tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189740927119210874.post7080862128395713187..comments2024-02-29T09:38:39.945-05:00Comments on deadthinking: Aug 93: JGB up north and at homeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189740927119210874.post-43610916688006059752019-08-20T12:56:59.773-04:002019-08-20T12:56:59.773-04:00Just for the record: I agree the vocals are mostly...Just for the record: I agree the vocals are mostly bad, but "bad" in the sense that he's lost his voice and is powering through it (like, say, Jan 78), not bad in the sense of him being too sick/wasted/weak to sing coherently. I hear his guitar playing as still pretty powerful: not consistently amazing, and it's not a *great* show by any measure, but I still don't think it's anything like the "worst ever" -- there are 94 shows were he sounds sick or totally disoriented (8/14/94, iirc, is terrifying in spots) and nothing like that is happening here.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628132999021385676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189740927119210874.post-20522882875350140022019-08-17T21:49:32.591-04:002019-08-17T21:49:32.591-04:00Oh Gawd, I just listened to 8/8/93, and I vigorous...Oh Gawd, I just listened to 8/8/93, and I vigorously disagree with any remotely positive assessment of that show. The vocals are HORRIFYING. I could barely listen to it. These are the worst Garcia vocals since before the coma, IMO, and, by the end of the show, among the worst ever. I found this one painful and embarrassing.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189740927119210874.post-90619735072790263312018-05-27T19:34:30.564-04:002018-05-27T19:34:30.564-04:00No biggie.No biggie.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189740927119210874.post-58113495172010839672018-05-27T08:28:57.914-04:002018-05-27T08:28:57.914-04:00Ragged vocals don't irritate me as much, parti...Ragged vocals don't irritate me as much, particularly if his guitar playing is top notch; I think I just don't notice them, really, unless his playing is also sub-par. Granted, at this stage, bad vocals often correlate with general tiredness and decline. But I was struck at how sharp his guitar playing was in parts of the 8/8 show. It's not a must-hear show, imho, but I feel the highlights mentioned are well worth a listen.<br /><br />also, re my Shining Star singalong comment: I didn't mean that west coast crowds didn't sing along at all, just that the east coasters seemed to "get more into it." My sketchy impression of west coast crowds (as represented on aud tapes) is that they would sing along, but with less, I dunno, fervor. I should just scratch that line.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628132999021385676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189740927119210874.post-91778370947021368662018-05-26T18:55:48.076-04:002018-05-26T18:55:48.076-04:00BTW, the Shining Star singalong is definitely happ...BTW, the Shining Star singalong is definitely happening late 18ff of 8/14/93.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189740927119210874.post-54175425002697455582018-05-26T18:47:27.083-04:002018-05-26T18:47:27.083-04:00I do think the Cripe debuted 8/7/93, BTW - just go...I do think the Cripe debuted 8/7/93, BTW - just googled and it seems to be what people say.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189740927119210874.post-51038474121348739932018-05-26T18:44:00.444-04:002018-05-26T18:44:00.444-04:00Thanks for this. Checking out 8/14/93 right now, n...Thanks for this. Checking out 8/14/93 right now, nice, as you say. I had heard the 8/8/93 show years back, and found it dreadful, mostly around the vocals (which you note), so I might have lumped 8/7 in with it in my mind, but at some point I'd like to check the former out.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.com