Skiing and Music

[jimmywilson69]

I too like 80s early 90s Dead. I'm a big fan of midi Era Jerry. Those sounds especially on songs like bird song and let it grow are great!

I've listened to this album so much

 

[deadheadskier]

Throwing this out there for anyone who lives remotely near the NH Seacoast. The Seacoast Last Waltz Band is playing the Stone Church on 11/18. They only play 1-2 times a year. If you are a fan of The Band, they're a must see. Perhaps the best tribute performance I've ever seen. If JRad or DSO were playing locally the same night, Id see Seacoast Last Waltz Band 10/10 times.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

they do an annual last waltz thing at the capitol theatre for thanksgiving and the players are usually top notch. russo sometimes. last year warren haynes, john medeski, willie nelson's son, one of the nevilles.

edit - just found this video. this is 2018. its jrad minus tommy. plus many others. russo, metzger, dreiwitz. marco. chimenti. nels cline.

 

[crank]

I've seen Levon Helm's Ramble band at the Cap. We are almost always at my sisters up in Saratoga for Thanksgiving if in town we will definitely hit the Cap for this. We were there just about a week ago seeing my friend's Tom Petty Project band and a Fleetwood Mac tribute band called Tusk.

Don't have tix to anything coming up there but live within walking distance we tend to go last minute.

 

[Smellytele]

I am more a Keith than Brent fan. So 72 to late 70’s. Like piano more than the keyboard sound.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Listening to this gem now. 4 hr 41 show.

6/10/73 RFK

I Bet that Last Waltz Band is really good. I'm not exactly local

 

[KustyTheKlown]

that rfk release has pristine sound. got a lot of spin this summer.

 

[jimmywilson69]

The Dickey Betts and Butch trucks sit in for the hour long encore is a nice treat. Yes that recording was restored very nicely.

 

[ThatGuy]

separate thought - i think the 80s are my favorite era. underrated. brent is my favorite keys man, no question. 80s material rules

Brents harmony singing and vocal ability also elevated alot of their material in that era as well imo

 

[crank]

I'm also more of a 70's Keith era fan. Though mostly could do without Donna. lol. Plus, I like Jerry's raw Stratocaster sound better than his more processed rig of later years.

The guys in my jam bad are all in their 60's now as well as me and we play a lot of 70's dead tunes and use Europe '72 mostly for a model when we are working up songs.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

i wish this last waltz video was pro shot with better sound. its such a good show. really enjoying this while i half ass this friday work day.

there's probably better audio without video on archive

 

[crank]

Just scored tix for Billy and the Kids at the Cap October 20. There's not going to be a Philoween this year.

 

[Smellytele]

Throwing this out there for anyone who lives remotely near the NH Seacoast. The Seacoast Last Waltz Band is playing the Stone Church on 11/18. They only play 1-2 times a year. If you are a fan of The Band, they're a must see. Perhaps the best tribute performance I've ever seen. If JRad or DSO were playing locally the same night, Id see Seacoast Last Waltz Band 10/10 times.

I don't see it on the Stone Church website. I am interested in checking this out...

 

[deadheadskier]

I don't see it on the Stone Church website. I am interested in checking this out...

Not posted yet. The Band is lead by Martin England who also runs Continuing Arts Collective, a local charity that provides instruments, art supplies and instruction tuition assistance to area kids who are in need. It was announced in their email newsletter a couple of days ago. Great organization. They just threw a super chill day festival in Dover called Revel in the Meadow to raise money for the CAC.

Here's Seacoast Last Waltz Band recording from that day. The bass is a little loud in the mix the first few songs, but then it gets dialed. Lookout Cleveland, Caravan and Ophelia are stand outs, but it's pretty great straight through.

Seacoast Last Waltz Band Live at Revel in the Meadow 2023

Listen to Seacoast Last Waltz Band Live at Revel in the Meadow 2023, a playlist curated by Martin England on desktop and mobile.

m.soundcloud.com

 

[chuckstah]

Just scored tix for Billy and the Kids at the Cap October 20. There's not going to be a Philoween this year.

Should be a good show. I saw Billy with one of his bands, 7 Walkers, in NH maybe a dozen years ago. George Porter Jr was on base, don't remember the whole lineup. Really fun show in a tiny theater (tupelo music hall) 6-8 minutes from home. Maybe 200 in attendance. Tops. They played a mix of Dead and tunes from a CD just released. Great show.
In my far past I went to college and hung out with Billy's daughter, Stacey, and met him briefly on parents weekend while he was on tour. So, I went up to Billy during set break to say hey, and tell him the story. He didn't remember me, shocking I know, but did remember visiting tiny Framingham State college. I was always jealous of the stories Stacey told. She was out of class for a few days - Jamaica for a show. Wild. Never did get the balls to try to go to a show with her. But fun times. If I had any game then Billy could be my Father in law lol.

 

[chuckstah]

Found a decent archive recording of the Tupelo show.

7 Walkers Live at Tupelo Music Hall on 2010-12-12 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Jam > Bertha When I Lay My Burden Down Eyes of the World Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues King Cotton Blues Deal Louisiana Rain Hey Pocky Way > Drums > I Know You...

archive.org

 

[deadheadskier]

Tickets now on sale for Seacoast Last Waltz Band

The Seacoast Last Waltz Band : Raising the community with Continuum Arts Collective

Born in November 2018, The Seacoast Last Waltz Band comprises many regional musicians from multiple performing acts who come together to stage The Band's Last Waltz (with some exceptions) to raise money for Continuum Arts Collective, a nonprofit that serves K-12 student artists and musicians in...

portsmouthnhtickets.com

 

[drjeff]

Saw Aaron Lewis live and acoustic this past Sunday with my wife at the Indian Ranch in Webster, MA. AWESOME concert! Politically the crowd, and Aaron, and my wife were polar opposites for sure! But as a Gen X'er she loved the acoustic Stain'd songs and his story telling abilities!

Such a great artist who went from grunge to old school country sound, and is still very relevant almost 30yrs after he burst onto the scene. A native New Englander done well!

 

[SnowRock]

For the dead folks. The “Guess the Year”podcast is a great listen. Competition style where they play a song and heads guess the year. Really fun to play along.

 

[deadheadskier]

For the dead folks. The “Guess the Year”podcast is a great listen. Competition style where they play a song and heads guess the year. Really fun to play along.

I'll have to check it out. I'm not as good as I once was, but I used to be able to guess live performances within a year or less. Their sound changed a little bit with each tour, whether it be different instruments / tone or playing style. At one point I had over 700 shows on Maxell XL2 tapes and I was a super nerd at studying their evolution.

One thing people don't often realize is their sound also did follow certain popular music trends more than you would expect. 1979 Dead had a very disco vibe to it or heavy synthesizer use in the 80s as examples.