re: Grateful Dead + Hornsby and Anastasio in Chicago &amp; Santa Clara

Posted by wilceaux

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:27 pm to aVatiger

Youtube links for all the Neal Casal set break music:

6/27
6/28
7/3
7/4
7/5

Posted by 14&Counting

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:32 pm to wilceaux

quote:
Youtube links for all the Neal Casal set break music:

Thanks for posting that....

better than most of the live set frankly

Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:32 pm to wilceaux

on the road back home
What a weekend
Just exactly perfect in every way

Posted by Fishwater

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 2:26 pm to cgrand

quote:
on the road back home

Are you the taper that drove from Nola to Chi town that the NY Times did an article on today?

Posted by npersa1

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 3:33 pm to Fishwater

quote:
Are you the taper that drove from Nola to Chi town that the NY Times did an article on today?

NYT: ‘Tapers’ at the Grateful Dead Concerts Spread the Audio Sacrament

That'd be awesome if it's him.

Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 6:18 pm to Fishwater

no

just a happy head heading home
it was in every way a glorious weekend

Posted by Rebel

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 6:57 pm to cgrand

We just pulled into Arkansas a little bit ago. Another hour or so to get home.

What an incredible last show.

Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:41 pm to Rebel

just thru Memphis still 4hrs to go

man that was the fricking deadhead Super Bowl, except without anyone telling you what you can't do

Posted by Rebel

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:18 pm to cgrand

I live in Memphis. Been on the couch in the dark and quiet for about an hour.

Just realizing how sore I am. Must've walked 50 miles last 3 days.

Posted by AUGDawg

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:28 pm to Rebel

Super jealous

just from the couch, July 4th (Trey in particular) was fantastic and my favorite night.

How was the scene surrounding the stadium preshow? Any pics? Did you guys make it to any late night shows? How were your seats?

Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:50 pm to AUGDawg

while I wait for my waffle at the batesville Waffle House....

I have tons of pix I'll post some tomorrow
our seats were I think the best in the house, behind the corner of the stage opposite the big video screen. plenty of dancing room, we had four huge speaker arrays blasting right at us, you could look straight down on top of the stage, and right there on that big screen you basically got the video stream for free. Plus there was a head and a beer stand 10 seconds away

Almost forgot the best part, the fireworks display was right over our heads

we walked around a bit and there was no where I would have rather sat, especially not the floor

This post was edited on 7/6/15 at 10:00 pm

Posted by SirWinston

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:52 pm to ThePenIsMightier

the U2 concerts were way better I heard

Posted by Melvin

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 11:14 pm to SirWinston

Posted by Got Blaze

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Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:29 am to Melvin

I'm still in Chicago and flying home Tues pm ... O'hare > Nola > Laffy

I was on the floor Sat. 7/4 and stood directly behind the tapers. Talked to them about past/present recording equipment , older shows, archive.org, live music downloads, etc.... Met "the" GD sound engineer who previously lived in Laffy from 2005-2007 and his recorded shows will become property of the GD with possibility of future CD/digital release .

I have a bunch of cool pics from the taper section which I can post up on Wed. View of the stage was not the best due to the numerous microphone booms but the sound was incredible. Large video screens were positioned stage L and R and around the stadium for audience viewing.

Posted by Motorboat

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Posted on 7/7/15 at 9:32 am to AUGDawg

I also watch all shows from the couch. Just finished Sunday's show last night. Not real impressed with Sunday's second set. Saturday was best, IMO.

Vocals were just horrible, as much as I hate to say something negative.

Posted by ThePenIsMightier

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Posted on 7/7/15 at 9:38 am to cgrand

Love this video of the NFA chant in the tunnel after the show.

LINK

Posted by wilceaux

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Posted on 7/7/15 at 9:43 am to Got Blaze

quote:
Met "the" GD sound engineer who previously lived in Laffy from 2005-2007

Did you catch his name?

Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:59 am to Motorboat

quote:
Vocals were just horrible, as much as I hate to say something negative.

its OK to say that...its true, the vocals were at times hard to listen to, even in the ecstasy of being in the stadium. an important historical musical statement was never going to be one of the outcomes here, and people who expected/demanded that just were not paying attention

bob/billy/phil/mickey are all over or pushing 70 years old. they are well, well past their primes as musicians, they've not been a functioning musical unit in 20 years, and any honest head will tell you that vocally they never were any better than "OK" even in their primes

it was about gathering the tribes one last time, and and communing with the scene. i watched the santa clara shows on a stream, and quickly lost interest. in the stadium though, with the heads, it was an entirely different experience.

in short, "you had to be there"