While the GD may not have Garcia, this tour has Warren Haynes (from Govt Mule) who I consider the best r&r guitarist playing music today.
Enjoy!!! Should be awesome!
I'm stoked, unfortunately I can really only make the Greensboro show, I'd love to make it to D.C. also. Hopefully I get tickets, the band has info here.
I took my wife to see The Dead in Raleigh for our honeymoon, wasn't the same without Jerry, but fun enough for her, it was her first and only experience. Now she wants to take my stepsons, they'd enjoy it too. Might open their eyes a bit.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
While the GD may not have Garcia, this tour has Warren Haynes (from Govt Mule) who I consider the best r&r guitarist playing music today.
Enjoy!!! Should be awesome!
~rthomas
In 1977 or so, I saw Bob Hope in the Greensboro Coliseum. He opened his show with this:
The crowd naturally gasped and ROTFL.Welcome to Greensboro. Gateway to Climax!
You see, Climax is a small town outside of Greensboro http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...,0.326843&z=11 .
Ozzie, your paradigm of optimism!
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I saw the Dead in Cameron in 1973 and in 1978:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd73-...811.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd78-...476.sbeok.shnf
I remember some of it.
~rthomas
In my travels, I sometimes pass through Climax, NC on Route 61. There is a sign outside one of the homes that identifies that particular residence as "Denouement".
Always makes me chuckle.
To the post, I saw the Grateful Dead perform in San Francisco in 1972; it was a 4-hour concert as best I recall.
You and me brother. Do you remember the pots and pan interlude during the '78 show? I had seen many strange Dead jams but the pots and pans was the worst. The '73 show was much better IMO, and considerably longer.
I was backstage for the '73 show and got the chance to spend some time with band and the crew. They were great. I think I'll skip the JG less version. While the Dead preferred the live moment to the artifact, some things are simply irreplaceable and better left remembered than experienced, much like the Allman Brothers Band without Duane.
I remember that there was an issue with lights; Cameron would not turn off the lights and the band and the crowd wanted the lights off. Don't remember the pots and pans, but that doesn't mean anything.
I saw AB with and w/o Duane and I know what you mean , but I really really like the AB record with Warren Haynes and Dereck Trucks. Warren Haynes could make my kids marching band really really good.
~rthomas
Ive got a bootleg from one of those shows and for a whole set Jerry's mic wasn't working...so maybe that was the tech problem you arethinking about...too bad bc it was a good set list.
I only saw the Dead once. In Paris, October 1990. It was right after Brent Midland died. Bruce Hornsby had been opening for them before Midland's death, so he stayed on with the European tour to play keyboards. Actually, they had his grand piano on stage. And he played the accordian, during Sugar Magnolia, I think. Cameras were allowed and it was general admission, so I took some cool pics.
And . . . isn't there an area near Ramseur called Erect? Maybe 20 minutes or so from Climax?
Hi,
With all due respect, The Grateful Dead are not touring. The Grateful Dead died on August 9, 1995. Jerry was The Grateful Dead.
Best regards,
Jeffrey
I'm one of those who will always see JG as a major force in the band, but he himself was not the band. Just like it was never the same after the passings of Pigpen and Brent. However, you are correct on one fact. I'm pretty sure they will be touring as The Dead, not The Grateful Dead, just like they did on their last tour a few years ago. After Jerry's death, they pretty much retired that name from tour.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Hi,
Jerry was the heart & soul of The Grateful Dead. As much as he despised the thought, he was the leader of the band.
Jerry was pushed best by a keyboardist. That's why the loss of Brent was so extreme. OTOH, the loss of Pig was completely different. Pig was a weak keyboardist and tossed out of the band for awhile in '68 for that reason. The more advanced play required T.C.
Best regards,
Jeffrey