Hippy Bertha SaxMan!

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Love this setlist!

11/5/2005 Fox Theatre, Mashantucket, CT
Bertha > Jack Straw > Dark Star > All Along the Watchtower > This Time Forever > Shade of Grey > Hell in a Bucket, Lazy River Road@, Victim or the Crime@brj, Brown-Eyed Women > He's Gone > Loose Lucy > The Other One > Jam* > Standing on the Moon > One More Saturday Night
E: Touch of Grey
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Even deadheads do nanowrimo!
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From the Chronicle
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Artists find rocking the boat a good thing

Spud Hilton
Sunday, November 6, 2005

 
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Cruise Briefing
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If you still believe that ships are just buffet barges for the blue-haired, shuffle-boarding set, I have three words for you: rock concert cruises.

At the risk of coining the term "cruisapalooza," the latest event that appears to be aimed at getting the MTV crowd onboard (OK, more like VH-1 in this case) is a music festival involving rock artist Dave Matthews, two Royal Caribbean ships, almost a dozen bands and a stage performance on a "secret" isle in the Bahamas.

Tickets went on sale last week for the Dave Matthews & Friends Caribbean Cruise Getaway, a pair of three-night voyages on Royal Caribbean's sister ships Majesty of the Seas and Sovereign of the Seas (2,276 passengers each) that take place at the same time and make the same stops. One of the stops is a secluded beach on a private island in the Bahamas, where Matthews and his band will perform for passengers.

While at sea, featured artists will perform in the showrooms and lounges, play poolside acoustic sets and attend question-and-answer sessions, according to the event Web site. Other bands on the bill so far include Bob Weir and RatDog, Toots and the Maytals, G. Love & Special Sauce, Ozomatli, North Mississippi Allstars, Mike Doughty's Band, Mofro, John Brown's Body and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals.

The Matthews cruise isn't the first to feature contemporary bands onboard (as opposed to big-band and blues artists). In October, the uniquely named Xingolati (Groove Cruise of the Pacific) offered 40 acts, including alternative circus acts, comedians, an alphabet soup of DJs and 18 bands, all geared toward a crowd between 21 and 35.

"A lot of artists walked around the ship, and people got to hang out with their favorite musicians," said Meredith Sloane, a spokeswoman for Xingolati. "It ran really smoothly."

Also, lesbian and gay travel company Olivia is no stranger to contemporary stars and large events onboard, having hosted Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang, Indigo Girls, Winona and Mary Chapin Carpenter, as well as film festivals and the filming on an episode of Showtime's "The L Word."

If you're concerned about Royal Caribbean ships taking on 4,500, um, nontraditional passengers, take comfort that Majesty and Sovereign are two of the company's oldest vessels. At the pace of this trend, however, how long will it be before a Holland America ship hosts Burning Man? Hmmm.

For the Dave Matthews event, Sovereign and Majesty leave from Port Canaveral, Fla., and Miami, respectively, on Feb. 3 and sail most of the way in tandem. The trip also includes a stop at Coco Key, Royal Carib's private island, and a Super Bowl party. (No, there won't be a formal night.) Fares for the trip range from $1,000 for an interior cabin to $2,400 for a junior suite with balcony, per person, double occupancy.

For reservations or more information on the Dave Matthews cruise, go to www.cruise.davematthewsband.com. For other events, go to www.olivia.com and www.xingolati.com.

Sea culpa: Several readers caught a goof in my profile of the Dawn Princess (Cruise Briefing, Oct. 23). The ship has two main restaurants, but one is open-seating and the other is assigned. Thanks for the catch.

On the dock of the Bay: Cruise ships expected at San Francisco's Pier 35 during the next two weeks: Dawn Princess, Thursday and Nov. 20; Mona Lisa (Holiday). For updates, go to www.sfport.com and select the "Maritime" and "Passenger Cruises" links.

Baron Samedi?

LOL!

For the review!
jillybean - 09:05am Nov 3, 2005 PDT (#15243 of 15389)
she always liked to sing along

11/2/2005 Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD
I: Jam > Shakedown Street > She Belongs to Me > Easy Answers, Mission in the Rain, Crazy Fingers > Bombs Away > Easy to Slip, Lazy River Road > Big Railroad Blues
II: K.C. Moan@3, Peggy-O@, Looks Like Rain@, Might as Well > Playin in the Band > Jam* > Ship of Fools > Playin in the Band (reprise), China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
E: Ripple

ok - first off, did get a decent rail spot right in front of mark. but i made a mistake. should have gone over with chez on the other side. and... for a new venue i think that the sound at rams head is less than desired.

when we got there they told us they sounded check peggy-o, ship of fools and bombs away. i thought great, maybe bombs away is out of the rotation. but no, we get bombs away and easy answers. both were well played.

also, mission is perfectly suited for his voical range.

after set break, i was really looking forward to the might as well, and he only fucked up one verse. having just having reviewed the festival express a couple of nights ago, this was way fun.

the ripple singalong was a fun way to top off the evening.... looking forward to frederick.

Happy Bertha Mikie B!

One of best looking Deadheads I ever knew. Wouldnt ordinarily say that but Mikie enjoys hearing it. Don'tcha big boy? Mikie was invited backstage with Scott and I to see/meet the Bobstar one NYE many moons ago. It was awesome, though I was so nervous I literally couldnt speak-it was like a nightmare really...mouth frozen in a smiling position.. Bobstar was as patient as one could hope for but Mikie teased me the whole ride home. So Mikie, if youre reading this- are ya married yet? ;op

Bridge Review here
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Anyone else out there doing the nanowrimo thing?
I'm about to introduce my 5th and 6th charactors. and I'm on my second setting..hey-hey-hey!
It's coming along surprisingly easily...the goal is to write a 50,000 word novel by the end of November..so if I'm slacking here- it's just a temporary thing. The nanowrimo is useful in taking my mind off the fact that there is still no announcement of a Bay Area Ratdog show..Heck, not even a fundraiser coming up..and let's just not speak of NYE (my bertha)...Shhh, don't speak of it!

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Do you remember your first tie dye tee shirt?
This was taken around the time 'Festival Express" was happening...

That's how tie dyes used to look in the 70's. I think I was around Sasha's age in this picture. Hadnt seen it in a long time but it recently turned up as a book mark in an old journal I was harvesting for my latest excursion into literature...The other person in the picture is my mother- she was helping me get ready to go out by straightening my hair with hot rollers. I probably ended up somewhere in the city and my hair likely kinked out halfway through the night. Dem were da daze..

a spooktacular Halloween!

A huge and interesting article on MR Dr Larry Brilliat! And there is some Weir content in there too!! If You don't know who DR Brilliant is- definately take a look. Last year, we were seated next to Dr B and his family at a Seva thing. Truly a lovely and loving family, I had a particularly nice conversation with one of his children (college aged).
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A website for the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater

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TorontoDog
SET 1:
Jam >
Help on the Way >
Slipknot! >
Loser
Bird Song
Odessa?
Mississippi Half-Step
Picasso Moon
Weather Report Suite Prelude/Part 1 >
Let It Grow

SET 2:
El Paso@,
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall@>
Even So >
October Queen >
So Many Roads >
Jam (w/o Bobby)>
The Other One >
Wharf Rat>
Throwing Stones >
Slipknot! >
Franklin's Tower

E: Werewolves of London#

@ Bobby on acoustic
#Bobby comes out after band already started the song wearing a
black t-shirt, skeleton mask and top hat.
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So this 4 year old named Kyle comes up to me on the playground and starts it.
'Knock-Knick"
"Who's there?"
"Boo!"
"Boo? Boo...Who?"
"Oh teacher Reeen, you don't have to cry- It's just a joke!"
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So, Happy Halloweenie!
The high schooler is hostessing a scary movie junk food boy- girl party tonight.
She has traded in her boyfriend "M" for a new one named "C". We shall see this "c" tonight.
I thought that "M" was pretty gosh darn cute though...

The littler one is going trick or treating with a pal from the old neighborhood...Hopefully, Pally's dad is shadowing them around since you all know I'm really not responsible enough to be left alone with a bunch of shrieking teenagers....
I didnt even like being around teenagers when I was one....

A nice Ratdog article that I think it was BQ or Beth R., who posted this link!
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From Leah Garchik's column:
"Gavin Newsom, mayor of all the people, turned up to share a few words with fuzzy-and-friendly rock 'n' rollers at a City Hall party last week celebrating the publication of "Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork." A show of Garcia's art is in the South Light Court until Friday; in the opposite Light Court, other works were auctioned to benefit ArtReach, which supports art programs in schools.

The mayor cited wisdom about Garcia -- "You don't want to be the best of the best; you want to be the only one to do what you do" -- and made a two-finger peace sign with Annabelle Garcia, one of three Garcia daughters at the event, when they posed for pictures. But he admitted -- in response to a question -- that he's never emulated Dead-chic, never grown a beard or long hair. He did, however, staff booths for Friends of the River and the Environmental Defense Fund outside several Dead shows.

Meanwhile, Mickey Hart (who wrote the introduction to the book), was getting ready for action with Rhythm Village, which had provided about 60 drums for anyone who fancied joining in. "I came here to out Jerry Garcia as a CIA operative," cracked Hart, who provided the soul of the event during the performance. Garcia had been his "best friend," he shouted over the din of drummers, while dancers hurled themselves about and Wavy Gravy blew bubbles.

Hart pulled Garcia's daughter Trixie to the front of the room and put a drumstick in her hand; the Rhythm Village leader was Gabriel Harris, son of Joan Baez and David Harris. When I picked up a drum to carry it across the room, not even beating it, I could feel it vibrating from the sound waves throbbing through the room. "Bring it home now," said Hart, and the music pounded, the women whirled, and the crowd brought it home."
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Have a great one!

10/29/05 ~ The Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY.

I: Supplication Jam > Cassidy > Easy to Slip > Dark Star > Bertha, This Time Forever > Shade of Grey > West L.A. Fadeaway > Silvio > Tequila > Silvio > Tequila > Silvio
II: Blackbird@3, The Winners@, Black-Throated Wind@, Jam > Good Morning Little Schoolgirl > Last Time, St. Stephen > William Tell Bridge > The Eleven > Jam* > Come Together > Dark Star > Cassidy > One More Saturday Night
E: Knockin on Heaven's Door (*-first part without Bob)

Bridge was nice!
We got a Bertha from Los Lobos!
Jerry Lee Lewis rocked!
Linda Ronstadt popped up unexpectedly- I don't think Ive seen/heard her live since the 70's!
The VIP thing rocked! Now, I'll always want that box!
Sash decided to have a party here tomorrow night- nothing out of control - just about 8 kids, the horror movie channel and lots of sugary foods. As a matter of fact, Scotto is downstairs right now making carmel corn.

Scotto's Carmel corn
pop 6-10 quarts of freshly popped popcorn.

Melt one cup of butter
stir in 2 cups of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of corn syrup.
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
Boil without stirring for 5 min.
Remove from heat
stir in 1/2 teasp. baking soda and one tsp vanilla.
The liquid will foam up after the soda is added.
Gradually pour over popcorn -mixing well.
Turn into 2 large shallow baking pans.
Bake 250, one hour, Stirring every 15 minutes.
Remove from oven-
cool completely...break apart..
Enjoy!
Break apart



From some angles, maybe he does look like Bobby?

Everybody's having a good time!

10/28/05 ~ Warner Theatre - Erie, PA.

I: Jam > Truckin > Brown-Eyed Women, Take Me to the River, Senor > Row Jimmy, Jam > The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion > Wang Dang Doodle, It's All Over Now > She Says > Liberty
II: Jam > Bury Me Standing, Me and My Uncle@5, When I Paint My Masterpiece@5>6, Jam > Hell in a Bucket > Lady with a Fan > Terrapin > Astronomy Domine Jam* > Jam > Sugaree > Two Djinn
E: At a Siding > Terrapin Flyer (*-w/out Bob)
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Bobby article!
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From GDTSTOO-
Bob Weir and Ratdog will play the following shows.
First day to mail in will be Monday, October 31:

Sunday, December 4 at the Celebrity Theatre,
Phoenix, AZ.
Doors open at 6:00 PM. Show time is 8:00 PM.
All ages are welcome. General admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $35.00 per ticket.

Tuesday, December 6 at the Rialto Theatre,
Tucson, AZ.
Doors open at 7:00 PM. Show time is 8: PM.
All ages are welcome. General admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $35.00 per ticket.

Orders for Westbury and Frederick MD. have been
mailed. Tickets for the Florida shows will go out shortly.
Tickets are still available for the RatDog shows at
Denver, and the Wiltern, LA.

More shows in the West to be posted soon.
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NO SF SHOWS YET!!!
Wah!
Well, guess I/We must try to be patient...Can't run off - gotta stay and do my best so no one will be upset when we sail away in February...In the meantime, Crazy girl came up with 2 VIP tickets (Box seats, special parking, free food in VIP area) for tonight's Bridge Benefit at Shoreline...With no Bobby or dah Guys, it doesnt really matter where I sit but who sez no to VIP?
I look forward especially to the CSN & YOUNG set...I do love most of Neil Young -the soft side of his music especially. When I was a wee lass in high school, some of my friends were die hard Neil groupies and used to run away to La Honda and these little places in the Santa Cruz mountains for a glimpse of him. More recently, he lives closer in to things..The Bridge School was for a while set in part of the Middle School that my older son went to. There are a few Bridge school stories, but those are Jason's to tell. I went to the same middle school as Jason - then it was a Junior High. No Bridge school yet..though back then Neil was getting my attention with his searching for a heart of gold...But, in that time, we did have our own set of celebrity parents- Bing Crosby and his wife Kathryn (she was a local talk show host). The kids I went to school with were the petite and pretty Mary Frances (grew up to be on the show "Dallas" She shot JR!) And Harry who should be more famous for his role in the original "Friday The 13th". Both kids were popular and nice despite the fact that some of the older teachers fawned all over them. Thanks to Mary & Harry, I think I get to score pretty well in the game of "6 degrees of Separation"
when it comes to connecting to the likes of Bob Hope and David Bowie.
:o)
  Featured Artists Include:  
Crosby Stills, Nash & Young
Dave Matthews (Solo, Sunday only)
John Mellencamp (Saturday only)
Norah Jones
Emmylou Harris
Jerry Lee Lewis
Good Charlotte
Bright Eyes
Los Lobos
and Special Guests

Woof!

LINK 1

Link 2
and a setlist-
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The Riviera Chicago, IL
10/27/2005


Shakedown
She Belongs to Me
minglewood
Crazy Fingers
Loose Lucy
Little Red Rooster
Lazy River Road
Odessa
Stronger than Dirt
Eyes

End of Set

Jack a Roe@3
FOTD@5
Victim@5
Greatest Story
Althea
Ashes and Glass
stuff
dear prudence
sugar mag
E: Brokedown Palace
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Hippy Bertha Harry!

Is it a little early still?
Wishing you the very best!

WOOF!

I'm busy-busy-busy these daze!
And may not get around to getting those precious reviews and setlists up in a timely manner so I suggest that the interested cruise over to This Deadnet Discussion Page and see how things are going!

The Dead live on

Happy Ratdog Touring!!!

So it begins TONIGHT!
I have been busy and so didnt make it over to join in the phantasy tour game at dot org.
Unless there's something else happening, looks like the irenies will have to wait til February for our dog.
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All Right! Some fun pictures were recently added over on the JP blog!
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Looking forward to hearing about the shows! Have fun and be safe out there!!
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woof!

Hippy Bertha Jeff!

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Cool! Heard Robin Sylvester sat in with DSO last night!
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Guess who is in town?

It's Luke our friend from RDUK O3 tour! He was then just out of Iraq in time for a lil R&R while following the dog.
Unfortunately, he won't be around this weekend and I have a spare for DSO too.
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If you missed yesterday's happy news about Ratdog cruising here's a newsbyte. The news is everywhere today- gonna have to fend off those DM diehards for space on those boats...Still deciding over here...Gotta explore childcare options first (always something eh?)

Maybe it was part of Goddess'es great plan that I lose my car keys and check my desk just as news of this springs out...
Ratdog Bahamas
I gotta find my keys but you check THis OUT!cruise!

And from Leah Garchik's column today:

"And Bread & Roses and the Marin Rose Society last week named a hybrid tea rose after Mimi Fariña, founder of Bread and Roses.

The winning bid for guitar lessons with Bob Weir, auctioned by the Rainforest Action Network, was $8,500. When I asked how many lessons that would cover, the official estimate was that the winner probably would be able to play "Touch of Grey'' by the end of the afternoon."

Just for Mazzy....

Got to spend a little time in "Chill" Valley.
I had a date with a tall, handsome, brown eyed man who is half my age...
yeah, right! It was brunch with my son! After which he had a meeting (he works in that town) and I hit some excellent stores!
I did wander over to Throckmorten to see what's coming up at Sweetwater. Looks like a nice benefit coming together tomorrow night..
Corinne West is the featured entertainer - She's a wonderful folk singer.We heard her sing at David Gans Invitational.. Here's some info about the shindig from Corinne's website:

Mill Valley, CA   The Sweetwater Saloon 10/19
Join us to support a benefit for Andy Berman for Mill Valley City council!
Wavy Gravy will MC the night.
Tickets are $15.00.
3 bands and special guests!!
Tickets will be sold at the door..

Quickly Quacking

Keep checking in on The JP Blog new pix and setlists

ABC Easy as 1-2-3!

Scratched the plan to furniture shop in San Rafael and instead wedged kids into the car and off we drove to Bernal Heights for the street fair and to hear some Soup!
I hadnt been to Bernal Heights in too many years..It's on the edge of the Mission..Parked on twisty Virginia street and worked our way up to Cortland Ave, passing the most adorable houses we've seen since Volendam.
The street was closed to cars and the fair was truly a neighborhood fair. Kids and dogs...ballooons and kettle corn!
All the neighbor groups had a presence as did a few of the local schools. One shop-called Hearfelt" stood out and I had a lot of fun in there. Who needs furniture- we can just sit on all the stuff I wanted to buy. There were some cute looking restaurants along the way too. The aromas of street fair won us over and you don't really wanna hear how much we ate.
And the weather was sunny & warm.
Soup didnt go on til about 3:45 pm. It was as always a thrill to see familiar faces roll their stuff on to the stage. Jay's on tour with Les Claypool but Jeff was there and of course, Kenny. Some of our favorite sound & crews guys were also on the scene. Zachariah Rose came by for a song. I'm sorry, I certainly recognized some of the members of ABC (that arent in Ratdog) but I don't know their names...We had a good time and it was fun to have 2/3rds of our kids with us. Sash was wide eyed at first then found the beat and danced along. Said she enjoyed seeing, hearing LIVE and getting to meet some of the guys she's been listening to (or about) since she was very young...


HEY!! It's a new to me GD blog- Born again Deadhead!

And a note from the Rex Foundation!
Dear Friends,

In celebration of music, community and joyful spirit, we are pleased to announce Rex Foundation Black Tie-Dye Balls in New York City and Washington, D.C. Enjoy two festive evenings of great music and connection with kindred spirits. Proceeds will support local non-profit programs.

Join us in New York City on Saturday, November 12th for The Zen Tricksters along with special guests including Donna Jean, Greg Anton, Rob Barraco, Tom Constanten, Michael Falzarano, Wendy Lanter and David Nelson. The Ball takes place at the Concert Hall of the New York Society for Ethical Culture at 2 West 64th Street.

The Washington, D.C. Black Tie-Dye Ball is on Saturday, December 3rd, featuring Dark Star Orchestra, and takes place at the Nightclub 9:30 at 815 V Street, N.W. This evening is also a special celebration of the life and music of the late Scott Larned, Dark Star Orchestra's co-founder and keyboardist.

For each Ball, special tickets are available through the Rex Foundation for both the concert and a pre-concert reception. The reception includes food, beverages and mingling with the performers and special guests. Mickey Hart is among the special guests at the New York pre-concert reception.

Go to the Rex Foundation website at http://www.rexfoundation.org to get each event's details, and to download the invitation and reception/concert ticket order form.

We look forward to being with you and your friends on November 12th and December 3rd. Thank you for all of your support and connection.

Sandy Sohcot
Executive Director

Til the rivers all are dry...

Happy Birthday Bobby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


photo by Norman Sands
Those born on 10/16 are aesthetic, persevering and enchanted and their color is lavender.. or so it is
posted @ here

Back by popular demand (okay, so one person asked)
Bobby quicktime movies
Enjoy!

Keep up with MK & Puddleduck!

Alert: Rumour du Jour is that there will be a Bobby appearence on Walton's show tonight Remember it's ONLY a rumour!!!

IT'S ABOUT FREAKING TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

mY gAwD!



Saturday, December 10 at the Wiltern,
Lost Angeles, CA.
Doors open at 7:30 PM. Show time is 8:30 PM.
Please: no children under 5 years old.
Mail order tickets are now available at $36.50
for both general admission on the floor, and
seats in the balcony. Please specify.
Tapers will need a GA ticket.

Hopefully more good news for the Western Rim
sometime soon.

We will start sending out tickets for the coming
RatDog tour very soon now, so keep an eye on
your mail boxes.

and don't forget to vote for Pedro!

Hippy Bertha Mike!!!!!!!!

Here's to you!


Win Ratdog tickets HERE

Keir , Baby, you Rock!

Part two of last week's wonderful Interview with El Marko Karan!
Clicky here!!!
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Busy day here-
Dentisto today-> No cavities!
Met with contractor about our remodel plan for the kitchen. We decided to keep kitchen & dining room separate (rather than tear down the wall between them) but found a way to expand both rooms. Very exciting! But weir will I put these guyz?


New couch delivered and awesome- now the room smells like a new car...Gonna go take it for a test drive right now!

The Quotable Bob Weir


A little Bobby fun HERE

Can I get a hall pass?

From www.learningannex.com:

Phil LeshJoin legendary Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh for an intimate look behind the scenes of one of America's greatest bands.

Phil shares the band's amazing journey to acclaim including all the provocative details that only an insider would know. Learn never-before-revealed secrets about San Francisco's Summer of Love. And hear his saucy account of what really went on behind the scenes at Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Altamont and the Pyramids.

Part legend, part folklore, the Grateful Dead defined a one-of-a kind music genre with their eclectic mix of jazz, country, blues, bluegrass, rock and folk. Phil explains what it was like to work with bandmates Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Mickey Hart and of course, the memorable founder Jerry Garcia.

Touring for throngs of charismatic "DeadHeads" was the Dead's hallmark. But the night–after–night, city–after–city touring rituals took their toll on the band. Hear Phil's very poignant and personal account of the price he and others have paid up to and following Garcia's death in 1995.

Plus, learn little-known facts about the group from Phil's soon-to-be released book Searching for the Sound - the first and only account of the Grateful Dead from a band member!

Register now! This special Learning Annex presentation WILL sell-out!

Course 240HSF, Section A
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 from 07:00 p.m. to 08:30 p.m.
Location: Downtown (San Francisco)

US $ 39.99 / $ 39.99 VIP Members

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Revel!

Mazzy tells me I'm fired for missing out on THIS!.
He's so right too! Apparently, Bobstar popped by for a sit in on a few songs including "Turn on your Lovelight" with Tea Leaf Green!
My own fault for letting my RAN membership expire. (((Bobby's neverending support for environmental & humanitarian organizations))) Seriously, there's a heart of gold in there.
Well, despite how things seem, I'm not a total stalker...and fwiw I weir to go a stalking, my bets wouldve been hanging around a certain village in Marin to check out the film festival which has been taking place. My spy sez the square was a pretty happening place on Friday and Saturday. Actually, I don't have a spy, it's just my son (he's working in a bank on the main square there-eats lunch at Pearl's phat burgers) who would probably rather not feed my fevered fixation.
Like everyone else, I'm waiting to hear about NYE..Lots of rumors..nothing firm from anyone who might even really really know. All good things in good time and maybe somewhere in the meanwhile there will s news about whether the West Coast will see any Ratdog between now and then?
Sure am hoping so!

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The trellis is 1/2 way there!

Hippy birthdaze!

A Puddleduck page on my space dot com
Nice!
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All's well here.
New dog settling in.
Teenager has her first boyfriend.
He gave her a silver dreamcatcher thing to wear on a necklace and she in turn made him a friendship bracelet.
Scotto was not happy at all about little darlin growning up so fast...but then the boy AND his mother came over to meet us and that sorta calmed Mr Daddykins down...It was really funny to see Scott get all weird over this. He was full of such helpful (lame) advice for Jase when the girls started calling here some years back.
The boy "M" is cute- longish hair & big dark eyes. "M" saw our "Hippies use side door" sign and remarked "Next time I'll wear my tie dye, so I can come in the side door".
Wonder if he has ever listened to the Dead?

The Book of the Dead
Paul Liberatore

EVEN THOUGH rock 'n' roll is over 50 years old, middle-aged and no longer the exclusive music of youth and rebellion, the notion of a rock 'n' roll librarian still sounds like an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. But not to David Dodd.

The head librarian for the city of San Rafael, Dodd is a serious rock scholar, specifically a Deadhead of long standing with three books on the Grateful Dead to his credit.

His newest, "The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics," has just been published in a beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched hardcover edition by Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. It will be in stores Oct. 24.

For Dodd, the Three Rs are rock, reading and research.

"Part of this is totally librarianly," he said, discussing his book one morning this week in his windowless office in the depths of the San Rafael Library.

"I'm interested in seeing people read, in seeing people take whatever they're interested in, whether it's rock 'n' roll or art or mechanical engineering, and going from that and reading and becoming a well-rounded human being."

With their reputation for mind expansion, the Grateful Dead have always attracted intellectuals, thinkers, spiritual seekers, autodidacts and nerds of every stripe.

With the highly literate Robert Hunter as their "lyricist in residence," and with intelligent contributions from lyricists John Barlow and the late poet Bobby Petersen, Jerry Garcia and company built a sophisticated catalog of songs brimming with literary allusions, historical references, cultural citations, biblical passages and assorted arcana.

Hunter, a longtime Marin resident, wrote the book's extensive foreword, noting that the "verbal and musical complexity" of the work he did with the Dead was "shockingly innovative" in its day, as was the band's blending of "rock 'n' roll, jazz and traditional folk culture."

"The point is that Robert Hunter is a post-modern poet who takes fragments that he inherited from other sources and melds them into new stories," explained Dennis McNally, the Grateful Dead's historian and publicist. "What David Dodd has done is the detective work in tracing where those fragments came from."

At 48, balding, bearded and bespectacled, Dodd looks like just the man for the job, a rock fan more at home with a book in his hands than a backstage pass around his neck.

"I'm a reference librarian," he said proudly. "I like tracking facts down. It's what I do for a living. It's a blast."

Of all the scores of songs he researched, his biggest challenge was the Hunter/Garcia composition "China Cat Sunflower."

"The lyric itself is so opaque as to be almost completely uninterpretable," he remarked.

But not entirely. For instance, Dodd was able to pick out the word "bodhi" in one verse and inform us that it's Sanskrit for "enlightenment." A reference to "Krazy Kat" notes a cartoon character in a daily newspaper strip that ran from 1913 to 1944.

And he unearthed an interview with Hunter in which he revealed that the obscure English poet Dame Edith Sitwell was the inspiration for the song's last line, "in the eagle wing palace of the Queen Chinee."

As he mentioned Sitwell, Dodd grabbed an old copy of her novel, "I Live Under a Black Sun," a castoff from Stanford University's library.

He pointed out the title's striking similarity to the title of the Dead song "Dark Star," and that Sitwell's book is a novelization of a poem by Jonathan Swift about his lover, Stella, a fact Dodd included in his extensive annotation of the Hunter/Garcia song "Stella Blue."

"This is one book that's got three connections to the Grateful Dead that no one would ever think of," he said, chuckling with obvious delight. "I love it."

Deadheads can't get enough of this kind of stuff, even if the connections may be more coincidence than cosmic. Or are they?

"I'm enough of a Deadhead to know that there are things at play here that are bigger than any of us," Dodd said.

In October 1976, when he was a college student at the University of California at Davis, Dodd got turned on to the Grateful Dead inadvertently when he went to see the Who at a Day on the Green concert at the Oakland Coliseum.

"The Dead were the opening act," he recalled. "I love the Who, but the Dead totally blew me out of the water. It was so impressive to see a band that was mostly concerned with the music. There were no histrionics. They were just standing there stolidly playing. It was kind of different than anything I'd seen. That was the start of it for me. After that, I went to every concert I could get to for the next 20 years."

During that time, he compiled the books "The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography," and co-edited "The Grateful Dead Reader" with his wife, Diana Spaulding.

A decade ago, Dodd launched a Web site devoted to the annotation of Grateful Dead lyrics that included contributions from fans. The new book emerged from that online project.

Coming out as the band celebrates its 40th anniversary, "The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics" includes notes on when songs were written, recorded and first performed. It contains 200 illustrations by Eugene, Ore., artist Jim Carpenter, and was co-edited by Alan Trist, steward of the Grateful Dead's publishing company, Ice Nine.

"It didn't surprise me that David would dig up so much stuff," Trist said. "But it's going to surprise Deadheads who weren't familiar with the references that he's picked up on. It's all over the place, and that's what makes it so interesting."

Lovely photos up at Rex!
Clicky here


TEC Awards Music and Sound Auction Has Begun!
By Mix Editors
Oct 5, 2005 2:59 PM


Hearing Education Awareness for Rockers (H.E.A.R.), managers of the 2nd Annual TEC Awards Music and Sound Auction began on eBay yesterday, and features an expanded list of autographed musical instruments, fan memorabilia, tour souvenirs and pro audio gear.

Proceeds of the online sale will go toward educating musicians and the general public about hearing loss prevention and will benefit H.E.A.R., as well as the Sound Partners campaign of the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, the hearing conservation program co-founded by the Mix Foundation and the House Ear Institute.

TEC Awards Music and Sound Auction Items Include: a Mick Fleetwood autographed SG Epiphone Guitar; Autographed Gibson Guitar by Les Paul; Pat Benetar autographed Stratocaster Guitar; Alvarez acoustic guitar autographed by Bob Weir; Crate Powerblock, Mackie D2 DJ Mixer and TAPCO Studio Monitors donated by Loud Technologies; Shure Beta 87C microphone signed by Keith Urban; Vox AD50VT guitar amp signed by Collective Soul; Mark Mothersbaugh Beautiful Mutant print titled "Prinx Alexander Ferdinand;” various concert tickets and much, much more.

The full list of the TEC Awards Music & Sound Auction items can be found by visiting the auction homepage at http://hearnet.com/auction.html.

A new JP tour blog?

It could be?
I hope so!!!
What do You think?

One photo-so many possible captions!

Vera, Dick & Patrick ROCK!

A very nice & recent interview with MK can be found HERE
And this amused me - clicky here

L'shana Tovah!

Woof!

YAY BOBSTAR!

2005 Milley Award Recipients

Martha HannonCyra McFadden 
2005 Milley Award Recipients

Gloria UntiBob Weir 
2005 Milley Award Recipient

Margaret "Kett" Zegart
2005 Sali Leiberman Award Recipients

Robert RoystonAsa Hanamoto Awards Presentation
The Milleys Executive Committee, in affiliation with the City of Mill Valley Art Commission, is pleased to honor the recipients of the 2005 Milley Awards for Creative Achievement on October 2nd at the Mill Valley Community Center.

* Martha Hannon - contribution to the community
* Cyra McFadden - literary arts
* Gloria Unti - performing arts
* Bob Weir - musical arts
* Margaret "Kett" Zegart - visual arts
* Robert Royston & Asa Hanamoto - landscape architects, winners of the "Sali Leiberman Award"
The Milley Award is a bronze statuette created by John Libberton of Sausalito.
Sunday, October 2, 2005
Mill Valley Community Center
180 Camino Alto at East Blithedale Avenue
Emcee: Noah Griffin
5:00 PM wine reception
6:00 PM dinner and awards
Individual tickets $50.00
The Milleys are sponsored by the Mill Valley Art Commission and produced by the Milleys Executive Committee, a volunteer community group. Nominations are open throughout the year and judges change annually. The award honors those who, through their accomplishments in the arts, have brought honor to the Mill Valley community. They have done this through their talents and actions in the state, national or international arenas.
For reservations, call 415/721-1906 or e-mail milleyawards2005@yahoo.com. Tickets will be held at the door. This event typically sells out.

Photo by Norman Sands

Jazz @Pearl's

Did I mention an outing to Jazz at Pearl's?
Scott had his all important Softball night and wasnt able to join GG and I up to North Beach for a big evening of big band jazz...I'm hoping to get him to go up tomorrow night (neither of us work Tuesday & Wednesday this week!) with me..but, again it's softball night..argh! Good news is that ALPHABET SOUP is playing the Bernal Heights street fair and unless there's tickets to a 9er's home game, Scott will finally get to check out some soup. Then again, there might be next Monday night- By then let's sort of hope this softball season is over and there's a break before "Winter Ball" starts up.
Back to Monday...We were psyched to have found a Keny gig while GG was in town. Being the denim hausfrau that I am, I was a little crazed to hear that there's a dress cde at Pearl's...Ay-Yi-Yi Cocktail party clothes!
AS IF!
Actually, I do own a few pairs of heels (in case of emergency) So all was not lost..
With a little notice, I usually just go out and buy something
Around 5pm, I got a hold of my unfinished "Fall Foliage" velvet burnout caftan creation and did what I could for it. Found the long black shift thing to wear under it plugged my feets into heels and tah-dah, was good to go. GG who has a grown up real life career thing going on pulled herself together beautifully though she also hadnt thought to pack 'cocktail attire"
We were on our way!
Got up to SF with plenty of time to spare.
Pearl's is small and sweet. Though, I've passed by it and looked in the window (the musicians back up to a big window) this was my first time inside. We were taken to a table which was right in front. Musicians were coming and going before the show started. Can you guess who should sit in the chair directly in front of us? None other than our fave Sax man. I mean right in front of us- sitting on a chair and eye level. Felt like we should offer him an appetizer. We were that close. Trying not to stare was hard. Trying not to giggle like the idiot I am was even tougher. Sometimes staring and giggling won...especially around the start of the second set.
The band was huge! 4 trumpets. 4 trombones I dont know how many saxes..and then a drummer, a piano,a bass and the conductor. GG and I grooved right along. I guess it's easy to tell us deadhead types- we did stay seated but bounced along to music. I learned at Jazz events, to clap after each solo. A challenge after training myself NOT to clap until a song is over (ala Symphany). Of course, at Bobshows, there is no protocal-folks yell-clap-howl out whenever the urge(or drugs) hit em. At any rate, each player took at least one solo, which was intriguing in hearing the differences in style, tone and pace. My only instrumental knowledge is from listening and observing. And I guess what I've learned from Scott- while he doesnt master any particular instrument, he can tune & fix & identify just about any musical instrument. Even non Western types.


The second set was especially awesome.
I'll add more later-gotta run

((((Annie))))

At last a mellow moment...Been on the go for daze now!
So the Comes a Time was already a week ago!
We got there late. GG'S flight was delayed and Scott couldnt leave the shop til 4:30pm anyhow.
I got to take my time getting ready and at about 3:30 ish I drove myself to BART. Got off at the 24th& Mission stop and walked 4 or 5 blocks down to the shop. Getting there right at 4:35. Scott looked shook up and told me about the sudden death (car accident)of the daughter of relatives of Scott's cousin. We had just sat with the parents a couple of weeks ago at a family function- chatting and laughing about taking kids to shows (the dad and son had gone to a Reggae fest recently). The shock and sorrow we felt/feel for the parents softly changed our attitude,no longer anxious about getting to the show- became more grateful that I was going to have the chance to enjoy the show. Appreciate every moment- even the bad ones, one never knows what's coming around that next corner and how quickly things can change.
We took Mr. Toad's wild ride to GG's hotel. With amazing timing, she had checked in just moments before we got to her hotel. With everyone in place-off we zoomed toward the Bay Bridge. Even more amazing was that, despite all kinds of fests and fairs and concerts, there was no traffic getting to Berkeley. No trouble finding available parking in the closest garage. Not much of a ticket line either- but then again, the show had been going on for over an hour.
Wandering in, it was like a giant party-lots of folks buzzing around and chatty- we arrived during the setbreak before JGB started. Saw soooooooooo many familar faces and friends- most of whom, I could only wave to- it was quite a crowd in the pit. We werent in the pit but had to walk through it to get to our 2nd row, Section C seats. I got an aisle seat and can honestly tell ya that I had no trouble with wedgers. If anyone crashed our row- they mustve come in from the other aisle. It surely helped that we were seated next to Kemmie & her BIL, Rose, The Beans & sometimes Linda with friend (I think she had purchased additional seats in the pit too?).Down a row in the section next to us was Bill Walton. Glad he wasnt in front of me!
Once in my seat, I stayed put most of time..I did try to find GG but her entire row had been overtaken by wedgers. So it turned out she moved around most of the night. A few times she came up and danced next to me on the aisle. Most of the night the aisles were full. The guy in charge of Another Planet (I think Perloff is his name?) stood next to me and didnt look real happy. Shortly after he moved on, there was a call to clear our aisle during the next setbreak. And for about 10 minutes, the aisle was cleared. Once the music back on, folks returned to dance there. My view was gorgeous. I felt I could walk on top of everyone's heads and reach the stage. Whoever would be next to me on the aisle side never touched me and on my other side was Scott. We were able to hold hands and each other through the show.
Bobby was adorable even from afar. He made for a terrific Musical director. The sound went out at one point - during HOTW. And Bobby ran off stage to get it back while the musicians played on. Big cheers!
I'm running out of time (Gotta take los Ninos out to spend their allowances) Hope to get back online later but I'm sort of behind on some things since the last couple of weeks have been too busy.
But let me add this-
Our favorite song of the evning - SOTM....
Thanks {{{{{Rex}}}}}

Happy Berthas!!!!!

Just home from Tommy Toy's, where we celebrated my momma's 65th berthaday! Quite a gang assembled for the dinner party. Lotsa fun and a 6 course meal - squab on lettuce-seafood bisque-Peking duck-lobster-ginger beef and strawberry moussecake. YAY MOM!

Sorry to have missed tonight's Invitational at Sweetwater though. Here's hoping we can make it to the October one!

Next up in just a few moments is a big Hippy Berthaday to Robin Sylvester!!!!
.............
It's been another hopping week here but everything slows down next week- I'll try to squeak out some thoughts on Comes A Time and also Jazz@ Pearl's.

Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork

Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork is a profusely illustrated showcase of, and appreciation for, Jerry's art, life, and creative spirit. Opening with a foreword by Mickey Hart, the collection features more than 100 full-color reproductions of his paintings, drawings, and prints.

This historic presentation of Jerry's distinguished body of work (which includes pen and inks, acrylics, watercolors, and digital media) is at once a stunning art book in an accessible, coffee-table format and an intimate and playful celebration of his creativity featuring observations, anecdotes, and remembrances by key cultural figures such as Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Herbert Gold, Baron Wolman, Jon Carroll, Paul Pena, Victor Moscoso, Carlos Santana, Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay, Grace Slick, Jim Donaldson, F. Lanier Graham, Andy Leonard, Tom Turner and members of the Garcia and Grateful Dead families.

Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork (Limited Edition)

This special, limited edition version is incased in a beautifully designed cloth clamshell box that includes an expanded version of the book, one of six randomly selected limited edition prints of 500 each, measuring 11" x 17", and companion CD featuring music covering Jerry's entire career.

In addition to the 250 full-color illustrations featured in the non-limited edition, this version contains six additional fold-out pages of photographs. There will only be 2,500 of these available, and they will never be reprinted.

Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork
Limited Edition CD

1. On The Road Again (Live), 1964, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
2. Cream Puff War, 1967, Grateful Dead
3. Dark Star (Live), 1969, Grateful Dead
4. Uncle John's Band (Live), 1972, Grateful Dead
5. Candyman, 1970, Grateful Dead
6. Mission In The Rain, 1975, Jerry Garcia
7. Jackaroe (Live), 1977, Grateful Dead
8. The Wheel (Live), 1982, Grateful Dead*
9. Waiting For A Miracle (Live), 1989, Jerry Garcia Band
10. Scarlet Begonias> Fire On The Mountain (Live), 1990, Grateful Dead
11. Whisky In The Jar, 1994, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
*Previously unreleased recording from 9/9/82

Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork (Limited Edition)


This special, limited edition version is incased in a beautifully designed cloth clamshell box that includes an expanded version of the book, one of six randomly selected limited edition prints of 500 each, measuring 11" x 17", and companion CD featuring music covering Jerry's entire career.

In addition to the 250 full-color illustrations featured in the non-limited edition, this version contains six additional fold-out pages of photographs. There will only be 2,500 of these available, and they will never be reprinted.

Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork by Jerry Garcia
Edited by April Higashi Foreword by Mickey Hart

Published to coincide with the tenth anniversary of his death, this stunning art book is an intimate and playful celebration of the enduring legacy and creative genius that was Jerry Garcia.

Edited by April Higashi, art director and curator of the Jerry Garcia Estate LLC, each chapter opens with a commentary on the art presented in the context of Jerry's life and times. Observations, anecdotes, and remembrances by key cultural figures as well as those closest to Jerry are illustrated by candid photographs and illuminate the many facets of both the artist and the man.

Opening with a foreword by Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart, this historic presentation of Jerry's distinguished body of work (which includes pen-and-inks, acrylics, watercolors, gouache, and digital media) is a profusely illustrated showcase of and appreciation for his art, life, and creative spirit.

Highlights

—More than 225 full-color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations.
—More than 150 full-color reproductions of Jerry's paintings, drawings, and prints.
—Observations, anecdotes, and remembrances by key cultural figures such as Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Herbert Gold, Baron Wolman, Jon Carroll, Paul Pena, Victor Moscoso, Carlos Santana, Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay, Grace Slick, Jim Donaldson, F. Lanier Graham, Andy Leonard, Tom Turner and members of the Garcia and Grateful Dead families.

Limited Edition Highlights

—Numbered Limited Edition
—Edition limited to 2,500 copies
—250 full-color illustrations
—Six additional gatefolds
—Hardcover edition housed in an elegant cloth clamshell box.
—Encased in a cloth-wrapped clamshell box with foil stamping and a hand-tipped image on the front.
—Jerry Garcia Band CD that includes previously unreleased tracks
—Limited and numbered art print from the Jerry Garcia Estate LLC (1 of 5)


"Jerry Garcia wasn't a little fish in a little fishbowl: he was the captain of multidimensional navigating. Opening this book, people will have an opportunity to see his multifaceted creativity, how he utilized his energy in many beautiful ways, not just pickin' the guitar...In any case I have no doubt that whoever sees this book is going to get a lot of joy...Fifteen years from now, they'll say 'Hey, you know, and the guy could paint, too, man. He really could paint.'" —Carlos Santana

"There was Jerry the artist: ever-creative, ever creating. More of us knew the art better than we knew the man. We danced and tripped to his music, smiled as we wrapped our necks with his colorful ties, brought his illustrations into the intimacy of our own rooms. Now Jerry the man is gone and only his art remains. And yet, in the end, aren't they one in the same, the artist and his art? And yet, in and through his art, isn't he, too, still with us?" —Baron Wolman

"He is an artist who had nothing to prove; he drew because he loved to draw, and it shows." —April Higashi

Ticket Sales Begin on November 8, 2005

WILKESBORO, N.C., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Ticket sales for MerleFest 2006
will begin on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at 2:00 PM EST. Wilkes Community
College will present MerleFest 2006, the 19th annual festival in celebration
of the music of the late Merle Watson and his father Doc Watson, on its campus
in Wilkesboro, NC on April 27 - 30, 2006. Some of those joining Doc Watson and
Merle's son Richard Watson for MerleFest 2006 will include Rory Block; David
Bromberg Quartet; Alison Brown Quartet; Sam Bush Band; Guy Clark; Thad
Cockrell & Caitlin Cary; John Cowan Band; The Dillards; The Ditty Bops; Jerry
Douglas Band; Bela Fleck & The Flecktones; The Grascals; Emmylou Harris; Hot
Tuna; Jim Lauderdale & his Bluegrass Band; The Lee Boys; Laura Love Band;
Nashville Bluegrass Band; Nickel Creek; Tony Rice Unit; Peter Rowan; Darrell
Scott; Mike Seeger; Pete Seeger; Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers; Gillian
Welch; and The Waybacks featuring special guest Bob Weir. MerleFest will also
welcome the Woody Guthrie tribute Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway, along with
individual performances by tour members Slaid Cleaves, Eliza Gilkyson, Jimmy
LaFave, and Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion. All bookings are subject to
change without notice due to circumstances beyond the control of the festival.
Starting on November 8th, those with Internet access may acquire their
tickets easily by visiting http://www.merlefest.org and, if purchasing
assigned seats at the Watson Stage, actually pick their seat location on line.
Those without Internet access may purchase tickets by calling 1-800-343-7857
(US only) or 336-838-6267 (non-US) from 10 AM through 4 PM, EST, weekdays.
Tickets may also be ordered by fax (336-838-6277) and mail (MerleFest; P.O.
Box 120; Wilkesboro, NC 28697). Those interested in volunteering for MerleFest
should call 336-838-6292. Vendor info: 336-838-6292. Sponsorship inquiries:
336-838-6423.


MerleFest Information: 800-343-7857, merlefest@wilkescc.edu,
or http://www.merlefest.org

from Rolling stone

Giving "Help"

Photo by Rahav Segev


 
Trey, Weir Honor Garcia

Disciples and old friends honor late Dead frontman in Berkeley

The Rex Foundation, otherwise known as the philanthropic wing of the Grateful Dead, paid tribute to its fallen leader Saturday evening at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, California. Although a decade has passed since Jerry Garcia's death, the sold-out Comes a Time: A Celebration of the Music & Spirit of Jerry Garcia concert is the first major event to honor him, with all proceeds going to the Rex, formed by the Dead in 1983.

The six-hour show kicked off on a beautiful, clear day near the announced 5 p.m. start time, when, paying homage to Garcia's bluegrass roots, a stripped down, acoustic performance from David Nelson, Sandy Rothman and Zion Godchaux featured classic Jerry fare like "Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie" and "Oh, the Wind and Rain."

Following was a newly configured String Cheese Incident, also with keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, from Bob Weir's band, who rode through Garcia chestnuts like "Friend of the Devil," "Catfish John" and "Ripple."

Keeping the chronological theme, a tribute was paid to Garcia's longtime side project, the Jerry Garcia Band. Former cohort, pianist Melvin Seals along with vocalists Jackie and Gloria were joined by Dark Star Orchestra guitarist and vocalist John Kadlecik for a set which included "Cats Under the Stars" and in closing, an explosive "Deal" with Warren Haynes on guitar and Bill Kreutzman on drums. As was the case all night, each song played was one traditionally sung and associated with Garcia.

Next up were Bob Weir and his band, Ratdog. They ripped through a set which included "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo," "Big Railroad Blues," and "Bird Song."

Master percussionist and longtime member of the Dead's circle, Hamza El Din lead all in the house through an invocation in the spirit of Garcia, before giving up the stage to what was officially billed as the Tribute to Jerry Garcia. Weir's band acted as the house band for a guest-laden set of cherished compositions, which also featured vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux and Garcia's dear pal, Merl Saunders. Trey Anastasio joined the group along with Bruce Hornsby for a reading of "Help on the Way," the classic 1976 tune, while Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, and String Cheese's Michael Kang took turns with the former Phish frontman playing with the house band, before being joined by the Dead's original drumming section of Kreutzman and Mickey Hart.

Many fans forget that Hornsby spent time in 1990 and 1991 as one half of the bands keyboard chair (along with Vince Welnick). His rendering of "Standing on the Moon" with Anastasio was among the show's best moments.

Following a trifecta encore of "Brokedown Palace," the finishing up of the "Dark Star" started earlier in the set and the band's late phase anthem "Touch of Grey," Hart addressed the crowd and as he did ten years earlier at Garcia's memorial, by posing a combination challenge and request. "Take this feeling we all share home," he said, "and do something with it!"

ROBERT MARGOLIS
(Posted Sep 26, 2005)

Tuesday already??

I'm somewhat sleep deprived at the moment and I'm just now realizing the weekend is over...
Somehow, made it into work yesterday and am not quite exactly sure what we did on Sunday? Last night was Jazz@ Pearl's and it was great!
Had a wonderful time at the Greek...Only wish I had a little more time to go find folks I knew were there.
Took today off to catch up on sleep and now that is just what I'm gonna go do!
mm,mmm,mmmm!

Comes a time

Comes A Time

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia

Comes a time when the blind man takes your hand
Says "don't you see?"
Gotta make it somehow
On the dreams you still believe
Don't give it up
You got an empty cup
Only love can fill
Only love can fill
Been walking all morning
Went walking all night
I can't see much difference
Between the dark and light
And I feel the wind
And I taste the rain
Never in my mind
To cause so much pain
From day to day
Just letting it ride
You get so far away
From how it feels inside
You can't let go
'Cause you're afraid to fall
But the day may come
When you can't feel at all
.............
Just hanging loose til it's time to go.
Minor time adjustments and sooner or later I'll BART or catch a ride to wherever I'm sposed to be. With any luck I'll be there around 5pm. Maybe a little later.
Sure am happy I have ticket in hand and a reserved seat!
Ohhhhh yeah!

from MIJ

Thursday
Sept 22, 2005
Comes a time for Garcia
Paul Gilbert


Sandy Sohcot, Rex Foundation executive director. (IJ photo/Erin Lubin) Here's an interesting conundrum. How do you throw a big party for 8,500 people when the guest of honor has been dead for 10 years? Make that really Dead.

On Saturday, musicians from across the musical spectrum will join together at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley to pay tribute to Jerry Garcia, the legendary guitarist for the Grateful Dead. Although a decade has passed since Garcia's death, the sold-out Comes a Time concert is the first major event to honor him, with all proceeds going to the Rex Foundation, the charitable nonprofit organization formed by the Dead in 1983.

"The real impetus behind the show was that Jerry's family wanted to mark this 10th anniversary with some type of remembrance," says Christopher Sabec, CEO and manager of the Garcia estate office in Sausalito. "Up to now, there hasn't been any formal kind of closure, and it became a kind of mandate for his family to celebrate Jerry's life."

Once the idea for a concert shifted into reality, behind-the-scenes planning kicked into high gear with duties divided among the foundation, the estate and promoters, Another Planet. The Grateful Dead office in Novato was also actively involved in the process, and Garcia's band mate, Bob Weir, agreed to act as the show's musical director to help configure the various combinations of musicians and collaborate on the set lists.

"I shared the stage with Jerry for 35 years and think about him every time I pick up my guitar," reminisces Weir, a longtime Mill Valley resident. "This special coming together is one way to celebrate all that Jerry has given us, to feel alive and good with Jerry's spirit."

A plan was formulated to recruit artists from a vast pool of people who had either played in or with the Dead or in one of Garcia's many outside projects and bands. Performers include Weir; Mickey Hart; Bill Kreuztmann; Donna Jean Godchaux; Bruce Hornsby; Trey Anastasio; Warren Haynes; Gloria Jones; Jackie LaBranch; David Nelson; Sandy Rothman; Melvin Seals; Patti Smith The String Cheese Incident members Jason Hann, Michael Kang, Keith Moseley and Billy Nershi; and Ratdog members Kenny Brooks, Jeff Chimenti, Mark Karan, Jay Lane and Robin Sylvester.

"We cast our net far and wide," says Sabec, "and the response was overwhelming. But it's a very complicated process dealing with so many different artists, all of whom all have numerous commitments. Working out their schedules and making all the necessary arrangements became a huge challenge. But somehow, it's all come together."

Giving back to the community and encouraging creative endeavors was something the Grateful Dead cared about deeply. Since 1984, the Rex Foundation has granted $7.7 million to some 1,000 grass-roots programs across the United States and around the world in support of the environment, the arts, education, social and economic justice.

"The Rex Foundation came about in the spirit of the whole environment that surrounded the Grateful Dead," says Sandy Sohcot, executive director. "They probably did more benefit concerts than just about any other band, and establishing the foundation formalized that effort and enabled the Dead to be proactive about distributing funds."

In true Grateful Dead fashion, the charitable foundation is a bit unconventional, with its beneficiaries tending to be programs that might otherwise be missed by larger, mainstream funders, yet are doing bold innovative and sometimes controversial work. One of the other elements that makes it so unique is that rather than have nonprofits apply for grants, the organization goes out and looks for these kinds of programs.

"On our Web site (www.rex

foundation.org), we list all the grants made since 1984," says Sohcot, "including the annual $10,000 Jerry Garcia Award, which was started in 1996 to encourage creativity in young people. I like to visualize Jerry's smile in connection with all those who have been supported in his honor and to all the good that will happen as a result of the Comes a Time benefit."

Garcia was always a favorite son of the North Bay, having lived in Marin for the last 25 years of his life. As an expansive circle of supporters gather for the much-anticipated event, there's a sense that this will also be a cathartic experience for many, who have waited all these years to honor the memory of a beloved artist, colleague and comrade, organizers say - an opportunity to show their appreciation in a public ceremony, a kind of musical eulogy.

"My hope for this show is that it kindles a sense of healing," Sohcot says.

"For many people, it's still hard to accept that Jerry isn't coming back. This is a way to come together after 10 years to say we're all still here, and we can honor Jerry by living well and furthering together what he and the other members of the Grateful Dead started."

"I think Jerry will be looking down on us with a big grin, seeing all these people coming together to celebrate his legacy," Sabec adds.

"It's going to be an amazing evening of community and music that will remind all of us what an extraordinary person he was."

As legions of Deadheads come together, organizers hope there will once again be dancing in the streets or at the very least, the aisles, by fans for whom Jerry Garcia did not fade away and the music never stopped.

Goin Greek?

Village Host posted the following on Deadnet today:


Greetings Friend, on behalf of those who are putting this show together, I hope you have a good experience. I am involved in the actual operation and I want to share some information I have at this time, and I will answer a few questions for the next 24 hours.

I will not discuss the run of the show or the talent, that is not my purpose here. If you have questions about your seat, tickets or specific to your attendance - please check with the Box Office (North Gate) before the show.

Parking - Closest is the Foothill Lot above the Venue; it will open at Noon on the day of the show. It will be closed prior to that and the University Police will not allow tents, camping or open fires. You walk down to the venue through the Bowles Lot (VIP use) for the South Gate, and down Hearst for the North (main) Gate. If you walk down to the South Gate, have your ticket available to pass through the perimeter fence above the venue. Hearst Garage (Hearst and Gayley) is also open at Noon, and the levelest approach to the venue if you have difficulties with hills - also has H/C parking. Most folks will want to follow the previous advice and walk up from downtown - after a show it can take an hour to get out of the surrounding area. Cabs are cheap and frequent - couple of bucks from University - and they zip you in and out.

GA Seating - An addition to the lawn for this show, there is a Bleacher Unit, located on the lawn - and the Seats are EXCELLENT. The Sound is well designed for this show and every seat is a good one - but please note; compactors will try to limit the size of space you take up on the lawn. Consider being fair to others, coming in with a huge blanket for a couple of folks is the issue. Help your brother out and take the space you need, but share some of it with your brother. Get close to your brother.

Tickets - BEWARE of counterfit tickets! They are out there and likely to be the ones you buy off the nearby street. The Greek Theater employs readers that will immediately identify good tickets from counterfit - so even if it looks good, don't trust it. Selling an extra ticket is cool, but beware that there is a law enforcement team specifically looking for counterfit tickets; and good that they should considering how much you paid for your legitimate one. Will Call/Box Office is at the North Gate, and will likely open around 1pm.

Gates - Both Gates are located off Gayley Ave on either side of the Venue. There is a bag search, principally looking for problem items. Honestly, you are to be trusted and the search will reflect this. That said - no video, no lawn chairs, no big bottles of whiskey; know what I mean? Each person should hold their own ticket. Which Gate? Doesn't matter, but I suggest groups of folks go to the North Gate as they process entry faster. HOT TIP: ask for the seating flyer while waiting in line.

Restrooms - Many extra have been ordered, and will be up on the lawn. But Ladies, please don't put it off; as has been said, the lines get really long especially during the intermissions and the wait is horrible. It is an exactly 103 year old facility that day and has great spirit, but poor restrooms.

Inside - In the Pit, Ushers will help you find your seat, so hang on to you ticket stub. Standing (and dancing) room on the Upper Concourse is good, but stay behind the white line. On the lower concourse, we are always concerned about crowding the wheelchair and disability platforms and it sees a higher level of enforcement. Be cool to your brother and remember the white lines are about the folks behind you seeing the show.

Medical - located at the Stage Left Pass Gate; forget those earplugs, need an asprin, or not sure if you ate too much chocolate? Go visit RockMed and be happy.

Security - all over the place; but here to help. Most of you will never meet or speak to these folks, and their focus is on safety. Please don't stand on your chair, sit somewhere dangerous or pick a fight with your brother - and you will be cool. There is heightened security on the perimeter, and it is not the place to loiter, but you are on the inside and will never notice.

Food & Beverage - usual affair, priced the same as all other shows in the Greek. The locations are throughout the venue. A wristband is necessary to purchase AND drink alcohol, so swing by one of the ID Checks after you get your seat. Don't forget the ID if you plan to drink.

Smoking - Technically the Greek Theater is a non-smoking venue (State Building and all) - but it is not enforceable. Please consider your neighbor and step to the side somewhere. If someone mentions it bothers them, be reasonable. You know how to handle it.

Woofin Wednesday!

Hurrah for the East side of the country yet again!
truckin
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Born to be bad...
And it's been a busy time- not getting back into blog as much lately...
Saturday we went to Shoreline for Greg Kihn, George Thorogood and Steve Miller...No artist there I'd have been very into seeing.. I mean I do like some Steve Miller- but it's not a choice, Steve Miller was forced on me during a certain summer in the 70's (travelled thru Europe with a driver who only only a handful of 8 tracks-one containing SM hits) and so I have to say I did look forward to hearing the hits live one more time...I am apparently the only mortal in the entire universe who doesnt care for George Thorogood's music. Sorry...Too loud, too roadhouse, too driving...I left to get earplugs during his set and also got a latte and when I heard George start to go into JLH's song -instead of heading back in, I just sipped my latte by the photo of Jerry Garcia and remembered the GD Shows I had seen @ Shoreline. During some of the 80's & 90's we were given special seating and once in a while passes from a friend who worked for BGP. While standing next to the picture, several people said "Hi Jerry" to the picture..A few pointed him out to friends "There's Jerry!" Some folks touched the picture.. One fellow stopped leaned over and kissed Jerry on the forehead.
I returned to my seat...An announcer teased us with news of a special guest sitting in on guitar! I doubted and also hoped maybe it could be Bobby? But, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, no Bobby..instead it was Joe Satriani...another musician everyone but me likes...(not a fan of whiny or screetchy guitars) Then to really be sure and piss me off Steve invited George back out on stage. There were Steve Miller hits being noisily played but I wasnt enjoying them and felt ashamed for having such an awesome seat and just not able to get into it at all...
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What else???
Got a new doggy over here!
Actually, he's more like an old friend.
He's Buster the beagle and he is very cute! We doggysat him a few years back and all enjoyed him so much! Lilah, our girly dog hasnt been so sure what to think of him but yesterday in the middle of a freak thunderstorm, the two dogs bonded -running out in the rain and howling at the thunder together.

Friday night in SF- DJ Logic @ Elbo Room.


Sunday night- Hurricane Benefit at the 12 Galaxies- starring The Everyone Orchestra!
Sept.25
High Sierra Music and In Ticketing Present:
A Hurricane Katrina Relief Benefit with
The Everyone Orchestra
Featuring
Members of New Monsoon, ALO, String Cheese Incident, Hot Buttered Rum String Band,
Jambay, Axis Brothers and more special guests
Tickets $20 - $50 sliding scale
Poster signed by all artists with donations of $50
9PM

From David Gans-



Greetings, friends and fans. Here's the latest info on my
performances over the next two months.

But first, some other news:

I have a new CD, "Solo Electric" - all original material, including a
song I co-wrote with Robert Hunter and another that I co-wrote with
Lorin Rowan. Track list, sample audio, and ordering information are
online at http://www.dgans.com/perfectible . In the next few days it
will be available at http://www.cdbaby.com/dgans as well.

BLOG: I've started a blog, for political commentary, notes from the
road, pointers to interesting articles and information, etc.
http://playback.trufun.com

PHOTOS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgans - recent images and
newly-unearthed items from the archive (thanks to Christina
Florkowski for the gift of a very fine SCANNER!)


*

Here are the gigs. As always, more info on these events, plus dates
that are farther in the future, can be found at
http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html


* Wednesday, September 21, 8pm: Eddie's Attic (
http://www.eddiesattic.com ), 515-B North McDonough St., Decatur GA.
w/ Ralph Roddenbery. $10. 404-377-4976

* NOTE NEW VENUE! Thursday, September 22: The Kodiak (
http://www.thekodiak.com ), 151 Central Street, Rutherfordton NC. $5.
828-287-1305

* Saturday, September 24, 8:00 pm: Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival (
http://www.terrapinfestival.com/2005 ). DG plays on the Pavilion
Stage. Also appearing (festival runs Fri-Sun): Donna the Buffalo,
Railroad Earth, Garaj Mahal, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers,
The Duhks, and many more. Terrapin Hill Farm, 3696 Mackville Road
(Rt. 152 West), Harrodsburg, Kentucky. 859-621-2479

* Sunday, September 25, 8pm: Windows on the Cumberland (
http://www.windowsonthecumberland.com ), Nashville TN. $5 (18 and
older). Jason Graumlich opens.

* Thursday, September 29, 8:30 pm: The Invitational at Sweetwater (
http://www.sweetwatersaloon.com), 153 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley
CA. $10. 415-388-2820. DG, Chris Rowan, Joshua Zucker, Paul Cicco;
more TBA.

* Sunday, October 16, 4:00 pm: Mojo Cafe, 9890 Bodega Hwy (CA-12, 3
miles west of downtown) Sebastopol CA. $8. 707-829-3065

* Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 pm: With Earth Bombs Mars at Java
Junction ( http://www.myjavajunction.com ), 705 Frankllin Street,
Clearwater FL. 727-799-1100

* October 20-23: MagnoliaFest ( http://www.magmusic.com ) at the
Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak FL. Donna the Buffalo,
Peter Rowan, Railroad Earth, The Duhks, The Gourds, and many more.
904-249-7990

* Friday, October 28, 9:00 pm: The Invitational moves to its new
home! My longest-running (30 years!) musical collaboration, The
Reptiles ( http://www.dgans.com/reptiles.html ) at the Hotel Utah (
http://thehotelutahsaloon.com ), 500 4th Street (at Bryant), San
Francisco. $7. 415-546-6300

HB MHK!

So soon after the last very successful tour,
Bob Weir and RatDog are hitting the road again
and will play the following shows:

The first day to mail in for the following shows
is Monday, September 19. (we won't mind if you
send in earlier)

Thursday, October 27 at the Riviera Theater,
Chicago, IL.
Doors open at 6:30 PM. Show time is 8:00 PM
18 and over only. General admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $36.50 per ticket.

Saturday, October 29 at The Town Ballroom,
Buffalo, NY.
Doors open at 8:00 PM. Show time is 9:00 PM.
All ages welcome. General admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $42.00 per ticket.

Monday, October 31 at The Docks, Toronto, ONT.
Doors open at 8:00 PM. Show time is 9:00 PM.
All ages welcome. General admission.
Mail order tickets are available at US$35.00 per
ticket. Canadian postal money orders can be
obtained in US dollars.

Saturday, November 5 at the Foxwoods Resort and
Casino, Mashantucket, CT.
Doors and show time to be announced.
All ages welcome. General admission tickets in the
first 15 rows, seated by the Maitre'D are $52.50.
Upper level reserved: $30.50. Tapers tickets will
be available at the $30.50 price range.

Thursday and Friday, November 10 and 11 at
Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA.
Doors and show time are to be announced,
All ages welcome. General admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $$35.00 per ticket.

Saturday, November 12 at the Palladium,
Worcester, MA. Show time is 8:00 PM. Doors TBA
All ages welcome. General admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $33.50 per ticket.

We are working to bring you information for shows
in Athens, OH; Cleveland, OH; Baltimore, Md
and Greensburg, PA
More shows will be added to the schedule, so stay tuned.

The Crew of GDTSTOO
9.16.2005

--

"Now you would not think to look at him
but he was famous long ago
for playing the electric violin
On Desolation Row"

Bob Dylan
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Busy-Busy!
So, what does irenie and Britney Spears have in common?
We both had baby boys on 9/14! My baby just turned 11 on Wednesday..He got some new dual screened hand held gameboy thing along with the stuff that goes in it including some sort of cyber dog thing. Scott took him to the Giants game and Linda-she goes to almost every game- talked someone into giving Noah a ball that fouled into their section. Linda, I owe you one!
Little do my kids know it, but sometime this weekend an old canine friend is coming for an extended visit..The younguns will be ecstatic...Scott and I are looking forward to it too!
WOOF!

Who loves Passion Flowers?

(((((Sunshine))))!

Forty Freakin Niners!

Scotto went to the game and was too tired to head back north afterwards to the Sweetwater but at least his team won!


"The Weema Woppas"

9/11/05 - Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA

1- You Ain't Goin Nowhere, Something You Got, Confidential, Brickyard Blues, I Got To Find Somebody*, My Babe*, Maggie's Farm**->Big River**, Last Fair Deal Gone Down*, Mama Tried**

2- Whole Lotta Love (tease), Solitary Man, Come On (Part 1), You Won't Miss What You Can't Measure, St. James

Infirmary->Pass Out The Hatchets->Born To Be Wild (verse)->Keep On Poppin' That Shine, On Broadway->Do You Feel Like We Do***, The Word->Talk Talk (chorus), Black Is Black, Iko Iko

E- Instrumental****, Sympathy For The Devil, Gloria->Uptight (Everything's Alright)->Gloria

* - with Bob Weir - guitar
* *- ...and lead vocals
* **- Camile vocal - doing the Frampton guitar/voice thing.
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Grateful Dead Tour Bus Ends Long, Strange Trip at Volo Auto Museum

VOLO, Ill., Sept. 12 -- After years of neglect, the Grateful Dead's original tour bus has been restored and placed on display at the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, IL.

"She was the sound bus, the caboose, number five in a caravan and unofficially the party bus where the guys relaxed with their friends after the show," said Butch Patrick, owner of the bus and former child actor best remembered as Eddie Munster on television's "The Munsters."

Jerry Garcia and his band mates called the 1965 Gillig bus "Sugar Magnolia" and used it to tour the country from 1967 to 1985.

All of the original furnishings and decor have been preserved. The ceiling is lined with hundreds of vintage rock posters featuring The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin and others who visited the bus.

As is the case with most of the cars at the Volo Auto Museum, the bus is for sale. The asking price is $200,000, Patrick said.

The museum is home to the world's largest collection of muscle cars and The George Barris TV & Movie Car Collection, featuringGrandpa Munster's Drag-U-La, the original Batmobile, General Lee, and other famous cars.

The museum is located in Volo, IL and open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adult admission is $7.95. Special rates are available for children, seniors, active military, and veterans. Visit http://www.volocars.com/ or call (815) 385-3644 for more information.

I think this is the link I've been looking for

The Jazz Foundation of America was just named the Coordinator for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic as well as other groups in the Gulf Area who are helping the musicians in New Orleans.

List of Musicians who have been located: http://www.wwoz.org/#music

Please donate to the Jazz Foundation:

9/12/05
Update from the Director:

Hello Good People:

I am going down to Lafayette, Baton Rouge and a few other places where musicians are stuck without anything. The latest report I have gotten is that there are 150 musicians in Lafayette alone. My wonderful sister organizations, including the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (N.O.M.C.) have reported there are so many musicians without instruments, many need sax and trumpets, and drums seem to be in the majority of their requests.

We have started a drive so please:

Send instrument donation responses to: eleanor@jazzfoundation.org

For $$ donations to N.O.M.C. in Lafayette: http://wwoz.org/clinic/

The New Orleans Musicians Clinic in exile now and trying to raise funds to rebuild. They are being housed temporarily in Lafayette with a medical facility already in place but need to rebuild the clinic.

The Jazz Foundation is funding the N.O.M.C. for a gig idea Bethany had to pay the musicians stuck down there, to play for their fellow shelter-mates.

The JFA will be funding 1,000 gigs for them in Lafayette to play for the shelters, which will provide decent work for 100 musicians.

Some of the musicians I have heard from are much older and dealing with unbelievable situations where there are 9 people in a hotel room, children included, the food stamps are slow to come and they have no cooking facility in the room so they are eating out of cans and they are even grateful for that because before the foodstamps arrived, there was nothing.


We have also learned that there are musicians who don't want to leave the shelters and settle somewhere for fear of never finding family members who they have been separated from.

Now, more than ever we will be needed to:


* create employment opportunities (as we did after 9/11 with our Jazz in the Schools program in NYC which employed over 400 musicians a year)


* rebuild lives

* to house them (E*TRADE Financial Group just gave $100,000 to go directly to a first month's rent for our New Orleans & Delta displaced musicians)

* put food on their tables

* keep them from eviction and homelessness

* pay phone bills and keep the electricity turned on

* offer pro bono legal services as well as our pro bono network of physicians and specialists


We are also currently working on a national project that would employ hundreds of New Orleans area musicians while bringing New Orleans to the World.

As mentioned above, through the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (N.O.M.C.) we will be employing musicians to play at nearby shelters to lift spirits, repair and replace instruments, repair their souls by taking the time to have long talks on the phone, seven nights a week, and keeping spirits up when it seems that all is lost

The Jazz Foundation of America, in a very personal way, has changed and saved hundreds of lives and homes over the years.

With 35 musicians a week coming to us BEFORE the hurricane, we need to ask everyone to remember, that especially now, we cannot drop our elderly clients in crisis around the country who are also going hungry, or about to be evicted, and at the same time, we must be there for our suffering musicians in the South, so we truly need you now more than ever.

When I return I will have the names of other organizations who will need our help. In the mean time, bless you for helping us and helping them.

Other Organizations helping the musicians:

NOAHLEANS is a group that is gathering the New Orleans musicians and making them available for gigs. This organzation is in Texas and can found at: http://www.tiannahall.com/SHONOF.html

Musicians can go to Musicares as well for assistance:
http://www.grammy.com/musicares/


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09-10-05, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA [Sat]

I: Monkey Meet > Falling Through The Bottom Line, Creepin' Vine > Hold Back The Flood > River Run, Go Back > Texas Chainsaw Massacre [tease], Look-Ka Py Py > Fortune Teller > Look-Ka Py Py, Waiting For The Rain* > Jump Into The Fire*, Little Red Rooster**, The Race Is On**, Deal**

II: Down in the Flood, You Can't Do That > Seven Devils > Diamond Joe > Do Re Mi > Diamond Joe, Parchman Farm, What Would I Do, Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right > Over Under Sideways Down [tease] > Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right

E: Nightmare On The Misery Train > Take Your Dead Ass Home

* w/Bob Weir on guitar
** w/Bob Weir on guitar and vocals


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The Greek!

WOOF!
Come by and say 'Hi"!


Hope for Kepler's!

Did you know you can listen to past Rex benefits? Go to the site and click on the archives link

Nice photos and other stuff to see are here
I'll add Bobstar content later on...Just stopping by to assure ya I'm all good.
Back to work for me last week and I was more unprepared for it than I expected. Part of the prob is that all my Rainbow Bears & Sunflower parent info/hand out templates are in my old computer and so I ended up designing all new stuff and printing them out at night @ home. There were 4 daze of Teacher/staff meetings in the mornings, afternoons were devoted to setting up classroom-washing toys, decorating the walls, putting stations together,cleaning stuff yada-yada. One evening was an open house for my 2 year old group "The Sunflowers". The 3 year olds all came in on Friday to see the room and meet me and my support teacher- Kristi. Kristi is awesome, I'm glad to be working with her. She's in her mid twenties and looks like an all American cheerleader, with Tigger like energy. The dads immediately gravitated right over to her..Moms generally like me- someone described me as the " a creative Jewish Earth Mama type" While they couldnt be more WRONG-(lol on the Earth mama!) it's a vibe that works well with hormonally unbalanced/sleep deprived(1/2 my mamas are preggers or lactating)young mothers.
Still, I managed to head up to SF yesterday..This time I drove in. Mission was to drop off all those guitars to the Rex office. I had been there before to drop off lavender sachets, that time I drove in circles for about 45 minutes before I could find them (Hey, the presidio is beautiful but enormous. Didnt take quite so long. The guitars were well received and I caught a glimpse of other goodies piled up...good stuff! Certainly, they were extremely busy trying to return calls about tix. Wish them well- they are pretty upset too.
I've got another funny little project I'm working on for CAT...I'm on my own with this one and will post more about it after the event.

From October 14-22, Jemimah Puddleduck www.jemimahpuddleduck.com
is doing a rare tour of the east coast with the John Ginty Band www.JohnGinty.net


Jemimah Puddleduck, based in San Francisco, is made of some of the most sought after musicians, both live, and in the studio. Their “day jobs” with top touring acts prevent them from playing often together, so this quarterly collaboration is making a short tour of the east coast to repay their loyal fans. JP is:

Mark Karan (RatDog, The Other Ones) on guitar/lead vocals
John Molo (Phil & Friends, John Fogerty) on drums
(Grammy winner w/ Bruce Hornsby & The Range)
JT Thomas (Bruce Hornsby) on keys
(Grammy nominee this year with Bruce Hornsby)
Bob Gross (Albert King, Delaney Bramlett) on bass/vocals

The John Ginty Band is fronted by Grammy- winning B-3 man John Ginty. John toured and recorded for years with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, and was on the Grammy winning “Higher Ground” by the Blind Boys of Alabama. In addition, he has been touring all this year with Citizen Cope and has recorded in the past with Sheryl Crow, Jewel, Santana, and Whiskeytown. With John on the keys, he’s joined by Mike Buckman- Bass; Dave O’Donnell- Guitar; John Hummel- Drums; Paul Gerdts- Vocals; and Dave Heddon- Percussion.

Fresh from Bonnaroo, summer festivals, and tours all over the US and Europe, these musicians are joining forces from October 14 to 22 to bring rootsy rock n roll with their eclectic covers and own originals. We have invited several special guests to join us throughout the tour, which will culminate in a live album recording/DVD shoot. Additional live radio and prerecorded interviews and performances are scheduled throughout the week.

DATES:

Friday, October 14- (TBA- Maryland/PA/VA area) A Forever Family Presents show www.foreverfamily.us

Saturday, October 15- (TBA- Maryland/PA/VA area) A Forever Family Presents show www.foreverfamily.us

Tuesday, October 18- Joyous Lake, Woodstock, NY $15, 9:30 pm, 21+ 888.679.1969 http://joyouslake.net/

Thursday, October 20- Brownie’s 23 East, Ardmore, PA, $15/$12 adv, 9 pm, 21+ 610.649.8389
Splintered Sunlight acoustic opener, http://www.brownies23east.com/

(Tickets for these shows are available by calling the venue directly or stopping by.)


Friday, October 21 & Saturday, October 22- Denville, NJ
LIVE ALBUM AND DVD RECORDING- 2 nights!
The Fireside- 9 pm and 21+
http://www.thefireside.net/info.htm
Tickets available via paypal/credit card here:
http://www.markkaran.com/
Or you can send a SASE with a check or money order for $15 per ticket to:
"Mark Karan", PO Box 961, Fairfax, CA 94978.
Please indicate Friday or Saturday or both on your request.
While we hate ticket fees, we do love a good cause, so a portion of the proceeds from these two shows will benefit the Jersey Jams Fund:
http://www.jerseyjamsfund.com/

Fireside poster on our site by Mike Buckman http://www.designcrime.net/posters.htm
(also the bass player in the John Ginty Band)

Visuals at the shows by Sonny Melnick

Photos by Alan Hess: www.shotlivephoto.com
(he also did the flyer you saw at the festivals last month)

Support from the fans. Thank you!!!!!
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Dear Ratdog Live customer,

Just a quick note from all of us at MunckMix to thank you for your interest in Ratdog Live, and to let you know about an opportunity to support the victims of hurricane Katrina.

The music community of New Orleans has suffered beyond comprehension. In addition to losing family, friends, band mates, homes and belongings, thousands of local musicians have also lost their livelihood. Instruments, equipment, and studios have been destroyed, as have music stores, bars, clubs, and concert venues where musicians earned their living.

In addition to live recordings by Ratdog, The Dead, Bruce Hornsby, and Dark Star Orchestra, MunckMix is also producing the live recordings from the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. To help return the creative musical soul to New Orleans, we are releasing the 2005 Jazz Fest Live Compilation Album and donating profits to the MusiCares® Hurricane Relief Fund - an "organization set up so music people impacted by hurricane Katrina can get help". Many of the artists on the 30 track, 3-CD album are New Orleans based and could sorely use the royalties they earn from the album, and artists not based in New Orleans have offered to donate their album royalties to MusiCares® as well. Thus, the music community of New Orleans will benefit directly from the sale of this album.

It is our hard held belief that the "Crescent City" will rise again and continue its heritage of enriching millions of people's lives through its music. Surely, it will require a monstrous effort, but with everyone's support we shall no doubt see the return of its people, its talent, its traditions, and its music community.

Thank you for your support.

Peer Munck
President
MunckMix

Hippy Bertha to my Pop!

...And also to {{Adrienna}}
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Hearing good things about the NH Ratdog show..Adding that to my wishlist.
I've seen a lot of great photos of the recewnt shows. Check Dozin.Com's pix. They hadnt put em at the site just yet but some of the shots are bound to be up on the dot org photosite.
PIX HERE TOO
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Quick Bobby fix
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Just ireniestuff below....
Managed to drag myself away from the TV & computer coverage of the flood.
Friday, returned to SF for the weekly walkabout. Met a friend at BART and we headed down 24th (the South Van Ness direction)
Our first stop was at the Mission Cultural Center which was a multifloored maze of studios. They were in the process of setting up a new exhibit, but we wandered through anyway. What a great place to create art.
Visited the Precita center -a combo of a gathering space for muralists and a supply shop. One can also go there to find a guide-a docent or a brochere-to see the murals. It's next door to Balmy Alley which is full of murals.
One mural depicting violence in Africa borrowed a quote from Yeats which so struck me wrt the whole delay with getting help to the Gulf region:
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, the blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned;
All in all, the murals were totally inspiring. Scott's been after me to do something in the den...I think it's because the wallpaper is driving him nuts- it doesnt really bother me.
Other fun finds in that part of the Mission were a high quality Mexican craft gallery/store and Phil's organic coffee shop.
Home again and back into CNNland for Larry King...Was glad to see Irvin Mayfield (Sat in with Ratdog 2000,NOLA)is okay but sad that he was/is missing family members. He said something about starting a collection of instruments to give to the street musicians of NOLA who lost everything..If anyone out here knows anything more about that- please fwd the info to me. We may be able to help out with that.
Rest of the weekend has been busy. Had a party to go to last night and today we checked out the King Mountain Art fest (located in Woodside).