Cow Palace '76 is really good; I definitely recommend it.

Also: [url]http://www.archive.org/details/paf2008-03-09.jwmod_akg463.fldeadhead.sbeok.flac16[/url]
Phil Lesh's Langerado Sets.

Yea, Cow Palace is great. Really outstanding sound quality. The Playin' in the Band at the end of the first set is one of the best post-hiatus versions I've heard. 22+ minutes, they really explore some great territory. 76 is an underrated year. So many interesting set lists and creative jams. Also, they continue to explore some spacey territory, certainly not like the years before the hiatus but a lot more than 77, when they tightened everything up. Check out the beginning of the Cow Palace set II: Sugar Mags>Eyes>Wharf Rat>Good Lovin'>Samson>Scarlet. Unreal sequence with delicious transitions and performances at every stop. Then of course the Help>Slip without Franklin's and a Dew to cap everything off, excellent. Triple encore as well.

I have some bomb shows from '76.

Do you have either 1976-06-24 - Tower Theater, or 1976-07-18 - Orpheum Theatre? Really excellent set lists.

Just getting into the whole jam band thing recently. Downloaded [I]American Beauty[/I] by The Grateful Dead just now so I'm gonna give it a listen.

That album is stupendous, definitely my favorite studio Dead.

It's straight up a greatest hits album almost. Friend Of the Devil, Sugar Magnolia, Truckin', Ripple/Brokedown Palace, Box Of Rain (though not nearly as popular).

[QUOTE=UmphreysHead;16112109]I have some bomb shows from '76.

Do you have either 1976-06-24 - Tower Theater, or 1976-07-18 - Orpheum Theatre? Really excellent set lists.[/QUOTE]

Yea, I've heard those. All the June shows I'm familiar with are really solid - the Beacon Run, Boston, Chicago,etc. 6-14 and 6-29 are especially tasty. 6-14 has a great first set (Cold Rain opener is always solid, Big River and LL>Supplication smoke, plus the ~20 minute PitB goes deep before touching down) and the Music>Crazy Fingers>Dancin>Cosmic Charlie in set II is delicious and uniquely 76.

The July run at the Orpheum is really good as well. 7-18 caps everything off and that second set is a marathon. The Let it Grow>Drums>LiG is top shelf, but they just keep it going with Wharf Rat and then the ridiculous Other One sandwich. The Stella at the end is also one of my favorites.

6-14 is stupendous. I remember being in aw when I first heard the second set.

I'd recommend getting a hold of 8-4 if you haven't heard it. Another unbelievable setlist but more notably Phil is WAY UP in the mix, and he dominates throughout the show.

haha you guys are so classic there's no way i could keep up

Yo I just got the sbd for 8-14, you weren't kidding about Phil.

I downloaded all of the nights from the Grateful Dead Movie (1974-10-16 - 1974-10-20), and they are amazing. The Wall Of Sound makes them sound so incredible.

gah 10 days til i get so see moe. its killing me

Nice, where are you seeing them?


I'm seeing DSO on the 16th at the Fox Theatre, and then Phil Lesh at The Fillmore in May!

seeing O.A.R. in a few weeks.

[QUOTE=UmphreysHead;16172590]Nice, where are you seeing them?


I'm seeing DSO on the 16th at the Fox Theatre, and then Phil Lesh at The Fillmore in May![/QUOTE]

Hilton Head Island in SC...its a brand new venue and moe. will be the first ever act, should be good

Damn that's awesome. Be sure to get the tape of it afterwards.

I remember this thread. Cool beans.

Enjoy moe. I saw them in January, it's a fun time. I never liked their studio stuff, and didn't even love the live recordings I had before the show, but seeing them in person with the lights and atmosphere makes it much better.

Anyone dig bluegrass jambands in here? I'm hopefully seeing Hot Buttered Rum on Thursday.

And Jackie Greene's new album is amazingly good. Check it out if you like good music.

Yeah man I love bluegrass. Keller Williams, Yonder Mountain, Blueground Undergrass, David Grisman, all sick bands. HBR sounds like fun. Haha. I'll have to check that album out, what is the name of it? Is it similar to what he does with Phil Lesh?

It's called Giving Up The Ghost. Jackie Greene was never a deadhead before joining Phil and the album isn't "jammy" like Phil and Friends but it's a terrific roots rock album in the same vein as American Beauty or The Band's early material. He's such a good songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. The album is remarkably consistent, which to be brutally honest, is somewhat of a rarity in the jamband world.

Also, you should check out the Sans Souci Quartet, who are opening Hot Buttered Rum tonight. They're another sweet bluegrass band. I have a radio show here at college, and they've agreed to drop by and play an hour set on my show in a couple weeks. Should be a lot of fun.

Nice man, yeah I'll have to check it out. He really is a good guitarist and has great ideas.

My Favorite
 

My favorite of all times are Smash Mouth and Maroon Five!

Leave.

That's not very nice. And unfortunately didn't get to go to hot buttered rum since my friends suck and backed out of going and I didn't want to go alone.

Oh lame.

But I did buy Derek Trucks Band/Santana tickets for 420:cool:

By the way if you want to hear more details about the new Jackie Greene, I wrote a review of it for my school paper- [url]http://media.www.themacweekly.com/media/storage/paper1230/news/2008/04/11/TheArts/Jackie.Greene.Brings.Americana.Back.To.Life-3315764.shtml[/url]

Check it out. There are 1 or 2 typos cause I wasn't completely sober when I wrote it and the editors don't do their job but whatever.

That was a really well written review, I tried to search for the album on torrent sites, but I couldn't find it. I'll try later I guess.

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**** yes! (I realize that it's backwards).

^^Thats bada[COLOR="Black"]ss[/COLOR]. They always puton such a great show. Caught them at Langerado, and it made all the fire ant bites go away.

Hahaha, I'm pretty excited. Should be awesome.

[QUOTE=robo2448;16226914]But I did buy Derek Trucks Band/Santana tickets for 420:cool:[/QUOTE]

Santana is ****in horrible, but Derek Trucks is cool to get stoned to.

I've seen Trucks twice, once with Clapton and once with the Allmans. It'll be sweet to see him with his own band though. Everyone sees Derek Trucks as this fantastic guitarist, which of course he is, but they overlook the terrific music that he makes with his band. The Derek Trucks Band is much more than just a Derek Trucks guitar solo, since all of the members are really talented. I can't wait to see him with the Allmans again over the summer and if he ever toured with Clapton again, I'd be there in a second despite the outrageous prices, but I'm looking forward to seeing The Derek Trucks Band instead of seeing Derek Trucks as a sideman. As for Santana, yeah he's kind of gone astray the last few years, but their material from the sixties cooked, and when they play that material live now, it still cooks. And fortunately, he still plays a lot of that material live. There will be some less enjoyable newer songs, but when he goes off on some crazy jam during Soul Sacrifice, Jingo, Black Magic Woman or some other old song, I'm pretty sure I'll be enjoying it. And looking at the setlists, Trucks and Carlos have been doing a couple jams together each show, which is what I'm the most excited about. I can't wait for the show.

Umphreyshead, I can hook you up with Giving Up The Ghost if you want. And when are you seeing DSO? I've never seen them but heard they're really sweet.

i love when artists hook up like that and jam together a little bit sounds like an awesome show

[QUOTE=robo2448;16235262]
Umphreyshead, I can hook you up with Giving Up The Ghost if you want. And when are you seeing DSO? I've never seen them but heard they're really sweet.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that'd be great man, I don't know if you have AIM or something, but mine is jew with a crew so just message me and that'd be awesome.

I just saw DSO last night it was really really good. I don't know how they do it, but their guitarist sounds exactly like Jerry. Both singing and guitar playing wise.

The set list was really good too, they started out with Feel Like A Stranger, and they busted out The Weight (Pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead) by The Band and I flipped out. It was incredible. The drums > space segment was decent, but it dragged on way to long. They made up for it by jamming straight into The Other One. The setlist from what I remember (I was on a few hallucinogens and really really high :D) included Feel Like A Stranger, Foolish Heart, He's Gone, Brown-Eyed Women, Queen Jane Approximately (sick Dylan cover), Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, The Weight, Drums > Space > The Other One. Totally awesome.

Anybody else heard Trey Anastasio's solo albums. I just got The Horseshoe Curve and I was pleasantly surprised, very jazzy and funky. I was expecting it to sound Phish-esque, but I was really happy with how it turned out. Shine is really good too, Tuesday, Come As Melody and Spin are some of my favorite songs.

I've never heard any of his work outside of Phish. I actually haven't listened to Phish in a while either.

The Horseshoe Curve is awesome, man. Page McConnell's solo album is decent stuff too. Check it out.

Yeah, I'm about 78% done getting it. :)

Swampdawamp?

I read about a band called Swampdawamp on IndieMusicStop.com. I trust their opinions, and the band seems to be a southern rock/ jam type. Has anyone heard of them? The review said the album is a "must have"

I found their site, but wanted to see if anyone knows anything about them...

[url]www.myspace.com/swampdawamp[/url]

haha never heard of them but, nice name, really.

Haven't heard of them.

Haven't heard any Trey solo stuff either, but I just his s/t from a friend so I'll give that a listen.

The Derek Trucks/Santana concert was pretty nuts. Santana played a lot of new crappy songs but Trucks was amazing and when they both jammed together on Key to the Highway in Trucks set, it was amazing. Trucks also came out for a couple songs with Carlos during Santana's set. Would've liked a little less Santana and a little more Derek Trucks (Santana played for 2.5 hours easily, and Trucks set was probably a little under an hour). And I would've liked a little less new Santana and a few more old songs (Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va were on the setlist but didn't get played) instead of the new stuff. But all in all it was a good show.

That sounds pretty sick. Trucks always puts on a good show.

I can't wait until this Friday. Phil Lesh!