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Jerry Garcia Tribute
DAYS BETWEEN
BOB DYLAN - The Sculpturer
Rome 7/9/23“Gorgeous renditions of old tracks such as Gotta Serve Somebody
and I´ll Be Your Baby Tonight just give a break through the
musical journey and rough poetry of the new songs.
When I Paint My Masterpiece
is again sung in Rome the exact place where it was imagined.
It starts in the known way and it finishes like a waltz.
Surprise track of the evening: Only A River by Bob Weir.
Maybe there´s a river theme on this tour
(this song, Crossing The Rubicon, Watching The River Flows
opening track, and the other song recently picked in the Dead basket: Brokedown Palace).
Then, of course, TRUCKIN´! The ghost of Jerry Garcia
seemed to hang over the stage. What a stunning and powerful singing and playing.
The lyrics suits perfect for a travelin´ band in a 3 years World Wide Tour:
Sometimes the lights are shining on me,
Other times I can barely see!
Bob sings the fast verses without even a doubt. Perfect shape for a stage!
19 songs set and never a shadow of boredom.”
Claudio Manara
Rome, Italy
Special thanks to Bill Pagel @ boblinks.com
Bob Dylan performs STELLA BLUE first time live
in Barcelona, Spain
June 23, 2023
STELLA BLUE Lyrics/Music by Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia
STELLA BLUE - Bob Dylan
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER
by Uncle John
I saw this documentary, “California Typewriter”. There´s an excellent segment with musician John Mayer that clicks with me. John Mayer eloquently shares with us that it´s not the same trying to write on a computer. John Mayer explains this about his songs, how he has many hard drives with his lyrics and work, and yet he´s never going to go back and look at that. Something typed comes from a different mind process, the song flowing from the typing. You can hold it, touch it, see it, roll and scroll it.
I corresponded with the Grateful Dead office in California. I went to the Lincoln Avenue office in San Rafael and Annette invites me in and has me sit at a desk in an office by myself to wait for a phone call from a band member. The whole place is like a musical wonderland of ideas. What I notice in this room is the Selectric typewriter and its balls of different fonts. When I was in New York, I wrote to the Office asking for the lyrics to about eight of the Grateful Dead songs. They mailed them to me, typed, with a script font from an IBM Selectric typewriter. One of those songs is “Scarlet Begonias” and I´m thinking of this song singing to myself:
Once in a while, you get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it
right
Look at it write, look at it write
John Mayer shares a clip with us from the documentary “Don´t Look Back” that shows Bob Dylan playing the typewriter typing. It´s just like another musical instrument for him, like the guitar and harmonica, John Mayer shares. He is in his own world. I see Bob Dylan writing a song tapping the keyboards on the typewriter and the keys he´s tapping are dancing to his words.
John Mayer was inspired to buy a typewriter to see what it´s all about.
"I realize the reason that I was able to come alive on a typewriter where I wasn´t using a computer, or even a pen, was that you´re at sort of a safe distance where you can express yourself openly without having to edit yourself at the same time. And so it became sort of like a confessional for me where I would sit and just type, and the reason I was able to go deeper into an idea was because I wasn´t stopped anywhere in that writing by a red squiggly line. And what is spell check or grammar check if all you´re really try to do is sort of dig into this sort of mercurial sort of world of what your ideas are."
John Mayer is holding a stack of typed lyrics. "If these were in Microsoft Word I´d never see these again, all these typed out lyrics, some of which made the records, most of which didn´t. " He sings "Queen of California" as we watch him read the typed pages. "It´s almost what thoughts look like."
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Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Garden Theater |
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Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Garden Theater |
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Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Garden Theater |
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Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Garden Theater |
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Nagoya, Japan - Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater |
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Nagoya, Japan - Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater |
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Nagoya, Japan - Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater |
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Porto, Portugal - Coliseu do Porto |
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Lisbon, Portugal - Campo Pequeno |
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Lisbon, Portugal - Campo Pequeno |
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Madrid, Spain - Noches del Botanico |
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Madrid, Spain - Noches del Botanico |
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Seville, Spain - Fibes Auditorium |
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Seville, Spain - Fibes Auditorium |
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Granada, Spain - Teatro del Generalife |
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Alicante, Spain - Plaza de Toros Alicante |
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Huesca, Spain - Plaza de Toros de Huesca |
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San Sebastian, Spain - Auditorio Kursaal |
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San Sebastian, Spain - Auditorio Kursaal |
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Logrono, Spain - Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja |
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Barcelona, Spain - Gran Teatre del Liceu |
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Barcelona, Spain - Gran Teatre del Liceu |
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Carcassonne, France - Theatre Jean-Deschamps |
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Aix-en-Provence, France - Arena du Pays d'Aix |
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Lyon, France - L'Amphitheatre |
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Lyon, France - L'Amphitheatre |
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Milan, Italy - Teatro degli Arcimboldi |
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Milan, Italy - Teatro degli Arcimboldi |
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Lucca, Italy - Piazza Napoleone |
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Perugia, Italy - Umbria Jazz - Arena Santa Giuliana |
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Rome, Italy - Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica |
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theneverendingpool.org Uncle John Team: Shakespeare´s Attic
Setlist & Scores for the 2023 - Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour Part V - Return To Europe
| 9.07.23 - Rome, Italy | |
| Watching the River Flow | 5 |
| Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine | 9 |
| I Contain Multitudes | 8 |
| False Prophet | 4 |
| When I Paint My Masterpiece | 7 |
| Black Rider | 8 |
| My Own Version of You | 6 |
| I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | 11 |
| Crossing the Rubicon | 9 |
| To Be Alone with You | 12 |
| Key West (Philosopher Pirate) | 9 |
| Gotta Serve Somebody | 11 |
| I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You | 3 |
| That Old Black Magic | 7 |
| Only A River | 10 |
| Truckin' | 4 |
| Mother of Muses | 7 |
| Goodbye Jimmy Reed | 4 |
| Every Grain of Sand | 3 |
| Concert Total: | 126 (#1) |
| Tour Total (up to this concert): | 2864(#1 |
Review by D. and Mademoiselle Lili
“And then it happened... Something didn't seem right. At first
we thought it was a new version of "Jimmy Reed" but then we heard the word
"truckin'"... Sporadic roars from around the audience (jumping from Dead
heads), we wanted to rush the stage- the reaction would have been bigger
but it is so difficult to express oneself in this venue.
But this was special, so special, Really special. Bob was loving
it, the band were loving it. He sang like a 20 year old do dah man, giving
it everything, every word was clear, next level stuff. As the song
finished Tony punched the air in delight - smiles all round.
And then it was over - from Truckin' to Mother of Muses - like nothing had
happened. This is the rough and rowdy tour and don't forget it - a great show.
What a long strange happy night it's been!”
| Nagoya, Japan Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater April 20, 2023 |
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Watching The River Flow (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine) |
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I Contain Multitudes (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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False Prophet (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob on baby grand piano and harp) |
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Black Rider (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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My Own Version of You (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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Band introductions |
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Crossing The Rubicon (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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To Be Alone With You (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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Key West (Philosopher Pirate) (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You |
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Truckin' (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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Mother of Muses (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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Only A River (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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Goodbye Jimmy Reed (Bob on baby grand piano) |
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Every Grain of Sand (Bob on baby grand piano and harp) |
Thanks to Bill Pagel @ boblinks.com
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Band Members |
"ONLY A RIVER" Bob Dylan, Nagoya, Japan 4/20
STREET PERFORMER
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Dream Within A Dream
by Uncle John
Sunday, March 19 is the 100th show Phil Lesh has played at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.
Clare Maloney & The Great Adventure is playing a Phil Lesh & Friends pre-show next door at Garcia´s, and all concert ticket holders get free admission to this show.
I spoke with Clare after a show with The Airplane Family at The Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, California. Her talent is astounding as a musician playing guitar in a band, and a premier vocalist with deep operatic training, and her golden voice is present through songs that move the spirit.
A touch of Hot Tuna, “Hesitation Blues” helps me understand what is going on. Her vocals on “Blows Against The Empire” are deep and mesmerizing. “Paul Kantner and David Crosby are here tonight very strong in the spirit.” I tell her, and she agrees with me, smiling. I share that I met Paul Kantner at an acupuncture clinic with Dr. Ron in San Francisco.
Her rendition of “Sunrise” is pitch perfect.
Clare Maloney was an international opera star before she became a rocker.
During the pandemic, Clare wrote over a hundred songs and it reminds me of the time Robert Hunter went on the road with The Grateful Dead and wrote a song with a hundred verses, “Truckin´”. The Grateful Dead recorded the first five verses.
I tell Clare that Jerry Garcia is here tonight. “Yes, he is!” she says.
Clare Maloney & The Great Adventure have a new album out called “DAYBREAKER”. Check out “Legend Lives On” and “Dream Within A Dream” and “Song To The Moon”.
I tell her that she sounds just like Grace Slick. She personifies, amplifies and emanates her vocally. “White Rabbit” is maravilloso.
"Inspector Rabbit" by artist Grace Slick
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Clare reminds me of Grace the musician, yet she has her own style. This girl knows how to rock on!
Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley California
January 28 & 29, 2023
GREEN COMET 1/24/2023
Jupiter & The Moon 1/25/2023
I'm sitting at a table directly across from Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Starship & Jefferson Airplane. He's reading the Chronicle and I'm playing one of the puzzle mazes. Paul's profile is facing me and he looks just like I do with pins sticking out of our ears. We are at Dr. Ron´s acupuncture clinic and I engage Paul´s attention and bring up my musical science fiction play, "RAINDANCE". In the play, extraterrestrial time travelers, seven sirens, intercept the Voyager 1 and capture the Golden Record and listen to it, including Chuck Berry's song Johnny B. Goode, and when they arrive on Earth they become seven gypsy dancing women who sing to Bobby "Sugarfree" Sugaree, and in one voice tell him "Take us to your leader Johnny B. Goode". Paul Kantner and I talk about Jerry Garcia's love for science fiction, Blows Against The Empire, and Sirens Of Titan.
Thanks to
NASA
THE PLAY
RAINDANCE
THE PLAY
by Uncle John
Characters
Storyteller
Sundance
Raindance
Lady Liberty
The Joker
The Purple Sage
The Hermit
Daniel Rafael
Michelle
Pretty Peggy
Ida Red
Billy Dee
Jesse
Freya Chanteur
Johnnie Walker
Harry Jardiniere
Maria Bonita
Seven Gypsy Women
Bobby “Sugarfree” Sugaree
Rainbow
The Magician
The Latin
Dead fuses
Latin Jazz with the music of the Grateful Dead
BOB WEIR Gym Safety Advisor
2024.FITNESS
En Español
IRISH Café
"Seeds that were silent all burst into bloom and decay
The night comes so quiet close on the heels of the day”
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There´s Always A Story
under the midnight moon
Peter
Rowan & Billy Strings
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"And I call her 420"
Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia
Photo: Jay Blakesberg
dead & company Flying Car
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She come skimming through rays of violet She can wade in a drop of dew She don't come and I don't follow Waits backstage while I sing to you"
Venerable rock and blues guitarist Joe Patenaude released (2022) SNAPFINGER, an album dedicated to original instrumentals, offering a creative landscape of lush guitar compositions, spiced with a few rockin’ blues tunes—Patenaude records and plays on guitars, bass, piano, organ and several vocal numbers, and its mastered by Steve Johnson of Big Blue Studios in Astoria, Oregon. A departure from years of rock, blues and pyschedelia, yet drawing from all, Patenaude musically paints with programmatic themes, musical memories and using his snap fingers, as he refers to, that have been playing the guitars for over 50 years.
Guitar Maestro
Joe Patenaude
Boomplay Listen
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Bob Dylan is more than a singer songwriter poet musician & author.
He´s also an amazing and prolific artist.
SUNSET, MONUMENT VALLEY, 2022
Artist, Bob Dylan
BOB DYLAN´S NEXT BOOK :
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG
AVAILABLE NOW
from Bob Dylan´s The Philosophy of Modern Song "Volare"
Illustration from UK TV series SUPERCAR by AP films/Shutterstock
"Fill a need and find it.”
"Total invention: something which fills a need which does not yet exist.
After Leonardo DaVinci´s invention of the parachute, the first airplane was as
good as on the wing."
--Robert Hunter
"A good way to invent the
future is to predict it."
--John Perry Barlow
"It's darkest 'fore the dawn (oh, Lord)"
--Bob Dylan from Rough and Rowdy Ways
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Bob Dylan´s Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour
2024 MultiMedia Review
Bob Dylan´s album released 6/ 19/ 20
Bob Dylan´s World Wide Tour 2021-2024
Tour begins November 2, 2021
King Solomon & The Queen of Sheba
"There was never a king like Solomon
Not since the world began
Yet Solomon talked to a butterfly
As a man would talk to a man"
--
Rudyard Kipling
Robert Hunter from his album Jack O´ Roses
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MARIA MULDAUR´S 80th Birthday Celebration September 2022
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WAVY GRAVY
View
here: David Letterman & Jerry Garcia play Scrabble
The first time I am backstage with the Jerry Garcia Band, I’m sitting at the main round table listening to Jerry Garcia carry on a half dozen lively conversations at the same time. He is astutely following each one and contributes brilliant observations, upbeat, with a good deal of laughter. I finally capture his attention with my eyes and interject a question, "Have you seen the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind?" I ask him, not realizing he had a cameo in the film. He immediately replies, "Im not answering anymore questions until we find out who you are." There is suddenly silence in the room. And I introduce myself as
"Uncle John"
"That improves things considerably,"
Jerry Garcia responds, lifting his eyebrows with a twinkle, and smiles, and the banter in the room resumes.
MIDNIGHT NORTH performs Coyote
with Amy Helm and Mikaela Davis
Live at Levon Helm Studios 2-27-2022
Selections From Levon Helm Studios Tracklist
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Earthquakes
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Good For You I Guess
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Wind and Roses
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If It Takes A Lifetime (Jason Isbell)
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Everyday
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Luxury Liner (Gram Parsons)
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Coyote
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Playing a Poor Hand Well
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Under the Lights
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Don’t Do It (The Band)
"Find a need and fill it."
--Robert hunter
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Donna Jean
How sweet the sound
with delicious food
& festive smiles in friendship gatherings
Set 2: WATCH->Deadheadland Television
Terrapin Crossroad's Backyard Stage, Beach Park, San Rafael California. 10-31-2021
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Snapshot of our solar system
captured by Voyager 1,
1st man-made machine to fly into interstellar space
We´ve Never Seen This Before
WEBB Telescope First images unfolding
Courtesy, NASA
Thanks to NASA
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