The Maiden Voyage

The journey of a million musical notes starts with the first show off my first hard drive. I have a total seven hard drives that are full to the brim of music. I have been an avid collector of music, mostly jam music, but there are the strange and unusual things in the collection as well. The purpose of this blog is to chronicle what is on my hard drives as I play them all in succession.

If I could sum up the underlying passion for this project, it would go back to a conversation I had with a roommate back in 1989. After coming home from a taping session at fellow Dead Head's home ( we had six decks going at the time dubbing many tapes), he asked me, "When, if ever, are you going to listen to all that music?"

That question has haunted me for many years. For the past 5 years, I have had an unquenchable appetite for all this music that has been availble on the internet through P2P sites and Live Music Archive. I would like to say that all of the music I talk about here I will freely share with anybody that asks. Just email me and we can arrange things.

Now to the Music:

The first show is: Grateful DeadJanuary-February 1966 ??"The Viola Lee rehearsals"
unknown generation soundboard cassette
single disc (47:01)01 02:31 talk & tunings - "It's just Weir and his ass-holed guitar"02 00:52 Viola Lee Blues #1 verse 1 - aborted03 01:33 Viola Lee Blues #2 verses 1 & 2 - aborted - "watch it pig! b, man, b"04 01:09 talk & tunings05 00:14 Viola Lee Blues #3 with harmonica - aborted06 01:26 discussions07 01:28 Viola Lee Blues #4 with organ verse 1 & harmonica - aborted08 01:44 tape playback? more talk09 01:48 Viola Lee Blues #5 verse 1 - "same verse again" - verse 1 - aborted10 00:34 Phil comments11 01:29 Viola Lee Blues #6 verses 1 & 2 - aborted12 00:25 more discussions13 02:44 Viola Lee Blues #7 verses 1 & 2 & 3 - then stopped14 02:06 talk & tunings - "that's tasty" - "let's just play"15 00:16 Viola Lee Blues #8 verse 1 - aborted16 02:53 talk & wild comments & confusion17 00:27 Viola Lee Blues #9 verses 2 & 3 - aborted18 03:57 more talk - "I think you're against us" - "Pigpen's a conspiracy"19 03:39 "You may know by ..." passage repeated20 15:37 Viola Lee Blues #10 verses 1 & 2 & 3 ; jam ; tape cuts
This is a wonderful piece of Dead rehearsal tape that I have not seen circulating in the digital realm.

Show two: Grateful Dead Total time 56:36
1. She's On The Road Again 2. Next Time You See Me 3. I Know You Rider 4. Hey Little One 5. Cold Rain & Snow 6. King Bee > 7. Caution 8. Stealin' //
Note: tracks 1-8 are reportedly from 2/25/66 Ivar Theater, Los Angeles.
9. Stealin'
Note: track 9 From late summmer 66.
10. Good Morning, Lil' School Girl > 11. You Don't Love Me > 12. Good Morning, Lil' School Girl
Note: Tracks 10-12 from mid-to-late 66
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