GD Miscellany

Grateful Dead Miscellany

Below are links to a number of articles of interest to Dead fans, especially tape traders. These appeared on various newsgroups and message boards, mostly rec.music.gdead. Thanks to Dick Latvala, Phillip Zerbo, Bill Crowley, Jeff Tiedrich, Ira Heller, Jeff Lester, et al for posting these, and to Bruce Higgins, Andy Gefen, Jeff Lester (et al) for collecting them and passing them along to me.

Opinion:
- The wit and wisdom of Dick Latvala:
  - Best shows of 1972
  - Best shows of 1973
  - Best shows of 1974
  - Best shows of 1977
  - Various lists of Dick's favorites
  - Dick's favorite versions of Scarlet -> Fire
  - Dick reminisces about his favorite "Dark Star"
  - Don Goodwin pointed me towards this page featuring Dick's Notebooks. Some great reading here.
- Too much wisdom and not enough wit from Jeff Tiedrich:
  - Favorite Dark Stars
  - Top 25 Dead Tapes
- "A Very Good Show"
Reference Material:
- Sources for Dick's Pick #7
- Sources for "Without a Net"
- Sources for "5/8/77"
- A 1974 article about the Wall of Sound
- The Deadhead newsletters, especially the one including info about the Wall of Sound:
- Details of the WBOTB project
- Info and speculation on the guitars built by Doug Irwin
- Shows with Bruce Hornsby

My review of "The Dead" at Jones Beach, 2004