Fare Thee Well
 

Anyone going?

I'm doing the cinema thing myself tonight, wasn't going to, but figure what the heck, it'll be a gathering of the tribe one last time.

I went to the two shows in Santa Clara. I enjoyed it and had a good time.

Been listening to the Chicago shows on satellite radio.

I will be buying the CD's.

Bill

I'm 45, so I only caught the tail end when Jerry was alive. I still love listening to concert recordings. I saw them in Detroit when I was only 17. In 93-94 I had tickets to see them in OR, but Jerry was sick and they canceled the show. :(

We would get rides before we could drive, saw them a number of times, including the shows at RFK in DC right before the last Soldier Field shows in 1995.

While I know it wasn't the '78 shows, but like Hardrive, I am 41 so it was late 80's to 1995 for me.

I have also seen Phish and Trey alone, so I appreciate what he and Hornsby bring to the group.

A Night At The Family Dog (video available on VHS?)

Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana... the Airplane guitarists are amazing, and Michael Shrieve is a drumming god. :)

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I am almost 51 and I had 130 or so shows under my belt before Jerry passed. Fall of 78 being my first show. I traveled the country from Maine to Florida...Oakland to Long Beach and dozens of places in between. I got to see some fantastic shows and I still have the memories, plus a box of ticket stubs and a few well preserved T shirts.

I did countless mail orders back in the day and never once got shut out. The last three shows I saw were Spring of 95 at my home venue, the old Spectrum in Philly. Someone in San Rafael smiled on my envelope that time and I had 4th row opening night, lower bowl middle night and 7th row the last night. They played "Unbroken Chain" that last night, which was the only time I ever saw that lick. I typically didn't care too much where I sat as long as I had my space but it was great being so close. This time, I did my mail order as instructed and within 10
days i got my rejection letter. Then seeing the price of tickets in Chicago I was pretty disgusted.

I was tempted to hop a plane yesterday from Philly but in the end the throngs of people and hysteria just doesn't work for me. Sure I went to a lot of stadium shows over the years but too many people and too much hype kept me away this time.

I will miss that glimmer of hope that always existed in the back of my mind that the core 4 would tour and I would get one last chance to go on the road. Hopefully Phil and Friends will camp out at the Capitol Theater again and I can take in a couple of shows. I DVR'd Friday's show and listened to a lot of Saturday's. That will have to do.

Below is a shot of one of my badges from my years on the floor of a few different exchanges. Dark Star Trading got to be a decent sized firm before I sold out. Gives you an idea of what kind of fan I was. The day Jerry died the news came across the big wire board on the floor and I just walked off the floor and went home.

Fare Thee Well

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I was shut out for the Chicago shows, first time that had ever happened to me as well. I was pretty bummed. So I put in for Santa Clara and got floor for the second night and some decent seats for the first. They did show a bunch of the decorated envelopes on the big screens during the shows, I thought that was cool and might have seen mine, wasn't super close attention.

Funny to hear you say you have a box of well preserved shirts, I do as well. Some never having been worn.

This is probably the exact WRONG crowd to tell this joke to, but sometimes ya gotta say what the heck. Sorry in advance :)

Heard this on the radio a few weeks back:

Bunch of my buddies were there, I am anxious to hear what they thought, THey are all hard core dead fans with lots of shows under their belt, and all of them Hate Phish/Trey. Me, I think it is a good fit for what it is. I should have been streaming, but we had family over all weekend .
For me, it all ended when Jerry passed. I still enjoy the music though.

Been an obsessed dead fan for 30 years. Watched Friday's show on pay per view. As I expected, I was very dissapointed in the lack of chemistry, the sound, set list and the obvious lack of Jerry's voice and guitar. To me it was a major bummer and sad. I do hope the guys enjoyed being together and I'll go to a solo show with Phil or bobby any time

Bobby looks near death. Phil looked great.

Yea. And Phil is 7 years older with a liver transplant

Check out the bobby documentary on Netflix. It's good. Bobby does seem like a genuinely great guy

Been reading billy k's book. Of all the dead books I have read, this one I can't seem to get past page 100. My favorite drummer of all time though

I went to about 200 shows, the first one being the closing of Winterland at the end of '78. I would have liked to have gone to one of the Santa Clara shows, but just wasn't motivated enough to pursue tickets.

While I like all the band members and think Bobby is the best rhythm guitarist there is, I always went mainly to hear Jerry's guitar and the subconscious communication between Jerry, Bobby and Phil. Without Jerry, you can't have any of that.

+1 on Bobby. I suspect that's why this is Fare Thee Well...his mysterious collapse last winter and all.

I listened to 7 hours of nuthin' but JGB the other day on a road trip and saw Rat Dog with a favorite guitarist (Kimock) some years back. It's sad, and ya can't go back "live", but at least we still have Jerry shows. I still listen to mix of all his old stuff (live shows) on a regular basis.

No live shows with Jerry though...my loss :(

KC,

There is a two CD set of JGB live that is about my all time favorite CD set. It was recorded in the early 1990's at a time when I saw quite a few JGB shows. The song selection and quality of the recording is only bested by the razor sharp playing.

Commercial release or "bootleg"? More specifics (dates?) please :D

Its a commercial release.

Jerry Garcia Band - Jerry Garcia Band | Jerry Garcia

The set list is fantastic. The music is recorded and mixed very well and above all the band is sharp as a tack. Worth a listen if you havn't heard it.

Could someone post the Dead members and others who played at the last shows?

Was it Billy and Mickey on drums? Many thanks. Mucho appreciado. :)

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Melvin Seals on this recording really did a lot for me in my early '20s to learn about the Hammond organ. Love it!