1977 top. In the end, though, opinions about “best” anything are always going to be completely subjective and also probably change over time. ! By the summer before his senior year at Pittsford Sutherland High School, he was hitting whatever Grateful Dead concerts were within reach. Poster:whirlwind dreamer 65-95Date:Dec 1, 2010 5:34pmForum:GratefulDeadSubject:Re: Best show of 1977. this is one i always turn on for 77" http://www.archive.org/details/gd1977-05-11.sbd.miller.83196.flac16 probably my favorite brokedown palace. “This is a recording people have been waiting 40 years to have released,” Conners says. Cornell ’77: The Music, The Myth, and the Magnificence of The Grateful Dead’s Concert at Barton Hall is out next week. Feel free to add additional streaming and/or purchase links to be helpful if you have 'em. This show may be responsible for making me a Deadhead. Razor sharp show. But for me, the magic didn’t end with the completion of the spring ’77 tour. And when the 40th anniversary of the show appeared on the horizon, Dean Smith, the new director of the Cornell University Press, and a Deadhead himself, wanted a book about that historic night. Totally awesome Jerry Moore AUD linked. The same recording was also released on May 5, 2017 as part of the four-concert, eleven-CD box set May 1977: Get Shown the Light. Top level comments are for nominating shows only - one show per top level comment just for clarity. If you haven't heard this one, well then I guess we can't be friends. . Then, Conners says, “I eased myself off the road and did some other things.”. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Just the vehicle. Binghamton 11-6-1977 Flac. So Conners approached academia. Except, alive. 1966-07-17. The student-run Cornell Concert Commission, stung by a 1973 riot that had followed Deep Purple’s refusal to go on the metal stage during a thunderstorm, had slowly crept back into promoting concerts. https://www.jambase.com/band/grateful-dead/tour-history/1977 Cornell ’77 is heavily researched. Some creative writing courses in Boulder. 3. Were you there? you wouldn't count 12.29 among the musts? They are entitled to their opinions. A safe place for everyone who's Dead to the core. They are probably better shows than the five released shows I saw. “It was not like anything I had heard, and it kind of confused me,” he says. It is understandably natural to want to find your way to the best Dead shows ever when first exploring Grateful Dead music. On their 1972 european tour, their first major … The office in the third floor of Anderson Alley, the Goodman Street artist colony, is relaxed. A Reading and signing, followed at 9:30 p.m. by Peary Baker’s Best, a Dead cover band, playing the Barton Hall show in its entirety. April 16th, 1972. Unless you were personally at these shows … And he gets into the economics of Cornell ’77. dead comment. Surely another particularly strong show in a particularly strong year. Best Shows by Other Bands. The line-ups and the music (and drugs ;P) changed over the years, but the musical ideology basically remained the same. 1977/5/5 - New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT 91. In which Marcus uses The Sex Pistols song “Anarchy in the UK” as the launching pad for an exploration of underground art movements from Dada to punk. The first Dave's Pick was the 5/25/1977 show. But regardless of whether 5/8/77 is truly the best Grateful Dead concert of them all, as many people believe it is, this show’s impact on several generations of listeners is beyond debate. The Grateful Dead’s May 8th, 1977 Cornell University show is a source of great contention among deadheads. Associate editor, editor, then in 2010, publisher. He joined BOA Editions in 2003 as marketing director and began working his way up the ladder. Downvotes should be really rare. No? Post any comments or thoughts about a show as child comments underneath the nominating comment. He followed the band throughout the country for the next five or six years. However, not sure that May 1977 has been "under the radar" as Dave as noted. But, you gotta hand it to 5/8/77; it brought a whole slew of neophytes into the debate, sparking an obsessive love for the music of the Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead. “Lipstick Traces is one of my favorite books.”. 1966-07-16. He writes what he knows. He submerged himself in the words of the guys who’d made it. The rest of the 1st set has above average (for May 77') versions of El Paso, Peggy-O, Minglewood, FOTD, Lazy Lightning/Supp (BEST VERSION EVER #1 HV) and Ramble on Rose. Cornell ’77 is included in the new box set May 1977: Get Shown the Light. Admission is $10. Venue. May 1977 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead.It contains five complete concerts, on 14 CDs. It was recorded at five consecutive shows, from May 11–17, 1977. As a writer, Conners’ own specialty is that Grateful Dead scene. The Dead was always spiritual, not political. Then teaching poetry in schools, fiction workshops at Rochester Institute of Technology. Sure, there are grumpy contrarians from that world who disagree. Boston 5-7-1977 Flac. so you caught all those heaters in person but one you missed is your favorite, amazing what that says about the quality of the year. db.etree.org is the most popular site for finding and trading live concerts anywhere. Influenced By: Tributes. "I figured out how to bring play into my adult life, and make a living at it. Conners seemed destined for similar mainstream normalcy, growing up with older brothers and their music. In the mid-1980s, tapes of the Cornell show … “I could sing every Elton John song,” he says. I attended 11 1977 shows: February-26,27, March-18,19, June-4, 7,8, October 6, December 29,30 and 31. Francine, Wendall, Michael Star, Schultz & Melody, Gretchen, Gam, Tex, and the kids at Lyon Street . The bands improvisational and organic style lends itself to discussion and review of the subjective nature. Show #1 St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN (5/11/77) Disc 1 1. it's that good, As a bit of an odd-ball, I'll throw 04/30/77 into the mix, Official Release, Download Series Volume 1, In a year of an justifiable landslide of nominations, I'll throw this show into the mix. 08-27-1972--Veneta--The best and most psychadelic and spiritual performance in the Dead's career. The hook was still out there, and he bit. Conners met or interviewed Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart — “the Core Four” — and gives us Dead guitarists Weir and Jerry Garcia on The Tomorrow Show, telling host Tom Snyder that, unlike The Sex Pistols, their band was never current, and was never meant to be. Grateful Dead tape collectors would not spend hours, days, and years debating which show/run/year was the best ever if there was actually an answer staring us in the face. That, more or less, brings us to the 5/8/77 Cornell show. I'll listen to it again soon. The DP filler from 12.30 is excellent as well with a killer twisted jam out of estimated and another beauty between Eyes and St. Stephen. This is the final one. “They would ask me, ‘If you did do the book, what kind of book would it be?’”, Conners sniffed at the hook. Revisit arguably the "best ever" Grateful Dead concert held at Barton Hall on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York 40 years ago today. 1977/5/19 - Fox Theatre - Released as Dick's Picks 29. It is understandably natural to want to find your way to the best Dead shows ever when first exploring Grateful Dead music. Press J to jump to the feed. Advance tickets are the same price as the 1977 show in Barton Hall was, $6.50, available at the State Theatre box office, 105 West State/MLK Jr. St.; (607) 277-8283 and stateofithaca.com. So much so, in fact, there’s a 5 show box set that’s just been released by the Grateful Dead and Rhino (the keepers of the Dead’s massive musical vault) this week. Does Conners think it was the best Dead show ever? He got married last summer; he has three kids from a previous marriage, and now a stepson. A book that darts about, randomly, finding connections between previously unconnected points. 1977/4/30 - The Palladium, New York, NY c 223. It’s a romantic notion, rootless writer on the road. The State Theatre, Ithaca, 7:30 p.m. May 8. He was 6 years old when the Dead played Cornell. let's sample some Reviews: Here is the well written Grateful Dead Listening in 2008. A Reading and signing, with beer and wine provided. Wasted years? Many Deadheads say the May 8, 1977, concert, performed on a snowy night in the gothic gloom of Cornell University’s old Barton Hall, was the greatest Grateful Dead show ever. Cautiously. The guest speakers include Conners. Original Grateful Dead members launch tour, The four surviving members of the Grateful Dead, with a little help from their friends, launch what they say will be their final tour, marking the band's 50th anniversary. The SBD is out there....just got to poke around! We then proceed into a strong Samson. Winterland Arena. It was the first show of anything Dead I'd heard. 1977/5/7 - Boston Garden, Boston, MA 276. However, we are heading into treacherous waters when we try to claim which Dead shows were the best of all time. And he’s not merely commenting on it from a distance. Conners writes very healthy sentences. February 26, 1977 – Swing Auditorium – San Bernardino, CA. And the Dead’s decision to allow its fans to tape shows? Atlanta burned down that night, it's in the books. Then migrating east to the state University College at Potsdam, where he was the white guy in dreadlocks. And not have the path laid out for you, as paths are laid out for people in life. It was simply being ushered in by it. And Conners has already sold 15,300 copies. ‘74 is the best year for Eyes in my book, and the 9/11/74 version hangs with the best of them. Springfield 4-23-1977 Flac Boston 5-7-1977 Flac Binghamton 11-6-1977 Flac Grateful Dead in the Media. Spring 1977 was another peak for the Dead, and many fans consider this show to be the best they ever played. Ram Dass, Timothy Leary’s personal spirit animal, and the slang “jonesing” for the hipsters. Another big Phil show and I think this might be the best 1990 show. The band was famous for playing a lot of concerts, and always known for being better live than they ever were on studio albums. If you want a pure Jerry Garcia experience, you’re not going to do any better than this show… But if that worked, the manuscript for the Great American Novel is tucked away in the backpack of a guy sleeping beneath an Interstate 490 overpass. Similarly there is general agreement on the Dead’s peak performance periods: 1968–1974, 1977, 1981–'82, 1988–'90; you’ll find a heavy concentration of Seventies performances here. Growing up Dead is an ongoing process, Conners says. If you downvote, please give an explanation as to why you think that show should not be in the discussion at all. 1977. If it really happened? Often criticized? “To be honest I said no, a least a couple of times,” Conners says. The TOO is the most savage one of the tour, and Iko is just oozes a "real good time" feel, with a slower pace and lazy groove. His poetic urges emerge in phrases such as “sub-cultural hippies.” Or in describing Augustus Owlsey, the band’s personal LSD chemist, the “sonic ouroboros” who developed the sound systems that would bring out the full effects of the acid. Has an amazing second set with Friend Of The Devil --> Estimated --> Shakedown --> Drums -- >Ollin Arrageed -- > Fire On The Mountain. The way I look at it, there are 4 PITB sequences from '77 I think everyone ought to hear. The “song proper” is super stretched out with Ned playing Rhodes and trading leads with Jerry. Colorado, St. Louis, Oregon, Mexico. 07/08/1978 – Redrocks. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, there's nothing you can hold for very long, Days up and down they come, rain on a conga drum. ... 06/08/1977 - 17:00. It was stellar, he admits, but declines ranking them, as the great ones all have their particular merits. The second set, of course, where the Dead do what only they could do. 2.27.77 Santa Barbara which is unreleased and doesn't circulate in SBD? Tickets to attend the general admission concert cost $7.50 (equivalent to $32 in 2019). those 6.4 and 2.27 shows are both very underrated due to the lack of SBDs, I think... 5.17.77 - Memorial Coliseum - Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Conners talked to fans who were there and authorities such as Dennis McNally, the Dead’s publicist and himself an author of respected books on Kerouac and roots music. By the middle of Spring in 1977, the Grateful Dead were in a true peak. Packaged as a box set, it includes a booklet with a historical essay and photos from the … And the writers they read. 1977/11/04 - Colgate U. 1. First set is excellent (the Half-Step in particular is worth a listen), but the real show stopper is the Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Saint Stephen > One More Saturday Night sandwich that forms the bulk of the second set. Sat. Then they go into that crazy fusion jam that they used to do out of Eyes pre-‘75 before the whole thing careens off the rails and back into deep space. And the existing tapes are merely constructed from other live Dead concerts. Released in 1977 and directed by Jerry Garcia, is a film that captures performances from the Grateful Dead's October 1974 five-night stand at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Peggy-O and the standalone Scarlet anchor set 1 but a set 2 sequence of St. Stephen > NFA > drums > Terrapin > Dew from '77 is not something to skip over unless you are allergic to awesomeness. “It’s a matter of, what can you bring forward, and when is the time to let go.". Rhino Records will play host to “The 40th Anniversary Celebration of Barton Hall, 5/8/77.” The Ithaca Dead tribute band Terrapin Station performs live, and Cornell '77 will also be played in its entirety. On Stage, Boston Garden, May 7, 1977. Midtown Athletic Club, 200 East Highland Drive, 6 to 8 p.m. April 27. “I had no frame of reference to put it against.” He started buying Dead albums. He had a girlfriend in St. Louis, so every time he landed there he’d get a job, write a book. The band was famous for playing a lot of concerts, and always known for being better live than they ever were on studio albums. “I thought doing a book on one show might be a little excessive. if by some chance you haven't heard this show, try forgetting the 2nd set setlist and listening to it "no spoilers" style - allow yourself to be stunned by what happens. This is my favorite from that run. 1966-11-19. Official Site Of The Grateful Dead. Every Deadhead worth his weight in vegetarian burritos knows Cornell ’77. https://archive.org/details/gd1977-10-07.sbd-set2.miller.79020.sbeok.flac16. Definitely. Maybe. Never, seems to be the real answer. “I spent three years just sort of ping-ponging back and forth,” Conners says. … The man for the job of chronicling the legendary concert seemed to be Peter Conners, editor and publisher of Rochester’s BOA Editions Ltd., specializing in poetry, translations and short fiction. 1966-03-25. The gospel of the set is a moving, powerful, Terrapin>PITB>UJB>The Wheel>China Doll>PITB. Overrated? And White Hand Society: The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, kind of the back story of the jam band scene. “I always loved language. Rating of show: A-The Omni, Atlanta, ... sounding like a 1977 Malcolm McLaren, trying to introduce the band individually while they ignore him tuning their guitars. Many of these Deadheads insist the snowy May 8 night in the gothic gloom of Cornell University’s old Barton Hall was the greatest Grateful Dead show ever — great enough that it has been included in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. He dove into Kerouac, Burroughs, Bukowski, Kesey. Remembering Grateful Dead’s 1977 Cornell show. No. An elaborate, 11-CD collection dedicated in particular to that show, and three others that the Dead played over a five-day period then. B1-B3 from “Workingman’s Dead” (1970) B4-C4 from “American Beauty” (1970) C5 from “Wake Of The Flood” (1973) D1, D2 from “From The Mars Hotel” (1974) D3 from “Blues For Allah” (1975) D4 from “Terrapin Station” (1977) That’s what Conners thought he might be able to do with the Dead and the Cornell concert. He sampled college for a semester, then rejected it in favor of the Dead. Here Are 4 of the Grateful Dead's Best Shows Ever From left: Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead … enjoy! too many others to remember. Really that whole show is pretty great too. Remembering Grateful Dead’s 1977 Cornell show. May 1977 sold out three days after it went on advance sale. The movie also faithfully portrays the burgeoning Deadhead scene. So what about Cornell '77? Stories drawn from his time in a green Volkswagen van, successfully experimenting with LSD. Member for ... Be the first to know about the Grateful Dead’s exclusive limited-edition releases, breaking news on the band, community events, and so much more. February 14, 1968 - Carousel, San Francisco, California. “The fans simply wore the band down,” Conners writes. The second set opens with the classic "Jones Gang" intro. “And I would complete it,” he says, which sets him apart from most guys who own a truck and typewriter and not much else. “My spring break was going to five Dead shows,” he says. Then we are treated to an all-time killer version of Samson to open set 2, followed by high-energy and thoroughly enjoyable versions of everything else. Check out our grateful dead 1977 selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. Obviously Dave is found of Spring 1977. I thought for sure one would get published, and that would be it.”. As many above-casual disciples of the Dead know, the run of shows starting on May 5, 1977 through tonight’s performance in Buffalo are held up as a kind of Holy Week of Grateful Dead music, so much so that Official Dead recently released all four shows as a special boxed set called May 1977: Get Shown The Light. It’s not a big place, so think of it as a stepladder. The Palladium run is often overshadowed by May (and I mean, it'd be hard not to) but contains some very high quality shows. Bonnie and Peter, Emily and Hymo; the rest of the Tucson contingent were in town for New Years. Tickets are $10 at the door. Going left field with my first nomination - hey have you ever heard. Listening Trail - Best Grateful Dead Shows. This is the second one in the book: In a twist on Ram Dass’s term “spiritual materialism,” rather than jonesing for spiritually charged items that bring one closer to the source of man’s devotion, it was easy to crave those transcendental musical moments that I’d never gotten to experience, despite the fact that I was experiencing plenty of my own. These shows are the bomb. 60's Dead shows represent a special time. BOA Editions is a respected independent publishing house, but a suit and tie are optional. Promised Land [4:54] “You can take passion for language, music and art, and I didn’t have to let it go," he says. Posts about 1977 written by eprich. The bootleg film "Sunshine Daydream" captures the afternoon's activities. - Released as Dave's Pick 12. Upvote the top level nominating comment if you agree the show is great. True to his devotion to Greil Marcus, Conners opens Cornell ’77 with The Sex Pistols and disco for perspective. 1/22/78 is amazing as well. While nearly every Grateful Dead freak has an opinion on the matter, the Dead’s May 8, 1977 show at Cornell University’s Barton Hall has achieved the unofficial status as their best show … A sleeper best of the year show, and that’s saying a lot. Dicks' Picks had 5/19 and 5/21; Dick's Picks #3 had 5/22; GD to Terrapin had the 5/28 show plus, like another person posted, a good bulk of the Chicago 5/12 show was on the bonus disc in the Winterland 1977 box set. Years later he got a book out of it, Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of Teenage Deadhead. What if I told you that the Bertrando AUD is great and the show is pretty much at the same level as the Swing Aud show the night before? 1 song that year was Rod Stewart’s “Tonight’s the Night (Everything’s Gonna Be All Right).” A Top 10 list that also included Hot’s “Angel in Your Arms” and Kenny Nolan’s “I Like Dreamin.’” If you remember those songs, you’re probably not buying Cornell ’77. Maybe I'm just jumping the gun. He lived it. I present to year the 28th, 29th, and 30th best shows of the year. “There is no set path through art and life.”. Recap & Setlist. Probably the best Supplication ever. During his days of following the Dead around the country, Conners estimates he saw somewhere between 85 to 95 shows. 1 5/22/77 - Dick's Picks, Vol. Dostoyevsky, Celine, Rimbaud. Bonus points for Terrapin encore. Don't sleep on that motherfucker, it'll get up and gut-ya. None was needed. Its a really good set, even for '77. Nov. 5. The music historian Greil Marcus is one of his favorite writers, especially “where he takes an otherwise small concept and looks at it from all different angles,” Conners says. And you stopped reading this story long ago. All of the hard-core “City … He notes that the No. This one is going to be interesting as we try to sort out the Greatest Evar from the great from the merely very very good, PLZ DO NOT CALL ANY1 A N00B JUST CAUSE THEY LOVE CORNELL BEST OK, 4/30/77 - Download Series, Vol. Overall a really excellent first set, which ends with one of the absolutely greatest versions of Fire ever made available to humankind. In the end, though, opinions about “best” anything are always going to be completely subjective and also probably change over time. There is no answer. Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. The 12.30 lazy supplication is certainly excellent. In my opinion, they are on-par, at least, with the 27 shows that have been released I present to year the 28th, 29th, and 30th best shows of the year. Let It Grow to close out the first set is the highlight for me. 12/16/1978 – Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN. Second is definitely worth a listen. 12/27/77 often gets overlooked because of 12/29 but its very solid. Two local book-release parties are planned, on April 27 at Midtown Athletic Club and May 20 at the soon-to-debut Funk N Waffles, which once answered to the name Water Street Music Hall. The world of small-press publishing is apparently well-stocked with Deadheads. So, that’s JAMerica: The History of the Jam Band and Festival Scene, which ranges from the Dead to Phish. We use cookies on our websites for a number of purposes, including analytics and performance, functionality and advertising. The Grateful Dead played over 2,300 shows in their 30 year career. Mainly, pursuing his own interests in writing, although the lifestyle doesn’t seem to have changed much. Here Are 4 of the Grateful Dead's Best Shows Ever From left: Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead perform onstage at … ... “My spring break was going to five Dead shows,” he says. It was recorded at five consecutive shows, from May 11–17, 1977. It's one of the first ones that really pushed the peak farther and farther each time. But it is, by far, the most listened-to of Grateful Dead concerts among that vast population of men and women who dissect the band’s more than 2,300 concerts. Book explores Grateful Dead's "Cornell '77" show. 1977/5/1 - The Palladium, New York, NY 17. None-the-less, … First set highlights include a big popular Sugaree, a favorite of many I know. Leave it alone if you're not sure or are meh on it. "I had no idea that would be an interesting part of the story,” Conners says. And American Beauty, the lyrics really grabbed me as being poetic, even before I fancied myself as a writer.”. Not recommended, actually. Binghamton, NY. Similarly there is general agreement on the Dead’s peak performance periods: 1968–1974, 1977, 1981–'82, 1988–'90; you’ll find a heavy concentration of Seventies performances here. Conners attended his first Dead concert at 16 and, “That just blew my mind,” he says. And there is a conspiracy theory, which Conners delves into, briefly: That the show never actually happened, that the night was actually a mind-control experiment conducted by the CIA. And this June in New Jersey, Conners has tickets for Dead & Company, yet another reconfiguration with pop star John Mayer joining Weir, Hart and Kreutzmann. I'm going with December 27, Winterland Arena as my favorite. Well, coming from you that recommendation is a strong one! Grateful Dead's legendary Cornell '77 setlist. Conners wanted to be one of those guys. Packaged as a box set, it includes a booklet with a historical essay and photos from the concerts, along with individual liner notes for each show. This has to be one of the most underrated official releases, right? It'll stay open for a week or two more but there are a few, even counting the ones that have been mentioned but not "properly" nominated yet, like Tuscaloosa and Buffalo. The May 8, 1977 show is a fan favorite, and is widely considered to be one of the band's best performances. “Frankly, I had been too busy going to Dead shows to read while I was in college,” Conners says. Getting his poems published in journals, building relationships with programs at Syracuse University, establishing a reading series. With grounding, you can do this, you can live a creative, artistic life. 1977/5/3 - The Palladium, New York, NY 15. “I wrote three or four novels no one will ever read. The five stop (June 29), Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Cornell ’77 is included in the new box set May 1977: Get Shown the Light. Nice Dupree's after the big bust out earlier that tour. I can hear deadheads telling on the 29th, you really missed it, you should have been here 2 days ago. The event is free, but to attend call (585) 461-2300 or go to midtown.com. Conners has published nine books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. 1966-07-03. Now the 2nd set is just legend! And while the show was 40 years ago, that's maybe not so distant as one might think. Then comes the PITB>Eyes>Estimated>TOO>Drums>Iko>Stella>PITB. Spring 1977 is largely considered one of the Grateful Dead’s best tours. “I was getting reports the shows were so good, I dropped out,” he says. Then someone gave him a bootleg of The Grateful Dead playing a 1985 concert at Hershey Park, Pennsylvania. Each top level comment should mention/include: whether the show has been officially released, under what name if so, include streaming links if at all possible, purchase links for official releases would be cool, at least some basic reasons WHY you think the show stands out in this era. Has a unique guitar solo from Jerry, a unique start to St. Stephen, The Other One, etc and is just overall well played This end-of-tour run marked the beginning of an extended hiatus for the band, with no shows planned for 1975. Set II: Playin' > First China/Rider in 3 years > China Doll > Drums > NFA > Playin' > TERRAPIN! These threads are about what we'd recommend FIRST - the best of the era - so keep in mind you are nominating shows that you think are better than other 1977 shows with similar setlists! Barton Hall, Cornell College, Ithaca, NY 1977 was … user picture. I have collected all of the box sets but think I'll pass on this one. Conners’ 11-year-old, long-hair miniature dachshund, Rocco, sometimes hangs out there. Funk N Waffles (formerly Water Street Music Hall), 204 N. Water St., 8 p.m. May 20. There is a Peggy-O that is probably one of my all time favorites, and an absolute firecracker of a Dancin' in the Streets. There are at least a few classic 77s I was expecting to see get some serious love. Bertha>Good Lovin' to start things off with a real nice arena rock sound. Halfway through that sentence, you probably had to light a smudge stick and crack open an Old Milwaukee before continuing on. 11/24/78 is a personal favorite. “I had a Ford Ranger pickup, and I was just sorta driving,” he says. With beer and wine provided ranking them, as paths are laid out for people in life pure., artistic life the day, Vietnam and Nixon Bonnie and Peter, Emily and ;. Miniature dachshund, Rocco, sometimes hangs out there.... just got to around... 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