As I started this journey, I made a small discovery. I went straight to the largest collection first. That is mainly the Grateful Dead. The formative year of 1966 seems to be overlooked by most people. Most people tend to like the periods of the early 1970s to even 1980s. Those that choose the period of the 1992-1995 might have to serious consider what it is that they call the real music. There is nothing like Primal Grateful Dead. It is raw and bluesy with a real urgency for fun. This is the kind of music that took a generation and put it on its head. it is now wonder that there were the house band for the Acid Tests. These happenings turned San Francisco into the Mecca that was sung about in Scott McKenzie's song "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair.)
To make it more interactive and easier, I will include links to the the shows that I am listening so that if you are inclined, you can enjoy the bliss as well. Most of the links come courtesy of http://www.deadlists.com/default.asp
Show Number One: Grateful Dead 3/19/66 Pico Acid TestCarthay Studios, Los Angeles http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-03-19.sbd.scotton.81951.sbeok.flac
Show Number Two: Grateful Dead 03/25/66 Troupers HallLos Angeles, CA http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-03-25.sbd.unknown.38.sbeok.shnf
Show Number Three: Grateful Dead Avalon Ballroom San Francisco, CA May 19, 1966 http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-05-19.sbd.sonicsolutions.82844.flac
Show Number Four: Grateful Dead Studio Sessions (Scorpio Studio outtakes tape) 06/??/66
Show Number Five: Grateful Dead Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, CA 7/1/66
Show Number Six: Grateful Dead 07/03/66 Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, CA http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-07-03.sbd.unknown.40.sbeok.shnf
Show Number Seven: 7/16/66 - Grateful Dead Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco, CA http://www.archive.org/details/gd1966-07-16.sbd.miller.89555.sbeok.flac16
More to come.......>
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