Phil Lesh Appreciation Society: Enter the Philzone...

[edwinhurwitz]

Originally Posted by Zootsuitbass

BTW.....

Edwin,, Neptune?? Newton/waltham line? Phealix,Bob Smith,Jeremy,Prescott???? Double bassist who went to Umass amherst and moved to Germany??? What was his name?

Yup, that's it! Not sure of the double bassist you're referring to, though. Memories of that time are a bit hazy!

[spacebassed]

Originally Posted by N.F.A.

Did my first show in 81. Number please... My username isn't NFA for nothing...

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[edwinhurwitz]

Originally Posted by Zootsuitbass

Well,,I like that bass just because I associate it with my favorite year.. 1980. The band was BURNING,,, Jerry was practicing long hours a day,healthy. All the new go to heaven stuff was played in. Brent was solidly in. The Warfield/Radio City runs are huge!

No doubt! 1980 was actually when I started moving away from seeing the band. I saw most of the shows I saw between '76 and '79 and then discovered Bootsy, Fela Kuti, etc. I checked in every so often after that, but I found that Brent bothered me more and more, especially the keyboard sounds. While that first east coast tour he did in '79 was pretty wonderful and the blast of new energy felt good, I began to miss Keith, who I felt let the band breath and go to more places. It's probably not fair to attribute all the changes to Brent, but it just felt different as they went into the 80s. Of course, my friends' older brothers all said that about the 70s and that I missed the good stuff that happened in '68 and '69, so what are you going to do?

Anyone here ever play an Irwin bass?

[Zootsuitbass]

John.... Something..... played in a band with Jeremy

[N.F.A.]

Originally Posted by StrangerDanger

I'm a little younger than you guys. This was my first Dead show:
The Omni, Atlanta, GA (Wednesday, 3/30/94)

Here Comes Sunshine
Feel Like A Stranger
Jack-A-Roe
Same Thing
Lazy River Road
El Paso+
New Speedway Boogie
Promised Land

Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire on the Mountain
Playing in the Band ->
Dark Star (1st verse only) ->
Drums ->
Space ->
I Need A Miracle ->
Stella Blue ->
Sugar Magnolia

E: Liberty
16 Songs

I wasn't yet 19 and that Omni Run had a profound effect on me. I named my daughter Stella.

I was at that run and a couple others at the Omni. Good times, some good shows.

[Zootsuitbass]

Originally Posted by spacebassed

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Binghamton,, 83??? Was anybody else there??

[Zootsuitbass]

Robinson!!!!
John Robinson,,, good player played the short notes when he walked,, great swing

[edwinhurwitz]

Originally Posted by Zootsuitbass

Robinson!!!!
John Robinson,,, good player played the short notes when he walked,, great swing

Hm, doesn't ring a bell. Could he have entered the scene after I moved to Colorado in '95? I know Neptune hung on after Shockra broke up for a while.

[Zootsuitbass]

Yes that timing sounds about right.

[TigerInATrance]

I'd like in too... My first shows were the "Formerly the Warlocks" run in Hampton '89. I basically got kidnapped by this girl who used to make me copies of shows in high school. She'd seen about 15 shows by that time and kept telling me she was going to make me go with her next time, so I beat her to it and bought tickets to a few shows in October at the Meadowlands. Apparently some of her friends at college got lucky and got us tickets for both nights....

Never had such a good time...

[N.F.A.]

Originally Posted by TigerInATrance

I'd like in too... My first shows were the "Formerly the Warlocks" run in Hampton '89. I basically got kidnapped by this girl who used to make me copies of shows in high school. She'd seen about 15 shows by that time and kept telling me she was going to make me go with her next time, so I beat her to it and bought tickets to a few shows in October at the Meadowlands. Apparently some of her friends at college got lucky and got us tickets for both nights....

Never had such a good time...

What a great time to do your first Dead shows! That run is legendary!

[TigerInATrance]

Originally Posted by N.F.A.

What a great time to do your first Dead shows! That run is legendary!

Looking back, I'm pretty sure that I was clueless as to just what exactly was happening those two nights.

For one, I'm fairly certain there wasn't more than an hour or two I wasn't being congratulated on making it to my first shows with some sort of substance.

And then also, I didn't have the historical context that I had a it later on.

Now, though, wow... What an introduction to live Dead!!!

[N.F.A.]

Originally Posted by TigerInATrance

Looking back, I'm pretty sure that I was clueless as to just what exactly was happening those two nights.

For one, I'm fairly certain there wasn't more than an hour or two I wasn't being congratulated on making it to my first shows with some sort of substance.

And then also, I didn't have the historical context that I had a it later on.

Now, though, wow... What an introduction to live Dead!!!

Yeah, if you don't already have them, find some good copies of those shows. They're out there for sure. Great run!

[spacebassed]

OK my fellow Phil freaks, one of you needs to snatch this up...

G&L Tribute JB-2 w/ Hammon Dark Stars:
FS only: Dark Starred Tribute JB-2


...if'n I didn't just buy another Guild it would probably be mine.

[TigerInATrance]

Originally Posted by N.F.A.

Yeah, if you don't already have them, find some good copies of those shows. They're out there for sure. Great run!

I had them on cassette for a long time... I bought the box set they released a while back and it's fantastic... I think I can see myself in one of the pictures.

[spacebassed]

Originally Posted by TigerInATrance

I had them on cassette for a long time... I bought the box set they released a while back and it's fantastic... I think I can see myself in one of the pictures.

There's some video of that run circulating as well.

[N.F.A.]

^ Cool deal. I bought an official DVD in hopes to see myself in the filler section. (A Cardinal Stadium He's Gone Jam on the Winterland dvd. Can't see me even though I was standing right there where the camera was...)

[Passinwind]

Originally Posted by N.F.A.

Did my first show in 81. Number please... My username isn't NFA for nothing...

Heh! Mine was 04/6/71. Getting tickets to NY shows was really tough back then, took me a couple of years to finally succeed.

[N.F.A.]

^Nice. I was still a bit young to be allowed to go to shows. 71 was another good year for the boys.

[sven kalmar]

phil is one of my favourites. i was at all the europe 90shows with backstagepasses..
i discovewred dead in 76or something..