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Great show last night in Auckland, Tyrone, even if you had to leave your "bottom" on the other side-kick of the ditch. Maybe we'll have the pleasure of Lesley's

company next time (?)

Ralph seems to have been in fine form as of 2009, let's just hope upon hope that he is still with us. He is I think about the same age as my dear old dad, whom I am selfishly hoping will stay around for at least a couple more years, even without singing. I heard on radio tonight (from I think K...

Not a bad job overall, bit of a pitch problem with the vocalists excepted. But what a great chance to see the old master in action again. Andy Newman. Thank for posting this. A great production overall.

Great singing, nice vibe, can't believe there are no other comments to date

You're about the cleverest bastard of them all, Ian (Well, one of em)

This really rocks, can't believe I'm the only comment after more than a year has gone by, but then again, I'm biased. But doesn't anyone believe in laughter no mo' ? SD dogMATicD aka Helena O.

@PhilCrossbow Great life, I think he is STILL having, having read the book! Not a great life, in the past tense sense

Is that Irish, I think I heard someone say. Damn right it's Irish. Though Jerry's holding back here. God Bless the Dead.

Grisman is so grate!

San Francisco's Grateful Dead. This is the album that introduced me to the Dead in New Zealand in about 1971. But they never came down here!. I was in Wales in 1995 when Jerry died and my Welsh relatives were besides themselves with grief. Go well, Deadheads of the World.

@macditty

What I meant to say was, just another lousy scab, brothers and sisters. Not a man, apparently!

@phillipsderek

What do you mean that being Australian you haven't heard much of the Dead? I'm from the junior state of New Zealand and have made damn sure I've heard yards of "their stuff" since I was knee high to the grass hopper (though still aggrieved that they never made it Downunder). Ok,...

This is magical stuff. Reckon I could use it to woo our uke band of cynical-before-their-time post-punk-survivors to the magic of the eternal Dead

@lilmizzallyfull Do you mean it was the Grammys wot killed Doug?

Take my hat off to this young expert mandolinista. As a far older critter, but taking baby steps with mandolin, wondering why he's not using his pinky though(?). He's surely got the other three fingers doing a whole lot of amazing work, so perhaps pinky's not needed around here(?)

@nicktesla45

Funny you should mention gangsta rap in association with Jay and the Americans. According to the Steely Dan biography Reelin' in the Years this outfit (for whom Fagan and Becker of the Dan worked for quite some of their formative time) had some fairly dubious connections in ganglan...

Wunderbar this wonderful music, but why no posts?

@jomper Sorry mate, haven't heard all those newfangled riffs of yours. Who the hell cares anyway. For originality of ripoffs, you couldn't go past the Gorillaz final extravaganza in Auckland.

This is a most reverential song,and this version might even trump The Band's version. I still treasure the evening we had with Nez at the Palmerston North Opera House (NZ) circa 1975. An evening that he and the audience, by an enduring spoken agreement, vowed would never be forgotten!

I swear he's Uncle Frank's twisted but magical half-brother.

Even though Tim's worst is better than the best of most of the rest, in my humble opinion Tim should get back to the mandolin and fiddle real quick now.

@titostacos I couldn't agree more. As I said, it's my favourite Kinks song bar none! The book is otherwise quite a good biography though

@southswin Lol, are you talking via a ouija board or are you E from the Eels? That's very droll. Those pricks at your funeral! Seriously though, our dear rocking rolling friend Steve was farewelled at his funeral last year with Days, and definitely not Lola (although some thought See My Friends ...

This is it, this is the Ritz

More than sad, it's also so annoyingly stupid that geniuses of music have to die before becoming truly revered and appreciated. No disrespect intended to those other dead geniuses George and John, but Gerry should have been bigger than the Beatles.

I saw Bobby tonight, washed up on Plastic Beach like thousands of Aucklanders with that dear megalomaniacal overachiever Damon Albarn. The collective's last concert together tonight in Auckland after a 3mo tour. Worth more than the price for Bobby alone. Though he only got to sing three song...

@TheBeatle61

Mate, as much as we all love the Beatles, I have to advise you that it was the Stones (Jagger/Richards) who wrote this one!