Re: (TV) Eagles no way Jose

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

& oh yeah...."dick's pick's" series are a good
archive/source of killer live shows.

eric s gregory wrote:
> 
> well with the dead it's a relatively unique situation cos
> common knowledge (& for the most part, i'd agree) tells you
> they never captured the live magic on record.
> i'd say yeah in so far as the "jamming" (which can get a
> little tedious...tho i really dug one writer who described
> em as diving for pearls every nite...sometimes they
> resurfaced empty-handed, other nites with fistfuls of
> shimmering jewels..)
> anyhow, start with "american beauty" & set aside yr
> preconceptions.
> move on to "workingman's dead", then begin backtracking thru
> "aoxomoxao" & esp. the first...
> they defined a particularly american mythos that's really
> rung strong & true for me since moving to the west coast 6
> yrs ago...they never backed down & granted they eventually
> became a corporation worth millions; back in their heyday
> (66-74 for me), they were as smart, intractable, confused,
> irreverent, hopeful! as any other crucial 60s rock & roll
> personae.
> & listen to "american beauty", then immediately play
> "loaded" & tell me you can't hear the cross-information...
> 
> Maurice Rickard wrote:
> >
> > At 4:21 PM -0800 1/18/01, eric s gregory wrote:
> > >i've come to realize that, at their peak,
> > >the dead were one of the greatest rock & roll groups of all
> > >time, up there with the velvets.
> >
> > Here's your chance: define "their peak."  I actually don't have any
> > Dead in the collection, and probably won't until I hear something
> > that justifies it.  So what would that something be?
> >
> > NP: _Zuma_, "Barstool Blues"
> >
> > --
> > Maurice Rickard
> > http://mauricerickard.com/
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