The Grateful Thread

[spring_mountain_high]

nice words from weir, taken from the relix interview

"The way John makes leaps in the registration of his arpeggiation is, often times, reminiscent of some of the stuff Jerry did. I haven’t heard many people do that—maybe one or two other guys—since Jerry checked out. And that has tickled me a little bit. I just haven’t heard other folks do that. You can tell he was paying attention to Jerry’s approach."

http://www.relix.com/articles/detail/the_core_dead_company

 

[Funky_Catskills]

This still makes me laugh...


"The Totally True Story Of Dead & Company"
http://imgur.com/a/LiIL7

 

[marcski]

This still makes me laugh...


"The Totally True Story Of Dead & Company"
http://imgur.com/a/LiIL7

That was super funny.

 

[Funky_Catskills]

Neal Casual GD50 Setbreak music..
I remember standing in the midst of 75,000 people thinking this was just the perfect set break music..
Close enough to the Grateful Dead but far enough to be different.. Felt familiar.. I really recommend checking this out....


http://www.mediafire.com/download/olt0vlyot8chz0p/GD50+Set+Breaks.zip

 

[deadheadskier]

Thanks

I enjoyed the set break music all five nights of GD50. Neal is the man

 

[deadheadskier]

On separate note, it's looking like 2016 is the year of music comebacks.

Psyched that Ween is playing a couple shows. Hopefully they play a few east coast dates in the summer.

 

[Funky_Catskills]

On separate note, it's looking like 2016 is the year of music comebacks.

Psyched that Ween is playing a couple shows. Hopefully they play a few east coast dates in the summer.

Im going to try to get out to Denver for this...
I've been missing WEEN...

Dead and Company are extending their tour after making good money and good reviews...
I won't be there..

NExt big show is Phish MSG New Years run... STOKED!!!!

 

[deadheadskier]

I'd like to make it to Denver, but not realistic. We got Dean Ween group last summer and he crushed it. It was a great reminder of how awesome they were.

Next show for us is Lettuce in Boston in January. Likely something local before then.

 

[marcski]

Neal Casual GD50 Setbreak music..
I remember standing in the midst of 75,000 people thinking this was just the perfect set break music..
Close enough to the Grateful Dead but far enough to be different.. Felt familiar.. I really recommend checking this out....

http://www.mediafire.com/download/olt0vlyot8chz0p/GD50+Set+Breaks.zip

He's awesome. Saw him with the Brotherhood a couple of months ago. And, have seen him with PAF a few times as well. Plus, he looks like my buddy.

 

[Funky_Catskills]

I love this music... I could listen to it all day...
he's a genius...

 

[crank]

So I jammed with an alt country band last night. 2 of the guys had seen Dead and Co. at the Garden and were raving about how good they were and how good JM was on guitar. Both said that the shows were better than Chicago's GD.

I'm not saying they were right...just an example of different strokes for different folks.

 

[Funky_Catskills]

yawn...

 

[crank]

yawn...

...

 

[Funky_Catskills]

...

It's just that i know all that..
I know people compare and like one or the other or this or that..
I don't want to compare.. Trey is one of my all time favorite guitarists. There's lots of reason why FTW may sound different than this Dead and Co band.. Too many are subjective... So.. I just talk about what I hear in the music and relate it to what I may expect or want to hear... Just me.. Still no interest in going...

I AM seeing Hall & Oates with Sharon jones and the Dap Kings at MSG - I'm TOTALLY Stoked for that..
hahahaha.....

 

[deadheadskier]

Ever seen the Talking Heads tribute band Start Making Sense? They also do Hall and Oats and it kicks ass.

I typically don't get excited about tribute bands, but SMS is a good time

 

[Funky_Catskills]

I've seen them... tight as fukc....

 

[marcski]

Oates is a big skier. Lives in Aspen, I believe.

 

[marcski]

Neal Casual GD50 Setbreak music..
I remember standing in the midst of 75,000 people thinking this was just the perfect set break music..
Close enough to the Grateful Dead but far enough to be different.. Felt familiar.. I really recommend checking this out....


http://www.mediafire.com/download/olt0vlyot8chz0p/GD50+Set+Breaks.zip

These are teuly awesome. About 200 mins of amazing music. Is that Adam Macdougall on keys? Who is in his band for this?

Edit:

To answer my own question, yes, it is Macdougall on keys. He has a very distinctive sound.

From: http://www.relix.com/news/detail/neal_casal_composed_all_of_the_fare_thee_well_setbreak_music

"Casal made it clear that the goal was to capture the vibe of the Dead, not imitate the band directly. "We would do something in the the realm of 'The Wheel,' but isn’t 'The Wheel,' or we'd go for the general vibe of 'Playing in the Band.' We had some guidelines to work from, but we just went from there," he said.

Among the musicians gathered by Casal included CRB bandmate Adam MacDougall, Dan Horne (a Cass McCombs associate) and drummer Mark Levy of Congress."

 

[Funky_Catskills]

I really dig it...

I remember standing at the setbreak just amazed at it... It was kind of calming and centering and made the second set a real feel of release.. If that makes sense..

The second night it was downright tripping me the F out but thats a story for a chair ride...

 

[Funky_Catskills]

Just listened to July 5th FTW show official release..

I haven't really listened - just watched..

Some really nice stuff..