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Born Cross Eyed, Fox Fest 8/13/2022, Louisville, KY Iko Iko El Paso Althea Greatest Story TN Jed Masterpiece Scarlet> Fire Truckin' *Rob Barnes on Bass, Brandon Bowlds on lead guitar

Gonna arrive in Seattle on Sunday night just in time to hit the Billy Strings show, barring no travel delays

Born Cross Eyed, The Burl, Lexington KY ~I~ Bertha Wang Dang Doodle Sugaree BIODTL Peggy O On The Road Again Loser Passenger Cumberland Blues Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Touch Of Grey Help> Slip> Frank ~II~ China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider Terrapin Other one Eyes Of The World He’s Gone Watchtower The Days Between Box Of Rain Loose Lucy Brokedown Palace We Bid You Good Night packed crowd, superb venue, great music, fun was had by all

The missus and I did the Friday Billy Strings show in Louisville. we also did the BCE show at the Enchanted Forest in Indiana. Nice venue! Enjoyed my time, said hello to Too Much Fun

Actually they are pretty stale both in playing but also what they are playing. I saw both Ratdog and Phil for years, both solo and together, and compare the setlists. Dead and co play far less songs altogether with far less transitions and far less novelty. They’ve got less to work with and you are gonna get the hits a lot more often

Haven’t seen Dead & Co since 2016. I also struggle with the slow tempos and high prices, and the stale set lists. it blows my mind how hyped it is.

Yes, he did, if I remember correctly

I got Covid from the Jubilee and then passed it to my family, so that’s about as exciting as it’s been for me. Looking forward to more shows soon

Lisa sang on Jack Straw and Birdsong. Trapeze artist on stage during Birdsong. DSO was flying through uncharted birdsong jam territory while she improvised death-defying trapeze moves to their jams…

Dark Star Orchestra, 5/28/2022, performing Grateful Dead, 10/11/1983 Set 1: Wang Dang Doodle, Jack Straw, Loser, Me and My Uncle > Mexicali Blues, Bird Song, Hell in a Bucket > Day Job Set 2: China Cat > I Know You Rider, I Need a Miracle > Bertha > Jam > China Doll > Drums > Space > Saint Stephen > Throwing Stones > Touch of Grey Encore: Johnny B Goode Encore 2: Turn on Your lovelight

Dark Star Orchestra, 5/27/2022 -Set One- Let It Rock They Love Each Other Stir It Up It Takes a Lot to Laugh, Train to Cry# Just Like Thom Thumbs Blues When I Paint My Masterpiece (JGB style)** Midnight Moonlight** Sugaree Deal -Set Two- Sugar Magnolia* Scarlet Begonias*> Fire on the Mountain* Women Are Smarter*> Drums> Space> Shakedown Street> Eyes of the World> If I Had the World To Give Goin Down the Road Feelin’ Bad E: Mission the Rain -whole show with Melvin Seals on keys and missing Barraco and Eaton #with Gregg Erwin (Magnolia Boulevard from Lex, KY) on slide guitar *with Scott Lookinland on rhythm guitar/vocals **with Adam & Allie from YMSB on guitar and fiddle

I hate the ritual of watching the weather for the Jubilee weekend come together. It changes 3 times a day. In the end, it *almost* always works out. I know today where I live it was forecasting rain/cloudy with 60% chance. It was partly sunny and we got a pop up sprinkle for 30 seconds. My hope is Friday is the same, rain in the morning, and hopefully in the 70s. also, yeah, rude is right about the highways. Keep your windows clean

Schedule with times out, also, looks like offering one day and two day tickets on website now. Previously it seems those only offered at gates, so hopefully this is a good sign that ticket sales are good. hope everyone is healing up from last week, and lord willin, see you in a few days

Also a Midnight moonlight I believe

It was a full two set show. But I can’t remember all the songs. I thought Mattson was playing above and beyond his normal abilities- he looked like he was having lots of fun

thank god it won’t be highs in the 40s/50s with rain and wind. I’ll take anything else

Ready ready ready

EDIT: Oops. I see you realized it was Scott. That's Scott Larned on the vocals. I saw my first DSO show Fall 2000. Didn't see another until 2012.

If we were there, why didn’t we cross paths and say hello? Let’s do this at the jubilee. Even if under the cover of darkness of the night

I really hated to miss this. How was attendance?

Over the years I've gone back in forth in my mind as to what tour did I think Brent's playing shined the best on. As a whole tour, Fall 1979 and Spring 1990 are really the top contenders for overall playing. That being said, here's my currently and as of today top brent era shows: 1. 9/1/1979 The whole show is executed perfectly. Get the aud, its the best. Mississippi Half Step>Franklins, and Scarlet Begonias>Fire On the Mountain are my highlights. 2. 8/16/1980 I love everything about this show and its aud vibes. You can hear the rain, and you can hear the audience eat up the energy from the band. I love the Deal. 3. 3/5/1981 I really love the second set inspired Jam>Passenger. Check it out! 4. 3/13/1982 Yeah. Second set is like untouchable. Seriously. it's an underated and under listened show. You've not heard Jerry & Brent jam this hard on a Franklin's tower in the 80's. I'm not lying. It's stratospheric. The Stranger>Franklins>Estimated>Eyes>drums is really just mind blowing, even though it looks standard. Its anything but standard. 5. 6/20/1983 Each show in the June 1983 run are a mix of sloppy but super inspired and high energy playing. I really love this show, especially the second set, and Drums>Encore is the meat & potatoes. That Bob Star really does it for me. So does the lightning strike during Wharf Rat which cuts the PA for a split second and causes the band and audience to lose their minds, and the Sugar Magnolia is the epitome of this tour: its seriously heavy metal high energy Dead and the sloppiest version you'll ever here. It's rocking. 6. 6/10/1984 I shouldn't like this show, but the June 1984 tour and this show is also hot, and I really love the He's Gone>Space>Don't Need Love>Drums 7. 3/25/1985 The Jack Straw and Sugaree really get me grooving and I love the whole first set 8. 5/10/1986 Honestly, 1986 is a tough one for me, but I LOVE this second set, especially the crisp AUD. The whole second set is where its at, but Weir, Brent, and Jerry really set an amazing groove on this Estimated Prophet. It's just so perfect. 9. 3/18/1988 So many choices in 1988, but the second half of the second set is especially inspired, and the Other One & Throwing Stones rock way harder than normal. 10. 3/26/1990 Really, all of Summer/Fall 1989, and Spring 1990 are top notch for Brent and band, but I really like this show. All of it is pristine. I could list 100 more shows from all these years. Whole shows, partial sets, specific songs. But this is a good starting list of where I am today

Just a few short weeks left. Normally at this time of year I'm so desperate and dying for a getaway I'm almost unhinged. This year I changed jobs and took a week vacation prior to the Jubilee and I think it's gonna make this Jubilee even sweeter than before cause I'm feeling super relaxed, which is crazy for me in May. It's also a great sign for the band that VIP & VIP RV are sold out, and I hope GA sells out prior to the event just to make it worth it for the band. I'm looking forward to seeing John K play with Melvin this year.He's upped that bands game, and they've broadened their songbook with him on board. I've not seen John K since 2010, and I know he'll drop in with DSO, and that will be cool, cause I've not seem him with DSO live since 2000. Lastly, usually I sneak in and around the DSO shows with a low profile, but I may say hello this year and be slightly more friendly. Times are strange, and its good to give greetings and appreciate these moments before they are gone.

It was different but good. They played JGB & Dead tunes. They jammed out songs but the only transitions I heard was China>Rider. The lead guitarist alternated between guitar and pedal steel. His pedal steel chops were impeccable. The backup singer played acoustic on many tunes. What this did was lend itself to giving their songs an American Beauty/Workingmans Dead vibe. Their drummer has played for NRPS, so this sound fit into that. I’d go see them again.

Had a blast in Portland, hard to come back to be honest, but arrive back we did after a full week

Is this the first time VIP sold out a month before the event?