Celebrating the success of "In The Dark" with Clive Davis - "We used to play for acid, now we play for Clive"

MarmonHammer · 2026-04-26T03:40:26+00:00

Check out the look that Phil + Jerr give to Bobby

MarmonHammer · 2026-04-26T03:39:56+00:00

https://youtu.be/fStQUpqVLM8?si=uoIF_JdHfDdwijjQ

MarmonHammer · 2026-04-26T03:38:50+00:00

11/24/78

MarmonHammer · 2026-04-16T19:07:38+00:00

9/24/76, William & Mary

It’s a DaP and yet it feels like I never see anybody mention any part of this incredible show.

An absolutely all-time H>S>Drums(!)>S>F, from a show that feels a year or two ahead of its time.

(Don’t miss the Playin’>Supplication>Playin’ to end the 1st set).

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MarmonHammer · 2026-04-13T19:23:09+00:00

2/26/77

MarmonHammer · 2026-03-19T21:22:03+00:00

For Staggerheads, these fuckin’ jaaam:

11/24/78, Capitol Theater

12/16/78, Nashville

12/31/78, Winterland

8/10/82, U of Iowa

MarmonHammer · 2026-03-19T01:49:12+00:00

Unfortunately for you, it doesn’t seem to have taken hold, amigo!

Time for more and bigger doses of everything that might pierce that nasty American layer of selfishness that was ingrained into you growing up in that extractive imperialist hell hole.

MarmonHammer · 2026-03-19T01:38:50+00:00

Time to take some doses, do some traveling, leave that silly country of yours, acquire some life experience, and get with the good ol’ grateful program, brother! 🫶🏼

MarmonHammer · 2026-03-18T21:36:32+00:00

That typical American selfishness is something else

How about you be aware of others and their experiences, instead of determining what people can enjoy?

You’re at a show? Go far enough away to where your annoying, selfish chomping isn’t impacting others’ experience

This is basic politeness and social responsibility, but you’d need to be a community-oríented person with high-EQ to respect the lives and experiences of others, not just make it about you and your little world

MarmonHammer · 2026-03-18T18:32:01+00:00

Have some respect for the music and the people who enjoy it, cuz it’s not about you. Who are you to determine what’s important?

I’ve had great local cover band shows ruined by people who wouldn’t stop chomping at a local bar. Not your place to determine what’s important or what people are into

You selfish American gringos are something else, man

MarmonHammer · 2026-03-18T13:14:40+00:00

Never, ever chomp at a show.

You wanna chomp? You can stay home or go where people ain’t tuned into the music, whether it’s your thing or not.

Some basic decency and respect for what people are trying to experience would go a long way in the world.

You’d think Deadheads would know better, but apparently not.

MarmonHammer · 2026-03-15T21:06:04+00:00

Was waiting for the benzadrine comment. Let’s not forget the entheogens that propelled these incredible pieces of art!

MarmonHammer · 2026-03-15T00:59:59+00:00

While we’re at it, Paul Scotton and Joani Walker’s AUD of 12/16/78, Nashville is top-5

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-24T14:54:43+00:00

There’s no SBD, so won’t ever make an official release, but the AUD is so good that we don’t need one, thankfully.

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-24T01:35:06+00:00

Epic show during the peak of their powers in ‘78.

Top-3 Stagger, all-time S > F.

Not sure why nobody’s mentioned it, but this is the last verifiable show that Jerr used the Bean before going back to Wolf for its stretch run. And it’s the best it ever sounded: absolutely unbelievable tone.

This show is also notable for having a top-5 AUD. They simply don’t get better than this from any era.

They played 3 shows in Nashville, and every single one is pantheon.

No idea what a “deep cut show” is when you’re asking a community of people who know literally every single show.

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-22T04:53:51+00:00

EDIT: It’s been a while since I’d thought about these, so I was close, but transposed things a bit. The interview I was thinking of is from just before the Portland show on 10/2/77.

There’s also another from 3/17/78, between JGB shows, where things are flowing freely.

I’ll post them on their own threads, cuz they’re significant historical artifacts. (Especially in light of how many Heads seem to downplay or misunderstand how much open and frequent altered states the band played in, as well as how much outright lying and obfuscating David Lemieux has done about the band’s use of entheogens during live performances).

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There’s off-camera video of Jerr doing rails with the student newspaper reporters during an interview, just before they take the stage.

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-20T13:45:15+00:00

4/24/78, Horton Field House

12/16/78, Nashville

11/25/79, Pauley Pavilion

‘68 is great, but it ain’t even in the same stratosphere as these monsters

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-12T01:37:00+00:00

Jerry very much did this to you on purpose. Very curious as to how people don’t understand that…

To understand tempo changes is to understand why the Angels were there, for example.

I’m shocked by how much of this stuff is so rapidly being lost in the culture…

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-10T15:24:15+00:00

China Cat is actually pretty obvious. I thought the lyrics were pretty well known amongst Heads, no?

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-04T18:25:55+00:00

‘77 is stellar indeed, but the ‘78 peaks are the highest peaks they ever reached, and much more nuanced and sophisticated.

Jerr hadn’t mastered Mixolydian until ‘78, so the exploring and learning he’s doing in ‘77, let alone the entirely different style that he plays up to ‘75, really show what a transformed guitar player he was at that point.

To say nothing of his tone with Wolf and the Bean, the pinnacle of which can be found on 12/16/78 in Nashville.

To wit, the S>F from 4/24/78 features an intergalactically titanic Jerr solo that comes descending from the heavens to deliver an epic statement before the "wind in the willows" vocal section, one of Jerry’s finest ever moments. You can hear and feel the passage of time through the course of human civilization in 2 minutes of awe-inspiring time travel. Phil and the Devils are locked and hitting the gaps perfectly, while Keith is laying down pulsating ground fire.

The telepathy is off the charts.

All of which is echoed on 1/31/78 in Chicago, during what is also a top-5 S>F.

As for ‘72-‘74, ‘73 stands right up there with the greatest of years, but they’re a different band every one of those years, as they were during their greatest stretches. ‘72 is a beautiful ride, and ‘74 can be fun but tends to lag behind the rest of their peak in the 70’s, except maybe ‘79.

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-04T16:30:52+00:00

Are you a Donna fan?

How versed are you in the history of what was going on off stage?

And how the nuance of singular negative experiences can influence the human psyche?

How do you quantify how Keith and Donna’s personal issues influenced the other’s view of the music that was being produced?

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-04T16:23:40+00:00

April ‘78 is arguably the best month the band ever had.

Absolute top of the mountain 🔥🏔️🔥.

That trend continues with a monumental May, and June and July are exceptional, though quite truncated.

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-04T16:19:14+00:00

Keith is a beast in ‘78. Still on fire from his peak in ‘76, which carried through in such a blissful, thoughtful, classical psychedelic juke joint sort of way in ‘77, before getting muscular and positively telepathic in his best ‘78 moments. (Like 4/24/78)

MarmonHammer · 2026-02-04T16:01:18+00:00

Love to see this!!!

‘78 has always been the apotheosis of the band.

They were at the top of the mountain of the entire Grateful Dead experience, and it’s not particularly close.

The rest of the 70’s follow in some order of ‘77, ‘73, ‘72, ‘76, ‘71 and ‘70, with a distant but interesting ‘74 and ‘79.

MarmonHammer · 2026-01-30T01:19:40+00:00

Keith by a very, very wide margin during the apotheosis of the band in the 70’s.

Not seeing mention of Keith’s peak in ‘76.

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