Island Bro

So the thing is... Every year, some time after Thanksgiving, Good ol' Granny would settle into her cabin in the woods and pull out her sewing supplies. Weeks she would spend in her rocking chair, slowly stitching away with needle and thread. It was never fully understood how stitching away on her scraps of fabric affected her,,but many unusual expressions were witnessed by family members during the winter season. While working her art, Granny was scene at times laughing, crying, content at times, a bit confused at times...even spotted a few times in an ecstatic state with her sewing supplies off to the side and up out of her chair with hands in the air and a grin from ear to ear.... Why,,ol' Uncle John even swears he witnessed a question mark float off of the top of her head and gradually disappear into the ethers up around the ceiling. The line between sanity and madness seemed a bit obscured at times with Granny,,but it didn't seem to matter because her sewing project would keep her grounded and focused throughout the winter season... After spending the year gathering scraps of old cloth, worn out clothing, and special pieces of fabric from her monthly trips into town,,Granny always appeared to be giddy with anticipation to create her winter art piece... Come Imbolc, in early February, half way between winter solstice and spring equinox, Granny would pull together the family for what was clearly her favorite celebration of the year...the birth of spring. Each year after an abundant and noirishing meal together the entire family would slip into an evening of laughter, libations, play, and music. With ol' Uncle John ripping away on his fiddle.,,the time would finally come for Granny to offer her winter creation. Out of the back room she would come,,beaming, with the brightest of smiles... With all the family focused on her in awe and appreciation she would unfold and present the most beautiful quilt that eyes have ever seen...full of color, integrity and beauty....Tears of joy would be shed by all who were present, including Granny herself as the quilt was passed around and admired by all... That quilt...was this show...full of soul, color, time and timelessness, sadness, joy, beauty and meaning... 2/11/19 DSO,Eugene, Oregon,,, Thank you kindly...

Nourishment to the core... Like good ol' grandmother's hearty stew on a snowy winter's day out in the cabin on the back 40... 🌹

And Lisa jumped in for Box. For the record...Count2 called this exact show several days ago...not sure how he pulled that off... I love a show that was originally marginalized (had one friend who left the Tacoma dome since the sound was so bad and another who simply claimed weakest show he had ever been to) but then DSO comes along and breathes new life into it... Last night was such solid integrity all the way through...

What a sweet precious peanut!!

I suspect we all know that pre-show experience where focus succumbs to giddiness. Reporting in that i have thoroughly reached that point, within the past hour...and dang I still got a lot to do before heading south tomorrow morn but all I can say is this is a heck of a slippery slope with no end in sight!!

Ahh shit,,so THATS what that white slippery stuff is! 😝

This place gets me stoked on top of an already stoked situation...! 💃🏻🎸🌋

Hey Mango it looks like we gotta watch what we say around here... sorry guys what what I intended to say was "Let's proceed to the dance floor and dance in a rather aggressive and thorough format." 😜

Mango, u speak a language that I can so clearly understand... See you soon amigo...we gonna stoke it up big and hot!

Soon

Yes yes yes one more week to liftoff in Seattle.... ahhh the final home stretch

2 weeks ahhhhhh it wont be long now....

And for the stuff that clearly IS on the lineup I gotta say dumpstaphunk ain't no film flam funk band--those guys can lay down some serious sheeit. Also I saw lil smokies last year and they indeed smoked hard...liked them better than green sky bluegrass which I also thought was pretty hot... damn good looking lineup

Dang it all looks so tasty and nourishing...that Easy Wind-Birdsong-After Midnight, middle set closer musta been pristine territory as well

I wouldn't be surprised if Izaacb's dream comes true but however it all goes down...y'all enjoy bending time and space while ringing in the new year with the finest band in the land... Hippy New Year to all! 💜🌹🌋💃🏻

Garcia Birthday Band a couple weekends ago in Portland...they fill the gap quite nicely. Caught last two of a 7 night run (all free shows!) final night did the trick: Set 1; Uncle Johns, Stranger, I'll Take a Melody, Ballad of a Thin Man, Me and My Uncle, That's Alright Mama, Lools Like Rain, When Push Comes to Shove>Touch of Grey Set 2; Morning Dew, Cryptical>Terrapin>Cryptical> Corinna>Black Peter>Dear Mr Fantasy>Hey Jude>Cats Down Under Stars>Another Saturday Night E: Ripple

Journeyed through first set so far... this is one squeaky clean recording dude! Thanks again Hardpan

Right on Rob! I was curious if it threaded back to Tricksters days... Well will all be patient for re-emergence now 😉

Thanks so much for your recording efforts Hardpan!

And noting that Barraco has been playing during past couple years with his other band California Kind...some amazing 15+ minute grooves!

Glad to hear all of it from you guys!! Stoked Low Spark has entered into the birth canal...😄

Looks hot!

And did you get a nice quiet theater for Jeff to delicately share Comes A Time?

Dang right on! And that Peekskill theater is a super sweet one...I bet you had space to spread your wings for this beauty

I'm with John with 5/19 at the tippy top but all these are such beauties!!