tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41904756936012437032024-03-19T04:17:11.516-07:00Crepuscular Raysdissolve into evergreens...Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-34724408198936974782024-03-19T03:22:00.000-07:002024-03-19T04:16:30.713-07:00Cascade, Porter and Blueberry thru-hike February 2022<p style="text-align: justify;"> Josh and I met through the fan art community on Facebook, both of us collection pins and posters for the Grateful Dead and Phish. We ended up spending countless hours with other like-minded folks (shout out to Les, Patsy, Dre, Megan, Cecily and everybody else) bonding over music, sharing our lives. Josh is a Plattsburgh dude though and if there's one thing more loved than jambands in the 'Burgh scene it's the Adirondacks. Josh had been getting serious about completing the 46 so our conversations shifted to hiking, gear and trip planning. The scene was set for a hike. <i>(2024 edit: Josh has long since completed the 46 and keeps going, finding much joy and beauty in the Adirondack Mountains)</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cH8y-ZG7IQ4s_AwhVPAZGx4JywmV2RALjOKUJ3a4EeY-0pUijoEwRzBypB5uAPfIrkJyWlH-ylEkBUN7wNl8u48Rfz5QIJYdJPfgt9IHFx4TuqvQhOPMSYuXPJaQEZkWlIVzU_9vE0v_9rFt2V3HBOU4jnIpDgOaKnRfoMuAvNpjrdCZtvCFUSkQ/s4032/IMG_9532.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cH8y-ZG7IQ4s_AwhVPAZGx4JywmV2RALjOKUJ3a4EeY-0pUijoEwRzBypB5uAPfIrkJyWlH-ylEkBUN7wNl8u48Rfz5QIJYdJPfgt9IHFx4TuqvQhOPMSYuXPJaQEZkWlIVzU_9vE0v_9rFt2V3HBOU4jnIpDgOaKnRfoMuAvNpjrdCZtvCFUSkQ/w640-h480/IMG_9532.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">In mid December of 2021, our dog Koda passed away peacefully at the age of 11. We're still reeling from it and not a day goes by where I don't notice the void that his electric presence occupied. When Koda came into our lives in 2012, he was 2 and an absolute lunatic. Super high energy, super high play/ prey drive and I just didn't know what it would take to help him (and us by proxy) find peace. So I did the thing I knew brought me peace: run in the woods until we were joyous exhausted puddles of goo. So Koda and I went to the Albany Pine Bush or Thacher Park, going on longer and harder hikes until I thought he was ready for the high peaks.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7FO5Smu9gmlJHtFul4ixv-xyOSRh9hf2Hk5qeq1ZisaSqr0K3bTiLd73VutNX4EJbUL9OQEF80wsUJ4kRsjTeKOAs5C56VnesMhNzTYzfdZ3Y7vv9bgBBCO-VvOtv1PQuCjQe4dO-t4vuC6Etc-0utu90xKlhJVVAskY7pfguTTOVV8K5r6sM4zOO" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7FO5Smu9gmlJHtFul4ixv-xyOSRh9hf2Hk5qeq1ZisaSqr0K3bTiLd73VutNX4EJbUL9OQEF80wsUJ4kRsjTeKOAs5C56VnesMhNzTYzfdZ3Y7vv9bgBBCO-VvOtv1PQuCjQe4dO-t4vuC6Etc-0utu90xKlhJVVAskY7pfguTTOVV8K5r6sM4zOO=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Koda's first high peak hike: Porter and Cascade from Marcy Field</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In November of 2012 we climbed Porter and Cascade from Marcy field and had a wonderful day in the woods. When we got home Koda was tired and at peace. A peace that lasted for days after. We had found what he needed. I felt very fortunate. It was what I needed as well so we could share it. We climbed Giant from the Hopkins Mountain trail next then steadily began working on his 46 until we completed it on Algonquin in 2014. Our deepest bond was formed and shared in the woods so I wanted to celebrate his life by going on a hike. What better a place to go for closure than our first big climb together?</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiA8cj-URJIsuYvJxYt-8LNm59wJZ3lxWNek9MXvchqk-8tJrTYjlf606xXHgOmgSx2GnPAKSNZysmsehEEtY0GIz6SM91HvykbhQJxsMBztwUI12fvayk4rBL4GZ_zQUfyUgPvb9PspX0spRJNT1EoRtJ5-_3CBxu3W0XOwHZ0SkFSI8wqlkRIsmY" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="4288" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiA8cj-URJIsuYvJxYt-8LNm59wJZ3lxWNek9MXvchqk-8tJrTYjlf606xXHgOmgSx2GnPAKSNZysmsehEEtY0GIz6SM91HvykbhQJxsMBztwUI12fvayk4rBL4GZ_zQUfyUgPvb9PspX0spRJNT1EoRtJ5-_3CBxu3W0XOwHZ0SkFSI8wqlkRIsmY=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rest easy sweet pup. You've earned it. </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Things seemed to be lining up nicely. I wanted to do a high peak for my 40th birthday. I hadn't climbed one since 2017, opting to dedicate my time to my incredible family. And maintaining this frickin 115 year old house that seems to crumble in a new place as soon as I finished the repair on the previous place. Josh was able to carve out a day as well and invited his friend Sydney along for the ride. I wanted to hike as an out and back from Marcy field, which is the route Koda and I took. Josh suggested we do a thru-hike, starting at the Cascade trail head and finishing at Marcy field. Which was great idea and was likely the deciding factor in us actually making it through this hike. More on that later.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So we started our morning a bit after 5 in -14 degree temps. While on paper it was brutally cold, we all felt pretty good getting started. We had a great motivation for our ascent: reaching Cascade for Sunrise. The early morning sky was crystal clear and I spent a good amount of the climb with my headlamp off soaking up the stars and moonlight. When we stopped to catch our breathe, the silence was complete and enveloping. As we got higher, the edges of the sky started to glow. Our first views were of sherbet orange skies draped over the peaks like a vibrant pashmina. Our spirits rose with the sun and each step we took towards the summit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolJ6xmQskokG1QVi3xog8vhnq5P-mn8-VgPA4HR1SLitsiPqfh4R7MOnU0SgX_qm_d38uyU_zawN5C-J0WIrj0uQA9F4ARV0zS5f2_Kau-_lND4YIiPPOi5xuVq-7dUIzB_TUf12Kpl2gn9ZF6gOv3JX2OZTXENByQ8X2Jj8TQsvLthPGyE5wIA8s/s4032/IMG_9538.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolJ6xmQskokG1QVi3xog8vhnq5P-mn8-VgPA4HR1SLitsiPqfh4R7MOnU0SgX_qm_d38uyU_zawN5C-J0WIrj0uQA9F4ARV0zS5f2_Kau-_lND4YIiPPOi5xuVq-7dUIzB_TUf12Kpl2gn9ZF6gOv3JX2OZTXENByQ8X2Jj8TQsvLthPGyE5wIA8s/w640-h480/IMG_9538.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We got to the edge of the tree-line and geared up for the exposure. Josh was super stoked for the sunrise so motored ahead a bit while Sydney and I ambled along and took about a million pictures haha. It was just so good. Maybe one of the most beautiful sunrises I've gotten to enjoy in the Adirondacks. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnH1mEeFc2c9ewOi9MmC_cuCwQMs3aKIqOMWlR7pfZaN_YmJr883aG956qcIlWOBjGAczmyaXyKQmlUshs2C9ivdty19tNqMlFCjHoRdityVYS70b2vvt7ImP8M2ekMjoqkdekNVPQPhwAfxVE1Cx4QvU-nAhtO4my5HRo3knehKGCIcOW47U-FUL3=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnH1mEeFc2c9ewOi9MmC_cuCwQMs3aKIqOMWlR7pfZaN_YmJr883aG956qcIlWOBjGAczmyaXyKQmlUshs2C9ivdty19tNqMlFCjHoRdityVYS70b2vvt7ImP8M2ekMjoqkdekNVPQPhwAfxVE1Cx4QvU-nAhtO4my5HRo3knehKGCIcOW47U-FUL3=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpxCvnlaii0" target="_blank">Sunrise over the turquoise Mountains</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2jUpzP7D-Z3Fjl2Fo4BImq-ToGQxdCSeO59oLpYNbsjcFaH2gtlxoX71D9Pcde7_dpNj_iaH4AFqtwUm0ftOqUMygIuQvNOwUp1WvjMM8HBHFRCrBwmT9b_ZhGqppXdwjol1dw0DfIfB7nmFm6LSCc3TmYuTjuRC8RS--Dwv7mgAdVRMXhYPnlUXy=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2jUpzP7D-Z3Fjl2Fo4BImq-ToGQxdCSeO59oLpYNbsjcFaH2gtlxoX71D9Pcde7_dpNj_iaH4AFqtwUm0ftOqUMygIuQvNOwUp1WvjMM8HBHFRCrBwmT9b_ZhGqppXdwjol1dw0DfIfB7nmFm6LSCc3TmYuTjuRC8RS--Dwv7mgAdVRMXhYPnlUXy=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved how this cairn glowed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjps1v53Tbct-Ovig5jBUtm2BA8U9lM1wGyPqeTQvnggVpLJaijxq_ZfXHRAO7IduerwqYMVwi4pv-q0EGG08kDBL-cSJug6Hsik2SFFUDjCxS3ceHDptRaXcE0_h2RDPxgCJm4Q0UOk60Lg2douX0RJrkqaW1KNqNi9sM3ny_m3v2DWLQjKdzQhbHa/s4032/IMG_9545.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjps1v53Tbct-Ovig5jBUtm2BA8U9lM1wGyPqeTQvnggVpLJaijxq_ZfXHRAO7IduerwqYMVwi4pv-q0EGG08kDBL-cSJug6Hsik2SFFUDjCxS3ceHDptRaXcE0_h2RDPxgCJm4Q0UOk60Lg2douX0RJrkqaW1KNqNi9sM3ny_m3v2DWLQjKdzQhbHa/w640-h480/IMG_9545.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhWc8WUJQkg" target="_blank">Daybreak on the land</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Despite the cold we lingered. It was just so beautiful. Not too windy either which is a blessing on Cascade where the wind can really rip. While the trail up Cascade was its usual well-defined and broken out self, Porter had only seen one set of visitors since the last storm. Josh was trying out his new snowshoes for the first time and really enjoyed the feel on the loose snow. On the way to Porter we saw the tracks diverge at one point and explored both options. I noticed I couldn't see any blazes along the trail. Even when I backtracked towards Cascade. It was a bit unsettling. Was the trail from Cascade to Porter really this poorly blazed? We realized that the last storm was very wet and icy so the weight of the frozen snow had pulled down all the branches and likely obscured a number of blazes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigpCB-xcpV0cz_HaJtid3JcNQRx1pR93n5f3JGcNxpXX6BosA1eKZnGq_5HbPEgC2xIBv1eqUmLmWEzVrCup1b4tpSy8GqDghQ6HG7dPFIzv_FaSMPxPGeEyDDR02alvyaVvveGAmAHy2h9QMTKmHDluzRjM26s1N9vsUZIT79LbQpw90KG0vbmC9c=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigpCB-xcpV0cz_HaJtid3JcNQRx1pR93n5f3JGcNxpXX6BosA1eKZnGq_5HbPEgC2xIBv1eqUmLmWEzVrCup1b4tpSy8GqDghQ6HG7dPFIzv_FaSMPxPGeEyDDR02alvyaVvveGAmAHy2h9QMTKmHDluzRjM26s1N9vsUZIT79LbQpw90KG0vbmC9c=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUU2jPKSL3Fww_FlDP4wrQWijEPzWsY23CTC5K8b4rpcahYzSu9qdA2CjXgOYYaNN9HTxEtUSIoZ9XPtVrhiLt0IegAp4-csLOGBjc0MTiCoaTrybNGKJjzS2JaNIMv3c3E5Jkfhex3--I6sU2cYlsuroYhYA-vYonnf8RACuH50xMCbDUyu84IO6z=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUU2jPKSL3Fww_FlDP4wrQWijEPzWsY23CTC5K8b4rpcahYzSu9qdA2CjXgOYYaNN9HTxEtUSIoZ9XPtVrhiLt0IegAp4-csLOGBjc0MTiCoaTrybNGKJjzS2JaNIMv3c3E5Jkfhex3--I6sU2cYlsuroYhYA-vYonnf8RACuH50xMCbDUyu84IO6z=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We had another nice hang on Porter aided by some delicious snacks from Sydney. While it looked like someone had ventured down the trail to Marcy field, the tracks quickly petered out and we were breaking trail through about a foot of loose powder. I'd willing to wager there are many winters where no one hikes this trail at all, Almost immediately it was really hard to tell if we were on the trail or not. We couldn't find blazes anywhere. Again, likely because of the droopy branches but also because its such an infrequently visited trail, I doubt its a high priority for the DEC to thoroughly blaze it. So out came the map and compass. Sydney had Alltrails on her phone and while I've been very apprehensive about the popularity of this app, it was really helpful when combined with the map and compass. We worked together as a team, looking for signs of the trail and trying to stay on bearing even when we were pretty sure we were off trail. When we did find a blaze, it was always a moment to rejoice. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaRPYSJV5DjdDZeo0aZsT1GQdJgMr-G1roB--HKZZoJDdvYd2MoAy1Sa6Aqj78tX0bjgtJ7uz2jr5ajZXrU67yRBySSDl_1FSQZPYpHnpi5Nyr7CMdCoUqNlUZdYWdxIN0621OKghNDvitCb8Xr3GFQVASSsPInfT9DFcx9tgEu6ken-oRA3B_dfNH=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaRPYSJV5DjdDZeo0aZsT1GQdJgMr-G1roB--HKZZoJDdvYd2MoAy1Sa6Aqj78tX0bjgtJ7uz2jr5ajZXrU67yRBySSDl_1FSQZPYpHnpi5Nyr7CMdCoUqNlUZdYWdxIN0621OKghNDvitCb8Xr3GFQVASSsPInfT9DFcx9tgEu6ken-oRA3B_dfNH=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOAll21G9ss" target="_blank">Blaze On</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I feel very fortunate for my hiking partners on this trip. They were super upbeat and I thought we worked together really well. We lost and found the trail countless times along the Porter ridge. My biggest concern was not drifting too far south off of the ridge towards Little Meadows and Railroad Notch. That's a vast and isolated chunk of wilderness that would be very hard to get out of. Sure enough, after one of our longest stretches of not finding the trail we found a blaze. An orange one meaning we were on the the now closed trail to the Garden. Thankfully, we were able to follow it just a few hundred feet back up to the yellow trail. That was probably our longest bought of trail finding and from then on it got incrementally easier, though we did have to remain constantly vigilant and still had to constantly check our bearing and squint to see the path ahead of us. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIBd_p2be34vtwcm56WKJvM1OoT81otJJbNKsipkYVThs9Ytuzfd-rjv0SR38ZpngGa4GK_vt61w4ZY28z3Oeqsz6VDiPSRa4n15DaZoxIWy6-O7JAHtHANcr_CjFgWNjmB8kfrEAI7Iuy9KV5lc7eAlrUPi9tSF4Exj-nHXtXtFdXCXWpBsN21uEs=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIBd_p2be34vtwcm56WKJvM1OoT81otJJbNKsipkYVThs9Ytuzfd-rjv0SR38ZpngGa4GK_vt61w4ZY28z3Oeqsz6VDiPSRa4n15DaZoxIWy6-O7JAHtHANcr_CjFgWNjmB8kfrEAI7Iuy9KV5lc7eAlrUPi9tSF4Exj-nHXtXtFdXCXWpBsN21uEs=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We followed countless snowshoe rabbit tracks through the forest.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The drop off of the Porter Ridge down to Blueberry was likely the most fun part of the trip. It was unbelievably steep so we were so grateful to be going down. I mentioned at the beginning of this post how glad I was that Josh suggested this route. If we had attempted to climb Porter from Marcy field there is NO way we would've made it up this. Deep powder, no track and an incredibly steep trail. Climbing down it? Or rather sliding down it? Pure bliss. Even though a spruce trap nearly ate me. Once we were out of the tightly woven pine forest on the ridge of Porter, the trail was much easier to follow and the real battle was putting one snowshoe in front of the other.</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We took a nice long break on Blueberry and had significant snacks for the final push. The sky was so incredibly blue and the sun so bright, it felt far warmer than it really was. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzvjIOXV1gcVYuq25jvBjM4YxZDH_gIIPYs4K91EB-q0-VLEvPIm6jAXkMkPKmju5vN8-ky3v3e7UWguomheCWcVIR8ijlCv3q0Ig5GUMFWs_U6Mvur5p4uhqBQ47TwWUB_IIk29mKtjpFEuHkLuNKyNkAr33SsESE7-R_K6LnNyEVHV_-I8pZpyc-=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzvjIOXV1gcVYuq25jvBjM4YxZDH_gIIPYs4K91EB-q0-VLEvPIm6jAXkMkPKmju5vN8-ky3v3e7UWguomheCWcVIR8ijlCv3q0Ig5GUMFWs_U6Mvur5p4uhqBQ47TwWUB_IIk29mKtjpFEuHkLuNKyNkAr33SsESE7-R_K6LnNyEVHV_-I8pZpyc-=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hunkered down on Blueberry </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">It felt a bit like the end of the hike at this point but we still had quite a ways to go and an awful lot of elevation to lose. Which isn't exactly a walk in the park after pushing through loose snow for several hours. My knees were shot and Sydney had a knee injury from a previous hike that became aggravated. Josh was fine though apparently. What a G. There was a lot to see though to keep spirits up. Plenty of open views across to Hurricane, Giant and the Keene valley below us. Far below us. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaPpPvHbpsx_twSyDMDogwZ5A6Rv32Jy51wrO1rWolJggyT_svIo7HfD7YU6lhjXJXmhRrDFz2w9_KnDkwa-jfuJNMic4h6op0n9WgyrTYssfd1Sjjx9dHoAnc5nHtn7TikOqc0itc2CPj2dVFdv8sh18EHy24VO9RVKPGM7UXgCPD52CCpLVzefvS=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaPpPvHbpsx_twSyDMDogwZ5A6Rv32Jy51wrO1rWolJggyT_svIo7HfD7YU6lhjXJXmhRrDFz2w9_KnDkwa-jfuJNMic4h6op0n9WgyrTYssfd1Sjjx9dHoAnc5nHtn7TikOqc0itc2CPj2dVFdv8sh18EHy24VO9RVKPGM7UXgCPD52CCpLVzefvS=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcVsY9zVR4Ra5eiarXw7aVIbuhOhRQqzyZSrE0KOype3jon2TFn0mRMlbRwr2-JioN1-0wpWcx17FbMMrsxg0w7fvRxE80-dT96AEwIc5lx_ymZaEaFtRDNB8AeF-LHX69qBJCBJs_eBf3xOGiK1YVM1xPIHaB5OFGd0_aRHFkbRwu9hJAWsrG9lgM=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcVsY9zVR4Ra5eiarXw7aVIbuhOhRQqzyZSrE0KOype3jon2TFn0mRMlbRwr2-JioN1-0wpWcx17FbMMrsxg0w7fvRxE80-dT96AEwIc5lx_ymZaEaFtRDNB8AeF-LHX69qBJCBJs_eBf3xOGiK1YVM1xPIHaB5OFGd0_aRHFkbRwu9hJAWsrG9lgM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Here I sit, before the world has woken up, in my sunroom in Albany, several years later. Reflecting on Koda's life, the meaning of friendship and the beauty of these mountains. The peace and joy the mountains can bring reverberates with great force through this quiet house. Memories swirling tumultuously like snow on the ridge. </p>Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-4110453514029354842021-09-29T07:56:00.002-07:002021-09-29T07:58:04.883-07:00Panther Mountain from Fox Hollow<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUOBW6Bdv1SjMR_E1vAmEuNMYkVGs6DWD9yTI5jlz_8mw-Xr_Ao7lynTSmZHcLpB4lQe05OQTGHTElmbfBvC5q_7N_maIdtzp97K5wGrdcXzaCEsns_ZCJSlT7TpVlJg6UiQ0HoR9AG8/s2048/IMG_6572.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUOBW6Bdv1SjMR_E1vAmEuNMYkVGs6DWD9yTI5jlz_8mw-Xr_Ao7lynTSmZHcLpB4lQe05OQTGHTElmbfBvC5q_7N_maIdtzp97K5wGrdcXzaCEsns_ZCJSlT7TpVlJg6UiQ0HoR9AG8/w640-h480/IMG_6572.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To start, it was steep, deep and glorious with towering trees blending off into infinity up the steep slopes of Fox Hollow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDaOoMEM89b2krE5fJHirAEGCL37LwiQb-BHmXFItE9NUm9KkWQQd_u3TBhtcS5ryPSbLGZW2KGjr14sSI_VWzO9-U0LlKXU_X-mv6uoH_2rsFcdQuFMLWvimIJYchuhZo9sjKyU9-ys/s2048/IMG_6573.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDaOoMEM89b2krE5fJHirAEGCL37LwiQb-BHmXFItE9NUm9KkWQQd_u3TBhtcS5ryPSbLGZW2KGjr14sSI_VWzO9-U0LlKXU_X-mv6uoH_2rsFcdQuFMLWvimIJYchuhZo9sjKyU9-ys/w640-h480/IMG_6573.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our packs were certainly heavier than they should be.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbd4wNgcNY-jCk-pOBRSEbxyUpzULaDo2dDQuwmwJgRpC0fIB-zTvEQYlLJj85RuwYcpBty_WjjoRxWm7wb9uzy8kO888YjKCh9_RY8-2ntqOG3DUWXhjbS1H-yZDEahgA6dfdpCa7xY/s2048/IMG_6576.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbd4wNgcNY-jCk-pOBRSEbxyUpzULaDo2dDQuwmwJgRpC0fIB-zTvEQYlLJj85RuwYcpBty_WjjoRxWm7wb9uzy8kO888YjKCh9_RY8-2ntqOG3DUWXhjbS1H-yZDEahgA6dfdpCa7xY/w640-h480/IMG_6576.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But...they were as heavy as they needed to be for ultimate enjoyment of our time</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfS9q5JWLFzvwrX4p074x5D7L1LaGWdDDlgUWb6vqMYvYkqF61UZbvK4FvGjIq9rSqz60iI0BmMeJ-tBS_fTVaRFFdqGyXziEI1ovoYT3qWwiGfPcK_bbeEDxV4UqhZb4cfd1Pq_4zMWM/s2048/IMG_6577.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfS9q5JWLFzvwrX4p074x5D7L1LaGWdDDlgUWb6vqMYvYkqF61UZbvK4FvGjIq9rSqz60iI0BmMeJ-tBS_fTVaRFFdqGyXziEI1ovoYT3qWwiGfPcK_bbeEDxV4UqhZb4cfd1Pq_4zMWM/w640-h480/IMG_6577.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because life is fleeting and true friends are few and far between. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSv1ZaDurlSzKGJvsuc6bwcPHsa4KIMfLmR1NAJzg1qZUakHSwDYp5r_ToGyd5q0dJDfSEFRdKQWdumrvjIJDHClR5-hzS4uuG41PFna3QX64Pqw89wXIadHztMQKFQFzqzg5sR8-0FcM/s2048/IMG_6578.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSv1ZaDurlSzKGJvsuc6bwcPHsa4KIMfLmR1NAJzg1qZUakHSwDYp5r_ToGyd5q0dJDfSEFRdKQWdumrvjIJDHClR5-hzS4uuG41PFna3QX64Pqw89wXIadHztMQKFQFzqzg5sR8-0FcM/w640-h480/IMG_6578.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When things line up just right</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNY81ggafZlodQvhuKv5p8LHObRP09vZgqt3X0yE6G6Ogwb3_mEtzqlq772LjVsuX4joZhq0sUbD63yrGbBUdd-1DN-nSdPVsQJHiX3SIIiKnOxtzyfX7IJDYjdOdW1eoOoNluEMFnfYo/s2048/IMG_6580.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNY81ggafZlodQvhuKv5p8LHObRP09vZgqt3X0yE6G6Ogwb3_mEtzqlq772LjVsuX4joZhq0sUbD63yrGbBUdd-1DN-nSdPVsQJHiX3SIIiKnOxtzyfX7IJDYjdOdW1eoOoNluEMFnfYo/w640-h480/IMG_6580.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and beauty is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2EifAO9ZHg" target="_blank">impossible to ignore. Impossible to ignore</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdFRse4omFbtGZwubvHCI-C89Dr82y-hEvH0GdFiMltb8Nu5NMAQfEDDCHkfp8p-Q22Jr_ZWf4uwAgzWsW73aQPSSyBfVCesZj9-pWoCOK3Fo4DITQOkGrKkhXzbA_gmljfyOYOq2e0s/s2048/IMG_6581.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdFRse4omFbtGZwubvHCI-C89Dr82y-hEvH0GdFiMltb8Nu5NMAQfEDDCHkfp8p-Q22Jr_ZWf4uwAgzWsW73aQPSSyBfVCesZj9-pWoCOK3Fo4DITQOkGrKkhXzbA_gmljfyOYOq2e0s/w640-h480/IMG_6581.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We both love our <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Coghlans-0126-1011-Sierra-Saw/dp/B000LC2PO6/ref=asc_df_B000LC2PO6/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=216518324822&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3540346422613847846&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004727&hvtargid=pla-350899461071&psc=1" target="_blank">Coghlan's Sierra saws</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteKbVaf7zehfKf_RCPkrBeW7QexAEzjxKP6jj5neSpjTcN2lBIsDh3AzBAfRlcJ1EsjLhBPsAAzg5rUBD_hbsDpOUpgy1YwLvoexc9Egfo6Q9ijKnc6ExKcJBt0_gOCdvsKA6TT2bHcY/s2048/IMG_6582.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgteKbVaf7zehfKf_RCPkrBeW7QexAEzjxKP6jj5neSpjTcN2lBIsDh3AzBAfRlcJ1EsjLhBPsAAzg5rUBD_hbsDpOUpgy1YwLvoexc9Egfo6Q9ijKnc6ExKcJBt0_gOCdvsKA6TT2bHcY/w640-h480/IMG_6582.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And camo hammocks apparently. We both fell asleep in them then crashed on the floor when the night turned chilly. Michael made grits and turkey sausage for breakfast. We drank coffee. It was heaven.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ssTMsrvTboDTAK51Sfx5S3m-xZWCBFCjflMgvoFFaPDD3r-SxurYDiyPze9jqFCAJBUUkBZ7k0kLNelCjCGLc2YmhN16fc63hrYaoK0AKKhsAFQVJqbdd0hMEwrBrEp5DtcCr894Rek/s2048/IMG_6604.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ssTMsrvTboDTAK51Sfx5S3m-xZWCBFCjflMgvoFFaPDD3r-SxurYDiyPze9jqFCAJBUUkBZ7k0kLNelCjCGLc2YmhN16fc63hrYaoK0AKKhsAFQVJqbdd0hMEwrBrEp5DtcCr894Rek/w640-h480/IMG_6604.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after gaining the first ridge, the way was pleasant, the morning still and serene, the forest dynamic/ ever-changing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkDJXHVVIE4Y-oR0ViWMEdppfpeFTPk86V9NXLF_n1A3HDkX4P0E2lQwUO8azeZpewcEaO6yLoPQBFDbRqyMtze1-ZaO6mK40s83d6ojaqKT2GKmrq8jwBPeQpP37JNABG6eFs78Mff8/s2048/IMG_6616.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkDJXHVVIE4Y-oR0ViWMEdppfpeFTPk86V9NXLF_n1A3HDkX4P0E2lQwUO8azeZpewcEaO6yLoPQBFDbRqyMtze1-ZaO6mK40s83d6ojaqKT2GKmrq8jwBPeQpP37JNABG6eFs78Mff8/w640-h480/IMG_6616.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The climb onto the next ridge went on for a lot longer than we expected, a lot harder too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjturZubeLZHYuGxc6OnPbyt0iaItxvErRg4e3OIEGWgNZJPP6kbgxuIO0kVfCpCjh9MD_Kq3RXVV56CWYf0h8ANts92naRNqgym74zaoLsglo-hEvH6J4zJKA2LdpZeWedLywAVd2xvHY/s2048/IMG_6618.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjturZubeLZHYuGxc6OnPbyt0iaItxvErRg4e3OIEGWgNZJPP6kbgxuIO0kVfCpCjh9MD_Kq3RXVV56CWYf0h8ANts92naRNqgym74zaoLsglo-hEvH6J4zJKA2LdpZeWedLywAVd2xvHY/w640-h480/IMG_6618.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we finally got to the first star, it was just exactly perfect. We made lunch there. And more coffee.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjjrAuRQiJ5Fr6oZy2UKKuNPFu6JQi3_GRjX-w9ann23BFhXKqgJlX076v96u4I5Ov0ibTYH6j_Himj1aKRsNOuxYAG-f0-eQT96EvlNNE0LaDkTO7c8atLODdy37XC93OJamg7JhQlo/s2048/IMG_6631.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjjrAuRQiJ5Fr6oZy2UKKuNPFu6JQi3_GRjX-w9ann23BFhXKqgJlX076v96u4I5Ov0ibTYH6j_Himj1aKRsNOuxYAG-f0-eQT96EvlNNE0LaDkTO7c8atLODdy37XC93OJamg7JhQlo/w480-h640/IMG_6631.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are several false summits on the way to Panther. Also some of the prettiest terrain and forests I've seen in the Catskills</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdT_KRu9nSmjW3fb0laVhhI-J0InDAv5Pq1ohqECpNASkIyCjeJtkqMpsyFrkOb1n8V9oJZq9OrGGldPk_WXMameXt-fqpq9on1Fiq6NOZJ90ieC439YDGjr7972ISIIT7TB92E-clII/s2048/IMG_6634.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdT_KRu9nSmjW3fb0laVhhI-J0InDAv5Pq1ohqECpNASkIyCjeJtkqMpsyFrkOb1n8V9oJZq9OrGGldPk_WXMameXt-fqpq9on1Fiq6NOZJ90ieC439YDGjr7972ISIIT7TB92E-clII/w480-h640/IMG_6634.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't you just smell this picture?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcrkwm3xJ-PprX-3rsIyid4BaxpmAyn3iJWurPGO93eJiYSJRUIPGAi4MNgltUJBi8rIbzBbJtFO_Gt6QK_6qMBunee2Xfb2hRsKfnv0iv4BODC1gD0Cj9ddmIElB2qoVylDQMGtFxMs/s2048/IMG_6647.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcrkwm3xJ-PprX-3rsIyid4BaxpmAyn3iJWurPGO93eJiYSJRUIPGAi4MNgltUJBi8rIbzBbJtFO_Gt6QK_6qMBunee2Xfb2hRsKfnv0iv4BODC1gD0Cj9ddmIElB2qoVylDQMGtFxMs/w640-h480/IMG_6647.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was, in fact, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgrUGiVvK7E" target="_blank">a long hard climb</a> but SO rewarding!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOnIoRortvQHL7Xlb8Ag3aFOmaYL4P4XsTw09WHYbHyQ0Nfi2MkR97rXCNdUDw-g3uhst-xavOM6OHuFDBnZ815wxOA1lNUXQZWlhzZ8jOhd69QMszrk5FWCPiX-l5-39-DJr_PxWw3c/s2048/IMG_6653.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOnIoRortvQHL7Xlb8Ag3aFOmaYL4P4XsTw09WHYbHyQ0Nfi2MkR97rXCNdUDw-g3uhst-xavOM6OHuFDBnZ815wxOA1lNUXQZWlhzZ8jOhd69QMszrk5FWCPiX-l5-39-DJr_PxWw3c/w640-h480/IMG_6653.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming off Panther there was some uncertainty about campsites and water. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3dgBk33nGQgxkCBrb6xwhQa6_wZvcwf2TruheeNRJR6wF9wDfMjcdVaiQATLlqb299yp7we-3if-P1ShHHcET0sJ02r5WEqCugpm9nc2ljG5egu5IdzOfvVMZwmEt-CHUj_Pm75FBF4/s2048/IMG_6655.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3dgBk33nGQgxkCBrb6xwhQa6_wZvcwf2TruheeNRJR6wF9wDfMjcdVaiQATLlqb299yp7we-3if-P1ShHHcET0sJ02r5WEqCugpm9nc2ljG5egu5IdzOfvVMZwmEt-CHUj_Pm75FBF4/w640-h480/IMG_6655.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But we found a great site, unloaded our gear and climbed off the ledge to the spring below.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmFz2N3EujdYt4WJyeI0Y2rza_FRUhAFMTFgC4VfXWjARVhUEDt06cZrZ-gXDW-aNyUls7EeQjUn-hw5Ut7BZ1PTRH4g2G9jlwWicRHT3VTREDC11yLCn-6v29X3b8K6mCu2wEBgPKlg/s2048/IMG_6659.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmFz2N3EujdYt4WJyeI0Y2rza_FRUhAFMTFgC4VfXWjARVhUEDt06cZrZ-gXDW-aNyUls7EeQjUn-hw5Ut7BZ1PTRH4g2G9jlwWicRHT3VTREDC11yLCn-6v29X3b8K6mCu2wEBgPKlg/w640-h480/IMG_6659.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was an unexpectedly magical place</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8x63EeoVrDla29-1vwgObHGetXC0Tm5Di4_QTL3cok0IRbOI9o0fhXUtfV5Bbcl0pHKpTCtkhyFkC-jpdZL7xCx6RRq2nLtCzl8WvKQphAd8daRg3x0f2x1r7G1IFIV96jwz8Fimbi8/s2048/IMG_6677.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8x63EeoVrDla29-1vwgObHGetXC0Tm5Di4_QTL3cok0IRbOI9o0fhXUtfV5Bbcl0pHKpTCtkhyFkC-jpdZL7xCx6RRq2nLtCzl8WvKQphAd8daRg3x0f2x1r7G1IFIV96jwz8Fimbi8/w640-h480/IMG_6677.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While we were searching for a campsite, I was too distracted to really absorb the view from Giant's Ledge. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoHpu6aIYFZKcYkvUTYOkAJar5TBHLh_0RE3RtR6Q50EWkNs54NJ_UqFMZrbWnurPW_bQxxKE-uKSasIU5w2xAvPfeIl1GNJjqx9Rb-wG4Pv9EFsPXtQWDc-8DXMZKL-P17Vm3zacA0k/s2048/IMG_6679.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoHpu6aIYFZKcYkvUTYOkAJar5TBHLh_0RE3RtR6Q50EWkNs54NJ_UqFMZrbWnurPW_bQxxKE-uKSasIU5w2xAvPfeIl1GNJjqx9Rb-wG4Pv9EFsPXtQWDc-8DXMZKL-P17Vm3zacA0k/w640-h480/IMG_6679.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So we went and made dinner there at the suggestion of our neighbor.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQrDW6OyD8Od6m8NKzWgV7_lnvcSTanzym9NeacmzAFBzgY42RxhFP2T6T25iP1k8HH3U5fFAuJLwThEDX57aSHTri8bX_LrW-A8Te1sfiCzv3C-aIDjZ89sofiPT1JtzR3L9dARy__4/s2048/IMG_6688.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQrDW6OyD8Od6m8NKzWgV7_lnvcSTanzym9NeacmzAFBzgY42RxhFP2T6T25iP1k8HH3U5fFAuJLwThEDX57aSHTri8bX_LrW-A8Te1sfiCzv3C-aIDjZ89sofiPT1JtzR3L9dARy__4/w640-h480/IMG_6688.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stayed till the sunset. Drank some whiskey. This is the longest I've spent at a view on a mountain in many years. I'll admit I rush off. But we stayed till the sun went down then went back to camp, had a little fire and listened to the wind roar over the ridge.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20bph6X80KEsj8JOtnX5cNdozz3RZOz4WnNu1zqh5v1feulS9-44_VrWJBZVVBQ-v264eGzL6GycPIpD1nR-LA9BHv3okq9GV5Px93MVVgFXaDQlTfyitcqt3yQwvUNYEmNCBWa0-yxY/s2048/IMG_6705.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20bph6X80KEsj8JOtnX5cNdozz3RZOz4WnNu1zqh5v1feulS9-44_VrWJBZVVBQ-v264eGzL6GycPIpD1nR-LA9BHv3okq9GV5Px93MVVgFXaDQlTfyitcqt3yQwvUNYEmNCBWa0-yxY/w640-h480/IMG_6705.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleep was deep and heavy. But we went to bed early enough that we were able to catch the sunrise back out on the ledge.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zSP-BJlSFTeHomUcIPE5neyEFXS2AFSBHPuM9AsLEmM-ZXkdlylWJfFqU2akaxYpCjM9PoQlo2ZTm4Ialm43I8gZGGsRGtPMGayEcSEpXcgI-FKzH0fVC1zL-bdi5XHNz-0mTVumxY0/s2048/IMG_6708.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zSP-BJlSFTeHomUcIPE5neyEFXS2AFSBHPuM9AsLEmM-ZXkdlylWJfFqU2akaxYpCjM9PoQlo2ZTm4Ialm43I8gZGGsRGtPMGayEcSEpXcgI-FKzH0fVC1zL-bdi5XHNz-0mTVumxY0/w640-h480/IMG_6708.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We met some younger guys that had left Westchester County at 2 AM to see the sunrise there. They packed in a thermos of hot cocoa. Their enthusiasm and passion for the woods was intoxicating. We made a big pot of coffee and shared it with them before packing our things and hiking out. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheX6Oczf8OwgGj9tqeCKhxECKW4it-GnBJOd_Lj10HQ5o9c9yYWhjavd4QRTRcUJHQ5sIl-m_T85xkZQII1U4u9aalPboDRJ_Cn7nt6j0HEucQ5oSrrhUDsB47lpkpMl13nfdhdt-EnIg/s2048/IMG_6710.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheX6Oczf8OwgGj9tqeCKhxECKW4it-GnBJOd_Lj10HQ5o9c9yYWhjavd4QRTRcUJHQ5sIl-m_T85xkZQII1U4u9aalPboDRJ_Cn7nt6j0HEucQ5oSrrhUDsB47lpkpMl13nfdhdt-EnIg/w480-h640/IMG_6710.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before you go, Check out this jaunty tree!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-2193109618392858782021-09-16T06:13:00.001-07:002021-09-16T06:13:10.100-07:00Camping with Hunter: Lost Pond and Weston Mountain<p> It's been really nagging at me, how to proceed with writing about Hunter and Rider. It felt a bit odd writing about Koda for all those hikes and homeboy was just an animal. Unlike Koda, these kids are going to grow up and read this (maybe). They're going to grow up thinking about consent. How are they going to feel about me writing about them? Their privacy is something I think about a lot, at times with anxiety, as we share photos of them on social media. Is it too much? Is it unfair to them to not give them the choice?</p><p>So I've been a bit paralyzed, though I've wanted to share so much about our time in the woods as a family. The things we've seen and done, the moments where I feel so joyful knowing they're sopping it up. That the <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19568835/" target="_blank">shinrin-yoku</a> is calming their brains and opening their eyes. The moments I feel so close to them, deep in the forest. Or am I just dreaming and hoping they'll love what we love? I don't quite know. So here I am, 5 years into being a parent, trying to write about being in the woods with my boys for the first time.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhLe8LRY0akHpLl67qqfoFEOD1MsQhJeeCws5T32JtTgqZzVAfVwIFihVMMkKaihsZMliYymxdy1sCJCxM-G-vp80twTJe3wSH4K-BC5BvidShH7LH3Wnw7_CJdoZHU9Y64OFB5EcL4Y/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhLe8LRY0akHpLl67qqfoFEOD1MsQhJeeCws5T32JtTgqZzVAfVwIFihVMMkKaihsZMliYymxdy1sCJCxM-G-vp80twTJe3wSH4K-BC5BvidShH7LH3Wnw7_CJdoZHU9Y64OFB5EcL4Y/w640-h480/IMG_6433.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lost Pond with the overlook on Weston Mountain in the background</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I've been dragging my heels a bit on camping. Lots of families we know have been going camping since before their kid's first birthday and had a blast. As much as I adore camping, that love just wasn't enough for me to want to deal with the challenges of camping with tiny beans. I knew Hunter has been ready and interested for a while and there was just something about this summer that made me feel ready too. He really enjoyed and did really well on the <a href="http://www.fultonchaintrifecta.com/" target="_blank">Fulton Chain Trifecta</a>. After doing the full Black Bear Mountain loop, I knew he was strong enough and had the desire to hike a few miles into the woods, to see and do some awesome stuff. </p><p>Joe Bogardus has always been a guiding force and inspiration for my hiking practice. I've greatly benefited from his advice and definitely gone on some really special hikes based on his recommendations. When Hunter was born, Joe mentioned the lean tos in the Hurricane Mountain Wilderness as a good location for a first family camping trip and the more I looked at it, the more I felt it fit the bill. There is a sizable camping area and lean to a relatively flat mile in and then a second lean to a bit over 2 miles in. With a bit of a climb. So if it seemed like pushing it wasn't going to be a good idea, we'd have an option very close to the road. Feeling more adventurous? Hike a little further. Past Lost Pond was Weston Mountain, most often visited by people completing the Nun-da-ga-o Loop. From the trail head to the top of Weston Mountain its about 1000 ft of elevation gain. While Hunter had walked the total amount of miles of this hike many times, this would be his biggest climb.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQNpe8dHbttQpsZBLrIU8H_3w6qeQZZlbMvJgqyhyphenhyphentTXbhJ3DmT-7MUy7wwkiyWdqU3tKM_YUhR4wZSPBZiJYPDBxIEdVKlLyNv3aox-FalSV-96PuX4zM-3k4Ub5e2LpMPstOItXihQ/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQNpe8dHbttQpsZBLrIU8H_3w6qeQZZlbMvJgqyhyphenhyphentTXbhJ3DmT-7MUy7wwkiyWdqU3tKM_YUhR4wZSPBZiJYPDBxIEdVKlLyNv3aox-FalSV-96PuX4zM-3k4Ub5e2LpMPstOItXihQ/w640-h480/IMG_6332.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Signing in. The trekking poles were a big hit</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Hunter was excited but also seemed nervous about the trip as the date approached. He worried about bears and I worried about...well a good many things. I did my best to put him at ease and explain what it would be like. That morning we packed his favorite stuffed animals and some books in a dry sack for him to carry. In the first mile or so he kept saying he felt tired and was literally dragging his feet. I think he was pretty nervous! Which I totally get, both Jeanette and I have been there many times at the start of a big unknown adventure. Patience as a parent doesn't come easy for me but I knew it would be absolutely critical to work hard on it for this trip. He'd have to feel safe, not rushed and supported. So I did my best to be there with him and make it fun. We did <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kvw2BPKjz0" target="_blank">parkour</a> moves off the roots and rocks for a bit and I kept reminding him of the specific treats I had planned for each stop on the route lol. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMs5U8XBWvjT-O1USP-cyI9zE_q9xB-acupOrGeGdNmr2sVKvX9cAevl4FnA3L-Idzd-lqF0PLgJ7hji8Fql70m6I2D9N-wC-9xqnHrSHiLvZQjBVA6dv_2UC_K-BKMPiEmhGCbx-YE20/w480-h640/IMG_6343.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hands on STEM in the wilds</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We got to the first lean to and had a big snack/lunch and he started coming around. He crushed a big ole bag of peanuts. More excited and enthusiastic. All that good peanut energy he kept telling me. We hung out there and explored the branches of the Gulf Brook drainage that crept by the lean to. Visiting our dear friends the Blanton's this summer, all the kids got really into damming the creek in their backyard. Hunter used the skills he had learned there and made a little dam on the rivulet closest to the lean to. Ok I got a bit impatient here, I'll admit. I wanted to get moving. So I just did my best to enjoy the scenery and wait till he was ready. I wanted the trip to be self-guided for him. I gave him several options (keeping it simple) and he could choose what he wanted to do. So this lean to was an option to camp at, as well as the tent site just down the trail. I told him about the next spot, next to Lost Pond and he seemed pretty into it. So we headed on, knowing we could come back down if we didn't like that option.<p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzkM86YO_pPlmEIsU11bn9dl-0RorFjtMwjRxDwU7vbyIxLTHV0TlGQm7ImewePaBiILXSdhzRjxUBhfm-QvOu4CSFIf6_kui-GUI7rVoBS-DL01tW6NZ4Z4701km7_7NJ61E4TYwAN0/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzkM86YO_pPlmEIsU11bn9dl-0RorFjtMwjRxDwU7vbyIxLTHV0TlGQm7ImewePaBiILXSdhzRjxUBhfm-QvOu4CSFIf6_kui-GUI7rVoBS-DL01tW6NZ4Z4701km7_7NJ61E4TYwAN0/w640-h480/IMG_6347.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad, these baby pine trees are so soft!</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>From here on out we were on the road less travelled. The first mile of the trail we did is the northern approach for the very popular Hurricane Mountain and gets lots of use. While the trail up to Lost Pond is used by folks hiking the Nun-da-ga-o Ridge (a trendy little hike in it's own right), it gets a fraction of the traffic Hurricane gets. It's a lovely trail, gradually climbing along the creek until it makes a hard left and starts the climb up to Lost Pond in earnest. The whole hike is like a mini version of a high peaks ascent. So I was able to share the terrain and scenery that makes the region so special with Hunter without having to take him on something too grueling. I know kids his age can hike a lot of miles but nothing in my time with him has ever given me the impression he wants to hike 10 plus miles right now. Nor do I want to take him on the high peaks trails. Until he's ready. If he doesn't ever want to, that's fine too. But maybe at least once. to humor his old man.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7RfHn-wmNxxYO4Ep_OVbEQevaHc9za2SfsRBl1ttGtbzUduBqgt-oXUnqWaLTUC3c9qrlCvCHZi7dR07TzoiCCZI9VnEzHPA3kyFmWjyxAtz6NpBxsWc9x0Qq5YSC56HWVnfweBc9Q0/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7RfHn-wmNxxYO4Ep_OVbEQevaHc9za2SfsRBl1ttGtbzUduBqgt-oXUnqWaLTUC3c9qrlCvCHZi7dR07TzoiCCZI9VnEzHPA3kyFmWjyxAtz6NpBxsWc9x0Qq5YSC56HWVnfweBc9Q0/w640-h480/IMG_6440.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was calling the live <a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/mycotrophic/monotropa_uniflora.shtml" target="_blank">Ghost Plant</a> white wolf pipes and the dead ones black wolf pipes. Which I think is a pretty rad name. </td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>So up we climbed, steep and rocky, beautiful and and aromatic. At this point I was feeling the weight of my pack so I was happier to take the breaks with Hunter. It was a pretty challenging climb! We started making jokes about why it's called Lost Pond, as we had reached the height of land and didn't see any indication of the shore line. The woods were thick up there. We did finally find Lost Pond and were struck by its beauty. "Dad, this is gorgeous!" We then had to make our way along the shore to the lean to on the other end. If this hike was a microcosm of a full high peaks ascent, this trail was definitely the mini version of the trail around Flowed Lands, one of the few stretches of high peaks trail I truly don't like. Lots of little muddy ups and downs after you've already hiked for quite a while. I think we were both ready for a break. I know I certainly was, so we were very excited to come around a bend and see the Biesemeyer lean to.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaf0c4ASzDXV6mVXYpPtdlvf3zEK7H0l1krtkyjIfQnwsbSA4b7rrpkvqLWR0fTF-wpFpNp-nx6XsN9WQ9WXqFW-4CGzX17EzTleRoypbDN6B39FS1V5nKbBxMDk61tg7ulioOmIr4Js/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaf0c4ASzDXV6mVXYpPtdlvf3zEK7H0l1krtkyjIfQnwsbSA4b7rrpkvqLWR0fTF-wpFpNp-nx6XsN9WQ9WXqFW-4CGzX17EzTleRoypbDN6B39FS1V5nKbBxMDk61tg7ulioOmIr4Js/w640-h480/IMG_6351.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad, this is gorgeous!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We got to the lean to and started scouting for potential tent sites. During our planning conversations, Hunter was interested in sleeping in a tent and I think we both would've felt safer in tent but I had let him know that if he felt comfortable, we could stay in the lean to. Joe had mentioned a tent site that had fallen into disrepair years ago. I checked it out and I can confidently say that it has been reclaimed by nature. Don't expect to find any easy tent site in the vicinity of this lean to. The coniferous forest is tight and the terrain steep. We settled in and ate some snacks. I was trying to save the KitKat for the summit of Weston Mountain but he wanted it then and I wanted him to feel proud of what he'd done so far, so it was candy time. Hunter decided he'd like to stay in the lean to so we got our sleeping bags out and enjoyed relaxing for an hour or so in our cozy home for the night.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahMG3Gru4DfKxYRYR4CxZy4EnbxZ1lsesoZXje3miBbVxwqIktRoe4Ga0wHVLcKuKrkkoxQUxWvfiW_veibCvtH6U4mO5yj05Yhy9RsuuAZ2RgaUAR3igEOe7giSHpujgK7vaGqQVGgA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahMG3Gru4DfKxYRYR4CxZy4EnbxZ1lsesoZXje3miBbVxwqIktRoe4Ga0wHVLcKuKrkkoxQUxWvfiW_veibCvtH6U4mO5yj05Yhy9RsuuAZ2RgaUAR3igEOe7giSHpujgK7vaGqQVGgA/w640-h480/IMG_6355.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I was pretty interested in seeing the views from Weston and it seemed like Hunter still had gas in the tank so we started along the herd path up the little peak. I carried our snacks and water and swapped out his <a href="https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/81574?page=kids-waterproof-trail-model-hikers&csp=a&feat=503719-recsbottom.categorypage" target="_blank">boots</a> for sneakers so he could feel more free and easy. The climb was steep but short and before long, we found ourselves basking in an absolutely stunning view of a good majority of the high peaks. He got very excited and explored all over the top, found great joy in hiding from me while I begged him to be careful and stay away from the edge. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CEPSbi3kamluItLrzky-XGvgc4xLxdHN0OkOkZQKJN8svmG18kBVz182MGYBKYvNJEJhzw91UIw39xmZs4My8Ws6_di3ItruI-vV1UKj_HZDfHuoiW-vJq3pcJPhYQUmgeleHFJGls0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="834" data-original-width="3768" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CEPSbi3kamluItLrzky-XGvgc4xLxdHN0OkOkZQKJN8svmG18kBVz182MGYBKYvNJEJhzw91UIw39xmZs4My8Ws6_di3ItruI-vV1UKj_HZDfHuoiW-vJq3pcJPhYQUmgeleHFJGls0/w640-h142/IMG_6363.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRgeIheKO9amljGppYCDesWmVE7V8tTPyC7qSbSNvPGzXOtIr-WZ8wCPlV8agas_3t-mf9wE8hGtUNnwDLXq0dABCqM85mcd3NJV0st0qVW9I7IncpWpjvMNhXFID_l5Lj8DAYYfwg9M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRgeIheKO9amljGppYCDesWmVE7V8tTPyC7qSbSNvPGzXOtIr-WZ8wCPlV8agas_3t-mf9wE8hGtUNnwDLXq0dABCqM85mcd3NJV0st0qVW9I7IncpWpjvMNhXFID_l5Lj8DAYYfwg9M/w640-h480/IMG_6390.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>With dinner on the horizon, he nearly flew back down to the lean to. I had promised a camp fire to roast marshmallows so we worked together to gather firewood. Everything was kind of damp so we had a slightly smoky little fire but it was enough to roast the perfect marshmallow. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBJI2zQyjXfMBrlbUCENFIOcnS4w31_4ksy7Mbutb2BpqTcBJleHheEUoecssPZt5RRvFrYmCdAIndW2PD8JbNS3sVQEjg9-9xWKc1vOo__LrK_v3BGmtcJpwvBS7bu_FrBPY0obeeGg/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBJI2zQyjXfMBrlbUCENFIOcnS4w31_4ksy7Mbutb2BpqTcBJleHheEUoecssPZt5RRvFrYmCdAIndW2PD8JbNS3sVQEjg9-9xWKc1vOo__LrK_v3BGmtcJpwvBS7bu_FrBPY0obeeGg/w480-h640/IMG_6406.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The perfect marshmallow</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I had been gushing to him for weeks about how delicious the <a href="https://mountainhouse.com/products/beef-stroganoff-pouch" target="_blank">Mountain House beef stroganoff</a> dinner was. He seemed interested but I was a bit skeptical so I had mac and cheese as a back up. After it cooled down he found it quite delicious! We made hot cocoa for dessert. So we just sort of hung out and watched the fire smolder as the night rolled in. We tried to figure out how many cook pots of water it would take to put out the fire. Turned out to be 6. I brought a deck of cards that Jeanette and I had taken on many camping trips and we played Go Fish and War as the sun set. He told me he was pretty tired after the sun went down so we settled into our bags. We read </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Just-Me-Dad-Little-Critter/dp/0307118398" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Just Me and My Dad</a><span style="text-align: left;">, which my dad read to me as a kid. He wanted to bring all camping related books. </span></div></div><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpJGEuhV-OTTlv3tsQabvdkOM8TIHVquKhISJMjuZm4RxbLFlBeWQ2UrdVik4tO5oVQ44SsFZ6N0abETcwMuaT_bNiSWOsEx1JHMFTHIZCMRcZapOv1Yx0phCQshfitXCwG9tQPZHVFk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpJGEuhV-OTTlv3tsQabvdkOM8TIHVquKhISJMjuZm4RxbLFlBeWQ2UrdVik4tO5oVQ44SsFZ6N0abETcwMuaT_bNiSWOsEx1JHMFTHIZCMRcZapOv1Yx0phCQshfitXCwG9tQPZHVFk/w640-h480/IMG_6407.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvJwlP2hn5mqf0cvEHig-7rmozvGJ_XBpsQEHj-WFb_1lqLA3gBSW8qQMZU7a0aTLtVt2n8utQFJYtg1BLMgikuXWmj8_Bml4dDkm3cgEoNcp9fiZj-AZUQKm1d82Hi__X_MZkABgFR0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvJwlP2hn5mqf0cvEHig-7rmozvGJ_XBpsQEHj-WFb_1lqLA3gBSW8qQMZU7a0aTLtVt2n8utQFJYtg1BLMgikuXWmj8_Bml4dDkm3cgEoNcp9fiZj-AZUQKm1d82Hi__X_MZkABgFR0/w640-h480/IMG_6408.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />"The peace of heart and mind he found in this wilderness will be forever shared by those who lift up their eyes unto the hill."</td></tr></tbody></table><br />When we laid down, there was a lot of fussing with the lantern and the headlamp I gave him for the trip. I can't imagine what it felt like to settle in for his first night in the woods as a 5 year old! I didn't sleep in a lean to until my late teens and it felt a little nerve-wracking even then. Oh...I forgot to mention the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIKl4XFeesI" target="_blank">harmonica</a>. An added pleasure of this trip was sorting through all of our camping gear and seeing what we had after years of it gathering dust. Jeanette and I have both found more time to get outdoors now that the most labor intensive part of childcare is fading into the distance. It feels good doing it and we also feel its important our kids can see us as more than just parents and 9-5 workers. That we have hobbies and passions. Along with the cards, I found a harmonica I brought along a few times. Can't really play it, but that hasn't stopped countless harmonica owners through the years from having a little fun. Well I gave it to him in the lean to and he about lost his mind. Brought it in the sleeping bag with him. So after about 45 minutes of fussing he quit trying to sleep and started rocking out on the harmonica. Which, looking back, is probably my favorite memory of our trip. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvYO9vvNrLOblp2fczLrEzQf3DNo81S9zQoGRQNmF7EjHd9IFAWI3HSGMi0SuJCDlHpvYOQQ3N_e8gh5cUgp8qUg8fSYSQqUWf_nkYAZtlWdqkxziFoaf81H7L_DbESB50a4zcelTQ9w/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjvYO9vvNrLOblp2fczLrEzQf3DNo81S9zQoGRQNmF7EjHd9IFAWI3HSGMi0SuJCDlHpvYOQQ3N_e8gh5cUgp8qUg8fSYSQqUWf_nkYAZtlWdqkxziFoaf81H7L_DbESB50a4zcelTQ9w/w480-h640/IMG_6417.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fox and Bunny made the trip</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>After the jam session he seemed a lot more settled and drifted off into deep, peaceful sleep. I stayed up a bit longer. It was a bit overcast, so no stars, and the lean to site is pretty treed in so it was just about as dark as dark can be. There wasn't the usual symphony of crickets and cicadas we have this time of year in Albany so it almost felt like a <a href="http://www.zephyrfloat.com/floatation" target="_blank">sensory deprivation chamber</a>. I felt at peace, happy and fulfilled. I did eventually drift off, only to wake up around 4 with a very stiff body. It had been a long time since I've slept in a lean to and I was really feeling the pressure points. Might be time to upgrade my sleeping pad as I hurtle towards 40. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpt6AXrThkLaZSIL_8yl3mHxZUsM0_AXEwziXwsX_2niBqfN-soM-tvtfNior20BKGBsFjQND0HUk1SJ4MrUmjLXUfIrhY7BXVXR49SCSLSripYvda-aczrQ3PzkhhP0PI9cDl7ch8lZk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpt6AXrThkLaZSIL_8yl3mHxZUsM0_AXEwziXwsX_2niBqfN-soM-tvtfNior20BKGBsFjQND0HUk1SJ4MrUmjLXUfIrhY7BXVXR49SCSLSripYvda-aczrQ3PzkhhP0PI9cDl7ch8lZk/w640-h480/IMG_6420.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SO happy</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Hunter slept in till nearly 7! I was so surprised and pleased. My main concerns for the trip were that he'd be too scared being out all night in the woods or he wouldn't be able to sleep, but all was well in the end. Not totally shocking that a kid growing up amidst a global pandemic would be resilient. We shared oatmeal and Mac and Cheese for breakfast, both of which really hit the spot. I made bad instant coffee and marveled at how delicious ANY hot coffee tastes in the woods. The hike out went a bit more quickly than the hike in. We talked about what we were going to eat when we got out of the woods. It was decided he wanted a sundae with strawberry AND vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles at Stewart's. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkTmUs22k6t52Uuw9jFNPMju06_F21t00nHplraA85AsU_QF46_bWU65f0HxvLGMP3rTA1xnXEp_eFyzLbyqQd05ZB_81XeP-GSf6izwbzXkelUe0E-uain9RkRQVOtZnXC3H-UNVplM/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkTmUs22k6t52Uuw9jFNPMju06_F21t00nHplraA85AsU_QF46_bWU65f0HxvLGMP3rTA1xnXEp_eFyzLbyqQd05ZB_81XeP-GSf6izwbzXkelUe0E-uain9RkRQVOtZnXC3H-UNVplM/w640-h480/IMG_6447.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Serious business in the hallowed maroon halls</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I feel so happy, still, weeks later, from this trip. Our big adventure. If he wants to, I'll take him backpacking again next year. We also want to do a state campsite as a whole family soon. While its hard at times watching our babies grow up into big kids, being able to do things like this add a new depth to our relationship and hopefully affects the way they see and exist in the world. </p>Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-69685246835808531632021-01-26T06:17:00.000-08:002021-01-26T06:17:20.887-08:00Kane Mountain Loop <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuOWcCuLbxCvC782MnKNE7nDgJY-32JB-V6xlUz1vCa4InmKkGpTmG0Dfh2tT0seTqVVgxVmvP6OHV76NGoZ-54axoSBuQX9xDFIr_GsC_kJN7Dq9vKYL8gVAtQaViK9RJw-Lb1gOONg/s2048/IMG_0297.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuOWcCuLbxCvC782MnKNE7nDgJY-32JB-V6xlUz1vCa4InmKkGpTmG0Dfh2tT0seTqVVgxVmvP6OHV76NGoZ-54axoSBuQX9xDFIr_GsC_kJN7Dq9vKYL8gVAtQaViK9RJw-Lb1gOONg/w640-h480/IMG_0297.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">I got to the trail head and almost didn't want to get out of the car. It was just so peaceful, pretty and cozy, alone in my car with the music cranking. What if I just chilled here and read a book for a few hours? I used to always plan a snowboarding trip or high peak ascent for my birthday. Once Hunter and Rider came along my needs changed. I still want to be in the woods but I'd rather chill right now. So for my birthday hike this year I set my sights on something smaller and closer to home.</span></p><p>The music made it especially hard to walk away from my warm den. I've been working my way slowly through the Grateful Dead's legendary Europe 72 tour (again) and happened to land on 5/11/72 (<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd72-05-11.sbd.ashley-bertha.7364.sbefail.shnf" target="_blank">check out the gorgeous Jay Ashley Bertha remaster</a>) starting at the Dark Star segment for the drive up. The Dark Star itself contains multitudes. Its an entire human lifetime, expressed musically, clocking in at over 45 minutes. I was lost in joy and beauty as I puttered through Johnstown and up north into Caroga Lake. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSIcrbm9ttEXWDbyBdH-NIabkF5g4-borEnbavVxAYj8TaErggz_Z1_TJ2xnVhMlGEgijJ8wovM4mbJStPtI6wcX2fiwYAIJPo_EQoPBtAzUir2COHJPhHoUmdQEwE2YGmEGYJPq97Xw/s785/Magazine+++Muziekkrant+Oor+++Issue+8+++Apr+1972+++Netherlands.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSIcrbm9ttEXWDbyBdH-NIabkF5g4-borEnbavVxAYj8TaErggz_Z1_TJ2xnVhMlGEgijJ8wovM4mbJStPtI6wcX2fiwYAIJPo_EQoPBtAzUir2COHJPhHoUmdQEwE2YGmEGYJPq97Xw/w488-h640/Magazine+++Muziekkrant+Oor+++Issue+8+++Apr+1972+++Netherlands.png" width="488" /></a></div><p>Having kids has completely changed how I experience nature. I'll admit it, in the before times I got pretty addicted to going bigger/ faster/ farther in the woods. I always paid a lot of lip service to the whole connecting with nature thing but was rarely satisfied <a href="https://wikischool.org/_media/be_here_now.pdf" target="_blank">just being there</a> if I wasn't pushing myself. I really want my boys to connect with nature. I don't want it to have to be on the terms I connected on. So when we go outdoors together its rarely with an ambitious itinerary. Sometimes the best days we have out in nature we stay in sight of the car. Getting to know a stream, looking for salamanders, experiencing being content when rain is falling, or the wind howls around us. </p><p>I spent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aygY5OqMuKE">the first 10 years</a> of my hiking hobby working to go faster. I'm beginning to think I should spend the next 10 learning to slow down.</p><p>When I started hiking, I found the <a href="https://www.adkhighpeaks.com/forums/" target="_blank">Adirondack High Peaks forum</a> to be a wonderful resource. Not only did I learn a ton from the discussions, I also connected with other hikers. There was an ongoing dinner/ drinks meet up for Capital District area high peaks hikers I attended several times that was organized on the forum. I met a bunch of wonderful people, including <a href="https://www.hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2020/june/athlete-profile-alan" target="_blank">Alan Via</a>. Alan is a legendary hiker, with his name on the roster of all the northeast hiking challenges. He's the authority on the Catskill hundred highest, having written the guide book and climbed the peaks many times. He's also a doghiker extraordinaire, publishing a wonderful guide book (<a href="https://www.sunypress.edu/p-6853-doghiker.aspx" target="_blank">check it out here!</a>) on the subject in 2019. He helped me so much while I climbed the 46 with our German Shepherd Koda. Barbara, his wife, is a wonderful artist and did a watercolor of a white throated sparrow Jeanette and I absolutely cherish. I decided to climb Kane based on Alan's recommendation and to follow the loop route he touts in Doghiker.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSaFJ9_IrnbvX4sxlACaw4LLSYECXDKIiubsw0ggLBgqF02HvKg5URCXxttF7P97xbBgBpdd_O8pIPZXpzXHXES7CpzIy9d9bWZkTsmZ3Wu27Fke6nrryTmuAJPQ3ofJ-SoHmDHol5X4/s2048/IMG_0295.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSaFJ9_IrnbvX4sxlACaw4LLSYECXDKIiubsw0ggLBgqF02HvKg5URCXxttF7P97xbBgBpdd_O8pIPZXpzXHXES7CpzIy9d9bWZkTsmZ3Wu27Fke6nrryTmuAJPQ3ofJ-SoHmDHol5X4/w480-h640/IMG_0295.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>The large parking lot was empty so I cranked up the tunes a bit and got my boots and layers on at a leisurely pace while The Grateful Dead blazed through <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_fZoZFkuKA" target="_blank">Caution (Do Not Stop on the Tracks)</a> with Pigpen delivering his rap with all the fire and swagger. I took the time to eat my breakfast, read through the guidebook again and get centered. I was finally ready to step out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjPTRzIs2J3_cCSz7L1Fp1CCUsls8R6l6mHxwsaHhEl_Dso8H2xgZOBaIccLl6yFa_LWcKCDmnJIC5lJeYrVMl2YM7Bu0FWK51CZ7WTRc5C2JNmp5AaTePC455aRn-6HgMpK2AAG5yEU/s2048/IMG_0299.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjPTRzIs2J3_cCSz7L1Fp1CCUsls8R6l6mHxwsaHhEl_Dso8H2xgZOBaIccLl6yFa_LWcKCDmnJIC5lJeYrVMl2YM7Bu0FWK51CZ7WTRc5C2JNmp5AaTePC455aRn-6HgMpK2AAG5yEU/w640-h480/IMG_0299.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Entering the woods that morning was like transporting to another dimension. It was silent. A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAEppFUWLfc" target="_blank">silence</a> so complete it was deafening. Something so absent from my day to day life right now. It was surreal. All I heard was the crunching of my boots in the snow and my breath. At first I had to stop completely and allow the pulse to stop beating in my ears in order to hear anything at all. What I did hear was the merest whisper of wind higher up on the slope of the mountain. The next time I paused there wasn't even any wind. After about a minute I heard the distant caw of a crow. I chugged a long a while longer, getting a good deal of the elevation change behind me, before stopping again. Now on top of the ridge I enjoyed hearing the low booming bass of a woodpecker whamming away at a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7eu4akSvk" target="_blank">hollow tree</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_JbNctaAnH9cxt-deDO1l2wX9Qfm_U902w6Hx37fIBXRvAKDAHJjIGb8wVonOa-0JWUYjKTxzgpXyjg6FS7ooS9ht2bLGUUZ-QYFdXCmmiGJoEobyygIv3nRyzpU_9meq9xnQcKw-hE/s2048/IMG_0300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_JbNctaAnH9cxt-deDO1l2wX9Qfm_U902w6Hx37fIBXRvAKDAHJjIGb8wVonOa-0JWUYjKTxzgpXyjg6FS7ooS9ht2bLGUUZ-QYFdXCmmiGJoEobyygIv3nRyzpU_9meq9xnQcKw-hE/w640-h480/IMG_0300.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>As my brain adjusted to my surroundings I kept noticing branches and trees bending with the exact same arc along and over the trail. I felt a little crazy or like I was bending lines to fit my narrative but I really feel like what I was seeing was real and sort of odd. The way patterns in nature spiral or branch, repeat and dissolve reminded me of the way the Grateful Dead <a href="https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-dark-star" target="_blank">enter and explore</a> the vast territories of Dark Star. Then I began seeing incredibly delicate spikes and needles of ice and the Dark Star/ Nature connection intensified. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucZHoe7lMt93n5jBP8oElqoU7gsrgnVtO4C2TXSimw34DDJ4q4e67TYGsmlTFy0JRDFGEP8_961lWi-72ax5XZ8DdT3tkQLxZzvOyVpNLcDb1vwlcnX-59LrYv4djGeKabWZhlqLmb0M/s2048/IMG_0305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucZHoe7lMt93n5jBP8oElqoU7gsrgnVtO4C2TXSimw34DDJ4q4e67TYGsmlTFy0JRDFGEP8_961lWi-72ax5XZ8DdT3tkQLxZzvOyVpNLcDb1vwlcnX-59LrYv4djGeKabWZhlqLmb0M/w480-h640/IMG_0305.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="bbVIQb" jsname="Vinbg" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px;"><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 12px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><i>Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes</i></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><i><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Shall we go, you and I while we can</div></span><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="text-align: center;">Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyWWFqq1QGnn41mJ7aVnh-YeQ780UeWb6uLe6U_6GN2L-U16hXNQ9uuwXwO7HHobN_64-tYQQXxYvrcszTMJSkxgA7dcuf0lCusQOnFC3hb69nuLnNxYTBNOoSn05rx3YWhQknkmy-Do/s2048/IMG_0310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyWWFqq1QGnn41mJ7aVnh-YeQ780UeWb6uLe6U_6GN2L-U16hXNQ9uuwXwO7HHobN_64-tYQQXxYvrcszTMJSkxgA7dcuf0lCusQOnFC3hb69nuLnNxYTBNOoSn05rx3YWhQknkmy-Do/w480-h640/IMG_0310.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Glass hand dissolving in ice, petal flowers revolving</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of good-bye</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shall we go, you and I while we can</div><div style="text-align: center;">Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?</div></span></i></span></div></div><div class="bbVIQb" jsname="WbKHeb"><div class="ujudUb WRZytc u7wWjf" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><div style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: courier; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;">-<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/robert-hunter-gave-the-grateful-dead-its-voice" target="_blank">Robert Hunter</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: courier; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hUGZE4rtpWt8QqemMs3qNdSFRpT4qgzL5pIdJwMxOcAbEc_puWFFUmesGzfFvgsRn4UnPangUgPowCMGw9TOP8VkpFvJ69aZqrWnr4qJzztYL-c7H2E4XsL41MHPHb9FsfE1o8THebg/s2048/IMG_0313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hUGZE4rtpWt8QqemMs3qNdSFRpT4qgzL5pIdJwMxOcAbEc_puWFFUmesGzfFvgsRn4UnPangUgPowCMGw9TOP8VkpFvJ69aZqrWnr4qJzztYL-c7H2E4XsL41MHPHb9FsfE1o8THebg/w640-h480/IMG_0313.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Lost in a revery of nature, internal music and external silence, I stumbled out into the clearing at the base of the fire tower. It was a lot taller than I expected LOL. The delicate pin and needle constellations of rime ice that had coated the trees along the the trail, climbed up the tower. I slowly sauntered up the steps taking in the intensely calm input data. Contour lines, waves of trees, undulating lake shores, lines of winding roads, the right angles of buildings. The ice crystals clung to any surface they could. The girders, the handrails, the fencing and steps. I tried not to disturb this frozen cathedral.</span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc u7wWjf" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><br /></span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc u7wWjf" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHY5EpG9aL4S3FZeF-pdlZH2jFO_ahx0-8En6ZLMMbnY9aQexhUZlzBcW-c6kfJA1ORDRkiB3bh7KfBWUFDMq8DbP2DeYMbyRxjXoge2XBHsuVVp12oBULrEYATQ-gmrpITBU9kA66iQ/s2048/IMG_0320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHY5EpG9aL4S3FZeF-pdlZH2jFO_ahx0-8En6ZLMMbnY9aQexhUZlzBcW-c6kfJA1ORDRkiB3bh7KfBWUFDMq8DbP2DeYMbyRxjXoge2XBHsuVVp12oBULrEYATQ-gmrpITBU9kA66iQ/w640-h480/IMG_0320.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">The day was gray, with shrouds of mist accentuating, rather than taking away from, the beauty of the world around me. I spiraled up the icy steps until I emerged into the tower cab. I was greeted with ice-framed views of the seemingly endless unfolding of lakes, ponds, hills and peaks. The more I looked the more I saw. I lingered. Which I don't get to do nearly enough. I paced around the cab scanning the landscape. I've never hiked in this area so everything was new. The ice formations coated the inside and outside of the fire tower. They were impossibly delicate yet almost sinister looking. Like some sort of rare and dangerous crystal. I sopped in the quiet stillness for a good while and then did the unthinkable: I turned the Dead show back on just in time for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSur0mFviT0" target="_blank">Truckin'</a>. I rocked out. I played air guitar. I sang loudly off key. Its trashy but I just had to violate the sanctity of the moment to let out my joyous <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6xyHna-NuM" target="_blank">YAWP</a>. </span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc u7wWjf" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><br /></span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc u7wWjf" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislR96jDUG8kNvVKz-W0RwE4e2Wfofdn68jCjJtjbfYR-o_mg_rlh6Wv0tGP1TfYxknWadocIdjhlxpNi1tyQ8jsNNcRfvAUuCJKXe1Pk7-7pjmz9zcqaFeDg0jT_jG86qFJFvfZECGp0/s2048/IMG_0327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislR96jDUG8kNvVKz-W0RwE4e2Wfofdn68jCjJtjbfYR-o_mg_rlh6Wv0tGP1TfYxknWadocIdjhlxpNi1tyQ8jsNNcRfvAUuCJKXe1Pk7-7pjmz9zcqaFeDg0jT_jG86qFJFvfZECGp0/w640-h480/IMG_0327.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkRqn7i2Mu-6_DSf3XY1EOMUX_7phwftLxvUnfc-GPmHn0Hr_ekkyIoNDCc2yE-rj2Sd2LI-Xoo6ESaXRoIEwYqaF5TpVMJLXrRDcC0dqDxotxzLG8MaYOY2FIHuOU8Ukyqwqke4Ty7Q/s2048/IMG_0329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkRqn7i2Mu-6_DSf3XY1EOMUX_7phwftLxvUnfc-GPmHn0Hr_ekkyIoNDCc2yE-rj2Sd2LI-Xoo6ESaXRoIEwYqaF5TpVMJLXrRDcC0dqDxotxzLG8MaYOY2FIHuOU8Ukyqwqke4Ty7Q/w640-h480/IMG_0329.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span jsname="YS01Ge"><br /></span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc u7wWjf" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAziU8cwio0DABvGaGWia3wLa54VHYY5SN6GPoU3P6Ie1QdYt2quHy9ACV8kfH8Dn_ggraj9PgWC2b8JNPi8Ol6a2Nf2bzwx2gLDrmJwG3U7CSY-Y_rEPIJuETi5lED3WIV9Fqp5Zf0NE/s2048/IMG_0341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAziU8cwio0DABvGaGWia3wLa54VHYY5SN6GPoU3P6Ie1QdYt2quHy9ACV8kfH8Dn_ggraj9PgWC2b8JNPi8Ol6a2Nf2bzwx2gLDrmJwG3U7CSY-Y_rEPIJuETi5lED3WIV9Fqp5Zf0NE/w640-h480/IMG_0341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I took my time climbing down the icy steps and then went and checked out the old caretaker's cabin. The way down to the lot was a happy blur. Saw people for the first time that day which shook me out of the forest revery a bit. It only took me about 2 hours round trip and I thought I dawdled and lingered plenty. It was such a treat to just have a nice relaxing hike. Too many times since I've had kids, I've tried to cram a really big hike into whatever free time I had available to me. So I'd come out of what was supposed to be a restorative outing pretty drained Especially since my overall fitness levels are down from my most active hiking period. Kane was a great success and I really reaped the benefits of slowing down. </span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc u7wWjf" data-mh="-1" jsname="U8S5sf" style="line-height: 1.58; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge"><br /></span></div></div>Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-22196512139180137072019-05-21T05:27:00.000-07:002019-05-21T05:27:31.397-07:00Spring at the Hannacroix Creek Preserve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="https://newbaltimoreconservancy.org/visit-us/hannacroix-creek-preservehudson-river-interpretive-trail/" target="_blank">Hannacroix Creek Preserve</a> is about 30 minutes south of Albany. It's located at the confluence of the Hannacroix Creek and the Hudson River. The Hannacroix Creek drains from it's headwaters high on the <a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/eny-hannacroix-ravine/" target="_blank">Heldeberg Escarpment</a>, taking many dramatic twists and turns through some lovely country south of Albany. To see the upper reaches, visit the <a href="https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/eny-hannacroix-ravine/" target="_blank">Hannacroix Ravine Preserve</a>.<br />
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This preserve was a wonderful place to watch the spring unfurl. This preserve includes several unique destinations all worth visiting on their own. Each one on its own is a lovely family hike or relaxed visit to the woods. The entire preserve can be done by a strong hiker in around 3 hours and would be a decent little workout.<br />
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You can visit the Hudson River while strolling through some tidal wetlands. Spring peepers made quite a ruckus while a Blue Heron expressed indignation about the break in it's solitude. Many of the birds of spring were flitting about in early April including robins, juncos, cardinals, woodpeckers and red winged black birds. There's a bench to rest along the Hudson to take in some boating traffic or watch for river friendly birds like gulls or bald eagles.<br />
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The main draw for the preserve is its stunning falls. A gravel woods road takes you up over a rise and down along the Hannacroix Creek's banks. The water is stunningly blue-green. During one visit I watched a kingfisher working the rocky shore for it's lunch while a pileated woodpecker's noisy lunch pursuit echoed through the valley. In my humble estimation this is one of the loveliest waterfalls within in hour of Albany in any direction. All spring it was too high and fast to get to close but in times of low water you can explore all around it's top and base for interesting perspectives.<br />
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As April drifted wetly towards May, the flowers began to spring up through the dense leaf-mat on the forest floor. The red trail, found off of the main yellow trail to the falls, doesn't look like much on the map. I ignored it the first few visits here. It turns out its quite a worthy destination all on its own. Twisting up through stately pine forest, this loop trail takes you to the height of land in the preserve. A filtered view down to the Hudson was a pleasant surprise. The <a href="http://www.nysba.state.ny.us/bridgepages/MHB/MHBpage/NYSWeb_mhb_page_NoLogo.htm" target="_blank">Mid-Hudson Bridge</a> was even visible with matchbox cars bustling up and down the highway. the entire top of the ridge is scenic with several fun rock outcroppings to explore.<br />
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This is a wonderful park to take in some solitude. A day there feels very satisfying with little time invested. You can have several different adventures all in one small preserve.<br />
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<br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-55232750227670802532019-02-11T12:22:00.001-08:002019-03-04T05:45:47.876-08:00Wilmington, NY History: The Wilmington Bridge<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Archaeological Survey</h2>
<i> The New York State Museum's <a href="http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research-collections/archaeology/crsp" target="_blank">Cultural Resource Survey Program</a> conducted a survey in October 2012 in preparation for the rehabilitation and bridge replacement for BIN (bridge identification number) #1032750 which carries NYS Route 86 over the West Branch of the Ausable River. This work consisted of background research and an archaeological survey of about 2 acres of land on either side of the bridge. </i><br />
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<i> A total of 20 shovel test pits (a hand dug hole approximately 16 in wide and up to 3 ft deep) were excavated at an interval of 25 ft . Of the 20 pits excavated, 17 contained historic artifacts. A total of 421 artifacts were recovered. Throughout the project area sub soils contained intact historic deposits consisting of kaolin pipe fragments, machine cut and hand wrought nails, a variety of ceramic types such as pearlware and annular ware, as well as brick, hardware and kitchen bone. Top soils contained a mixture of historic artifacts and modern refuse such as twist top bottle caps, cellophane and linoleum. </i><br />
<i><br /></i><i> Artifacts recovered from the survey of Wilmington gives us a glimpse into the day to day lives of it's citizen's from the earliest settlers into the present. Artifacts like hand wrought nails, pearlware ceramics and early kaolin pipe fragments date to the settling of Wilmington in the 18th century. Machine cut nails and transfer printed ironstone/ whiteware ceramic illustrate the changes brought to Wilmington by the industrial revolution in the 19th century. Crown bottle caps and linoleum date to the 20th century century. </i><br />
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<b>Learn more about how archaeologists date objects!</b><br />
<a href="https://www.peachstatearchaeologicalsociety.org/index.php/12-pipes/157-kaolin-clay-trade-pipes" target="_blank">Kaolin pipes</a><br />
<a href="https://www.uvm.edu/~histpres/203/nails.html" target="_blank">Nails</a><br />
<a href="http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/BeginnersGuideToHIstoricCeramicIdentification.html" target="_blank">ceramics</a><br />
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<i> Four historic archaeological sites were identified in Wilmington: </i><br />
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<i>1) The <b>H.J. Huntington Site: </b>is associated with a structure that was built circa 1865. It was the home of harness maker and carpenter Henry Huntington (1870, 1880 and 1900 federal census, Grays 1876 New Topographical Atlas of Essex County, New York). His harness shop originally stood on the west side of the dwelling. </i><br />
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<i>2) The <b>Bliss House Site: </b></i><i>The first appearance of this structure is labeled L. Bliss on Gray’s 1876 New Topographical Atlas of Essex County, New York. Jesper Bliss, a farmer, owned the property north of The Bliss House site. His sons Loami Bliss and James Bliss operated the grist mill northeast of the Bliss House Site, along the north shore of the West Branch of the Ausable River. The Bliss House, a hotel which opened in 1882, operated in Wilmington until it burned down in 1912. After that, Maximillian Bliss operated a gas station in the early 20th century. The Bliss House is one of several hotels in Wilmington that operated during the golden age of Adirondack tourism. The Hotel Olney was across the street from the Bliss House. Across the river at the intersection of Springfield Road and NY Rte 86 stood the Whiteface Mountain House. The Bliss House Site includes all artifact deposits and features associated with the Bliss estate's long occupation including residences, the hotel and the gas station. </i><br />
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<i>3) The <b>D.B. Hayes Site: </b></i><i>This dwelling was built in the 1850s and was originally the home to David B. Hayes. Hayes was an iron worker and lived there from the 1850s to the 1870s (1870 and 1880 federal censuses). His brother, Aaron Hayes lived there after that with his son and daughter (1900, 1910 and 1920 federal censuses. Frank Everest acquired the Hays dwelling in the 1920s, and likely resided there.</i><br />
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<i>4) The <b>Lawson and Aurilla Kilborn Site: </b>This dwelling was built circa 1815 and represents one of the earliest structures in Wilmington. It was identified as the home of lawyer Lawson Kilborn and Aurilla Kilborn in the 1870 Federal census, Albert Lewis in the 1910 census and John Lewis on the 1934 highway plan. The house has been continuously occupied since it was first built. A wagon shop was also located on or near the property. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The history of <st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city> follows a similar trajectory to many other towns
in the <st1:place w:st="on">Adirondack</st1:place> region. The early phase of <st1:place w:st="on">Adirondack</st1:place> town and hamlet development is marked by the discovery and exploitation of water, lumber and mineral resources. Mills and lumber camps
spring up, with small towns to support them. The next phase involves the blooming of the Adirondack tourist
industry. It was spurred on by <a href="https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/application/files/4315/3012/8733/TYoung_ArchivesMagazine_Sum18.pdf" target="_blank">widely read traveler’s accounts</a> as well as the development of railroads, which provided greater access to the remote region. Next, the proliferation of the automobile and improved roads led to a ‘golden age’
of <st1:place w:st="on">Adirondack</st1:place> hotels and tourism. Today, <st1:place w:st="on">Adirondack</st1:place> towns continue to draw visitors with modern outdoor
pursuits like snowmobiling and alpine skiing as well as classic Adirondack recreation like
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> An abundance of natural resources and
the location along a major waterway gave the area around </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;"> great appeal. The potential energy in the
West Branch of the </span><st1:placename style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on">Ausable</st1:placename><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><st1:placetype style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on">River</st1:placetype><span style="font-family: inherit;"> made possible the settling of </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;">. The power it generated in the
town's first mills led to the production of iron, starch and potash.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The raw materials from these products were
harvested from the earth, mountains and forests of the </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Ausable</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Valley</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was a settlement in </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;"> as early as 1790, with a primitive
mill on the Ausable almost immediately </span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">(Teft 2011:
539).</span><br />
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Topographical Atlas of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Essex</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:city>,
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Rueben Sanford is cited (Smith 1885: 638) as the town’s first prominent citizen. Arriving by 1803 and building a permanent residence by 1812. By 1820 Sanford had developed an “extensive iron manufacturing establishment” (Smith 1885: 638). Sanford is also credited as the first postmaster, as well as the owner of a shop and tavern. Rye was grown for whiskey, the production of which was a major industry in the Ausable Valley. Sanford owned two of the largest distilleries. Potatoes also grew well here. Starch mills operated at the river dam once the iron manufacturing business had “suffered great losses through the violence of the elements and the fluctuations of business” (Smith 1885: 638). Sanford’s home is on the <a href="http://www.wilmingtonhistoricalsociety.org/walkingtour.html">Wilmington Historical Society walking tour</a>.<br />
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development of the West Branch of the </span><st1:placename style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on">Ausable</st1:placename><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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planted the seed for </span><st1:city style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to grow, iron
and water drove the development of a much different town near the headwaters of
the </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on">Hudson River</st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Abenaki guide Lewis Elijah led
a group of prospectors to a massive bed of iron ore north of </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Sanford</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Lake</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;">
in 1826. Soon after, Duncan McMartin Jr., David Henderson and John McIntyre began taking
the steps financially and politically to develop this resource into a
large-scale mining operation. By 1832, the mine was up and running. The
settling of the </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">village</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename w:st="on">McIntyre,</st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;"> or Adirondac, followed a plantation model. The town was built for the workers of the mine and
their needs. All businesses and housing were owned by the company (Staley 2004:
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By the later half of the 19th century many of the same factors which led to the demise of the iron industry in Wilmington plagued the Adirondack Iron and Steel Company. Numerous floods, economic crisis’ and the realities of the isolation of the rugged high peaks region all contributed to the decline of Adirondack Iron and Steel. It was too harsh a landscape and too far from the major thoroughfares. In 1845, the death of principal investor David Henderson in a hunting accident north of the Upper Works further contributed to the decline of the operation. This ‘calamity’ is commemorated with a large monument at the site of the incident, now known as Calamity Pond.<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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Mill operations throughout the Adirondack High Peaks were often at the mercy of the forces of nature. Like Wilmington and McIntyre, The town of Keene developed around the power of Adirondack water. “By 1823 there was a saw mill located along Johns Brook three miles north of the center of Keene. Eli Hull and Sons had a forge on the East Branch of the Ausable River and Graves and Chase had a forge within the village proper. Another forge was constructed in 1823 and was located between the village of Keene and the older saw mill. This later forge was carried away during a freshet in 1856” (Vaillancourt 1990:5).<br />
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The 1855 and 1856 floods were indeed major events along the length of the Ausable River and throughout the High Peaks region. Many of the industrial works along both branches were wiped out. The town of Ausable Forks was particularly hard hit with the high waters destroying the rolling mill, nail factory, machine shop, foundry, dams and various houses.<br />
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Economic shifts affected these towns differently, in part based on their response to the shifts. Ausable Forks transitioned from the iron business to paper and pulp. The ample power available from the Ausable River continued to be harnessed while the product shifted. In Wilmington, the cost was too high and the infrastructure insufficient to log the steep slopes which had not yet been touched on Whiteface. As the iron industry faded here, the economy shifted in a new direction.<br />
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The burgeoning tourist industry bloomed in Wilmington, due in part to it’s proximity to Whiteface Mountain. Whiteface is perhaps the most frequently and earliest climbed of the 46 highest peaks in New York. The first documented ascent came in 1814 when a surveyor, John Richards made the short trip to the summit from the line he was laying out to establish the eastern boundary of Township 11, Old Military Tract. With Wilmington, North Elba and St. Armand settled since the 1790s it is likely that it had been climbed by Euro-Americans even before that.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Standing Separated from the rest
of the high peaks, visible from such far off points as </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Montreal</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and the Saint Lawrence Valley,
Whiteface is a mountain of many names. According to tradition, the Algonquins
moving through the Saint Lawrence Valley called it </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Wa-ha-par-te-nie </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">meaning “it is white”.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">some sources called it </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Ou-no-war-lah </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">allegedly a Mohawk word which meant “scalp mountain”. Many of the names for Whiteface came
about in reference to the dramatic slides visible on the west and east sides of
the peak, where bare</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">“white” rock shows
brightly from far off (Teft 2011: 539) .“Geologically, Whiteface is unique in
that its anthrosite granite welled up from the earth from a separate source
from the rest of the high peaks. More recently, mountain glaciers clung to its
high slopes long enough in the aftermath of the last ice age to create the most
distinct alpine features to be found on any Adirondack Peak” (Goodwin and
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Ebenezer Emmons made an officially recorded ascent in 1836 during which he used a barometer to calculate the height of Whiteface to be 4,855 ft. This measurement is 20 ft shy of the current measurement. Verplanck Colvin, during his “Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Wilderness of New York” made several less accurate readings between the years of 1869 and 1878, finally reaching the figure of 4,871.655 ft, about 4 ft below the currently accepted elevation of 4,876 ft. Early citizens of Wilmington built their economy around Whiteface, first harvesting lumber from it and then by bringing tourists up and down it. George Weston cut a “pony trail” up to the summit around 1870. He eventually sold out to Sidney Weston, proprietor of the Whiteface Mountain House who would take guests of the hotel to the top (Teft 2011: 539). <span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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Wilmington was home to a number of early and prominent hotels. These hotels catered to the growing throngs of tourists gaining access to the Adirondacks by stage coach at first, then rail and eventually automobile. The Bliss House was a popular stop on the stage coach line from Ausable Chasm to Lake Placid. This hotel offered guests ascent of Whiteface via horseback. The hotel also had tennis courts and a baseball field later in its history. A large clearing exists in it's previous location giving a vague impression of where these facilities existed. The farmhouse associated with the hotel still stands. The Olney Hotel was located across the street from the Bliss house. This hotel also had tennis courts, offering croquet grounds as well as cabins which could be rented as an alternative to a hotel room. One of these cabins still stands in Wilmington, housing several of it's businesses. Whiteface Mountain House (formerly located east of the eastern boundary of the project area) was also a major attraction in Wilmington. The hotel was open by the early 1870s and was originally owned by Weston and Ayer, Frank Everest took over as the proprietor in the early 20th century. In the 1920s he financed a waterwheel at the former location of the wooden dam which brought electricity to the hotel and the rest of the town of Wilmington. His home, known locally as the Everest Cabin, still stands and functions as a private residence. <span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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“In November of 1927, the voters of New York approved an amendment to the “Forever Wild” clause of the state constitution which allowed the building of the <a href="https://www.whiteface.com/activities/whiteface-veterans-memorial-highway">Whiteface highway</a> as a memorial to the men who had fought the Great War (World War I)” (Tefft 2011: 551). This tourist highway, in the vein of the road up Mount Washington further opened up Whiteface Mountain and the town of Wilmington to tourist development. It was a massive undertaking and cost around $1,250,000 and included the construction of the road itself, an ornate tollbooth, the ‘castle’ on its summit, an elevator from the parking lot and a 1/5 of a mile walkway. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a speech at the opening ceremonies and nearly 6 million people have driven to the top since.<br />
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After World War II, the development of alpine skiing facilities began on <a href="https://www.whiteface.com/">Whiteface Mountain</a>. The original trails were located on the eastern flank of Marble Mountain. The original base lodge is now the <a href="https://www.albany.edu/asrc/wfm.php">Atmospheric Sciences Research Center</a>. One of the popular, though informal, hiking trails to the Summits of Whiteface and Esther Mountains starts here and follows the path where the old T bar lift once stood. Originally, skiers were driven up on the backs of trucks or in Sno-cats. By 1952, the Marble Mountain T bar was in place serving four trails and five rope tows were installed serving the summit of the big peak. Construction for the modern facility began in 1957 and New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman rode the first chairlift up at the dedication ceremonies. The chairlift broke down, leaving the Governor suspended for an hour and a half. Improvements continued, expanding the terrain, adding lifts and eventually a gondola serving Little Whiteface. Though there were no alpine events at the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics, the 1980 Olympic events were held primarily on Whiteface's slopes with some events taking place at <a href="https://www.goremountain.com/">Gore Mountain</a> in North Creek (<a href="https://nyskiblog.com/directory/ski-area-history/">Check out New York Ski blog for some great NYS ski area history</a>).<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today, the hospitality industry thrives in </span><st1:place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place><span style="font-family: inherit;"> with many
hotels, motels and lodges catering to Skiers, hikers and fisherman. With many people of the 21st century seeking to reconnect with the earth, residents of Wilmington and towns like it are increasingly extracting a living from the fields and forests. Farming, lumbering and maple syrup production are all seeing a boom in the Adirondacks. Approximately 1,100 people live in Wilmington year round in 460 households.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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The Ausable River begins at 4000 feet above sea level in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains. It traverses through mountainous terrain and exits spectacularly through a bedrock gorge known as <a href="http://ausablechasm.com/" target="_blank">Ausable Chasm</a>. The Ausable River has two branches: the East Branch and the West Branch.<br />
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The West Branch (where Wilmington is located) arises from the confluence of South Meadow, Marcy and Indian Pass Brooks in the Adirondack High Peaks wilderness near the <a href="https://www.adk.org/stay/adirondak-loj-at-heart-lake/" target="_blank">Adirondack Loj</a>. The West Branch runs 36 miles to the town of Ausable Forks and is fed along the way by Lake Placid and the Chubb River. The source of East Branch of the Ausable River is Upper and Lower Ausable Lakes in the southern valley of the Great Range. The Great Range is 12 miles long and contains seven of the Adirondack high peaks, mountains in New York State at least 4,000 ft high. A hiking club, the <a href="http://www.adk46er.org/" target="_blank">Adirondack 46ers</a>, awards a patch for climbing all 46 of New York's high peaks. The 46ers are actively involved in many conservation and <a href="http://www.adk46er.org/trail-crew.html" target="_blank">trail work</a> projects, deeply committed to the forests and hikers of the Adirondack mountains. The East Branch is also fed by Cascade Brook on its way to Ausable Forks. The Ausable River is about 94 miles long and drains a watershed 516 square miles. The Ausable River drains into Lake Champlain north of the village of Port Kent, New York.<br />
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The West Branch flows past <a href="https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/29/details.aspx" target="_blank">John Brown's Farm</a> and the <a href="http://www.lakeplacid.com/do/activities/us-olympic-training-center" target="_blank">Olympic Training Center</a> before the Chubb River contributes its waters. Where the river passes the Whiteface Mountain ski resort, water is drawn from the river for the mountain's snow making operations. Soon after, it plunges through a series of wondrous falls known as <a href="https://highfallsgorge.com/" target="_blank">High Falls Gorge</a>. The West Branch of the Ausable is home to some of the finest fly fishing in the United States. Anglers catch many Brown, Brook and Rainbow Trout are each year and a number of guide services assist tourists in their catch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ausable River. Courtesy of <a href="https://www.brendanwiltse.com/" style="font-size: 12.8px;" target="_blank">Brendan Wiltse photography</a></td></tr>
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In Wilmington, the river is dammed to control its flow which created <a href="https://www.whitefaceregion.com/parks/wilmington-town-beach" target="_blank">Lake Everest</a>, a center for village recreation. The West Branch of the Ausable River presented both challenges and advantages to the village of Wilmington. The river was used by the early residents of Wilmington for transportation, logging and to power its industries.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.ausableriver.org/" target="_blank">Ausable River Association</a> is a community conservation organization working to restore the river to it's original state while protecting it from the many environmental hazards facing our waterways today.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice skating on Lake Everest. Courtesy of the Wilmington Historical Society</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Wilmington Bridge</b></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The History of Wilmington, the Ausable River and the bridge over it are dramatically intertwined. Early development in the Hamlet of Wilmington was focused on the power drawn from the West Branch of the Ausable River. With homes and industry on both banks of the river, a bridge was essential to the village of Wilmington. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1890's Wood and steel truss bridge. Courtesy of the Wilmington Historical Society</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> At first the river was forded and crossed on simple bridges. A much more substantial wood and steel truss bridge was eventually built after many years battling the seasonal flooding and the damage it wrought. Eventually an even sturdier steel truss bridge was built to serve the town.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1925 postcard, Steel truss bridge. Courtesy of the Wilmington Historical Society</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In 1934-1935, the Wilmington Stone Bridge was built to handle the increased traffic as automobiles had become much more affordable and popular. This project, undertaken by the Works Progress Administration, complimented the construction of the Whiteface Memorial Highway. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wilmington Stone Bridge under construction. Courtesy of the Wilmington Historical Society</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The bridge was a two-span, rigid frame, concrete arch structure, 160 feet in length, with rustic stone facing and balustrades. The use of locally quarried granite facing and parapet walls resulted in an attractive structure that blended with the picturesque setting. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Due to age and decay, it was replaced in 2015. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wilmington Stone Bridge</td></tr>
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<br />The <a href="http://www.wilmingtonhistoricalsociety.org/">Wilmington Historical Society</a> was an indispensable resource in the writing of this post. Its one of the finest historical societies in the Adirondacks. They recently published Wilmington and the Whiteface Region as part of the Images of America book series. The historic images in this post along with many more can be found in this incredible work. <a href="http://www.wilmingtonhistoricalsociety.org/whsorderformrevis2013.pdf">Order here</a> directly from the Wilmington Historical society or buy online at the usual book sellers. <br /></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->The Death of
Owasco- Redux. In C.B. Rieth & J.P. Hart (Eds.), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Current Research in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>
Archaeology AD 7001300 (pp.95-108).<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Higgins,
Sean P. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2010<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cultural Resource Site Examination
Report for</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">PIN 1130.69N.Y.S. Rte. 22
over the <st1:placename w:st="on">Boquet</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype>,
Hamlet of Wadhams, Town of <st1:city w:st="on">Westport</st1:city>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Essex County</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New
York</st1:state></st1:place>. </i>New York State Education Department, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1857<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Census
of the State of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>
for 1855 </i>(statistical summary<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">)</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place> Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>of State.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1867<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Census of the State of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place> for 1865 </i>(statistical summary<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">)</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New
York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>
Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Schedules</i>, Censuses of 1855, 1865 and
1875, <st1:placename w:st="on">Essex</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype>,
Town of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place> Commission of Highways,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1914<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Plans for Improving the Jay-Lake Placid,
Part 1, <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">State Highway</st1:address></st1:street></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Commission
of Highways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Public Works,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1934<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Plans for Reconstructing a Portion of the
Jay-Lake Placid, Part 1, <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">State
Highway No.</st1:address></st1:street> 5540, Bridge No. 1<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and Approaches</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New York State Department of Public Works,
Division of Highways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2004<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><i>Work Scope
Specifications for Cultural Resource Investigations</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place> Education <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Department, <st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Parker, A.C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1922<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Archaeological History of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1970<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York State Projectile Points: A Typology
and Nomenclature</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1973<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aboriginal
Settlement Patterns in the Northeast. </i>Memoir 20, <st1:placename w:st="on">New
York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype> and Science Service,The University of the
State of <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state>, State Education Department,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New
York</st1:state></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1980<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Archaeology of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
</i><st1:placename w:st="on">Purple</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype>
Press, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1877<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Census of the State of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place> for 1875 </i>(statistical summary<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">)</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New
York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>
Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1885<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">History
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Essex</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Syracuse</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place>: D. Mason & Co.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2004 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Seeing the Furnace for the Trees:
Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Adirondack Iron and Steel Company’s
Upper works. </i>New York State Education Department, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1985<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cultural Resource Survey Report for PIN
1751.60, Grove Road over the East Branch of the Ausable River, Village of
Ausable Forks, Town of Jay, Essex County, New York. </i>New York State
Education Department, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2011<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:placename w:st="on">Whiteface</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heaven
Up-h'sted-ness: The history of the AdirondackForty-sixers and the high peaks of
the <st1:place w:st="on">Adirondacks</st1:place> </i>(pp 539-557). The
Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Inc. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cadyville</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">NY</st1:state></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2007<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Town of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place></i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Local Waterfront Revitalization Program</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Town of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Population Schedules</i>, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth
Censuses of the United States (1860-1880, 1900-1930), Essex County, Town of
Wilmington, New York.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Schedules of Industry/Manufactures,</i>, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth Censuses of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> (1850-1880), <st1:placename w:st="on">Essex</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Town of Wilmington</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1898<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>15-Minute
Series, <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quadrangle. <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region> Geological Survey, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1953<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>15-Minute
Series, <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quadrangle. <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region> Geological Survey, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1978<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>7.5-Minute Series, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wilmington</i></st1:city></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>Quadrangle. <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region> Geological Survey, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">D.C.</st1:state></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1990<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cultural Resource Survey Report for PIN
1383.17.101N.Y.S. Rte. Over the East Branch of the <st1:placename w:st="on">Ausable</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype>, Village and Town of <st1:city w:st="on">Keene</st1:city>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Essex
County</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>. </i>New
York State Education Department, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Watson, Winslow C.,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1869<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Military and Civil History of the County
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Essex</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New
York</st1:state></st1:place></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Albany</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J. Munsell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Adirondack Post and Gazette, The Adirondack Post,
The <st1:place w:st="on">Adirondack</st1:place> Record-Elizabethtown Post</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">Northern New York</st1:place> Historical Newspapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://news.nnyln.org/">http://news.nnyln.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accessed April, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Major
Reuben Sanford,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Post and Gazette</i>, 12
February, 1908.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Supreme
Court, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Essex</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place> against Whiteface Club (et al)”, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Post and </i>Gazette, 9 August, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1912.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Foreclosure
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Sale</st1:city></st1:place> (Hotel
Olney property,”<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Post and Gazette</i>, 11
January 1917.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“<st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city> To Have Electric Lights,” <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Adirondack</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Record</i>, 25 April, 1920.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Big
Blowout in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>
Saturday of This Week,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>,
11 June, 1920.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 29 July 1921.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Advertisement
for “The Riverside,” formerly Hotel Olney, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 23 December,
1921.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> Certainly in
the Foreground,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 5 May,
1922.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Another
Name Proposed for <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Wilmington
Street</st1:address></st1:street>,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>,
28 June, 1923.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Incidents
in History of the <st1:place w:st="on">Adirondacks</st1:place>,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 16 October, 1924.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Whiteface
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Mt.</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">House</st1:placename></st1:place> to Open This Week Saturday,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 28 April, 1927.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Advertisement
for “<st1:placename w:st="on">Whiteface</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype>
House and <st1:city w:st="on">Homestead</st1:city>,” <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 23 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">August,
1928.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for “<st1:placename w:st="on">Whiteface</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype>
House and <st1:city w:st="on">Homestead</st1:city>,” <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place>.
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">June,
1931.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Advertisement
for “Whiteface <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mt.</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">House</st1:placename> and Cottages,” <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 1 October, 1931.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 5 October, 1933.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 9 August, 1934.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 27 September, 1934.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Souvenirs Whiteface Mountain Highway</st1:address></st1:street>,”
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 24 June, 1937.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Advertisement
for “Jolly Shop,” <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 15 July, 1937.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Frank
Everest of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>
Died on Friday,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 5
August, 1937.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For <st1:city w:st="on">Sale</st1:city> – 27 acres land in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> village (Milo Richardson).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>,
24 March, 1938.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 5 May, 1938.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 3 November, 1938.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 10 November, 1938.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 25 May, 1939.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 22 June, 1939.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 31 August, 1939.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place> News.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 18 July 1940.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Mrs.
May W. Bliss (obituary),” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>,
24 July, 1941.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“J
& J Rogers Co. In Pulp And Paper Industry 50 Years,”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>,
3 June, 1943.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Whiteface
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Mt.</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">House</st1:placename></st1:place> at Wilm’ton Opens May 28,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 28 May, 1953.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“New
Building is Taking Shape as Old Resort at Wilm’ton Comes Down,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 2 August, 1956.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Wm.
O’Hare Buys Wilmington Inn at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>,”
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Record-Post</i>, 9 May, 1963.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Essex <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Republican</st1:placename></st1:place></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">Northern New York</st1:place> Historical Newspapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://news.nnyln.org/">http://news.nnyln.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accessed April, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mortgage <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Sale</st1:city></st1:place>
(Mallory’s Grant – property of Reuben Sanford), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Essex County Republican</i>, March-<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>September,
1849 (exact date unknown).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>State Tax Sale (Mallory’s Grant - Monroe Hall Saw
Mill lot, Monroe Hall Hoosier lot), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Essex</i></st1:placename><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Republican</i>, 19 September 1895, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Essex <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Republican</st1:placename></st1:place></i>,
27 May, 1875.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> News</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">Northern New York</st1:place> Historical Newspapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://news.nnyln.org/">http://news.nnyln.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accessed April, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Lake
Placid Awarded 1932 Winter Olmpics,” <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> News</i>,
12 April, 1929.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Services
for G.A.R. Veteran at <st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city> (Edwin Olney),”
<st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> News</i>, 12 December, 1930.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Building
Addition on the <st1:city w:st="on">Homestead</st1:city>,” <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> News</i>, 13 November, 1936.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“G.
Kelleher Opens Homestead Hotel,” <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> News</i>,
15 July, 1938.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Wilmington
Store is Looted by Thieves,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid
News</i>, 24 May 1946.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Phil
Lewis Tells of Early Days at <st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city>,” <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> News</i>, 2 November, 1961.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yesteryears
(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city></st1:place>
photo essay).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> News</i>, 8 December, 1975<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“<st1:city w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:city> to Vote Tuesday on <st1:placename w:st="on">Visitors</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> Lease,” <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake Placid</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> News</i>, 27 July, 2001<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Placid
Scene- What a difference a dam makes,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake
Placid News</i>, 8 July 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“From
1932 to 1980: Dreamers did it,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lake
Placid News</i>, 26 January, 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New York Times, </i><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">New York</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">N.Y.</st1:state></st1:place><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes">http://search.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accessed through <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>
Library, April 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“A Success At Whiteface,”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New
York Times</i>, 30 November, 1958.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ticonderoga</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Sentinel</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><st1:place w:st="on">Northern New York</st1:place> Historical Newspapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://news.nnyln.org/">http://news.nnyln.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accessed April,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Wilmington Hotel Burned,” <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ticonderoga</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Sentinel</i>, 23 March, 1911.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">“Adirondack
Hotel Sold,” <st1:place w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ticonderoga</i></st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Sentinel</i>, 24 April, 1924.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-28204859246248359112019-02-05T06:22:00.003-08:002019-02-08T11:10:13.115-08:00The Disco Biscuits: Inverted Songs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This list was meticulously compiled by Andy Bazany<br />
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What is an inverted version of a song? (<a href="http://discobiscuits.net/faq.php?section=2#8" target="_blank">from the biscuits internet project FAQ</a>)<br />
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Consider that a basic Disco Biscuits song (Song A) has three parts: A beginning composed section, followed by a jam, followed by a composed ending section.<br />
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An inverted version of a song will almost always happen when they jam out of a different song (Song B), and segue the jam into the ending section of Song A. At the exact point of the ending of Song A, they immediately play the beginning of Song A, then the jam section, which usually segues into a different song (Song C), or the song that proceeded the inverted song (Song B).<br />
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Example:<br />
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Non-Inverted Version of a song:<br />
Song A (Beg.) -> Jam ->Song A (End)<br />
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Inverted Version:<br />
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Song B -> Jam -> Song A (End) -> Song A (Beg.) -> Jam -> Song C<br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">-{1999}- </b>2 inversions</div>
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04/16/1999 - <b>Little Betty Boop </b>Friar Tuck's, Norfolk, VA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db1999-04-16.mastered.flac" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i></div>
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08/21/1999 - <b>Above the Waves</b> Camp Bisco, Cherrytree, PA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db1999-08-21.mastered.flac" target="_blank">Recording</a>) </i> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">-{2000}- </span>8 new inversions, 1 novel inversion</div>
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04/21/2000 - <b>Unspoken Rhyme</b> The Middle East, Cambridge, MA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-04-21.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i></div>
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08/25/2000 - <b>Aquatic Ape</b> Camp Bisco, Morris, PA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-08-25RM.flac" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i></div>
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10/06/2000 - <b>Story of the World</b> The Sanctuary, Las Vegas, NV <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-10-06.mk21.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i></div>
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10/11/2000 - <b>Little Shimmy in a Conaga Line</b> The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-10-11archive.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>) </i></div>
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10/13/2000 - <b>The Overture </b>Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-10-13.mastered.flac" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i></div>
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10/25/2000 - <b>Vassilios</b> Barrymore Theater, Maddison, WI <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-10-25.flacakg480sck61" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
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<span style="color: red;">10/26/2000 - first two in a night - (Shimmy, Waves) The Metro, Chicago, IL (<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-10-26.mastered.flac">Recording</a>)</span><br />
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11/10/2000 - <b>Confrontation</b> Irving Plaza, New York, NY <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-11-10.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i> <br />
12/29/2000 - <b>M.E.M.P.H.I.S.</b> The Vanderbilt, Plainview, NY <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-12-29bk.archive.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>) </i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sam Altman on Bass, Dj Mauricio and Aron Magner 04/21/00 The Middle East, Cambridge, MA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">08/25/00 Camp Bisco, Morris, PA</td></tr>
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">-{2001}-</b>12 new inversions, 2 novel inversions</div>
03/30/2001 - <b>Crickets</b>*<b> </b>Gothic Theater, Englewood, CO <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-03-30.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
04/10/2001 - <b>I-Man </b>Tralf Music Hall, Buffalo, NY <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-04-10.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
04/13/2001 - <b>Spacebirdmatingcall</b> Lowell Auditorium, Lowell, MA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-04-13.ck61.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
04/14/2001 - <b>Crickets</b> Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-04-14.mastered.flac" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
04/26/2001 - <b>Shem-Rah Boo</b> The Roxy, Atlanta, GA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-04-14.mastered.flac" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
05/07/2001 - <b>Munchkin Invasion</b> Wild Duck Music Hall, Eugene, OR <i>(Recording???)</i><i> </i><br />
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<span style="color: red;">07/05/2001 - <b>First split inversion</b> (Crickets) Mishiwaka Ampitheater, Bellvue, CO <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-07-05.rm.flac" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i></span><br />
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08/25/2001 - <b>And the Ladies Were the Rest of the Night </b>Kahunaville, Wilmington, DE <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-08-25.akg480ck61.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
09/27/2001 - <b>Kamaole Sand</b>s El Ray Theater, Los Angeles, CA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-09-27.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
- <b>first two in a row</b>-( > boop > confrontation)<br />
10/31/2001 - <b>Reactor</b> WOW Hall, Eugene, OR <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-10-31.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
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<span style="color: red;">11/02/2001 - <b>First inverted opener</b> (Waves) <i>(Recording)</i></span><br />
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12/01/2001 - <b>7-11 </b>Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-12-01akg480sck61.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
12/03/2001 - <b>Svenghali</b> Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-12-03.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
12/29/2001 - <b>Shelby Rose</b> Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-12-29.shnfAkg480sck61" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
<i><b>*<span style="font-size: x-small;">Considered "half inverted". Jam out of Vassilio's into the end of Crickets, then a full Crickets</span></b></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">04/01/01 Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12/01/01 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR</td></tr>
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">-{2002}-</b>14 new inversions</div>
03/29/2002 - <b>Triumph</b> House of Blues, Chicago, IL <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-03-29.akg480ck61.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
04/04/2002 - <b>Jigsaw Earth </b>Crocodile Rock, Allentown, PA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-04-04.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
06/22/2002 - <b>Mindless Dribble</b> Bonaroo, Manchester, TN <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-06-22u89.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
08/13/2002 - <b>Aceetobee</b> Club Laga, Pittsburgh, PA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-08-13.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
08/15/2002 - <b>Bernstein & Chasnoff </b>Kahunaville, Wilmington, DE <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-08-15.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
08/23/2002 - <b>Little Lai </b>Camp Bisco, Union Dale, PA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-08-23.shnAKG480sck61" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
08/24/2002 - <b>Crystal Ball</b> Camp Bisco, Union Dale, PA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-08-24.flacakg480sck61" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
09/26/2002 - <b>Rock Candy </b>Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-09-26.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
09/27/2002 - <b>Nughuffer</b> House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-09-27.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
10/01/2002 - <b>Spraypaint Victory* </b>Bash on the Ash, Tempe, AZ <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-10-01.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
10/19/2002 - <b>Digital Buddha </b>Georgia Theater, Athens, GA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-10-23.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
10/23/2002 -<b> Astronaut </b>Lincoln Theater, Raleigh, NC <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-10-23.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
11/08/2002 - <b>King of the World</b> The Rave, Milwaukee, WI <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-11-08RM.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
12/29/2002 - <b>Helicopters</b> The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-12-29.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*<b>version 1 of Spraypaint. Predates modern composition</b></i></span><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">-{2003}- </b>5 new inversions</div>
04/07/2003 - <b>Save the Robots </b>Aggie Theater, Fort Collins, CO <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-04-07.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
04/17/2003 - <b>Paint the Day </b>Vogue Theater, Indianapolis, IN <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-04-17.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
07/26/2003 - <b>42 </b>Mishiwaka Amphitheater, Bellevue, CO <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-07-26.akg480ck61.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
08/15/2003 - <b>Voices Insane </b>Trancemission, Trade, TN <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-08-15.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
08/31/2003 - <b>Once the Fiddler Paid</b> Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-08-31ccm4v.shnf" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i> <br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">-{2005}- </b>1 new inversion</span></div>
05/27/2005 - <b>Morph Dusseldorf </b>Sonar Lounge, Baltimore, MD <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2005-05-27-TLM170RM.flac" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">-{2006}- </b>7 new inversions, 1 novel inversion</div>
04/29/2006 - <b>Highwire</b> Georgia Theater, Athens, GA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2006-04-29.mk4.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
05/11/2006 - <b>Camera B</b> 9:30 Club, Washington, DC <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2006-05-11.co2sf.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
<span style="color: red;">08/25/2006 - First two new inversions in a day (<b>Spaga</b>, <b>The Great Abyss</b>) Camp Bisco, Hunter, NY <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2006-08-25.akg481.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i></span><br />
11/08/2006 - <b>Abraxas </b>Mr. Small's Theater, Millvale, PA (<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/db2006-11-08.akg483.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
11/14/2006 - <b>Humuhumunukunukuapua'a</b> The Bluebird, Bloomington, IN (<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2006-11-14.akg480ck61.flac16">Recording</a>)<br />
12/06/2006 - <b>Spraypaint Victory</b> The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA <i>(<a href="http://nugs.net/browse/music/1196/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-12-6-2006-The-Roxy-West-Hollywood-CA" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>)</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">-{2007}- </b>2 new inversions</span></div>
04/20/2007 - <b>Cyclone*</b> Ontourage, Chicago, IL <i>(No known recording)</i><br />
07/19/2007 - <b>Bazaar Escape </b> 10,000 Lakes Festival, Detroit Lakes, MN <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2007-07-19.mc930.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">-{2008}- </span>1 new inversion</div>
04/12/2008 - <b>Air Song</b> The Nokia Theater, New York, NY <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2008-04-12.mk4.722.16bit" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">-{2009}- </b>1 new inversion</div>
12/31/2009 - <b>Naeba </b>The Nokia Theater, New York, NY <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/tDB2009-12-31.mk4.RM.flac16" target="_blank">Recording</a>)</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">-{2010}- </span>3 new inversions</div>
06/02/2010 - <b>You and I</b> Beaumont Club, Kansas City, MO <i>(Nugs.net Download) </i><br />
09/07/2010 - <b>Rivers</b> State Theater, State College, PA <i>(<a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/5517/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-9-7-2010-The-State-Theatre-State-College-PA" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download)</a></i><br />
09/11/2010 - <b>Portal to an Empty Head </b>Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA (<a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/5525/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-9-11-2010-Bank-Of-American-Pavilion-Boston-MA" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">-{2011}- </span>1 new inversion</div>
12/28/2011 - <b>Mulberry’s Dream</b> Nokia Theater, New York, NY <i>(<a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/7007/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-12-28-2011-Theatre-New-York-NY" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>)</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">-{2014}- </span><span style="font-size: medium;">1 new inversion</span></b></div>
02/20/2014 - <b>Grass is Green </b>Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA <i>(<a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/10512/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-2-20-2014-Electric-Factory-Philadelphia-PA" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>)</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">-{2015}- </span>2 new inversions</div>
07/17/2015 - <b>House Dog Party Favor</b> Camp Bisco, Scrattion, PA <i>(<a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/12833/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-7-17-2015-Camp-Bisco-13-Scranton-PA" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>)</i><br />
12/05/2015 - <b>Down to the Bottom </b>Dominican Holidaze, Punta Cana, DR <i>(<a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/13576/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-12-5-2015-Dominican-Holidaze-Punta-Cana-DR" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>)</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">-{2016}- </span>1 new inversion</div>
07/16/2016 - <b>Basis for a Day</b> Camp Bisco, Scratton, PA <i>(<a href="https://archive.org/details/discobiscuits2016-07-16.mk4_16bit" target="_blank">Recording</a>, <a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/13840/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-7-16-2016-Camp-Bisco-Scranton-PA" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>)</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">-{2018}- </span>1 new inversion</div>
05/18/2018 - <b>Magellan</b> Salvage Station, Ashville, NC <i>(<a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/19554/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-5-18-2018-Salvage-Station-Asheville-NC" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTuse7Elxic" target="_blank">YouTube Stream</a>)</i><br />
12/30/2018 - <b>Catalyst</b> The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA <i>(<a href="https://nugs.net/browse/music/21021/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-12-30-2018-The-Fillmore-Philadelphia-PA" target="_blank">Nugs.net Download</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gQTkOIfqTU" target="_blank">YouTube Stream</a>)</i><br />
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<i>This list is culled from the <a href="http://discobiscuits.net/setlists.php" target="_blank">Biscuits internet project setlist archive</a>. It may not be 100% accurate. If you see something missing or a discrepancy, feel free to add a comment!</i>Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-82424736574620599602018-12-27T10:28:00.002-08:002018-12-27T10:28:17.552-08:00Huntersfield Mountain 12/14/18 (tGD 03/13/81)I didn't miss hiking for a long time. I nearly overdid it in the years leading up to Hunter and Rider being born. Then we went on some really lovely hikes once Hunter was of the backpack age (<a href="http://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2016/09/plateau-mountain-from-notch-inn-road.html" target="_blank">Plateau</a>, <a href="http://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2016/09/moxam-mountain-91116.html" target="_blank">Moxam</a> and <a href="http://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2016/09/peaked-mountain-92416.html" target="_blank">Peaked</a> mountains). Little hikes and nature walks have really been scratching my itch for immersion in nature. I've also found myself seeing more live music than I had in years. Its a lot easier to get away for a few hours after the boys were in bed than it was to spend 12-14 hours driving to and hiking in the Adirondack high peaks. It's been really nice to shift gears. It was also really nice to evaluate a part of my life that had come to define it in some ways. Hiking is obviously very healthy but there are aspects of the compulsion to climb, to check off goals on a list, that isn't always healthy for me.<br />
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As the fall slipped into winter I noticed a funk. Life was good and rich and satisfying but I wasn't as Happy as I should've been. I mentioned it to Jeanette one day during our lunch chat and she said "You should go on a hike". It all clicked and I was super grateful for the push. I wanted to sink my teeth into something, to plan and execute a plan. Really hike! I didn't want to spend all day in a car so that meant picking a Catskill hike. <a href="http://www.catskillmountaineer.com/HWF-halcott.html" target="_blank">Halcott</a>, as well as the <a href="http://www.catskillmountaineer.com/BWF-vlybearpen.html" target="_blank">Bearpen and Vly</a> hike for the <a href="http://catskill-3500-club.org/" target="_blank">Cat 3500</a> list were early possibilities but I really wanted to make sure the day was about being in the woods and connecting with it. I'd likely have to rush to make either of those climbs happen so I could get back to Albany to get the kids from daycare.<br />
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This brought Huntersfield back into my mind. It's one of kicked around for a while, was a shorter hike and closer to home (only an hour from Albany!). This peak is on the Catskill 67 list. These peaks plus the peaks for the Cat 3500 list make up the Catskill Hundred highest, for which there is a patch :). Alan Via, author of the incredible Catskill 67 guidebook (<a href="http://catskillinterpretivecenter.org/shop/the-catskill-67-a-hikers-guide-to-the-catskill-100-highest-peaks-under-3500" target="_blank">purchase here!</a>) has been recommending Huntersfield to me for many years and I was excited to finally give it a go. We chatted about it a bit leading up and I got some valuable information: Jim Cleveland road to the highest trail head would be impassable or dangerous in the winter. I made plans to park at the bottom and hike up.<br />
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I dropped the boys off at daycare and hopped on 85 on down to 32 south. I enjoyed a visit to the newly renovated <a href="https://www.stewartsshops.com/shop/greenville-389/" target="_blank">Greenville Stewart's</a> before embarking on the scenic drive that would take me to Huntersfield state forest. Listening to the Grateful Dead on the way to a hike has been an integral part of the experience for me for many years. It calms and focuses my mind. I realized another aspect of what I valued about these Dead listening sessions on this trip: I don't tend to look at the a set list of the performance I'm going to listen to ahead of time. So the sequence of songs and their content I almost treat as a <a href="http://www.teausa.com/14531/reading-tea-leaves" target="_blank">reading of the tea leaves</a> for the hike. What would it have in store for me? Would the show tell the tale? I chose <a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1981-03-13.nak700.wagner.miller.90455.sbeok.flac16" target="_blank">03/13/81 from the Utica Memorial Auditorium</a> for this ride.<br />
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The normally sweeping views from Greenville into West Durham were completely obscured at times while dramatically cloud-swept at other times. A plaintive mid-set High Time gave way to a lovely pairing of Cassidy>Althea. The music Never Stopped ended set 1 with a bang and as I ascended County Rt. 20 through a cloud bank, the set 2 opener of Cold Rain and Snow set the tone for the day in the woods. I made peace with the fact that I wouldn't have sweeping views but that I would have a lovely wintry day in the woods. No doubt. Driving through the pass between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pisgah_(Bible)" target="_blank">Mt Pisgah</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nebo" target="_blank">Mount Nebo</a>, <a href="https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-stories/samson-and-delilah.html" target="_blank">Samson and Delilah</a> was a perfectly placed parable to grant passage between these biblical mountains. The pass was in the process of being logged and a blazing slash pile made for a somewhat ominous sight.<br />
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As NY 10 ambled through rustic farmsteads, the charm of the back roads of the Catskills was on full display. Listening to It Must've been the Roses, one of my favorite lines from that song really jumped out at me as perfectly suiting the environs:<br />
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Shabby but warm and inviting. Back on the biblical tip with a slinky Estimated Prophet (with notable analog synth work from Brent Mydland), I finally got to stop and check out the West Settlement M.E. Church I've appreciated driving by for many years as its located at the turn for the hike. Pulling off Schrader Road onto Jim Cleveland Road behind a lovely farmhouse, Eyes of the World continued the pastoral feel of the adventure thus far. There was a nice pull off under the Huntersfield Wild Forest sign to park at before the road got too steep. I geared up while finishing Eyes and put on micro spikes to navigate the at times slick Jim Cleveland Road. </div>
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I made every effort on this day to immerse and appreciate the forest. The environment. The weather. Since its not something I get to do every weekend any more, I really wanted to fill my heart and bring that feeling back to my day to day. The road was very steep and boy was I grateful to have Alan dissuade me from attempting it in my car. No way I would've gotten very far. Animal tracks criss-crossed the road with some human and tire tracks fading under the winter's snow. The roar of the wind was subtle at first but intensified as I climbed higher and higher. As I reached the height of land, snow began to clump under my micro spikes so I took them off. I chose my <a href="https://www.danner.com/productfamily/mountain-600" target="_blank">Danner Mountain 600's</a> over my <a href="https://www.asolo.com/en/products/backpacking/triple-power-structure/tps-520-gv-evo-chestnut.html" target="_blank">Asolo TPS 520's</a> knowing the Danner's have more of a sticky sole and I might be bare-booting slick conditions at times. They worked great on the inch or two of greasy snow. </div>
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The parking area at the height of land is a beautifully desolate locale. I'm excited to drive all the way up there in good weather someday. The parking area is on the right at an old quarry site carved out of the mountain. The woods road/ trail starts on the right of that cut. As I made my way up at a gradual pitch, the protection of the forest diminished the roar of the wind and I began to notice how beautiful the woods were. I used to get so disappointed when the mountains were clouded in and I wouldn't have a view from the summit. Now a days, I appreciate how it makes me look much more closely at the forest around me. There was a lovely fuzz of frost on the trees dazzling me as I was buffeted with ice crystals from the cloud I was walking through. </div>
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As I gained elevation, the snow got deeper so I decided it was time for snowshoes. I wasn't sure if I was going to get a chance to use them since it was still early in the winter but I was so happy to have the opportunity. I love snowshoeing with all my heart and it really completed the winter feel for the day. I was on a winter hike! An adventure! I love the Adirondacks. Their beauty fills my heart. It's that clear and obvious big mountains, babble brooks kind of wilderness. While I've found some really beautiful places in the Catskills there's a very different feel in my opinion: the Catskills are downright spooky at times! The spooky feel of the drive and the hike really made the experience of adventure for this day memorable in a way I just wouldn't get from the Adirondacks. I was on the ridge for longer than I expected. I kept waiting to see the intersection that would mean I was at the summit. There was some rolling terrain and a section of down that had me believing I'd gone right past Huntersfield and down the trail towards Ashland Pinnacle. I eventually hit a steeper section that appeared to be the final push to the summit and my anxiety diminished. </div>
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Yellow blazes now dotted the woods road indicating I was on the summit. Since I had added a nice chunk of elevation gain by hiking the road, this was a decently challenging climb! Well at least for an out of shape dad of two young kids. There is a lean to just off of Hunterfield's summit and it was a spooky sight after wandering around the <a href="https://awoiaf.westeros.org/images/6/6c/Westeros_-_Byound_the_wall.jpg" target="_blank">land beyond the wall</a> all morning. A view is cut/ maintained out the front of the lean to which I'm told is pretty incredible. I'll return some day to see it but again, I felt content to be immersed in this winter world. I signed into the register there and noted I was the first visitor in a week or so. There is very little traffic this way save the ranger patrol and a few souls pursing the Catskill hundred highest.</div>
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I had planned to make a loop of the day (heading down the northwest ridge) depending on how I felt. I still had gas and a desire to see more so off I went along the yellow trail. Almost as an afterthought I started idly looking for the metal pole in a tree that marks the summit and found it just before the intersection with the red trail. This is my second of the other 67 list, which I intend on completing as a very long-term goal. The intersection was a bit confusing and blazing was sparse on the first section of the red trail. The uncertainty of where the summit would be and the need for both map and compass work added to the feel of this being a full on adventure even though it isn't a big hike by comparison to many others I've been on in the past. I was really happy to have chosen Huntersfield for my rare day out. </div>
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The northwest ridge trail had a very different character from the southwest ridge. The forest was much tighter and it was a trail vs a woods road. I had to be on my toes to navigate. While there was human foot prints on the SW ridge, there was only animal tracks on the NW. I think most folks climb Huntersfield as an out and back this time of year. Alan specifically recommended the loop (I prefer loops anyway) so I was happy to take the path less traveled for a while. </div>
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Once below the ledge the forest transitioned to pine plantation which completely changed the feel of the hike. This hike offers a nice sampling of what the Catskills has to offer a hiker. The trail eventually dumped me off on a woods road that traversed south back towards Jim Cleveland road and my car. First though I'd have to regain the 250 ft or so I had lost by not heading back to the height of land trail head. It was a small price to pay for the satisfaction and enjoyment I found on the second half of my hike. </div>
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For a lot of this hike I was able to forget that this isn't my every weekend life anymore. I felt pretty strong and prepared. This final push though was hard on my knees and my diminished endurance was noted. It still felt good though in the end. I just don't get much of an opportunity to push my body like this right now. I'm so happy with my life. I love raising my boys and sharing this incredible world with them. I have not one single pang of regret about how we've adjusted our lives to accommodate theirs. Challenging my mind and body like I did for so many years before Hunter and Rider joined us on this plain only deepened my gratitude for what I have now. It also reminded me I can sneak away every now and then for a few hours and receive the mental and physical health benefits of being in the woods. Of climbing and seeing.</div>
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I got back to the car after about 3.5 hours in the woods and headed back to Albany for a quick shower and then to pick up the boys, not missing a beat. I picked the Utica Dead show back up during the drums>space segment. Space segued very uniquely into Lost Sailor as I made my way north. The lyrical content was just a little too perfect for my head space. I'd chalk it up to coincidence but Lost Sailor should not be in this part of the set. My tea leaves were still being read. </div>
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<b>Grateful Dead Oregon County Fairgrounds 08/28/82</b><br />
<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1982-08-28.nak700.wagner.miller.112955.flac16" target="_blank">Simply Stunning Bob Wagner Audience Recording</a></i><br />
<i><br /></i>The connection between Ken Kesey has been a point of endless fascination for me as a confluence of my own personal passions and a fascinating crux point of 1960's counterculture. I've written about it in previous posts <a href="https://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2018/03/crepuscular-digest-3.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-other-one.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Here's another Kesey Dead connection with the 10 year anniversary of the famous Venetta 1972 show. I think its not that useful a pursuit to try and nail down the Grateful Dead's best show ever, but Venetta 72 is a clear contender. Turns out the anniversary show is very hot as well. There's something about Oregon, something about Kesey and the Pranksters, that brings out the best in the Dead.<br />
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Lately I've been listening to a lot of audience recordings where you can barely hear Phil in the mix. This tape is beyond refreshing. The bass is so present, as is Brent's keys. Just a wonderful mix all around. They're definitely feeling it with a hot Bertha to start. Minglewood is super locked in and driving. Hearing Phil clearly makes this tune stand out much more than usual. Great run from Brent in the Minglewood, followed by an equally hot Jerry solo. Jed has a little more bounce than usual. Me and my Uncle is unusually hot. Big River too. It just seems like everything is a little to a lot hotter than usual. They finally slow it down a bit with Althea but its no less on point and groovy. It's only a quick moment to catch your breathe before a rockin' It's All Over Now gets the kids up and dancing again. The bounce of this show is so infectious. China Cat gets a huge reaction from the crowd (perhaps since the Ventta 72 version is so legendary) and rages straight through to I Know You Rider.<br />
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Keep Your Day Job starts the second set with a band continuing to sound super locked in. There is some great interplay between Brent and Jerry around 2:50 in. Brent is super funky on the Women Are Smarter intro. It's a brief version without segue. So far a very interesting song selection for set 2. West LA Fadeaway continues the trend of unique set 2 song selection and also the trend of every tune from this show absolutely strutting. I'm a sucker for any Brent tune and this Far From Me sparkles. There's a brief pause before the band hops into a bubbly Playing in the Band. They waste no time in stretching and pulling the fabric of space-time with the jam. They collectively find a really creative space to occupy at 9 minutes in.<br />
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With how incredible this recording is, every moment of drums>space is special. To hear every aspect of what the bands was cooking up is such a gift. The jam out of space is absolute pure and unadulterated bliss. Once the opening notes of the Wheel start, so too do the chills. Just lovely. Just before they journey outside The Wheel, the whole band strikes upon a beautiful theme. After such a beautiful and delicate melody, The Other One (specifically Phil's bass) hits like an absolute brick. It stays powerful and commanding for its entirety and proceeds to hop comfortably into Truckin'. All of the segues in set 2 are really smooth. The Truckin' cooks much in the style of the rest of this show's hotness then takes a lovely downshift into Black Peter. A much needed release of energy. Jerry gives a command performance here drawing out the vocals and guitar lines to a powerful, mournful effect. A fun and unconventional show is wrapped up in fun and unconventional way: a Dupree's encore! Wow this is a great show. So glad to discover such a gem.<br />
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<b>The Disco Biscuits 05/07/04 The Palace Theater, Albany, NY</b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2004-05-07mbho.shnf" target="_blank">Plan C approved and gorgeous Chase Banna recording</a><br />
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As I've mentioned in previous posts (<a href="https://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-disco-biscuits-41402-plainview-ny.html" target="_blank">The Vanderbilt</a> and <a href="https://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-disco-biscuits-haymaker-music.html" target="_blank">Haymaker</a> shows from 2002), I'm listening through all the Disco Biscuits shows I attended in order. Many of them have seriously imprinted memories or listening to the tape brings back a flood of them. When I hit play on this one, I had no memory whatsoever. Which is just bizarre. It was within days of my graduation from college. It was the first Disco Biscuits show I got to see in my home, the city of Albany. Nothing. Nada. Oh well, maybe that's part of why I'm taking this listening journey. Trying to pin down a few more memories before they're lost to time.<br />
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<b>Set 1</b><br />
To start the night, longtime promoter and staple of the Albany music scene <a href="https://nysmusic.com/2017/03/31/a-quarter-century-q-and-a-with-greg-bell/" target="_blank">Greg Bell</a> introduces the band and talks about their journey from the local bar gigs in town to the big stage of the Palace. The biscuits start with a bit of an atmospheric jam that seems to be heading towards Floes. Instead, they do a smart about face and drop into Little Lai. It's a sold but not really stretched out opener. To continue with the airy vibe set by the opening jam, Humuhumunukunukuapua'a is up next. I love the places that 2002-04 era Humu jams go (<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-12-29.shnf" target="_blank">12/29/02</a> is the gold standard in my opinion). On this night they don't appear to be in a rush to get the ball rolling. It's a pretty confident move considering this is a much bigger room than they had played previously in the Albany area (<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-09-07_schoepsCMC64.flac16" target="_blank">Saratoga Winners</a> and <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-12-30.shnf" target="_blank">Northern Lights</a> in the 2000's, Bogies and Valentine's throughout the late 90's).<br />
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The first hint of momentum comes at 6:30 into the Humu jam as an insistent four on the floor beat from drummer Dr Samuel Altman starts urging the rest of the band in a darker direction. They peak the jam and segue cleanly into 42. It's still a fairly new tune (just over a year old at this point) and I found it to not always seem comfortable for the band in this era. A lot of the earlier versions I've heard sound like they all had to try really hard. to get through the composition This version has them sounding very comfortable with Brownie offering some sweeping sound effects a la Keller Williams mouth flugel. The jam out of 42 returns to that nice airy and dark mode the Humu jam brought us to. I love the simple descending major scale right at the end that drops just perfectly into Spectacle. I was driving home on a lovely early fall day through the countryside southeast of Albany and the music exactly fit the mood.Wet and Jigsaw are standard offerings though the Jigsaw gets pretty deep.<br />
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After a quick four count from guitarist Jon "The Barber" Gutwilig, we're launched into a high energy I-Man. Interesting moments of tension and release starting at the 5 minute mark before dropping back into the composition. I love the melodic and dreamy quality at 8:20 just before dropping into a more brooding minor key jam. The build up is fairly mellow but the peak at 16 minutes is pretty gigantic. Next up we have some fun crowd participation and a nice lil peek into Barber's head with the "No Bull$hit!" chant before an absolutely savage drop into Save the Robots. There's extra mustard on all of the Robots composition. Vocals as well. At the 16 minute mark is where this show starts to get really interesting. Barber does this police scanner future robot chase vocal improv thing that I'd actually love to see more of from him. Shades of Akira. At 23 minutes intensity kicks up a big notch on the way towards the peak.<br />
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After robots a lost spunion wanders out onto the stage to Barber which leads to some of my favorite Barber stage banter of all time: "Ladies and gentleman, we're adding a new member to the band! Our new member of the band is....our new <i>super</i> cool member of the band is: Shark! Ladies and gentleman, shark! We;re gonna take shark backstage for some reprogramming! Please stay focused on the band thank you."<br />
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Eulogy is a nice cool-down from the fierce robots. It's well played with Magner in particular sparkling on piano. M.E.M.P.H.I.S. is up next (Brownie: "this one's for the dog!") and gets right into a dark and dirty jam with some restrained and perfect leads from Barber. Some of the most subtle and nuanced playing from this show come out of the first Memphis jam. The second jam has a similar groove but a completely different flavor. Killer bounce from Sammy on the drums. Some really lovely guitar and keyboard moments around 19 minutes in from Barber and Magner. The pre-segue last few minutes is exceptionally lovely. Wrapping up 42 was a nice way to finish out a very solid 2004 show. Brownie's banter at the end leads me to believe they had a really fun time playing. Who doesn't like a Nughuffer encore? Short story then right to business so they make curfew. They don't rush it though and there's some fine playing starting just under 10 minutes in.<br />
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The Grateful Dead, once they started getting deeper into improvisational music in the late 60's, started creating suites of songs or songs that were often connected. They'd start a song, start stretching out and jamming, then slide into the beginning of another song. This is a really critical, foundational element of jam music as we know it today. Something the Grateful brought to popular music. China Cat Sunflower and I Know You Rider were early tunes in the repertoire who found each other and became a nearly inseparable pair. Scarlet Begonias was around for 3 years before finding it's mate, Fire on the Mountain. Around that time Weir and Barlow wrote two more of these pairings. These were a little different though, as they were designed as a pair right from the start. It wasn't an organic, 'find your soulmate' kind of process.<br />
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Lazy lightning> Supplication is very similar to China>Rider in that the first song is kind of lilting and rollicking while the second packs a big hit of energy. Great to build that jam out of Lightning and peak the intensity dropping into Supplication. Wooosh! Lazy Lightning>Supplication was a staple from 1976-1978. The final years with Kieth and Donna Goddchaux. Once Brent Mydland joined the band in 1979, instances of performance dropped dramatically until it left rotation in 1984. Supplication manages to hold on for a few more years. Dropped in 1987 with a one off bust out in 1993.<br />
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This section is called the random B. Why? Well these songs pairings have an A>B format. Every now and then, the Grateful Dead would sneak a random B tune in where it didn't belong. The set list for 1976 Grateful Dead shows are possibly the most volatile in their career. There is an overall pattern to 1976 set list but there are many wild curveballs. Tunes you'd never expect in the first set or second set, odd pairings or sequences, etc. So it's not surprising we have a random B in 1976.<br />
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<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd76-09-24.aud.unknown.16901.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">09-24-76 William and Mary College</a>. </i><br />
<i>Playing in the Band>Supplication>Playing in the Band</i><br />
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Playing in the Band is a song that became one of the prime jam vehicles for the Grateful Dead, stretch at first into 20 plus minute jams in 1972 then going into the 30-40 minute range by the end of its reign of awesomeness. It typically ended a set one once it settled into place. After the 1975 it's set placement became tenuous and ended up in set 2 at times. Between 1976-1978 the structure of Grateful Dead set lists began to solidify. Shorter tunes in a variety of American styles in the first set (maybe a bit of a longer or more jammy tune towards the end of the first set) with the second set comprised of the larger jam vehicles. By 1978 drums>space became a defined part of set 2, usually at it's mid-point. at this point, Playing in the Band was firmly a set 2 song. Often starting a second set or in the pre-drums>space section.<br />
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At the William and Mary show we find Playing in it's pre-hiatus position at the end of the first set. Here though we have a classic 1976 twist: They segue into supplication then back into the Playing in the Band Reprise! First of all, the Playing jam is quite lovely, similar in the style to the later era set 2 Playing's with a more thematic jam without going fully type 2 (in the parlance of Phish-dom). They hint at the Playing reprise but let the riff dangle and dissipate a bit. all of a sudden a different and familiar riff comes chugging out from Bobby's way. Jerry picks up on it and starts to embellish. It still seems 2 minutes in to Supplication that they may still go back into Playing but by 2:45 they fully bust out the Supplication. Kieth's piano especially shines during the verse. Jerry plays what I'd generally consider his outro solo for Supplication and the band shift gears back into the Playing in the Band reprise with some really inventive playing, especially in the first few minutes of the reprise.<br />
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<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd95-02-24.AT.5493.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">12-04-90 Oakland Coliseum Arena</a></i><br />
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Lost Sailor>Saint of Circumstance is another Weir/Barlow penned pairing that follows a somewhat similar trajectory to Lightning>Supplication. It's got a bit of a different style though with Lost Sailor being a bit dark and eerie before the big energy upswing of Saint of Circumstance. The pairing debuted in 1979 and was played the most in 1980, with 29 instances. After that, fewer and fewer performances until it was dropped after 1986. Saint of circumstance survived the cut though! This part B lived on long after it's A was cut, being played at least once every year for the rest of the Grateful Dead's career. Similar to Let it Grow which endured after the rest of the Weather Report Suite was dropped.<br />
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First off, I have a love affair with D5Scott and Da Weez. What is this nonsense? They were Grateful Dead tapers starting in the early 80's and sticking around to the end. Some of their tapes, especially from 83-84 are just incredible. Of a similar quality to Oade brother tapes but without as much known about them. I've been working my way through the remaining Post-Brent 1990 tapes (<a href="https://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2018/01/crepuscular-digest-2.html" target="_blank">the first five are reviewed here</a>), finding hot performances and stunning audience tapes. This tape though might be my favorite of this era. There's just something about the sound and balance that's so immersive.<br />
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Eyes of the World starts the second set and showcases stunning playing from all, with great playing from both Vince Welnick and Bruce Hornsby on keys. Vince's harmonies sound especially nice on the Eyes chorus. At 8:30 the band hit a gorgeous peak fueled by Garcia and Hornsby. At this point the jam downshifts a bit, while the groove and drive stay at a constant, leading into the last verse. The drummers are both hitting hard and getting tribal at around 11:30. With about a minute left Jerry starts building tension and Phil picks up on it, joining in. Ok, it's not the cleanest segue but once they lock into Saint, the audience goes absolutely crazy and the band is cooking. Ok, so there's also some flubs with the composition but damnit the energy is there! It's hot. Interestingly, the >Saint of Circumstance is only played 4 times in 1990 and it's all Vince era shows. Instances of performance are at a record low in the final years of Brent's tenure and its busted back out more once Vince takes over.<br />
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<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/hollybowling2018-09-16.litz.sbd.schoepsMK21.flac16" target="_blank">Holly Bowling 09/16/18 Cohoes Music Hall</a></i><br />
Mountains on the Moon>Saint of Circumstance<br />
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Around the time I was checking out these Dead shows I was lucky enough to catch Holly Bowling at the lovely (and allegedly haunted!) Cohoes Music Hall. Holly plays solo piano interpretations of Grateful Dead and Phish songs. It seems on paper like something you'd only really need to see once but each time I've gotten to see her perform, its been even more stunning, intense and captivating. She's an incredible musician and her ability to improvise has only gotten better with her filling the piano bench for the band Ghost Light. Interestingly she related at the show that Ghost Light's name came from a Tommy Hamilton trios show at the <a href="https://www.thecohoesmusichall.org/" target="_blank">Cohoes Music Hall</a>. Very cool part of Capital District music history.The Cohoes Music Hall is allegedly <a href="https://www.thecohoesmusichall.org/history/" target="_blank">haunted</a> by the ghost of Vaudeville performer <a href="http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/flashback-photo-eva-tanguay-the-lady-gaga-of-vaudeville/" target="_blank">Eva Tanguay</a>. There's a little shrine where offerings are left for her backstage and the venue maintains the tradition of leaving a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_light_(theatre)" target="_blank">ghost light</a> on stage.<br />
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Mountains on the Moon is an incredible choice for solo piano. The Garcia melody was haunting, ringing through the 19th century theater. Jeffry Bowling's mapped projections perfectly complimented the mood. Her playing goes from plaintive to more intense as she wanders out from the Mountains theme. Slowly the familiar opening progression of Saint of Circumstance emerges triumphantly. I never would've thought putting these tunes together would work but its a tremendous pairing! This is truly a random B! A song retired before 70 and one debuted in 1979!There was a hole in my life I didn't know I had that got filled with Mountains>Saint!!! The entirety of Mrs. Bowling's performance is stunning and well worth a reflective listen.Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-17483775787402416692018-10-18T06:44:00.001-07:002018-11-21T08:36:21.536-08:00The Disco Biscuits 12/29/01, Roseland Ballroom: Guest post by Jay Cowit <br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">With a fresh and stunning Rich Steele remaster of 12/29/01 recently released (<a href="http://nugs.net/browse/music/20302/The-Disco-Biscuits-mp3-flac-download-12-29-2001-Roseland-Ballroom-New-York-NY" target="_blank">download here!</a>), Crepuscular Rays collaborator, brilliant musical mind and dear friend <a href="https://www.wnyc.org/people/jay-cowit/" target="_blank">Jay Cowit</a> was inspired to take a deep dive into his first outing with what would become one of his most enduring musical relationships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd like to invite you to take this cosmic foray with Jay: </span></div>
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The first song I ever saw the Disco Biscuits play was
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rock operas. I thought 3 things:<o:p></o:p></div>
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1) man, these dudes cannot sing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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sound a little like phish/Moe./god street wine, so I can get down.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 3)</span> holy shit. they're gonna jam everything huh?<o:p></o:p></div>
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But in the midst of those thoughts, I saw a crowd
immediately hypnotized. Fascinated and open to an experience, I let the music
of the evening wash over me, entrap me, feed me into something dark and
strange. What came after Eulogy would stay with me for the rest of my life, and
would become an intrinsic part of it. Friendships and lifelong memories born
off those notes, cascading off the Roseland Ballroom years before it became a
pit in the NYC ground. It was a true experience that shaped me. I've seen and
loved the Disco Biscuits for 17 years, since that first song.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>But that's the very point of this band, right?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"Eulogy,"</b>
as a composition, starts slow and bluntly, not taking any chances. The song is
a midway point in the Hot Air Balloon opera, a reflection point for its
protagonist. Interestingly, the band repeatedly utilizes it at the start of
shows, and while it’s rare to appear at all, its purpose as an introduction to
the Disco Biscuits makes a lot of sense. Following its demure and winding
opening, the song quickly moves into tight rhythmic bursts, back-dropping the
soaring melody of Jon Gutwillig’s guitar. The structure, suddenly fugue like and
alien, supports a reprise of the verse with rugged purpose, raising the volume
and energy. Then, a dip into minor keys and slight quiet. What follows is the
song’s greatest asset…a Technicolor glide through rustic landscapes as
Gutwillig begins to jet-set around the fretboard, building a beautiful and
steely conversation on top of the rhythmic power of Marc Brownstein, Aron
Magner, and Sam Altman. Such power and speed, in the opener? It defies concert
sense to the uninitiated. Even to jamband veterans, the speed at which the
Disco Biscuits can reach heights is breathtaking. Altman, on drums, and Barber
crash through forests, growing larger each measure. A peak guitar melody
reprises at the end, perfectly enunciated by drums on the 16<sup>th</sup>
notes, and a slight return to the soft beginnings of the song. Not a note of
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“<b>7-11</b>” couldn’t be more different than the thoughtful
Eulogy. Its big dumb hair metal/funk approach to a breakup song is probably as
fun a track as the Biscuits have, and while it seems like a hastily arranged
jigsaw puzzle of hooks and riffs, all of those hooks and riffs are catchy as
hell. Its singsong chorus makes it easy to ignore how rough the vocals are, as
the crowd helps a ton. The chorus is a metal rave up with “I’m gonna go out and
jam” as the main refrain. For a 19 year old kid in the big city, at a jamband
show…what could be better? The song moves to a robotic cluster bomb of “you
can’t stop it” beats before instantly flexing to the traditional faux-reggae
middle jam. In later years, the band would take this part out for rides, but in
this version, it’s a tight run through high-school nightmare lyrics, followed
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metal, and then to the first true jam of the evening. Part of the glory of
“7-11” is how fast the jam becomes fast and fluid techno, in every year of its
existence. It’s worth the wait of its sections to get there, and this is no
exception. I had heard the band on tape, and heard their reputation, but this
style of jamming was something I’d never experienced. I was still watching 4
dudes on stages (one wearing a hockey jersey), but suddenly they had become a
robot techno machine. All frill had died instantly, the bass picked up a
liquid-ish feel, and all lines started to wrap around each other. This was no
12-bar blues, no solo on top of chords. Every musician was contributing equally
and all at once, but tastefully and…this is important…leaving tons of space.
It’s what makes the jamming so amazing right away….it is focused like a laser,
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And the drums…god, those drums. Altman instantly played like
no one I had ever witnessed. Perfect, unyielding, un-tempted by fills and
turnarounds. It was revolutionary. It was ego-less. The whole band was jamming
to a gestalt, working with each other, and as a unit. No one leads this
improvisational section for 7 straight minutes. The crowd follows the energy,
waving and wobbling with the speedy pace as the band quickens from techno to
punk rage. It’s a ska fused soundscape of fierce eruptions as the band changes
key at breakneck speed…maybe even getting faster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gutwillig comes to the front, but still
repeating line after line, beautiful melody after beautiful melody…swirling all
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Altman pounds the beat into a full-on punk
1-step, as Gutwillig switches to power chords along with Brownie…suddenly the
arrangement is filled with the epcot-synths of Magner, bringing in the
conclusion of “<b>Munchkin Invasion</b>,” a frenetic race through a brief
hyper-prog-rock section, followed instantly by a happy go lucky jam-rock
refrain that talks about random names and…well, Munchkins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a furious ending to the jam, and
completes the song started on a previous night of the run. We are only 20
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“<b>Spacebirdmatingcal</b>l” is an absolute classic. I’m not saying
that lightly. It’s one of the best compositions ever written by humans, and is
probably 20-40 years ahead of its time. It combines all of the best parts of this
band, in a song that could be played by nobody else. Its studio version was an
early part of me loving the band, but the live versions from 2001 are blazing
sound and fury. This night was no exception. Opting out of complex segues (and
leaving that for set II), the band feels satisfied exploring the confines of
the song itself, spinning out of conformity while repeatedly bringing the jam
back to base in creative ways. The song itself is played like a torpedo, lush
and spiritual while speeding along Altman’s rock-trance hybrid beat (one that
his successor never truly figured out, even as Allen Aucoin played numerous
killer “SBMC’s.”) The jam is centered around the same ideals as “7-11,” which
is 4 rhythm parts playing in unison within the confines of a roughly electronic
beat. The fact that the beat is focused on the kick drum played on all four
beats lends a slight notion that this is house or trance, but really the music
is jazzier and the lines around it springy. The forward playing of Gutwillig
and Brownie propel the beat even as Altman keeps it simple and tough; the
frontloading of grace notes at the tail end of a phrase give the beat a forward
propulsion, even when Sammy isn’t playing four on the floor (~7:30 on the
recording). Brownie and Gutwillig perfected this over the years, but none more
than in 2001, where their work pays off even in the fastest of jams, which all
still groove and pulse. Altman eventually becomes the lead player in the jam,
spiking the playing with hard snare and open high hat work. Eventually Brownie
comes back around to the bass line, and the band is in full rock epic mode…this
is where the song is truly built for greatness…after a jam of techno-ish music
that is danceable and smart, the song suddenly becomes a stadium rock closer….Gutwillig’s
utterly insane but gorgeous composed lead line is distinctly him, his style and
genius painted on the octave skipping taps of his playing. To the uninitiated,
it seems like a random melody…until he repeats it note for note. A dip back into
the verse/chorus before another glorious run through the lead melody ends the
song, a journey within a single composition. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>At this point, it’s clear the band will jam everything they
play, and furiously rage most of the endings. To a rookie…this is starting to
become a gift from heaven.</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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The second half of Set I is probably what truly made me a
believer, at least from my memory of the moment. You learn a lot about a band
you don’t know through their covers, and while it’s never the sticking point
for me, sometimes it REALLY helps the process. We’ll get to that in a second.
First, “<b>The Very Moon</b>” is a beautiful song, with a sweet intro that again takes
as much from Genesis and Yes as Phish. The intro is a built in breathing point
in any set, and certainly the 3 minutes it spends climbing the ladder to the
song itself is certainly appreciated. The breakneck verse and chorus structure
reveal smitten lyrics, part of the same rock opera as “Eulogy.” The jam begins
over a blissfully quiet and quick set of major chords, but effectively wrapping
the beat in 10, which is musically impressive and clever but even more amazing
when you get lost in the jam and realizing it feels like the most familiar
groove you’ve ever felt. This comes up later in the “House Dog Party Favor,”
but it’s a true gift of the band: grooving odd time signatures like they’re
nothing. It’s part of why they feel like techno in these sections even when
they’re not playing anything close to it. “Moon” rides on in intensity, and
then literally on Altman’s ride cymbals, speeding back up to the persistent
2001 style…Brownie and Barber hit on the return to theme seamlessly and easily,
Magner picking up on piano with them. It’s a fortunate turn but one they hit so
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No let up, no drop…the band screams across the finish
line of the first jam, before the composed entrance to the “slow” dirty funk of
the song’s second section. Altman is in take-no-prisoner mode, so the funk
speeds a long. Gutwillig picks and pokes with a teasing line, as Brownie
gradually slaps his way to the pocket. Magner is slow to join, but the moment
gives a true sense of the Marc/Jon combo…feeding off each other in shards and
strikes, constructing the complex matrix over Altman’s simplistic 2-step. It’s
a tribal style, like Security-era Peter Gabriel. It’s not techno at all, but it
grooves so hard that it plays as such. At around 17 minutes into the song, the
band again deftly changes key mid-jam, a seamless maneuver that most bands
could never pull off with such grace and secrecy. No let up, no drop…Altman
begins to use the toms to build a wall of low end as the other three weave
their way around the changes occurring. The band has returned to the hybrid
rock beat and leaps in bounds over a single D chord progression, driving
upwards and out. The pace quickens, while Gutwillig reaps a repeated soulful
line, ridiculous and perfect among the clashy chaos. The line strays and
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a major key progression, and Altman opens the hats…the sound builds, and
builds…the movement of all four members in lock step as a furious flood of
emotion and notes comes to bear…higher and higher, while Gutwillig moves to a
fierce descending line…the bass fills the entire world….Altman attacks his
snare….one final dragon piercing note from Jon…..and there it is:<o:p></o:p></div>
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“<b>Run Like Hell</b>” is a Disco Biscuits song. At least the way
they play it. It has a strong resemblance to an old Pink Floyd song from The
Wall, for sure. But a song can have many spiritual owners, and one of them for
“Run Like Hell” is Bisco. The fire and intensity of first seeing the band slam
into the power chords and verse that make up the front part of the song will
never be forgotten. I’ve never seen so many raised fists…<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">the crowd was like a
dancing army</span></i></b>. The band could’ve asked them to go to war for them. I’d have
loved to see it. A screaming frenzy of noise and energy gives way to the first
jam (The Disco Biscuits usually improvise sections between the verses, and
after the keyboard solo, before ending the song or jamming into something
else), a short silky foray into psychedelic trance, utilizing some odd Magner
synths to punctuate the dark vap trail of the electronic beats. The pace
builds quick again tho…not much time left to experiment, although the then
rookie author of this piece couldn’t believe the band in front of him was going
to play another set after this. After all, they must’ve blown a hole in the
earth, right? Crashed the stock market?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of this thinking is bypassed as they again slam into the power
chords of the second verse, raising all the fists again. The second jam starts
dirty, with Gutwillig laying into distorted delay spikes while Magner does
double duty, spinning a sweep pad single note among a clav-like backbone. This
jam is more funky than anything so far, and darker. Brownie keeps the bass line
lean and weird…and then with the ease of a veteran magician, calmly welcomes
the crowd back to NYC and says hi, nearly 75 minutes into the set.:)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having rushed slightly in jam 1 to get
here…the band relaxes and starts deploying singular bursts of melodic treats,
using the evil sounding robot progression to wind up the energy and tension.
Altman is simplistic as ever, but forceful on the kick…the giant ball of sound
keeps moving, even as the other members stay slow and deliberate. Remarkably,
it’s Magner who pivots the synched unit to a more major feel, grabbing the
middle of the whole, and setting up Gutwillig to fly again on top of the
bazooka fire that is the rush of the ending. The pace never dampens, the energy
never fades again. There is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide…no let up, no drop.
The snare punctures the air while the suddenly gigantic guitar lead locks in,
deftly smashing what’s left of civilization as the world crumbles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magner switches to organ, filling up the room
like a choir of ecstasy fueled angels…the punk drums return, the bass
swells….higher and higher…..<o:p></o:p></div>
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Set II begins in earnest with the most rock song of rock
songs that the Disco Biscuits possess…the ZZ Top infused “<b>M.E.M.P.H.I.S.</b>” An
ode to a southern road trip and a canine companion, this “M.E.M.P.H.I.S.”
starts innocently enough, cruising the verses and chorus into a hip hop style
beat<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where Gutwillig lays low, Brownie
sits on a malevolent single note phrase, and Magner runs ghost-like cues across
the spectrum. The jam goes to dissonance before Brownie begins a bluesy take,
gently nudging Barber to do the same. Magner continues the apparitions, until
Altman’s steady beat drops to a single high hat rhythm, before breathlessly
hitting back into the groove. The licks give way to a star-trekian synth lead,
squaring deep in the spinal cord until Barber tags in to deliver a boisterous
and cascading solo….the fury of swirling notes from all three melody players is
a foreshadow of the chaos to come, but it provides it own epic scene here at
the tail end of the jam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A snare roll up
fakes an ending, Barber now unloading all over the space provided…a second
snare count up now, 4 lengthy measures long and leading to the triumphant
return of the verse. “M.E.M.P.H.I.S.” is one of the songs in the catalogue that
generally contains a second jam, moving into another song entirely…as is the
case here. Often the feel reprises the first jam to a certain degree…but this
jam entrance dissolves quickly, leading to spring-loaded Magner hits quietly
tip toeing around a diminutive beat. Altman doesn’t wait long, though…he
returns to his battle with the snare drum, punching out coordination for the
unit, before dipping again. Spacey keyboard fills the atmosphere, with the bass
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A snare fill from Altman attempts to start the next song,
but the other three continue the hopping. Up and down major scales, arpeggios
of skill and grace. Ambient funk quiet as a mouse, but still holding down a
groove that could make a statue sway. Hopping. Hopping.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The jam unfastens itself. Layers of composition enter one by
one. A single guitar quarter note repeated. Then a wave of synth chords. A
rimshot beat that continues to hop. “<b>Crickets</b>” manifests as if from a smoke
filled dream. The band takes its time before descending into the single
refrain, lamenting the hard end of our insect friends in the dark of the
evening. The jam of a “Crickets” is a singular event in a life…no other music
on earth is quite like it. It’s form is so simplistic yet nuanced beyond
belief. It’s a happy hardcore techno beat, but that doesn’t nearly describe the
complexity of the music above it. The jazzy layering of the guitar spliced with
elevating synth notes, all rides above a fast motioning bass line. Brownie
holds this jam more than any other, keeping pace with the flurry of his
drummer, while providing the bedrock that his guitarist and keyboard to waterdance
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His envelope filter turns his notes
into balloons of imagination, propelling a rolling mechanism of physics and
commotion. Magner and Barber are playing a billion notes in every direction,
exploding out the sides of the giant avalanche machine….Brownie holds the fort
like a laser blasting tank. His playing is beyond genre and description,
providing a giant crater of deep end while his band mates blister the higher
registers. At 5:45 into the recording, Gutwillig falls into a beautiful
mid-range complimentary line to Brownie….a calm soldier seeing about the fray.
The pace is faster, the drums take on a speed metal feel that doesn’t
surrender. The guitar is a beautiful frozen moment in time…it erases to shared
dissonance with Magner but returns as Brownie comes back to the planet on the
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The phrase is echoed in everything Barber plays….and at the moment
of utter insanity and next to the point of falling apart…the band miraculously
changes key…holds for a moment…and then breaks into the major key finale of
“<b>Shelby Rose</b>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Altman never breaks the
pace, thrashing through the ending as Gutwillig hits the lead perfectly, and
the band sings through the final chorus, before inverting the song and starting
from it’s beginning immediately after. The moment happens so quick, but it’s
huge and powerful and undeniable. This particular merging of the two songs is a
seminal moment in the band’s history…it shows many veterans and rookies alike
another impossible musical event that is now possible. It’s beyond a thorough
understanding of what kind of practice or rehearsal or experience leads to a 5
minute moment like that…but undoubtedly there’s some luck and magic involved.
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“Shelby Rose’s” speedy run-through is still a breather,
saving us a raspy Brownie’s otherwise soulful crooning, and moving back to the
modified jungle beat that is the staple of Shelby’s over the history of the
band. Magner tries to calm things down by laying on Rhodes chords, while
Brownie whittles a thoughtful line in the back. The beginning is liquid cool
water, gradually lead by a slow Magner synth pad that slyly brings the jam from
“Shelby” back into “Crickets,” although only the brilliant tracking of the
recording might tell you that. It’s so smooth, even though you realize all at
once that the jungle has perfectly morphed into fast ska-trance, and the major
keys barely give away the ghost. This is the most gradual jam of the night,
patience winning out until Altman begins the drum ascent back into a beat that
is happy hardcore mixed with ska…but faster than either genre has ever
produced. It transcends electronic music in every sense…no computer-made music
could have this life and vitality, but more tangibly, the speed and morphing
ability. The tempo is brilliantly absurd…and relies on inhuman snare work by
Altman to drive the point home and keep it all from escaping down the side of
the mountain. The cymbals balance the drive, the organ fills the gaps…and
Gutwillig whips through a fierce matrix of notes over the top, each phrase
hitting the energy higher. At the right moment, the lead line of the jam
appears, adroitly nailed and putting an exclamation point on an exhibit of
beauty, speed, and sadness the likes of which music hadn’t seen.</div>
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second jam, a funk extrapolation played at the thematic high speed of the
evening, features some of the ghost noises Magner used at the start of the
“M.E.M.P.H.I.S.” second jam, and a cocky Gutwillig riff takes hold of the
groove and runs with it. Brownie would spend most of 2002 playing some
incredible slap sections on his instrument…this jam was a good predecessor. It
pumps the whole room, up through his dropout with Altman, which showcases the
weird jazzy circus music of Magner and Gutwillig. The beat and purpose pick up
from there, flirting in and out of the bass riff that cues the end of the jam.
The band seems to be marching towards an end…but a second (absolutely
brilliant) dropout sequence morphs the band into a psych rock moment, rotating
the band further from home. The dissonance spreads into a slashing run towards
home, using a rock beat to further the goalposts until again, Brownie hits the
familiar notes….but wait….NOT DONE! A snare roll keeps a note sustained in the
air, Gutwillig switching to a wah part while Magner uses the synth waves of the
intro to construct one more jump from reality. At the end of this short burst,
the bassline takes over, and the band moves, ever so gradually, into the final
transition to the vocal refrain. To his credit, Brownie tries several times to
jump back out…it is wonderfully clever. A slow, drippy take of the chorus ends
the sequence, which hard stops to a moment of reflective silence, surrounded by
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The remainder of the set is indicative of the 2001 mindset:
as a contrast to its 2.0 later years where full segue shows were the norm,
early Disco Biscuits actually preferred playing a number of standalone songs
per show. There’s an obvious confidence in being able to explore outside the
realms of the composition even within a standalone format. “<b>House Dog Party
Favor</b>,” thankfully, fits this mold perfectly. Effectively three huge sections
in one song, the composition begins with the 6/8<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hyper-space bar mitzvah crooning of a man institutionalized,
dealing with the realities of his bondage. The song sways breezily through its
composed classical mockups, interspersing the nonchalant “oh yeahs” with fugue
like stops and stutters. The second section truly begins with a jaunt into 5/4,
plugging a very quick proggy ELP like section before a drawn out jam in the
rugged time signature. As with the first set’s “Moon” jam, the precision with
which Altman and Brownie play in the odd time is mind-blowing. There is
perceptible and skilled groove within the harder jamming circumstances, and the
band shifts dynamically in a brilliant fashion. Altman’s consistency while
playing small is a real commodity here, allowing Magner and Gutwillig to float
on the surface of the water for extended periods of times to harness hooks and
licks. Brownie<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>channels Phil Lesh in
bouncing around the fretboard, keeping the 5/4 in place when Altman jazzes up
his own take for a few moments. The band accrues bursts of energy as they start
to move through the swinging jam…Gutwillig takes a moment to find a bearing,
but eventually grabs on to the mountain and begins to not just climb, but jump.
He leads into the main lick, as the band begins a pretentious but heartfelt
counting sequence that’s usually a wonderful indicator of how trashed the band
was/is, or how sharp they are that night....They nail it, for what it’s worth.</div>
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The verse and chorus that follow start to show signs of
fatigue, but the end of the tale brings the third and most ferocious chapter of
HDPF…the waltz. A marching cryptic techno bedrocks a 6/8 or ¾ jam that feels as
electronic as anything that night…other than most electronic isn’t in 6/8. Magner
lets loose here, summoning synth banshees that overload the synapses before
falling back in line. Altman deftly switches from a techno beat to more of a
rock…in some ways, it’s a harken to Rush. Gutwillig is barely noticeable until
you realize he’s providing an entire middle landscape moving the opposite
direction of Magner and Brownie…it’s a beautiful psychedelic ant-farm. Brownie
controls the operation, always the threat of his returning to the gigantic and
terrifying and familiar and perfect bass riff of “House Dog.” He threads this
tension out, stamping on the buried remains singed by his melody players.
Altman does not discard this energy, powering through the noise and fury of the
night and holding steady. Magner jumps over the top, peaking his synth line
early and often, pushing Gutwillig towards a final solo. The bass line returns,
glorious and like home. Gutwillig doesn’t yield, pumping out his loudest notes
of the nights to stand on top of the sound…until he slides his final note down
back to the riff of the song, played hard and mean, while the band sings the
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The encore is more than quaint. This was a great lesson to
learn, also…most bands don’t encore with two distinct 10 minute jams. In fact,
pretty much no one does. Except the Disco Biscuits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“<b>Little Lai</b>” is rickety but fun, with the nod to the streets
of New York City right outside. This version is played at a slightly slower
tick than most of the show, although you can almost tell Altman wants to move
quicker. The jam is a fun return to the hip hop style that would go on to
dominate 2002. Altman’s beat is the most interesting candidate here, with the
rest of the band playing sly support crew. It does still speak to the ego-less
playing that characterizes their more dance-able playing…nobody is stepping on
each other, they’re working in tandem. This tribal fusion continues for a
while, providing perhaps the show’s most sustained funk moment. The jam
stammers for a bit, trying to catch some lightning…Gutwillig provides with a
nifty riff, although the song generally stays within the fence. Altman grows
his presence, but stays on tempo and on track. Brownie plays some truly
interesting phrases before heading back to the ascending bass riff that ends
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Perhaps it’s the slightly anti-climatic take on the old
reliable Brownie standard that leads the band to fire up the burner one more
time for another Marc chestnut, the warhorse “Bernstein and Chasnof,” although
the quick count off points towards it being the original plan. “B&C” runs
through its<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>jamband mocking lawyer
nonsense raveup to get to some interesting and weird techno spots spliced into
its composition. The bridge especially gets weird and danceable from the
get-go, featuring some moog-like synth lines that couldn’t be sexier. The jam
features an extended tease by Magner (of something I don’t recognize) that he
began toying with in the “Lai” jam, which is picked up on by Brownie and
Gutwillig. Altman keeps it straight, double kicking every so often to push the
groove. The band is at its most evil circus at this point, splaying a lazy
major key haunting over an increasingly threatening bass line. Psy-trance
swirling in the air, the rhythm section hammers the floor while Magner swirls
around the peripheral. Again, Gutwillig appears from nowhere while all the
while commanding the middle of the spectrum. As the beat picks up the snare and
grows in a controlled chaos, Brownie corners the pocket, laying down a throaty
black web of bass. Gutwillig picks up on his movements, and then Magner…at the
8:00 mark, all three are in complete lockstep, composing the healthiest of
hooks on the fly, in the midst of utter madness and rage. The mode shifts to
major and the power infuses to the whole band. The whole band, at the end of
their journey, stays with the plan. Tired, spent…they push on! The speed
actually picks up, and the bassline returns to well worn territory. Gutwillig
explodes in one final burst of thunder, shredding the top of the frets in a
waterfall like effect, against Magner’s organ and piano. The lead line pierces
the night in a speed-rush landslide, followed by the 6/8 coda that sees the
fist pumps of the crowd in full display one last time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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announcements…just a slide whistle somewhere in the random night. The band
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“nothing, no splash, no flash and no sound</div>
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all that is left is my feet on the ground</div>
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Now I remember that life was a ball</div>
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When I was the person in search of it all</div>
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There's one in a million I'd be here today</div>
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There's one in a million that I get to stay</div>
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And if I ask my maker to see me through</div>
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When it seems there's nothing more that I can do”</div>
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The echoes of the amplifiers rang in Roseland, years before
it ceased to exist. 17 years later, I still remember a lot of it. And like I
said…it’s a part of me now. <o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-75614827351184314732018-07-31T07:46:00.000-07:002018-12-03T05:45:19.104-08:00Crepuscular Digest #4 <div style="text-align: left;">
<b>Grateful Dead 03/30-4/01/80 The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ </b></div>
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The rest of 1980 tends to get overshadowed, in my opinion, by the residencies/ acoustic sets at the Warfield and Radio City. They're great (I adore <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckoning_(Grateful_Dead_album)" target="_blank">Reckoning</a>) but for a long time I figured that's all there was from 80. How wrong I was. The shows on either end of the residencies are very hot. Like 1979, I feel the lack of soundboards leads to the rest of 1980 being largely ignored by the masses.. Also like 79, there are tons of beautiful audience recordings like these to sink your teeth into, if you're willing to take the road less traveled.<br />
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<i>3/30/80</i><br />
<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd80-03-30.glassberg.barbella.4740.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><i>Beautiful Barry Glassberg Audience Recording of 3/30/80</i></a> </i> <br />
The band comes out very hot with Alabama Getaway>Promised Land. Great crowd energy to start. They then pull a very interesting downshift so early in the show into a stately Peggy-O. The recording has a lovely balance of instruments, including more bass than usual which is great. You can hear the crowd but it adds atmosphere rather than distraction. Cassidy is very hot. Loser is appropriately haunting. The Garcia solo peaks with some deft playing. The power of this version lies in it's tasteful restraint. The rest of the set plays out just as well but I'll leave some mystery for the listener.<br />
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Usually a set with very few songs is a good indicator that a Disco Biscuits show is going to be good. This turns out to be true for this Grateful Dead second set. The set starts with Scarlet Begonias and the > section doesn't take long to get to soaring heights with the help of Brent Mydland's organ finesse. Jerry and Bobby's guitar interplay is crystal clear. The peak is monumental. So monstrous they flub a bit on the drop back into the composition. It doesn't take any shine off it however. Fire is very strong. Phil's bass sounds great in the mix and adds this amazing plodding dinosaur feel to the groove.<br />
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A quick pause and the band drops into a slinky Estimated Prophet. I mentioned the restraint in playing that made the loser so special. At 6:30 that same restraint makes the slide into the jam so interesting. Drums is strong and this rendering of Black Peter is especially good. I found the show very enjoyable from top to bottom.<br />
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PS: <a href="https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/listen-to-john-belushis-unforgettable-sit-in-on-us-blues-with-the-grateful-dead/" target="_blank">John Belushi cartwheels on stage for the encore </a><br />
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<i>3/31/80</i><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd80-03-31.senn.barbella.4741.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><span class="value">sennnheiser 421 mic</span> audience recording <i>transferred by Rob Eaton</i></a><i><br /></i><br />
The energy during band introductions and the Jack Straw opener is why I tend to prefer a good audience recording over a sterile soundboard. It paired perfectly with my morning coffee and drive into work, getting me stoked to tackle my day. Brown Eyed Women, always a favorite of mine is quite lovely. Uptempo without the Ritalin feel the 80's often gets. There's a pretty intense interaction with an usher towards the end. Be forewarned. This is the first performance of Feel like a Stranger. The composition is appropriately shaky for the first go but the jam is wicked. Brent rips it on the synth tones.<br />
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The Lost Sailor is missing the second half and Saint of Circumstance is completely missing from the tape but no troubles since thy nail it the night before. Terrapin is a decently magnificent as it often is. The really hot moment from this show for me is the jam out of Playing in the Band. It goes some really interesting places that remind you what a beast this was in 1972-74. <br />
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<i>4/1/80</i><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd80-04-01.glassberg.barbella.4742.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">Back to the Glassberg source for night 3 </a><br />
April fools!. The opening tune Promised Land, featured guitarist Bob Weir on keyboards, keyboardist Brent Mydland and guitarist Jerry Garcia on drums, drummers Bill Kreutzmann on bass and Mickey Hart on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Phil Lesh on lead guitar (<a href="https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-pull-off-instrument-switch-april-fools-day-1980" target="_blank">as per this jambase article</a>) The GIF I found below is attributed to this show but that's definitely Billy on kit and not Brent so I'm not 100% sure who os where. The switch back to their standard instruments and proceed to blow the roof off with a properly rearranged Promised land. The Me and My Uncle>big River has some extra swagger on top of the western swing groove. Friend of the Devil has a melodic and sweet solo from Garcia that really stands out. Jerry finishes up and Brent takes an equally sweet run. It's all Over Now is especially long and very hot. Looks Like Rain is appropriately mournful and segues into a nice Deal to wrap the first set. The kick drum (I'm assuming Billy's) is especially present in the mix and driving. <br />
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Starting out set 2 is the second Feel Like a Stranger. This version is much more solid and at two minutes longer, gets taken out a bit further. Jerry Falsetto is still in full effect. The opening notes of China Cat Sunflower are really well received from the audience. Some excellent machine gun Jerry in the Rider solo. Estimated greats pretty deep then segues smoothly into He's gone. Great Banter at the begining of He's Gone: "I need a cigarette." "How about a joint?" I just had a joint, I need a cigarette". The proceeding big jam segment is a very satisfying and immersive sequence flowing through all the corners of the Grateful Dead's aural and spiritual universe. An unexpectedly beefy and groovin' Shakedown encore wraps up the show with a final squeeze of mustard. This run nicely samples what's so great about the nooks and crannies of 1980. Well worth the exploration!<br />
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<b>The Disco Biscuits 8/11-12/03 Tussey Mountain Amphitheater, Boalsburg, PA </b> <br />
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This was the end of a run of shows for Kieran, Michael, Mike, Crystal and I that started at the Amazura Ballroom in Queens, NY, then headed out to Waterloo Village in New Jersey and finally ended up at the <a href="http://www.tusseymountain.com/" target="_blank">Tussey Mountain Amphitheater</a> in rural central Pennsylvania. The Amazura shows were at times great and at times fraught with tension as the band was visibly and audibly arguing on stage. The Waterloo village show in New Jersey was a festival set that we listened to from the parking lot. Only time I ever did that for the biscuits. Its in my Phantasy Tour stats but recently I've considered deleting it for ethical reasons.<br />
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During the northeast run of the summer 2003 tour, the Disco Biscuits integrated classical pieces in their sets. A lot of their early composition (especially Jon Gutwillig penned tunes) are essentially classical pieces with room to jam. So In the Hall of The Mountain King, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Peter's theme from Peter and the Wolf fit in really nicely. The culmination of this run is the Transmission Music Festival in Tennessee. By all accounts this was a magical event and one of the last truly small/fam biscuits events. For the day set on Saturday, the biscuits played a stripped down "acoustic" set up and played all the classical tunes they'd been playing throughout summer tour. This beautiful performance was immortalized on the Disco Biscuits first ever <a href="https://www.jambase.com/article/disco-biscuits-to-release-classical-set-on-vinyl" target="_blank">vinyl release</a>.<br />
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<i>8/12/03</i><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-08-11.akg391.flac16" target="_blank">Chase Banna Audience Recording</a><br />
First of all, this was a really fun venue. It's a ski mountain in the winter and has go-karts, driving range and skate park in the summer. The lot scene was super chill. We had a blast enjoying the kind of summer fun that can only really be had in the time before the responsibilities of adulthood put a bit of damper on the easy and free feelings of youth. On night one Keller Williams (the opener) sat in on Zepp's Whole Lotta Love. He really clicked with the Biscuits and it was a fun little departure from their usual. To satisfy the classic requirements of summer 03, the play Stone>Devil's Waltz (fakeout)>Waltz of the Flowers during set two.<br />
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<i>8/12/03</i><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-08-12.mk4v.shnf" target="_blank">Beautiful Jon Hatgis Aud</a><br />
While night one was super fun with some great playing, night two is a real heater. This time Eine Kleine Nachmusik is interwoven throughout both sets to great effect in regard to energy flow and dynamic. I was really excited to hear it as an orchestra nerd. I played cello from third to sixth grade and double bass from Seventh into college. I always loved playing Mozart stuff. I think Metallica was the first band I really fell in love with and Mozart seemed pretty metal to me. The whole show is great but the segments of the second set get especially deep and awesome.<br />
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I had a good time at the shows and enjoyed the tapes but never really focused too much on them. They had a nice breezy summer vibe to remind me of that lovely weekend in the middle of Nowhere, Pennsylvania with great friends and some light debauchery. Listening back to the tapes in 2018 as part of my 'all the biscuits shows I attending listening project', I think these shows are above average for 2003. I'd say night two is well above average for the entire 2002-2004 time period. It highlights the set construction of that time period. There are many little interlocking parts and sandwich's, spiced up with plenty of inverted and dyslexic segments. The setlists have a lot going on and a lot of songs compared to the 2018 Biscuits but the flow is definitely still there. I highly recommend rocking these tapes on a beautiful summer drive. You won't be disappointed.<br />
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<b>Phil Lesh and Friends 7/2-3/99, The Warfield Theater, San Fransisco, CA</b><br />
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I'll admit it: I was wary of Phil and friends. When I first started seeing post-Jerry Dead stuff, Warren Haynes was consistently the lead guitarist of Phil's bands (The Q) and I just didn't enjoy his interpretration of Grateful Dead music. I've since come around a great deal on Warren but still ended up preferring Bob Weir's post-dead projects more. Fast forward from the Lesh/ Hanyes days of early Phil and friends to 2018 and I'm falling hard for Steve Kimock. A link turns up for some decent video of the July 2001 run with Kimock on lead guitar before Warren Haynes joins the line-up. In spite of my Phil reservations, I'm mesmerized by a command performance driven by Bill Kruetzmann in fine form as the lone drummer. I love the Mickey/ Billy rhythm devils all out assault but its always a special treat to hear Billy alone carry it like 1971-74. The rest of the line-up is rounded out by the Dave Nelson Band which gives a very unique twist to the sound. In 1999 Phil did a variety of 'Friends' line ups including most famously Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell of Phish. Here's the full line-up for the Warfield shows:<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bass: Phil Lesh</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Drums: Bill Kreutzmann</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Guitar and vocals: David Nelson</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mookie
Siegel: Keys </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry Sless: guitar and pedal steel</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lead Guitar: Steve Kimock</span></span><br />
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<i>7/2/99</i><br />
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I watched the fan-shot video of 7/2 holding my son Rider while he slept. He was born on a few weeks previous and was still figuring out how to live. So I got to catch up on some music in the middle of the night for a few weeks hahaha. The Cryptical Envelopment is the first played by Dead members since 1985. The Other One that follows is as explosive at times as it is tasteful at other points. What keeps pulling me towards Kimock's music is so apparent in this performance: his understated and deliberate playing. He's so incredibly tasteful. The restraint is what makes the notes he does play so weighty. The worst kind of jam music to me is 4-8 guys just blasting away at their instruments without any dynamic or nuance. This show it's clear that's not the musical experience we're getting<br />
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Several Dave Nelson songs find their way into this set and they fit surprisingly well. Fable of a Chosen One segues out of The Other One seamlessly and is a really cool tune. Lots of all-star line ups tend to fall flat in my opinion. While you can get a ton of great players together on stage, the chance of them finding real chemistry is slim. This run is oozing with chemistry. Another bias I have: Phil singing. I won't repeat any of the cliches but will go ahead and praise his vocal performance from these shows. I was prepared to cringe really hard for China Doll. It's a song that demands a strong yet nuanced delivery. Which he does really well here. David Nelson Band's Snake Bit segues back into The Other One>Cryptical in a satisfying tying up of loose ends.<br />
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Cumberland Blues is another showcase of Steve Kimock's tasteful and nuanced guitar work. The whole band is locked in and dynamic on Cumberland. The meat of the show is the big segue way section in set 2: The Wizard's Son> The Wheel>Long Gone Sam>Dark Star>Morning Dew. As with the first set, classic Dead material is tastefully interspersed with Dave Nelson Band originals. The Wheel jam gets quite spacey, reminiscent at times of a 1973 Playing in the Band Jam. Spaciness leads very natural into the Dead's space odyssey, Dark Star. The segue from Dark Star into Morning Dew is especially ethereal and lovely. Chemistry, dynamics and tasteful restraint continue to be on display. Kimock. So much awesome. . On Dew Phil really blew me away vocally during the "I guess it doesn't matter anyway" section. The Box of Rain encore is worth mentioning since Dave Nelson plays the solo on the 1970 American Beauty studio album version which he does here as well. <br />
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<i>7/3/99</i><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/1999-07-03.paf.sbd.mattman.18900.sbeok.flacf" target="_blank">Soundboard recording available for download</a><br />
The second night starts with a pretty amusing joke from Phil. It goes on longer than expected but he actually has great timing/ pacing so its a nice little moment. Cold Rain and Snow has some intricate playing from Kimock, Lesh and Siegel as well as a powerful jam. The Sugaree jam gets thoroughly deep into a furious peak which then cools down by nice keyboard runs from Siegel. Followed by solo runs from the rest of the players as well. The jam out of Uncle John's Band is a dreamlike, mesmerizing wander through the ether, taken back to the earth by Dave Nelson Band's The Edge of the Wire. I'll admit I was concerned with Phil taking the lead vocal when I saw Stella Blue on the setlist. Imagine my delight when I realized it was an instrumental version and a lovely one at that! Kimock's guitar playing the part of Garcia's vocals is an inspired choice. Wish You Were Here is the sort of tune that separates Phil projects from the rest of the post Jerry. He mines the larger 60's and beyond songbook on a nightly basis, while Bob stays within the boundaries of <a href="https://serlostudios.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Deadlandia</a> for the most part. The jam out gets really spacey and melodic then enters a roiling sea of ambient that ends before it should've in my opinion. Great spot for a segue. Help>Slip!>Frank is up next and gets super nasty three minutes into the Slipknot! jam and stays interesting all the way into Franklin's Tower. Some really fun, upbeat and melodic jamming throughout Franklin's with everyone contributing and listening to each other.<br />
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Set 2 starts to get really interesting around 13 minutes into Kick in the Head when Kruetzmann drops out and the jam gets spacey. He comes back in, adding direction to the space. It's clear we're heading towards Dark Star but no less fun with the knowing. It's especially neat that they decided to break up the two sections over the two nights. The transition from the jam into the composition is especially sweet and lovely. As is the transition into the always welcome Mountains on the Moon. This jam has a particularly ethereal feel carrying over from the Dark Star. The jam wanders back fully into a Dark Star theme at 9 minutes in. The right players in this line up do so much to paint a cohesive musical picture. This show is all about liquid smooth transitions. Without really noticing the segue I find myself grooving to Iko Iko. Lovely melodic jam then wooosh!, a Scarlet Begonias! I love how uniquely Phil puts together setlists for his band. It's so much more flexible than the last 17 or so years of Grateful Dead sets. Kimock really shines on the Scarlet>Fire transition. Sometimes I can't tell who is playing the lead but sometimes its so clear its him. Its great to hear Nelson on Ripple, as it is to hear him on Uncle John's Band and Box of rain as he contributed to the Recording of American Beauty and Workingman's Dead. He and the rest of the New Rider's were very much a part of that era and the wonderful sounds and songs it produced. <br />
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If you are perhaps a bit wary of Phil Lesh post-Garcia, as I was, I'd say this is a great little run to dive into. If you love Kimock as much as I am these days, these shows are terrific. <br />
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<br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-67784285587656604612018-07-27T08:33:00.001-07:002018-07-27T08:33:31.485-07:00Crown Point History <!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The early history of the Lake Champlain region is marked
by conflict between the French and English. Explorations by Verrazano and
Cartier for the French and the Cabot’s for the English gave both sides claim to
the Champlain Valley. The French gave this place the
name “Pointe a la Chevelure” which designated the 2 points facing each other on
either side of the lake (now known as Crown
Point on the western shore and Chimney Point on the
eastern shore).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During King Williams War, the peninsula of Crown Point was used as a staging area
for military campaigns. First by the French and Indians, who using Lake
Champlain for transport, attacked and burned the settlement at Schenectady. In
retaliation, British forces plan an invasion of Canada. British forces, commanded
by Philip Schuyler used Crown Point as an advanced base in their attack on La
Prairie, south of Montreal (Furness 1998). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
early as the summer of 1700, the French established a trading post at the
Pointe a la Chevelure for commerce between the French and the English. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doubtless they built a simple fortification on
the point, a blockhouse or fortified storehouse (Coolidge 1979). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the resolve of queen Anne’s War , the
Treaty of Utrecht was signed which established Split Rock (18 miles north of
Crown Point) as the border between French and British territories. The French,
in direct defiance of the treaty, built a small wooden stockade on Chimney
Point known as fort de pieux (fort of posts). With French control of the area
now established, the French government moved forward on plans for a more
permanent and substantial fortification (Furness 1998). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MM. de Beaucharnois and Hocquart
recalled to his majesties attention, November 14, 1731 (when the fort had
scarcely been completed) that it should only be a temporary establishment, and
proposed to him construction of a redoubt “a machicoulis” of which the design
was enclosed. This redoubt was contemplated as much for the safety of the post
as to avoid the considerable expense to construct a regularly designed fort
(Coolidge 1979). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chaussegros de Lery, The king’s engineer
in New France, drew up plans and began
construction on the new, stone fortification, this time on the western shore of
the point in 1734. Construction of the fortification was completed in November
of 1737. It was named Fort St. Frederic, in honor of the minister of the
department de la marine, Frederic Maurepas. When the redoubt is finished the
governor suggests a permanent garrison of 120. This redoubt became the citadel,
the central stronghold of the post of St Frederic. A list of the French
Commanders who served at Crown Point
follows (Coolidge 1979).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><b><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">These Officers held
the rank of Captain</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">COMMANDER</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">TENURE</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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<td style="padding: 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt; width: 33.0%;" width="33%">
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Pierre Hertel de Montcour<sup>1</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1731-1732</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">René Boucher de la Perriére</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1732-1733</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Claude Hertel de Beaulac<sup>2</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1733-1734</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Pierre-Jacques Payen de
Noyan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1734, 1736</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Daniel Migeon de la
Gauchetiére</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Pierre</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> de Saint-Ours</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1736-1739</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Paul-Joseph Lemoyne de
Longueil</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1739</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">François Duplessis Faber</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1739-1741</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Antoine-François Pècaudy de
Contrecour</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1741-1743</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Paul Bécard de Grandville-Fonville</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Charles le Gardeur de
Croizille</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1746</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Pierre Joseph de Céloron<sup>3</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1747</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Charles de Sabrevois</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Paul Louis Dazemard de
Lusignan<sup>4</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1749-1756</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Ignace-Phillipe Aubert de
Gaspé</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1756-1757</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Louis Herbin</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1757-1759</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A quarry of limestone had been
discovered nearby. Little by little the high, thick walls had risen, the
redoubt had become the citadel- so solid that it was used for the storage of
bombs and other war munitions’; within the enclosure of the Fort, a church and
stone barracks for officers and men had been constructed (Coolidge 1979). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A chapel occupied the bastion opposite
the Guard House, serving the needs of the garrison and settlers alike. The
Parish Records note French as well as Native American baptisms, marriages, and
burials. Two interments took place within the chapel: Pierre St. Ours (1736)
son of the Fort's Commander, and Genevieve leTendre, Madame Radisson (1740)
(Furness 1998). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The earliest map dates to 1737, the date of
the forts completion, but it represents probably what was planned and not
necessarily what was actually built. Shown within the south side of the fort is a
single building labeled “powder magazine”. Visitors to the fort in later years
mentioned the powder room as being in the citadel located at the other side of
the fort (Feister 1999). </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1737 French Map</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A stone windmill was built at government
expense in 1740 to grind locally produced grain. It was located on the point of
land south of the Fort where the Champlain Memorial now stands. Several cannon
were mounted on its upper floor so it could serve as a defensive work. Judging
from deLery's plans for this mill, it was almost identical to one still standing
on Ille Perrot, near Montréal (Furness 1998). </span></div>
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</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1740 the War of Austrian Succession or King
George’s War in North America Broke out between England
and France and their ally Spain. Although
most of the major campaigns took place in Europe, Canada
and the West Indies, Fort St. Fredric served as the launching point for raids on
English held territory in New York and New England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
1745, the French and their Native American allies raided the northern most
English settlement in Saratoga
established by the Schuyler family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
raid destroyed the fort, 20 houses. A total of 30 settlers were killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The English rebuilt the fort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The French raids continued in 1746 as far
south as Albany
where the Van Iverson Farm house, located across the Hudson River from the English fort
in the city was burned and four members of the family were killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1747, the French once again attack the
fort and settlement at Saratoga,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>forcing the British and settlers to retreat
to Albany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1748, Peace between France and England was
reestablished by the Treaty Aix-La-Chapelle where England returned Louisburg in
Nova Scotia to France in return for receiving Madras in the Indies from
France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two different British maps, versions of
which are sometimes called “British Spy Maps", appear to be next in the map sequence.
Both maps showed three buildings, a long one between two small ones, along the
south side of the fort, and they are labeled “Store Houses” on the “PLAN OF
FORT FREDERIC” version of the map. Important to the dating of these maps is the
lack of a chapel in the nearby southwest bastion. Although the maps are
regarded as generally unreliable as to scale, they do indicate what buildings were
present in the fort’s interior. The maps date probably sometime prior to 1749,
the date of the first map to show the chapel. Peter kalm, visited the fort in
1749, and mentioned the ‘well built little church' being located in the bastion
where maps drawn after that date place the chapel (Fiester<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1999).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pre-1750 British Spy Map</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A description of the Fort by Professor
Peter Kalm as he saw it in 1749 sheds light on it's appearance at this time:
“July 19<sup>th</sup>- Fort St. Frederic is a fortification on the southern
extremity of Lake Champlain, situated on a neck of land, between that lake and
the river which arises from the union of the River Woodcreek and lake St.
Sacrament. The fort is built on a rock, consisting of black lime-slates, it is
nearly quadrangular, has high and thick walls, made of the same limestone, of
which there is a quarry about half a mile from the fort. On the eastern part of
the fort is a high tower, which is proof against bomb shells, provided with
very thick and substantial walls, and well stored with cannon from the bottom
almost to the very top: the Gov. lives in the tower. In the terre-plein of the
fort is a well built little church, and houses of stone for the officers and
soldiers. There are sharp rocks on all sides towards the land, beyond cannon
shot from the fort, and very near them….To the east of the Fort is a windmill
built of stone, with very thick walls, and most of the flour that is wanted to
supply the Fort is ground here. The windmill is so contrived as to serve the
purpose of redoubt, and at the top are 5 or 6 small pieces of cannon” (Kalm
1972). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When comparing the “British Spy Maps”
with a map dated to 1749 or 1750, several changes have taken place in number
and arrangement of buildings as well as the addition of the aforementioned
chapel (Fiester 1999). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">At the dawn of the French and
Indian War, in 1755, a meeting of colonial Governors at Alexandria, Virginia identified
four main objectives for the coming military campaign: Fort Duquesne (PA), Fort
Niagara (NY), Fort Beausejour (Nova Scotia) and Fort St. Frédéric. In response
to escalating aggression by the British in their campaign against Fort St.
Frédéric, the French began construction in October 1755 of Carillon (later
called <a href="http://www.historiclakes.org/Ticonderoga/Ticonderoga.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Fort Ticonderoga</span></a>) to serve as a buffer between the British
position of Fort William Henry at Lake George
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fall of 1758. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Furness 1998).</span></div>
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the Carillon. They were forced to withdraw and the then commander General James
Abercromby was replaced by General Jeffry Amherst. </span></div>
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continued to advance on French positions led by General Jeffry Amherst in 1759.
The French, well aware of the huge forces mounting against them decided to
withdraw from their positions in the Champlain valley to Isle aux
Noix. The French forces, then numbering about 2300 in the valley were reduced
to about 200. Civilians were evacuated and their homesteads were destroyed. The
British attempt another siege at the Carillon, this time resulting in the
French setting fire to the fort and retreating to Fort Saint Frederic. In July
of 1759 General Amherst’s forces reached Fort Saint Frederic. Upon their
arrival the French blew up the windmill and the redoubt and continued their
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A discussion of the regimental history of the
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to further clarify British action and its effects on Crown Point.</i> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1752 map, the last before the French withdraw and destroy the Redoubt. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">In 1731, Jeffry Amherst was
enlisted as an ensign in the foot guards. He served in the Austrian Succession
War (1740-1748) and years later in the European Theater during the French and
Indian War (Seven Years War 1755-1763). General Pitt chose Amherst
to lead the British assault on Louisbourg,
Canada in 1758.
Later, he became the Commander-In-Chief of British forces in the North American
Theater. In 1759, Amherst planned a three-pronged
attack into Canada.
This consisted of a westward push up the Saint Lawrence to Quebec,
a Northward invasion from Albany by ways of Lake
George and Lake Champlain, and in West Niagara.
All objects were completed and played a role in capturing and occupying Fort Ticonderoga
(Fort Carillon)
and Crown Point
(Fort Saint Frederic). In 1760, Amherst captured
Montreal.
General Amherst was than appointed Governor-General of British North America,
he held that post until 1763.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>General Amherst commanded several
regiments while stationed at Crown
Point. These included the 27<sup>th</sup>
(Inniskilling), the 42<sup>nd</sup> (Black Watch), the 55<sup>th</sup>
Regiment, and the 1<sup>st</sup> of foot 2<sup>nd</sup> Battalion of Royal
Regiment among others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Inniskilling was formed by General
Zachariah Tiffin in 1689. The Inniskilling was designated 27<sup>th</sup>
Regiment in 1751. During the French and Indian War, they served in the
operations at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point,
and afterwards Montreal.
In 1761, the 27<sup>th</sup> was removed to Nova Scotia
and engaged in the Capture of Martinique and Grenada
and Havana, Cuba,
after the West Indies, the 27<sup>th</sup> Regiment went to New
York and than back to Canada, where it served until 1767.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dubbed the Black Watch, the 42<sup>nd</sup>
Highland Regiment of Foot was formed in 1739 by John, The Earl of Crawford. In
1758, the 42<sup>nd</sup> lost over half of the regiment during the 1<sup>st</sup>
battle of Fort Ticonderoga
(Fort Carillon). In 1759, they saw action at
the 2<sup>nd</sup> battle of Ticonderoga and in 1760, the surrender by the
French Governor of Canada in
Montreal. They
were then sent to the West Indies where they saw action in campaigns in Havana, Martinique and Guadeloupe.
In 1763, they went to relieve Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh)a and helped to put down the Pontiac rebellion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1755, the 57<sup>th</sup> Regiment (55<sup>th</sup>
Regiment) was formed in Stirling (Scotland) and George Perry was
appointed as Colonel. The 57<sup>th</sup> officially became the 55<sup>th</sup>
Regiment in 1757 by removing two corps from its line. They also fought in the
first battle of Ticonderoga and had many casualties
including their commander, General Howe. Under the direction of General
Amherst, the 55<sup>th</sup> was engaged in the second battle of Ticonderoga, Crown Point and other
operations in 1759. Like the 27<sup>th</sup> and 42<sup>nd</sup>, the 55<sup>th</sup>
Regiment was stationed at Crown Point
in the winter of 1759-1760. In 1760, they saw combat at Isle-Aux-Noix and Montreal. They were sent
to Florida at
the end of the French and Indian War to bring regiments who were there to
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1<sup>st</sup> of Foot 2<sup>nd</sup>
battalion of the Royal Regiment was formed in 1633 by John Hepburn. In 1757,
the 1<sup>st</sup> Foot commanded by John Campbell and other regiments were
ordered to North America and landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia for preparation on
an attack of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island. Due to the Royal navy not being
able to secure the surrounding areas, the attack on Louisbourg was put on hold
until 1758. Under General Amherst, the attack on Cape Breton
commenced on June 8, 1758. The British bombarded the fortified city of Louisbourg for nearly 2
months. On July 25 1758, Louisbourg surrendered. In 1759, 1<sup>st</sup> of
foot was involved with the 2<sup>nd</sup> Battle of Ticonderoga and Crown Point (Fort Saint
Frederic). They helped to erect the British fort at Crown Point. Later that year they were
ordered to New Jersey
for the winter. In 1760, the 1<sup>st</sup> was summoned to the Carolinas, to subdue the attacks on settlers by the
Cherokee. When peace was declared, the regiment went back to England. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amherst,
noting the strategic position the fort held began constructing new
fortifications at the site in order to secure his position in the valley. The
Grenadiers redoubt became a focal point in reinvigorating the defensive
positions at Crown Point.
The Redoubt occupied almost the entire point of land where the windmill had
stood (Huey 1995). </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1759 map showing British improvements</td></tr>
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entrance were a Guard House, the well and Well House, the Officers Barracks,
the King's Bastion (or flag bastion) the Soldiers Barracks, the Magazine, the
wood-framed Armory, and the brick-fronted New Officers Barracks. The barracks
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1774 Montressor map showing position of Grenadiers
Redoubt at the location of the French windmill</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> The 10 years after The French
and Indian conflict proved to be fairly quiet. This period is marked by the
settlement of outlying areas by British civilians. A small town was founded and
including many of the typical businesses of the time. The fort fell into
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Americans due to campaigns led by Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen. In 1775 work
began salvaging what could be salvaged from the fire. After several failed
campaigns and the ravages of smallpox took their toll, the American Army’s
general officers made the decision to move the troops to Mount
Independence and the sick and wounded
to Fort George. When the British arrived in 1776
they found the Fort Largely abandoned (Furness 1998). </span></div>
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</span>From 1783-1784 Crown Point
was occupied, except during the winter, by British troops. Their fleet
continued regular patrols the lake. In 1778/79 Major Christopher Carleton
staged a series of raids on American Settlers in the valley, and a number of
prisoners were carried to Canada.
Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris which ended the war, the British abandoned
their position at Crown Point and withdrew to Canada
(Furness 1998). </span><br />
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</span>After the American Revolution, the property on which the Fort resides
changed hands several times and was once held by Union College of Schenectady. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Once peace was established and commerce grew
on Lake Champlain, the need for a lighthouse
at the point became evident.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In 1853 Major William D. Fraser reiterated the need
for a lighthouse at Crown Point, stating that
those best acquainted with navigation on Lake Champlain felt a light to guide
vessels through the narrow, one-half mile channel between Crown Point and Chimney Point was needed more
than at any other point on the lake. In 1858 an octangular lighthouse 55 feet
tall with a domestic dwelling attached to serve the lighthouse keeper was
constructed. This structure served its purpose for 50 years. In 1909, in order
to celebrate the tri-centennial of Champlain’s discovery, the existing
lighthouse was modified into a monument. This monumental revamp included Doric
columns and a bust by Rodin. A skeletal structure was erected near the water in
order to take over the functional role of the lighthouse (Clifford 1999). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Clifford, George</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 1999 <i>Lake Champlain Lighthouses. </i>Clinton County Historical Association. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=672">http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=672</a><span id="goog_161408028"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_161408029"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Coolidge, Guy O.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 1938 <i>The French Occupation of the Champlain Valley from 1609 to 1759. </i>Harbor Hill Books, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Harrison, NY. [1979 reprint]. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Feister, Lois M.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 1999 <i>Archaeological Investigations at the Oven Ruins in the French Fort at Crown Point State Historic</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><i> Site, Essex County, New York. </i>New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><i> </i>Bureau of Historic Sites, Peebles Island, Waterford, NY. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Furness, Gregory T.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 1997 <i>Crown Point (Pointe a la Chevelure) An Outline History, </i>American Historic Lakes, Lake Champlain</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> and Lake George Historical Site, South Hero, Vermont.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://www.historiclakes.org/crown_pt/furness.html" target="_blank"> http://www.historiclakes.org/crown_pt/furness.html</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> 1995 <i>Preliminary Report on Rescue Excavations Near the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse and Site of</i></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><i>Grenadiers Redoubt at Crown Point, 1978. </i></span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic <i> </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Preservation, Bureau of Historic Sites, Peebles Island, Waterford, NY. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> 1972 <i>Travels into North America, </i>Translated by John Reinhold Forster. The Imprint Society, Barre, Mass. </span></div>
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Feel Like a Stranger, Althea, Little Red Rooster, Bird Song, Me and My Uncle, <br />
Big River,Tennessee Jed, Passenger, Peggy-O. Music Never Stopped <br />
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China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider, Samson and Delilah, He's Gone>drums>Space><br />
Truckin'>Black Peter>Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad>Johnny B. Goode <br />
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U.S. Blues</div>
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Promised Land,
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<span id="goog_642269834"></span><span id="goog_642269835"></span><br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-68374366185842002572018-03-01T11:37:00.001-08:002018-08-17T12:18:41.428-07:00Crepuscular Digest #3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This poster got <a href="http://www.wes-wilson.com/" target="_blank">Wes Wilson</a> a stern talking to from Bill Graham. More on Wes later</td></tr>
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<b>01/05/79: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA</b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd79-01-05.naks.wiley.17342.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><i>A surprisingly nice audience recording from the Spectrum. A tough room to tape in</i></a><b><br /></b><br />
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When I got into the <a href="http://www.discobiscuits.com/" target="_blank">Disco Biscuits</a>, they were billed to me as a Philly band. Phish was a Vermont band and the Grateful Dead were a San Fransisco band. Each band had their ancestral homeland. Philly then became sort of a Mecca or mythical place of power as I became a fanatical Biscuits fan. It seemed funkier and more fun than the Manhattan I had grown up knowing as a suburban Long Island kid. There always seemed to be music, art or history around the next corner. It was certainly cheaper than NYC, which was nice. My first time visiting Philadelphia to see the Disco Biscuits was their 2002 New Years run at the <a href="http://www.electricfactory.info/" target="_blank">Electric Factory</a>. A carload of close friends from SUNY Albany crammed into a hotel within walking distance of the E-factory and had the adventure of a lifetime seeing the band give a command performance over three nights.There's a lot more to the story I'll get to eventually.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Original E-Factory in 1969</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Once the Dead obsession crept into my life, it came as no surprise to me that the Grateful Dead played consistently well in Philadelphia. It's the holy land of Bisco (not to mention a cultural and musical epicenter in its own right). It was cool to learn that the Dead played the original Electric Factory in 1968 and 1969. The Electric Factory promoters (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Souls-Been-Psychedelicized-Photographs/dp/1439901805" target="_blank">this book by one of the E Factory founders looks to be pretty cool</a>) also booked the Spectrum, the big hockey arena in town. Once the Dead were big enough, they moved over there in 1972. <a href="http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-grateful-dead-electric-factory-and.html" target="_blank">According to this well researched and compelling overview</a> of the Grateful Dead's performances in Philly, they played the Spectrum a whooping 53 times. Bruce Springsteen only played there 42 times and Philly was a second home for him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First show at the Spectrum in 1972</td></tr>
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I love the beefy Sugaree to start but the recording takes a couple tunes to get right so its a rough listen. The sound gets much better by mid-first set. By mid-second set it sounds wonderful. Especially for an 18,000 person room in 1979. The Estimated Prophet second set is where things really take off. Its segues ferociously into Eyes of the World. I'm typically pretty skeptical of any Eyes after 1974. Its so hit or miss for me. This is one of the better post hiatus Eyes I've listened to. They lock into a wonderful groove and tempo that makes me wish it would never end. Drums>Space is great. Space>Truckin'>Nobody's Fault but mine jam>Black Peter is really the heart of this show though. A masterful suite of music with great warmth, sadness, moments of quiet, and moments of great fury. Around and around is even really hot. The room ambiance of the recording makes it a really immersive listening experience and while listening my mind wandered to some incredible nights of music in Philadelphia through the years. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/sports/hockey/28spectrum.html" target="_blank">A Nice New York Times eulogy for The Spectrum</a></td></tr>
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<b> 08/31/83: Silva Hall, Hult Center, Eugene, OR</b><br />
<b> </b><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1983-08-31.111598.Sennheiser.daweez.d5scott.flac16" target="_blank"><i>Gorgeous Sennheiser 421 mic audience recording from Da Weez</i></a><br />
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The <a href="http://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-other-one.html" target="_blank">connection between Ken Kesey and the Grateful Dead</a> is a really engrossing sub-story in both of their arcs. Kesey of course spent some time in <a href="http://hilltromper.com/article/la-honda-creek-open-space-preserve-ken-kesey" target="_blank">California</a>, but very early on in his adult life, settled in his ancestral Oregon. When the Grateful Dead were in town, Kesey was around more often then not. Or the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ7FH9Y2aUQ" target="_blank">primary reason</a> they were in Oregon at all. The Hult Center itself is a fascinating venue. The room the dead played in this performing arts center was the 2,448
seat Silva Hall. The interior is designed to look like a woven basket.
It's heavily shot through with the University of Oregon's colors, green and yellow. It looks like a really trippy place
to see a really trippy band. <br />
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This show at the Hult center starts with Ken Kesey tells a few jokes while the band gets it together. It's noted that he was jamming behind the drums on harmonica during space but its not really audible on the recording. I'm sure if he was participating, he was influencing. Aside from the already neato Kesey stuff, this is an excellent show. 83-84 is my favorite era for Dupree's Diamond Blues honestly. I'm sure that's sacrilege to hardcore primal Dead fans but there's something about the sound they get with Brent and the quality of storytelling from Garcia. He had a real feel for the story. The closing sequence of set one is great. A driving West L.A. Fade Away is followed by a really nice Althea that gets pretty deep. It's a lovely pairing to have Althea followed by Cassidy. They segue into a hot Don't Ease me In to wrap up a hot first set.<br />
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Having not read ahead in the setlist, I was surprised and delighted to have the second set start with Cold, Rain and Snow as a wet and heavy late winter snow fell over Albany. Love those moments where the music and the universe sync up. After this, the entire rest of the second set is one fluid piece. Playing in the Band gets very deep into its jam and segues unexpectedly into a shimmering China Doll. More unorthodox than this pairing is the post Doll jam that at times touches on the Playing in the Band feel without fully returning to it. It's an extended piece of improv that shape-shifts into drums. The space is very uptempo and unusual (the drummers stay on) so I could see Kesey influencing it. The segue into Truckin' is phenomenal and well worth the price of admission. Stella Blue is as poignant as ever while the Good Lovin' has terrific energy to end the set.<br />
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<b>10/12/68 The Avalon Ballroom, San Fransisco, CA </b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1968-10-12.sbd.miller.86759.sbeok.flac16" target="_blank">Charlie Miller transfer of this intimate soundboard recording</a><br />
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First off, The poster for this run of shows at the Avalon Ballroom is by psychedelic poster pioneer <a href="https://art.famsf.org/node/939088" target="_blank">Wes Wilson</a>. For a time, San Francisco was the hippest music scene in the world. It's still really hip. The artists creating posters for the events spawned an art movement themselves which endures to this day. Here's a <a href="https://boingboing.net/2014/10/14/when-art-rocked.html" target="_blank">great article</a> which goes into the "big five" posters artists as well as many of the other folks who helped create and define this vibrant 20th century art scene. I'll share some of Wes' stuff throughout this section of the post. More on the San Fran ballroom poster scene <a href="https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2014/12/18/rock-concert-posters-at-moma/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.goldminemag.com/articles/1960s-posters-showcase-groundbreaking-art-anchored-in-history" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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This show may or may not start with an absolute blazing Morning Dew. This copy at least omits it. The first one I heard has it. After the Dew (or whatever actually precedes this), Jerry encourages the audience: "Please let go of your bodies everybody" after saying it would be unhip of him to tell them to "dance or else". Dark Star is an excellent choice for letting go of your body. Every member of the band can be heard clearly in this gift of a recording. This is a time period where Bobby and Pigpen get kicked out (<a href="http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2011/03/1968-firing.html" target="_blank">more on the "firing" here</a>) for not being on the same page as far as where the music was going and how hard it should be worked on. The kick out doesn't stick and Bobby plays on this tape, while Pigpen does not. Though I love keys in improvisational music, here's a great example of what having a simplified melodic profile can do for directed improvisation. Tow guitars and a bass is lithe and aggressive. Explosive at times.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wes Wilson created his poster for an anti-war demonstration. </td></tr>
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Jerry's tone is lovely. He starts stretching the Dark Star out with Phil
working the intensity bellows. The first jam is nearly five minutes of
directed bliss before a strong run through the first verse. Jerry is
phenomenal form vocally on this night. Powerful and emotive.The second jam drifts like snow on a windy mountainside, going much further out than the first jam. Jerry weaves a gorgeous melody
starting just before seven minutes. It brings in a fuller expression of the
percussion section before peaking the dark star theme with a controlled
squeal. Intensity continues building until a collective band deep breath just before the ten minute mark. Garcia is unrelenting and lets the jam stay in the base
of the valley only a moment before guiding the band up the next peak. Here
we dip up and down for a couple short jaunts of intensity flow before
the final reestablishment of the dark star theme, then the final verse.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ohm" is on of Wes Wilson's most famous posters. Van Morrison1967 </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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The segue into Saint Stephen is playfully sparse and absolutely
delicately brilliant. The band all jump in to the structure with
tangible glee. The vocals are recorded beautifully with every voice ringing
clearly. Bobby's vocals against Jerry's sound wonderful. After delivering the "One man
gathers what another man spills" line, Bobby mumbles "funniest thing I ever heard" nonchalantly to the roaring approval of the audience. They segue out of Stephen like a river suddenly un-dammed. Like a
flame suddenly greeted by a great rush of oxygen. They slip into the Eleven
theme effortlessly, instrumentalists at the top of their game. They play
through the pre-vocal section with many small, lovely embellishments and great intensity. They hit the vocals on the Eleven with the typical
vigor and precision found in this performance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2/24/67 at the Fillmore is a trademark Wilson piece</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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They hit peak after peak post vocals, maintaining a completely improbable
pace of soundscape creation and destruction. The tempo taffy pulls down to a slow blues
shuffle. Death Don't Have No Mercy. The emotion in Jerry's vocal and instrumental performance on this track
is captivating. Becoming a Grateful Dead <a href="http://thoughtsonthedead.com/" target="_blank">enthusiast</a> after Garcia had passed offers me an opportunity to avoid some of the hang ups of being a Dead Head. I was able to separate myself a bit from the deification of Jerry Garcia. It was clear studying the history as an outsider how toxic it became to him. Listening to this performance however, its clear there was no chance a person who emitted music like this could ever be treated as a mortal. The first big Jerry solo at 3:30 is so
much about the notes not played. The control and tastefulness of what
he did choose to lay down.Verse two and the control, the delicacy is even more tightly dialed in.
At 7:00 we hear maybe the most powerful vocal delivery of Jerry Garcia's
career (in my humble and currently held opinion. Subject to change). Nuanced and dynamic, the whole weight of the human experience is pondered then shed as unnecessary to bear any more. The show goes on for an as equally big and beautiful segment of music I'll leave you to explore on your own. Many treasures await. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still a much sought after poster artist. Moonalice 2013</td></tr>
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Legend puts Jimi Hendrix in town for a run of shows and quite possibly in attendance at this show. Its an even more compelling wrinkle to this already engrossing aural tale. <a href="http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2010/06/october-12-1968-avalon-ballroom-san.html" target="_blank">Dig into that bit of Dead mythology here</a>. More on 10/12/68 <a href="https://dailydoseofdead.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/today-in-grateful-dead-history-october-12-1968-avalon-ballroom-san-francisco-ca/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://arthurmag.com/2009/08/06/heavy-primal-dead-from-october-12-1968/" target="_blank">here</a> too. This show deserves all the attention its gotten through the years. </div>
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<b>Steve Kimock Band 2/22/02 The Gothic, Bellevue, CO</b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/skb2002-02-22.flac16" target="_blank">"The tape that got him the job"</a><br />
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Steve Kimock's <a href="http://www.kimock.com/steve-kimock-biography/" target="_blank">credentials</a> are some of the most impeccable in improvisational rock. He's been playing with members of the Grateful Dead as well as many incredibly talented musicians outside the core Dead thing since the 70's. His tone and style are very unique and yet blend really well with the wide variety of musicians he plays with. My first time seeing him live was at the Capitol Theatre with Bob Weir's campfire band (<a href="http://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2017/03/capitol-theatre-and-grateful-dead.html" target="_blank">more on that show including audio and pictures here</a>). His latest album <a href="http://www.kimock.com/" target="_blank">Satellite City</a> is phenomenal. On the anniversary of this show, <a href="https://archive.org/details/skb2002-02-22.flac16" target="_blank">this recording</a> by Charlie Miller and Arielle Phares circulated online and piqued my interest. I don't venture out much from the Grateful Dead and Disco Biscuits as far as jam music and was hugely rewarded for this particular jaunt. <br />
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After listening to about five minutes of the first tune Ice Cream, I found myself looking up the rest of the line up for this band. Everyone sounded super talented. By the third song, Tangled Hangers, my jaw was on the floor at the quality of playing. So emotive as well, which I find more rare in bands without vocals. (<a href="http://thiswilldestroyyou.net/" target="_blank">This Will Destroy You</a> is one of the few that comes to mind) Wanting to know more about the musicians took me down some surprising paths again outside my usual taste. Drummer <a href="http://rodneyholmes.com/?page_id=47" target="_blank">Rodney Holmes</a> fell in love with art and music in high school on. He wound up playing in Santana's band in two separate phases of that band among many other things. He's been able to balance a strong rock and strong jazz foundation to great success while displaying his interest in electronic/ dance music. The electronic influence from this performance is clear even though he plays a completely live/ acoustic kit. Bassist <a href="https://embamba.com/biography/" target="_blank">Alfonso Johnson</a> played with Santana as well, Weather Report,
Genesis, Bobby and the Midnites and Jazz is Dead. His playing caught my
ear the most. Incredible bass player. The second guitarist <a href="http://mitchstein.com/bio/" target="_blank">Mitch "Moose" Stein</a> had an early improv background and wound up getting way into the jazz scene. He compliments Kimock's lead parts in a way that can't help but make you think of how Bobby related to Jerry. The nimble interplay of two guitars and a bass (without Keys to round out a standard rock line up) is something that really caught my ear about that Avalon Ballroom '68 show. It also makes this show really compelling. <br />
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<b>Charlie Miller on 2/22/02</b><br />
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For those of us who spend countless hours listening to Grateful Dead recordings, no one is more responsible for our quality of life in 2018 than Charlie Miller. He's been steadily remastering, upgrading and circulating hulking portions of the Grateful Dead's performance history. He does this as a service to the community, seeking no compensation for his intensive efforts. He started taping the Grateful Dead in 1983 and has been capturing beautiful recordings ever since, most recently, <a href="http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=594718" target="_blank">these lovely recordings</a> of the entire 13 show <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/arts/music/phish-trey-anastasio-bakers-dozen-interview.html" target="_blank">Baker's Dozen</a> MSG run by that Vermont band.<br />
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He mentioned on social media that this Kimock recording recording was the tape that landed him the job. That little bit of information is what got me so interested in this recording. It was a tremendously rewarding listening experience and super fun getting to learn about some great musicians. I was so grateful for the experience Charlie's tape provided me, I decided to bother him about it. Here's the conversation we had:<br />
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<b>Crepuscular Rays: </b>I saw you said that making the recording got you the job. Would you mind elaborating on that?<br />
<b>Charlie Miller: </b>The band released my recordings as <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Kimock-Band-Live-In-Colorado/release/4954858" target="_blank">Live in Colorado</a> which got me the job with the band. I've been working for Kimock for 17 years, but not so much lately.<br />
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<b>CR: </b>Thanks! I can see why it was released. Incredible music! Did you run boards/ mix for them or focus on recording the performances?<br />
<b>CM: </b>I was Kimock's recording engineer, sound man, driver, road manager, stage crew and most importantly, his friend.<br />
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<b>CR: </b>That's one hell of a position. Had you been working in that capacity before?<br />
<b>CM: </b>I've been recording since 1983. I had experience with all those things just not at the same level. When you're with a band for so long you end up doing everything at some point.<br />
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<b>CR: </b>At the show did you know it was a special performance? Like did it stand apart from others of that era? Seems like it from the audience.<br />
<b>CM: </b>Yeah we all knew... and the next night was the cigarette after sex 😃<br />
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<b>CR: </b>Nice! Any other Kimock recordings I should check out? I'll definitely check out <a href="https://archive.org/details/skb2002-02-23.rode-nt2.shnf" target="_blank">2/23/02</a> now.<br />
<b>CM: </b>I put <a href="https://archive.org/details/SteveKimockBand?and%5B%5D=2002" target="_blank">98% of the year</a> up on the archive. It's all killer. Really.<br />
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<b>CR: </b>Awesome! I really appreciate you taking some time to chat with me about this legendary show. Anything else you'd like to add?<br />
<b>CM: </b>Play it loud.<br />
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To learn more about Charlie Miller's legacy, take a ride in the wayback machine to check <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130518072226/http://www.darkstarpalace.com:80/2010/10/charlie-miller-dark-star-palace.html" target="_blank">this interview</a> from the now defunct Dar Star palace blog. It's a really thorough piece with great pictures. <br />
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<i><b>Jerry Garcia Band SUNY Stony Brook Gymnasium, 2/24/80 </b></i><br />
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When I'm looking through concert recordings, if I see a show played somewhere I know (especially in New York State), I tend to select it over others from far off places. When I saw that Jerry Garcia Band played <a href="http://www.stonybrook.edu/" target="_blank">SUNY Stony Brook</a> several times in their career, I started working through those performances. I grew up in the nearby town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai,_New_York" target="_blank">Mount Sinai</a>. I came of age when Rollerblade's became popular. First they were a roller rink/ tool around the neighborhood thing. Then it was all about roller hockey for years. It started off as a casual neighborhood game then became a serious 3-5 day a week neighborhood game. We played in a cul-de-sac at the other end of the neighborhood from me. One of the homeowner's in the cul-de-sac, Mr Balafas, owned a welding company. He enjoyed watching the game and offered to build us goals. Even offered to store them in his driveway. A significant portion of the kids in the neighborhood game got so serious we started playing in a local league in Miller Place, the next town over. As I got more into my early teens, skate and snowboard culture started to get more mainstream exposure and the kids in the neighborhood starting getting in to that. People started modifying Rollerblade's to do some of the same tricks (grinds and airs) as skateboards and off we went getting in to the burgeoning sport of aggressive rollerblading. It was a short trend compared to something more enduring like skateboarding, but we had a blast and were constantly looking for places with sets of stairs and ledges. Finding SUNY Stony Brook was like heaven. We had a lot of adventures including running from the University police once it got pretty popular to skate there. That was especially fun for us, we got to know the tunnels below campus and would be able to disappear in one place and pop out in another. Until one day we popped out of a building and were surrounded by campus squad cars and bike officers. Brian Needles (my main skate partner/ partner in crime) and I got taken into the station and had our parents called. That ended our sessions at SUNY SB.<br />
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Well that was quite a digression to explain my sentimental attachment to this venue. I knew the Gym very well from skating there and from my sister's track meets. This show was just a few days before the famous Kean College shows released officially as <a href="https://www.amazon.com/After-Midnight-Kean-College-28/dp/B0002XEDOE" target="_blank">After Midnight</a>. It has the same super minimal line up as that recording: John Kahn on bass, Ozzie Ahlers on keys, and Johnny De Fonseca on drums. His story with the band is fascinating yet tragically short. Thanks to the <a href="http://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2011/11/johnny-de-foncesca-jr-drums.html" target="_blank">Hooterollin blog</a> for their beautiful work telling De Fonseca's story. With how hot the Kean college recordings are its perhaps not surprising they play <a href="http://jerrygarcia.com/show/1980-02-24-gymnasium-state-university-of-new-york-stony-brook-ny/" target="_blank">a very hot show in Stony Brook</a> as well. It's weird for me to hear JGB tunes without female vocalists but the deft and hard driving playing throughout make up for it. 'Sitting here in Limbo' is totally a vocal duet song to me but he does a phenomenal job carrying this one on his own. 'That's all right, Mama' is killer, as is 'Masterpiece' and 'I'll Take a melody'. The audience recording is crystal clear and very high quality taboot. I recommend you give it <a href="https://themidnightcafe.org/2017/11/21/repost-bonanza-jerry-garcia-band-stony-brook-ny-02-24-80/" target="_blank">a listen.</a> <br />
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<i><b>Grateful Dead Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA, 4/19/86</b></i><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1986-04-19.sbd-pcm.miller.34764.flac16" target="_blank">Pristine Charlie Miller/ David Gans soundboard recording </a><br />
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First off, I found this great <a href="https://bullersbackporch.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/greek-theater-berkeley-i-need-a-miracle-every-day/" target="_blank">fan account</a> of the run. always love hearing about people's experiences at shows. I tend to prefer listening to audience recordings from the early to mid-80's but got it in my head I wanted to hear the boards for this run. Taper and mastering genius Charlie Miller did his usual magic on this tape. It's a stellar mix and recording right out the gate for the 'Feel Like a Stranger'. Everyone is present and balanced in the mix which is great considering how tight and interactive this 'Stranger' is. 'Stagger Lee' and 'Friend of the Devil' also have some lovely moments, especially from Brent. The whole first set is fun and well played. They stretch the 'Cassidy' out nicely and rock through 'Big Railroad' and 'Saturday Night'.<br />
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The backstage pass for this show is a bit of a piece of fascination to me. When I first saw it I immediately thought about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" target="_blank">Challenger tragedy</a> and figured it was very close to the date. Turns out it had happened just three months previously, on 1/28/86. My first thought upon discovering that fact was, wow GDP, maybe in poor taste? I then figured the pass designs were probably already done when the accident had occurred. I was in Elementary school at the time and the launch was a huge deal. The first teacher to go into space <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe" target="_blank">Christa McAuliffe</a> captured the nation's attention. Looking at it this way it's no surprise the dead chose this design. Plus, its got a cool psychedelic art meets the 80's graphic design thing. The second set is very well played and goes way out there. The drums>space>the Other One>China Doll segment is my favorite part of the show and gets very heavy and intense. The Crazy Fingers>Playing also gets very spacey. The whole second set is very improv heavy but with a mellow feel. Grateful dead in space! Lately the east coast vs west coast feel for shows has come up a lot in discussion. I 'm a firm believer in 'different but both great' for the two coasts. These shows (<a href="http://crepuscularthad.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-grateful-dead-marin-veterans.html" target="_blank">like the Marin 84 run I talked about here</a>) are a great example of how a mellow and laid back show or run can still be engaging, masterfully played and thoroughly terrific.<br />
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<i><b>Grateful Dead Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, 10/22/83 </b></i><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1983-10-22.135184.mtx.dusborne.flac16" target="_blank">Incredible Dusborne Matrix Recording</a><br />
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Jerry kicks on that effect, you know the one, and the crowd oohs in anticipation. 'Shakedown' is about to happen. I listened to all of 1984 last year and came to the conclusion that the spring and early summer were my favorite parts. I backtracked to fall 83 and loved that just as much. I determined the sweet spot for what I like appears to be fall 83-spring 84. The quality of audience recording from this time period is just phenomenal. Its right at the apex of what analog could get to before primitive digital takes over and isn't so hot for a few years.<br />
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Back on to chasing shows from the old home land. I consider anything along the <a href="http://www.eriecanal.org/" target="_blank">Erie Canal</a> to be especially important (<a href="http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research-collections/archaeology/crsp" target="_blank">my work</a> has gotten me pretty deep into NYS Canal history) so Utica, Syracuse and Rochester shows always take precedence. I'll also accept Binghamton shows since its connected to the Erie with the lateral <a href="http://www.chenangocanal.org/" target="_blank">Chenango Canal</a> hahaha. Interesting side note I'm researching: Notice Albany isn't in the mix at all? Weird huh? Major city in that same corridor right? Might as well tack it on. Well there's a canceled show in 1970 and then 20 years without a show within city limits. Shows in the market, sure, but none in the city. I suspect a vast conspiracy. <br />
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The mix achieved on this matrix recording is tasty. Live and warm, but still crisp. The full hit of Phil's bass and the lower end Brent synth parts sounds amazing on my headphones. The groove is dark and always heading towards new ideas. Jammy without being too aimless or noodley. 'Wang Dang Doodle' scorches. This is a particularly hard hitting version of this tune. 'Candyman' has plenty of mustard on it despite it often being a tune the band can use to catch their breath. The second set starts off with a 'China>Rider' sequence that is tight and inspired and gets really hot by the segue. 'Terrapin Station' is chill-inducing from note one. The response from the crowdto its first notes speaks volumes. Jerry's voice is still very strong, and sincere as always. Phil is very active. The improv leading into the final verse of the 'Lady with a Fan' section completely deconstructs the themes and then surges forward with great power. Terrapin itself is triumphant and powerful. Jerry stays on with the drummers and rocks out for a bit before the drums section. Its labeled on this recording as the Hofman's Snappy jam lol. For those from outside upstate New York, white Hots are a popular cased meat treat in the Rochester/ Syracuse area. They are made with pork, beef and veal and are uncured, hence their white color. Hofman is a famous maker of the white hot. Drums>Space is top notch and who doesn't love a Space>The Wheel? This is a great time for that particular segue and this version does not disappoint. Hints of a Spanish Jam. The Set 2B and encore are rock solid as well.<br />
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<i><b>The Vince era</b></i><br />
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Part of my complete fall for the Grateful Dead was my discovery of Brent Mydland. I LOVED his key playing, especially the Hammond B3 organ. I loved his voice and how he inspired Garcia's playing. His songs were dark and brooding, as was his musical energy at times. It more honestly rounded out the Grateful Dead's interpretation of humanity in their performances. Just a little darkness. Just a little light. So I adored the Brent era and especially fell in love with the famous spring 1990 tour. The playing was dynamic and exciting, building in quality and popularity continuously from after Garcia's coma in 1986. Brent's musical presence and increasing portion of the spotlight were a major driving force in why it was such a good tour. Summer tour kept up the heat consistently until it ended in late July. A week after tour ended, Brent Mydland passed away tragically. Learning this information, as I was falling in love with the man's music was heartbreaking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vince's first show: Richmond Coliseum 9/7/90 </td></tr>
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I purposely avoided the Vince Welnick era. I didn't want to hear Jerry's heartbreak, the decline. I didn't want to hear all the cliched complaints about the era: Jerry's constantly bungled lyrics, uninspired playing, Vince's cheesy synth tones and Bruce Horsnby's popular guest appearances overs-shadowing Vince's playing. Then I listened to about 800 Grateful Dead shows, a bunch of Jerry band shows and lots of post Jerry member projects like Ratdog, Furthur and Dead and Company.The Vince era represented a big block of Grateful Dead shows I hadn't yet dug in to. If I could listen to and enjoy what a lot of people would consider a meh Ratdog show, I could give Vince a chance. At first I cherry picked The best of the Vince era shows with a heavy bias towards selecting Bruce Hornsby nights. I did enjoy a lot of them, but would always default to other eras as what I enjoyed pursing.<br />
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It took a few more years but<i><b> </b></i>I decided I wanted to go right up to the line. Vince's first shows with the band. No Hornsby to keep things moving and the wound of Brent's passing still fresh on everybody's hearts. What I found from two Richmond shows then the three night run in Philadelphia in Spetember of 1990 was an inspired band still rolling from the momentum of several great years. There is an audible dose of enthusiasm from the new musical relationship. There's a new energy on stage and they're still all feeling each other out. I found all five of these recordings to be highly enjoyable end to end, a phenomenon I rarely experience listening to five consecutive nights from any era really. I was shocked frankly. I had previously listened to the MSG run proceeding this and while there are lots of really hot points, I didn't love it. I love these shows. I'm not saying I'm going to enjoy listening to all of the terminal Dead period but it was pretty cool to have such a shock so deep into my GD journey. A real divergence from what I expected of this run. I expected it to be a mess and for that to be the reason why they asked Bruce to help out for a while. What if he never had? What if they had a bit more faith in Vince and worked with him to get it where they wanted it? Things might've turned out a bit different. <a href="https://youtu.be/nC9OJb9bJh4" target="_blank">Who am I though, to blow against the wind</a>? Vince was a big part of this band. A great player, a human, equally worth of our respect as his predecessors. His death no less tragic then the rest of the occupants of the Grateful Dead's hot seat. Plus, dude-man looks exactly like <a href="http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Jorah_Mormont" target="_blank">Jorah Mormont</a> so he's got that going for him. <br />
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Check out these shows! You might just be surprised yourself. The spectrum shows are Dusborne Matrix mixes of especially good quality. <br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd90-09-07.sbd.odeo.13253.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">9/7/90 Richmond Coliseum </a><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1990-09-08.sbd.miller.92241.sbeok.flac16" target="_blank">9/8/90 Richmond Coliseum</a><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1990-09-10.137115.mtx.dusborne.flac16" target="_blank">9/10/90 The Spectrum</a><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1990-09-11.137116.mtx.dusborne.flac16" target="_blank">9/11/90 The Spectrum</a><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1990-09-12.137117.mtx.dusborne.flac16" target="_blank">9/12/90 The Spectrum</a><br />
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<i><b></b></i>Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-76858399006898598382018-01-25T10:31:00.000-08:002018-03-28T11:25:38.979-07:00Billy Strings and Greensky Bluegrass 1/24/18<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to see music at the Egg last night. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a really neat building. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Met really great friends. Ran into a bunch more really great friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Billy Strings was very impressive. Charismatic young virtuoso flat picker. Hot band. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greensky came on. My first time seeing them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They were unassuming and sincere. My favorite kind of musician. . The songwriting and playing was masterful and soulful.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their jams get as deep, interesting and grooving as any of the best traditional jamband line ups. All on strings alone. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though I'm an old and had to sit down at times during second set, I was so happy to be in this special place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were egg puns. It was casual Wednesday. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope there are more Greensky egg puns next year. Wouldn't complain about another casual Wednesday either. </td></tr>
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<br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-27683360112130013832018-01-17T12:56:00.000-08:002018-01-17T12:56:04.570-08:00Today<br />
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This morning it was snowing. I walked Koda then shoveled. Hunter's daycare had a delayed opening so we let him sleep in. He woke up after J had left for work. We cuddled and watched <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Guard" target="_blank">Lion Guard</a>, his current favorite cartoon. After I dropped Hunter off at daycare I went home and picked up Koda. <br />
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We went to the <a href="http://www.albanyny.gov/Government/Departments/Recreation/ParksandFacilities/CapitalHillsGolf.aspx" target="_blank">municipal golf course</a>. You can go there in the winter with your dog off leash. I strapped on my snowshoes and we started mucking around. I haven't had snowshoes on in a year and it felt so good. I trotted, then ran. Relishing the feeling of moving so effortlessly over the snow. We took an aimless course through a patch of woods. We scared up a <a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pileated_Woodpecker/id" target="_blank">pileated woodpecker</a> who scolded us thoroughly for the indignity. I saw <a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dark-eyed_Junco/id" target="_blank">junco</a>'s too. I don't ever see them just a mile away at our house.<br />
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I went home and slapped some paint on a funky spot in the closet of Rider's room. If the god's will it, he'll join us in early March. We're almost done getting his room together and can't wait to meet him. I showered then headed out. I ate lunch at <a href="http://www.eatmypork.com/" target="_blank">Capital Q Smokehouse</a>. I used to live around the corner and a few houses down and remembered those days while staring at the mural on the old plumbing building.<br />
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From there I headed downtown to stop at <a href="http://cheesecakemachismo.com/" target="_blank">Cheesecake Machismo</a>. When I came to Albany, Lark Street seemed like the most cosmopolitan and hip place I could imagine. Bomber's, Ben and Jerry's, Head shops, cool bars, Lark Tattoo and Cheesecake Machismo. The inside is decorated with vintage toys, Albany Punk and skate ephemera. The tables are plastered with comic book scenes. New flavor's every day until they're gone. Everything is beyond delicious and there's sure to be something far out and funky. I got a few pieces for the three of us to share tonight.<br />
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From there I dipped under Empire Plaza and crossed the river to Troy. I got to really thoroughly shop the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/riverstreet.beatshop.1/" target="_blank">River Street Beat Sho</a>p. I found some great records and really enjoyed talking with the owner about music. He ended up giving me a great deal on the albums I found. All day I had been listening to the Grateful Dead's performance on <a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1968-01-17.sbd.cotsman.11795.shnf" target="_blank">1/17/68</a> at the Carousel Ball in San Fransisco. A great specimen of the primal dead period. As that show wrapped up I put on the Disco Biscuits performance at Revolution Hall in Troy, New York on <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2003-04-10.shnf" target="_blank">4/10/03</a> and enjoyed a deep and funky Mullberry's Dream as I drove back into Albany.<br />
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After another round of snow removal I'm digging on my music, writing this post and thinking how good life is. My family is happy, healthy and growing. Last night I had some pangs of desire for bigger adventures. On my birthday in the past I often slid down a mountain or climbed up one. Before that I partied. When I started my today it dawned on my how satisfied I am. I spent so many years dedicated to a life well lived. Having superlative experiences in the forests and cities of this amazing place we get to inhabit. Never wanting for adventure or gratification. The satisfaction I've found in service now is somehow deeper and fuller than what I had found simply having fun. Serving the mountains that have given me so much, serving my family. Making sure these boys we brought here have the same chances I did to engage this world fully and shake out from their experiences what moves them. There's a joy in maintaining this property and committing my time and energy to the creatures that live here. I still managed to treat myself pretty well today despite my commitment to service hahaha. <br />
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<br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-39945707433981650232018-01-02T12:35:00.002-08:002018-08-16T07:42:05.083-07:00Iroquois 1/20/14: He's fallen on the ice, it cracks Will he plunge in and join me here?I finally feel ready to revisit a hike that didn't go well. One where I made several good decisions, a few bad decisions, and one very bad decision. I learned a lot that day and it was one of several times in my hiking career I had to come face to face with just how serious and unforgiving this kind of hiking is.<br />
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In the weeks leading up to the hike I'd been carefully tracking the weather and following trip reports on the <a href="http://adkhighpeaks.com/forums/index.php" target="_blank">high peaks forum</a> for conditions updates. Soon before my planned hike there was a not uncommon early January thaw, with rain and temperatures well above freezing in the high peaks. I even made a thread in the trip planning section of the forum inquiring about the thaw and its effects on the ice of Flowed Lands. A user informed me the channel of the Opalescent River, after the Lake Colden Dam, was especially susceptible to opening up after a thaw like that. The ice goes out after a heavy flow of rain and melted snow builds tremendous force down the steep and tight gorge of the Opalescent River. A deceptively thin layer of fresh ice makes it appear more solid than it is. It seems like I'm doing really diligent research right? Which is a good thing. Here's the problem... I was really geeking out about conditions because I was hellbent on crossing Flowed lands.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing Flowed Lands on the way to Cliff March 2014</td></tr>
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During my wife and I's 46, I fell completely in love with Flowed lands and the hike in from Upper Works. The history of the <a href="http://www.adirondack-park.net/history/mcintyre.mine.html" target="_blank">iron works</a>, the associated <a href="https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2013/07/david-henderson-the-prince-of-adirondac.html" target="_blank">tragedy</a> and the unbelievable beauty of the base camp there make for a rich and dramatic experience. If Marcy Dam (the base camp coming in from the Adirondack Loj/ Lake Placid) is the front yard of the High Peaks, Flowed Lands is the back. A bit more overgrown and wild, a little less crowded since it's harder to get to. The drive up 28N from North Creek and it's <a href="http://thefreegeorge.com/thefreegeorge/adirondacks-theodore-roosevelt-marcy-trail/" target="_blank">associated history</a> also contributed to my love for this route. Also, the <a href="http://www.stewartsshops.com/125-warrensburg/" target="_blank">Warrensburg Stewart's.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Koda's first camping trip 4/27-28/14</td></tr>
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As much as I love Flowed Lands, the trail around its northwestern corner is something I don't love. It's rugged and muddy with a lot of little ups and downs. When I first learned that you could skip this tiring section and even shorten your hike a bit by crossing the frozen Flow in the winter, I knew I really wanted to do it. Despite knowing there was decent potential for bad ice, I committed to the idea of crossing. The morning broke cold and snowy, with a starting temperature of 0 F and a high of around 11 F predicted. Koda and I's hike in the 4.5 miles to Flowed Lands was uneventful and soon I was passing the Calamity lean to and looking out from the frozen shore. There was a faint track out onto The flow which I followed across the section that is a pond in the summer.<br />
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The track I was following petered out. Now that I've crossed it several times I'm pretty familiar with the two tracks that form: the one heading to Herbert Brook lean to for hikers approaching Marshall and the track that crosses the channel and heads towards the east side of Lake Colden and the trail up the Opalescent River. On that day with my lack of experience I floundered around in high brush and loose snow attempting a trajectory towards the Herbert Brook Lean to. As I approached the Opalescent Channel, it was clear that at least some of the ice had gone out. The shore of the channel was piled with sidewalk section sized chunks of ice refrozen into an unruly jumble. There still a appeared to be snow covered ice across the channel though. I kept scanning up and down for where to go next. In hindsight I had ended up way too far northwest. I should've been on more of a northeasterly course. I was not too far below the trail around Flowed Lands. This section of the trail is offset from the shore because of some short cliff bands that fall directly into the water.<br />
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I couldn't cut back to the trail or find a way northeast and back on bearing without crossing the clearly thin Opalescent Channel. Climbing onto the broken up peanut brittle ice I knew I was doing something dumb. My pulse was up and I was worried. I started breaking through air pockets in the jumble of thinly refrozen ice. I kept pushing forward despite the danger. About a meter or so from the shore broke through the ice completely and found myself mid-thigh in the Opalescent River in 10 degree weather in January. I was able to calm myself and focus on not making my situation worse with flailing. Koda had not fallen in. He was still on the shore giving me a look that seemed to say "dude, what are doing in the water? That is really stupid." The rounded cliffs bordering Flowed Lands here made finding a place to pull up and out more challenging. My snowshoes had sunken a bit into the sandy river gravel that makes up the river bed there. The current pulling through the Flow was a strong but not completely overwhelming feeling of dread caressing my ankles. My first attempts to pull myself up met with more ice breaking around me. I was eventually able to use a pine sapling and Koda's leash to pull up onto the shore.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why in water Chris? Ur dumb. Koda on 1/20/14</td></tr>
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Now a bit of panic set in. I knew I had to get the wet clothes off fast. I was much closer to Herbert Brook lean to and the Lake Colden interior outpost but knew there was no safe way from where I was so I backtracked quickly across Flowed lands to the Calamity Lean to cursing my stupidity all the while. I've been talking about and writing about Calamity Brook, Calamity Mountain and Calamity lean to for so long that it wasn't until my friend Sathi pointed it out, pretty effing funny that I retreated to Calamity lean to after my calamity.<br />
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Here's where I did a few right things in preparation. From all the researching I'd done about gear I had a pretty good amount of equipment ready to go for just such an event. In a dry sack I had my heaviest polypropylene long Johns, several pairs of heavy socks, spare gloves and a stash of super market bags. I was wearing my midweight <a href="https://myairblaster.com/collections/ninja-suits?gclid=CjwKCAiA-KzSBRAnEiwAkmQ154q-clT6FfbQsjdQaE2_XWF0mpaH1XaLFR87j-fUFoOzFt2npOIYDRoCewkQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Airblaster ninja suit</a> as my base layer. I stripped down completely, filling one of my plastic bags with my wet base layer, socks and polypro hoodie I had under my shell jacket. I pulled on the blessedly warm and dry heavy duty base layers and socks and immediately felt better. I know I was cold but don't remember it being too crazy feeling at the time. I took stock of the rest of my gear. My jacket was damp but not soaked and was pretty much freezing so didn't really feel wet. My shell pants (the now defunct Go-lite brand's version of the <a href="https://www.marmot.com/minimalist-pant/30320.html?dwvar_30320_size=000020M&dwvar_30320_color=001&cgid=#q=minimalist&gclid=CjwKCAiA-KzSBRAnEiwAkmQ156ub5o_fEt1YXDvw9OVqPWZXtzkT_DiT6UFMDe0JpbZnTzK0_gg3aBoCMR4QAvD_BwE&start=1" target="_blank">Marmot Minimalist Pant</a>) seemed to be drying pretty rapidly. They started as rain pants and ended up as winter hiking pants as well for their ability to not only not get wet most of the time but if they did, dry out quickly.<br />
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All in all, things seemed not too bad for having been standing in a river 20 minutes earlier. Then I checked out my boots. Not surprisingly my <a href="https://www.rei.com/product/896262/asolo-tps-520-gv-evo-hiking-boots-mens" target="_blank">Asolo TPS 520</a> (still to this day the finest hiking boot I've ever owned, which are still in rotation) hiking boots were completely waterlogged. I had read winter trip reports where folks had broken through ice and wrapped a plastic bag around a fresh dry sock to be able to continue their hike. That's why I carried supermarket bags with me in my pack at all times. I also use them to pick up and carry out garbage. So I decided to try this technique and continue on with my hike. Here's where the bad decision making starts. The two reports that I had read where this technique was used were radically different then my situation. In both of these cases the hiker had only dipped a single foot in. In my situation both feet were in and completely soaked. This ups the danger level significantly. I'd be losing a lot more heat. Also, both of those other incidents involved a person who was part of a group. The decision to continue on was made with a group of very experienced hikers and these people all had full packs with their own stashes of emergency gear. I made the decision alone and now all of my survival gear was in play. If something else went wrong, I wouldn't be able to stay warm. Or help out someone else in need. I warped the narrative to support what I wanted to do though. <br />
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Looking back there's no way I should've kept hiking. I was a strong hiker at the time and had had many hikes go well. I was a card carrying 46er and felt pretty tough. I got pretty into the thrill of the chase or summit fever. <a href="http://www.adkhighpeaks.com/forums/forum/hiking/adirondack-trip-reports/22778-grace-vs-the-meathead-7-21-13?t=22188&highlight=grace+meathead" target="_blank">I battled with my inner meathead</a> as I liked to describe it as far as wanting to go on and challenge myself. It's not necessarily the worst drive, to want to push your body and will, but it can become a problem when you make bad decisions that put you or your hiking companions into unpleasant or dangerous situations. This natural tendency of humans is why I believe Grace Hudowalski developed her "the mountains will wait" philosophy that I think is so critical to becoming a responsible hiker. Here's a very graceful way to deal with the disappointment of having to turn back. I couldn't hear that logic on this day though. My inner meathead won.<br />
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Ego contributed to poor decision making here as well. Jeanette had gotten me a <a href="https://www.findmespot.com/en/" target="_blank">Spot Device</a> for Christmas that year. I had started hiking solo in winter in 2013 which worried her. This was a compromise. I could text her, hit the big red button that calls the cavalry if I gt in trouble, and she could watch my track as well. I'm part of a Facebook message group that most of my Albany friends are in. It started as a way to plan our weekly Survivor TV night (don't judge, you watch bad TV too) but evolved into a a place where people could just sort of chat when they were in the mood. On my way out the door that morning I had shared my Spot tracking website so folks in the group could follow along with my hike. It certainly factored in to my decision making that my friends were watching and I didn't want them to see me turn around without reaching my goal. Grace would've let me have it on that being a factor. It's also really dumb that I let something (the Spot device) that should've actually made my hike safer, negatively impact my decision making. <br />
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I put on the lighter of the two pairs of socks I had, stashing the heavier ones in case my <a href="http://www.hannaford.com/" target="_blank">Hannaford</a> bags wrapped around my feet solution proved to be a less than perfect waterproof barrier. Koda and I started hiking around Flowed Lands on the trail I had managed to walk into a river to avoid. Which turned out to be fine of course and boy did I feel stupid. Here's another place where I did something right after my big stupid: I had already planned on checking in with the Lake Colden Interior Outpost Caretaker. The trail up from Lake Colden to the Col between Algonquin Peak and Boundary peak is not used all that often in the winter so I wanted someone to know I had gone up that way. It was reassuring to see another human after what I had just gone through. I told him my itinerary and was soon climbing one of the steepest trails in the high peaks.<br />
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The intensity of my situation sank in as I started climbing through a few inches of loose, unbroken powder along the frozen brook. Snow had been falling gently but steadily the entire day and windswept views of Mount Colden kept reinforcing just how alone I was. Sorry Koda, you're a great hiking buddy but the thought of you sitting alertly on my frozen body halfway up a mountain waiting for my help to arrive is cold comfort to say the least. About a mile up the two mile trail, my socks had started to soak through and I knew if I wanted a shot at Iroquois I'd have to change them. I was exerting quite a bit to climb the steep trail so stopping and taking off my socks really shocked my system.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ascending the McIntyre Range 1/20/14</td></tr>
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I was shivering and frustrated. The snow kept getting deeper as we got into the higher elevations. At this point in hindsight I think that I was possibly suffering from mild to moderate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia" target="_blank">hypothermia</a>. Its a very challenging trail but my heart rate and breathing were even more out of control than would be expected. I was also definitely experiencing some muddied and confused thinking. My brain was sluggish. Will and stupidity kept one snowshoe going in front of the other. I knew I should've been heading down but I kept thinking a little farther, I could just tag the summit and hike down to safety. Meathead logic. <br />
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Once I reached the intersection at the col, I was in bad shape. Drained, cold and disoriented. Conditions were typical of the range in winter. Very windy, low visibility and deeply drifted snow. I kept pushing and stumbling through the drifts on my bearing to the summit. At times on the herd path to Iroquois and at times floundering off of it and burning even more energy. Each bump or ledge became harder to surmount. I started muttering out loud "this is f$%king stupid" over and over again. But not stopping. I reached a waist high rock ledge and just couldn't bear to push up it. I quit. I knew I was really close to the top but also felt very close to being in a truly dangerous situation. Which, in hindsight, I had been in for over an hour. My last pair of dry socks were soaked through and the temperature was hovering around 11 F.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close to the summit. Likely experiencing Hypothermia. Still taking pictures. 1/20/14</td></tr>
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A great wave of relief swept over me. I had finally made the right decision. I had ignored common sense, background research and my gut all day for the thrill of the chase and had almost paid dearly for it. I wasn't out of the woods yet though (man, if there's ever been a better time to use this idiom, I can't imagine it). With the trail somewhat broken and momentum carrying me down, I made quick time off the summit ridge. I wanted to try and get my body temperature up and get out of the most dangerous terrain as quickly as possible but also really wanted to make sure I didn't injure myself or get wet again.<br />
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I was afraid. For the second time ever in the woods, I was truly afraid. It led me to decide I didn't want to die alone in the woods and would do whatever I had to, both on this day and in the future, to make sure that never happened. Reaching the Interior outpost was a phenomenal landmark for my piece of mind. When I checked back in with the caretaker he suggested I cut across Lake Colden to save time. I hadn't told him I'd broken through the ice (I didn't want him to dissuade me from climbing) so I'm sure he couldn't figure out why I needed to be so thoroughly reassured the crossing was solid hahaha. I crossed over but still lapped around Flowed Lands for obvious reasons. As I made my way down to the Calamity Brook trail, the sun came out for the first time that day. The woods I had found so stark and unforgiving all day softened and showed the face that made me love it so deeply.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun comes out over Calamity Brook. 1/20/14</td></tr>
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I was beyond grateful to reach my car. I had some spare stuff to change into and got the heat blasting. I also tried to eat, not having the appetite for most of the day. Despite the heat at full blast I shivered the entire way to Warrenburg and didn't feel truly ok until I had a hot lunch and coffee at Stewart's. God bless Stewart's. I cursed my own stupidity and pigheadedness over the course of that drive and vowed never to take a risk like that again. A vow I've kept and committed even more deeply too as a father now. At the time I was deeply embarrassed by my mistakes. I had read enough and hiked enough to know better. I didn't want to tell J because I knew she worried so much already. I didn't want to admit on the hiking forum what I had done. I wrote a <a href="http://www.adkhighpeaks.com/forums/forum/hiking/adirondack-trip-reports/24412-iroquois-from-lake-colden-1-20-14" target="_blank">trip report</a> that is very carefully worded to omit key details hahahaha. I did tell my hiking crew soon after. I really wanted outside perspective to help me process it and Sathi and Emily are really great at providing real insight with a sense of humor. They told me I should share my experience immediately because they thought others could learn from it but I just wasn't ready to face it all.<br />
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Within a week or so I decided I couldn't count it for my round. I knew I was really close to the true summit but the way I had hiked it was unbecoming of an aspiring winter 46er and I wanted to do it right. To honor Grace and all the other patron saints of our beloved mountains. The next winter I <a href="http://www.adkhighpeaks.com/forums/forum/hiking/adirondack-trip-reports/trail-conditions-aa/28055-algonquin-iroquois-2-10-15" target="_blank">hiked Algonquin and Iroquois</a> with an incredible crew. Denise McQuade who I had met from the high peaks forum let me tag along with her group of hiking friends. Denise, Helena Nevarez, Terje Kuusk, Jackie Cordell and I had a beautiful day in the woods. Despite the white out conditions, it was one of my absolute favorite hikes of my winter round. We enjoyed each others company (and of course the safety net it provides) and had an absolute blast traversing the second highest mountain in New York. On the way over to Iroquois, navigation and trail-finding was absolutely a team effort and we even merged with another group so we could all support each other. If Grace had frowned down upon my egotistical flounderings the previous year, I'd like to think she smiled on how I had made it right. A funny thing happened towards the end of the walk over to Iroquois. I reached the ledge I had previously turned around at. It had been etched in my mind for the past 386 days. It was the summit. I had stopped just a few feet short of the summit. I think there's a lesson in there somewhere though I'm still trying to process it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great company climbing Algonquin 2/11/15</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing into Heaven 2/11/15</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A snow and ice encrusted cairn on Algonquin 2/11/15</td></tr>
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The title of this trip report is a taken from the lyrics of the Phish song <a href="http://phish.net/song/its-ice/lyrics" target="_blank">It's Ice</a>. It's part of a larger concept album called Rift that deserves a post all its own. I figured a quick analysis of the lyrics would really nicely wrap up the report here. The song, to me, is about the very thin line between good and evil or our choices to do right or wrong. How easy it is to fall in large or small ways. There is a fascinating darker layer to <a href="http://www.phish.net/people/tom-marshall" target="_blank">Tom Marshall</a>'s lyrics implying that the evil version of you is right on the other side of that thin line, ready to switch places if you fall. If you break through the ice. Who's really steering the ship though? Who's in control? The good you or the bad you? Are they two sides of the same coin or something more sinister? An unsettling thought for sure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bottleneckgallery.com/collections/david-welker" target="_blank">David Welker</a> "Approaching a Rift" 2015</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: cyan;">I press on the elastic sheet, I'm breathing through a slice<br />
'Are they worms or are the serpents?' bubbles through the ice<br />
The source was quite invisible, the ever-present voice<br />
While skating, both legs tracing different shapes, I made my choice</span></span><span style="color: cyan;">
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I'm mimicking the image in whose radiance I bask<br />
I'm tied to him, or him to me, depending who you ask<br />
None the less reluctantly reflections tumble in<br />
I slide with all the other on the wrong side of the skin</span>
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He's fallen on the ice, it cracks<br />
Will he plunge in and join me here?<br />
He meets my eyes, to my surprise<br />
He laughs in full light of my frown<br />
My double wants to pull me down</span>
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Slipping on the friction slide, my skin peels to the bone<br />
The flesh I leave behind, is something that is not my own<br />
I beg my mirror image for a moment with my soul<br />
He's leaning back, time to attack, it's me who's in control</span>
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And every move I make he's got a hand up just in time<br />
He's throwing several punches, and he's blocking most of mine<br />
Defeated now I sulk and squirm above the frozen heights<br />
Waiting, calculating till next he ventures onto the ice.
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Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-33475360788008883322017-11-28T06:09:00.001-08:002018-08-17T12:18:19.479-07:00Crepuscular digest #1<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>8/5/70 Golden Hall Community Concourse, San Diego, CA</b> </div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd70-08-05.sbd.jupile.17271.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">check out the intimate recording here</a><b></b><br />
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This is one that somehow slipped through the cracks for me. 1970 has reigned for a long time as my favorite year, with the Evening with the Grateful Dead Format shows being my favorite. In these performances, the Dead would come out for an acoustic set, followed by a set from the New Riders of the Purple Sage with Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar. The Grateful Dead would then come out for a set or two of electric music. There was cross-pollination within the sets, with the New Rider's sitting in with the Dead and vice versa.</div>
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This is a first acoustic set only recording. Someone plays Mandolin sweetly throughout. While Grateful Dead archivist Dick Latvala notes in 1978 its Gracia, its most likely <a href="http://www.nelsonband.com/" target="_blank">David Nelson</a>, with an outside chance its <a href="http://www.davidgrisman.com/" target="_blank">David Grisman</a>. The Grateful Dead play a few more obscure covers than usual including Tell it to Me, Drink up and Go Home and A Voice from On High. As much as I cherish some of the primitive audience recordings from 1970, this soundboard recording is lovely, with all instruments clearly audible. Dick calls this his favorite of the 1970 acoustic sets in his
handwritten notes for this recording.<br />
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<i><a href="http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/missing-1970-shows.html" target="_blank">Dead Essays indicates it may be mislabeled here. </a></i><br />
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<b>Dick Latvala</b><br />
I<b> </b>read a bunch of good interviews with Dick on his journey into the Dead and etc. It seems like he did a good amount of press in the infancy of his Dick Pick's series. You get a pretty good sense of the guy in his interviews. A head first and an inside guy only after prolonged hazing and grunt work. <br />
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<a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mleone/gdead/latvala.html" target="_blank"><i>Steve Silberman's 3/5/95 Inteview</i></a><br />
<a href="http://alanpaul.net/2012/06/an-interview-with-dick-latvala-dicks-picks-and-more/" target="_blank"><i>Alan Paul's 1997 phone interview</i></a><br />
<a href="https://www.well.com/conf/gdhour/latvala.970226.html" target="_blank"><i>David Gans's 2/26/97 Dead Hour Interview</i></a><br />
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Nicholas Merriweather's extensive <i><a href="http://www.dead.net/features/blog/documenting-dead-dick-latvala-collection" target="_blank">post on Dead.net</a></i> from the Documenting the Dead section gives a nice overview of the Dick Latvala Collection in the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz. Some great insight and some wonderful images, a few of which I'll share below.<br />
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For a deeper, extensively researched biography, <i><a href="http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2011/02/dick-latvala.html" target="_blank">Dead Essays has an incredible post</a></i>. Essential Dead history reading in there. His most tangible legacy is the Dick's Picks live release series. The <a href="http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_Dicks_Picks.htm" target="_blank"><i>list from Dead sources</i></a> is very informative with clickable links giving more details for each release. A little less tangible but even more important is the steady stream of dead tapes that found their way into general rotation once he had access to the vault. <br />
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<b>1/11/79 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY</b><br />
<b> </b><i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd79-01-11.gatto.kempka.308.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">Check out 1/11/79 here!</a></i><br />
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<b> </b>I groggily pressed play on a recording labelled 1979 and just superimposed Brent's playing for the first 2-3 songs until I noticed Donna Jean's voice on a cowboy song. I forget how well Kieth plays on <a href="http://www.dead.net/features/blair-jackson/blairs-golden-road-blog-keith-and-donnas-last-days-dead" target="_blank"><i>he and Donna's final tour</i></a> with the Dead. The writing is on the wall as to their departure. It feels like they are given a shot at leaving a nice legacy which I think they do quite well. Kieth's playing is the most present in a year and a half and both he and Donna's hearts are clearly in it. The first set is played exceptionally well and gets hotter with every tune. Donna does 'From the Heart of Me', a powerful performance looked at through the lens of legacy building. Ramble on Rose, Jack Straw>Deal is absolute fire. On Jack Straw Bobby sings "We used to play for acid, now we play for Clive" and I almost spit my coffee all over my windshield. I remember reading he did this a few times but didn't know it was coming here. They had recently entered into a recording contract with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Records" target="_blank">Arista</a>'s <a href="http://www.clivedavis.com/" target="_blank">Clive Davis</a>.<br />
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Set two is quite the rocker with some really nice segues and improv. The Minglewood>Ship of Fools pairing is really interesting and well executed. There's some really priceless banter with everyone announcing it was someone's birthday on stage. You can tell they're having a blast. The rest of the set is a beast of a segue I'll leave up to you to enjoy interpretation free. I love 1979 audience recordings and this one is quite a peach.<br />
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<b>Golden Road</b><br />
<b> </b>I've been reading the issues of <a href="https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/50/Blair-Jackson-page01.html" target="_blank">Blair Jackson</a> and <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/users/regan-mcmahon/bio" target="_blank">Regan McMahon</a>'s <a href="http://www.gdao.org/solr-search/results/?solrq=itemtype:%22Fanzine%22" target="_blank">Golden Road fanzine on GDAO</a> and have found it really fun and informative. A great look at the fanbase in the 80's>early 90's and some wonderful images that haven't really circulated much online. I pulled a few here from the spring 85 issue:<br />
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I also<b> </b>wanted to once again plug Blair and <a href="http://www.trufun.com/" target="_blank">David Gans</a> beautiful <i>This is all a Dream we Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead</i><b>. </b>Despite thinking I knew the story of the Grateful Dead pretty well, I learned new things and found tons of quotes I'd never read before. The oral history style telling of the history in the participants own voices is a really intimate way to do it. Grab a copy <a href="https://www.amazon.com/This-All-Dream-We-Dreamed/dp/1250058562" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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<b>Holly Bowling at the Whisper Dome</b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/hb2017-03-24" target="_blank">3/24/17 recording</a><b></b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/hb2017-10-21" target="_blank">10/21/17 recording</a><b></b><br />
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This past year I got to watch <a href="http://www.hollybowling.com/" target="_blank">Holly Bowling</a> perform twice in a really special room. For those who haven't checked her out yet she plays solo piano (no vocals) versions of Phish and Grateful Dead songs. She improvises artfully and has done several meticulous transcriptions/arrangements of specific jams, like Phish's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eBibggCibE" target="_blank">Tahoe Tweezer</a>. The <a href="http://aplaceforfolk.org/index.php/the-venue/" target="_blank">Whisper Dome</a> is the performance moniker for the Schenectady Unitarian Univeralist Church in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_Realty_Plot" target="_blank">GE Realty plot</a>. This is a very unique setting for live music in a very interesting neighborhood.<br />
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In a fascinating setting for live music, Holly cast a spell over the attendees at both performances. In March she played without amplification, letting the special acoustics of the room carry the sound to our ears and souls. She flitted effortlessly between Phish and Dead tunes while Jeff Bowling utilized the unique architecture of the room to project a mesmerizing light show. Just thinking of the Sleep opener followed by Crazy Fingers sends shivers down my spine.<br />
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For her October Performance Jeff was able to use more of the dome for his projections so the show was even more immersive. I found myself leaning waaaaay back in the padded bench, just sinking into the music. While I loved hearing her version of Divided Sky for the first time, the first set highlight for me was the Holly Bowling original Proxima B. It was captivating and I hope she continues to write original material.<br />
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The second set was one massive, fluid 75 minute segue. Prince Caspian>Terrapin Station Suite>Days Between>Terrapin Station Suite>Days Between. For you biscuits fans out there, it was a palindrome set following the format A>B>C>B>A. It was incredible to hear one person carry the entirety of improvisation for a piece of music like this. There is truly no room to fall on your face and she was consistently creative, driving, dynamic and utterly engrossing. I realized at one point that the audience was so quiet, that everyone around me had sort of unconsciously synced up their breathing so that silence could exist more fully in between breaths. To take in the music being performed for us. You don't get a lot of moments like that in the 21st century.<br />
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I listened to the recording one morning in early November, dropping Hunter off at daycare. As we walked to his building, we watched the first snows of the winter fall. Hunter was starting to pick up words and concepts on a bigger scale all of a sudden. Talking about and experiencing the snow with him was really beautiful. Hearing him exclaim excitedly "snow!" The set got to the segue between Terrapin Station and Days Between as writhing bands of snowflakes were being shuffled around the surface of Western Ave. It reminded me of watching those same bands of dancing, blowing snow whispering across a snowy mountain side while hiking or snowboarding on joyous winter days. I had to sit in my car until The music had completely morphed from Terrapin into Days before starting my morning. Its a very beautiful moment of music.The close of the set, with themes from throughout the previous hour interwoven, was even more deeply moving, triumphant and captivating. <br />
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After both performances Holly was totally accessible, signing merchandise and chatting with the audience until everyone had wandered off. Another relative rarity these days. Special Thanks to Randy Kramer Pierce for the pictures and juice box sips!
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<b>10/03/87 Shoreline Ampitheater, Mountain View, CA</b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd87-10-03.sbd.bertha-ashley.7368.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">Ashley (Bertha) remastered soundboard recording</a><br />
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This is a hot hot hot show and the other two nights of the run are hot too! This recording is also quite excellent which helps sell the whole package as well. Every individual instrument and voice shine through very clearly on the Jay Ashley remaster. Candyman and Masterpiece are terrific in the first set. The Maggie's Farm>Cumberland Blues is super hot close on the heels of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan_and_the_Grateful_Dead_1987_Tour" target="_blank">Dylan and the Dead Summer Tour</a>. There's also plenty of meat to sink your teeth into in the second set sandwich, starting with Terrapin. The Terp itself is quite the beast. Plus there's very high quality video of the first set and more standard 80's footage of the second. Several tracks from the first set are included as the bonus footage on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_from_the_Vault,_Volume_Three" target="_blank">View From the Vault three</a>, along with the <a href="https://archive.org/details/gd90-06-16.sbd.ladner.8571.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">Shoreline Ampitheater 6/16/90 show</a>.<br />
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Over the course of 2002 I fell in love with the Disco Biscuits and chased their music up and down the eastern seaboard.<b> </b>I had a great crew of friends to adventure with including Ryan, Jen, Michael and Corey (what the Deal). The excitement from each show begat the next adventure. <b>S</b>et against the backdrop of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks" target="_blank">DC Sniper's</a> active period and territory, we ventured down south for a performance that has gone down in Disco Biscuits history. While <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-10-04.shnf" target="_blank">10/04/02</a> stands out as a phenomenal show, one of the best of the year, <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-10-05.mastered.flac" target="_blank">10/05/02</a> is one of the greatest performances (if not the greatest) the Biscuits ever wrestled from the spheres. The already phenomenal audience recording by John Maddigan got a Rich Steele remaster for the 15th anniversary and is an absolute joy to listen to. <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-10-05.mastered.flac" target="_blank">Listen here!</a> I sat down with the tape approaching the fifteenth anniversary and was just as floored as that faithful night by every note of this show.</div>
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<b> <span style="color: red;">Set 1</span></b><br />
The set start times for the weekend were 2:00AM for Friday night and 2:30AM for Saturday. Perfect really for the thing the Biscuits do. Well after Friday night, there was complaints from the community about the whole raging band and light show till sunrise thing. The Saturday sets were moved to a more community friendly midnight and shortened so the band ended up with slightly less than 3 hours. We were all bummed at the time but the time constraint is one of the main factors in why this show ended up being so special. No time to meander. All business. On the way to the wilderness stage, local law enforcement and their German Shepherds formed a gauntlet of paranoia that added another element to the energy that night. To my knowledge they were just there to let their presence be known and no one was hassled.<br />
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The sound is marvelous as the band launches into the opening
composition of <span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hot Air Balloon</b></span></span>.
Magner’s sweeping synth part adds just the right amount of ethereal space
around a warm and tight Brownstein bassline. Each musician is crystal clear in
the mix. Whoever was doing the sound that night nailed the mix. The audience recording is
perfection as well. </div>
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They play with such taste and heart right from the jump.
Note the transition at 2:45 for chill-inducing perfection. Barber’s singing is
earnest, restrained and completely honest. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“just give me one more try to chase down my dreams before I am done.”</i></div>
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Is there a more perfect line to associate with the <a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/yMKc2" target="_blank">ethos</a>
of this band? What it feels like to follow them? Magner’s piano playing is
absolutely masterful throughout the verses. Sammy picks up the pace perfectly
to get things moving for the ‘In a hot air balloon’ section. Barber and Brownstein
interweave some melodic lines that launch us into the jam around 6:30. So
tasteful.</div>
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The first jam theme of the night sets the tone: they arrive
at something that seems completely developed without any effort. It just flows
from them. Magner’s synth line defines this first jam and gives the structure
for more contrapuntal interplay from Barber and Brownstein. Barber plays
another fully conceived, gorgeous guitar line at 9:55 that creates inspiration
for movement the rest of the band follow along with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rising pattern Brownstein develops during
the preceding jam is ready made support for this. Magner starts adding a piano
voice (while maintaining the synth line!) that foreshadows the direction the
jam will head in. </div>
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This piano part gradually breaks the rest of the band out of
that second major theme of the jam and really gets the transitional ball
rolling. At 13:11 Barber, out of nowhere once again pulls the most incredible
melody from the heart of the universe. Here to me is proof of musicians as a
conduit for the music. Somehow the stars aligned and the hearts and intentions
of the band were true enough that the signal of the universe is broadcast loud
and clear through these mortals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we
have at least three distinct, completely improvised, perfectly developed classical
compositions take shape within the first jam of a show is……the reason we're here. </div>
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Barber kicks on a dirty effect and the melodic perfection dissolves
like a spider web in a fire. We head down a darker road. Still no less refined, balanced
or directed though, as the rest of the gang follow his lead into <span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Astronaut</b></span></span>.</div>
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This is some meat right here folks. Magner’s soaring synth
during the verse once again gives us a sweet moment before the darkness of the
chorus. Themes of light and dark always catch my ears and this Astronaut gives the
impression we’re in a hyper-sonic space ship, chasing the line of the setting sun around
the earth. Now we’re in the night, now it’s day time. </div>
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The instrumental bridge is perfectly executed. You can
actually default to that summation on any composition from the night. They hit
every composed part out of the park. Don’t dismiss this fact though, it’s critical aspect as to why this night is so special. Incredible jams and flawless execution of
composition is what makes this show stand head and shoulders above so many
others. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Suspended in the air, don’t you feel better?”</i></div>
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Can you feel that? It’s tangible as they race back into the compositional launching off point for the next jam. Sammy drops into a four on
the floor beat at 5:45 that shows great promise for face melting. Bit by bit
the energy coming from each instrumentalist gets dark. Dark and tight.
Directed. Another critically important factor as to why 10/5/02 is so special
is how every jam has absolute direction. Nothing seems aimless or accidental. I
think if you played this music for an 18<sup>th</sup> century classical
composer they’d assume it was all composed. </div>
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Magner triggers something off at 8:30 that sounds like some
vast mechanical beast coming to life. The jam gets even darker. More menacing.
Barber starts throwing out a distorted riff on the turn-around and Sammy cues
some effortlessly tasteful e-drums. Brownstein’s bass tone is heavily
processed. This jam is over by 10:00 but it’s a definitive moment of the song
and of the night in my opinion. Sammy breaks the jam down and the monster that
arises a bit before 11:00 is enough to terrify any medieval villagers that may
have wandered out of the Spotsylvania County forest. Another Sammy breakdown at
13:00 functions to build the energy and tempo up another level. He’s a critical
element in this jam. They all are really and truly but I don’t want his efforts
to go unrecognized. </div>
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Barber and Brownstein slowly start injecting the astronaut
theme back into the jam but Sammy is not ready to give up. His steady rock
drumming is as powerful and potent as any drummer in the history of rock music
at this moment. Absolute Barber touchdown pass on the astronaut reentry. </div>
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<i>I have to pause here.
This two-song segment is absolute perfection. Better than perfection.
Transcendent.</i></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bernstein and
Chasnoff</b></span> is a welcome downshift in intensity. No dip in quality is evident
though. It's all money right from the first instrumental segment. Magner laces some hot fire
over a super tight band. An upbeat and funky theme is established around 3:00.
I’m going to go ahead and be a cliched biscuits fan and say it: blissco. I
ain’t lying though! Bouncy bass, lovely major key jamming with a tasteful
electric piano tone from Magner and a clean tone from Barber. Magner’s shift
over to what I’d call the ‘Story of the World’ synth tone starts steering the
band in a new direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 8:30 some
structure remains but we reach a minimal transitional moment with Brownstein
steering towards a darker space. Barber and Magner begin integrating riffs that
subtly build the tension of the jam. A key change just before 11:00 while still
holding onto the late phase B and C pattern. The tension is developed even
further. With a minute left it’s still unclear where they’re headed next. Effortless
peak><span style="color: orange;">Aceetobee</span>.</div>
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Great swagger on this drop as they confidently shuffle into
AC2B. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“One day your all locked up the next day your free”</i></div>
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Commentary? On the challenges of the artist? Tonight they’re
free. Last night too. Another welcomed dip in intensity with the jazzy
composition of this tune. Uh oh. The drop into the jam just shy of 3:00 is
massive, and pregnant with possibility. No rest for the tension-wracked. Barber
plays the lead then charges into yet another fully developed from the drop
segment of improvisation. This jam segment peaks with absolute fire at 7:00.
It’s time we address Barber. When he’s on. It’s everything. On this night, ‘On’
is the understatement of the century. He can truly do no wrong. Lets face it,
it’s a virtuoso performance from every single band member (and hundreds of fans
as well. We can’t forget their part in all of this) but you can’t help but be
floored by Mr. Jon Gutwillig. Especially on 10/5/02. </div>
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A new jam quickly rises from the ashes, forming around a
tight Magner synth line. Sammy deftly trounces us with his kick just before
11:00 for a couple bars, leaving us wanting more. Your standard unimaginative
biscuits critique from perhaps a fan of a different jam band is “untz untz
untz”, indicating a repetitive and unimaginative dance beat. On a night like
tonight, Sammy’s drumming is so varied and tasteful, you’d be hard pressed to
see him settle in a four and the floor (untzy)pattern for any amount of time. </div>
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Soaring synth
and melodic bass around 12:40 get momentum going towards somewhere else. Sammy
drops it out around 14:00 and Magner finds a lovely space for some atmospheric
scene painting before they all re-form and start building towards the Aceetobee
peak. They hit it with fiery restraint. While they fully play through the
theme, they aren’t done peaking this one at all. They stretch out in the chord
progression and get even more sparks of energy spitting off the machinery.
Barber plays with the line, plays all around the line then gives it to us
straight but not narrow. The resolution of AC2B gives my body a tangible
release as I’m listening at my work desk. </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span>A set break but damn is it a quick one! The band comes back on
stage to Barber’s comment “We didn’t cut anything out though, we just did it really
fast. Like a movie on fast forward” and a member of the audience shouts
“Astronaut again!” which I don’t entirely disagree with. Another shouted “Robots!”
To which the band complies.</div>
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The opening section<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
<span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;">Save The Robots</span></span></b> is a pretty complicated piece of music. It’s very intricate
and not always easy to pull off. They execute it perfectly to start set 2. It has
the potency of Mindless Dribble or 7-11 to instantly electrify the audience to
start a set. It’s a clear gauntlet thrown to the audience to let them know this
is going to be some serious business. They are patient and masterful throughout
all of the written music and seem supremely comfortable and commanding entering
the jam. At around 6:30 Barber and Magner start putting together a nice
conversational riff. Brownstein starts expanded his element of the theme as
Barber throws some jazzy chords that quickly take on more of a rock tone. At
8:45 the momentum and intensity start picking up which brings us back to the
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Antennae haircut <br />
Is really nothing <br />
It frees your hands <br />
For the panic button. <br />
<br />
Enslave the robots <br />
Like us in tribes <br />
Build your igloo <br />
In summer time.”</i></div>
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That is some wonderfully weird and biscuitsy material right there.
It’s always been a very compelling lyric to me and a great example of their
unique lyrical approach. John Perry Barlow for the digital era. Things get
noticeably darker as we enter the slingshot section of Robots. This piece of
music builds up a dark dissonant tension that releases oh so satisfyingly with
the Go!. I picture a slingshot at first but also picture the pinball launch
mechanism. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“They all make me daydream <br />
Trade my peace for..<br />
Day old armies save me <br />
Take my piece and.. <br />
Go! Go! Go! Go!”</i></div>
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The Disco Biscuits did a series of fully improvised sets to
portions of movies earlier in their career. Their improvised set to Akira on
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvzBGoTRYdU" target="_blank">12/31/99</a> was the most perfect choice in my opinion. When I hear a biscuits jam
like the one that develops out of this Robots slingshot, I can’t help but
imagine some sort of futuristic anime chase through the neon lit streets of
some sort of Tokyo-like megacity. </div>
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At the start of the final Robots peak, I summarized this
version as solid but not particularly sparkly. As they really set to the work
of peaking the song, I completely changed my mind. All the potential energy not
immediately visible previously, manifests in this explosive peak. That Robots
was sick. Only standalone tune of the night. To confirm my impression, someone from the
audience yells “That was Sick!”.</div>
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The opening of the classical style prelude of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;">The Very Moon</span></span> </b>is played so achingly
beautifully, I find myself tearing up a little with goosebumps shooting all over
15 years later listening on my headphones. Magner really sets the mood
beautifully, first with the heavenly choir synth then gorgeous and tasteful
electric piano. It’s a perfect nest for Barber to nurture one of the loveliest
classical-for-electric-guitar melodies ever written. The Very Moon is one of
the Disco Biscuits absolute finest pieces of music. This may well be one
of the definitive readings of it. I must turn it up a bit and simply take it
in.</div>
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Through with the songs structural elements, the music drifts
freely into a warm, articulate expansion on the theme. The four-way interaction
happening starting around 7:30 is a breathtaking example of completely open
group-think. Instead of dwelling on the perfection they’d just created, they use this moment of open connection and immediately begin taking things
somewhere else. Brownstein kicks on an effect and starts developing a catchy
bass theme that at first draws in Sammy. As Brownstein more fully commits to
it, the murmuration of birds Barber's part had become is drawn down to the power lines
and bare branches of this theme. Sammy drops the tempo down to a slow 4 on the
floor groove that creates an excellent space for all to improvise. </div>
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Musical magic starts at 12:45. Another time when they’re
locked in, rather than sticking with a perfect theme, they launch into space
and find another way to go. Movement and direction define the playing here. The
frailty of the improvisational space makes the key change around 14:00 so
powerful. This f$%king groove (15:00) is incredible. Desk dancing so hard right
now. The
contrast between this musical moment and how this piece started is
unbelievable. Here they lock in and stay put for a moment. Thank god. Powerful,
powerful playing. This is the kind of playing (17:00) that I don’t hear
anywhere else in the jam scene. Yes Magner, you folks are the punk band of the
jam world. </div>
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Just when it seems like they couldn’t go any harder they
start peaking the jam. That jam that felt like the most intense peak ever? Nah,
that was just the baseline. At the slightest referencing of the riff from
Barber, The band turns on a dime and drops <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;">Helicopters</span></span>.
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Understatement of the century. I had to learn Helicopters on
bass recently and it gives me a newfound appreciation for this song. It’s the most
complicated simple playing I’ve ever taken on. I honestly never got that close
to nailing it. Enough to get by but man it's some tricky playing. Ripping
through the composition at 200 mph, a dirty e-drum anchored jam quickly
develops and we’re back on the animated-future-city-motorcycle-chase. The
balance of moving towards developing new themes and committing fully to the
existing theme developed is such a crucial element in why this performance is
so incredible. They seem to do so effortlessly, with neither element suffering.
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Intensity and momentum once again and we are clearly heading
somewhere else. But where? No signs yet with less than a minute left on tape.
Hints and whispers enter the musical conversation. Barber changes key and
Brownstein follows suit. The triumphant return of <span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Very Moon</b></span></span> theme has me throwing an invisible hat in the air as
they calmly steer into the Very Moon funk. They don’t linger long before
starting to improvise. It almost seems as if improvising is compulsive on
10/5/02. Like they can’t help but create. I'm not complaining. I love the
space they find around 4:30. The sustained bass from Brownie. It gives a lovely
breath-catching opportunity for all before a savage drop into <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;">Shem-Rah Boo</span></span>. </b></div>
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The actual song part again offers us a brief respite from
intensity while keeping it super tight and interesting. At 4:50 we hit another
one of those perfectly hatched improvisational themes that’s the hallmark of
this show. This is one of my favorites. The part Magner plays to lead it is so
infectious. Brownstein and Barber do a wonderful job supporting and
embellishing it. Sammy always knows how to steer the bus. He’s the Neil
Cassady of the organization. By 6:45 we are fully ‘in’ this theme. All 4 parts
are intricate, have little pieces we can take off the shelf and examine, and
drives the larger unit. There’s a little moment of shakiness at about 8:20 that
is so endearing in this performance. Its maybe the only time all weekend they
stutter or lose a step.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure enough they
all double down their efforts and rage it even harder. More powerfully and with
total command of their instruments. This is the true beauty of improvisational
music on display. At 10:30 hid ya kids, hide ya wife, this peak is face-melting
everybody. After the peak they have infinite momentum and latch on to the theme
one more time but use it as a segue device to return to the completion of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;">Helicopters</span></span>. </b></div>
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The tension and release of that jam and the return of this
piece is monumental. So much energy built and released. I wish there was some
sort of gauge to measure something like that. Like study the pupil dilation
patterns of the audience or something. Hoots, hollers, a request for Run like
Hell, then a request for Basis. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">They pla</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">y <span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;">Kitchen Mitts</span></span> </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">instead</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b>I
unabashedly love Kitchen Mitts. A Barber ballad, a real and honest to goodness
love song from a band that doesn’t do love songs. I suspect much of the reason
I love this song is its placement and performance on this particular night. Cementing it deep in my soul for all eternity. </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“So sweet Georgia, <br />
Why must I try? <br />
When you like to rob and steal. <br />
and all these people tell me to go find someone else,<br />
when you never cut me a good deal.<br />
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So might I have to mention that we should blow them off ?<br />
18 wheels and air ride .<br />
Miles of paranoia, lunatics and jail, <br />
And still we're having a good time.”</i></div>
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What could be more perfect after all that? After all those
nights with this band leading up to this night?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They play a stunning and poignant version of this song. Even before
they reach the jam, an eerie tension colors the playing during the ‘just like
mine’ section. There’s a mournful yet driving quality to the instrumental build
towards the ‘na na’ section. The dark haunting beauty that exemplifies the
feeling of bisco. They peak nicely into the na’s and I think anyone would’ve
walked away after this Kitchen Mitts glowing and telling stories of this<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> night </span>for the rest of their lives. This is the
moment that this performance moves beyond legendary to become mythical. Barber
starts a spooky arpeggio that Brownstein finds a unique counter point to.
Magner has their backs with some warm synth sweeps.</div>
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Barber starts chugging a little bit but Sammy (channeling
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NemuuJZ0wM" target="_blank">Ron Tutt</a> now) is holding back. Playing with tasteful restraint. Subtle kick
placement. A synth sweep ends at 1:40 just as Barber plays a choice lick. It’s
a perfect moment. Until Sammy drops the Kick at 2:20. Then we see what
perfection really is. The mood Magner sets is so special, so comforting. It
flavors the jam to its core. Barber starts leading the groove in an upward
gyre.</div>
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Now it suddenly becomes clear. The fog lifts and we can see all
the mountains around us in morning-sun-soaked splendor. They’re going to play <span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: orange;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Run Like Hell</b></span></span>. THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY
RUN LIKE HELL!!!!! Not too quickly though boys. We all know where this is going but
let’s just savor it for a minute ok? Our night will soon be done but I don’t
want to let go. They comply and we all get to dance and high five and bang our
heads in the car for just a little bit longer. Pure triumphant touchdown Barber, unrelenting drive from Brownstein. It’s dirty, its spitting sparks
like a runaway train. It’s everything. With all their power, they actually
manage to do a big energy release at the end of the first chorus. Good. I need
to breathe. Being able to downshift like that without losing steam is pretty
incredible. Back into high gear verse 2. Another release as we enter some
improv. </div>
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More subtle perfection at 10:10. Every note of this show
demands your attention again and again. I don’t want to make this a <a href="https://archive.org/details/gd77-05-08.sbd.hicks.4982.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">Barton Hall 5/8/77</a> comparison but its goddamn Barton Hall 5/8/77. Or <a href="https://archive.org/details/gd72-08-27.sbd.orf.3328.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">Veneta 8/27/72</a> or whatever is
THE Dead show for you. Directed and effortless ensemble jamming around 11:50
like this is the beginning of the show and not the end. Barber and Brownie
start pushing and pulling on a piece of the jam that quickly catches the full
band’s attention <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and starts to alter the
progress in a new direction. Expert Sammy drop at 14:15 that shifts the jam
into higher gear. Barber hints at a theme, Brownstein joins him, while Magner
holds down a rhythmic synth line that locks in with Sammy. Peak Peak Peak. One
more level up, till we can’t take it, then wooooosh drop back into the
composition. Spine rattling bass
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In the writing of this piece I asked dear friends and fellow lovers of Bisco Jay and Michael to contribute there thoughts. Its interesting to see the themes we pick up on independently without discussing. First Jay Cowit: </div>
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id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_is_427">is</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_utterly_427">utterly</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_remarkable_427">remarkable</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_as_427">as</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_tight_427">tight</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_as_427">as</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_any_427">any</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Weather_427">Weather</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Report_427">Report</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_or_427">or</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Zappa_427">Zappa</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_show_427">show</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_while_427">while</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_retaining_427">retaining</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_the_427">the</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_fluid_427">fluid</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_experimentation_427">experimentation</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_of_427">of</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Miles_427">Miles</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Davis_427">Davis</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_and_427">and</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Robert_427">Robert</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_red" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-3">Fripp</span>. <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_The_238">The</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_commitment_287">commitment</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_to_287">to</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_gestalt_287">gestalt</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_style_287">style</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_jamming_287">jamming</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_effectively_287">effectively</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_what_287">what</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_the_287">the</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Disco_287">Disco</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Biscuits_287">Biscuits</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_entire_287">entire</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_improvisation_287">improvisation</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_style_287">style</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_is_287">is</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_based_287">based</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_around_287">around</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_was_287">was</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_never_287">never</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_more_287">more</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_perfectly_287">perfectly</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_executed_287">executed</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_than_287">than</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_this_287">this</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_show_287">show</span>. <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_There_287">There</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_are_287">are</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_never_287">never</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_solos_287">solos</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_or_287">or</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_wasted_287">wasted</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_periods_287">periods</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_of_287">of</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_noodling_287">noodling</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_or_287">or</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_spacing_287">spacing</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_out_287">out</span>. <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_Each_287">Each</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_segment_287">segment</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_calm_287">calm</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_or_287">or</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_furious_287">furious</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_retains_287">retains</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_an_287">an</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_assassin_287">assassin</span>'<span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_s_287">s</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_poise_287">poise</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_and_287">and</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_timing_287">timing</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_never_287">never</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_showing_287">showing</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_you_287">you</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_its_287">its</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_hand_287">hand</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_while_287">while</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_remaining_287">remaining</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_so_287">so</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_humanely_287">humanely</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_familiar_287">familiar</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_and_287">and</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_deadly_287">deadly</span>. <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_It_287">It</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_is_287">is</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_utter_287">utter</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_discipline_287">discipline</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_and_287">and</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_patience_287">patience</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_manifesting_287">manifesting</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_in_287">in</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_a_287">a</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_tapestry_287">tapestry</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_of_287">of</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_divine_287">divine</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_psychedelia_287">psychedelia</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_twisting_287">twisting</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_the_287">the</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_otherwise_287">otherwise</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_opposite_287">opposite</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_polar_287">polar</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_values_287">values</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_into_287">into</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_a_287">a</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_helix_287">helix</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_of_287">of</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_force_287">force</span>. <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_The_287">The</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_slyness_287">slyness</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_with_287">with</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_which_287">which</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_the_287">the</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_band_287">band</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_eases_287">eases</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_from_287">from</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_upbeat_287">upbeat</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_and_287">and</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_soulful_287">soulful</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_but_287">but</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_green" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-5">obsessively</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_tight_555">tight</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_funk_555">funk</span>, <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_to_555">to</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_the_555">the</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_darkest_555">darkest</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_of_555">of</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_nightmare_555">nightmare</span>-<span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_red" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-6">scapes</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_is_723">is</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_unparalleled_723">unparalleled</span>. <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_It_723">It</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_is_723">is</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_schizophrenic_723">schizophrenic</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_while_723">while</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_green" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-7">disturbingly</span> <span class="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_error_black" id="m_7106565181845305487gmail-osc_tag_system_black_sane_152">sane</span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I remember Hearing about haymaker during one of the other shows of
spring / summer 2002 and we all said "Spotsylvania? HELL NO!!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Specifically
the part that stands out was Astronaut. All day I remember somebody
singing the chorus of astronaut (rather annoyingly, I might add)... Up
until that day, Astronaut was not a song that was on my radar (no pun
intended) but that changed that night... It stands out in my memory as
something magical... something that I had never experienced
musically... I will probably never be able to explain it but it was
like heroin... and I chased that dragon through the remainder of my time
seeing tDB. Never was the thrill of 'bisco' as potent as that night,
in that field, in the middle of Virginia, where we all said we weren't
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Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-4673566606003605862017-09-15T10:53:00.001-07:002017-10-12T05:45:08.245-07:00Cabinfest 2017There's so much I wanted to say about Cabinfest. About the people and their history, how we came together, how we stay together. This special thing we managed to build. The beautiful souls drawn in by the noise and lights, those that drift away but always have a place in the cabin. So I don't write a novel I'm going to focus on this year. What happened, my experience of it, and some feelings I have about it all.<br />
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A bunch of us brought our kids this year. DSAN brought his youngest to an early CF so there is some precedent but this year there was at times 6-7 toddlers going about various toddler business. Hunter, Clark, William, Maya and Zoey all stayed together in the Farmhouse with their parents. Steph brought Ophelia and Caliope on Friday afternoon. Jess and Jason brought Jacob on Saturday afternoon. I think it went better than anyone could've imagined. We all helped each other out and worked together. It's excellent that all the kids knew at least another 1 or 2 kids in the group. There was always a familiar face. They read together, ate together, fought for toys, shared toys, splashed in puddles and rocked out to live music. It expanded exponentially for me what Cabinfest could mean. It's always been an event centered around friends and family but to add this wrinkle....all of our kids together, what we do together went from special to significant. Could we, for a weekend a year at least, give our kids a tribal childhood? Something outside the standard format. Something perhaps richer?<br />
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Everyone else was so amazing too. Yes we all like to get together and get loose for the weekend. Something morphed through the years though and it suddenly isn't the high priority. The music, the friendship (new ones and old), hell the food even, is truly the focus. All set against the spectacular <a href="http://www.dippikill.com/" target="_blank">Dipikill Resort</a> back drop. Its such a special place to have fostered our community. Each cabin has its own unique charm and flavor. To have <a href="http://www.dippikill.com/explore-whitepine.shtml" target="_blank">White Pine</a> with its warm crackling fire, gorgeous stage and Stained-glass window as our church, our gathering house is something I feel truly fortunate for. The <a href="http://www.dippikill.com/explore-farmhouse.shtml" target="_blank">Farmhouse</a> was the perfect base of operations for our families and the walls rang with their voices and rapid fire stomp of their toddler trot. Our host Heidi really went the extra mile to make the families feel at home and taken care of. Since the beginning of our time at Dipi, we've always felt like welcome guests despite the all night light show, the blaring rock and dance music. <br />
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At first, the kids waded cautiously into the music. It was fascinating to see them react to <a href="https://archive.org/details/WoundedBuffaloTheory" target="_blank">Wounded Buffalo Theory's</a> first set on Friday. It is psychologically heavy music. Emotional. It's breath-taking and lovely as well, but their sound, material, and performance encompasses the light and darkness. It paint the complete picture of humanity. Of the universe and of our part in it. So it isn't always easy or comfortable. It's always worth it though. Hunter or Clark would be drawn to the stage, to the lights. They'd feel and see then get a bit overwhelmed and go outside to play. We let them come and go, supported them when they needed and observed and felt the music with them.<br />
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We all bounced back and forth between the music and our cabin. Kids or parents needing a break or a bite. Jeanette made a tasty ziti for our cabin's dinner and we devoured a tray of the course of the night. The Wounded Buffalo 'spin the wheel' set segued into a jam band focused set that Rich Lemire and I put together with them. It was great fun to follow through on a project I assumed would stay as one of those fun ideas you have when you're hanging out with your buddies. We sent a handful of emails. A chunk of the band got together at Up Da Hill to rehearse and the remaining got to run some of the material when Rob got on the east coast. The <a href="https://soundcloud.com/woundedbuffalotheory/sets/the-ubdt-superjam-wounded-buffalo-theory-chris-sobick-rich-lemire-bill-palinski-sarah-mucho" target="_blank">performance</a> is a true testament to the great skill and professionalism of Rich and the Wounded Buffalo folks, and the chemistry that dear friends can share playing music together. I had an absolute blast playing despite my ever-constant nerves before and at the beginning of something like this. We played Grateful Dead, Phish, Pink Floyd, the Disco Biscuits and the Band. Here's the Setlist:<br />
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The BBQ has typically been hosted at Collins by Mike, Crystal and associates. This year there was a special surprise: Tim brought his smoker trailer up from Long Island and we gorged on his amazing BBQ at White Pine. There was chicken, sausage, brisket, pork shoulder, ribs and bacon. Each bit more delicious than the last. Acoustic music went on as in previous years and there was still a stellar potluck on top of all the meat.<br />
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The kids were very comfortable with the situation and much more interested in the music on Saturday. They watched almost every note of Wounded Buffalo and all the acoustic acts. Hunter gave Numbers an especially hearty round of applause. It made my heart very full to see him appreciating music. Its the thing in the world that's given me the most, enriched my life the most. If I can share with him music and nature, I feel like I've at least set a solid baseline for his adventure as a human. The day spun on and the kids got a little punchy later in the evening. Talk about play! Talk about stimulation! Maya's dad John read to them all and I definitely noticed it help wind Hunter down a bit. Diddy had his signature pulled pork going all day and despite the meat-fest earlier, I succumbed. like everyone else to the irresistible smells and tastes. Bed time was a bit harder on Saturday but they all did eventually settle down. Heidi did us an amazing favor and let all the parents have two hours together at the music, staying at the Farmhouse with a walkie talkie in case anyone woke up.<br />
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The music was phenomenal all night with the numerous configurations of the superjam showcasing the talent and passion of many of the weekend's musicians, friends and family. Michael's yacht rock set was a fan favorite made specially poignant with the passing of Steely Dan's Walter Becker. The night was anchored by an absolutely stellar set from Wounded Buffalo. It was the set of the weekend for me without a doubt. Nanobot and Basso wrapped up the night with terrific DJ sets. <br />
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I stayed up too late. Again. I couldn't help it. The music, the conversations, it was all so inspiring. I tested my partner's good will and again slept till 9. I love you so much monkey! Endless thanks for this. John and Shannon whipped up a big breakfast and we got to packing up our home for the weekend. The realization that this was an especially lovely time unfolded slowly over the course of the weekend to everyone and became full apparent as we returned to the real world . I watched new friendships blossom, age old alliances solidified and a whole new generation of cabinfesters discover the magic. This event is a good example of what a tribe of like minded folks can create when ego is removed from the equation. Doing things to make a great experience for all rather than to glorify yourself. So many special moments occurred I struggle to list them: we had our first Harley, some overly affectionate chipmunks, A PROPOSAL (Congrats Kieran and Kelli!! Though I'm a little disappointed the tassels weren't brandished), our first kids cabin and beginning to end phenomenal music. Minus one song Big Cabinfest wants to pretend doesn't exist.<br />
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Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-80436844823769605262017-09-14T06:29:00.003-07:002018-10-05T06:05:22.647-07:00Who Was John? The Jerry Garcia Band in 1976<br />
Jerry Garcia Band is a lot harder to get into than the Grateful Dead. First of all, the shows aren't on archive.org (often accessed by the relisten app these days) so you have to use bt.etree.org to download via torrent software. Much harder to quickly sample, you have to commit! Or you can buy the handful (albeit a terrific handful) of official releases from <a href="http://jerrygarcia.com/" target="_blank">Round Records/ The Official Garcia Site</a>. So its much harder to devour a bunch of the music quickly to learn the ropes and figure out what you want to focus on. Secondly, there is a real lack of scholarship compared to the Grateful Dead. All of my favorite Dead blogs do get into it a bit (<a href="http://hooterollin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hooterollin Around</a>, <a href="http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lost Live Dead</a> and <a href="http://deadessays.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dead Essays</a>). <a href="http://jgmf.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jerry Garcia's middle Finger</a> is probably the foremost internet JGB scholar with a ton of show reviews and some really interesting and insightful research. So while you can find reviews, if not detailed analysis of countless dead shows, there just isn't nearly as much Garcia Band scholarship. <br />
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To those that do delve into Jerry Band though, a treasure trove of beautiful, soulful and fun music awaits. For a nerd like me, I had reached a bit of a stale point in listening to the Dead. I had sampled every time period extensively and while I was still discovering shows I liked and different versions of the material, I longed for that wide open frontier I had at the beginning with Grateful Dead music. Tapes to consume, era's to learn, repertoire's to familiarize one's self with. Something to sink my teeth into! With JGB, the line up changed fairly regularly through the years so it was like learning the whole Pigpen>Kieth and Donna>Brent>Vince and Bruce>Vince thing all over again. Only I'm still not there yet. There are a lot more changes through time. For a thorough and meticulously researched overview of the JGB line-ups, <a href="http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html" target="_blank">check out this post</a> from Lost Live Dead.<br />
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One thing I learned fairly quickly:The 1976 Jerry Garcia Band is incredibly special. I've had two significant mentors in my dead listening journey. Rich Lemire has been giving me Dead Shows 10gb at a time (we pass back and forth a flash drive known as the rage nug) for around 5 years and has been my constant 'BS about the Dead' partner. Pat Kinsella I met via the hippie hat pin collectors scene and preached 1976 JGB like it was a religion (because it is. Sunday's are for Jerry). He gave me a list of JGB shows to familiarize myself with that had some prime 76 on it. I'm eternally grateful for these folks. The education and great conversations have meant so much to me. <br />
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The simple, professional and perfectly suited for the material line-up is what makes the year so special in my opinion. Kieth and Donna Godchaux cross over with Jerry from The Grateful Dead and are perhaps a better fit for this line up than the 1976 Grateful Dead. The material, drawing from soul, R n B and Gospel is ideally suited for the soulful Muscle-shoals Veteran Donna-Jean and the honky-tonk jazz piano tinkler Kieth. Kieth was born to play these parts and Donna was born to sing sweet harmony with Jerry. She does some phenomenal lead singing as well on Strange Man and Stir it Up. <br />
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The secret power behind this line up, in my onion, is the masterful drumming of Ron Tutt. One of the more interesting career paths in American Music, the Texan started playing Western Swing and Dixieland early in his career. In 1969 he successfully auditioned for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCB_Band" target="_blank">Elvis Presley TCB Band</a>, an unprecedented amalgam of musicians with different musical styles that came to Elvis in a dream (or so the story goes). He backed Elvis for the rest of his career until the King left the building in 1977. After that, he went on to be Neil Diamond's drummer. A gig he still holds down. While Still Elvis's drummer in 1976 and early 1977, he took another gig: The Jerry Garcia Band. A gig he really didn't need considering Elvis must've payed pretty well. Something about Jerry or the music he wanted to play must've been compelling. In an i<a href="https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-ronnietutt.shtml" target="_blank">nterview</a> with Ron Tutt, he sites Elvis's charisma as something that drew him in to want to play music with him. Jerry Garcia was certainly very famous for his charisma (though of a COMPLETELY different flavor) so maybe it was just a matter of being drawn in by compelling and creative individuals?<br />
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We're lucky to have a recent Rolling Stone interview with Tutt talking about his time playing in and recording with the Jerry Garcia Band. <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/jerry-garcia-band-drummer-ron-tutt-on-cats-under-the-stars-w511124" target="_blank">Check it out here</a>. <br />
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Throughout the entirety of Jerry Garcia's solo career, John Kahn was there. <a href="http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lost Live Dead </a>does a phenomenal job documenting his career both with and without Jerry Garcia if you want to delve deeper. He was a popular studio musician and could play bass in nearly any style of music. Interviews with the man are few and far between however. <a href="https://gopherproxy.meulie.net/nemesis.cs.berkeley.edu/00/interviews/Kahn.May.05.1996" target="_blank">Here's one</a> taken shortly before he died. There's a bit of conversation in David Gans and Blair Jackson's beautifully compiled <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="ebooksProductTitle"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WE1EYZK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" target="_blank">This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead</a> </span></span></span>but I can't seem to find any of his own words anywhere else. This sets up a lovely segue:<br />
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Who was John? was originally recorded in 1936 by the Mitchell Christian Singers an A Capella group from North Carolina. According to their Wikipedia: <i>"They pioneered a 'primitive' idiosyncratic style of A Capella gospel singing: curiously wailing, syncopated spirituals, with a
"down home" quality, featuring with an interplay of voices that
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It's well documented that Jerry Garcia was obsessed with American folk and traditional while John Kahn's love of Black American music is well known. While suitably obscure for both of their tastes it made perfect sense as a song to bring to the Jerry Garcia Band's repertoire. Especially in 1976 where there was a clear focus on gospel music. <br />
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The song was in the JGB orbit before that however. It was recorded on the <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Keith-Donna-Keith-Donna/release/2416470">Kieth and Donna Solo album</a> in 1975. It's lovely to think of the band set up in the Godchaux's living room in Stinson Beach with little Zion napping away. Garcia and Mountain Girl were living up the coast a bit so he could pop down any time and work on it. They apparently hung out a lot during that time listening to gospel records. The Album cover is a picture of Zion with a doodle by Jerry of his idea of what Zion's thoughts were like. Zion followed in his parents footsteps and is in <a href="http://thisisboombox.com/">Boombox</a> who are jamband festival staple. <br />
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According to my count using the Garcia.com setlists, Who Was John? was played by the Jerry Garcia Band about 26 times with its first known live performance at the Keystone Berkeley on 1/27/76. There's a rehearsal tape from 1/25/76 from Club Front where they run through it along with most of the 76 line up of tunes. It's last known performance 11/16/76 at Sophie's in Palo Alto. There are a number of missing setlist's from this time period which would lead me to believe we're missing at least another one or two performances. It was overwhelmingly played in the first set or early show, almost always the fourth or fifth tune. It's best known performance can be found on <a href="http://jerrygarcia.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx?cp=640_62123_82161&pc=JYCD61">Gracia Live 7: 11/8/76</a> also at Sophie's. It doesn't survive 1976 which is curious to me considering what a great tune it is. There doesn't appear to much else shaken up in the repertoire and Tutt doesn't leave until the end of the summer of 1977. Who knows? You can't exactly jam it so maybe that has something to do with it. Perhaps its better it didn't survive the year though...the tune retains that 1976 magic. <br />
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Despite the challenges of getting deeper with Jerry Garcia Band, I consider it a worthwhile graduate seminar for any student of the Grateful Dead. I think 1976 is particularly stunning. If you love 1976 and 1977 Grateful Dead (who doesn't?) this configuration is critical in understanding why Jerry was playing so well in those years. With a star studded line-up perfectly suited for the material, this band shimmers and shines on the lovely audience recordings. John Kahn was the constant in Jerry Garcia's musical life outside the band. In a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/jgb/comments/6r5ay0/i_am_linda_kahn_wife_of_late_john_kahn_ama/" target="_blank">recent /reddit AMA Linda Kahn</a> confirmed what many Dead scholars believed: John Kahn selected much of the cover material for Jerry Garcia's side projects. The odds are pretty good that he brought the spooky 30's A Capella tune to Kieth and Donna and subsequently brought it over to 76 Jerry Band. Perhaps with even a bit of sense of humor about his quiet legacy? Who Was John indeed!<br />
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<br />Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-29050052254374727512017-04-11T11:09:00.000-07:002017-04-14T05:29:16.321-07:00The Disco Biscuits 4/14/02 Plainview, NYRight now I'm listening to every Disco Biscuits show that I've seen in order. I skipped <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-09-07_schoepsCMC64.flac16" target="_blank">9/7/01</a> Saratoga Winners as I had given it a pretty thorough listen before my wedding on 9/7/13. I'm doing three at a time so the first batch was <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-04-03.mbho.flac16" target="_blank">4/3/02 Rochester</a>, <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-04-08.shnf" target="_blank">4/8/02 Northampton</a> and <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-04-09.shnf" target="_blank">4/9/02 Burlington</a>. I really enjoyed seeing these shows and listened to the tapes (burned cd's) about a million times in the early 2000's. Listening in 2017, my first impression was honestly, man these aren't very good hahaha. Of course there are great moments from each night and the Northampton show is very good as a whole but man, its incredible how much they've improved as a band! Comparing to the two shows I saw in 2016 (Cap night two and Coney Island) the growth is obvious and quite impressive. A band I already thought were at the top of their game when I started seeing them has never stopped improving or impressing me. This tour is known as a bit of a snoozer though compared to the very impressive 2001 and the excellent late summer and fall of 2002. I had never felt that way before but I guess I somewhat under stand that read today. It was just a bit shocking... I was so enamored with the band and was so pleased to be able to relive these shows. I wasn't a truly objective listener.<br />
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The next batch of shows I saw (and am now listening to) was <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-04-13.shnf" target="_blank">4/13/02 Asbury Park</a>, and <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2012-04-14.cmc68.eac.flac16" target="_blank">4/14/02</a>-<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-04-15.shnf" target="_blank">4/15/02</a> at the Vanderbilt in Plainview, NY. Now is my turn to be shocked in a positive way. The Asbury Park show was excellent. I remember at the time not thinking that much of it and not really listening to the tapes too much afterwards. I very much associate Spectacle and the Tunnel with my early Disco Biscuits experiences. They opened each set with commanding performances of these powerful songs. Hearing the <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2016-08-20.mk4v.flac16" target="_blank">Coney Island version</a> of Spectacle with the Hungry March Band was a treat for me. The meat of set 1 though is the Reactor>Shelby Rose(><)>Reactor. It's very strong. It was neat to hear the original version of Pilin' it High and the House Dog Party Favor is very good as well. House dog, to me, is the definitive Disco Biscuits tune and my personal favorite. This was my first time hearing it live. set 2 has some great moments too, including a Hot Air Balloon and a Very Moon with Al Schnier from Moe. sitting in.<br />
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The next night, in Plainview, NY, my life changed forever. I loved the Disco Biscuits before this show. I went from casually listening to them along with Phish, The Grateful Dead, String Cheese Incident, Keller Williams and any other jamband who were ripping it up at the time to seeing 6 shows in the month of April and 29 total shows in 2002.<br />
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The performance started with the Buddy Guy/ SRV version of Mary Had a Little Lamb that Barber specifically but the band as a whole, pulls off very nicely. Next up, the familiar bass line of Jane's Addiction's Three Days rumbles ominously through the club. The Biscuits covering this song is one of the things that got me interested in their music so I was very excited to hear it. From there they play a really nice, directed segue into Jigsaw Earth. It built the energy up phenomenally and got me really fired up at the time. The segue holds up really well on the 2017 listen. I'd be stoked to hear it live today. It's a rock solid version of Jigsaw that builds up an even more fiery jam. With a tremendous rush of energy they blast into I-man. Listening right now is giving me deep deep chills. At this point in the show, I knew I was seeing something special. They play I-man with beautiful dynamics, utilizing all the power the non-techno version can deliver. There is beautiful interplay between Marc and Jon as they get deeper into the jam with atmospheric support from Magner. Sammy is of course driving the ship expertly as usual.<br />
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The jam shifts keys and picks up tempo just past the 11 minute mark with Magner playing a lead line. Sammy's kick sounds so effing solid. He urges the jam forward with each fill and drop. Barber and Magner begin an interplay as Sammy picks up the tempo another big notch. They are hurtling now... but where to? Back into Jigsaw of course!!!! On the 2017 listen, the hints are definitely there, but I don't know if I knew the intricacies enough at the time to hear it coming. They are extremely locked in, energetic and playing the composition flawlessly. Sandwich segues (song A>song B>song A) are common for the biscuits but not necessarily so common for other jambands. Especially in 2002. It was pretty groundbreaking and an amazing way to control and manifest energy flow. They only briefly touched down in Jigsaw Earth. This train had other destinations in mind.<br />
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They lock into another tight groove and begin accelerating again after the Jigsaw tempo drop. More dynamic interplay between Magner and Barber is held rock solid by a driving and intricate bassline from Brownstein. This time Brownstein really drives the energy and direction of the segue. His line is active while still giving a solid pattern for Barber to shred over. Barber just kills this change, with melodic yet frenzied soloing which sounds absolutely amazing tone-wise thanks to his hollow-body Gibson. The drop back into I-man once again is giving me whole-body chills. On that night, at this moment, I knew I had to see this band as many times as I could. To see and feel this again. It was so incredibly creative, flitting back and forth between the two songs like this... and the band, with their inspired playing, had me in the palm of their hands. Coming out of the peak, there is a beautiful piano-driven jam that showcases the talents of all four members. A band known for deep and dirty electronic trance and drum and bass jams absolutely slays several minutes without heavy effects. When Magner does decide to play a synth line its this gorgeous shimmering bird song of a melody.<br />
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Brownstein then plays a melodic counterpoint with a subtle line from Barber, interacting as much with the drums as with the keys and bass.They strip the jam down to a very quiet back and forth between Barber and Brownstein with subtle support from Magner and Sammy. All while staying in the theme of the I-man outro jam. There is about 15 minutes of jamming in this second segment of I-man and not once does it get stale or repetitive. This dismantle and reassemble the jam several times tending towards quiet simplicity that critics of the Disco Biscuits untzyness would find very little ground to stand on with their standard critiques. The jam picks up a significant amount of fire as they begin to approach the final peak of I-man. Barber is building tension expertly with Magner choosing a piano tone again which nicely juxtaposes the ferocity of the jam. They peak it expertly, returning to the I-man composition for its resolution.<br />
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This isn't the end though. Not the end of this segment and certainly not the end of the show. Things are stripped down to simplicity once again with an interlocking jam with all 3 melodic players contributing a part of the whole. Sammy is interacting with all the players as well, connecting with Barber as only he could. Some funky key riffs from Magner take the jam down a new path which Brownstein soon locks into in earnest. Barber finds a unique place in the mix and Sammy feeds off of everyone and pours energy into his kit. The whole band is now barreling at warp speed towards their destination. Without a mental pause or musical hiccup, they launch back into Jigsaw Earth to sing the final verse:<br />
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<i> "I gathered myself, and rubbed my eyes, and wondered, did she know?
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That I put glass and concrete beams as tall as trees can grow.
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That I tear down the oldest statues, faces who've grown long
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She may have known, may not have cared, continued with her song..."</i></div>
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I tried to gather myself and rub my eyes but there was no coming back for me. I was a goner. And it was only set break. Set two starts with some chucklicious banter from Marc about Magner being "a funny f$%king guy" and then drops into a nicely shuffling Mulberry's Dream. The band sounds comfortable and confident, no doubt feeling pretty good after that monster first segment. It's a standard reading of the piece with some nice guitar work from Jon during the jam. Next up, a standalone Story of the World gets jammed out very nicely in the middle with a funky bass line from Brownstein driving the improvisation, while Magner and Barber both contribute to its development. Sammy's rhythm pattern starts off four on the floor before moving into a more rock oriented groove. A descending synth line from Magner signals a tempo increase for the band which finds everyone interlocking nicely and building back into the story composition.<br />
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<i>"You guys gotta take it easy at the hotel tonight. No seriously. The Disco Biscuits are low-pro".</i></div>
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<i>-Marc Brownstein </i></div>
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With these words of wisdom the Biscuits launch into the second major segment of the night with Frank Zappa's Pygmy Twylyte. The band launches immediately into group improv with a driving bass-line complemented by Barber interweaving with Magner's bleeps and bloops. A shift to a four on the floor beat from Sammy and a melodic synth line from Magner changes the jams direction dramatically. The band segues into the Big Happy theme which brought a huge smile to my face. I was a huge fan of <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2000-11-16.shnf" target="_blank">11/16/00</a> which interweaves The big Happy, Widow in the Rain and Pygmy to dramatic effect. This is a very interesting piece of music for the Disco Biscuits. From its seed was spawned both Highwire and I Remember When, which are still mainstays in their setlists. A triumphant major key jam, often weaving the Big Happy Theme back in, drops effortlessly into Helicopters. The composed Helicopters jam segment is appropriately dark and driving with ethereal synth sweeps from Magner setting the mood. Things get a bit more interesting as they leave the confines of the composed jam section about 7 minutes in. They quiet way down and Barber starts to develop a riff around Marc's bass part. Magner finds room to interject and Sammy...god Sammy is a magnificent beast.<br />
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Sammy drops the kick out and comes back in twice as hard and a little faster. His kick drum tone makes both the old gods and the new cry with joy. Brownstein begins to insert the Peter Gunn Theme bassline which eventually brings the rest of the gang on board. This tune is a spring tour 2002 exclusive for them, performed only four times. I have the honor of seeing two of the four performances. Its a brief sojourn this time. A sloppy drop right into Mindless Dribble can be forgiven for the intensity of the energy shift. The room goes absolutely buck wild. After the composition, they rapidly shift into a very laid back and quiet jam with a lot of flavor, hinting at the Dribble theme more and more. Excellent and patient jamming abounds during the first Dribble jam. The sustained tension note Barber holds just before the drop back into the composition is soul rending. The 'They missed the perfume' segment has an especially calypso feel from Magner's piano line. The second jam starts at a blistering pace with Magner hinting immediately at the return of Helicopters. Barber toys with an interesting riff and everyone else plays around a bit more, not quite ready to drop into the Helicopters yet.They manage to build up a tremendous amount of momentum and energy on the way to the final Helicopters peak. Barber is calmly leading while Magner soars. The drop back in is very clean and another set of Disco Biscuits skull-f*&kery is in the books.<br />
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The Disco Biscuits encored with the fifteenth (of 144 currently) performance of Astronaut. It was played in the encore spot more often in the 2001-2002 time period then it is today. This would be the last time it was used in this slot until 2004 and would be fairly uncommon as an encore from then on. It's a mellow and stripped down version of what the song would become. Its hard not to fast-forward 8 months and think about what a different beast the <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2002-10-05.shnf" target="_blank">Haymaker Astronaut</a> is compared to this version. There is some interesting Sammy-driven start/stop jamming but the 9 month old tune still hasn't found its true form yet. Every note is still a grace from god though. You know this.<br />
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That night, despite Marc's warnings, I ended up in the hotel next to the Vanderbilt. I was 20 and a goofy introvert so was in no danger of going too hard but did end up borrowing some crash space on the floor of my buddy Michael's friends room. More specifically the closet floor. I'd see and get to know my hosts Kieth, Kelli, Aimee and Bernie at shows for many more years and would be reminded of being the guy passed out in the closet lolol.<br />
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We drove back the next morning (Monday) and I even made it to class. I was a sophomore at SUNY Albany that year. after class I met up with Michael and Corey (what the deal) and gushed excitedly about how good the show was we had seen the night before. One thing led to another and we ended up driving back down from Albany to Plainview to see the next night. The first of many rash decisions relating to this band I'll never forget. Or regret.<br />
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I met Jay Cowit the summer of 2002. He had met some of my best friends from high school at NYU and they formed the band <a href="https://archive.org/details/WoundedBuffaloTheory" target="_blank">Wounded Buffalo Theory</a>. That summer they 'rented' an apartment over the SUNY dive bar known as the Town Tavern. Vic the owner left them a keg of Busch and the keys to the bar so they could rehearse. The apartment had a hole in the ceiling with a tub full of scuzz water collecting below it. The previous tenant was freak show star and body modification legend <a href="http://www.thelizardman.com/" target="_blank">Erik Sprague </a>and some of his ephemera was left behind. All in all an absolutely perfect venue to launch a band as mind-warpingly excellent as WBT. It no doubt shaped their darkly prog-infused psychedelia.<br />
I hung out at their rehearsals and struck up what would be a life-long friendship with Jay that revolved around music. We had both been at the Vanderbilt show and it was an early bonding moment for us, discussing its greatness. Jay and I and many of our friends went on to see lots of great live music, especially many, many, Disco Biscuits shows. I've also seen Jay's band play many times and its been an honor to witness some of the incredible music they've created. Jay had just met visual artist Justin Wood, also from the NYC scene, and went to the show with him.<br />
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Here Jay's spin on 4/14/02 with artwork by Justin Wood: <br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Second Show.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I got to the Vandy and was already somewhere not on earth. the whole
show starts as a fake out...a single blues cover, concise and normal.
The band is made of humans, you can see that...hell, the drummer even
loses a stick at one point.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">At the cover's conclusion, the person to the left of me screams "I have
LOST my mind." I was feeling transcendent myself, but confused...What
fascinating noise could take a person's mind that quickly, off something
so plain and innocent?</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When 3 Days begins, the feeling starts to become mutual. Blues song to
Jane's Addiction cover? It makes no sense. Except it already feels like
it does....which is hard to fathom. When the cover song branches out
into the ethos, things begin to occur to me. Words and concepts, twisted
and muddled but always spinning.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The spiral snake that follows is cunning and vicious, real and
fanged...the cyclical set never lets go. It squeezes around your body
like a constrictor, occasionally allowing a breath and then holding you
harder. It makes you struggle to follow it's changes, like chasing a
shadow. It walks gingerly and then marches like an army...the back and
forth between Jigsaw Earth and I-man is confounding, circular, and
difficult...even hypothetically impossible...but staggering and
monolithic. Each transition bleeds the preceding song, turning it inside
out; the coterminous song floods into the space, washing away the past and
phasing in the future. Both songs are so unambiguously natural to the
band...no other band could play either song to its full potential.
Still, the band twists the innards from each song, back and forth, back
and forth, and back...suffocating you, underneath the darkness of a
giant spiral snake.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">By the middle of the set, I was further fathoms away from understanding
anything...I was confused how a band could play so many hours before a
set break...I counted no fewer than 2 hours of music (it was an hour+)
..figured they'd be done after this set for sure. No one could make
more music after that...I was turned around and pulled in a million
directions.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And I desperately wanted more, forever.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've probably never had a more important musical epiphany, with regards
to what live improvisation and composition could be. It changed the way I
saw music. Entirely. It was a third eye opening experience....like a
long time artist being introduced not just to some new kinds of
paints...but an entirely different canvas format. It was a new way to
see language, in the form of music.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Every note of music I've played since April 14th 2002 owes something to
this show, and nearly every note of live music I've seen since then has
been, in some ways, compared to this show. Sometimes you see the face
of all things in momentary glimpses...but sometimes those glimpses can
last 15 years and beyond.</span></i><br />
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All photographs from the <a href="http://discobiscuits.net/setlists.php?id=627#pictures" target="_blank">disco biscuits internet project</a>. They have lots of pictures from earlier Disco Biscuits showsChris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-92045418765613813812017-03-23T12:06:00.001-07:002020-03-12T10:50:54.466-07:00Brokedown Palace: The Capitol Theatre and the Grateful DeadThe <a href="http://www.thecapitoltheatre.com/" target="_blank">Capitol Theatre</a> in Port Chester, NY, was only really a part of the Grateful Dead's 25 year career for a little over a year. Despite it being such a short time, it was a very important time. For the band, 1970 to early 1971 was a time of intense life events and explosive creativity. Factors that had tremendous influence on the Grateful Dead's performances at the Cap.<br />
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As a budding Grateful Dead enthusiast you might end up with a copy of the 2/18/71 show, first of the Betty Boards. Learn more about <a href="http://www.relix.com/articles/detail/whats_become_of_the_bettys" target="_blank">Betty Cantor Jackson's famous recordings</a> here!. You might have your face melted by the "beautiful Jam" in the Wharf Rat>Dark Star segue. Getting deeper into the lore you might hear about Capitol Theatre ushers <a href="http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/rye-brook-port-chester/2016/04/26/mysterious-tapers-capitol-theatre/83275892/" target="_blank">Ken and Judy Lee.</a> With permission from the owner, they made legendary early audience recordings from the Balcony of the Cap. These recordings are precious documents of the cultural phenomenon of a Grateful Dead show in 1970. If you were intrigued by these performances and continued with your research of the famed venue, you might stumble across this quote indicating even the Grateful Dead knew how special this place was at the time:<br />
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<i>"See, there's only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all
around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all
that - the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two
in the whole country."</i><br />
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<i>-Jerry Garcia</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mike Dubois's excellent tribute to the dead shows at the Cap (<a href="https://the-capitol-theatre.myshopify.com/collections/the-capitol-theatre/products/dose-of-the-dead-poster" target="_blank">available for sale here</a>)</i></td></tr>
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<b>Joe Russo's Almost Dead 12/27/13</b><i> </i><br />
A mystique seems to cling to the Capitol Theatre. When Pete Shapiro opened it back up and started putting on rock shows<i>, </i>I knew I had to check it out. My first show there was the <a href="https://archive.org/details/jrad2013-12-27.cmc641.flac16" target="_blank">12/27/13</a> performance of <a href="http://www.joerussosalmostdead.com/" target="_blank">Joe Russo's Almost Dead</a>. I absolutely adore <a href="https://archive.org/details/BrothersPast" target="_blank">Brothers Past</a>. I saw them as much as I could in and after college, catching around 40 shows before they disbanded. <a href="http://www.nyctaper.com/2013/01/joe-russos-almost-dead-january-26-2013-brooklyn-bowl-flacmp3streaming/" target="_blank">A NYC Taper article and accompanying </a>recording began circulating of a band called Joe Russo's Almost Dead. While I had seen and adored Joe Russo in a number of different <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3KtqK9voi4" target="_blank">projects</a>, the real excitement for me was Tommy Hamilton of Brothers Past playing Grateful Dead music. Playing Dead music exceptionally well with an unbelievable band. When they announced a second date, this time at the legendary Capitol Theatre, I and a ton of friends all made the trip from various points of the compass and had a super fun night. They played an incredible show and an informative one for me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long time co-conspirators Tom Hamilton and Joe Russo 12/27/13</td></tr>
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My passion for the Grateful Dead really started to take off in 2011-12. I went from a casual listener to an attentive one, beginning to follow trails, study eras and sink deeper into the immensity of their legacy. For the JRAD show in 2013, I was about 100 shows deep into my research. Imagine my surprise when they started the show with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=837L3yBRLF8" target="_blank">Cream Puff War</a>, a tune I honestly wasn't too familiar with! I also heard the entire <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdfjbGAFkdE" target="_blank">Terrapin Suite</a> for the first time that night. I still had a lot to learn. Evidently primal and album Dead needed to be investigated more thoroughly! <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I’m truly grateful to have caught their second live
performance. I continue to see them when I can, listen to the<a href="https://archive.org/details/JoeRussosAlmostDead" target="_blank"> beautiful recordings being made</a> and rock couch tour streams with friends. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are among the most talented musicians in
all of live music today. They pay homage to the legacy of the Grateful Dead in
the most authentic of ways while redefining improvisational music and whats
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: Marco Benevento, Tom Hamilton, Joe Russo, Dave Dreiwitz and Scott Metzger 12/27/13</td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photos from Mark Dershowitz's excellent gallery on the Waster. <a href="http://www.thewaster.com/photography/joe-russos-almost-dead-12-27-13-capitol-theatre-port-chester-ny/" target="_blank">Check out the rest here</a></span></i></div>
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When <a href="http://www.discobiscuits.com/" target="_blank">the Disco Biscuits</a> announced their debut at the Capitol Theatre, levels of excitement and anticipation set ultra high for the JRAD show were exceeded. The Disco Biscuits are my favorite live act of all time and following their music has shaped my adult life significantly. I was also over 2 years and several hundred shows deeper into my Grateful Dead obsession so the true import of the Capitol Theatre in their creation myth was more fully revealed to me at this point. I decided as a mental and spiritual preparation for the biscuits at the Cap, I was going to listen to all of the shows the Dead played there in 1970 and 1971 in order and take some notes.<br />
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<b>March 1970</b><br />
<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd70-03-20.sbd.late.hamilton.14287.sbeok.shnf"> 3/20/70</a></i><br />
<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd70-03-21.early.lee.pcrp.20184.sbeok.shnf">3/21/70 Early Show</a></i><br />
<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1970-03-21.144604.late.sonyf95.remaster.lee.hance.sirmick.flac1644">3/21/70 Late Show</a></i><br />
The phenomenal <a href="http://deadessays.blogspot.com/">Dead Essays Blog</a> has a fascinating piece on the integration of acoustic music into the Grateful Dead's performances from 1969-1970 (<a href="http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/deads-acoustic-sets-1969-1970.html" target="_blank">read it here</a>). In the March shows at the Cap, we see one of the steps in that evolution. They play an early electric show followed by a late show in which they go Electric>Acoustic>Electric. It must've been shocking for the audience to see the rippin', eardrum rattling psychedelic blues rock band they knew put on such a different face. The audience was extremely rowdy and the band threw it right back. Through the years, the band talks to the audience less and less, so to listen to a night with constant running dialog between band and audience is very special. There is a lot to discover and treasure. Grateful Dead scholar Patrick Kinsella cites the <a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1970-03-21.late.aud.lee.pcrp.21779.shnf/PCRPgd1970-03-21Ld1t03.shn" target="_blank">jam in Dancin' in the Streets on 3/21/70</a> as his favorite moment of Grateful Dead improvisation of all time. It is well worth investing 17 minutes and 49 seconds investigating this claim.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mickey Hart 11/6/70</td></tr>
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The Grateful Dead had recorded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workingman's_Dead" target="_blank">Workingman's Dead</a> in February, just before the March shows. They would record <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_(album)" target="_blank">American Beauty</a> intermittently from August to October. The band, along with lyricist <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/arts/music/robert-hunter-dead.html">Robert Hunter</a>, had entered one of their most prolific periods. The Grateful Dead took the music they were composing with Hunter on the road for several extensive tours,where the songs and their sound developed and evolved. This new music was a dosed interpretation of Americana. The writing style and studio efforts stripped down the ornate work on the last two albums and focused on voice and song. Composition was more minimal and sparse, with room to breathe. Acoustic sounds were integrated with a potent effect on the tone/ feel of the music. A shift from psychedelic blues to country and traditional music. I heard these two albums many times before I ever heard a live recording of the Grateful Dead. Those listens deeply shaped my impression of the band and their music. My dad played me the tapes, which I eventually "borrowed" indefinitely. Hearing the primitive versions of these songs taking shape in their performances at the Capitol Theater so many years after my initial exposure felt like a full circle moment in my listening journey.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob Weir 11/6/70</td></tr>
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<b>6/24/70</b><br />
<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd_nrps70-06-24.aud.pcrp5.23062.sbeok.flacf" target="_blank">Ken and Judy Lee's Audience Recording</a> </i><b><br /></b><br />
The Grateful Dead Return to the Capitol Theatre in June. This time they brought along the <a href="https://thenewriders.com/" target="_blank">New Riders of the Purple Sage</a>. It was billed as "An Evening With the Grateful Dead" which they had started touring in May. The Dead play acoustic, then the New Riders play (with Jerry Garcia on Pedal Steel guitar and Micky Hart on drums), followed by an extended electric Dead set. Workingman's Dead was released on June fourteenth. This performance finds the band straddling its late 60's sound and where Workingman's Dead and American Beauty would lead them in the early 70's. They were still playing blistering, monumental psychedelic jam music, most notably the Dark Star/ Attics sequence but are playing roots music like Candyman, Uncle John's Band and Friend of the Devil so very beautifully. This show is a delicate moment of flux and transition for the Grateful Dead and the brittle intimacy of Ken Lee's recording is the perfect transportation device to take you there. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jerry Garcia backstage 11/6/70</td></tr>
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<b>November 1970</b></div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd70-11-05.aud.warner.17182.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><i>11/5/70 </i></a><b></b></div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd70-11-06.aud.warner.17183.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><i>11/6/70</i></a><b></b></div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd70-11-07.aud.warner.10306.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><i>11/7/70</i></a><b></b></div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1970-11-08.aud.lee.pcrp.26975.shnf" target="_blank"><i>11/8/70</i></a><b><br /></b></div>
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Theatre/Grateful Dead Magic.
11/6 and 11/8 tend to get the most attention as they have the best sound quality but there is plenty of X factor throughout all four nights. There's something about listening to these nights in their entirety that's so satisfying and calming to me. First the acoustic Dead, transitioning perfectly into the New Riders set, followed by face-melting electric Dead. Of all the Capitol Theatre Grateful Dead performances, this run is my favorite. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mickey Hart in a moment of reflection 11/6/70</td></tr>
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The recordings of the Capitol Theatre performances in 1970 offer a vibrant historic sampling of the Grateful Dead at critical point in their career. <a href="https://qello.com/concert/Classic-Albums-Anthem-To-Beauty-2477">The back to back release of Workingman's Dead and American Beauty</a> mark the transition of the band from regional infamy to legitimate fame. The year of 1970 is an incredible one for them musically with countless performance highlights and the respective shows at the Cap manage to nicely sample each phase of the year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob Weir in the zone 11/6/70</td></tr>
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<b>February 1971</b></div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd71-02-18.sbd.orf.107.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><i>2/18/71</i></a></div>
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<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd71-02-19.sbd.orf.1029.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank">2/19/71</a></i></div>
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<i><a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1971-02-20.sbd.cantor-crouch-diebert-gmb.85912.sbeok.flac16" target="_blank">2/20/71</a></i></div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd71-02-21.sbd.lunz.1980.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><i>2/21/71 </i></a></div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd1971-02-23.sbd.miller.110353.flac16" target="_blank"><i>2/23/71</i></a></div>
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/gd71-02-24.sbd.orf.114.sbeok.shnf" target="_blank"><i>2/24/71</i></a></div>
While only three months pass between the November 1970 and February 1971 runs, we have ourselves a very different band. On night one, they debut five new songs, all of which find their forever home in the Grateful Dead's sets. Bertha, Loser (my personal favorite dead song), Greatest Story Ever Told (which hadn't taken its final shape yet), Johnny B. Goode (RIP Check Berry) and Wharf Rat arrive and set the tone for how this band would continue to evolve in the coming years. While I'd read about and listened to the 2/18/71 "beautiful Jam" out of Wharf Rat and back into Dark Star several times, I wasn't prepared for my most recent listening experience in preparation to write this post. It moved me as deeply as any piece of Grateful Dead live performance I've listened to. It sent several waves of goosebumps across my body and gave me that soaring feeling in my heart that only comes from experiencing true art's brush with the divine. Its amazing how you can experience the same performance by the Grateful Dead many times and discover something new with each reading. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jerry Garcia connecting 11/6/70</td></tr>
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On night two, Deal and Birdsong, which would find their way on to Jerry Garcia's first solo album in 1972 are debuted, but certainly the bigger news is the departure of drummer Mickey Hart. The details of this situation are written about quite well in the blogs I've linked below so I wont go too crazy into detail. Mickey's father had been managing the band and was caught stealing. When the jig was up, he cut himself a fat check in March of 1970 and ran off, leaving the Dead nearly penniless. Mickey grew increasingly distraught and despondent over the course of 1970 and after the first night of the February Cap run, leaves the band. Thankfully he did return in October 1974. While Bill Kreutzmann does an incredible job during his time as the sole drummer, you get an almost palpable sense of loss and confusion from the playing on 2/19/71. Over the course of the remaining nights of the run, the band gets back on their feet and continue to dial in the new material which would be featured on the self-titled live album known by many fans as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead_(album)" target="_blank">Skull and Roses</a>. The simplification of the sound down to one drummer, coupled with some new, rockin' material, changed the sound of the Grateful Dead significantly from 1970 to 1971. The Psychedelic church music of 1970 was distilled down to a concise honky tonk blues rock sound that still managed to wiggle quite a bit around the edges. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mickey Hart preparing the gong 11/6/70</td></tr>
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heavily in the era when the Grateful Dead performed at the Capitol Theatre. Jerry Garcia loses his mother. Phil Lesh's father passed during the recording
of American Beauty. He wrote Box of Rain with Robert Hunter for him. One of the
most touching stories from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Searching-Sound-Life-Grateful-Dead/dp/0316154490" target="_blank">Phil’s autobiography </a>is him rushing off to perform
this piece which he was so proud of, for his father in the hospital on his
death bed. Janis Joplin was a friend of the band, and especially close to Ron
"Pigpen" McKernan, sharing with him love of and commitment to the
blues. Birdsong, which debuted at the Cap in 1971, was written as a memorial to
Janis. With the betrayal of the Grateful Dead by Lenny Hart, the band not only
lost a big chunk of money, they lost a piece of their innocence. More sadly
still, Mickey lost his father. Following this, the Grateful Dead (temporarily thankfully) lose Mickey. Their involvement in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert" target="_blank">Altamont tragedy</a> weighed heavily on their consciences in
this time period as well, spawning both Mason’s Children and New Speedway Boogie. Great
art often grows out of the muck of sadness and loss. I believe that
these shows, the band’s evolution, and the path they'd take in life were deeply affected
by tragedy. They did not sink into despair or quit, however. They instead,
created a legacy of beauty that grows stronger with time.</div>
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The Grateful Dead's performances at the Capitol Theatre between
1970-71 offer a truly potent document of some of their best playing in a tumultuous era, both for them and the world as a whole. The members of the
band were dealing with personal loss and betrayal, while still coming of age. All
the while a social movement, which they played a significant part in, rose and
fell (but did it fall entirely?). The Grateful Dead reacted in the way that true artists have reacted to
trials, loss and strife through time: creating. They created incredible music
of course, their most visible legacy. Songs that will resonate for eternity and
fleeting superlative performances we are blessed to have any traces of. They also created
community though, an equally important contribution which can at times be
overshadowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first the community
they created was close to them. Friends, lovers, the crew, the pranksters, the
bikers, the alchemists and the suits. The community grew through time, fostered
by their unique approach to live performance, business and life in general. It became the
much larger scene which crystallized in the 1980’s, still exists today, and is currently
accepting applications. Meeting daily on the internet, in venue parking lots
and the muddy/ dusty fields of summer. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob Weir 11/6/70</td></tr>
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It’s easy to notice the theme of darkness vs light in the
music and iconography of the Grateful Dead. It’s also easy to dismiss as hippie
dreck, Jerry and company as bearers of the light, vanquishers of darkness and
evil. Maybe they're just humble conduits of the holy frequency...the vibration of life? They are humans after all. Low tech meat bags shot through with sentient electricity.
Whether they created this light, this beauty, or were simply conduits is
fascinating to ponder but not necessarily important to fully understand. What’s important is that it happened
and still is happening. The beauty of the music and society built around the
Grateful Dead, <i>was and is</i> that you can seek refuge from the darkness,
battle it, or join its ranks on any given night. <u>You</u> can participate in the
endless battle-dance of darkness and light. If only for 3 or 4 hours at a time. It’s
more than most people get. </div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">"One way or another, this darkness got to give." </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">-Robert Hunter</span></span></div>
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<b>The Disco Biscuits 3/26/16</b></div>
There is no doubt in my mind that the cosmic goo the Dead smeared all over the Capitol Theatre left a significant residue. J and I were beyond excited for our first show since our son Hunter was born in November of 2015. We had a babysitter and a hotel with all our friends! Stars seemed aligned early as one of my favorite modern music artists <a href="http://serlostudios.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Mark Serlo</a> had designed a stunning psychedelic poster and matching pin for the run. Our dear friends Jay and Cate went to both nights so I pleaded with them to grab me one of each on night one, knowing they would definitely sell out. Also, Brandon Lawwill (Bee L. Designs) had designed a great pin with the venue and signature biscuits laser light show, so I got a ten pack of those to share with my friends and sell a couple as well.<br />
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It was great to catch up with old friends and rage a pre-show hotel party like the old days. Well this old guy should've known I can't throw down like I used to haha. I slugged beers like a 25 year old and ended up in the 'too much too fast' club for the show. I had to sit for large portions. Luckily, we had invested in loge seats which are the front row of the balcony, considered by many (now including myself) as the <a href="https://www.thecapitoltheatre.com/venue-info/" target="_blank">best seats in that house</a>. There in my seat I witnessed a truly spectacular Disco Biscuits performance I'll never forget. One that will likely live in my top 10 forever.<br />
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The first set was tremendous, with an extended intro jam to Bernstein and Chasnoff getting things started in a way to let you know that the Grateful Dead's legacy in this room was understood by The Disco Biscuits. Every segue was creative and the peak in the inverted Shelby Rose was one of the most furious I've ever heard. Barber attacks and stretches out the peak to the point of madness. They finished the first set by completing the Bernstein and Chasnoff. It was at this point I realized they hadn't stopped once. This isn't entirely out of character for the Disco Biscuits but this set was particularly unrelenting and fluid.<br />
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We tried to get our heads together after the biscuits had scrambled our brain waves for an hour and a half but no amount of recovery could prepare us for the second set. <a href="http://www.discobiscuits.net/songs.php?id=81&active=lyrics" target="_blank">Hope</a> is probably my favorite Disco Biscuits song as far as lyrical content. It's a message I take very seriously. Starting the second set with it shook me deeply in the best way possible. The second set sequence of Hope>(><) Above the Waves>Mr. Don>Home (LCD Soundsytem cover)>Helicopters was truly a triumphant performance for the ages. It delivered everything the potential of this band promises. The Biscuits had debuted Home by<a href="https://lcdsoundsystem.com/" target="_blank"> LCD Soundsystem</a> at <a href="http://campbisco.com/" target="_blank">Camp Bisco</a> the previous summer which I had missed. I'm a huge fan of LCD and the album 'This Is Happening', which Home is off of so I was thrilled to get the chance to hear it live. The standing ovation the band rightfully received at the end of the night is a moment I'll never forget. I've been in far bigger crowds and far louder crowds but I've never felt so intensely the energy of elation and gratitude that I felt from that roaring applause.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saint Barber candle by <a href="http://etsy.com/shop/UpstateHoods" target="_blank">Upstatehoods</a></td></tr>
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While I'm sure the soundboard recording of the show is great, I thought it right and proper in the tradition of the Cap to listen to Jesse Hurlburt's <a href="https://archive.org/details/db2016-03-26.mk4v.flac16" target="_blank">audience recording</a> to relive the experience. This recording is spectacular and transmits the energy exchange between the band and the fans admirably. <br />
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<b>Addendum: Bobby's birthday party 10/16/16 </b><br />
I hope I'm never done seeing concerts at the Capitol Theater. When the tour was announced supporting Bob Weir's stunning <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mountain-Bob-Weir/dp/B01JGW07FU" target="_blank">Blue Mountain</a> solo album, I was elated to see he would play at the Cap on his birthday. That excitement quickly dissolved when I struck out on the pre-sale as well as the regular sale. The secondary market prices were instantly and consistently way out of my league so I made peace with not going and life went on. The week of the show I saw a floor ticket offered up in a Grateful Dead marketplace on Facebook. I made inquiries and found out that the ticket was not only still available but was being sold by a former co-worker! Smalbany, Weir everywhere etc. J was kind enough to encourage me to go and that she would take care of Hunter for the evening. A few days later I found myself cruising down the Taconic Parkway for a quick visit to the Cap.<br />
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I can't remember the last time I had gone solo to see a show but it had definitely been a while. There was a Peruvian fair going on right across the street so I'll always associate the smells of delicious food and the echoes of Peruvian dance music bouncing down Westchester Avenue with my experience that night. I shared a moment under the marquee with another fan, taking it all in and smiling. I wandered the theater a bit before making my way down to the floor. I thought about all those spectacular Dead shows. Then I thought about the spectacular music I had witnessed there myself. Then I grabbed a beer.<br />
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Remembering the JRAD show, I knew it was going to be close quarters if I wanted to get close on the floor but I decided to commit to it anyway. The way I figured it, I may never get a chance like this again to see anyone from the Grateful Dead so up close and personal in such an intimate venue. The artwork for the Blue Mountain album was shown on a large screen behind the stage, which was packed with instruments. The stark and monochromatic western landscapes were evocative of the album's music and struck a deep chord in my soul as a lover of nature. Bobby came out alone with his acoustic and played four songs. One More Saturday Night (snickering about missing it the night before, as it was Sunday), Peggy-O (which was breathtaking), When I Paint my Masterpiece (in Honor of Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize) and Blue Mountain (the title track off the new album).<br />
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Next he brought out the Campfire Tour band and played five songs off of Blue Mountain, with Dark Hollow (featuring the very talented <a href="http://www.lesliemendelson.com/" target="_blank">Leslie Mendelson</a> singing harmonies with Bobby) thrown in for good measure. A trio of vocalists, the <a href="https://thebandanasplits.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandana Splits</a> thickened out the sound soulfully. I had decided to wait on listening to the album until I had heard it live so it was all new to me. After the original drummer of the Disco Biscuits, <a href="http://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/sam-altman" target="_blank">Sam Altman</a>, left the band, I sort of fell out of listening to jam music and ended up discovering a lot of great indie/ college radio music that was happening at the time. Bands like <a href="http://arcadefire.com/site/" target="_blank">Arcade Fire</a>, <a href="https://boniver.org/" target="_blank">Bon Iver</a>, <a href="https://www.cloudcult.com/" target="_blank">Cloud Cult</a>, <a href="http://ironandwine.com/" target="_blank">Iron and Wine</a> and <a href="http://americanmary.com/" target="_blank">the National</a> really struck a chord with me. When Bobby started collaborating with members of the National I was so excited to see what the merging of two of my favorite kinds of music would yield. The end result was truly spectacular. The songs are delicate, soulful and shimmered with energy. Accessing a type of emotional response I don't commonly associate with jam-bands. I stood rapt, shoulder to shoulder with my fellow music lovers for all the first set, forgetting about the empty plastic beer cup clutched in my hand.<br />
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I was still reeling from the music after the lights came up for set break. I decided to hang tight since I didn't really need a beer or a bathroom break. I wasn't alone. The crowd hardly budged over the course of the 40 minute set break, if anything getting thicker as set 2 approached. It was an exercise in musical devotion to stay on my feet haha. Since Hunter was born, I just can't keep up like I used to. I get sore and tired at shows. This was a worthy cause though and all my efforts paid off as the house lights went down and the walls of the Cap started writhing with color. Leslie Mendelson came out once again, this time to help out on Mamma Tried. West L.A. Fadeaway came sauntering up next along with the dawning realization that set 2 was likely going to be just jammed out Dead tunes. Joy! Ecstacy! Tired back be damned! Leslie M added the Donna parts beautifully to a melodic Eyes of the World which had me in a flowy music trance head-space.<br />
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The Bandana Splits came back out for Uncle John's Band and with Leslie already on stage, it sounded like a massive (yet professional) campfire singalong. While I love the album version of UJB, I often find live versions (especially later ones) to be a bit of a train wreck. This performance though was truly Uncle John's Band how it was meant to sound. It reverberated melodically around the hall with most of the crowd adding their voice to the mix. Morning Dew was monumentally, ground shakingly awesome. Bobby really hits this one out of the park here and with Dead and Company. Not Fade Away wrapped up set 2 of Bobby's 69th birthday show perfectly with the entire room taking up the signature Not Fade Away chant for several minutes after the band had left the stage.<br />
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Bobby came out for the encore in a cowboy hat and before you knew it, Pete Shapiro and company were throwing hundreds of baby blue cowboy hats into the audience while presenting him with a cake. I'm sure Shapiro gets sick of comparisons with Bill Graham but these special touches certainly evoke Uncle Bobo. We all donned our hats for a solo Ki Yi Bossie. The band came back out (also wearing the baby blue cowboy hats) and closed the night with a lovely and perfect Brokedown Palace which was met with a roaring ovation. There was a free stream of the show that night and this <a href="https://archive.org/details/bweir2016-10-16.bweir2016-10-16" target="_blank">lovely recording</a> has stayed on my iPod ever since. <br />
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I am deeply grateful for this (no longer) Brokedown Palace in Port Chester, New York. The Grateful Dead's groundbreaking and awe-inspiring performances there makes it, to me, one of the most important venues from their formative time.With modern acts from both inside and outside of the jam community playing there regularly, and with Bobby and Phil still playing there (a lot!), its one of the most vital rooms to see live music today. Based on the quality of music the Grateful Dead played there in 1970 and 1971 and my experiences these past few years, I have no doubt that there is magic in this stately old theater. Whether you want to call it the X factor, as the deadheads did or <i>Bisco</i> as bisco kids call it. That special something where the walls between the audience and the band, between every soul in the room, the very fabric of time itself, seems to dissolve and unify. This seems to happen at the Capitol Theatre. A lot. <br />
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<b>Further Reading</b> <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.deadlistening.com/2009/12/1970-march-21-capitol-theater.html">http://www.deadlistening.com/2009/12/1970-march-21-capitol-theater.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.deadlistening.com/2008/04/1970-june-24-capitol-theatre.html">http://www.deadlistening.com/2008/04/1970-june-24-capitol-theatre.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.deadlistening.com/2009/03/1970-november-6-capitol-theatre.html">http://www.deadlistening.com/2009/03/1970-november-6-capitol-theatre.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.deadlistening.com/2008/02/1970-november-8-capitol-theater.html">http://www.deadlistening.com/2008/02/1970-november-8-capitol-theater.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/port-chester-november-1970.html">http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/port-chester-november-1970.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.glidemagazine.com/95438/steel-cut-oats-10-back-to-the-cap-port-chester-70/">http://www.glidemagazine.com/95438/steel-cut-oats-10-back-to-the-cap-port-chester-70/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://patch.com/new-york/portchester/legendary-port-chester-grateful-dead-feb-19-1971" target="_blank"> http://patch.com/new-york/portchester/legendary-port-chester-grateful-dead-feb-19-1971</a></span>Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190475693601243703.post-37007760939946631252017-02-16T07:24:00.001-08:002017-11-30T11:15:43.955-08:00Disco Biscuits/ Ratdog/ Phil Lesh and Friends, SPAC 7/22/01I came to Albany in Fall of 2000 to attend SUNY. I came up with a big group of my high school friends and we had a pretty memorable first year. I did not do well in school. My parents were less than pleased and offered me a couple of options to avoid murder. I chose what I considered the best one: take some summer courses and try my damnedest to turn around my academic career. My buddy Justin and I sublet an apartment on Washington Ave in the heart of the 'student ghetto' as its known and got jobs as mobile frozen dessert vendors as we liked to call it. We sold Italian ice, lemonade, Ben and Jerry's bars and soft serve at craft fairs, Albany city events and the like. It was not a glamorous or well paying job.<br />
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Justin and I shared an appreciation for jambands with Phish being the main act we had in common. We both dug the dead though and with the SPAC show coming up, decided to go and hatched a scheme: we'd buy two jugs of Guido's (yes his name was actually Mark Guido) homemade Italian Ice and hustle it on lot. We made a crayon drawn sign advertising our wares and tried to figure out a good cooler situation. Business was initially slow. I wasn't the best hype man at the time and Italian ice isn't exactly a standard lot treat though we figured it was a decent bet on a hot summer day. As the afternoon progressed the ice started getting soft and more and more folks were heading in. I think we were definitely shy of breaking even at that point but weren't exactly stressing, we were doing it more for fun than to profit. So we decided to start giving it away so we could go into the show. A funny thing happened though which makes sense now that I understand human nature and deadhead nature better: once we had a crowd of folks taking free yums, someone in the group would invariably give us some money. It kept repeating and soon enough we had made about double the money we had made actually trying to sell the ices hahaha.<br />
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We made our way into the show during Ratdog's Friend of the Devil. We had missed the entirety of the Disco Biscuits set and 2 songs from the Ratdog set. Its amusing to me looking back that I missed the biscuits set. Less than 2 months later I'd see my first biscuits show at Saratoga Winners (<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-09-07_schoepsCMC64.flac16/db2001-09-07SchoepsCMC64d1t1.flac" target="_blank">9/7/01</a>) which began a lifelong relationship/ obsession with a lil jamtronica band from Philadelphia.<br />
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<b>The Disco Biscuits Set</b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/db2001-07-22.akg481.flac16/db2001-07-22d1t01.flac" target="_blank">Terrific Audience recording from Tim Danielson</a><b> </b><br />
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Aceetobee, Shelby Rose, Helicopters, Jigsaw Earth (1),
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My memories of the other two sets is spotty at best and nonexistent for the biscuits set since I didn't make it inside so this review is coming from my 2017 listening experience. Much like the Grateful Dead, the Disco Biscuits often struggle to translate the full experience of one of their shows to a shorter festival style set. I wasn't expecting all that much out of this set so was pleasantly surprised to find it to be pretty awesome and a good representation of what the band was bringing to the table in 2001. They start with Aceetobee at a leisurely pace indicating a comfortable band. They shook of their warm up jitters through the composition and found a plaintive and ethereal space for the jam. I think it was a cool choice for them to start this set with an extended jam rather than trying to catch the audience with a quick standard composition. The jam was very representative of the 2001 sound and stretched this Aceetobee out to nearly 15 minutes.<br />
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Shelby Rose comes down the pipe next. The tempo is relatively fast for the tune. I haven't listened to much 2001 biscuits lately so can't compare to other versions from the era. This song is one of the best examples of how this band plays with tension and release style jamming. The jam within is a dark minor key, often drum and bass style onslaught that peaks into a triumphant major key led by virtuoso guitarist Jon Gutwilig. He ultimately controls the peak and release of this element of the jam and I've heard versions where he dips back, tantalizes and nearly tortures the audience holding back that key change. It can create some furious, at times dissonant soul rattling improvisation. This version is much more concise and reigned in at a paltry 10 minutes, yet still manages to convey what the song is capable of.<br />
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Helicopters could be considered the definitive piece of music for the Disco Biscuits. It best exemplifies their sound and its mix of dark electronic music with classic jam improv. For me, begining my biscuits journey in 2000/01, versions from this time period very much remind me of my falling in love with this band. All songs were standalones from this show so they just launch right into helicopters. The jam out of the compositions is way darker, more aggressive and raging then I could've thought possible from the tight festival set format. They really rip it apart while keeping it to a tight 9 minute version.<br />
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Jigsaw Earth comes next and is the heaviest hitter of the night at 16 minutes. They start off with a Tunnel tease from Gutwilig during the opening instrumental. I love the format of Jigsaw with several jam segments that often expand out and accelerate way out of the original shuffling groove of the song until it has to be reigned back in for the next verse. This track often goes very drum and bassy like Shelby, especially in this time period. On this night, each jam takes the improv out a bit farther in this version and they manage to showcase their talents for the crowds filtering in for the dead guys. Before playing their last song bassist Marc Brownstein talks about seeing his first concert ever at SPAC (Men at Work haha) and thanking Phil and the rest for bringing them out on this tour as it was their last night.<br />
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They launch into the appropriate Home Again for their final track and gave me an incredible dose of nostalgia for my sophomore year of college. I did manage to turn my bad streak in school around that summer, doing well in a history and archaeology class. I especially enjoyed the archaeology class (after failing it that past spring haha) as my teacher was a grad student who was digging Maya sites in Mexico and got me really interested in Mesoamerican archaeology. Through 2001-2002 I took more archaeology classes and really enjoyed them. I had some direction! I also got more and more passionate about seeing jamband shows fueled by the fast internet speeds on our campus and the explosion of file sharing. All of a sudden we had access to tons of live music, including shows we'd just seen! Hearing this Home Again while walking into work brought me back to walking to class from Colonial Quad with my headphones on and spinning whatever biscuits CD I had just burned. It was a truly inspiring and formative time for me. Here 15 years later I'm an archaeologist by trade whose passion for live music has only deepened.<br />
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<b>Ratdog</b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/RD2001-07-22.RD01-07-22_Saratoga/Ratdog01-07-22_16bit_T01.flac" target="_blank">Chris LaPorte's Nak300 Audience Recording</a><b> </b><br />
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The jam into Blackbird is quite lovely to start out. Once again we have a wonderful, vibrant audience recording. I recently learned that some of the best audience recordings are from outdoor venues since there's no walls for the sound to bounce off of which was contrary to what I had previously believed. So neat to keep learning. An excellent Me and My Uncle leads into Friend of the Devil which is where I entered the show all those years ago. This was a really cool moment for me. I grew up listening to American Beauty the most of all my dead stuff and those songs I tend to cherish especially so seeing one of these tunes as my first ever live dead experience was pretty special. Kenny Brooks on Sax and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Chimenti" target="_blank">Jeff Chimenti</a> on keys enter into the mix on FOTD. I didn't take note at the time of just how jazzy Ratdog is but listening now I really enjoy it and how different the sound is than many post-dead projects. I'm an unrepentant Dead and Company fan so its also cool to know I saw Jeff way back when. I absolutely adore his playing.<br />
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The Ratdog original Bury Me Standing comes next and I can definitely dig this tune. It's cool that Bobby was still interested in writing new music and wasn't just playing dead tunes. They segue into an uptempo and swinging Good Morning Little School that is a radical departure from the Pigpen led version I'm used to. The Bob Weir classic Playing in the Band comes up next and starts an extended block of segued tunes that sees the band stretching out and showing off their chops. Rob Wasserman is still playing double bass with a bow which gives this song a very unique feel compared to what I'm used to. They spiral fully into intense psychedelia before giving way into Uncle John's Band. Kenny Brook's leads on sax during the opening of UJB is quite lovely and manages to suit the song very well. During the between verse jamming, The Chimenti/ Brooks interplay shines again. On the segue out, Mark Karan contributes some tasty lead guitar as well which is a nice change as Brooks has been primarily holding down the lead lines.<br />
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October Queen with its musical homage and lyrical content really hitting that jazzy swing of New Orleans erupts from Uncle John's. Including in this segment is The Deep End instrumental which I'm not familiar enough with Ratdog material to really differentiate from the rest of the tune. The smoky Wasserman/ Weir track Even So segues very nicely out of October Queen. I'm very familiar with this tune after Dead and Company played it summer of 2016 as a tribute to Rab Wasserman shortly after his passing (<a href="https://www.jambase.com/article/dead-company-honor-rob-wasserman-boulder" target="_blank">check out the jambase article here</a>). I get a definite feel for the Ratdog sound of this era during this jam segment. The jam takes a dark and spooky turn that segues very nicely into He's Gone. This band can definitely play really nice. The crowd was naturally very excited to hear to dead classic and they hit it at just the right funky pace for a summer sunny day.<br />
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The pace starts picking up out of the end of He's Gone and it becomes clear even without the Phil Bomb that we are heading into The Other One. Jay Lane plays expertly off of Brooks with Bobby organizing the charge. They only do the first verse before segueing into an 'Other One Jam' with Jeff getting weird on some synth effects followed by some sick Wasserman basslines. So interesting to hear classical bass wailing dead tunes! Out of the rumbling of Jay Lane's drums came the familiar pattern of Samson and Delilah. Such a natural segue I'm surprised it never occurred to the dead! Brooks switches up to alto sax which lends a much more rock and roll feel to the jam than the more jazz oriented baritone he uses for the majority of the show (note: I may have my sax names confused). I really enjoy his playing in this band. It reminds me a lot of what Leroi Moore added to the Dave Matthews Band. <br />
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The band next slowly noodles in to a reflective and lovely Terrapin Station. While other dead renditions from Ratdog are very different than what I'm used to hear with Dead and Company, this Terrapin could easily be confused with a Dead and Co version. The tempo rapidly accelerates as the band segues back into Uncle John's Band, a lovely way to close out a fun, well-played and diverse set.<br />
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<b>Phil Lesh and Friends </b><br />
<a href="https://archive.org/details/2001-07-22.paf.mbho-ehrsam.vernon.4956.sbeok.flacf/phil01-07-22d1t01tuning.flac" target="_blank"> Ben Ehrsam's Audience Source</a><b><br /></b><br />
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SET 1<br />
Jam >Shakedown Street ( with Wheel-ish Jam ), Music Never Stopped
>Good Lovin, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys >Tennessee Jed, Tons
Of Steel <br />
SET 2<br />
Jam>Viola Lee Blues ( with Mt. Jam tease), Duprees Diamond Blues, Night
Of 1000 Stars > Spacey Jam >Lucy In The Sky > Jam
>Masons Children, The Wheel >The Other One >The Wheel
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It's pretty fascinating to have 3 different beautiful sources for the three different performances on this day. All of them are terrific and have slightly different flavors. I have slightly more vivid memories of moments from Phil compared to Ratdog but mores-so what songs they played as opposed to memories of the music. A nice patient jam in leads to rowdy Shakedown. Who doesn't love a shakedown opener? They get pretty deep into it including a wheel jam. Next up Bobby steps out and joins the friends for blistering Music Never stopped>Good Lovin'. I keep noticing just how much faster these tunes are played compared to Dead and Company. I shouldn't be so shocked considering this was 15 years earlier. Everyone is much older now. The jam in Good Lovin' gets especially fiery for Bobby's vocal improv at the end Warren is really shredding some lead lines as counterpoint. </div>
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I'm unfamiliar with the traffic tune they play next but it has a nice slinky feel and some solid vocals from Warren. As the band departs into the jam, Jimmy Herring and Warren Haynes expertly trade lead lines. Phil is really starting to stretch out here too with some very active lines. Baracco steps in with some choice key playing as well towards the end. The Here Comes Sunshine tease next has its intended effect of teasing me and leaving me wanting to hear that tune. I guess I'm not going to complain about a Tennessee Jed though. Rob Boracco sounds great on vocals not trying to impersonate Jerry but doing Jerry's version justice. They do some taffy pulling with the tempo of the jam which is pretty fun to listen to. There's no doubt this is a tight, professional band. To wrap up the first set, I love Brent. You can Tons of Steel me any day Warren. </div>
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The second set gets started with a Jam> like the first set with nary a hint as to where its headed from the jump. Viola Lee opens with all the promise this beast can bring. Lesh is really strutting on the bass line and it is funky as all get out. Both guitarists get weird quick then commence to shreddin. It would be very challenging to track all of the meanderings in this 27 minute opus but suffice is to say they go many places, see many things and perhaps stop at a hot dog cart because Warren got hungry. There was a Mountain Jam tease. Dupree's is a tune that likely was not on my radar in 2001 but one that I enjoy very much these days. It's a well-played if all too brief version. In researching the next track Night of a Thousand Stars, I was excited to find out its a post-Jerry Robert Hunter piece! I adore Hunter's lyrics so its neat to have some I didn't know. The jam goes pretty far out, sheds the structure completely before easing into Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. This was a really fun moment for the audience. Definitely one of the energy highlights. On the re-listen even though I'm not really the biggest Beatles fan, I gotta say they nailed it. Next comes Mason's Children making for a one two punch of 60's flower power culture. </div>
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Mason's transitions in the loveliest of ways into The Wheel. One of the prettiest moments of the set. It's a brief visit, the wheel doesn't really intend to slow down and we hurtle on into The Other One. No question this time; Phil drops dem bombs. It's a whirlwind visit though. They song coming around a few times before scurrying back into the Wheel. They don't stay there too long either, its Sugaree time! Always a favorite of mine, I respect any version over 10 minutes. This version comes in around 11 minutes. Enough said. </div>
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After Phil's organ donor rap and band intros the friends rip through a nice Casey Jones encore before calling it a night. Looking back from the perspective of a 15-16 years spent since this night as a live music fan, I'm truly impressed with this night's line up and the stellar music played. Fans were treated to an up and coming jam band with a novel style showing folks what they could do, a unique take on the dead's music led by Bobby with a team of the bay area's best and Phil playing with some of the absolute top players in the game. <a href="http://ratdog.org/2001-07-22/photos" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the full gallery of images shot by Jonathan Rabhan I used for this post. <i> </i></div>
<b> </b><b> </b>Chris Sobikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15103554945408592350noreply@blogger.com0