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jseitang

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« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2015, 08:43:47 PM »
so sick
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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2015, 03:50:47 PM »
Balerion sighting from June 12, 2015 at Terrapin Crossroads:


 
Photo by Jay Blakesburg
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« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2015, 02:37:37 PM »
From the soundcheck at Fare Thee Well / Soldier Field 07-04-15
 


 
 
One of the camera men for this show was the owner of the Heart in Sonoma bass. Patrick did a great job getting nice shots of Phil and his bass through the shows.
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« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2015, 03:43:43 PM »
Kool ! It was a great show ! I got to see the 7/5/14 show  on a swell big screen TV thanks to Bill ,tgo!   Thanks Bill ! Thanks Mica for posting this .    
These shows were part of a hugely  emotional process for many , many folks . We all process this stuff differently in our minds .
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« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2015, 06:58:57 PM »
That's a nice shot!
 
And yes, Wolf, I agree; an emotional process.
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« Reply #20 on: February 17, 2016, 11:00:51 PM »
I got to see and hear Balerion in person Monday night - managed to score tickets to Phil & Friends with Stanley Jordan at Terrapin Crossing - my first time to see a show in the Grate Room. Bass sounded great - could have been a teeny bit louder to me but overall the mix was very good. Guitars could be a little loud, but it's a relatively small room.
 
One thing I noticed - I don't think Phil is using the Eden any more - there was an empty space in the rack. He did have a similar EQ curve though - this time it was showing on a computer screen - you could see that the high end was all rolled off!
 

 
The show was great ? they played mostly Dead tunes but with a nice selection of other songs ? ?While My Guitar Gently Weeps,? ?Proud Mary,? an instrumental version of ?What?s Going On.? During Proud Mary I was kind of surprised ? on the second chorus, Phil played way up high instead of in a lower register where a ?normal? bassist would play to beef things up ? it sounded thin instead ? then I remembered that this is Phil! I?m in the Phil Zone! At least 75% of the time he doesn?t play what you expect a ?bassist? to play. But when he does, it hits that much harder. Near the end of ?Shakedown Street? he started pumping 8th notes ? never heard him do that! I found an interview with him from around 1994 where he says, ?I just try to do something different all the time.? It was nice, I felt like I got a picture of him as a player the other night.
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« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2016, 11:16:18 PM »
What Fun!
I gotta go south for the summer this year and hang out as long as I can  Thanks Harry
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« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2016, 02:07:10 AM »
I'd be curious to see him play but I doubt if the band will get to this side of the pond anytime soon.
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« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2016, 04:10:02 PM »
Rob Eaton gave me a low down on Phil's EQ philosophy, from when he did a few shows with him. Unfortunately, we were setting up to soundcheck for a gig, so I wasn't paying all that much attention. I'll ask him next time I see him and try to remember.
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« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2016, 04:12:54 PM »
Yeah, you would probably be more likely to see The Dead - that's the other three surviving members of the Grateful Dead, currently with John Mayer on guitar and Oteil Burbridge on bass. Oteil is awesome - he was one of my favorite players in the '90s when I was still playing - but there is something about Phil. Lesh is More as the say!
 
Considering that he was diagnosed with cancer last year and took time off, it's wonderful that he is back and looks so good!
 
Here's my favorite picture from that night - low-res iPhone photo through an Instagram filter and it turned into something else!
 
 
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« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2016, 04:18:44 PM »
Dang Edwin, we posted at the same time! Definitely looking forward to hearing about it!
 
As an update, here's the setlist from the show I saw:
 
Set 1: Shakedown Street, Jack Straw, Feelin' Alright, Proud Mary, Caution Jam, Revolution
 
Set 2: Playing in the Band, What?s Goin? On, Dear Mr. Fantasy > How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) > The Wheel > Terrapin Station > While My Guitar Gently Weeps > Playing in the Band  
 
Encore: Little Wing
 
I got this off of setlist.com and made a few corrections. I was hoping it would be available to purchase - they put out some of the shows on thumbdrives - but looks like maybe not
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« Reply #26 on: February 19, 2016, 10:02:31 AM »
jazzyvee, I messed up - the current non-Phil incarnation is called Dead & Company - they were just on TV for the first time last night on Jimmy Fallon (Oteil Burbridge on bass):
 
http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/dead-companyshakedown-street/2988369
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« Reply #27 on: June 30, 2016, 09:57:33 PM »
Here's a pic of Phil's rig in the Grate Room at Terrapin Station on June 28, 2016:



It's a great place to see him play up close and personal - the room is only 250 capacity! Balerion sounded great as usual - I even managed to get some pretty good sounding audio/video during Dark Star which I will try to post later - he is such a unique bassist, rarely plays things the same way twice.
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« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2016, 08:28:57 AM »
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« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2016, 10:34:58 AM »
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