Mojo Hand

9/8/88 is when I got on the bus. Would have loved to have been there to see DSO give it a workout. So many Spectrum shows in my hometown. The City of Brotherly Love. Go Eagles!🦅

A life well lived. RIP and eternal thanks for the memories. I guarantee when he got to the pearly gates…..they said we’re not letting you sing up here buddy! Stick to the bass.

Freeman stage would be nice…but I would much prefer a rerun to the bottle and cork, Dewey beach since we’re hoping for Delaware. Love that place

Nope. I had forgotten about it by 4pm. Took my kid to the batting cages and missed a couple notifications that tix were available thru cash or trade because my phone was in the car while I was pitching. Ha. Wasn't meant to be.

thanks for the Bump Bill. And thanks for the advice Rude. I've never used Cash or Trade. Earlier this morning, I had recalled you mentioning a good website for short notice tix. I went through all your old posts this morning to find "cash or trade". Oh well....Not feeling optimistic. Probably will just end up throwing batting practice to my 13 year old tonight.

The ups and downs of life. Spur of the moment. Yahoo....I can go to Red Bank tonight. There's no tickets available.....bummer. Gladly buy an extra if anyone has it.

As is the case with others in the band......Hunter had lost his fastball or clearly mailed it in when he came up with Samba in the Rain lyrics. These lyrics are cliche, elementary, and an appeal to the least common denominator. Velnick was clearly not a good choice to replace Brent. His songs were horrible and his vice was awful. Luckily, history has not judged the Grateful Dead on their efforts such as Samba In the Rain, Long Way to Go Home, Eternity, Easy Answers, and Wave to the Wind. New songs in the mid 90's were tough to endure. Interestingly......as the story goes, Jerry was the member who was most disinterested in the mid 90's. Yet, in my opinion, he seemed to be the only one introducing music with some level of integrity and awareness of the standards that had been established over previous decades. So Many Roads is a classic. I think Days Between holds up as a solid Jerry ballad. Given more time, I think Lazy River Road would have developed into a great first set song. While I never preferred Liberty, it certainly sounds and feels like Grateful Dead music, which is a lot more than can be said of Eternity and Easy Answers! Ten and ten is thirty, if you tell me it is so Let's get down and dirty, baby. Let's get sweet and low Any way you call the shot, That's how it's gonna be You can serve it cold or hot, It's all okay by me Tie me with a ribbon bow, Wrap me in cellophane Send me out to steal the show or Samba in the Rain Samba in the rain oh baby, Samba in the rain Let's get down and dirty, Don't bother to explain Don't care if they call a cop and say we are insane We'll keep goin' til we drop. Samba in the rain

I think Loose Lucy was at least 15 years. maybe??

I guess so........ but probably best to keep them marginalized as much as possible. 😉

beautiful night indeed. perfect weather. even a little chilly at night. Touch of Gray Stranger Franklin's Walkin Blues When push comes to shove Cassidy China/Rider Samson Terrapin D/s MIracle Stella Throwin Stones lovelight Mighty quinn Really well played. Stranger/Franlkin's was a highlight. Pre-Drum 2nd set as good as it gets. stella was EXCELLENT.

I read all of just stuff 25 years ago. Such a great writer! My absolute favorite. Another Roadside Attraction and Skinny Legs All are my favorites.

I generally enjoy biopics because I don't know the person's story that well. Examples include; Johnny Cash (Walk the Line), Jim Morrison (The Doors), Ray Charles (Ray), Stephen Hawkins (Brief History of Time), John Nash (A Beautiful Mind), Petey Greene (Talk to Me); Muhammed Ali (Ali), Vince Papale (Invincible); Jordan Belfort (The Wolf of Wall Street) I've never seen a biopic where I know the person's story inside and out like this Garcia movie. Interesting. I really like Jonah Hill in just about everything I've seen him do......especially Superbad, Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Perhaps an analogy. I am a huge fan of the Philadelphia 76ers. Maurice Cheeks is my all-time favorite player. He is a point guard and a hall-of-famer. My guess is that he is in his 70's. I would be pissed if the Sixers allowed him to run the point guard in a playoff game this year........out of respect, nostalgia, or otherwise. I am a Bobby freak. Always have been. His music is what gets me going the most of all. I am a musician and songwriter. He is my musical hero. But he's clearly lost his fastball. Sure......I'd love to see Bobby sit-in, but not at the expense of great music. I would rather Eaton stay on stage and play, and have Bobby there as an extra guitar player. When he chooses to take the reigns and sing a bunch of jerry songs and dictate the pace, that's not great music. I have chosen to forego Dead and Company for many of the same reasons many of you have chosen to skip it. And those reasons were on stage with DSO at the Warfield.

No insult taken Tea. I fully recognize that I am very finicky and closed minded as it pertains to DSO. Generally, if they play anything outside of a recreation from 1973 thru 1991.....then I complain and call the band bad names. If they play a recreation from 73 thru 91.....then I praise them with the highest accolades I can find. Seems reasonable. LOL.

Oh man.......I love Bobby as much as anything in this world. However, I actively have chosen to skip his performances for the past 10 years. From Day one of all post Jerry iterations, it has astounded me that Bobby sang Jerry tunes. Bobby butchers them by trying to adapt his lyrical style to Jerry tunes and it doesn't work. Combine that with the slow pacing of recent years.....no good. I don't go to DSO shows to see novelty acts. I attend so I can experience a transcendent musical and physical experience. I would not have been a happy camper if I was at this concert. Most especially if I traveled any distance or made any special personal arrangements to attend. I think it's a great gesture to bring Bobby on stage. But I think DSO made a HUGE mistake by having Eaton leave the stage and Bobby take over. Bobby should have been a special guest on stage playing alongside Eaton, and he should have played within the framework of what DSO does. Instead, they chose to compromise the quality of the music they presented to fans on that night. We pay to see DSO perform Grateful Dead music. What I saw on these videos is not on par with DSO at their best. To be honest, I thought the same thing when DSO had Lisa leave the stage at Red Rocks for Donna Jean. I have no idea what Donna Jean sounds like now. I have never listened to her or seen her post Grateful Dead. However, I do know that she was inconsistent as a singer and her stage presence was a straight out downer. Look at her body language from 70's shows. There's no comparison to what Lisa brings to the table. Why would the band choose to take off half a set in deference to someone else? I don't think they are entirely considering the fans perspective in that decision.

I've been thinking about this thread for the last few weeks. Half-Step is one of my absolute favorite Jerry tunes. When I put together my dream setlists, there is always a half-step. But.....I have a hard time with it in the opening slot. I like the more random placements that you get with a '73 setlist. I feel like I need to be in the zone for half step. The melodies are very intricate and complex. The section of the song with "upon the Rio-Grande-io" is so delicate and yet so powerful. I feel like I can't fully appreciate the song in the opening slot because my mind and body aren't quite ready for that experience yet, and half the of the house is still getting settled in around you because it's the opening song. I have similar thoughts about Jack Straw. I remember being at an outdoor ampitheater for one of the early post-Jerry iterations. Maybe it was "The Other Ones" and it was definitely the Mann Music Center. Jack Straw is as great a song as was ever-written and I love it! But I remember thinking it was almost a throw-away because everyone was settling in and it made it hard to stay locked-in. Just the fact that it was daylight made it hard in this case. So.......I love Jack Straw as an indoor opener, but not outside in the daylight. How's that for specifics. Lol. I think the reason I love Hell In a Bucket so much as an opener is because all I need is my legs and and some energy. It's not complex. It's straightforward and hard-rocking. It does not take focus. If I'm in the mood to dance, nothing can take me away from it no matter what's happening around me. Approximately 5 or 6 years ago I was really close to the front for a DSO show at the Electric Factory. Obviously, the front was already packed when they opened with Hell in a Bucket, so there was no hub-bub around me. Just a bunch of people who were already settled and ready to go. It was my favorite opener of all time at any Dead or DSO show. DSO rocked it so hard.... it was unbelievable. In the end.....maybe Let the Good Times Roll is the best opener. It's nobody's favorite song. So you don't feel like you got ripped off by them playing one of your favorites before you are ready for it. It's fun and and you can dance a little bit to get warmed-up, while still taking time to light a joint without feeling like you're missing something. So there you go.....every show should start with LTGTR!

Am I out of bounds to say "Songs that I wish the Grateful Dead did NOT cover" Really thinking of the later years here. I certainly could have done without "Matilda" and 'That Would be Something".

Nothing like starting off in full gear baby...... Hell in a Bucket!

Avett Brothers I didn't see this band last night. I saw them 9/21/21 at the beautiful Mann Music Center in Philadelphia. Can't stop thinking about what a great band they are and how great the concert was....so I finally thought to post. First time I've seen them live and so glad I went. Ranks among my favorite non Dead/DSO concerts I have ever seen. If you don't know them and you are a fan of intelligent and creative lyrics, great song structure, good vocalists who annunciate, and positive energy.....check them out. Southern Indie folk/rock from the Carolinas. Modern Americana.

the band played really well. beautiful weather. The venue was a little odd. It was a flat field with a stage. Pretty much set in the middle of a strip mall and housing development. I was in a dancing mood so the highlights for me were shakedown and aiko. Awesome grooves on both. Samson and Big River were both boogie down affairs as well. A very beautiful Peggy-O. The band was in fine form. It's been a long time since I caught a mid to late 70's show. I was really hoping for one and the band delivered. Major props and KUDOS to Rob Eaton. Consider that this night in Delaware was a far cry from the normal DSO annual pilgrimage to Delaware. I would have much preferred being packed shoulder to shoulder at The Bottle and Cork. That atmosphere gets everybody dancing and makes for some epic stuff. This was a flat field at a community arts center. It was only 25% full due to Covid pods. They gave special front section seating to volunteers who sat in chairs up front next to the band and gave no dancing or energy back to the band. A majority percentage of the crowd throughout the entire place sat in their lawn chairs for at least the first set. Everyone very spread out. But Eaton would not be dismayed. He spent much of the first set walking around the stage and cajoling the band into some great jams. I was up pretty close to the front so I may have read this incorrectly......but it also appeared to me that he was communicating visually and with body language to people who were at the back of the house. It seemed like he was trying to get the whole place involved by playing to the last row. And by the end of the night....there was definitely a better feel in the audience and more people dancing with the band. It could have been a ho-hum night with very little energy coming from the field.......but to me it seemed like Eaton wasn't gonna let that happen. Many thanks to Eaton and bandmates. Lift off achieved.

2/4/79 Half step franklin mamu big river Peggy o cassidy fotd El paso tjed lazy lightning/supplication Shakedown samson donna song terrapin Playin d/s aiko Black Peter round n round Us blues white rabbit filler

7/18 Tedeschi Trucks Band Appel Farm in South Jersey. They are Soooooooo great! Susan Tedeschi is such a soulful singer. One of my favorite singers ever. And she can play a great guitar. Her husband Derrick Trucks is not a bad guitar player either. Beautiful night. Brought my 11 year old son and 6 year old daughter and both loved it. Great night.

Yes. Listened yesterday. It was definitely Phil who make the comment about LLR. No mistaking his speaking voice...….or his singing voice!

Thx. I guess I missed the announcement. I parked as first song started. It was so good to dance last night and the social distancing allowed for unending dance space. Gotta find the positive in everything....right? The cool breezes with music floating through the air. Just perfect. But really....the groups on my right and left took constant selfies making sure that the screens and stage were in the background.....surely so they could post it on some social media site and show all their friends they are at a concert. Meanwhile, they literally did not listen to a single note. Complete ridiculousness.

I still don’t know why Lisa was on stage last night for the 80s show. Does anyone have any insight?