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December 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Live Without A Net: Best or Worst – It’s My Favourite Live Album by The Dead

I was thinking, the other day, about The Grateful Dead, specifically the band’s live album from 1990, Without A Net. It might not be a classic, it might in fact be awful – but it’s one of my favourites…it’s one of my favourite live albums, one of my favourite Grateful Dead collections – and for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1989, 1990, Bob Weir, Bootleg, Branford Marsalis, Deadheads, double-album, Jam, Jerry Garcia, Live, Live Without A Net, Live Without A Net: Best or Worst - It's My Favourite Live Album by The Dead, The Grateful Dead, Without A Net ·

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October 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Weir: Blue Mountain

Bob Weir Blue Mountain SMG Here the former Grateful Dead co-frontman sits up with a set of cowboy tunes, campfire songs – and even if his big production cost was the time taken to grow that beard it was time/money well spent – for this is Weir’s best set of songs since way back to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, American Beauty, Blue Mountain, Bob Weir, Cowboy Songs, Kingfish, The Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead ·

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June 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Rob Wasserman

Rob Wasserman has died. The bassist – predominantly playing acoustic and electric upright bass – was a prolific session musician and composer. He toured with many of music’s big names, he was co-founder of RatDog, an outlet for The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir and there’s a good chance he’s on one of your favourite albums […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bass, Bassist, Bob Weir, Duets, Lou Reed, Magic And Loss, Naked Songs, New York, R.I.P., R.I.P. Rob Wasserman, Rickie Lee Jones, Rob Wasserman, Solo, Spotify, Trios ·

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