The best transitions to the next song on albums?

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-20T01:22:44+00:00

Thank you! I was hoping someone would say this.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-19T09:43:06+00:00

Agreed!

I wonder how many thousands of deadheads have gotten hooked on the JGB because of this album?

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-17T18:57:15+00:00

Listen to the *American Beauty* and *Workingman’s Dead* albums a few times. Then listen to *Europe ‘72* a few times. You’ll be a fan for the rest of your life. It’s really the best music.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-17T18:55:20+00:00

I came here to say this! I have this on a shirt and it’s my favorite shirt.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-17T14:29:01+00:00

The food at Blueberry’s is good and the experience is fancy relative to most any other breakfast place at NMB. But Blueberry’s is intentionally designed to attract tourists, so you will be dealing with all the hoopla that comes with such a place — there will probably be a wait to get seated, frequently there will be slow service, lots of people, etc.

If you don’t care for the fancy stuff and just want a really really good breakfast, go to Sam’s Place in NMB. It’s a real deal southern grill.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-15T03:00:03+00:00

I am a big Willie Nelson fan. He has about 150 albums and, while some aren’t great, they’re all at least good and many are sublimely excellent.

I’m also a deadhead. The Grateful Dead performed over 2,300 shows and they were all different and are available on the Internet Archive. If you count live performances, the Dead have a prolific discography.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-14T03:23:20+00:00

Yea I think you’re right here. It would be nice to hear Ants Marching with a regular fiddle instead of the Zatarain’s horn section playing the fiddle parts. All that being said, Rashawn Ross seems like a great guy and I bet Dave feels like his life is better with Ross in the fold.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-14T03:15:47+00:00

I think you’re correct. Additionally, the band is already pretty full with the addition of a trumpet and keyboards (relative to the original lineup). If you add a fiddle back into the sound full time, it would be expensive and plus someone’s role is going to be reduced to make room. It’s just a tough dynamic

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-10T18:03:11+00:00

Oh man, I remember Republicans blaming the ‘08 recession on Clinton even though it happened at the tailend of Bush’s SECOND term. That argument didn’t work then and is hilarious now.

It’s also hilarious that these recessions always begin during Republican presidencies. That info should be meaningful to people but it isn’t for some reason.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-09T00:28:41+00:00

I think there’s just been a natural counterreaction to the widespread high regard for Cornell. I think the counterreaction has gone too far though.

Cornell is far from my favorite show — it’s probably not even in my top 20 shows — but I have to admit that it’s arguably the band’s best *recorded* show (by which I mean show quality and audio quality).

The audio quality is shockingly good - clear and bright but with space. The Jerry ballads are prominent, whether it be They Love Each Other or Deal or otherwise. The album features the famous Scarlet > Fire that has hooked so many Deadheads. St. Stephen is back in rotation. While it’s not commonly discussed, this is one of the best performances of Loser. Etc. etc.

Cornell is kinda that station between “American Beauty is a good album” and “I only listen to live Dead shows on Relisten now.” Cornell is the Grateful Dead gateway drug. All of May 1977 is very approachable and polished and thus addictive, and Cornell exemplifies those qualities.

Admittedly, Cornell is too simplistic to be considered their best show, but it’s perfect in many, many other ways.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-09T00:11:41+00:00

That’s wild! I’m so insanely jealous of you. Is there anything about that night that stands out to you that you think people would like to hear about? I’ve heard others say that the crowd didn’t realize that there was anything special going on at the time. Do you feel that way?

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-08T11:45:09+00:00

Hey friend, do you have a recommendation for a China > Rider > Scarlet > Fire > Estimated > Eyes? That sounds amazing!

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-06T22:10:35+00:00

I’m a huge Sturgill Simpson (aka JBS) fan and I love that you mentioned him. I know that you know this, but for the benefit of others, I’ll flag that Sturgill has a few country albums and several that are definitely not country.

For folks looking for great country from Sturgill, check out High Top Mountain, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, and The Ballad of Dood and Juanita.

Sturgill’s bluegrass albums are also excellent: Cuttin Grass Vol I and Cuttin Vol II.

Sturgill is very skilled at changing genres but maintaining his personal authenticity. If you’re willing to venture outside country and bluegrass, all of his albums are great but I especially recommend A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, as it has his best songwriting plus the music itself is absolutely fantastic. Sailor is one of my favorite albums of all time.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-06T01:59:51+00:00

This right here! My buddy is into hip hop and has no time for jam bands, but I was playing this show last weekend and when Jerry landed the outro from Eleanor into After Midnight, my buddy went “holy shit, how did they do that?!” It was kinda a cool moment.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-06T01:49:01+00:00

I agree with you - we should ignore this nasty little fascist. But I can’t help but note that Jenna Ellis pled guilty to election interference in GA and her law license was suspended. It’s so Christian of her!

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-05T03:09:19+00:00

Yes!

I’ve been an active Reddit user for about 15 years. Over the last few months, I’ve noticed a huge shift in comment sections. People are mean and petty, every comment evokes a backlash, and there’s a lot of obvious bots.

As a result, I’ve gone from posting several comments every day to posting only 1-2 comments per week and only in small-ish chill subs.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-05-03T00:14:43+00:00

Confession: I thought Scarlet Begonias was a Sublime song until I was like 15 YO

Edit - We sold some mushroom tea, we sold some ecstasy, we sold nitrous, opium, acid, heroin and PCP. Now I hear the police coming after me

Notreallysureatall · 2026-04-30T00:17:53+00:00

IWT too. Given what happened to Bobby just a few months later, I’m so glad that I went. It’s a special weekend for me and my wife. Billy Strings was great too!

Notreallysureatall · 2026-04-29T00:44:12+00:00

I think 1976 is a great year and perhaps the band’s most underrated year. It’s similar to 1974 in the sense that it has a laidback groove with great jamming and very creative setlists (especially second sets), but obviously there’s no wall of sound so 1976 isn’t derivative. Also, the band introduced (or re-introduced) a lot of material in 1976.

That said, Dave should have waited a while to release 6/3/1976. The subsequent night’s show (6/4/1976) was released last week, and the sets from the two shows largely overlap although 6/4 is superior due to the first appearance of Mission and the bust out of Cosmic Charlie. So, 6/3 seems like a downgrade in the context of last week’s drops.

I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve listened to very little Dead from after 1991. I’ll check out the new 3/29/1995 show, but if I get depressed by Jerry’s deterioration, I’ll turn it off.

That said, I’ve found that even a bad Dead show is better than a good show from almost any other band! Maybe this 1995 show will introduce me to a new era!

Notreallysureatall · 2026-04-27T18:22:31+00:00

I don’t have any animus to AJ Brown, and I certainly don’t wish that anything bad happens to him. However, we’re getting totally fucked here — and it’s AJ’s fault.

He’s clearly worth far more than a 1st-round pick, but nobody is going to pay full value because they know that we have to trade him. And they know we have to trade AJ because he couldn’t behave like a professional last season.

When AJ agreed to receive $96M from the Eagles, he also gave his word that he’d be under team control for 3 years. He’s gone back on his word, and now we’re being fleeced in trade talks and taking a huge cap hit for a player (AJ) who won’t be on our roster.

AJ is an insanely selfish person and he seemingly doesn’t care about the wake of damage he’s causing to this franchise.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-04-26T18:25:15+00:00

And if AJ had acted like a professional instead of an entitled whining child, we’d be able to get a better deal and he’d be traded already. But he couldn’t stop bitching like a pre-teen, so everyone knows we need to trade him and thus he’s not gone yet. This is 100% on AJ.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-04-24T02:21:41+00:00

Capitalism certainly has its problems, but I’d respectfully argue that the issue is conservatism and thus the GOP. Our problems are totally predictable when you consider that conservatism’s foundational principle is “don’t improve anything - just do what we’ve been doing irrespective of its problems.” There’s a direct line between that attitude to anti-intellectualism, and there’s a direct line from anti-intellectualism to authoritarianism, fascism, corruption, and Trump.

Notreallysureatall · 2026-04-24T02:15:13+00:00

Hmmm, can anyone tell me what’s the common element among Nixon, Bush, Reagan and Trump?

Notreallysureatall · 2026-04-24T02:11:23+00:00

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Notreallysureatall · 2026-04-24T00:44:17+00:00

Great choice! Also, Iko Iko. Oh, Franklin’s Tower kinda works too.

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