tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post2845756623575390389..comments2024-03-17T11:10:04.872-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Here Comes Sunshine (Guest Post)Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-18057087972681008332020-07-05T02:56:09.070-07:002020-07-05T02:56:09.070-07:00Interesting, 6/22/73 didn't even crack the lis...Interesting, 6/22/73 didn't even crack the list. I'm not sure how much higher I would rate it though, as I also tend to prefer the fall '73 versions over earlier Sunshines. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-38422149762542607212020-07-03T18:53:44.547-07:002020-07-03T18:53:44.547-07:00Lost Kid has it right. The HCS from 6/22/73 in Van...Lost Kid has it right. The HCS from 6/22/73 in Vancouver is by far the best version to my ears. Languidly 1973, but still focused. A big part of the success of this version is Bob's use of his Eventide Clockworks Instant Phaser during the jam.Archtophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127747807313596280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-31780333840984270832014-05-10T19:32:19.644-07:002014-05-10T19:32:19.644-07:00Great reading.
I like every version. 2-15-73 Dan...Great reading.<br /><br />I like every version. 2-15-73 Dane County has a special rough-hewn quality about it that I dig and would definitly be in my top five.<br /><br />My number one fave is PNE 6-22-73. Like a lot of great versions of song at that show, the Sunshine is especially languid. Check out Keith's beautiful sound ...<br /><br />https://archive.org/details/gd73-06-22.sbd.cribbs.Lost Kid Named Frankhttp://www.lknf.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-12235393691739889832011-11-28T10:22:04.896-08:002011-11-28T10:22:04.896-08:00Perhaps you've seen this long, candid and grea...Perhaps you've seen this long, candid and great interview with Garcia (link below), not long after his coma? I won't spoil it, because there are many great moments, but I mention it because I found it funny that he refers to "Here Comes Sunshine" as a song they never played live, because it wasn't a very good song. Off camera, David Gans tells him that not only did they playBrianhttp://wheresthatsoundcomingfrom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-5034371646105403462011-06-11T17:34:51.334-07:002011-06-11T17:34:51.334-07:00Ah ha, Mindbender, I wondered when you'd resur...Ah ha, Mindbender, I wondered when you'd resurface & find yourself here. Also wondered when you'd ever write another piece....though I suppose lawyers have little time for such frivolities!Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-91750766948882228422011-06-11T17:18:03.302-07:002011-06-11T17:18:03.302-07:00It is an honor to moonlight as guest blogger here;...It is an honor to moonlight as guest blogger here; thank you! This essay was a great example of "productive procrastination" - I "researched" and wrote it a couple summers ago while I was supposed to be studying for the bar exam. Somehow, I still managed to pass!<br /><br />Mindbender (playing 2/23/74 loud!)Mindbendernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-84081805861953045442011-05-30T11:08:22.186-07:002011-05-30T11:08:22.186-07:00The Dead sometimes inscrutably stopped playing the...The Dead sometimes inscrutably stopped playing their best songs... <br />Bird Song, of course, bit the dust in September 1973 for no apparent reason. Here Comes Sunshine followed the road to oblivion in February 1974. (And it's not often mentioned that They Love Each Other was also last played on 2/22/74.) <br />All these songs were later revived, but they just weren't the same....Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-49400250411352718582011-05-30T06:04:15.153-07:002011-05-30T06:04:15.153-07:00Even when you don't post your own great work y...Even when you don't post your own great work you post someone else's great work, top notch blog LiA.<br /><br />Here Comes Sunshine is one of my favorite Dead songs, but have always wondered why did they stop playing it?? The versions toward the end of 1973 and the one in 1974 are excellent and well jammed out, but I don't think (or should I say hoped) it was played to its fullest Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-64390363627583130992011-05-28T04:33:06.373-07:002011-05-28T04:33:06.373-07:00Mindbender, Thanks for the list. Well done. A lot ...Mindbender, Thanks for the list. Well done. A lot of pressure when LiA lets you have his blog!<br /><br />Hello LiA. I hope you are well. SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-55786755204470006882011-05-26T07:03:47.407-07:002011-05-26T07:03:47.407-07:00It's worth noting that the 12/19/73 (#1) is th...It's worth noting that the 12/19/73 (#1) is the first track on the first Dick's Picks. What a way to lead off the series.<br /><br />And 11/21/73 (#6) is on the recently released (and absolutely worth the $$$) Road Trips Vol 4 No 3.cbs73noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-81849405021966960482011-05-25T18:35:59.657-07:002011-05-25T18:35:59.657-07:00Oh yes, I forgot - not so easy for folks to contac...Oh yes, I forgot - not so easy for folks to contact me aside from commenting! <br /><br />Try thehorror at earthlink dot net; and putting something like "Grateful Dead" in the subject would be quite helpful.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-23951639982709456072011-05-25T14:16:54.915-07:002011-05-25T14:16:54.915-07:00Contact info?Contact info?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com