out today: the grateful dead's new 60-CD "enjoying the ride" box. i wrote a ton for this, including mini-essays about all the shows & venues, tour lore, & many maps. play with an interactive map: tmns.dead.net #deadfreaksunite
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composed by andy moorer, one of the deadheads who established the 1st online fan community at stanford's SAIL lab circa 1973. #deadfreaksunite
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kppxdnolawas4bmuch23hmml/post/3lqdv33ing22s
Bluesky Social · Mac Smith (@giganticcranium.bsky.social)Can you hear this image?
This is the THX deep note chord visualized. The debut of this sonic masterpiece was on the theatrical release of Star Wars, Episode VI, Return of the Jedi in 1983
50 years ago today, a grateful dead “blues for allah” session at ace’s, just one fragment in circulation but rad. heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
50 years ago today, a #GratefulDead session at ace’s, just one fragment in circulation but rad, track 2: https://archive.org/details/gd1975-03-12.163701.studio-sampler.brown.flac1648
5/12/75 ace’s: just one take of 7-minute take of STRONGER THAN DIRT, stumbling a few times as they get started, but then locked inside the weird-ass groove & shredding. tape is kinda grotty but some excellent lesh bombz. “so slow!” kreutzmann says when they’re done. #deadfreaksunite #gd051275
50 years ago today, a grateful dead session for “hollywood cantata,” alternate version of “the music never stopped” with lyrics by robert hunter, if you’ve ever wanted to hear weir sing the phrase “fuck-me shoes” (to be fair, probably an early usage). heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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5/7/75 ace’s: from the “beyond description” box, an early version of THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED with slightly alternate structure & fully different words by robert hunter, titled HOLLYWOOD CANTATA. weir’s version differs from the one hunter later published in “a box of rain,” including weir’s apparent addition of the phrase “fuck-me shoes,” as well as editing out most of the cooler-to-me parts. “i don’t like them words,” weir says as the take ends. no shit! #deadfreaksunite #gd050775 [2/2]
50 years ago today, a grateful dead “blues for allah” work tape from ace’s seems to catch the moment the band converts a jam into “franklin’s tower” heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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5/5/75 ace’s: what seems to be the genesis of FRANKLIN’S TOWER, fading in on the groove. “hello, hello?” garcia tests mike & drops into the lyrics/melody, seemingly fully formed, possibly reading off the lyric sheet for the first time with slight differences (“if you get confused, let the music play”). “shit, that’s a song right there, just the way it is,” garcia says when they’re done. #deadfreaksunite #gd050575 [2/2]
60 years ago today, the warlocks make their public debut at magoo’s pizza in menlo park. on a recent deadcast, we spoke with a few heads who saw gigs in may ’65, including band pal/1st roadie/fan club founder connie bonner mosley, excerpted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP2jCunKUGs #deadfreaksunite
60 years ago today, the warlocks make their public debut at magoo’s pizza in menlo park. on a recent deadcast, we spoke with a few heads who saw gigs in may ’65, including band pal/1st roadie/fan club founder connie bonner mosley, excerpted here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP2j... #deadfreaksunite
Always loved this He's Gone, esp since Bob calls out Bobby Sands in the intro
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Bon Ivers Justin Vernon calls Jerry Garcia one of the few white pioneers in music. Interesting conversation even if you’re not a #deadhead
#deadfreaksunite #BonIver #gratefuldead
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New York Times AudioBon Iver Is Happy (and Sexy) Now. It Took a Lot of Work. - Listen on NYT Audio1 hour 18 min listen - The singer and songwriter Justin Vernon’s fast success led to unexpected opportunities and emotional depletion. His next LP, “Sable, Fable,” is a moment of reinvention.
60 years ago yesterday (probably), jerry garcia's 1st LSD trip, according to a bunch of his pals i interviewed for @mojomagazine.bsky.social 10 years ago, just a few days before the 1st warlocks gig. https://archive.org/details/mojo-june-2015/page/66/mode/2up #deadfreaksunite #psychedelics #GratefulDead
50 years ago today, the grateful dead work on “blues for allah” at bob weir’s home studio. less than 6 minutes from 2 fragments, but both fascinating/revealing. heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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4/29/75 ace’s: a jam labeled SWING WARMUPS, featuring double-keys action by godchaux (on piano) & lagin (on rhodes), similar to the A-to-E-FLAT groove from february, but minus the distinctive change. cool feel, though. E-A-C JAM is the verse/chorus of MUSIC NEVER STOPPED, sounding less developed than earlier takes, but with the MIND LEFT BODY-ish change now inserted as a bridge; a few days from having 1st draft lyrics. #deadfreaksunite #gd042975 [2/2]
40 years ago today, the grateful dead finish their spring touring on a sunday afternoon in their ancestral home of palo alto, now “dave’s picks 49.” tapes, scene reports, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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golden road review & scene reports from the frost, today in 1985. #deadfreaksunite #gd042885 [3/3]
40 years ago today, the grateful dead on an idyllic afternoon at stanford's frost amphitheatre, now “dave’s picks 49.” tapes, zine review, photos, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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memories of the dead at the frost, today in 1985, part 2. #deadfreaksunite #gd042785 [5/5]
50 years ago today, an unusual grateful dead session at ace’s featuring the dead minus garcia & the godchauxs, plus crosby, lagin, & briefly cipollina: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... while keith & donna make their solo debut in san anselmo: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite