MarcO Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Thank you Misters Garcia, Weir, Mydland, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Hart for bringing me the message of music seventeen years ago today. You'll never know the effect you had on my 15 year old mind but here I am still, listening to your magic. http://www.archive.org/details/gd90-03-22.sbd.bertha-ashley.21433.sbeok.shnf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Happy Anniversary. Got the show blasting in my headphones now. WOW that's loud. Sennheiser's are the shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Great show ... great memories ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Certainly one of the best of that era. What a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Yup I had fun at those shows. I remember thinking that the Dead lacked a little of the intensity I had known which dissapointed me a bit at the time. I can see in retrospect that though they did lack a bit intensity they were playing 'better'. Nice version of Hey Jude (and rare) too bad Brent forgot the words. I remember Alpine Valley one year when he screwed up the words to Blackbird (rare as well) and he laid his head down on the keyboard laughing and flapping his arms-FUNNY!Man Brent was good-fantastic actually-I've never heard anyone who could bring out the power and characteristics of the B3 quite like him even though others may have had more keyboard fame than him.Tour started for me in the PARTY days in 1984-they had a few years there where the party was unbelievable and the music was INTENSE-of course looking back it was also awfully ragged with Jerry completely partied out at times. Wild times though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 couldn't believe they came to hamilton... the manager of the Crowbar restaurant on Barton street showed me exactly where the "big fat happy bearded guy" satgreat shows... crowd sounded like Beatle-mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 (edited) Yep. Is there anything better than kick-ass Dead shows than kick-ass Dead shows that don't require you to cross the border?I have to say, though, that the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the date is how things were apparently going for Brent at the time. I wonder to this day if that's why he choked on the Hey Jude lyrics (and why I Will Take You Home still strikes me as so poignant). Edited March 22, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 musically speaking that was the strongest year of Brent's GD career... he was at 150% every time I saw him during 89/90... on firerather go out with a bang than a fizzlereally hurt the band deeply though, Jerry in particular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Yep. Is there anything better than kick-ass Dead shows than kick-ass Dead shows that don't require you to cross the border?I have to say, though, that the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the date is how things were apparently going for Brent at the time. I wonder to this day if that's why he choked on the Hey Jude lyrics (and why I Will Take You Home still strikes me as so poignant).indeed. i still smile every time i think about that few days. freaks in my house and the dead in my town....thanks indeed all round! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I really like the Brent Dead years. His musical contributions and band chemistry helped anchor and fuel the Dead's latter career renaissance, similar to what Warren Haynes and Allen Woody instilled in the rebirh of the Allmans in the late 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I'm proud to say I saw six GD shows in Ontario, four of which were in my hometown. I can never decide which of the four I enjoyed the most though. I call it a tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bradm Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 ::pulls out copy of 03-22-90 that Booche gave me a while ago for tomorrow's office listening::Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 *sigh* awesome memories....I think it was during this extended march break that I knew for certain I would marry Dave (and pop the question!) and not miss a moment more of this music, this community, this freak show, this love.... 17 years and counting!!! woot woot! I'd say Jerry and the boys were (are) the best match-makers there are!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I love these stories, keep em comin! Some friends of mine living in Chedoke Ave. always recall that there was a posse of about 20 hippies from the States who were camping out in the forest between their street and Chedoke golf course. Apparently the city was very accomodating for that kind of thing when the Dead visited. Pretty funny that Jerry found himself at Crowbar on Barton of all places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 apperently the whole band and road crew ate at the Crowbarquality fries and gravy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 (edited) Check this out-it may be a better quality version of the Hey Jude than you have. David Lemieux (archivist for the Dead-do you know he is kind of an Ottawa boy-used to come watch my band Longbottom [i know-funny name]) posted this at the Grateful Dead site.http://www.dead.net/node/57PS check out the 75 Blues for Allah stuff-I love that and this seems to be of rare quality! Edited March 23, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookycanooky Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 (edited) Is the show available through FTP? I don't have any dead post 1973...anyone up for doing b&p for this and possibly other "recommended" shows?I like what i'm hearing on the archive but I need this in the car!actually, these oink shows look good...any recommendations?http://oink.me.uk/details.php?id=947328http://oink.me.uk/details.php?id=1041742 Edited March 23, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I have a SBD of the first night in Hamilton 90, I'd have to check the other one though. I also, have an ok VCD version of the second night.I'm interested in upgrading the VCD so if anyone has a DVD copy, let me know and we'll trade. my trade list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Photogeek Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I still kick myself for not being at these shows...but to be honest I didn't even know they existed until a few months later...upon recomendation from a friends older brother I went to check them out in Buffalo...I consider myself very lucky to have seen Brent a mere 10 days before he died...this band certainly changed my life in a big way. At least I got to see them in Hamilton in '92 (without Brent, but with Bruce). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I'd say Jerry and the boys were (are) the best match-makers there are!!!I'd second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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