Just curious about what others have heard.
I send in two separate money orders for two separate nights.
I got one returned in the self addressed enveloped indicating I didn't make the cut.
The second one is in limbo?
I have heard from others who got an email saying there in and tickets will be mailed by June.
I know of several others who like me got no email no snail mail and just don't know.
WBW is one cool dude...
Its that simple.
I agree No Jerry no Dead but does that mean you no longer listen to the music?
It can still be a good time.
pI have friends who money ordered and they know.
Its that simple.
Yea cause Brent Mydland sucked., lol.
Some of you are too much
I DO agree that the Pigpen era is my favorite, by far.. the later years cannot be discounted. Keith and (gulp) Donna years were great musically, and Brent was the MAN (just a shame that Jerry was so strung out from for 90% of the Brent years)...
68-72 to me was their peak.. and I can see how someone who loves that era wouldn't like the later years. It's completely different. One was a bluesy jam, and the other is a structured song based show.
I happen to love both, but I get what yat is saying.
right.. which is why I don't agree with Yat, but I totally understand where he's coming from.
it's really two different bands if you look at 1969 & 1989. there's nothing wrong with liking one of them, and not the other..
HELL, I know plenty of people who would cringe at a 2 hour set of this:
Good Morning Little School Girl> Lovelight > Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Caution > Feedback
sign me up for that 1000 times out of 1000
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His sound for Feel Like a Stranger and that voice for Dear Mr. Fantasy, Hey Jude...I'm also a huge fan of Easy to Love You and Built to Last
right.. which is why I don't agree with Yat, but I totally understand where he's coming from.
it's really two different bands if you look at 1969 & 1989. there's nothing wrong with liking one of them, and not the other..
HELL, I know plenty of people who would cringe at a 2 hour set of this:
Good Morning Little School Girl> Lovelight > Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Caution > Feedback
sign me up for that 1000 times out of 1000
Agreed. I actually was not much of a fan of the super bluesy/folky dead
I loved the dimension Donna brought and also loved Brent.
Different era's different times. I still refer to the go to heaven album as new stuff.
I loved the dimension Donna brought and also loved Brent.
Different era's different times. I still refer to the go to heaven album as new stuff.
tommee, I always hoped (unrealistically) that just ONE show in the 80s/90s I would be surprised and they'd do a 6 song 2 hour set.. just ONCE, revert back to the 60s.
closest they came was the Hampton shows in 1989.. "Formerly The Warlocks" which was the standard "formula" with old gems.
But, I love all eras.
Did see it by the other ones at Brendan Byrne
Sound is amazing, great set list, Jerry's on fire..
But, I love all eras.
I've never heard that before.. I can see if there's a sentimental connection to the late 80s (first show or so on), but to be involved with it and like it more than late 60s - late 70s? wow.
Spring 90 - ( New Window )
thanks! I wonder if he was just trying to sell the box set?
Hey, it's his taste.. but...
1) Jerry's chops were never the same after his coma
2) Jerry's voice was never the same after smoking so much heroin and snorting so much cocaine
3) Predictable formula every set
I thought when Brent died they were hitting on all cylinders and really gelling.. but I personally have a hard time comparing it to 1970, or 1977.. it was a different stratosphere then.
Keys are different than strings.
Keys are different than strings.
Keith's keys were awesome.. I refer to the great keys during Big River.. awesome. But..with Keith you got Donna . lol
But, I loved Brent's use of the B3
that being said.. Pigpen ripped up the blues harp, and held his own on the keys.
I'm all about the pigpen
Its that simple.
+1
I'll see them again at the great gig in the sky, sadly not until.
I loved that Hammond B3 sound. Did not care for Donna's caterwauling. And Jerry was the best 9-fingered guitarist on this or any other planet. IMO.
$$$$. Phish / Dead fans are all over this.
I mostly saw shows between 1971-77 and a few after that. I don't think there was one where they did not play China Cat/IKYR. OTOH, I hardly ever saw St. Stephen, and when I did, it wasn't sandwiched between Dart Star and The Eleven.
I saw Lesh at Forest Hills last summer and he played The Eleven; it was great to hear. I think it's my favorite fast jam, though I have come across die-hard fans of Viola Lee Blues for that, too.
If I manage to get to any of these *Independence* shows, I will take it for what it is and hope I hear some of my faves ... and I suspect they will try to offer fans from/of every era that possibility.
If they really wanted just the $$$$ why didn't they add more shows? They could have done 3 at the Meadowlands.
I'm thinking at this point if you haven't got the good to go email you will be getting your money order back in the near future.
No news is not good news.
you apparently haven't listened to Vince's screeching synthesizer drown out Jerry and his high vocals drown out EVERYONE lol oh, and let's not forget the masterpiece known as SAMBA IN THE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!
oh boy. let's get down and dirty.
Dark Star Orchestra? Have they ever played an arena let alone a stadium?
Trey plays the Dead phenomenally. Listen to these 3 shows if you dont think he should be playing with them.
4.15.99
4.16.99
4.17.99
Trey absolutely crushes these shows.
Kreutzmann has dumped on Kadlecik in the past. He may not have been willing to play with him.
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EXCEPT Donna Jean. When she was singing she was fine, but holy crap she ruined so many brilliant moments with her screaching. WTF were they thinking? Nothing worse than listening to an awesome PWTB and DJG comes along and has a spazfest.
you apparently haven't listened to Vince's screeching synthesizer drown out Jerry and his high vocals drown out EVERYONE lol oh, and let's not forget the masterpiece known as SAMBA IN THE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!
oh boy. let's get down and dirty.
Rob Barraco was doing that to Lesh off and on in the show I saw last summer, but Phil was gracious; it seemed like Barraco was actually doing some conducting of the whole performance and maybe Phil didn't want to put his nose out of joint.
Because Dark Star Orch is a cover band. Tribute band if u want to take it a step further. A good one, but a cover band nonetheless. They dont improvise. They arent as jazz oriented as Trey and Phish. He is the best at what he does: jam on guitar. Yes he needs structure, but he is the best at that jammy guitar. DSO's Mattson is stuck in a rut as far as his playing: Dead songs for Dead acts. I think they want more for this show.
And yes, I think the band recognizes that it has an influence over Phish too and as such should incorporate a bit of its style to their final send off seeing as how 4 of their band members couldnt be present (excluding Welnick of course).