Friday, October 8, 2021

5/8/82: four ways of looking at a Keystone show

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the Keystone faithful, 8/20/81 by Bob Minkin   I have riffed on sound quality and terroir and all that before, but man, what a difference a...
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Thursday, April 1, 2021

Lonesome & a Long Way From Home, 1978

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3/17/78, by James Anderson   My last post had the preamble about this song, which I won't repeat.  I will, however, reiterate that these...
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Sunday, February 21, 2021

Dec 1977: a long way from home

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12/11/77?  credit unknown   The 1976-78 JGB had two "jamming" tunes, Don't Let Go and Lonesome and a Long Way From Home, that ...
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Monday, January 25, 2021

1/26/72 setlist (outer space regions)

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Howard Wales in Buffalo, 1/29/72, by Phil Simon ( GDAO ) For the anniversary of this show, and in belated memoriam for Howard Wales, it is t...
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Sunday, November 1, 2020

The Wall Song: a short history

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  12/21/70, by Michael Parrish David Crosby's wonderful, eerie tune "The Wall Song" is on my mind because of the forthcoming G...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Oct 1974 Winterland revisited

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  Recently, I felt the tug to revisit these famous Dead shows, and the anniversary timing is a pleasant coincidence.  The milestone of being...
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Friday, October 9, 2020

Hartbeats update, again

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I did another major-ish update to the Mickey Hart & the Hartbeats mega-post (coincidentally timed for their anniversary), mostly concer...