Grateful Dead – Frost Ampitheatre – 1982-10-10
I am posting the following night of the Frost 1982 shows because this one is considered to be in the top ten live Grateful Dead shows to get on disc or tape. I didn’t go to either of these shows, but this is another cassette I wore out back in the day. I only had the audience 2nd set until I found the whole soundboard show in a DAT trade back in 1998. So, I wasn’t really familiar with the first set until then, which is a shame, because this one is hot!
I am going to post some comments from the archive.org message board about this show because a lot of people have already said all you really can about this show. So here are some comments:
This show is on the top of people’s lists of favorite shows (especially for 82) for good reason. The first set songs at the end of the set which once occupied the b-side (remember XL II-s) and had garcia solos that were dead on perfect one song after the other. The fact that they were some of my favorite song solos for him to play made it all the better. I’m talking about his solos on Far from me, then Loser, then Looks, then Rider. Front to back, one of the best first sets of the year and top twenty of the decade. The second set features my favorite sailor (for those of us who love this song) and one of the most furious solos garcia ever took part in– at the end of saint. This one is my favorite show from one of my favorite years and one that should be had by anyone who likes the 80s.
The boys were on this night.The LLR is THE BEST VERSION I HAVE HEARD. I read that Bobs girl just left him a few days before this show.Listen to the end section where does him”speil” and listen carefully…very emotional!!
In my opinon just may be one of the best sounding shows from the early eighties. The mix is just perfect through out the entire show. Unfortunately “Space” is missing but, other than that this show is on Fire ! In no way does the band go through the motions on this night. Upon listening you can hear how each member is pushing the other to higher and higher levels. Satisfaction is a great reflection of this. This is a prime example of what made the Grateful Dead so good. So if you don’t have it get it enjoy it and tell your friends ! On a side not not that it even matters what I think but, I have never given a show 5 stars before.
So, here it is:
Grateful Dead – Frost Ampitheatre – 1982-10-09
I am testing the embedded player from Archive.org to see if I can put it into the blog.
I went to 84 Grateful Dead shows from 1981 to 1995 and I started documenting some of the experiences at my page on Dead.net . But, I thought I would add some actual concert audio on this blog with some commentary about the music and leave the real (and potentially not so family friendly) commentary about the concert experiences at Dead.net.
I was a tape collector and I still have DAT copies of 100’s of shows. I am going to post the audio of concerts that I attended and many more that I didn’t attend here.
The first post is a show that I did not attend. It is from the Frost Ampitheatre at Stanford in Palo Alto, CA in 1982. I had seen the Dead by this point, but hadn’t started traveling to see them yet. That really started in 1983. I had an audience recorded cassette of this show for years and I think I literally wore it out. Some nice soundboard copies have come around over the years and I have a good one on DAT. I am not sure I like the board copy better than the audience because it’s missing some of the energy and Bobby’s guitar is not high enough, but I have to put it here because the quality is so good. So, here is one of my favorite Grateful Dead concerts of all time:
The whole show is just about as perfect as the Dead were in 1982. The first set is extemely high energy and erupts with Music Never Stopped and Deal (the best I have ever heard). The second set has some of the first versions of Throwing Stones and Touch of Grey, before they were cheesed out and made into pop songs.
Tomorrow I will try to post the following night at Frost because it is considered in the top 10 of Grateful Dead shows to get on tape.
Enjoy!
(Update) Oh hell! I had to include the audience copy of this show because you just can’t hear Bobby’s guitar work well enough on the board copy. Listen to Deal to see what I mean. It’s a nice contrast:
Noises Off
Laura Leo Ownby played the role of Belinda Blair in Theatre of Western Springs 2004 Mainstage 3 production of Noises Off. It took me a while to get these pictures so things are a bit out of order on this site. This was her personal favorite play to be a part of until Summer and Smoke last year. It is a really fun production and a great comedy. The pictures are a bit small, but she is in red.
Interactive Marketing Consultant – Jeff Ownby Accepts a Job
Well, I think I found the perfect job for me. I am expecting to accept a position with a digital marketing company in Chicago that is building out a new Interactive Marketing deparment. This means we won’t have to relocate and I get to do what I enjoy doing best; all sorts of projects for really good clients. Yep, Jeff Ownby is accepting a position.
There really were a lot of job options for me with the Internet still booming, even while traditional advertising companies are looking to downsize right now. It seems like I turned down at least 3 SEM ( search engine marketing) positions a week. I didn’t want to get pigeon-holed into search. I also decided not to pursue a few other out of town postions including one with Dell in Austin. We’ll get to warmer weather eventually. (It’s 10 degrees here in Chicago today)
The point at which I was sold on this new position was when they told me there may be instances when a project comes in that nobody really knows how to handle and we just have to figure it out. They also told me they don’t have a specific job description for me since they are not 100% sure how this new group will be evolving.
Sold!
I can’t imagine a better situation for me. I have spent the last 7 years “figuring out” all the interactive marketing I have done.
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