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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 27, 2006 2:50pm |
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Poster: | sperry | Date: | Jun 27, 2006 7:23pm |
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Let me know your thoughts.
Cheers
Sperry
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Poster: | mikeoberg | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 8:59am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: 7/8/78 Red Rocks |
Other shows to check out
5/4/77 I like this better than Cornell.
4/16/78 When I first heard the second set a long time ago I thought it was Red Rocks 7/8/78 but then I was like "holy sh!t, this Estimated BLOWS 7/8/78's away! You like that Red Rocks show, you'll like this one. High Energy
1/10 & 1/11/79 Good little run at Nasau.
My two cents of for that era.....
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 10:59am |
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Poster: | cush11 | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 12:49pm |
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 2:34pm |
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 2:26pm |
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Poster: | cush11 | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 3:37pm |
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 5:54pm |
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Poster: | mikeoberg | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 8:08pm |
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Send me an email mikeoberg@hotmail.com
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 9:27pm |
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Poster: | gethier | Date: | Jul 2, 2006 6:10am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: 7/8/78 Red Rocks |
Check out this link to gdlive. It appears to be working.
http://web.archive.org/web/20050124173205/http://gdlive.com/
Gary
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Poster: | Bobby-Clifton | Date: | Jul 6, 2006 1:19pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: 7/8/78 Red Rocks |
Any ideas on that folks ?
Peace,
Bobby
New Jersey
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jul 2, 2006 1:03pm |
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jul 2, 2006 1:01pm |
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Poster: | sperry | Date: | Jun 27, 2006 7:29pm |
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Poster: | Yankee9 | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 9:24am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: 7/8/78 Red Rocks - 5/26/77 Baltimore |
Outside of that, check out 5/26/77, this is my personal favorite of 77 and I think this show in general doesn't get the credit it deserves.
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 28, 2006 10:56am |
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Poster: | high flow | Date: | Jun 27, 2006 4:34pm |
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Poster: | high flow | Date: | Jul 2, 2006 2:48pm |
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jul 2, 2006 2:20pm |
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Poster: | AshesRising | Date: | Jun 30, 2006 10:05pm |
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jul 1, 2006 8:14am |
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Poster: | midnight sun | Date: | Jul 1, 2006 8:25am |
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also a sweet guitar solo into a unique vocal melody variation ("To lie-eye WITH you...")
08-03-82 To Lay Me Down is good (Space Jam > He's Gone is priceless)
04-09-82 has the most "haunting" To Lay Me Down and the only one of these three with Brent's vocals
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Poster: | gphishmon | Date: | Jul 11, 2006 9:36pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: 7/8/78 Red Rocks |
1/22/78 is a clear choice. The Other One>Jerry Solo (Close Encounters)>St. Stephen melts my mind.
7/18/76 is another one. Those two (and 12/31/78, of course)may be the best of the post-hiatus Godchaux era. But you couldn't go wrong with anything from 77; try 5/9, 5/19 and 5/21 (combined DP29).
I suggest you go back even further. 72-74 contains hours upon hours of incredible music. To me, that was the golden age of the Dead, their most exploratory period. 8/27/72, 9/21/72 (now a DP), 9/28/72, 10/30/73, and 6/18/74 are just a few of the gems from those years. If you like the early, raw stuff, then 68-69 will rock your world. But maybe go later as well. 1989-91 had some incredible shows (10/9/89, 7/12/90, 9/18/90, 9/20/90, 12/31/90, 9/20/91, to name a few).
Enjoy!
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Poster: | Rivertrance | Date: | Jun 27, 2006 3:53pm |
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 27, 2006 4:30pm |
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Poster: | grendelschoice | Date: | Jun 29, 2006 3:31pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: 7/8/78 Red Rocks |
10-29-77, Evans Fieldhouse, DeKalb, Ill.
Opening MIGHT AS WELL sets the tone for the whole show. Garcia clearly having tons o' fun belting out the lyrics...
JACK STRAW a monster...best jam into the "from Witchita" line i've ever heard.
The jams in BERTHA and GOOD LOVIN are monumental...
ESTIMATED gets the wah-wahs waaaaay out...
The EYES is groovy, jazzy, yet filled with roof-blasting riffs by Jerry...my favorite EYES of all time...
ST STEPHEN starts out like a blues number--I kid you not....the jamming is super-tight and hot all the way thru into a great rockin NFA...
BLACK PETER hits all the emotional high notes--Jerry sings it hard and beautifully..."come run and seeeeeeeee!!!!"
the SUGAR MAG is just a beast of rock and roll craziness, evidenced by Mickey and Billy going ballistic just before the SSDD coda...
and those are just a few highlights from my all time favorite show.
it combines all the best things I love about '77: Flowing, confident , tight, yet groovy, crescendos galore...such confidence in the playing, no lyrical flubs, just song after song played to Perfect Bros. perfection AND with high emotional content. Desert island show #1 for me.
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 29, 2006 5:11pm |
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Poster: | Abeface | Date: | Jun 29, 2006 9:03pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: 7/8/78 Red Rocks |
Some of my other favorites that go under the radar are 11/9/79 (one of my favorite 2nd sets ever, and a personal top 3 Jack Straw, I'm a Jack Straw whore for the record). I'll reinforce a previous post of 4/16/78, the band was so in tune that night, and a very unique style of play during that month. 12/28/79, a well-known classic. One of the best sounding recordings period, and an A++ performance. And don't forget 11/6/77, I've played the 1st set hundreds of times. The Mexacali > My Uncle says it all. Another 77 show that has a unique feel are both shows in Portland, OR 10/1 & 10/2/77. They played super loose and make each song sound completely new.
Hope this helps! And bring back the boards for us!!!
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Poster: | JodyC | Date: | Jun 30, 2006 2:05pm |
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