Forum MVP Greg from Chestertown Posted May 4, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 I was just inspired to start this thread. Feel free to jump in an give your thoughts as to the best show ever of Dark Star Orchestra. My personal thoughts are, well, a show that I was at. My first show? That night in Philly when they played until ten after two? That night of the NYE run in Baltimore, the Jerry Band show in Baltimore? Can’t be that show, gotta be a set list that most represents everything Grateful Dead, with killer, clean playing. Jump in, give your best ‘that’s just the way I feel.’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP gr8fulpair Posted May 4, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 12-1-17, not even a close 2nd out there for me. A night I’ll never forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tea Posted May 4, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 5-23-15 Jubilee is right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weather Command Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Mine was the only time dso played at delfest...08? That was my one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP gr8fulpair Posted May 5, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Tea said: 5-23-15 Jubilee is right there Oh, it’s second for sure buddy, it’s just not that close. 😅 ps: 4-8-18 is third fo sho!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP DesertDead Posted May 5, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 10-11-14, Napa, was sorta fun. Set One: Deep Elem Blues ; Dark Hollow ; Operator ; Box Of Rain ; California Earthquake ; On The Road Again ; Rosa Lee McFall ; *Rain ; It Makes No Difference ; Friend Of The Devil ; Wake Up Little Susie ; I've Been All Around This World ; Big Iron ; Ripple Set Two: Till The Morning Comes ; Sittin' On Top Of The World ; Dancing In The Street ; It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World ; Cryptical Envelopment > drums > The Other One > Dark Star > Saint Stephen > The Eleven > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Viola Lee Blues Encore: Alligator > And We Bid You Goodnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP gr8fulpair Posted May 5, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Thx for showing professionalism DD. 12-1-17 Norfolk, was set 1 elective and set 2 a 12-21-68 recreation. Set One: Good Morning Little School Girl ; Down' That Rag ; Big Boy Pete ; Dupree's Diamond Blues ; Mountains Of The Moon > Saint Stephen > The Eleven > Viola Lee Blues Set Two: Turn On Your Lovelight ; Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > It Hurts Me Too ; Alligator > Drums ; Alligator > Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) > Feedback > And We Bid You Good Night Encore: Hard To Handle 5-23-15 Jubilee was 4-22-69 from the Ark! 4-8-18 Birmingham, recreating 3-6-76 JGB with Donna Jean!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP DesertDead Posted May 5, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Damn, that 12-1-17 is relentless. And I know that HTH has special attention from you, Gr8ful. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Dead duck Posted May 5, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Man that’s a tough one. I’m real bad about keeping shows separate in my mind. I remember highlights more than specific show details. Standouts for me include: The acoustic show at Buskirk Chumley in Bloomington. My first Reuben and cherish, first Chimes of freedom There was a truckin jam one year at a jubilee that almost ended me. Was the best I’d ever heard. A caution from express Live one year in Columbus was insane Indianapolis at the Vogue we got an “in the style of” ‘72 my first Two Souls in Communion One year in Black Mountain there was a lovelight where the crowd was echoing Rob B that was super awesome These are just the first moments that pop out to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP August West Posted May 5, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 5/19/2007 is the goods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy DeLyon Posted May 6, 2021 Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 Show: 2018 12/29/2011 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA Set One: Dire Wolf The Race Is On Jack-A-Roe Monkey And The Engineer It Must Have Been The Roses Dark Hollow Bird Song To Lay Me Down On The Road Again Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie-> Ripple Set Two: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo-> Franklin's Tower Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues Row Jimmy Little Red Rooster Althea Let It Grow Deal Set Three: Cold Rain And Snow C C Rider Ramble On Rose He's Gone-> The Other One-> Space-> Drums->Space-> Stella Blue I Need A Miracle-> Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad-> Johnny B. Goode Encore One More Saturday Night Filler: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) GD Show Date 1980-09-27 Venue (GD) Warfield Theatre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Greg from Chestertown Posted May 6, 2021 Author Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 Was I there? Lisa on Kazoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP 2muchfun Posted May 6, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 One of my fav shows was 1/31/2005 in Nashville. Donna Jean taking turns and sharing with Lisa and a performance by Zion and Boombox at half time within the crowd. Catfish John filler sticks with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted May 6, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 I’m gonna have to disagree with those that caught that magic 68. It couldn’t be of 5/8/77. 5/8/77 is not the greatest show ever. Which you can contend your 68 in Norfolk was. I can’t argue that. I wasn’t there. The show at the jubilee was shared and felt by more people. It moved the DSO needle in a way closest to 5/8/77. The collective experience of greatness far outweighs your individual feelings of greatness. Night 2 in Jamaica 3 years ago was the greatest DSO experience I’ve ever had. I assure you rivals your experience and it didn’t matter what they played. I truly levitated in sand. I was able to dance seamlessly at full speed on sand. But that experience was mine alone and I don’t think any of you guys could achieve it. Remember what 5/8/77. It is not the best show the Grateful Dead ever played and to be honest, I’m gonna go with the old timers. 5/19/07 is DSO 5/8/77. We talked about show for 15 years. We still talking about it. It’s playing in my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP John A Posted May 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Mason's Child said: But that experience was mine alone and I don’t think any of you guys could achieve it. I'm guessing the naked hippie on the scaffolding behind the stage at Veneta '72 shares that same sentiment. 😆 As for greatest show ever, there are perhaps a dozen each from '72, '73, and '74 that eclipse 5-8-77, and a few others from '77 as well. And that's coming from an Ithacan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted May 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 This is all opinion but I can pick 10 shows from 69. 10 shows from 71. 5 shows each from 72, 73, and 74. Maybe a few 76 or 78 and maybe another 5 from 77 I rate higher. And that naked dude on the scaffolding was having one hell of time. I had my one time only naked dance moment. Further at Wanee. I had stripped to my boxers cause of the heat. A friend pants me the rest of the way. I proceeded to dance naked for 3 or 4 songs. It was liberating. It wasn’t floating on sand level but definitely something to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP BillK522 Posted May 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Great thread and comments all. Those GOAT conversations always get the juices flowing. Nailing down a single performance can get tricky, there are a number of factors at play. Personal headspace, Bands performance, song selection, venue, dance space, the family you share the experience with. Every once and a while every thing is just exactly perfect. Fortunately I attended 07/05/19, and thought of other evenings everything clicked. I believe the show should be an elective, where the band had the freedom to roam. An evening in Atlantic City came to mind. 10/08/06 Atlantic City Hilton, Atlantic City NJ Here Comes Sunshine>Walk in the Sunshine, New Speedway, Hard to Handle, Big Iron>Cumberland Blues, Lazy River Road, Passenger, Harder They Come. Round and Round>Sittin' on Top of the World, Why Don't We Do It In the Road>Midnight Hour>Crazy Fingers>Caution> Drums>Space>Other One (v1)>Standing on the Moon> Other One (v2)>Tangled Up in Blue. E: Run Mary One More Saturday Night. Praise DSO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Greg from Chestertown Posted May 7, 2021 Author Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I can remember a night in Dewey where I just had a blast, absorbing the music and having come back out of me through my dancing, from opening note until the last note. After the show, I stood leaning against something, trying to catch my breath, just in awe of how much fun I had just had. I remember a few people noticing me, walking up to me and just smiling. It must have been an incredible expression on my face. I have no recollection of what they played that night but I had a blast. I’m going to have to say that was my best show ever because I had just had it done to me by the Dark Star Orchestra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted May 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I just missed that AC show. Some unforeseen unfortunate circumstances prevented my attendance. I remember hearing how great that one was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOther1 Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 i taped the show but the other one from 4/5/19 is a really dark steady jam that i find myself listening to all the time https://archive.org/details/dso2019-04-05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP August West Posted May 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 11 hours ago, BillK522 said: 10/08/06 Atlantic City Hilton, Atlantic City NJ Here Comes Sunshine>Walk in the Sunshine, New Speedway, Hard to Handle, Big Iron>Cumberland Blues, Lazy River Road, Passenger, Harder They Come. Round and Round>Sittin' on Top of the World, Why Don't We Do It In the Road>Midnight Hour>Crazy Fingers>Caution> Drums>Space>Other One (v1)>Standing on the Moon> Other One (v2)>Tangled Up in Blue. E: Run Mary One More Saturday Night. Praise DSO. They dedicated the Big Iron to Herdy that night. It was his first show back after falling ill at the Ledges. That show is in my Top 5. Off the charts energy, and playing. That Hilton venue was one of the best indoor places to see a show. Level carpeted floors, phenomenal sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy DeLyon Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 It would be irresponsible of me to not bring up any of the Penn's Peak shows. They all roll into one for me, but the boys had us in a frenzy this night. Just look at the energy coming from the sold out crowd. Video shows about 1/10 of the crowd. 2nd Set: Why Don't We Do It In The Road? ; Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Terrapin Station > Dark Star > dums > space > Hey Jude > Throwing Stones > Shakedown Street Shakedown--> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tea Posted May 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 2/14/2009 @ Hilton Head, SC was a romp for me! One of my first solo jaunts to see DSO and the planets aligned perfectly that night: Elective Set One: Viola Lee Blues Walk in the Sunshine They Love Each Other Black Throated Wind Box of Rain You Ain't Woman Enough Bird Song Big Iron-> Jack-a-Roe Sing Your Blues Away Mexicali Blues Uncle John's Band Set Two: Greatest Story Ever Told Second That Emotion *I Feel Like Dyanamite Waiting for a Miracle Easy Wind Me & Bobby McGee Eyes of the World-> Weather Report Suite-> Let It Grow-> Stella Blue-> Not Fade Away-> Going Down the Road Feeling Bad-> Not Fade Away Encore: And It Stoned Me Show Notes * Dedicated to Merl Saunders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted May 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Hilton Head was fun. I was there. Feel like dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP chuckvegas Posted May 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 This is an interesting topic. I have stayed out of it up to this point since I neither dance nor see shows and my track record is deplorable. But thanks to Tea and August West, with some vicarious motivation from MC, I feel like I might have enough experience to venture an opinion and expand on the underlying theme here. So I will say that my 5/7, 5/8, and 5/9/77 DSO shows are AC 10/8/06, of course 5/19/07, and that wonderful night in Hilton Head on 2/14/09. The world needs more Big Iron>Jack-a-Roe. Set and setting for each of these was just exactly perfect. The music never stopped after the first trifecta... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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