tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post2481153581276701478..comments2024-03-17T11:10:04.872-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Dick LatvalaLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-75467469353413244202024-03-17T11:10:04.872-07:002024-03-17T11:10:04.872-07:00The great things that Dick did for the Dead commun...The great things that Dick did for the Dead community at large cannot be understated. The day he got the job as "master of the tapes" was a great day for us all, on many levels.This is a great writeup about him. Very informative!<br /><br />Recently something happened that once more brought home the phenomenon of how we all hear things differently. I found a webpage that contained some Redeyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-41752928793442958952019-12-21T20:47:30.233-08:002019-12-21T20:47:30.233-08:00While I'm a fan of complete shows as most dead...While I'm a fan of complete shows as most deadheads are. You can't really argue about Phil's decision concerning that Cold Rain and Snow. Despite Harpur being the legendary great show that it is the Cold Rain and Snow from Harpur college is the worst version I have ever heard by far. Horrible is a nice word for it. There may be worse ones out there but not that I have personally Jimi Hendrix in St. Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438745192936406560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-32447897234334018532018-03-28T22:13:21.190-07:002018-03-28T22:13:21.190-07:00Taper Rob Bertrando once wrote, "I stayed ver...Taper Rob Bertrando once wrote, "I stayed very close to Dick and when he became the official archivist I was a frequent conduit for distribution of whatever he might let out, as well as being pretty involved in helping choose the Dick's Picks. It's hard to imagine today how much trouble it was to come up with a show that would gain the approval of all the potential vetoers in the GD Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-75288217663232762332018-01-10T00:39:32.868-08:002018-01-10T00:39:32.868-08:00thanks so much for all the work you put in here.
...thanks so much for all the work you put in here.<br /><br />this piece answered LOTS of my questions and many i hadn't even thought of yet.<br /><br />and of course, thanks to Dick.deadheadnedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18327053128979467386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-79446682594986328302017-07-28T19:01:41.540-07:002017-07-28T19:01:41.540-07:00An outtake from Gans & Jackson's This Is A...An outtake from Gans & Jackson's This Is All A Dream oral history - a recollection from Peter McQuaid, who became the Dead's Director of Merchandising in 1988. In the '90s, along with Kidd Candelario, he was the head of Grateful Dead Merchandising. <br />He recalls how Dick's Picks started (including the "bootleg meeting") and the relationship with Arista.<br /><br /Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-5092948522673061872015-02-19T12:44:36.360-08:002015-02-19T12:44:36.360-08:00Dear Light,
I've been reading your posts over...Dear Light,<br /><br />I've been reading your posts over the last several weeks and I find them all to be inspiring, thoughtful, scholarly, and of course right up my alley. But this history of Dick's insertion of himself into the band's world is an amazing tale. You have definitely captured Dick's all-encompassing love of the music which I had assumed was present but was in factSixtusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-65435710606667520142014-03-30T11:14:32.154-07:002014-03-30T11:14:32.154-07:00Phil told Blair Jackson in 1994 (a Golden Road int...Phil told Blair Jackson in 1994 (a Golden Road interview) about Dick's Picks 1:<br />"I had them cut a bass solo I didn't like. I think I played two bass solos during that period, and one was okay and the other wasn't, and this is the one that wasn't. It was not usable. There was absolutely nothing to it; nothing happened in it. It was just a bunch of strumming. The other I Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-65563969876370206262013-12-19T01:09:01.545-08:002013-12-19T01:09:01.545-08:00Excellent stuff.
Thank you,
merryjerryExcellent stuff. <br /><br />Thank you,<br />merryjerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-57007622455821650222012-09-07T09:01:07.454-07:002012-09-07T09:01:07.454-07:00Thoroughly entertaing and informative article. Ex...Thoroughly entertaing and informative article. Excellent read for this fine morning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-90674384378792599662012-06-19T13:02:18.834-07:002012-06-19T13:02:18.834-07:00John Cutler...sworn enemy of tape trading Deadhead...John Cutler...sworn enemy of tape trading Deadheads & made life miserable for Dick every chance he could. What a miserable SOB he is.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-44298014902205389812011-10-31T07:02:55.430-07:002011-10-31T07:02:55.430-07:00"joobie said...
you get some real insight int..."joobie said...<br />you get some real insight into the kind of person bear was by how much he talked about everyone else sucking - and then in the next breath telling you how superior his ideas are to everyone else's."<br />Here's a guy who was ornery with his pushing of crazy (more or less conspiracy) theories, none of which were backed by evidence and most of which were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-4402616001010435062011-09-24T16:09:52.376-07:002011-09-24T16:09:52.376-07:00Wow, great piece, thanks!Wow, great piece, thanks!fygdhttp://fuckyesgratefuldead.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-33702433052080298832011-09-01T19:47:09.672-07:002011-09-01T19:47:09.672-07:00A couple more finds -
I noticed in McNally's...A couple more finds - <br /><br />I noticed in McNally's book that when the band negotiated a 3-album deal with Arista in late 1987, "the contract also permitted the Dead to release live recordings from their archival vault." McNally calls this 'unprecedented', I think because Arista permitted the Dead to release these tapes on their own GD label, rather than on Arista. <br Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-60447412797570207772011-03-21T18:43:09.693-07:002011-03-21T18:43:09.693-07:00Yes, Bear told lots of stories about how the fools...Yes, Bear told lots of stories about how the fools around him just couldn't see how right he was...and he certainly never hesitated to criticize others! <br />As I mentioned in my "Bear at the Board" post, he must have been very hard to work with.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-15603371858576616932011-03-21T12:20:40.930-07:002011-03-21T12:20:40.930-07:00you get some real insight into the kind of person ...you get some real insight into the kind of person bear was by how much he talked about everyone else sucking - and then in the next breath telling you how superior his ideas are to everyone else's.joobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701433299967387682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-12234771516868494982011-03-16T14:42:43.624-07:002011-03-16T14:42:43.624-07:00Bear talks about Latvala, in an email:
"Why ...Bear talks about Latvala, in an email: <br />"Why I had to put up with idiots like him I will never know, he was a real no-talent fool with horrible taste in music, actually no taste at all."Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-78378387803485118172011-02-25T06:03:34.302-08:002011-02-25T06:03:34.302-08:00Wow!
So much to digest here, I have just skimmed....Wow!<br /><br />So much to digest here, I have just skimmed. I will say one thing relevant to Garcia stuff, though.<br /><br />Rob Eaton confirmed on DNC some years ago that "Dick's Gift" was designed explicitly to test the hypothesis that everything Dick shared, even with strict instructions not to circulate further, indeed traveled very quickly within elite trader circles. So it Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-89656562976869408232011-02-10T15:44:53.102-08:002011-02-10T15:44:53.102-08:00Ashes, I have read this article more than once, an...Ashes, I have read this article more than once, and have been pushing it on dead heads and non-dead heads alike. I think you got just the mix of who Dick was.<br /><br />He doesn't come off as a nutcase, nor does he come off as a saint, which for most every person I've ever met is just about right (except for the nutcases I know, still haven't met any saints)<br /><br />Anyways, The Ghost Blizzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09148288515837143129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-2493043933652093132011-02-09T16:13:15.811-08:002011-02-09T16:13:15.811-08:00Christie Vogel left Latvala when she became a Chri...Christie Vogel left Latvala when she became a Christian and stopped doing drugs. Which leads me to a second small point... <br />Mickey Hart said: "He smoked dope, he drank beer, he took acid and all that stuff, he was crazy. Those, I think, were his qualifications for the job. He was really something."<br /><br />I didn't often mention Latvala's constant drug use in this Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-65688208750700440222011-02-09T15:24:45.217-08:002011-02-09T15:24:45.217-08:00A couple more words about Latvala -
Some fans ta...A couple more words about Latvala - <br /><br />Some fans talk about the spiritual aspect of the Dead, and how their music came from or created a spiritual force that was larger than the musicians - that "it" played the music, and the band & audience were the conduits.<br />As Peter Lavezzoli said, "Certain GD shows are more than just music, there is something larger happening Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-37160224246938566352011-02-09T14:55:01.756-08:002011-02-09T14:55:01.756-08:00Jerry Garcia was asked in 1980 by Relix if the Dea...Jerry Garcia was asked in 1980 by Relix if the Dead would ever publicly release their vault: <br /><br />"Well, maybe, but the problem is that we don't have the time to administrate things like that. We have neither the time nor the manpower to do that. So, it's possible that at some time or another we'll figure out some way to do that. It doesn't pay to make real-time copiesLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-2653716610455160422011-02-09T14:10:56.475-08:002011-02-09T14:10:56.475-08:00amazing read, really made my day, thanksamazing read, really made my day, thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-66073740787994697012011-02-08T17:10:57.262-08:002011-02-08T17:10:57.262-08:00Thanks Dick, your work will always be enjoyed by m...Thanks Dick, your work will always be enjoyed by millions for fans.Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088101961537296619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-17806809989056190712011-02-06T16:26:36.902-08:002011-02-06T16:26:36.902-08:00Great article. Thanks
L A T V A L A !Great article. Thanks<br /><br />L A T V A L A !Waltahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719193998840662358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-18931164640062607292011-02-06T10:56:08.793-08:002011-02-06T10:56:08.793-08:00Just finished reading it. Took me quite a while b...Just finished reading it. Took me quite a while but I'm glad I did it. I listened to 10/29/73 as I was listening then got to the part about how much he loved Winter '73. I do too. There was a whole lot of good information and quotes I hadn't heard. Thanks LIA.deadmaxnoreply@blogger.com