US Vogue September 1978 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Alfred Godchaux (1835 - 1895) - Walkers on the Alpine Road. 1882. Oil on canvas.

Demo Review: Grateful Dead - “Wave that Flag”

On Feb. 9, 1973, Jerry Garcia made an instructional audio recording of “Wave that Flag” so he could teach the song to his Grateful Dead bandmates.

The solo demo of the song that would eventually become “U.S. Blues” is out to announce the forthcoming From the Mars Hotel (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition). It finds Garcia at home, on acoustic and electric guitars and percussion, singing mostly complete - but slightly varied - lyrics to the short-lived member of the Dead’s live repertoire.

The recording reveals Garcia pretty much knew what he wanted his collaborators to do with the song. That’s particularly strange, given the many iterations it went through as it morphed from “Wave that Flag” into “U.S. Blues.” As such, it’s a super-cool peek behind the curtain and a demo that checks all boxes as it’s a good listen to boot.

Out June 21, Mars Hotel 50 includes a remaster of the original LP, the Dead’s previously unreleased May 12, 1974, concert in Nevada and a demo of “China Doll” to go with “Wave that Flag.”

Grade card: Grateful Dead - “Wave that Flag” (Demo) - A

3/27/24

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I was looking for a good picture of Donna Jean, but please look at Phil. His face, his shirt, perfect.

A day late, and I’ll be damned if I’m even short a dollar, but here’s Ms. Donna Jean, circa 1973, who you know from such hit songs as Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds”, Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman”, and the Grateful Dead’s “Sunrise”. Happy birthday Ms. Donna Jean. You rule.

Grateful Dead Terrapin Station 1977 Arista ————————————————— Tracks: 1. Estimated Prophet 2. Dancing in the Streets 3. Passenger 4. Samson and Delilah 5. Sunrise 6. Terrapin Station —————————————————

Jerry García

Donna Godchaux

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Mickey Hart

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Holly Bowling is MVP of Phil Lesh’s “Clubhouse Sessions” Episode Two

If she isn’t Phil Lesh’s best Friend, Holly Bowling is undoubtedly the most musically valuable.

The pianist was onboard alongside the former Grateful Dead bassist; guitarists Grahame Lesh and Daniel Donato; singer Nicki Bluhm; and drummer John Molo for episode two of Phil Lesh & Friends’ “Clubhouse Sessions.” And while everyone played an important role - save for Bluhm, who was stuck shaking a tambourine and/or her body, given only a few lines to sing - Bowling, who brings a bit of Keith Godchaux to the music while being her own musician, was the woman of the half-hour.

Donato, too, conjures the Father Band, as he echoes Jerry Garcia’s tone more hauntingly that anyone since a young Steve Kimock came on the scene. In fact, the licks he plays on the Grahame Lesh-sung “Black-Throated Wind” are downright ghostly.

Donato, who has a high, feminine tenor, sung a triple-time reading of “Ship of Fools.” And while his voice - he also sings “Row Jimmy” - is the type Dead Heads will likely love or loathe, the radical change to the music served the dirge-like composition exceedingly well and demonstrated the worthiness of messing with arrangements.

But it just sounds silly and like a cover band when groups pull stunts like trading verses as Grahame Lesh, Bluhm and Donato do on “Tennessee Jed.” In these moments - and during Lesh the younger’s frankly terrible singing on “Me and My Uncle” - it’s Bowling who saves the music, playing colorful, imaginative solos that remind listeners why the Grateful Dead turned to pianists Godchaux and Bruce Hornsby over the course of their long strange trip.

While “Clubhouse Sessions” are expressly for the ears, the eyes will get a smile in seeing how the band members’ clothes miraculously change throughout the video, as if it was a poorly edited movie.

Read Sound Bites’ coverage of episode one here.

5/28/24

Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street

Come hear Peter Wolf’s talk on the “Sugar King of Louisiana” at Nov. 28 meeting of Natchez Historical Society

** IMPORTANT UPDATE **  Due to unforeseen circumstances, Peter M. Wolf will not be available this evening to give his talk on Leon Godchaux, the “Sugar King of Louisiana,” at the meeting of the Natchez Historical Society. However, Jeff Mansell, lead historian for the Natchez National Historical Park, will be on hand to share his presentation, “In Search of Respite: Natchezians at the Northern Resorts.” The program is free to the public. It will begin with a social at 5:30 p.m. with the presentation at 6 p.m. All are invited, members and non-members alike. 

Mark Your Calendars!

NATCHEZ, Miss. -- The public is invited to author Peter Wolf’s lecture on Leon Godchaux, the "Sugar King of Louisiana,” at the Tuesday, Nov. 28. meeting of the Natchez Historical Society at Historic Natchez Foundation, 108 S. Commerce St., in Natchez, Miss. The program, which is free, will begin with a social at 5:30 p.m. with the presentation at 6 p.m. All are invited, members and non-members alike. Wolf is the author of “The Sugar King: Leon Godchaux: A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots” (Xlibris, 2022). He is the great-great-grandson of Godchaux.

For more information, visit this link: https://listenupyall.com/2023/11/17/peter-wolf-to-talk-about-sugar-king-of-louisiana-at-nov-28-meeting-of-natchez-historical-society/

You may also visit natchezhistoricalsociety.org or call 601-492-3004. Emails may be sent to [email protected]

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