tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post8173400732868351498..comments2024-03-27T02:55:04.190-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: St. Stephen (Guest Post) Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-74978759170008197452020-02-25T22:44:11.027-08:002020-02-25T22:44:11.027-08:00Good recommendations! 10/15/77 is another notable ...Good recommendations! 10/15/77 is another notable version of that period, similar to the more well-known 10/29/77 & 1/22/78.<br /><br />I agree with the authors that the 1976 Stephens are so mellow & stately that they often just kind of dribble along without excitement. However, the jams are much longer and more melodic than the '68-71 variety, which were mostly concise two-chord Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-81471903387510792322020-02-23T20:46:47.325-08:002020-02-23T20:46:47.325-08:00I beg to differ with the assessment in regards to ...I beg to differ with the assessment in regards to 1976-9 renditions being uniformly inferior. 1/11/78 and 3/20/77 (which i saw first hand) had mid-tune jams which didn't go off elsewhere which were in my humble opinion better than any of the first period renditions, very long and exceptionally inventive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-15150543262407444582018-12-24T06:40:09.510-08:002018-12-24T06:40:09.510-08:00I would have preferred the 6-9-76 version instead ...I would have preferred the 6-9-76 version instead of the 6-11-76 but very cool analysis Grateful Secondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611234014012885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-21234483247634461732017-03-24T18:13:14.811-07:002017-03-24T18:13:14.811-07:00This is the 12th in a series of fourteen Guest Pos...This is the 12th in a series of fourteen Guest Posts I’m adding this month.<br /><br />These essays were written in 1999 for a now-dead webpage meant to accompany the Deadheads’ Taping Addendum. The Addendum concludes, “For those readers interested in reading more from our team of crack contributors, check out our lyrical and musical essays on the Grateful Dead’s most illuminating songs.” A Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com