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****The BEST**** These shows are a homecoming for me. It is so healing to be around such beautiful souls and restores my glow. I see people I've known for 30 years and those a short while just as special who are family. I have lost the worst old energies, falsehoods, and memories and been imbued with loving realities and truth and memories. There is a fountain not made by the hands of man. Mythology lives in this music ready to mystically reveal its beautiful truth. Beautiful night! The mulch in the "pit" is gone and replaced with gravel- not my favorite but no worries of being impaled. The crew really did a great job of creating a jubilee with fantastic vendors and good food; though I miss the "Cheesus Saves" Pizza truck. From the Amazing Giants to vendors to even Janice, that familiar smile and voice made the best festive time. Magic happens here. I love a bertha-> Good loving opener! I had been running from Bertha a good while looking for that good loving space. And even as I sit down with that damn Dire Wolf eyes wide open, I am ready for the catharsis brought in that opportunity as much as these eyes can see and heart can feel. Good things coming could be felt as Gr8fulpair spoke of Tea's divination with the first notes of Deep Elem and its bass bombs. It was raucous good time. The set was so full of goodness and peaked with Let It Rock! Gosh, MNS second set opener made it feel like Christmas coming and it did with Dear Prudence. It developed into a nice psychedelic jam as good as the rhythmic, upbeat Dark Star but so much more unexpected. It was like getting a Nutcracker for Christmas that year; thank you DSO!! LIG beautiful and made my hubby so happy; he grooved on out. I floated between 5 spots visiting; one of my bfs energetically called me to the front though at times- feeling like a caged bird . The whole show just got better and better The love in the air was palpable. One for the books!!

Not sure I could describe it any better than PG did - WOW! For me it was straight-up Magic. So many people dancing, weaving, jumping, hoping, bouncing, spinning, prancing, strutting, skipping, shaking, sliding, swaying, and loving! The music and environment were right there with the very best of times for me. Black Throated wind was my slingshot to Mars but it's hard for me not to say the whole night was a highlight. Deep Elem, Peggy-O, wicked Jack Straw and the Let it Rock just blew me apart - a sweaty mess, everything soaked through. The Music to open the 2nd set was a ridiculously-perfect start and everything that came after seemed to fit together perfectly. Man - that dear prudence was something to behold! So many musical themes in there with a purely psychedelic root. Just PURE synchronicity from start to finish. I got to fill my cup even though it's not easy to do when it's poured with a fire-hose ! I'm towards the back in a Detroit Tigers navy cap and glasses - in front of that mountain of a man in a cowboy hat ! Can't wait for Colorado !!!!!

It was a nice read 🙂

That about sums it up

Set One: "The Promised Land ; Brown Eyed Women ; Me And My Uncle > Big River ; Stagger Lee ; Looks Like Rain ; Row Jimmy ; It's All Over Now ; Deal Set Two: "Samson And Delilah ; Tennessee Jed ; Terrapin Station > Playing In The Band [17:59] > Drums > Space > Black Peter > Not Fade Away > Playing In The Band Encore: U.S. Blues Filler: Cats Down Under the Stars, White Rabbit I had not looked at this setlist since it was announced they were doing it, so by show time I didn't know what was coming. I know 79 and had some good ideas, but I don't like knowing what's coming. 6 songs in when we FINALLY got a light breather for LLR is when I realize it's pretty friggin hot, about 168% humidity, I'm soaked, and this is awesome!!! The crowd was thick, maybe a bit more than previous years, but not substantially more than non-pisgah jubilee years by my measure. We arrived for most of the California Kind set and the crowd was pretty thin, so maybe the heat kept folks inside until DSO (it did for us day 2). Love the deal first set closer cause you feel like you just stepped off a roller coaster for set break, good feeling. 2nd set from Terrapin on was a pretty intense dance scene. If you were in it, you got swept up in it. Even when people were cutting through to get out of the crowd, the only way they could penetrate the group was to dance.. haha. Like it or not, you gotta dance to get through! Blooze, Cats and Rabbit really tapped any remaining cells of energy as all three smoked, and Lisa owns Rabbit. Super fun show with a pretty typical 79 list, lacking somewhat in special songs but totally made up for with spectacular execution by the band and crew. Having a big forum dance party didn't hurt either.. well wait a minute, come to think of it I was hurting the next morning.

5 3 79 When you take more, it works more.

It was a Row Jimmy all the way to Black Mountain leading up to this day, even the day of there was a medical emergency that had potential to tear this old building down. Prior to that- NOLA had left a big mark on our household,; I’m thinking I should’ve drank more alcohol than water 🤣 (Sazerac here and there vs finishing off the evening at the Abbey) ( I drank a lot of tap) because they treat their water so differently. We felt bad for days. oh the Black Peter slide guitar was divine! And the Terrapin/ Playing was a joy ride! This is the day I happened upon Kelly and she had willed me front. We were going to leave to our crowd but damn! The sound was soooooo good during Cats, I couldn’t miss the great Great Society song! Gonna feed my head with beautiful thoughts.... 💗.... of all the smiling faces.

I'm in the back row - about 770 miles back. Gotta reprioritize and make it here next summer. Saw some pics of the venue, it looks lovely there. Nice to hear glowing reviews from glowing people of a glowing time.

Friday night was a more powerful experience for me, for entheogenic reasons, but this show was one for the record books in terms of music and dancing. One of those nights when every time i looked at someone they were looking at me- and smiling. So good to see my friends getting down at 110%. Yes, Black Mountain is the best. Thanks to those fine folks who came and shared in our post show Jams!

That sucks it was well said

Yes, please! Then we can say "Never miss a Sunday Pisgah show!"

I was at these shows this weekend in Pisgah. Was my first DSO shows, but I've seen a lot of others at Pisgah and probably 30 or so Dead shows/offshoots. A beautiful place to see them. A crazy highlight while sitting in the VIP section during drums - the insects (crickets I think) were all chirping along to the drums set (which was a very organic/foresty type sound). It was crazy to hear these effects in stereo as the band "connected with the animals". It was really cool to hear that. After seeing DSO, they are the real deal. And they absolutely killed it at Pisgah. What a wonderful experience. I would recommend this venue to anyone with any interest in seeing live music in and/or around Asheville. Great folks and it was an easy, comfortable experience. Thumbs up Y'all! -Rowan

He was charging a buck an ear 😁

Better to live your life completely backwards so it begins with dying and ends with your father having an orgasm.

Whoops- well easy come, easy go. I deleted my essay. Such a Monday today. 😞