Grateful Dead Music Forum

My band will be playing Dead before and after the real Dead in Worcester, MA on Sat. 4-18.

We'll be at Tammany Hall, about a quarter-mile from the DCU Center. We'll do a set from about 4:00 to 6:00 and another after the show from 11:30 to 2 am.

Here's some directions:



Should be a fun night. Maybe we can get Warren to sit in!

oh nice! I"ll try to make it there after the show, as I'd love to check you guys out. And i'd love to see that Tiger

just depends on when the show lets out, as its a couple hours back up to Portland.

We've got 80 presold already for a 287-capacity club ...

Any gearheads who can't get in, email [email protected] and we'll find you a way.

How are you guys killing time between shows? I have my own pre and aftershow gigs but I expect to be pretty antsy waiting around while the Dead are playing...

I'll be killing time in the second row ...

playingdead wrote:I'll be killing time in the second row ...

OF COURSE!

Nice!

So, Vic, how'd it go?

Lotsa fun ... big crowds before and after the show. Door count was near 600. People dug it, we played till 2 am. I was pretty tired by the end of the night, though, wasn't playing as crisply as I would have liked to. We are always stupid loud on that stage, although people said it sounded great in the club itself. I wore plugs most of the time onstage and the whole time at the Dead show, and my ears are still ringing.

That was a long day, though! Didn't get home till 3:30.

It was kind of funny, during our first set we played (among others), Feel Like a Stranger, Terrapin and Chinacat/Rider ... and then The Dead played them, too. But we met lots of new folks, finally got a chance to hand Dozin my Tiger guitar, too.

If I think of it, I'll give you a pair of the earplugs I use when motorcycling to try. I have a whole huge box of them. The brand is Howard Leight, and they are IMO very good.

I didn't know you rode, Bob! Or did I? I donno. I commute to Boston on a Suzuki SV650.

The Howard Leight earplugs are supposed to be great... I donno, I have fine luck with disposable CVS plugs - but I use them backwards and cut the tips off. What's the big advantage?

Rusty the Scoob wrote:I didn't know you rode, Bob! Or did I? I donno. I commute to Boston on a Suzuki SV650.

The Howard Leight earplugs are supposed to be great... I donno, I have fine luck with disposable CVS plugs - but I use them backwards and cut the tips off. What's the big advantage?

No, I don't think we ever got there. What a great bike the SV650 is. I rode one up in Ontario one time and they really love the corners, don't they? My last Suzuki was a GSXR1100 that I added hard bags to for touring. I currently ride a BMW R1200GS, but haven't had as much time as I would like to ride it for the last couple of years.

I don't know that there is anything special about the Leight ear plugs. I bought half of a REALLY big box of them from a friend a couple of years ago and still have lots of them left, so I don't mind sharing. Leight makes a bunch of different kinds. Everyone's ears are shaped a little differently, so I think different ones work better for different people. I'll try to get some to you next time I see you.

It was great to finally hear you guys play. You guys sounded great,.. and of course you have a beautiful axe.
Wish we could of made it back for late night. Was better than the crap I was listening to in the Centrum! oops I should of bit my tongue on that comment.