Greg from Chestertown

You read my mind. My thought exactly while going through this exercise.

A naive, inexperienced young man gets married, is not sure what to do on his wedding night. He calls his mother and asks her what to do. His mother says, ‘ lay down along side her, rub her belly, and tell her you love her.’ So he does just that. His new bride says, ‘oh, lower, lower.’ The man musters up his deepest voice, rubs her belly, and says, ‘I love you’. The young man calls his mother back and explains that that didn’t work. Mother says, ‘ take your most prized possession and put it where she pee pee’s.’ So gets his bowling ball and puts it in the toilet.

Times played, 277. Second set placement, 14 times. That’s getting towards rare in the Grateful Dead universe.

Yea, I don’t recall ever seeing a second set Candyman on any set list before. Being Deadbase free really drags out the suspense.

Pirate walks into a bar, (you think he would have seen it) he’s got a ship’s steering wheel in his pants. Bartender says, ‘hey, you know you got a ship’s steering wheel in your pants? Pirate says, ‘Aarrrgh, it’s driving me nuts!

Isn’t a second set Candyman a rarity?

What’s the difference between a oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer? The taste.

Yea, that set list is a gem.

Yea, they did a great job covering the void, but it wasn’t the same without you. Skip was twanging the bass to cover.

I grew up in Wilmington, been going to the grand since they brought it back to life in the seventies. That place had been abandoned. The ushers are all volunteers and they run a tight ship but a good one. One of the volunteers is Othel Heaney. Growing up, we shared a back door neighbor. I was best friends with her middle son when we were like eleven or twelve. He died in a car accident the night before thanksgiving when he was twenty. His younger brother committed suicide a few years later, unable to cope with what the local Catholic priests did to him. So, anyway, Othel has been volunteering there for years. I asked for her at set break. She was downstairs but still working in her Eighties. She came upstairs. It was good to see her. First time since the last time Dark Star played there. Oh, old school minglewood too last night

Deal, Dire Wolf, sing me back home. Green, green grass of home.

Ah, another Sunday show,with that Sunday show feel, of course. Good crowd, minimal talkers. Met a lot of people catching their first show which I took as good for the band. Rob Barracco has influenza type A so they just had the keyboards and no player but went ahead anyway and played an elective set list. That gave us an interesting set list and a lot of Lisa. I have no problem with either of them. Two drummers. I just woke up and only one cup of coffee so far but here goes. I know I am drawing a blank on a couple of tunes that should be remembered first. Opener was one of those, Johnny B Goode, woman enough, greatest story that was killer with Lisa’s vocals, Second that emotion, NFA>GDTRFB, cryptically>other one> cryptical> morning Dew. It’s official, Jeff owns Morning Dew. That is his song. Sorry, John K, you have been replaced. Skip on vocals for Cripple creek filler. Obviously, many blanks in the set list. Help!

You can only get that show with Dark Star Orchestra. Every slice of the Grateful Dead pie is represented. The Dead never would have crafted that set list. They got it going on.

Weather forecast for Sunday show in Wilmington, De. ; Sunny and a high of 37. Better bust out the hippie winter attire. I’m predicting that more than 37 will be high by show time. Looking forward to it. Crazy random separate ticket purchases have me sitting next to my nephew and his wife. (Her first show). I believe the last time they played the Grand, John K. Was with them. , had my head in the speaker for his solo on Stella. Such a small venue would be great for some acoustic. We never did get those two acoustic shows at the Hamilton in DC., early victim of COVID. Just saying. Wouldn’t that be nice?

Raiders !!!!!

Also in Lost Sailor, Bobby sings, ‘till the chains of you dreams are broken.’ It’s a stand alone lyric, the way he sings it, I think. It always triggers deep thought when I hear it.

That’s incredible, they got it going on. Funny, I read the set list, say to myself ‘Damn’, read the first response and it says ‘Damn’. Damn good set list.

What about ‘Days between’?

I find myself occasionally singing Michael Sipe, just a dream, just a dream…

Supposedly, the medical card is good because when it goes legal, you won’t have to pay sales tax on it when you buy it.

By the end of the night, you will be surrounded by your friends.

Speaking of the Raiders, I’m wondering if Their coach will let Carr slip under the bus and get replaced so that no one notices that he’s the one who needs to be replaced. It’s surreal how bad the RAIDERS are.

I see it as a domino effect. When a state realizes they’re losing tax revenue to a neighboring state, time to approve recreational use. You’ll get there.

I just voted for the recreational use of weed in Maryland today. You’re welcome.

10/31/80, last of the acoustic run. One a day of these shows has been nice lately. I’m loving listening to them work on heaven help the fool. Just real nice.