Grateful Dead and Steve Parish reference on TV show “Billions”
Grateful Dead and Steve Parish reference on TV show “Billions”
SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT: Phil Lesh and Friends at the Frost Theater June 4 2022
From Phil Lesh on Facebook:
Going back to where it all began, a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago. I couldn’t be more excited to take this trip down to Palo Alto with my dear friends Grahame Lesh, Scott Metzger, Joe Russo, John Scofield, and Benmont Tench.
– Phil Lesh
Saturday, June 4
Frost Amphitheater 🎸🌲
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10 Years Ago: Terrapin Crossroads casually opened on March 8 2012
“And a short time to be… to be…”
– Phil Lesh, Box of Rain
Was it ever here at all? Was it a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago?
Well, as Bob Weir once sang “Dreams are lies…. it’s the dreaming that’s real”. Or in this case, the streaming is real, proof that it happened.
I had March 8th marked on my 2012 calendar, as “Casual Opening” – somewhere I had gotten word that that is when Phil was going to open the restaurant we new he purchased, the former Seafood Peddler, and the adjacent Palm Ballroom (soon to be the Grate Room.) And yet I never saw an announcement, and I clearly didn’t know that sometimes at Terrapin things would happen without much notice… from day 1!
I was invited to the Ashkenaz Berkeley that night to see Deadicated Maniacs (a David Nelson Band tribute band) – and then I noticed Jay Blakesberg tweeting pictures and setlist… from Terrapin Crossroads! Instantly TxR FOMO became a reality – something that would affect myself and many others over the next few years. In 1999 when I missed Phil at the Warfield with Trey, Paige and Kimock, I made myself a promise to make as many Phil Lesh & Friends shows as possible from that point on, I never wanted to miss this magic again! When the TxR FOMO hit that night in 2012, I realized I messed up, and recommitted myself to see Phil as much as a I could, and that very clearly meant I needed to be at Terrapin Crossroads ALL THE TIME!
3.89.2012 on deadheadland.com
The next day I was in line early to get a spot up front… and spent a fair portion of the next 9 years in line, on the rail, and listening to Phil Lesh and all of his wonderful friends, and when i could, making videos or streaming it out to all of you on Deadheadland. I moved to Marin a month later, and as they say, the rest is history… my history and Terrapin’s were very intertwined. Until the very end of that final Ripple played by Stu Allen and Mars Hotel…
I haven’t seen Phil in 6 months (when he sat in with Midnight North in September, the last time he himself was publicly at TxR) – though so looking forward to feeling his bass bomb my nervous system at Skull and Roses in April!
Anyway, the streaming is real…. While I missed the 1st night, my good friend Photographer Stuart Levine was there, and shot these videos, the 1st official unofficial videos from Terrapin Crossroads “Casual Opening” on March 8, 2012. Phil is joined by Grahame Lesh, Jeff Chimenti, Tim Bluhm, Jackie Greene, Nicki Bluhm, Jordan Levine, and the one and only, Ross MF James!
Billy Strings & Les Claypool join Bob Weir and Wolf Bros. at Sweetwater for Rob Lawson memorial benefit concert.
Billy Strings & Les Claypool join Bob Weir and Wolf Bros. at Sweetwater for Rob Lawson memorial benefit concert. Billy played on China/Rider, and also came out for the encore, “Tomorrow Never Knows“, along with Primus lead singer and bass player Les Claypool.
Rob Lawson was Bobby Weir’s longtime personal driver. Lost his brave battle with cancer last year, and this show was a tribute to his memory, and a benefit for his wife Maris and their son Little Robbie. Rob Lawson was a sweet kind man, and he was loved by many, and greatly missed. His family is part of our local community, (Maris is a close personal friend of Deadheadland), and it is wonderful to know they are being helped and taken care of by Bobby and the band. Love is real.
Bobby and the Wolf Brothers also played the previous night, as a benefit for longtime RatDog bass guitar player, Robin Sylvester, who is been in and out of hospital over the last couple years, and is in need of a kidney transplant. Robin is also a very sweet and kind gentleman, we’ve had the pleasure of his performances many times on Deadheadland. He is much beloved, and also happy to see the community turn out to offer support for him.
We shows being benefits were rather expensive, nearly double the price of the Wolf Bros last Sweetwater shows. Well the price was prohibitive for many, the shows were still sold out, primarily local heads, although many that traveled from across the country for the opportunity to see these performers in a small intimate venue. Bob Weir and Wolf brothers will be on tour in the weeks to come, beginning with the Ryman Theatre in Nashville on March 9th, 2022. More information on https://bobweir.net/
Moonalice | Let’s Get Funky (Official Music Video)
“Let’s Get Funky” Available on All Streaming Platforms: https://moonalice.ffm.to/letsgetfunky
MOONALICE is playing tonight, Saturday 2.26.22 at the Sweetwater Music Hall
Go See Them Live!
The Chambers Brothers released “Funky” in 1971 and the song broke the Billboard Top 100 despite being deemed too risqué of a song for the time,” explains Moonalice vocalist Lester Chambers and legendary co-founder of the pioneering ‘60s psychedelic soul group The Chambers Brothers. “Now it is a new time and a new day, and we all need to get funky every now and then, especially in these crazy times. Moonalice delivers the song in a new, fun, and psychedelic soul jam kinda way. Everyone is lending something special to the song to make it unique and we are so excited for you to hear our latest song. We hope you get funky with us.”
And adds guitarist Barry Sless, “This is our arrangement of the Chambers Brothers classic. It features some funky grooving from Pete Sears and John Molo on bass and drums, a great synth solo from Jason Crosby, soulful harmonica playing by Lester Chambers, and lively backing vocals from the T-Sisters and Dylan Chambers. At 80 years old Lester is still showing us how to get funky!”
Cover art by Lauren Yurkovich
Video Directed/Edited by Jon Luini & Arthur Rosato
Live Video Production by Patrick Spohrer and Arthur Rosato
and the Original…. The Chamber Brothers Funky
NEW SONG from ALO on the eve of their Tour d’Amour shows San Francisco! | THE LEEND OF RENAULT
“The Legend of Renault” by ALO.
Buy/Stream it today: https://alo.ffm.to/renault
ALO is on tour now for Tour d’Amour XV. Tonight and tomorrow they are at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco!
Remaining dates and tickets at https://alomusic.com/tour Feb 25 Great American Music Hall / San Francisco, CA
Feb 26 Great American Music Hall / San Francisco, CA
Mar 3 Liberty Theatre / Astoria, OR
Mar 4 Doug Fir / Portland, OR
Mar 5 Madame Lou’s at The Crocodile / Seattle, WA
ALO: Official Website: http://alomusic.com
VIDEO: Grateful Dead Press Conference | October 5th 1967
Grateful Dead Press Conference
KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 5th 1967 in San Francisco by Ben Williams, featuring a press conference by The Grateful Dead, who are objecting to marijuana drug laws (after their recent arrest for possession).
Danny Rifkin (the group’s co-manager) states that: “The real danger to society … comes from a law that is so seriously out of touch with reality.”
He goes on to claim that the media’s focus on the ‘hippie’ stereotype is encouraging police to discriminate against people identified as being part of the counter culture movement.
Ends with Rifkin dismissing the ‘hippie’ as: “A lie as well … Afraid of people who are exploring new ways of living freely, the larger society has classified … them into the myth of the hippie. The long haired drop-out who performs his rites for the convenience of visiting cameramen.”
Moonalice At The Sweetwater! Win Tickets from Deadheadland!
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Weir Everywhere Dept: Shakedown Street | Dark Star Orchestra w Bob Weir | Warfield Theater SF | videos & setlist Feb. 5 2022
Enjoy this clip “Shakedown Street” courtesy of the good work done by Grateful Ted of Ted Tube.
Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead sat in with Dark Star Orchestra, the world’s preeminent Grateful Dead tribute band, on Saturday night February 5th 2022, at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.
More fun at The Warfield w DSO!
Dark Star Orchestra
The Warfield Theater, SF, CA
Feb 5, 2022
Vid Cap by Ted Silverman
www.TedToob.com
Set 1:
Feel Like a Stranger_Franklin’s Tower
Music Never Stopped
Shakedown Street
Cassidy
Chinacat Sunflower – I Know You Rider
Morning Dew
Set 2:
Sugar Magnolia
Playin’ in the Band – Uncle John’s Band
Low Spark (Of High Heeled Boys)
Viola Lee Blues
Playin’ in the Band (Reprise) Encore:
Mission in the Rain
Weir Everywhere Dept. | “Morning Dew” – Dark Star Orchestra w Bob Weir | Warfield Theater, SF, CA – Saturday Feb 5, 2022 (video)
Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead sat in with Dark Star Orchestra, the world’s preeminent Grateful Dead tribute band, on Saturday night February 5th 2022, at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco California.
Please enjoy this video clip of “Morning Dew” courtesy of the good work done by Grateful Ted of Ted Tube.
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