Island Bro

Very thankful for these streams this weekend 😀

Fare thee well brother Phil 🥲🙏🏼💜

Kinda feels Sunny round here…

Here’s to more 2-3 night runs in general out in the future 🍻!

Indeed… I'm still surprised by how few double headers (and triple headers, for that matter) show up in the different tours… multi-night runs seem so clearly advantageous for everyone involved on both sides of the rail, besides being a reflective methodology of the original Grateful Dead experience… meanwhile,,we’ll joyfully take whatever we can get,,even when it means scurrying to pack up and leave a room by noon or so and hit the road to get to the next show…! But yeah,,been quite a few years since a double doozy in Seattle..:they had locked into Portland for that going into Covid but each tour seems to toss out its own surprises…. nice carrot to have dangling out there going into the dark/wet season…🤠

Yipeee yiy yo!!

Hang in there PG!! Been sending you and all your neighbors of the entire area vibes… one step at a time to crawl out of the mess the storm left… 🤗💜💚💙

Would love to see them rip Woodstock! Another welcome non-GD tune to the mix…so fun!

Wow being at the Greek for this was an unforgettable experience and phenomenal way to experience that venue for the first time…lotsa parrellels to the 2018 Red Rocks for DSO’s first time. Being on the DSO train over the years is like being on a long extended hiking trip up in the mountains…something as full on as hiking the Pacific Crest trail, for example….…it’s an adventure packed with beauty and challenge and curiosity about what it’s like up around the next bend…only to find yet another outrageously beautiful, expansive view with indescribable and pristine perfection splayed out in front of you,,.possibly even more glorious than the mind blowing view you had just a couple miles back… There have been what seem like endless peaks, sublime mountain lakes, quiet gurgling streams, alpine meadows, marmots calling out from beneath the rocks, views into deep valleys, terrifyingly steep cliffs, thunder and lightning rainstorms to survive, exhaustion yet truly fulfilling exhilaration along with a bit of physical malnourishment at times within a journey that offers thick and drippy glimpses into timelessness…. There have been many memorable high peaks along the way,,,and the Greek was a pinnacle experience…a peak among peaks that will be hard to beat,,,but all the peaks have so much to offer in terms of expansive views and inspiring beauty. The Greek completely fucking kicked ass… How could the best band in the land not pour it on as thick as molasses and heat it up and pour it all over you…their first time getting to play such an iconic and gorgeous venue steeped with Grateful Dead history. I also feel like it always up’s the ante when DSO plays in the Bay Area since it was the birthplace and home base for this music,,and history matters when it comes to the GD experience… With the juju of the venue and jehovah’s favorite Choir ready to pop so many of our Greek cherries good and hard…our favorite band played the shit out of 7/13/84…quite frankly, they fucking slayed it from start to finish. The beast that lives deep within the caverns of this music was fully unleashed and raged hard and strong as they worked their way through the intensity and sweetness of it all…the entire lower bowl below the upper grass area seemed to be dead silent during Stella Blue…the crowd seemed completely on board for the full shamanic cleanse throughout second set. Felt many times that we were in some sort of forgotten ritualistic cathartic festival of great human release in an ancient temple of sorts……ahhhhhhhhhh…..that’s why we chase this shit so hard…SOOOO freaking GOOOOOOOD!!!!! Of course the filler on top of the long and lofty Dark Star polished out the experience into a crystal clear gem with Lisa pouring it on thick…. i had a buddy who was way up at the top of the venue while we took it in down in close and he said when they dropped into Ripple he had to stop moving and drop into silence because the sound of the whole bowl of people down below singing together along with the band was drifting up the hill and landing in his ears as indescribable beauty and strong GD emotion…wow…. I want this hike in the high country to go on and on and on….so much satisfying beauty behind and so much yet to be discovered out ahead…. Thank you DSO…your capacity to transform the human spirit through your musical skill cannot be described with words!!!! Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of man… ⚡️🌹⚡️

Lofty beauty Eyes jam that just went on and on deep into timeless release…total relief from a world gone mad… Gimme Some Lovin> Black Peter achieved total perfection… I felt resistant to going indoors into a sellout after three outdoor fantastic shows,,but as soon as we stepped into the theater the vibe felt great and as soon as they kicked off into a solid 80’s show with the intensity of indoor sound, I was thoroughly stoked… They replaced the sound system in there about a year ago and it showed… somehow ended up with solid dance space even in the sold out space… golden road on top of the Hurts Me Too beauty ripped out one more dance thrash fest… god damn,,what a fine run in Colorado… love it here… Big thanks to band and crew for all they do 🤯

Filler w/Lisa: Hurts Me Too 🧡 Golden Road 🤯 My oh my….

Meeting Rick Jr was one of the peaks of the evening for me actually,,,with his little hand clenching my pinky finger for a while…what a nice touch after a fun spacious show…other peak was all of 2nd set,,especially Mission. i’d say the Dark Star out of space was a bit more than a tease as they were in it melodically for like at least 5-6 mins exploring around but never fully dropping all the way in or entering into lyrics…Corinna out of that fucking ripped and then the drop back into St Stephen threw it over the top… awesome spacious venue with plenty of room from rail to top of the grassy hill…🤩

DREAM SHOW DREAM VENUE Tremendously exquisite and feisty jams throughout… Deeply memorable night up in the canyon with this band beyond description…. Thank You, Kindly… 💜

Why not? Great lookin Friday night in the ‘79 zone 😀

Tremendous diversity woven into that lab…nicely crafted indeed…surely a beautiful quilt emerged 😉

Wow such a sudden loss…age 71 for him seems much to young to take off. As a native Portlander and deadhead this one hurts… Even though I was a youngster I still remember the energetics in town when Bill helped bring home the championship in ‘77 for the trailblazers…it was a huge deal for that small (then) town… Such a great guy, the kind of guy you want to meet and hang out with,,,and I found him to be an ideal ‘spokesperson’ to gracefully bridge the gap between GD culture and mainstream American culture as a famous NBA player…what a great dude to be straddling those worlds… Thank you Bill 🙏🏼

Dang man …sorry to hear about that intrusion while you were out having a good time…bummer.

I’m not letting go of Hey Picky Cat…that is definitely in my rotation now 😂

Wow that is indeed excellent news…Thanks Tea… stoked they are streaming!

Oooh eeeeh,,that’s lookin like my kinda Sunday night…!

Clearly, a kickass elective has emerged!

The song that woman sung, was lookout stagger Lee! THE SONG THAT DELIA SUNG,,,WAS LOOKOUT STAGGER LEE!!

Miss ya, Chuckster 🌹

Gorgeous poster!

Love seeing all this unplanned events rising up out of the ashes…!