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Haven’t seen yet but been hearing very positive reports. meanwhile I caught a couple more Garcia Project shows last week and I thoroughly dig how they tend to Jerry Band…seems like they’re getting better and better…my fav JGB band out there at this point.

They first played it in February in California… In honor of Garth Hudson Great tune to add into the mix 🤠

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And the filler actually started with Next Time You See Me for the quad pack filler… ’twas such a doozy… All I can say is what a gift it is to have the opportunity to visit the dreamy space where there is a fountain that was not made by the hands of men… May we all continue to be able to return there to fill our cups ♥️

Absolute barn burner roof blowout kinda show…kickass outta the gate and all the way through…game on…My oh my… Awesome to get Gr8fulpair and fam out in these parts for 2 in Seattle and meet his son catching his first DSO shows…he’ll clearly be heading to many more I think 🤠

Out of time, so no filler Thoroughly enjoyed the stream…looks like a sweet, intimate venue at under 500 capacity… Cant go wrong with a fall ‘73 show…🤠

Thanks for Chiming in Mik… Love what you guys have been up to and have caught a few of your shows in recent years and thoroughly enjoyed…looking forward to a few more up the NW next month! Thanks for getting out there and keeping that music rolling 🤩

I deduce that OtherOne is referring to Garcia Birthday Band from Portland…they just played at the Crystal Ballroom to honor the 2/2/68 and 2/3/68 Crystal Ballroom shows…I bet it was fun 😉

Yeah Tea, exactly. He started the set off with the acoustic for the Dupree’s and somewhere mid Mountains switched to electric as the jam drifted toward the Dark Star…. And there was Cosmic Charlie to open the encore filler before the Hard to Handle (not before Bid you Goodnight) That has absolutely got to be the best Monday night this here sack of bones has ever experienced…holy sheesh,,Ventura got the goods in a very cool small intimate venue (640 peeps) Full throttle all band craftsmanship leading the night through the most peculiar and wondrous caverns of outer space… Skip was absolutely on fire and exercising leadership throughout the night on so many of the jams…driving the train through such fantastic old school grease pits… Skip and Barracco were dialed in together tightly and carving all sorts of new ground together and clearly enjoying the hell out of it together…Those two held down and launched out a lot of the jams throughout the night and Barraco fully brought in the spirit of pigpen to the max…King Bee…ahhhhhhhh….Hey Jude…ahhhhhhh….lovelight…ahhhhhhh Note that this show was the first of just 2 times (both 69) that Pigpen sang Hey Jude…and didn’t show up again til late Brent era. extremely thankful that our timing included this show on a Monday night after the 2 rippin electives in Del Mar and LA…back outta the game now til Seattle/portland… Thanks for such a good time down here in SoCal!!!!

And back into Uncle John’s after Imagine/before world to Give… 🤠

Yes the opening duo thoroughly helped the night lift right off…love getting Let it Rock. The whole set had me hooked and the Gimme Some Lovin drop into All Over Now was brilliant followed by a thorough and raukus Tangled…ahhh Stranger ripped and Shining Star was just other worldly gorgeous beauty with Lisa belting it out along with Jeff…damn… then dropped into a super slinky slow take your time jam into Not Fade —quite 76 style leaking over from Phoenix show it felt like…perfection… It all rocked through set and New Speedway outta space ripped hard and then back into more beauty heart space with Two Souls…damn this show was just what the doctor ordered with plenty of complex playing and jamming to chomp on… First show since July Greek…think I can lose access a bit to just how good it can be until I’m back in front of it again…ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Back in to NFA after Throwing Stones… Wow….thoroughly loved this show all the way through… The room was not the same after Shining Star…wide open heartfelt beauty…

Fantastic 76er after the hiatus…love that show. This was the first Cosmic Charlie since 1/21/71 and just 5 more showed up ending with the one Tea mentioned… Those Cosmic Chucks and Mission in the Rains (just played 5 times with GD, all in 76) help make 76 unique Although this 6/4/76 show was only show which had both of those beauties in same show….😉 Glad you got a beauty DD!

Damn! Wish I’d been at that one!

And it Stoned Me done before? I can’t recall seeing it on setlists…? love the look of that elective 😀

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 🤯