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😂😂 It’s mostly I aspire to better myself after hanging with so many amazing people. I also see my flaws through others’ behavior and things become clear to me and it makes me want to change. Everyone aspires in their minds to be healthier, exercise more, live better, but making that leap seems to be easier right after tour at least for me. Maybe when you are on cloud 9 it’s easier to make hard changes. If someone’s wanting to stop drinking or smoking or whatever, it’s hard when you are in a dark place but much easier when everything has a glow to it. Love u peeps!!!

I’ve made many life changing decisions on or right after tour. 3 years ago after the mini post jubilee tour talking to MC I decided to leave the company I worked for and start my own business. 2 days after getting home I quit my job of 10 years, took my clients and started anew. This music and scene is so positive it can’t help but inspire you to do positive things. Note that I just plan on vaping so really not stopping nicotine but stopping the carcinogens and CO. I did it before until the vape broke while on tour and went back to analog smokes.

Im stopping smoking cigs and getting a vape in the morning just to spite you. Plus the gf has made me go outside to smoke the last 3 years and that sucks. Plus I need to up my dance game. Getting harder to keep those super fast dance paces for extended periods. MAMU>big rivers are killing me. Next time you see me I’ll have digital nicotine. Bye bye analog nicotine delivery systems(note I may have a smoke sometimes post show but I’m done buying them).

Sweet. This thread has gone from bash dead songs to name our favorite samba in the rain!!! I went to heady version as I wanted to see what others thought compared to the ones I got to see http://headyversion.com/song/341/grateful-dead/samba-in-the-rain/ This was the comment on the top rated Samba Oct. 14, 1994 - Madison Square Garden New York, NY Hated it when I heard it (multiple times): but on tape this (terrible) song is pretty strong in this version. JG's solo is solid enough. If that’s not a glowing endorsement, here’s the comment on the 2nd highest rated one. Dec. 16, 1994 - Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA I believe Branford adds a little spice to this otherwise drone, run-on song. My 1st and 3rd shows had a Samba. How lucky is that!!! Maybe Samba sparked my passion for Dead. Maybe I became a deadhead in spite of Samba. Some mysteries will never be answered. And John next time we are on the west coast you should host a samba listening party. From noon-4 we can listen and discuss each version. Some we may need to play 2-3x to really dig deep into the intricacies. I’ll be there for the bourbon.

The giants are fine with me. I enjoy the festive atmosphere they bring. I didn’t like the fire spinners so close to the stage. We had a fantastic group getting down and then they put up gates and chains and boot us out. They booted us out 20 minutes before they even were fire spinning which made no sense. They also created a bottleneck that only allowed 3 feet of room between people in chairs and the fence which caused chaos for people returning from camp. They used to be closer to merch but this year they were 20 feet from the left PA. That’s way too close to the stage and taking up 600 sq ft of prime dance area.

Hey. I thought the kids were awesome at redrocks. I Took a seat further back during drums at jubilee and saw a few kids so figured it was the same group. I just assumed in the last 8 months they were all home getting ready for their next stage appearance and were honing their craft bevause it was definitely was a higher level at jubilee. I still have a wave of bliss rolling through my body. Jubilee usually results in a full week of that happy glow. It really is the best place on the planet during Memorial Day. 90% of attendees would give you the shirt off their back. Every camp of strangers id walk by and say hello would say have a seat and hang out. The love and sharing is really unequalled. My buddy who did his 1st jubilee said every person he locked eyes with would flash a huge smile. He was blown away by the love shown. I mean if you go to jubilee and don’t have the ultimate time you may be incapable of being happy at all.

There’s manny things I don’t like. I don’t like people spilling booze on the dance floor or on me but both have happened a lot I don’t dance with booze. I’m not saying it should banned. I move away from Scottie when having a cig. I know it bothers him. I’ll move away from you when I have one as well even though I only take a smoke break during a ballad. I get things are annoying, but the health danger is minimal outdoors, and I’m not for banning anything that has to do with peoples personal freedom. It’s a slippery slope. Many people burn other things and that annoys people too but this is a dead show. It’s not a library. The good outweighs the bad. Now all Ticketmaster owned amphitheater’s ban smoking even if no ones near you. I guarantee you there are people mad at every show that we stand up to dance and block others view too. I had Ticketmaster security at van Morrison in the lawn ask me to sit down because other people couldn’t see. I refused. Once we start down this road eventually you will be negatively impacted. I always turn my cigarette into my palm so it won’t touch anyone while dancing and in packed smoking areas hold it over my head.

This is a freedom fest and people are talking about banning snoke? What’s next making people wear deodorant or requiring a collared shirt? It’s free air. If cigs are banned I’m out out of principal. I could smoke a vape but are u wanting this to be a Ticketmaster outdoor venue where everything is banned? I’ll move a few steps away from you but there are non smokers who at times need a smoke because of the intensity of jubilee. I’m all with you on the fire dancers roping off our space but you aren’t breathing the smoke outdoors you are just smelling it. I smell lots of things I don’t want to smell but it’s camping. I want nothing banned but roping off dance area. The smell of the chemicals the fire spinners use is worse than any smoke there is.

It was a true literal family drums with kids and grandkids up there playing. I’m not sure who’s son/grandson it is that’s probably 8 yr old that’s playing with sticks up front but he was so fun to watch at red rocks and now here. He’s going off beat improvising when 8 year olds shouldn’t be able to create like that. If many here put their young kids up there it would be a jumbled mess. I guess having pro musicians as parents helps lol.

IIBilly strings played until 2:18. I was curious how much he went over so looked at phone. Billy strings blew my top off. Anyone who didn’t stay for that missed what I believe was the best show of the day. Every song was a face melter. Definitely more psychedelic that I’ve seen and heard from him. He’s such an insane talent. I don’t know how to describe what I heard. It’s like a super fast playing psychedelic jazz band decided to use bluegrass music as their conduit into what they really do. We looked at our friends every 30 secs with dropped jaws. Even at that insane playing speed he has such volume control when he jazzes it off beat. I’m seeing that dude next time he’s within 4 hours. I love when a band knows their audience and he played dead festival style. Didn’t play any dead songs which was completely fine with me considering he was giving us the goods. Well he did have to follow dso so that prob led to a more psychedelic style. Not sure I’ve ever seen the late bight band have that many people down there either. It’s also rare to see that many people I know who usually just see the dso guys stay down there and boogie. Dso is going to always bring the goods. This was very unexpected and they made use of the big PA vs smaller clubs where they can’t make the sound move hundreds of feet. Definitely the most psychedelic show of the fest. Oh yeah that 78 dso show was on fire too. My fav show of the fest even though Sunday was my favorite dance party even though the fire people tried to distract people from the music. They are 20 feet from the left PA and took up prob 600 sq ft of space that about 30 of us had on lockdown. I would just tell people don’t look. It’s a trap to distract you from your mission to get down and boogie. It sort of reminded me of that Charlotte Fillmore show where they wouldn’t open the curtains and were forcing us all into undanceable space until enough complained. Unfortunately our complaints weren’t heard here. I mean dso is the focus of the fest. You don’t put fire spinners between the crowd and the stage. They used to be way up the hill or on the grass but they had an area bigger than most indoor venue pits roped off. Regardless it was magical!!! The happiness level of everyone seemed off the charts. Didn’t know it could be any friendlier but this year took the cake. I think we need 1 of these every 3 months!!

I was fully convinced we were getting the 5/23 modified slightly and then the 50yr 5-24-69 2nd set after I saw the Gibson’s. But a 69 night 1 would have been tough as day 1 is draining. But I think once the thought of what show was gonna be played spun through my head for the day it became fact and I was expecting dark star to open the show . But I got a dark star Stephen eleven and what more can a man ask for than that combo and it was fantastic. I think this 50yr anniversary year also makes me look to see if there’s a 69 on the date of the show which you wouldn’t so as much last year as 49 yrs isn’t that gold anniversary milestone. I used to never look at dates until the 50 thing is now convincing me every good show with a 50yr is going down that night lol. It’s wishful thinking at least for me, but conversely if they weren’t as rare I wouldn’t treasure those experiences quite as much as the every 25 shows or so one gets busted out. Ramble ramble. Electronics off.

More blasphemy!!! Do you hate the “drugged out” 60’s shows too. /threadlock

The General way to tell them apart but not always is that aiko has a longer intro than women are smarter. Aiko usually goes around 1-2mins of instrumental 1st when the others go into the song quicker. The dead did do an aiko>nfa where they did verse 1 of aiko then switched to nfa. Songists say all dead songs sound the same, and it’s sad that people live their lives with those hateful stereotypes.

Tell Dylan that to his face next time you see him. Lots of blasphemy being spewed today. I’ll pray to the music gods for your souls. Not sure if that will be very successful b/c Jerry has become a vengeful god. If you didn’t notice he made bobby think that he’s actually playing fast tempos and think that Mayer would be a perfect replacement.

It’s because they are afraid of love

Blasphemy!!! Blasphemy too, PG. The end made up for the rest. And the answer to the song question is crime.

Dso plays what you need to hear that day. Accept what’s offered and know that they know best

At least your 1st marriage was to a girl with a great memory.

Ask tea how to balance school and dead. My dog ate my car. I had surgery and unfortunately email doesn’t exist yet to provide proof. Did I tell you my dog ate all my shoes and the cabbie said 15 minutes then never showed up. It’s sad that someone *69’d a bomb threat. I heard on the radio that it was a snow day. My Hawaiian tropic bikini calendar was misprinted and it said the 17th was Saturday. Pretty sure those all would still work.

My buddy Sam, who’s a big boy himself, started quoting big boy Pete lyrics after that show lol. He was like i got a .45 to keep me alive; seven bullets on my side. I’m like what is that from. He’s like big boy Pete. He had no clue that is an ultra rare song. As far as he knew the dead played it a lot and wanted to learn the lyrics.

My buddy’s 1st show was Louisville for that 69 and he knew no dead and thought it was amazing. But he was engaged fully.

LOL on facebook someone said if DSO keeps doing shows like that they wont have any fans left and another said they had seen 300 dead type shows and this was the worst one they ever saw. Maybe its all those "original" dso songs they did last night. Its weird that you only get those kind of posts from 1 area of the country..........one of the only places where people will attack what they love. Get 3 hits then strike out and you are a bum. At least the bleachers didnt throw beer or batteries at the band.....The gf saw that setlist and drooled and even though she is the least combative person I know, wanted to post something like so sorry they didnt play touch of grey or something sarcastic. Its one reason why I left facebook. Id for sure have got into an online fight with those fools. The gf had never listened to almost any 69 stuff when she saw her 1st dso 69 and I figured she'd have a tough time with it, but instead she loved it and the eleven became her current fav dance song. I get that 69 may not be someones favorite dead but to post those posts is just being an asshole. And there I go being being a hypocrite and making a snide remark about the northeast after saying how people should keep negative comments to themselves, but then again Im not a northeast-head and follow the northeast around the country and when the northeast has 1 day of weather I dont like, I bash it.

Had a nice little win betting on maximum security. Haven’t seen the payoff yet but watched it at a bar and was like sweet he won and then went to hit a music club. That $20 bet should pay near $100.

Last year they sold out but think it was Saturday.

I’m not a big taking pics guy. The gf is and I’m glad she is. She has all these great albums on her Mac of each of our tours and it brings the memories back to life. I sort of chastise her for getting on her phone taking pics but after last year’s jazz fest and Cali tour I’m so glad I have those great pics. Most of the pics aren’t people but we have a pic of almost every marquee. I also have to accept having 1 pic per show taken of us by someone. But it makes her happy and even though posing is torture for me it’s something I have to go. But in the winter with nothing to do, streaming those albums through the tv snaps me out of the winter duldrums. And we never take pics of any compromising situations. Almost exclusively dinner pics and venue pics with people in it.