Forum VIP Dr. Vapor Posted August 13, 2010 Forum VIP Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 Looks like Furthur has a new web site Furthur.net and they added a bunch of fall dates....some very close to another band we know who are trying to give them their space.....my good friend Herbie Greene shot their new family photo's in the media section of their website check them out....Dr. V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakada Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 looks like we are gonna have to keep upsetting and rocking the boat with our posts liking Furthur around here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Mango Posted August 13, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 furthur musically--- I like. furthur as a business---- No like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP VincentPuleo Posted August 14, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 Well, I don't know if it's just me... but in the beginning of all of this there was a lot of criticism that they were being shown to much as Bob Weir & Phil Lesh featuring..... this website is a lot more Furthur... as one band, together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP comesatime Posted August 14, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 14, 2010 this website is a lot more Furthur... as one band, together. I agree !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutrino Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Well, I don't know if it's just me... but in the beginning of all of this there was a lot of criticism that they were being shown to much as Bob Weir & Phil Lesh featuring..... this website is a lot more Furthur... as one band, together. Maybe Phil reads the DSO forums and got a clue. I was one of those who found it rather inapproriate that Furthur seemed to treat the other bandmembers as sidemen to Phil and Bobby. Furthur is working in a way that all other post-Jerry projects of these two haven't because of the complete package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP John A Posted August 18, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 "still no forum" yet, but they do promise one: We Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodpile Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 $70.00 per ticket for the Furthur coliseum show in Cincinnati. 'nough said. as Tony Rice sings the Gordan Lightfoot song "COLD ON THE SHOULDER.........." and you know that we get a little older ever day......." sorry for the post. I've yet to see Furthur and was looking forward to going to the Baltimore show, but at $50 / $70 a ticket the issue of me going may be in doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugdog Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 What happened to the low ticket prices? WTF? Sadly, I'll still pay $70 if they come nearby...I haven't seen them live yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP comesatime Posted August 21, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 some of the tix for the next tour are closer to $80.00 w/fees ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugdog Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 It just keeps getting worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subcooler Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 It just keeps getting worse... I ain't picking on nobody......But, We need to embrace the music while we can & anything Phil wants to do to take the mu$ic FURTHUR is..........All good! We should all get out there & buy as many tickets as we can to help fill up all the venues that the Grateful Dead sold out in a matter of minutes thru the 80's & 90's! See 'Ya on the Road, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpinky Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 From the JK entry of About the Band at the Furthur website: "While most of the bands he played with wrote their own music, in 1997 John co-founded the group, Dark Star Orchestra, a band exclusively devoted to playing the well-documented actual setlists of the Grateful Dead. Originally started as a side-project house band for some of the best local deadhead musicians, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutrino Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 From the JK entry of About the Band at the Furthur website: "While most of the bands he played with wrote their own music, in 1997 John co-founded the group, Dark Star Orchestra, a band exclusively devoted to playing the well-documented actual setlists of the Grateful Dead. Originally started as a side-project house band for some of the best local deadhead musicians, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanAY Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I can't imagine Phil and Jill would actually censor his bio over that stuff...after all, they can't deny that's how he made his reputation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maningreen Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I'm impressed!! Kudos to Phil and Jill for letting JK's bio include the facts. Except DSO is NOT " a band exclusively devoted to playing the well-documented actual setlists of the Grateful Dead". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutrino Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Except DSO is NOT " a band exclusively devoted to playing the well-documented actual setlists of the Grateful Dead". Hmm.... That's a very interesting observation you noticed, which I had overlooked. I had assumed that JK wrote his own bio, and I was giving Phil and Jill credit for not getting uptight about giving DSO some publicity and letting them be described positively on the Furthur site. Now that you mention it, it does seem odd that JK would have used the word "exclusively" to describe DSO's setlists. I would assume that JK wrote his own bio, but perhaps there was a little editing afterwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugdog Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 I would however, pay premium fees for a Hunter show, without any posts about ticket prices. Wouldn't it be great if Robert Hunter opened for DSO on NYE? or anytyme ........ ABSOLUTELY!!! Has he ever sat in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpinky Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 I'm impressed!! Kudos to Phil and Jill for letting JK's bio include the facts. Except DSO is NOT " a band exclusively devoted to playing the well-documented actual setlists of the Grateful Dead". Hmm.... That's a very interesting observation you noticed, which I had overlooked. I had assumed that JK wrote his own bio, and I was giving Phil and Jill credit for not getting uptight about giving DSO some publicity and letting them be described positively on the Furthur site. Now that you mention it, it does seem odd that JK would have used the word "exclusively" to describe DSO's setlists. I would assume that JK wrote his own bio, but perhaps there was a little editing afterwards? I agree that the description is inaccurate, and it is unlikely that JK wrote it. Some of it seems taken from his Wikipedia entry and part from an interview. It's the sort of misconception one sees all the time in media depictions of DSO, and I suspect that is was written by a publicist or other Furthur employee. But that's not the point. The point is that by delineating the list of well known musicians who have played with the band, it is a favorable, though inaccurate depiction of DSO. And that this came out of the Furthur organization surprised, and pleased me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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