Tuesday, August 26, 1997

First Set Sugaree El Paso Loser Walkin' Blues Althea Black Throated Wind Second Set Casey Jones Same Thing Cumberland Blues Lazy River Road Terrapin Station-> Standing on The Moon Not Fade Away Visitor Last Revised: 07 Feb 2006 11:55 Next Jam: Wednesday, September 3, 1997

• Coffee Boy Mitch proudly sits in on the giant bass drum for Larry M. It's big and bright due to the great Deadstein light show.
• No guests whatsoever showed up.
• Johnny's SM58 was very unclutch in that it didn't work at all. Good thing he has his receipts and stuff because it shouldn't break yet. It's only 3 weeks old. God knows, Dennis' SM58's must have been 25 years old. I felt bad for him.
• Kevin, never one to miss a jam lightly, toughed it out one day after getting out of back surgery.. Due to the surgery, he played sitting down all night.
• Larry Brent had the "Rent-a-Wreck" brown van that didn't look like it was going to make it down the road after the jam yet alone to Kevin's for a short bivwack prior to picking up some furniture.
• Johnny seemed pretty sleepy and a bit bummed throughout the night. I suspect, in My Dr. Joy Brown sort of way, it is over dissatisfaction with the weakness of the PA coupled with the mic failure. He was able to use my mic, but it didn't work either due to great shortage of gain.
• It felt good that I was able to go bookless almost the whole night.

• Sugaree was nice and quiet, under control and probably not all that hot and powerful. That is not to say it wasn't good. It's may have been just a little boring.
• El Paso moved and didn't seemed forced. I tried to play more Jerry notes that usually and in the process found that I had no problem getting up on the back of the song and ride and play away in the da-a-a-a-r-r-r-k between the notes and the chords. For that reason it was fun. We had a great ending to it.
• Loser was very well played. The song was flawless and in the words of Emril Lagosse, we stepped it up a notch for the lead, exhibited great power and capped the lead off with a together "Last Fare Deal."
• Walking Blues had a groove, I had a pretty cool lead and tried the true fadeout at the end by Larry B. would have no part of it.
• Althea was good, it was strong during the leads and sensitive during the verses. It ended abruptly and in a most interesting fashion.
• Black Throated Wind had the great jam at the end of it but I couldn't hear myself sing. I know it's the way you all want it but, eh, give me a break. It's hard enough.

• The Stardust Dine-O-Mat shall be "Dinner-Non-Gratta" or "Dine-No-More" because that place has broken the golden rule. You can't suck 2 times in a row.
• I pulled the order off, they didn't miss a thing and we had it set up for a 9:00 p.m. delivery. It was there exactly on time and did enable us to play a nice full second set.
• The place was a tease in the worse way. The first meal from August 6, 1997 was so spectacular and to sink to the lows experienced this night was surprising. Johnny, knew the deal because when I first suggested we were going to go there he seemed shocked and dismayed. In the end, he only got mashed potatoes and gravy. I assume those were okay.
• I attempted, for the last time, the match the BLT of lore but it was not to be. As a matter of fact, this sandwich looked at you in the eye and said "Sap!" It was disturbing.
• That was almost acceptable because I went for the meatloaf as a backup. After all, any dinner worth it's name in neon serves an adequate meatloaf. You take the cardboard top off the round aluminum serving disk and you are faced with a chunk of dried, spicy meat-byproduct that was actually branded. The worst part about it was it also called you a "Sap!"
• The fries were soggy.
• The shredded vegetables were flavorless.
• The pickled were garlicless and tasted like soap.
• The garlic bread had the texture of yuck.
• On the good side, everyone said their burgers were great. Even the burgers were mocking me.
• We had no dessert. A fitting goodbye to a great disappointment.
• I brought in several cases of coke and a cooler of ice. I think we all drank too much Coke.
• If someone happens to remember a corkscrew, there is a bottle of wine down there.

• It was beautiful as usual in the room.

Name: Jonathan Long
Date: 8/27/97
Time: 10:09:36 AM

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It is a great honor to be the first to post. I have to go now, but I'll check in later. Did everyone see the colorful John Fogerty advertisement in today's issue of the Voice. Those tix will sell out fast and he'll probably do another show.

Name: Scott
Date: 8/27/97
Time: 9:36:51 PM

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May I say it's great to be able to be the 2nd to post? But I don't have to go anyware. Didn't see the ad but I'm sure it was a beauty. I will most likely go to the show last minute being my birthday is the day b/4 anything could happen. Most did not take notice of Freak boy's unbelievable new moves last night. It was great to see such form. Hope to see more in the weeks to come. Nice tempo on the Walkin Blues, Nice Gindoff /Brent trading licks. I enjoyed the rest of the evenings set,volume definitely started out at a nice pace then .......need I say anymore?? P.A. still needs to settle in and more tweaking is in order. I don't think Menaker will play on Wed so Coffee boy will have another go at the BIG BASS DRUM!!!! Jonathon left with a big bulge in his pocket when he should have placed the mic back in it's original box which I believe is on the L shape desk. Have a great Labor Day Weekend all.

Name: Larry G.
Date: 8/27/97
Time: 10:30:33 PM

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May I say It's great to have enabled all of you to post. While we are all singing the praises of the post God, let us not forget. It is the message and not the media. Marshall was wrong and when we start focusing on posting itself without any real content is self-defeating.

Name: KEVIN
Date: 8/28/97
Time: 8:18:56 AM

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I thought this week had some really good stuff. El Paso, Walkin' Blues, Cumberland were really hot. Good grooves, good verses, good jams, good dancing (Thanks Freakboy!). The set-up in the room, I think, is much better. The tapes also sounded more real. I agree the PA needs a little something; a graphic EQ will probably do the trick. I also think we are settling into the routine, illustrated by the # of songs played. The overall feel is getting better, this week I actually felt good leaving the jam, and more importantly, the morning after. Mitch did a very good job, I like the flavor he adds to the stew.

Name: Jonathan Long
Date: 8/28/97
Time: 2:31:32 PM

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In the vain of "More Bass, Lesh Filling", I thought of a Phil tour shirt. It is pretty simple. Some of the best things in life though, are simple. Instead of "Less is More" of which I'm sure you're all aware, I'm thinking "Lesh is More".

Name: Scott
Date: 8/28/97
Time: 6:01:27 PM

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Jonathon, not for nothing but"Lesh is more" has already been printed on t shirts, bumper stickers etc...But Ive never heard the "more bass, lesh filling" I LOVE IT. If anyone has a wine rack we could start our own wine cellar with that cork screw????? Lets not forget to mention our new scenery ie: Cassidy, snuff poster.... Great for the home page. I'll bring a camera for a group shot in front of it.

Name: Larry G.
Date: 8/28/97
Time: 9:00:23 PM

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It seems as if we are all concurrent, except for Kevin, that the Jam should be Thursday next week. We need Kevin's concurence to make it official.

Name: Menaker
Date: 8/29/97
Time: 7:17:43 AM

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Subject: Re: Deadstein Next Week Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 17:47:55 -0400 From: "Kevin Forrester" To: "Larry Menaker"

I'm good.

---------- > I have a meeting on Wednesday. I'll won't be there till 9:00, maybe > earlier. Otherwise could we do it Tues or Thurs?

Name: Larry B
Date: 8/29/97
Time: 8:50:09 AM

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Well Kevy? How about Thurs?

Name: Coffee Boy
Date: 8/31/97
Time: 1:08:12 AM

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I didn't realize that there was a race to the post! Enjoyed the jam as always, looking forward to next opportunity.

Name: Paul Pos
Date: 9/2/97
Time: 12:49:18 PM

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Hello to all you gigafreaks! I'ts great to be able to follow the ongoing saga of Deadstein thru Gin's marvelous work in cyberspace. Now for a bit of news of my own. At sunrise on Saturday, August 30, on one knee, with ring in hand, I asked Michelle to marry me. Thankfully, she said yes! We're looking at having the wedding in about a year from now, so start thinking about being Colorado-bound. Feel free to pass the word on to anyone who might care. Thanks for the excellent jam 2 weeks ago! Peace.

Name: Menaker
Date: 9/2/97
Time: 5:47:16 PM

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Deadstein is collectively on one knee, asking to be your weeding band. Just kidding ;)

Name: Menaker
Date: 9/2/97
Time: 5:48:38 PM

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Congratulations from the family.

Name: Scott
Date: 9/2/97
Time: 6:14:34 PM

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Congrats To Paul and Michelle. Looking forward to the carrying over the thresh hold posting.

Name: The Brents
Date: 9/2/97
Time: 8:26:49 PM

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Our congratulations to the Pos and our best wishes to Michelle I hope she knows what she's in for

Name: Larry B
Date: 9/2/97
Time: 8:28:32 PM

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Early request for next week (Jeremy Charles Brent's birthday on thurs) I need to play on Monday Sept 8th

Name: Paul Pos
Date: 9/4/97
Time: 2:04:31 PM

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Thanks for the support. You're hired. The setlist for the wedding is looking something like this: NFA>Hora>NFA>GDTRFB>Kiddush> TLEO>Here Comes Trouble>It Hurts Me Too>Tradition>Lovelight E: Baby Blue Lips. Think you can handle it?

Name: Paul Pos
Date: 9/4/97
Time: 2:09:47 PM

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Oh, by the way, if you to the Uncle John's Band link and look under Colorado, you'll see the Deadbeats, my 'Deadstein away from home'. Our homepage pales in comparision (hell, so does INTEL's) but its skoppy just the same. Freak on.