Once more for the northerners until Feb ...

Breakouts?

time for another Shake, shake, shakedown...and a me 'n my unc...Dancin'? Where's the Dew>Black Peter...or the Days...this band is ripe for a Johnny B. Have fun kiddies.

oh, and yup, it's One More Saturday Night.

OMSN would be a blast! Anyone have any word on security last night?

So how was that Rosemary???

December 8, 2005
House Of Blues
Atlantic City, CA
Set 1: Truckin'>
Bertha
Friend Of The Devil> Jam>
No More Do I> Jam>
Senor
Althea
8 Miles High


Set 2: Box Of Rain> Jam>
Turn On Your Lovelight>
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms>
Lovelight, Jam>
St. Stephen
*Rosemary>
Strawberry Fields Forever> Jam>
Help On The Way>
Slipknot!>
Franklin's Tower

E: Donor Rap/Intros
*Revolution
*Last P&F Revolution 11-20-01
*2nd Ever Rosemary
Phil Lesh
Chris Robinson (vocals, guitar)
Larry Campbell (guitar+more)
John Molo (drums)
Mookie Siegel (keys)
Barry Sless (guitar+pedalsteel)

Now THATS my kind of setlist!

WAKE UP East coasters!

I predict a rockin' 1st set with little jamming for all the weekend warriors (10C Jed, Shakedown, US Blues, Casey Jones, etc), then more jammy-ness in the 2nd set - hopefully a Caution/Other One so there's a chance at repeats in Atlanta - also Hard 2 Handle is way overdue, some other Robinson blues stuff - Next Time, 2 Souls, Mr Charlie . . . OK gettin' ready to have beer spilled on me tonight.

Its gona be a long long crazy crazy night.

Atlantic city, LOSER?
got the deal last night

Ok, just a random thought for you guys tonight - Got the rosemary on thursday, how about a "What's Become of the Baby" breakout on the East Coast?

When he played that one on the west, jaws were droppin'.

Also you gotta get that phatty scarlet->fire to close out the run.

And why not a Wharf Rat??

That being said, we're blowing off Phil for Sinead O'Connor at the Electric Factory. So you AC heads get down and funky for us!

Peace
EZE

i'm expecting Dupree's any time now, with all the aoxomoxoa songs on this tour

Here Comes Sunshine

Classic! Thanks Taberpob.

Mississippi Half-Step

On this shadows of the moon...NO Terrapin yet, has there been? Tonight or Atlanta?

Looking forward to more reviews!
Amazing service you provide us Rob, thanks!

There has been Terrapin Station (Inspiration} Pittsburgh Set 2..

GDad, why aren't you at the Spin Doctors?

HOB, Atlantic City, NJ 12/10/05

Set 1:
Jam>
Here Comes Sunshine>
Big Railroad Blues
Mississippi Half-Step> Jam>
Direwolf
Broken Arrow>
Brown-Eyed Women
Loose Lucy

i like the look of that first set. Grate first four tunes!!

Candyman

ok, with the exception of the broken arrow and the mississippi.....nothing played so far that I was hoping for in atlanta. great looking set, though.

Set 2: Shakedown Street> Jam> New Speedway Boogie> Jam> Candyman, Cryptical Envelopment> The Other One.....


thanks taperrob

The Other One

The Other One

The Other One

Caution








Phil on Big Brown

that is what I am talkin about.

whoa....

HOB, Atlantic City, NJ 12/10/05

Set 1:
Jam>
Here Comes Sunshine>
Big Railroad Blues
Mississippi Half-Step> Jam>
Direwolf
Broken Arrow>
Brown-Eyed Women
Loose Lucy

Set 2:
Shakedown Street> Jam>
New Speedway Boogie> Jam>
Candyman
Cryptical Envelopment>
The Other One> Jam>
*Feedback>
*Caution>
*Feedback>
Fire On The Mountain
Gimme Shelter

Donor Rap/Intros

Encore:
U.S. Blues
Brokedown Palace

*w/Big Brown

wow.

nice one boys.... time to take it down south and BLOW THIS EPIC TOUR OUT!!!

PHIL AND FRIENDS * FINEST IN THE LAND

Double encore?

Sa-weet.

SICK show. I've been transported back to tthe Carousel. Particular kudos for:
--Barry's amazing lead out of Cryptical
--Larry's fiddle during TOO
--Chris's very nice rhythm guitar throughout the proceedings tonight.

THIS was a mindfuck.

Bzl.

Figures!!! The one show I did not go to at HOB.
This looked like the best show of the 3.
Oh well!

I hope if Phil is inclined to do more DSBD releases that he releases the 3 AC HOB shows. They make a nice looking triplet.

I regret missing tonight's show, more than missing Thursday's after seeing the setlists, although last night was not shabby either. I'll get the "on the scene" report tomorrow from my son who went with me last night and with his friend with backstage passes tonight.

Bump...I cant' handle this show not coming up on board when I click "Recent"...The silence is deafening...

They Are All speechless...A good sign

An Atlantic City Cryptically Enveloped Other One Big Brown Caution Fire Gimme Shelter lack of words..

Listen To The River sing sweet songs,,

speechless and traveling....left a smoking crater....

Was there with my 16 yr old son for Fri and Sat. What a band.

The first set last night we were dead ceneter and one wheel chair from the rail. Phil was literally pounding our vital organs, especially during the HCS Big RR. That Big RR was off the hook.

Made it upstairs in comfort for set two and the sound is really better up there. The whole set was remarkable. The Cryptical>TOO>CAUTION - well some are still returning from the Carousel Ballroom, as stated above.

My son actually called the Brokedown and the Cold Rain openner on Fri. and he heard the Fri Rueben before I did - I'm training him good.

Barry is just getting stromger and stronger and the interplay with Larry seemed to be much more sophisticated from the Reading and Fairfax shows (the others I saw).

Don't know if the Barry Larry combo will stick around past NYE but I'll always remember this combo with joy. Worth going out of your way to see.

Seems like some Pig Pen stuff is set up for The Fabulous Fox Theatre. Have fun lucky ones.

Love ya all

Wow. . . Just coming to, here. The second set really did leave a "smoking crater" in my mind. It was actually better than it looks on paper.

Trying to string a coherent thought is difficult at the moment. . . Eddie, nice review and Bzl, good call on the Carousel comparison. I never thought that I'd say a place in Atlantic City was beautiful, but leave it to Phil and his amazing Friends to fully transform that place into a temple. The various iconography which ring the stage only served to heighten this aspect, but it was the music which brought about this change. With Phil in charge, the House of Blues became the cathedral of the mind last evening.

What a night! Hopefully I can write down some more tangible thoughts later. . .

I'm composing myself tp speak about the amazing time this w/e. The music was so incredible - more then just ashes when your dreams come true - dancing with zoners - achieving the singularity - the thin line beyond which you really can't fake - reborn -it's just a shout away - children children - it's just a shout away - wave that flag - dancing bears on the mast of the shiip carrying the Grateful Dead across the sky - listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul - group hug - love you guys -

With the number of pedal players in the band, I've been waiting for the Dire Wolf. Had they done it before on this tour?

The first two nights have been reviewed elsewhere, so I'll just say that Sat was the best of the run, friday the least appreciable- not BAD mind you, but thursday and especially Sat were just sweeter (IMHO).

The place. The house of blues in NICE. The patdown getting is in a pain, but once inside it was mellow- especially in the balcony. and the sound was great all the way through with the exception of losing the left channle PA for a few seconds friday and some crackling for a few seconds durring The Other One on Saturday.


The SHOW: I was calling for a Shakedown opener, but the the Here Comes Sunshine was sweet. And note that this whole show was one big JERRY fest. Big Railroad followed and everyone moved from the HCS sway to moving their feet- a good sign. >>Half Step. Mississippi uptown and phil can't sing it. I just didn't click, but the fiddle jam Larry ran with in the outro was really nice and landed us in DIRE WOLF> this is when it dawned on me for the bazillionth time what great sonwriters Garcia and Hunter were. Sweet, tight and everybody grinning as we jam our way into BROKEN ARROW. I thought we'd get night of 1000 stars for the phil tune, but this AC run has been really heavyly GD. This took me back to Camden in 2004 when the sun was setting- Movin across the water- but lookout because the tempo just shifted and now were into a quick paced and really jammed out Brown Eyed Women (Hi Traci- we missed you Thumpitty thump and everyone dancing to a rollicking Loose Lucy and THANK *YOU* for a real good time.

Halftime. I go looking for faces and find some friends coming up the steps. We bullshit our way through the break and I find myself in the barline with tom talking to some nice woman and Tom pulling some HILARIOUS antics best not discussed here that caused the bartender to give me a free drink and I don't even drink (yes, THAT hilarious).

Omen: Big Brown showed up in front of Phil's amp durring the break.

SET 2: SHAKEDOWN. I ditch my buddies and head down to my seat becuase this could be IT. and it was fast furious and the jam was cut short............. I was like what the F? (Having heard the one on the SBD phil released I KNOW how sick this could have been. ) But once again Phil knows his band better than I do. and we move into a MONSTER New Speedway Boogie. This was friggin HUGE and you could feel the floor start to slip away and the roof begin to crack. ONE way or another, this Darkness got to GIVE.>>JAM I bail my seat because I need space to dance and the nice people down where I was were more into the sway. >>Candyman. when was the last time YOU heard a candyman? been awhile for me. and this one was sweeeter than honey and like all good Candymans (candymen?) this one built to a thundering roar. Now we know that the jam is comming but what's it gunna be? Tim and I are hypothesizing Other one?terrapin? Dark Star? and then the the Deedle-eedeet-de-DEE_DEE >> CRYPTICAL.

People, I've been doing this shit for over 20 years and let me tell you, last night's jam from cryptical to the end of the show was as good as it gets. Cryptical was nice but we all know it's just prelude for >>THE OTHER ONE. This was on fire, absolutely jammed to the hilt, and LArry was trying to play the fucking FIDDLE to it. We were all up behind the seats in the balcony and dancing MIGHTILY- the energy in that spot was just INTENSE as we were COMMIN COMMIN COMMIN AROUND IN A<<<<<>>>>>>> through a fiddle jam out of other one and Phil Straps up Big Brown and you just KNOW it's a Caution. And it is. And it's was CRAZY. And everyone around me is going NUTS. and I start going NUTS. and the floor is long gone and the ceiling blown away and THE FUCKING SKY HAS CRACKED and we're trying to move beyond THAT. But the only way to get through it is with some intense FEEDBACK (this stuff always works better live than on tape for me) and it got GOOD-N-WIEIRD and let us catch our breath if not our minds and we're thiking we hear scarlet starting to come in but Sless hits the MU-tron and were on FIRE (anyone know if they scratched scarlet for time purposes?) and this set is just as killer as it gets (there have only been two non-jerry songs all night) and the fire burns through the balcony until there is no house of blues left, just US dancing like derranged beings seeking some ritualistic and unecessary redemption, when all we need is some SHELTER>>GIMME SHELTER. Just when you think it CAN'T get any crazier, it DOES. People were bouncing off walls up in the balcony. No I MEAN it. I crashed into the wall for a second!! I looked around and the whole place was just CRAZY!!!! And the band is pushing it and we're pushing it and and the energy is just on OVERLOAD until we finally wind it down and......l..a...n..d.....

We're too far gone to come back that quick though, so instead on sending us on our way with the pillowy Brokedown, we have to get a US Blues to guide us in....

My last show of 2005.

Summer time donw come and gone.

My. Oh. My.

^yeah that just about sums about last night.


Will write a review when I regain my energy.

That BEW was soooo intense - I never heard music like that -

What Dan said...

>>>>seeking some ritualistic and unecessary redemption, when all we need is some SHELTER

Redemption is the Shelter

Thanks for the reviews. Great stuff. Now it's just a matter of new years tix showing up this week can't wait

Here Come Sunshine - mindblowing

WOW

Only thing left to say.

Smoking crater of my mind...if you ever told me that Phil would play:
Cryptical Envelopment>
The Other One> Jam>
*Feedback>
*Caution>
*Feedback>
Fire On The Mountain
Gimme Shelter

With CR and have it be THAT good...This Phil and Friends is...well...simply the best of Friends!

TOO reminded me of MSG 27 years ago next month...front of the floor, zonked to the gills...and Comin' Around...

Molo is the Man. Phil and John were locked in from Shakedown on...Molo was just right there with Phil and it was clear who drove the bus and eveyone else was just trying to keep up with Whiteclound and Mr. Wizard...

Barry's searing leads on TOO was - OMG - plus that violin in the background - it's just kept GOING

WAY TO GO GOYS!!

Hugo Goys...

The phrase that kept running through my head during the show was "every road leads home" - every decision the band made - every musical direction - led to perfection and excasty

holy shit was that something or what???? Phil had the room literally BOUNCING with that bass. If ya stood still you could feel the entire casino moving, it was unreal!!!!

from beginnning to end and everything in between this one was off the charts. just a completely awesome time had by all.

phil was THUMPIN all nite long and it was sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. HCS opener kicked ass and they came outta the gate STRONG then went aheqad and did the exact same thing for set 2!!!

Song selection, execution, the whole shebang was off the charts. Man that was some good fun. 2nd set Speedway was out of hand and then the Cryptical was wayyyyyyyyyyy out there. Every single tune was awesome.

THANKS PHIL that was the shit!!!!!!

>>>>>>> If ya stood still you could feel the entire casino moving, it was unreal!!!!

my buddy was downstairs for the encore and he said exacty that

I'll second that Brown Eyed Women, just tore that thing up....and the Lucy was no throw away.
Robinson was "on it" all night.
Just when they've blown a whole in the place, and you can't think they can raise it up anymore, Molo starts tearing them skin's, pushing the band even higher.
A smoking crater indeed..
HOB a darned nice place for a show, the sound was fantastic.

>>>Molo starts tearing them skin's, pushing the band even higher.

The only thing zoners agree on

Great reviews. Nothing better than waking up to a fresh pot of Joe and 50 reviews to be read with free SBDS.

Except of coarse being at the shows.

i have been to many shows but never have written a review. i was really impressed with the first set.sunshine opener was nice but what came next was amazing big rr blues. we were really close to the stage and you could feel the floor shaking for the whole song.the jam at the end would not stop phil gave chris the nod to sing the last verse one more time but chris kept waiting while the music got more intense.molo was unbelievable is he from this planet? that was deffinately the high point for me.barry's pedal steel was great on dire wolf, and the broken arrow was a nice surprise. very good b.e. woman.
the highlight of the second set was the other one and caution again i found myself mostly listening to phil and john.it was so intense. i knew the brokedown was coming but the u s blues was also a nice surprise.that was my first time seeing barry and mookie i was very impressed.larry was also great as always i have seen him many times with dylan. can't wait till february.

...a little bit furthur than you've gone before

First set is streaming right now. Railroad blues
http://www.live365.com/stations/2012_live

Yes, thanks for all the reviews!

My excitement has been building for the entire tour, I leave for Atlanta tomorrow and I can't wait for my turn!

I have been listening to Barry Sless on David Nelson Band live recordings for last couple of years and I always hoped he would get a chance to step up and lead some jams with Phil... and now it's happening and I am stoked!

mj

AC and Vegas where leaving for a show at 6:30pm and arriving back at your sleeping place at 7:30am is to be expected.

This was just a smoker. I must extend my apologies too RRE for ditching their show last minute, but I feel no guilt.

When I burn my copies of this show I will omit the botched Brokedown so the show remains perfect from beginning to end when listening

..Don..>>..have been to many shows but never have written a review..

You picked the right place..No better reviews IMO of concerts than this place here...

I appreciate very much each person that was at a show takin the time to write about it...

And down the stretch they came..powerfully covering ground as the finish line approaches...

This tour is some of the most fun I've had with my clothes on in quite awhile.

Thank you Phil.

>>>>And down the stretch they came..powerfully covering ground as the finish line approaches...

a little bit farther, a little bit more, a liitle bit further than you gone before

my body is still vibrating from this show...

the best feeling was the thump in my heart
along with Phil's thumping!!!!!

the entire floor was vibrating...
3 nights of that and I am REVIVED
and a bit spent

>> "So this group mind is faster and smarter and more aggressive and more dangerous than any of us are as individuals. In that space, it's as if none of us are. Our egos don't exist any more and there is only the music. We don't even know where it's coming from, except my theory is that it's coming from some divine space,..."

-Phil Lesh, from the Austin Daze interview posted on the home page

"...it's that eternal music that plays throughout the universe. We in that Gestalt state of mind, we can tap into it. It's like opening a valve. Stravinsky said, "I am the vessel through which music passes." "

(more from the same interview)

"If you get confused...."

really sick show-- this was probably the overall best show ive seen-- 1st set was perfection-- 2nd set was really solid and psychedelic madness at times. my only gripe is that for shakedown> sless's steel was almost inaudible in the mix-- he didnt really come through until candyman, and he was pretty low volume for most of the show. larry was a lot louder. i think the earth shattering bass made up for that though

Only did this one show, came in from LA to visit home in Philly and dragged some non dead head friends to the show: We stayed together and I had them dancing fully for the first set. Proceeded to lose a few for the second, but i was right up front: Other one, fire, gimme shelter, us blues, >>> That was too much fun. This show was more than i expected!

Thank you phil!
Cush

Unreal. After 25 yrs (for me), Phil is better than ever...we're all better than ever!! And those FRIENDS!! Here's hoping that Chris, Barry, MOOKIE, Larry and Molo all can stick around for another round or 2...at least! Can't wait to do it again!! Thanks to everyone for the great vibe and amazing time. And thank you, Phil.

Peace...

Joe K.

"I am the hundreth monkey! And so are you! And so are you! And so are you! And you, too!"

I was so incredibly blown away by last night. Still am. I really want to write a review, but have not yet had the time. Thoroughly blown away. It was so unbelievably thick in that room you could cut it with a spoon!

The circuit was well connected and it was a sight\sound\vibration to behold!!

shock the monkey

>> "So this group mind is faster and smarter and more aggressive and more dangerous than any of us are as individuals. In that space, it's as if none of us are. Our egos don't exist any more and there is only the music. We don't even know where it's coming from, except my theory is that it's coming from some divine space,..."

-Phil Lesh, from the Austin Daze interview posted on the home page


so THATS why I cant get this shit eatin grin off my face yet!!!!!!

PERFECT, thats just about EXACTLY what I experienced!!!!!!

spliffy writes: "This was just a smoker. I must extend my apologies too RRE for ditching their show last minute, but I feel no guilt. "

LOL, dude I was soooooooooo glad I went to AC instead of the Bowery, nothing like hitting a 100 bucks on video poker, while drinking comp G&T's, tuned & dialed in, yeah man ... My buddy Eric hit for 500, how freaking great is that, video poker, bwahahahahaha ... Oh yeah the show was good too ;-)

i hit for 70 bucks on the slots
woooohooooo!

My first thought was

"DAMN THEE RAILROAD EARTH!!!"


Phil comes in with that chest thumping intro for The Other One. I mean, even the little pause for anticipation before he Brings The Thunder.

And that's followed up by the mind melting licks of.......a fiddle!?!?!


I really enjoy this new combination, maybe even more than the quintet, and Larry is bringin alot to the table.

That being said, the LAST thing a rager like The Other One needs is a fiddle. Props for tryin it, but next time Larry steps toward the instrument when there's even the faintest whiff of The Other One in the air, somebody break out the tazer.


And for that, I say DAMN THEE RAILROAD EARTH. Damn you for allowing the fiddle to leak into the realm of The Other One!! Bad hobbits!! Back to the shire with your fiddle music!

Somewhere in CT, Bucky's head was probably exploding just from the combination of the two.



Other than that, a stellar show. STELLAR. If I had Brick's Jedi skills, I'd go all italics on ya now, but I'll just leave it at STELLAR.


Good folks abound in this place

i think the fiddle in TOO rocks!!!!!!!!!!

some might even call it STELLAR

Funny, I hit $50 on a nickle slot machine next to the men's bathroom at the Tropicana. I walked out of the bathroom(6am) and was taken in by this lone old looking machine in the middle of all these new ones. One dollar in, played every line and walked back to the bar with $50...elapsed time 4 minutes.

I like the fiddle in TOO.

I loved the fiddle in The Other One! It was perfect for me: Barry Sless just unleashed on the guitar, Molo and Phil driving the bus. . .and Larry just smoking the fiddle! It was like Tartini's "Devil's Dance" by way of Jerry Goodman in the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Absolutely sick! An epic, mind-blowing version. . .

Oh and I did mention Barry Sless, right? Wow!!!

I think the fiddle should stay. The sound of the fiddle and the echo/delay on it complimented the bowel rumbling bass with a psychedelic madness.

>>>The sound of the fiddle and the echo/delay on it complimented the bowel rumbling bass with a psychedelic madness




~~What a description!!

>>>Damn you for allowing the fiddle to leak into the realm of The Other One!! Bad hobbits!!

LMFAO SI!!


>>>the highlight of the second set was the other one and caution again i found myself mostly listening to phil and john.it was so intense.

Totally! And for me Phil has got so much going on by himself that at times I can barely keep up with what he's doing, much less worry about the supporting cast, though I'd take a rippin' guitar over a fiddle or mando everyday of the week!

this Saturday night AC show was just outstanding. I was underwhelmed by the Newark shows...the Friday AC show was better than either Newark show...and the Saturday AC had to have been the best of the tour...

...completely different band than what I saw in Newark. kudos to the guys for a real good time...

ES

"That being said, the LAST thing a rager like The Other One needs is a fiddle."

I agree...fiddle on TOO is just a little silly...

I was at all three shows also, and at Reading...I like this band alot, and hope Barry stays, but I also don't really think Larry fits in with band very well...I like some of what he does, but he really seems out of place...Also, they need to turn Mookie up in the mix...

I thought that Mookie was higher in the mix in the second set, which was great, but he could've been louder still. Also, the pedal steel was often lost from where I was in the center balcony.

Those would be my only complaints, however.

I liked Larry Campbell's contributions and am all for the violin action. This is a great band.

slesh is more!
i'm still in shock over the saturday night spectacular...
simply blissfull...tune in to the stream and blast that mofo!!!!

I attended Friday and Saturday’s shows and like others on this thread I too am feeling the smoking crater effect....a residual of that circuit Phil is always referring to....and being lucky enough to catch a tour at its peak and experience the absolute thrill of the “it” factor. I’m still radiating love and incredible energy that exploded from the HOB. There is so much I can write about covering this weekend’s A+ marathon experience...however due to the fact that I am back at work and time is limited....and words cannot truely capture what I am still feeling, I will limit my post to a few comments and acknowledgments.

First and foremost, I am staggered by how quickly and thoroughly this band grew from what I witnessed a few weeks ago in Reading; a show so weak I was compelled to warn others by posting mostly negative judgments and observations on everything from the sound quality, lack of imagination and cohesion, wrong lead singer and overall mediocre execution.

Three weeks later, to my utter surprise and delight, Christmas and Chanukah came early for me....and I feel totally blessed for receiving such abundance from this MONSTER of a band who delivered this wild yet precise heart thumping and heart healing package of everything I asked for and more. IMO, these were shows for the ages on par with the likes of the 2001 Stabler and 2004 Tower gems.

To my brothers and friends in attendance, LG (G standing for generous) Special Ed, Lightening Wil, (way to get there Thursday boys) GeorgieQ, Brackish (happy 49th)and Mrs B, Craig and hisYami (Marta)...and the seat Gods who somehow managed to stretch 4 balcony seats into our own little section, enabling us to enjoy the show together in comfort.

Thank you C-Rob for letting the beauty and soul of the music in....and delivering it with such sweetness and power.... and allowing your voice to blend with Phil, Mookie and Larry for some wonderful harmonies. I’ve seen you grow the most.

Thank you Larry-Barry; the two headed Hydra for coexisting brilliantly. Sless for letting go and allowing the spirit of Jerry to enter, mingle and leap from your fingers and Campbell for adding your diverse talent to the mix, stepping in with just the right touches at the right times to take it to new heights (your TOO violin leads were spectacular!).

Thank you Moooookie: From LC balcony I heard you, but did not see you. (you were also missing from the video monitors) Like Headband1, you are definitely a multifaceted super talented Deadhead who as far as I am concerned is more than welcome to be Phils’ friendly keyboard guy anytime you want.

Thank you Molo – for allowing me to once again witness the best drummer on the planet... provide your bottomless assortment of breathtakingly crack rhythms ..including that ankle breaking crossover move during Friday's Cumberland.. AND your surprisingly suburb vocal contribution to the Broken Arrow harmonies.

Thank you Phil....for mixing, molding, melding and masterfully maestro-ing these world class musicians to take our favorite music to new places and new heights.....For at age 65 playing with such love, wisdom and exuberance. Thanks for singing the songs your voice is suited for (Half-Step, Broken Arrow, TOO) and letting go of the ones others can do more justice to (Cold Rain, Deal, Brokedown). Thanks for that stupendous UBC Friday night..and your little musical Christmas card lead-in. Thanks for the incredible Big Brown Caution and the bombs and more bombs that still have me trembling (BEW, Fire and TOO to name a few). Thank you for being my Musical Santa!


To Phil, his friends and mine, THANK YOU ALL ....for a real good time!

Wishing all you zoners a peaceful and happy holiday season. Thank you all for reading this.

Gratefully,
Uncle Al

As my friend always says....

I don't know what IT is, but whatever IT is, They've got IT!

Just saw the Saturday show, absolutly amazing! I went in saying there is no way these guys could be as good as the Q. While I still think that warren sings better than Chris, the band really gelled and sounded great. Phil was laughing and smiling and making faces at Chris the whole show. I don't remember the last show I saw where he looked so happy throughout! When he started racing the band during Big Railroad to see how fast they could go it was quite a sight!

In all the years I've been going to see the GD, etc. Saturday was the 1st time I ever saw Phil play with the feedback the way he did. It reminded me of the GD Movie, when he called the camera guy back because the camera was causing the Bass to feedbak. Phil had that same shit eating grin on Saturday!

WOW


@}~~;~~~~

Phil's vocals on TOO are scaryfrying...that dire wolf is the sweetest with that pedal steel...loose lucy's groovy but they don't do the early shift to the A??? Gimme Shelter smokes...CR sounds more and more like Phil, and Sless' getting his Mojo working. Molo's Mojo's already happenin' and LC, well he's a rocker. What a band...what a tour...life is beautiful, thank heavens...

can Barry come home know ?

>>>can Barry come home know ?

Sorry, Barry went across the street to play with Phil.

Don't worry, he'll be back later.

Tell David not to worry.

.......:::::::BEYOND THE PALE

INTO THE GREAT AND FINAL ORDER OF THE STARS


just belted out a 12/9 review..

but it was this show that was beyond amazing, it may well require furthur contemplation




TURNING
OUR
WHOLE
WORLD
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Thanks to Al White for mention of Mookie Siegel's role in the magic we experienced in Atlantic City. Too little has been said about Mookie's contribution, to my surprise and to my chagrin. (My point of departure is keyboards, so that colors my perspective...) As he does consistently in the David Nelson Band, Mookie served the music exquisitely, radar humming, ears wide open. In almost every case I love his choice of sounds and textures. This guy NEVER overplays, never massaging his own EGO but, rather, complementing, coloring, enriching... creating subtle threads that color and enrich the bigger tapestry. His intuition amazes me. He and Barry seem to have a cosmic connection of some sort. Could any player support another any better than Mookie supported Barry in Atlantic City. Did you guys hear it???? Sometimes, especially Saturday night, I had a hard time differentiating exactly which of the 6 band members was playing what sounds!?! And that's beautiful to behold! The players became one, the sounds intricately woven into one beautiful tapestry. I'm still feeling ecstatic two days later. Thanks Phil, thanks Molo, thanks Mookie, Barry, Larry... One last word. Chris Robinson might be my new favorite singer. He brought freshness and incredible SOUL to songs we've heard thousands of times. Thanks to Chris for having moved my heart.

All I have to say - what a great run! Thursday night 2nd set was absolutely psychedelic and rocking! However, Saturday from the 1st song to the last song - the band never let up!! This was THE S**T!!

However, as I am reading the reviews, I have not read one person raving about the FEEDBACK>CAUTION>FEEDBACK sandwich!! When Phil was putting on Big Brown, I looked over at my buddy Matt and mentioned to him that Phil was changing his gear. Matt looked up, thought for few seconds and gave the thumbs up! FEEDBACK shook the entire venue - LITERALLY!! He has about 10-15 different knobs on the Big Brown and was literally using every single knob to create some incredible sound effects. Phil was facing his stage speaker (just like the Grateful Dead movie - someone mentioned earlier on this page) and you felt the BOMB droppings and SCREECHING SOUND of chalk tearing up the blackboard one after another. This went on for about 5 minutes before they dropped right into CAUTION.

What can I say about CAUTION?? Chris Robinson shredded this song vocally while playing his electric guitar (rare sighting during the three shows run). Caution was intense and rocking. After caution - FEEDBACK finished the sandwich. That was some tasty, finger licking good, bountiful, spicy sandwich!!

This was my highlight of the weekend!!

WHAT CAN I SAY THAT HASNT BEEN SAID SO BEAUTIFULLY PRIOR TO THIS POST....

I WAS THERE AND IF YOU SAW ME AND DIDNT SAY HI..YOU'LL HAVE YOUR CHANCE IN FEB-MAR WHEN HOPEFULLY THIS LINE UP COMES BACK FOR A FEW NIGHT AT THE TOWER OR EVEN THE SPECTRUM HERE IN PHILLY

IF YOU MISSED ME, I WAS THE ONE WITH THE CAPT TRIPS HAT ON...
AS FAR AS THE MUSIC.....YES SAT NIGHT SHOW WAS THE BEST ALL AROUND BUT THU HAD SOME NICE TASTY TREATS TOO...FRI WAS GOOD BUT THE LEAST FAV OF THE 3 NIGHT EPIC RUN

AS MY FRIEND ANNE PUT IT..."DID U FEEL SPANKED?"
AT THE END OF SAT SHOW? ISAY ABSOFUCKINLOUTELY!!!

Thanks for the reviews people..

esp Al..who was bummed at Reading...and really dug AC..

Username: Alwhite
Full Name: Al White
Last Logged In: December 13, 2005
Registered: July 30, 2001
Total Posts: 19
Status: newbie

Uncle Al..newbie...LOL...

smile, smile, smile

maybe the words will come back later!

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the “givens” in life. We all care and love our close friends and family above all else, it’s certainly a given that we hold their health and happiness on a level that's more than dear. The joys of seeing my parents or hearing stories of my little God Son, nephews and niece getting bigger down in Maryland is as fine a thing as there is. The thing is, although I’ve only shaken Phil’s hand once, haven’t met Hunter and never got to meet Jerry, I really do feel as if they are part of my family. My parents took me to the GD at RFK when I was a kid (I know some of y’all have heard about this way too much ) I returned on my own when I was 17 years old with my friends. While I’m eternally grateful that my parents gave me the gift of being a second generation head, something that I just feel in my blood, soon I’ll be 34 which of course means I will have actively been seeing shows for half of my life. This music means so much more to me than just a good time; it’s infused with my soul and really has brought me to levels of joy that I don’t think I would ever be able to properly explain to anyone who has not experienced the delightful bliss that unfolded in front of our very much stunned eyes on Saturday night. Everyone I came into to contact with was having what seemed to be the time of their lives. It was that same old feeling of mass love that hooked my 17 year old mind back at RFK in 89. I had the pleasure of hanging with 3 of my friends who have grown to be brothers from Maryland, some getting to be long time friends from Philly and of course all of these “weird internet folks” who I’ve come to love so much. What a magical feeling to be able to be surrounded with such goodness. I ran into so many kind strangers who I felt as if I KNEW *just had to* on some level. What’s for certain is that the common denominator of the grateful current bounds us all in tie dyed swirl of the revolutionary spirit.


HCS was a very much “Cold Rainish” opener with regards to getting situated and ready to get down proper. Glad we did cause the BIG RAILROAD can only be described as..

Cookin’….and I’d like to leave it at that one word

From Cookin’ to religious in a few short moments. As always (when Phil sings them) I felt Jerry’s presence during the “Rio Graneeeeooos”

It was the jam that followed that was striking and new. The combination of Sless’ intricate guitar and Campbell on the fiddle made a beautifully unique trance inducing jam that bestowed proper reverence to the fat man.

Direwolf was a stomp and a half that Chris just nailed. He seemed real stoned and happy up there and it seemed to reflect on out to the crowd

Much like MOTM the night before Broken Arrow was something that I was really really hoping for. It was just so god damned beautiful I can hardly stand it. My buddies from DC like to bust my chops when I get to being a “hey man peace and love type hippie guy”. It’s certainly not in my character all the time as I’m just as prone to throw a beer in some Cowboy fans face at a Redskin game and start a brawl Anyway, I didn’t give a fuck…I gave them all “hippie hugs” complete with an “I love you guys man”. The thing is it was such a cool vibe on the floor that they didn’t even make fun of me although I’m sure it’ll resurface at some point. Ohhh man but it was Phil’s “flutter jam” out of the last verse that was one of the many highlights of the night.

BROWN EYED!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING!!!!! As I mentioned in my 12/9 review, the 9/20/90 Brown Eyed Women was fresh in my mind. Again I was real happy with the way Chris flowed as the dancing on the floor went to the euphoric stage. I saw someone above mention the interplay between Mookie and Barry..Yes!! I could barely see Mook from where I was standing during the 1st set but I kept looking over to see where those wonderful shades were coming from.

Wasn’t all that psyched to hear the opening chords to Lucy but it wound up being way fun

:::Set Break Mayhem:::


Found my way into a pack of Zoners during set break and found it hard to leave, figures they would have the coolest spot in the joint staked out

Shakedown was cool but the …:::Speedway:::… was of the “one in ten thousand” style…whew!!!! My favorite Phil Speedway is from 10/16/00 Warren does the “one way or anothers” and Phil comes in with the “this darkness got to give”. I remember Candace had red lights shining on Phil as he really got into the “gives”. I’ve been pissed off since Mardi Gras that Chris stepped on the “darkness got to gives” and have been hoping they’d switch to the tradeoff. I’ve been repetitious with my thoughts on this and actually found it kinda funny that I saw Bones waiting to see me get pissed off (he had to calm me down after Chris joined Phil for the last vesrse of Cumberland Friday night) Didn’t get the vocal trade off but a sick building jam instead…the whole band lifted on grooved…no complaints here.

Took a wiz during Candyman, looking back it’s was a very much unreal scene at the urinals as most everyone was singing along in the bathroom

Cryptical and - it - was - ON - indeed. The glass really started flowing and outer space was flying by…images of streaking stars and Jerry in his striped rainbow pants in Golden Gate Park (I have a picture of him in those pants while he’s singing along with Phil framed and hanging over my bar) I enjoyed the whipsawed snaked out nature of the Other One as the violent nature of the planets kicked back in.

FB>Caution>FB wasn’t as vivid as it was for me in the 4th row of the NJPAC 11/22 but it was nice to close to my eyes and just *feel* Big Brown and the glory that she brings

FIRE was heaven

Gimme Shelter brought the rage

Perfect encores with a (((Ber hug))) and order was restored to the universe




I don’t want to mention names because I’m scared that I’ll leave someone out so I’ll just say that I love each and every one of you fuckin' people.

It’s so nice be aware that there are so many other folks out just *know*



Phil man…

You are truly a gift from the stars

Nice post Hail Skins...I've been to a few RFK shows in my time....

Hey Gr8fulDad,

I rarely pay attention to internet profiles, however now that you pointed it out, I must say my newbie designation makes me appear young, so I aint complaining.

Versions that could have been the best ever Sat night: Fire, Feedback, Caution, RR Blues, The O1. I'd like to hear from anyone who remembers versions of these songs from past shows they liked more.

BTW: I'm guessing others heard the Low Spark tease Sat night. Was I the only one who heard The Walrus teased?

Unc Al

Not sure if it's been posted already but:

New Speedway Boogie - Jerry/Hunter tune about the altamont (sp?) speedway disaster

Gimme Shelter - Name of rolling stones movie about altamont speedway disaster

Am I the only one who heard a Let's Spend The Night Together jam after Big R&R Blues? Peace, G

Are you kidding? I think I heard just about EVERYTHING at some point or another on Saturday nite!! And thank you Tracey for taking the time to highlight Mookie's contributions. He's always been one of my favorite keyboarders and watching and hearing his interplay with these Friends was a special pleasure for me!!

See y'all in NYC and Philly(maybe).

Peace...

where cani get a good copy of this show?

great show