Peter , I remember a Longines  Symphonette radio  that my parents had in the corner of the kitchen nook.  
 
Back to the Dead , ____I like  Fillmore East  2-11-69
Uncle Bobo plays the cowbell !

The system was a Silvertone with the fold-out speakers and drop-down turntable; what they got from LS were mail-order easy listening boxed sets; they would occasionally go hard-core & pick up something like The Magic of Montovani or An Andy Williams Christmas (thank god for the college girl who rented a room & had things like Burl Ives & P,P&M!!!)
Yes, Martin Mull pretty much name-checked my parents in Normal.  
 
Peter

 I'm tired of rock and rollin', let's get married honey let's go bowlin'

Become once-a-weekers and get some lousy speakers!

The app is great. I wish, though, that you could search by song title and not just the date.

6/10/73
was one of the most downloaded shows according to archive.

Bill, I?ve been lovin? this app ? thanks.
 
I also like ?Taper?s Section? on Dead.net since it?s usually a good mix. This week?s from Paris 9/21/74 is what we used to call (when trading show tapes) a ?Lesh/Garcia? mix. I?d think Phil must be playing one of his Alembics and Jerry might still be playing ?Gator?.
 
http://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/december-30-2013-january-5-2014?intcmp=home%2Ffeatures3
 
Ed

I certainly am loathe to admit it in this company, but I'm still trailing Mica:  When it comes to the Dead, I still DON'T get it.
 
I'm very impressed at however they arrived at their ethos of pressing the technical end of things forward, but musically it rarely moves me.
 
J o e y

Never fear, Joey.  I'm with you.  
 
I totally respect it and love that it moves some people to such lengths.  It doesn't do all that much for me- but that IS the beauty of music.  
 
I may as well confess that very little of what Stanley Clarke does moves me either.  An amazing player for sure, but there isn't much that resonates with me musically.

I can't ever see myself becoming a dead fan but listened a lot recently to the dead music on my iPad from Internet radio stations and I think if I'd been exposed to it when I was a teenager or in my early 20's I would have been more into it.   A lot of the music I've listened to so far I have really enjoyed.
 
Although I'm actually a huge Stanley Clarke fan, it pains me to admit that,I got a Stanley Clarke multi cd collection from his 1980's output recently to fill a hole in my collection of his music  and compared to his stuff before and after that  time and let's say I was very underwhelmed. It was the amazing Vertu album that restored my faith and got me interested in buying his music again in recent years.  
 
That said there is a lot of music from the 80's that I was hugely disappointed with.  
 
Oops I digressed,  
Jazzyvee
 
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I never was into the Dead. I can appreciate the musicianship on some of their work and applaud their experimentalism but I just don't find a lot of their stuff accessible. I had friends in my teens and 20's that were big Dead Heads though that tried to convert me. I suspect my taste has more to do with working in a record store where the owner would pop every new jazz album he received onto the turntable. A number of those made their way into my collection and are still what I listen to the most.
 
I like Stanley's recent stuff as he seems to have gotten back to writing new material instead of rehashing things he did previously. I think the change has a lot to do with being influenced by the younger folks he has been playing with like Hiromi and Ron Bruner. I think it pushed him to get his game back and brought new energy to his group dynamics.  
 
To further hijack the thread. If you ever have a chance to see Hiromi live do it. My wife who does not care for jazz even enjoyed the show due to Hiromi's energy.  
 
Keith

I'd think that would help, Keith, as Mickey Hart once (quite aptly, I think) described their music as using a rock lexicon with a jazz syntax.  I realize it's not for everyone - but I don't understand why  
 
Then again, I've always thought Stanley was an amazing musician; I've never enjoyed listening to him.
 
Peter

Peter, YES ! Thanks ____
           Using a rock lexicon with a Jazz syntax  That make sense to me____ I like it , I like it alot !!!!      ( a separate smile for each string , quadrophonic)
 
 Wolf

I suspect all of you guys who don't get the Dead never saw them live.  The experience never really transferred to vinyl/tape/plastic/computer bits very well.  It was the Dead that taught me to appreciate jazz.  I've often described their music as a jazz approach using rock 'n roll tools.
 
Oh yea, you probably never saw them while tripping either.  A truly celestial experience!
 
Bill, tgo

Peter and Wolf posted while I was composing the above.  I never heard the Mickey Hart quote before.  It's nice to read that Mickey Hart agrees with me!
 
Bill, tgo