Just making sure that everyone knows about this download. Make sure to get it a nugs.net. Great show to get, what a tribute!!
I heard that show, and I feel I was present for a much better tribute.
The Dark Star Orchestra/Zen Tricksters show at Gathering of the Vibes in New York was pure bliss. And I know what most of you are thinking already… Fuck DSO… But this is not a normal DSO show, guests were all over the place. David Nelson, Donna Jean, Keller Williams, Melvin Seals, Tom Constansten, and Peter Rowan to name a few.
I feel that this show seemed to span Jerry’s entire life much better, and it did not focus on ALL Grateful Dead music. Here is a link so you can check out the setlist and who does what:
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=17286
And I am not trying to deter you from listening to the Comes a Time tribute… I am just a little confused, because that one gets all the attention, while it seems no one has ever even mentioned the GOTV performance.
^ In my opinion, I am kind of glad Trey did not perform. The only person there who did not play with Garcia was Keller (and DSO, but they were mainly just the backbone). Every guest played with Jerry at some point, or was even an influence on Mr. Garcia. It seems at Comes a Time it is more people who Jerry influenced (Trey, Kang, Haynes).
However, they did have more actual Dead members than just Donna Jean. But that forced it to be a Grateful Dead show, which sort of is only one aspect of JG.
If you just look at the one set, then I would agree it is not fully representative of Jerry’s musical achievements, but if you look at all the sets, Dave Nelson Band, Jerry Band, String Cheese, Ratdog, and the Allstar extravaganza at the end, they do end up covering a lot of it in those 6 hours.
I think every Trey fan should feel obligated to download Comes A Time, as I am willing to bet it is the best show he has played or will play all year. Think of the band he had to work with, Bobby, Warren, Kang, Hornsby, Those Rythm Devils, Donna!..It is solid as fuck from start to phinish and I don’t think that the DSO concert could compare if only because of the lack of Trey, but hell, I’m way to obsessed with the guy.
I wish I could get a decent audio download of COMES A TIME. The one on NUGS sounds like absolute PATHETIC SHIT. The audience drowns out the tunes, the source is dodgy, and the sound is crap…
That being said, hearing Trey sing HELP ON THE WAY and solo on SLIPNOT! was freaking brilliant…when the audience wasn’t drowning out the tune.
I think the version I downloaded off of etree sounds pretty damn fine for a Frisco audience recording…I have gotten used to AUD recordings in my over 10 years of trading (almost half my life)…and if you would have heard some of the crap I had to put up with in the early-mid '90’s…man every Audience recording nowadays sounds like a SBD recording to me, compared to what I used to have to listen to…I think the taper for my copy did an amazing job given the size of the venue…you can hear every instrument clearly, except the kick drum (at times)…But i guess if you get used to eating steak it’s probably hard to go back to hamburgers…I for one love hamburgers…they are what I was brought up on…I obviously prefer steak, but you can’t always afford it…As Randy from Trailer Park Boys famously said “A man’s gotta eat”.
Have you heard the 1999 Phil Lesh shows where Trey, Page, and Kimock play? They absolutely destroy Help>Slip>Frank… It seems like it lasts about an hour. And hearing Page sing Franklin’s is perfect.
Yeah. most AUD recordings from shows THESE DAYS sound pretty mint. It’s all about the technology and the mics!!!
Thanks for the heads up on this btter source, man. The NUGS source is bosco…