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Another great Catskill J this year. More porto-johns than last year, or as some call them (or so I'm told), more biffies. Wish it would have rained just a wee bit to keep some of the dust down; it was really bothering my allergies. But you have to admit, the weather was PERFECT. Wild lineup, perhaps a little heavy on jamtronica, and yet I found myself missing Lotus, who KILLED it last year. I thought the highlights musically were Tiny Universe, The Garcia Project, Beg Steal or Borrow (!!!), and New Deal. (first 3-days of fest for me only (work)). But the obvious highlight was Saturday's original DSO set. Slam dunk. Bar none. The bee's knees. (Oh yeah, there were many more yellowjackets this year). Choose your own euphemism for how good it was, but like someone told me immediately afterwards, "there are no words". Yet of course I will try. To my ear, some of the songs in set 2 seemed the slightest bit slower, such a slight change I'm not even sure it occurred, perhaps on Shakedown, St. Stephen, & Mr. Fantasy. It so worked! Loved the Gomorrah, and that buildup at the beginning of Greatest Story. We got a Frozen Logger right quick as set 2 opened with Jeff having a tech issue, and I don't know if I would call this Space, "Space". It began as just Jeff and Barraco, and I swear that was Tomorrow Never Knows that they were jamming on. Skip joins for a little while, then Eaton, and then we wrote that letter to Mr. Fantasy. The closing NFA with a GREAT transition back into St. Stephen into a delicately powerful Morning Dew was something to behold! As well as the White Rabbit encore. It just had such energy ! Great seeing faces I've known for years, or since last year, or ones that I met this weekend. Without Bix, Adore, Ryan & Co, Jonie, Lori, Nina, and Chris the beer fest wizard, oh and those guys that sang "I just died in your arms tonight! It musta been something you saaaaiiidddd" night 1 it wouldn't have been anywhere near the same. Thanks to all involved!!! See you next year!

Harmonic convergence telluride 87, scarlet Fire morning dew at 14000 feet

1974-08-06 - Rosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ Set 1: Bertha ; Mexicali Blues ; Don't Ease Me In ; Beat It On Down The Line ; Sugaree ; Jack Straw ; Eyes Of The World ; The Promised Land ; Deal ; Playing In The Band > Scarlet Begonias > Playing In The Band Set 2: Uncle John's Band ; Black Peter ; El Paso ; Loose Lucy ; Big River ; Ship Of Fools ; Me And My Uncle ; Row Jimmy ; Sugar Magnolia > He's Gone > Truckin' > Spanish jam > The Other One > Going Down The Road Feeling Bad > Sunshine Daydream Encore: U.S. Blues *Rob Koritz on drums

1988-07-29 - Leguna Seca Recreation Area This show gets the headlines for the China Cat > Crazy Fingers > I Know You Rider, more than understandable. BUT - The meat of this Playin in the Band is/was one of the very best since 1974 - IMHO, anyway. Give it a spin if you think that comment is hyperbole. Lastly, the sound is bleeping incredible! I’m not a true audiophile but I know it when I hear it