If one considers how Grateful St. Louis is for The Kind, The Shwag and Jake’s Leg, there’s no doubt that this city certainly knows how to honor its Dead. Truckin’ into town are two of the ultimate Dead cover bands. Straight out of the kennel comes RatDog. Led by former Grateful guitarist Bob Weir, the… Continue reading Phil Lesh with RatDog in St. Louis | Review
This a story about my own first mystical experience with the band. I can’t remember exactly what year…82 or 83, I believe. It was Friday the 13th and we were at the Greek Theater in Berkley Cal. It was a gorgeous day…mid 70s and not a cloud in the sky. This was back in the… Continue reading 'Jerry's Rain' | My Mystical Experience with The Dead
Well, I did not go to any of Trey Anastasio’s summer tour. I saw him during his fall tour. Needless to say I was not impressed. I had a chance to catch him in Charlotte, NC this summer, but decided to catch Panic in Myrtle Beach, SC instead. The songs that they played during the… Continue reading Trey Anastasio's band
I was born in 1965, the same year The Grateful Dead was born and the year that the songs that would land on the Beatles’ landmark album “Rubber Soul” were probably starting to gel in the minds of the newly turned-on Fab Four. I grew up about as big of a Beatle fan as anyone… Continue reading George Harrison – by Mike Macchi
There is a place I remember as being the last place I remember. I’ll ask you kindly not to judge me too strongly as I recall the details of the onset of my present condition. There were situations there….Living creatures wore the skin of dead ones. I saw things moving in unnatural ways. Things happening,… Continue reading Insecticide (inspired by Kafka)
Songs that have asterisks are ones that Susan Tedeski joined in on. I don’t even think they announced her at the show, b/c the whole time we all kept saying, who is that??? and she really didn’t do much for the songs. i would have at least expected her to stand out a bit during… Continue reading The Other Ones | Brendan Byrne Arena | Setlist/Review
I hope you are all doing well and had an enjoyable summer! It is getting near spring here, evident by the pink flowers of the blooming peach trees. Yet the weather in the Highlands is still very cold! Some days, when it is cloudy or windy the temperature doesn’t get much above 65, and when… Continue reading Pamela at Lake Nyasa in Africa
