I listened to the whole thing, true not the best recording, but the energy was great! Loved one of the comments that gave Edwin props for being an 'unsung bass hero'. Have to admit, on one of my trips out to Denver I was "on the list" for seeing Shakedown Street, I knew Edwin from here and correspondence with him got me in to the gig with my friend Kevin.
I don't know much about Edwin except he owns an Alembic and hangs out here. We met before the show, he was gracious and allowed me to play his Series II (?) for a bit, as many of you know, to untrained hands the controls can be daunting... i noodled briefly, thanked him and sat at the bar with Kevin.
The show started and my jaw dropped, Kevin (who didn't know the Dead very well) was also awestruck. Although I am biased towards the low end - Edwin carried that band through every song, his groove, tone, feel were all spot on. We left very happy and I believe the very next day Kevin went out and bought some tie-dyed clothing!!! So I can attest that Edwin, is an incredible bassist, who is kind and humble, a very admirable person.
A final thought in the Shockra show, I was at work actually doing work stuff and the YouTube was running in the background, as it 'paged' through the videos it had one that was the camera guy just walking around talking to people... I was just listening to the audio and it was pretty funny being a voyeur at a reception of some random couple!
