europe '72. Have I mentioned how much I love that run? Ad nauseum you say? Some good choices. Always loved that Louisville show--as well as 12-31-78. Both were available a long time ago, so I got to them before I took a few decades off from listening to the band.