tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post5355432873064425742..comments2024-03-27T02:55:04.190-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: A Rehearsal with Tom Constanten, Fall 1968Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-89568007984568832542022-07-22T20:31:23.369-07:002022-07-22T20:31:23.369-07:00I also thought that "practice in 7/4 time&quo...I also thought that "practice in 7/4 time" might be what Bear meant, but that would be an odd way to write it, plus it wouldn't seem to apply to the Eleven. <br />At any rate, this tape seems to capture a key point in their evolution. I wish the OSF had given a more detailed description about the "choppy" recording - what snippets of the live GD performance were left? any Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-7656002576483155762022-07-22T02:26:36.481-07:002022-07-22T02:26:36.481-07:00My first reaction was July 4 too but then I though...My first reaction was July 4 too but then I thought it might be what Bear thought was the time signature. Checking dates, 68-7-4 is neatly between 68-6-14 which is the first known combination which went Eleven > Stephen and 68-8-20 the second performance we have when they switched it around to what became the standard Stephen > Eleven.<br />It is sad to find Bear taped over Dead runonguinnessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-43466858628275214192022-07-21T23:11:09.558-07:002022-07-21T23:11:09.558-07:00Fascinating. The tape is labeled as "7/4 Prac...Fascinating. The tape is labeled as "7/4 Practice," so I take that to mean it was a July 4 practice session....which would give us a date for the birth of the Stephen>Eleven pairing. <br />Heartbreaking to hear that Bear was taping over live stuff, though. Who knows, maybe the missing portion of 6/14/68 got erased by the John Mayall dub.... Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-26530401009315080012022-07-21T04:09:50.600-07:002022-07-21T04:09:50.600-07:00The Owsley Stanley Foundation have just reported t...The Owsley Stanley Foundation have just reported that they have preserved a Scotch tape containing a St. Stephen > The Eleven rehearsal session plus a John Mayall LP. <br /><br />"a recent mystery reel preserved by a patron that still contained some interesting material. We thought it was going to be just a dub of John Mayall, which turned out to be true, but the "practice" runonguinnessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-88869679988344759622021-07-12T21:05:14.327-07:002021-07-12T21:05:14.327-07:00I’ve been waiting for a long time for that initial...I’ve been waiting for a long time for that initial TC show at OU in Athens OH to surface.<br />It has to exist somewhere Mark Lauschehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04484580400350162019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-23613768784908918762018-09-03T00:50:59.482-07:002018-09-03T00:50:59.482-07:00A joy as always to read your insightful analysis o...A joy as always to read your insightful analysis of a particular aspect of the Dead's music. I can't listen to it right now, but this has left me wanting to get the headphones on and give it another listen.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810299638854859995noreply@blogger.com