The adventures of terapined

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Best TV series in history
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It was one of my favorite shows, but when I tried to rewatch it , it's amazing how snail like the plot progresses. A long weekend showed me why they set the show there. A few blocks from the very touristy Old Town, I encountered hundreds of living zombie meth heads.

While Vegas losing its mojo
Biloxi picking up the slack
This booth has an employee giving it away. She didnt want to be in the pic

Local casino I'm camped near been closed for several days
They have no idea when they will reopen
They claim its a computer issue
Maybe hacked?
https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2024/11/02/magnolia-bluffs-remains-closed-no-timeframe-for-reopening-official-says/

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Local casino I'm camped near been closed for several days
They have no idea when they will reopen
They claim its a computer issue
Maybe hacked?
https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2024/11/02/magnolia-bluffs-remains-closed-no-timeframe-for-reopening-official-says/
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I love your adventures and admire you and your journey. Living life on your terms having fun and traveling the USA.

It's refreshing to hear legitimate, truthfully told down to earth stories we can trust as true.

In my experience, you have been a level-headed, smart truthful trustworthy person, and man of his word.

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While Vegas losing its mojo
Biloxi picking up the slack
This booth has an employee giving it away. She didnt want to be in the pic

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terapined,

I have enjoyed many a cold one while playing there.

Dog Hand

Saw this in Crestview FL last week
Is this the best name for an air conditioning company or what

New toy
Blood pressure machine
Have had moderately high blood pressure my whole life
Not super high but not good
Finally on blood pressure medication
Scary because it pretty much knocked me out
I rarely take naps. Took one today after taking medication
Doc wants me to take a daily BP test and write it down to show her on next visit

My local casino still closed
Weird

https://www.deltanews.tv/news/natchez-casino-closed-due-to-i-t-issues/article_bbb6549c-9d27-11ef-ae5f-df384493c1d9.html

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New toy
Blood pressure machine
Have had moderately high blood pressure my whole life
Not super high but not good
Finally on blood pressure medication
Scary because it pretty much knocked me out
I rarely take naps. Took one today after taking medication
Doc wants me to take a daily BP test and write it down to show her on next visit
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If you're eating a lot of meals in restaurants you might want to cut back. Lots of stuff can be hidden in those meals you won't even notice except the bad cumulative effects. You can make the same meal yourself but know it's not overloaded with too much crap.

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New toy
Blood pressure machine
Have had moderately high blood pressure my whole life
Not super high but not good
Finally on blood pressure medication
Scary because it pretty much knocked me out
I rarely take naps. Took one today after taking medication
Doc wants me to take a daily BP test and write it down to show her on next visit
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I feel for you. I have been on blood pressure meds for over 20 years. I think I have been on every one. Most of them did not work very well for me until I got on Lisinopril. I was on that for about 7 years and it lowered my pressures by about 20 which was better than the others but I was still in the 180/110 range. About two years ago I was sent to the Emergency Room being told I was having a stroke. My BP was 252/153. Fortunately, I did not have a stroke and they put me on a heavy duty BP medicine which is working miracles for me. I am on a med called Nifedipine 90mg and my BP is now around 130/85. The unfortunate side effect is that my gums are infected and rotting and I am starting to lose teeth.

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Quote: terapined

New toy
Blood pressure machine
Have had moderately high blood pressure my whole life
Not super high but not good
Finally on blood pressure medication
Scary because it pretty much knocked me out
I rarely take naps. Took one today after taking medication
Doc wants me to take a daily BP test and write it down to show her on next visit
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I feel for you. I have been on blood pressure meds for over 20 years. I think I have been on every one. Most of them did not work very well for me until I got on Lisinopril. I was on that for about 7 years and it lowered my pressures by about 20 which was better than the others but I was still in the 180/110 range. About two years ago I was sent to the Emergency Room being told I was having a stroke. My BP was 252/153. Fortunately, I did not have a stroke and they put me on a heavy duty BP medicine which is working miracles for me. I am on a med called Nifedipine 90mg and my BP is now around 130/85. The unfortunate side effect is that my gums are infected and rotting and I am starting to lose teeth.
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That sucks, but teeth are replaceable these days. Dental health can usually be solved by throwing money at it, while medical conditions aren't so easy to solve.

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New toy
Blood pressure machine
Have had moderately high blood pressure my whole life
Not super high but not good
Finally on blood pressure medication
Scary because it pretty much knocked me out
I rarely take naps. Took one today after taking medication
Doc wants me to take a daily BP test and write it down to show her on next visit
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I feel for you. I have been on blood pressure meds for over 20 years. I think I have been on every one. Most of them did not work very well for me until I got on Lisinopril. I was on that for about 7 years and it lowered my pressures by about 20 which was better than the others but I was still in the 180/110 range. About two years ago I was sent to the Emergency Room being told I was having a stroke. My BP was 252/153. Fortunately, I did not have a stroke and they put me on a heavy duty BP medicine which is working miracles for me. I am on a med called Nifedipine 90mg and my BP is now around 130/85. The unfortunate side effect is that my gums are infected and rotting and I am starting to lose teeth.
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Lisinopril must be the go to BP medication these days
Its what I'm on
staying off it till tonight lol
kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Help me sleep and lower BP
My best friend in FL passed away from a stroke
Scary because he was younger then me
Hope you have many more years of life
I think you are one of the most valuable posters on both WOV and DT
So level headed with a keen sense of humor
Keep on keeping on

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I think you are one of the most valuable posters on both WOV and DT
So level headed with a keen sense of humor

I would have said the same about you until that post. Now I will have to start questioning your judgement.

I was in Little Rock recently.
Visited the National Park service museum across from Little Rock Central High School. Largest high school in the country when it was built. Magnificent building
Learned about the Little Rock 9
There were actually 200 black students ready to go
Strict entry requirements were made and only 10 made the cut. One set of parents learned what their daughter was about to be put through and said no way
Down to 9
These kids were constantly baited and harassed
One student couldn't take the baiting and fought back
She was expelled for defending herself
Students passed around the below card
Here is the t-shirt on sale at the park service and that card in the museum
Baiting is a terrible thing to do
Baiting was discussed in detail on the Park tour I took

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New toy
Blood pressure machine
Have had moderately high blood pressure my whole life
Not super high but not good
Finally on blood pressure medication
Scary because it pretty much knocked me out
I rarely take naps. Took one today after taking medication
Doc wants me to take a daily BP test and write it down to show her on next visit
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I feel for you. I have been on blood pressure meds for over 20 years. I think I have been on every one. Most of them did not work very well for me until I got on Lisinopril. I was on that for about 7 years and it lowered my pressures by about 20 which was better than the others but I was still in the 180/110 range. About two years ago I was sent to the Emergency Room being told I was having a stroke. My BP was 252/153. Fortunately, I did not have a stroke and they put me on a heavy duty BP medicine which is working miracles for me. I am on a med called Nifedipine 90mg and my BP is now around 130/85. The unfortunate side effect is that my gums are infected and rotting and I am starting to lose teeth.
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That sucks, but teeth are replaceable these days. Dental health can usually be solved by throwing money at it, while medical conditions aren't so easy to solve.
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I am a little late in responding to these posts; old people go figure.

My BP systolic range is around 130 -160, but my diastolic numbers stay in the 64-78 range all controlled by meds. My heart rate is a healthy mid 50's -- no meds here. Not too bad, I must report.

tuttigym

Review of show 16 of the 2025 residency. Packed house for a Thursday show. Opened with LTGTR. Always been one of my favorite openers since the GD days day's. Always fun to hear Jeff sing a line. Bobby also flubbed a line. Next up the rocking funky Shakedown. It was outstanding. They changed up the lyrics. There is an added Lyric line halfway through the song the Dead typically do but not the GD. It's the added " shake it shake it shake it down" line in the middle added by Bobby for Dead and Co shows. Tonight instead Bobby went with " Gotta poke around, poke around, poke around" line instead. They really Jammed on Shakedown and it was great. A 1st set Uncle John's band next and it was superb. Love getting great long songs the GD almost always saved for the 2nd set but Dead and Co will play in the 1st set. This is why deadheads love live dead. UJB just a short 4 1/2 min song on the working mans album but a long tour de force with great jam builds live. Love getting the hugely popular UJB in the 1st set. It feels like such a big bonus. A rare Friend of the Devil was next and we'll done except for a little Bob lyric flub. 3rd Lay Down Sally of the residency and it was solid. Finished the set with the Magnificent Terrapin Station. One of my all time favorite songs. Another typical 2nd set GD song the Dead play in the 1st set. It's like a double bonus getting UJB and Terrapin in the 1st set. It was actually kind of weird at the end of Terrapin that Bobby says they will be back. Every Terrapin in my life always evolved into another song or Drums. Never just ending but evolving. This maybe the 1st time ever Terrapin closed a set.
Rocking Bertha opened the 2nd set. Next up, Europe 72. This is the album that really got me into the GD and the 2nd set was filled with Europe 72 material. Jack Straw from the 72 album was great. It remains such a powerful song today and actually more powerful. The great 72 combo China>Rider pair next. The transition from China to Rider is such a magnificent jam. It was great on the 72 album and also great tonight. Listening to it on 72 , it's what set this band apart from all the other bands I listened to for me personally. A natural jam from one song
Into another song is the GD trademark that really stated it all for me. He Gone, another 72 song and it was done superbly. Such a beautiful meaningful song. They really jazzed up the ending and really took their time ending the song. So beautiful. Out of Space we get Standing on the Moon. The "Gulf of Mexico" line got a big cheer. John really Jammed on this with his guitar beautifully. Another 72 staple, B.E. Woman that got the whole crowd up and dancing. This song has really been upgraded by the band since 72. Such a real crowd pleaser. Rocking Hell next and rocked it hard. John actually had a Squack sound on his guitar that really worked well for the ending Hell jam. Beautiful Brokedown for the landing. I generally prefer longer songs in this slot starting with the Universe visual eventually getting to Earth for the landing instead of a short song starting with the Earth visual. Brokedown is so beautiful, I don't mind that short song in this landing slot. A fun Love Lite to end the show. Loved it. Wonderful song to end a show.
Finished off at the Tuscany. It's wonderful that they have not 1 but 2 different bands entertaining us after the show. I briefly checked out both bands but was exhausted and soon hit the road back to my RV which is only a 20 min drive away. Convenient.


Dead and Company 5/15/25 Sphere Las Vegas NV

Set 1
Let the Good Times Roll
Shakedown Street
Uncle John's band
Friend of the Devil
Lay Down Sally
Terrapin Station

Set 2
Bertha
Jack Straw
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
He's Gone
Drums
Space
Standing on the Moon
Brown Eyed Woman
Hell in a Bucket
Brokedown Palace
Love Lite

Review of show 15 of the 2025 residency. Only Sphere Sunday show. Earlier in the week plenty of tix still available. Looks like it sold out by showtime. Mothers day and it's Sunday. What will the band play to mark both occasions? My neighbor asked me what do I think the opener will be. I said that I saw a lot of GD Sunday shows back in the day an they typically played Samson. I said it would be nice to open with Samson and get it out of the way. I called the opener but it was a logical call. Next song was Truckin. Very long intro jam. Listening to it, not sure where it was going for a couple of min till Truckin riff developed. Seemed to be a 1st lyric flub by Bobby. I think Deadheads actually enjoy flubs lol. Incredible Dear Mr Fantasy. I was so thrilled when the GD started covering this song back in the day. Such a great classic rock song from Traffic. The Dead really turn this song into a tour de force with great crescendos. Jeff's Hammond Organ work on the song was stupendous. Such a great sounding instrument. Loved it. Fantasy was so long, the Hey Jude coda seemed so short in comparison. Mama Tried was the bands ode to Mothers Day. Seemed kind of short. Next up is Cassidy and it was glorious. Long with a lot of spacey improvisation in the middle until the band eventually brought it back home. Closed the set with the magnificent St Stephen. Such a great song to close out a set. So wonderful that the Dead play this song on a regular basis. Of course I never got to see the GD play this song as it was such a rarity the years I saw them. As the Stephen jam develops, they almost always hint at the Eleven but bring it back home with the Stephen final crescendo jam. I'm always tad disappointed in no Eleven. Such a natural fit but they've only done it once at the Sphere so it's a rarity itself. Before leaving the stage for set break, Bobby said Happy mothers day.
Set 2 opens with a strong Shakedown. Such a great set opener song getting the whole crowd up and dancing. West LA was very well done. Sugaree is such a classic Jerry song always giving John a chance to show off his chops. John never disappoints on the big Sugaree guitar jam crescendo bringing down the house. Sugaree seemed to have a new visual. A tie dye trippy sand dunes landscape. It's kind of similar to other trippy visuals they are using. Estimated is such a classic GD song. I remember the GD days when Bobby would prance accross the stage at the big climax of the song. Bobby ain't prancing anymore but the song is still so awesome. The Bass rhythm riff is so strong in Estimated, kind of gives me goosebumps every time i hear it. Eyes of the World was wonderful featuring Oteils bass work. The band really needs to let Oteil stretch on more songs. I love that Eyes is in heavy rotation featuring Oteil but they should let him stretch on more songs then just Eyes. A brand spankin new visual for Eyes. I absolutely love that we are getting new visuals this late in the game. This visual is the inside of a tent. Eventually the tent opens to a Rocky desert landscape and we slowly evolve outside the tent into the landscape. Very beautiful. Anybody know where this is? Seemed like a populated landmark on the bottom left of the landscape visual. Dear Prudence a wonderful song after Space. The Dead have really turned this song into another tour de force. The "look around, round, round" chorus is so fun to hear. Strong Cold Rain. The Earth visual comes up and we get Brokedown. Short song for the 2nd to last song but the visual actually gave the band time to still stretch out Brokedown. It was actually a really great Brokedown as they had to jam on it a bit to match the landing. Very well done. For the closer we get the most classic rock song every band on the planet cuts their teeth on starting out. Johnny B Goode. The Chuck Berry classic that kind of started it all way back in 1958. Hmm, the year i was born lol. The Dead rocked it out and did the song great justice. They simply crushed it. No group bow. Bob and Mickey clapped for the audience, John waved.
Finished off at the Tuscany and caught a little bit of the Grateful Dames in the Piazza lounge and called it a nite.

Dead and Company 5/11/25 Sphere Las Vegas NV

Set 1
Samson and Delilah
Truckin
Dear Mr Fantasy
Hey Jude coda
Mama Tried
Cassidy
St Stephen

Set 2
Shakedown Street
West LA Fadeaway
Sugaree
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
Drums
Space
Dear Prudence
Cold Rain and Snow
Brokedown Palace
Johnny B Goode

Review of show 14 of 2025 residency. Opened with Women are Smarter. I thought it would be Iko iko since both songs have a similar beginning and save Women for Mothers day. What do I know lol. Anyway a great way to start a show the day before Mothers Day and I'm sure all the females in the audience were loving this opener. Band ain't messing around as they dive into the classic Help>Slip>Frank combo. They used the Mars hotel characters for Slipknot and I think it's the perfect visual for that song. Love Franklin's Tower and the "roll away the Dew" lyric. Such a fun song and in its rightful place following Slip. I really love it that these songs are in the regular rotation. I got so few Help>slip>frank back in the GD days. Next up Let it Grow. I think this is one of the finest songs Bob has written. Just a great tune with great builds and Bobby singing "I Am". Always one of my all time favorite Bob songs from the GD days. We get the Weight. Love this The Band classic and a wonderful classic song. Back in the early 1990s when the GD started playing it. I played it for a huge Band fan and he was quite impressed. Fun to hear Oteil and Jeff sing. Bobby finished up the Weight with a falsetto voice. Closed out the 1st set with a rocking Sug Mag. Oh yea. Was kind of surprised they didn't do Sunshine Daydream. I was thinking the short SSDD better not be the last song like earlier in the Residency.
2nd set they open with SSDD. Cool. Then Greatest. Love Greatest. I love the Robert Hunter lyrics of biblical characters with a lot of great and wry lines. Solid China>Rider with that great transition. Terrapin Station magnificent as always. The Days Between was really really hot. Jeff does some real great work on this. John then takes over and with very inventive guitar work that actually reminded me of Santana. It just struck me as having a Latin flavor and I loved it and actually blew me away. I need to listen to this again. I was quite impressed. He got so far away from Days Between that it was almost awkward going back into it to finish. Strong Althea and another vehicle for John to show off his chops and he didn't disappoint. 2nd to last song starts in the Universe visual so it's a while to get to Earth visual and it's Morning dew. Love long songs. Of course Morning Dew builds to that huge ending crescendo. Finished up with the funnest closing song in their repertoire, NFA. Loved it in the GD day's snd still love it. Such a fitting song to end a show. No group bow. Bob and John did make a point of clapping for the audience showing their appreciation
Short stop at the Tuscany. Saw the band in the lounge. They start at about 1130pm. Didn't wait for the Copa room band, they start at midnight. Tired and another show tomorrow.
I'm generally in obstructed but not too obstructed for the residency. Tonight I sat in 409. Pretty much the high right corner. A great view so I took a lot of pics because I could see everything. Sounds great up there. Actually got cold up there as well. Definitely cooler up there then the 100s sections I'm used too.

Dead and Company 5/10/25 Sphere Las Vegas NV

Set 1
Women are Smarter
Help On the Way
Slipknot
Franklin's Tower
Let it Grow
The Weight
Sugar Magnolia

Set 2
Sunshine Daydream
Greatest Story Ever Told
China Cat Sunflower
I know you Rider
Terrapin Station
Drums
Space
Days Between
Althea
Morning Dew
Not Fadeaway

The Sphere got hacked visual

Review of show number 13 of the 2025 residency. Packed house for Fri nite. Lots of miracle seekers outside that probably didn't get in. Band opens with a strong Bertha. Kind of neat to see John and Bob do a perfectly Synchronized stepback after the first verse. Mississippi Half-Step was great with a beautiful Rio Grande ending and John doing some interesting guitar improvisation that I really liked. Rockin Good Lovin with Vegas style neon backdrop. Means we won't get the motorcycle through Vegas to the Sphere tonight because once they enter the Sphere in the visual, they go to the Vegas neon. I think motorcycle visual is one of the best visuals, especiallythe Veagas ride ending. Despite that Good Lovin was rocking. Don't Ease and Me and My Uncle, both were relatively short. Great Ramble On Rose. Deal to close out the 1st set. One of the best songs to close out a set, GD era and Dead and Co era. Love Deal as you knew Jerry or John is or was going to jam it out to a crescendo. I actually live for crescendos lol. I took a video of John doing his thing on Deal. Although the guitar work sounded great, they kept to the visual animation instead of giving us a John closeup. Sphere should be showing us John's guitar whenever he goes for it. Sigh. This is what most of us want to see considering so many of us are so far away.
Liberty a nice way to start out the 2nd set. Love "Freedom" line. Had the paint by numbers visual with little Jerry on the porch rather then in the clouds. I noticed John showing off all his arm tattoos to start the 2nd set. I could be wrong but I think this is the 1st time at the Sphere sleeveless. Scarlet was great building to that great crescendo I really love. Then it got spacey as they Jammed
away. Soon hints of Fire. Wow, the Scarlet >Fire transition is back. They did throw in their typical Scarlet ending but it seemed unfocused and just part of the jam that kept going until it became Fire. Of course always fun to hear Mickey sing and always gets a big audience reaction. Cumberland Blues was blazing hot. I loved it. It's got such a bluegrass feel with all those quick fast notes at a frenetic pace. Strong They Love Each Other. So far 5 songs for the 2nd set and they start Playing in the Band. Oh yea. 6th song. Love 2nd sets opening with 6 songs. More songs please. Playing in the Band was great going into that big crescendo then getting spacy with lots of improvisation then slowly developing the jam again into that big final crescendo ending. Out of Space we get the magnificent Death Don't Have no Mercy. Oh yea. Blues. I'm a huge Blues fan and love it when they cover a classic. Hey boys, how about a Viola. Strong Brown-Eyed Women that's such a crowd pleaser getting everyone up to dance. Throwing Stones visually wise they gave it plenty of time unlike some nights where they start with Earth. Throwing Stones starts in the galaxy, through the milky way and finally Earth appears as the big Mayer solo hits stride then giving plenty of time for the landing. John had a real funky guitar tone for the Stones ending. Love it when they land with a long song rather then short bringing the Earth visual right away. Long songs for the 2nd last song please. It should take a long time to get to Earth. Rocking Casey Jones to close out the show. One of my favorite songs to close out a show.

Dead and Company 5/9/25 The Sphere Las Vegas NV

Set 1
Bertha
Mississippi Half-Step
Good lovin
Don't Ease Me In
Me and My Uncle
Ramble On Rose
Deal

Set 2
Liberty
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
Cumberland Blues
They Love Each Other
Playing in the Band
Drums
Space
Death Don't Have no Mercy
Brown Eyed Woman
Throwing Stones
Casey Jones

Tonight's poster. I'm excited
Tonight will be my 47th Dead and Company Sphere show
Too much of a good thing is never enough

Last night's poster

Show review. Number 12 of the 2025 residency. Opened with Tangled Up In Blue. Wow wow wow. Jerry Garcia killed this song when his JGB band covered this Bob Dylan classic back in the day. I absolutely love the JGB versions of this song. Nobody covered it better. I'm really loving that Dead and Company broke this out but to be honest, I wasn't impressed with the performance. Almost seemed kind of tentative. I was a bit disappointed in John's guitar work as it seemed tentative as well. He opened the show with a black body guitar , not his PRS Silver Sky which he used the rest of the show. The black body guitar had a very light tone that I didn't think really worked. Jerry killed it on this song back in the day just going off on his guitar with that wonderful tone. John didn't even come close to Jerry on this song which is thankfully kind of rare. That black body tone didnt help. Maybe he should have listened to a JGB version for inspiration before going on stage. Killer Shakedown Street followed as the band is now in very familiar territory and John back on the PRS Silver Sky with the sweet tones. Great Scarlet as Bobby almost does a windmill motion at one point. Of course no traditional transition into Fire. One song ends and the next begins. Same Fire vocal arrangement with Oteil then Bob then John and finally Mickey. Next up, the Wheel. It was magnificent. It got very jazzy in the middle and actually reminded me of the Layla piano exit jam. Loved it. The end of Wheel had kind of a reggae jam. I was very impressed by this Wheel. A rockin Saturday Night to close out the 1st set. The perfect placement for this song. Get it over with early so we get a surprise last song.
Second set opens with a fantastic Here Comes Sunshine. What a wonderful surprise and the performance of this song was simply outstanding. Solid Estimated. Eyes of the World was wonderful. The band really takes its time on this. John stepped back at one point giving Bob and his guitar time to shine. So nice to hear just Bobby's guitar. That developed into Jeff and Bobby jamming then Jeff alone in the spotlight. Soon they give way to Oteil as he lays down a very jazzy bass solo. They need to let Oteil stretch on more songs. Why only Eyes. Terrapin Station magnificent as always. One of my all time favorite GD songs and what started me on my journey. First saw the band in 1978 and due to that, bought the album Terrapin Station album and the rest is history. I just love the grandeur of the song. Mickey gloves on. Strong Looks Like Rain out of space. Rockin Cold Rain. Knocking on Heavens Door and they started the visual with the Universe. Earlier in the Residency they used Knockin for the landing and started it with the Earth visual making it a short song to time the landing. This time we get the long Knocking because the visual starts at the universe giving more time to get to Earth for the landing and therefore a much longer song. Oh yea. Longer is always better when it comes to the Dead lol. Not Fadeaway is one of the best ways to close out a show. Thank You Dead and Co for not closing out Saturday Night with the Sat nite song. Checked out the bands at the Tuscany and called it a night.
For the first 11 shows of this residency, been sitting in the 100s level, usually obstructed. It's a concert at that level. Tonight was up in the 400s level. It's a Sphere show at that level. Nice to see the
entire screen for a change.

Dead and Company 4/26/25 The Sphere, Las Vegas, NV
Set 1
Tangled up in blue
Shakedown Street
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
The Wheel
Saturday Night

Set 2
Here Comes Sunshine
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
Terrapin Station
Drums
Space
Looks like Rain
Cold Rain and Snow
Knockin on Heavens Door
Not Fadeaway

Show review , number 11 of the 2025 Dead and Company Sphere residency. Opened with LTGTR. Always one of my favorite openers since the GD day's. Always fun to hear Jeff sing. 2nd song Playing in the Band showing that they were not messing around. A traditional GD 2nd set song as the 2nd song in the first set is a bonus. Of course it got spacey with lots of improvisation. Very well done. We now get the Help>Slip>Surprise. Help was of course great. They showed the Mars hotel characters visual during Slipknot and I think this visual works perfect with Slipknot. The surprise was Cumberland Blues. I think this works well out of Slipknot. Very up tempo song which I think is best after Slipknot to keep the momentum going. Some of the surprises have been slow plodding songs that I don't think work well in that slot. Cumberland was great with the band giving Jeff lots of room to jam and boy did he jam . I love bluegrass and this song is probably their closest bluegrass song. I certainly don't consider it the Blues despite the title lol. Solid Jack Straw. Deal was great as always giving John a chance to go a bit crazy on the guitar. Nice Sugaree to open the 2nd set that always builds towards John going crazy on guitar again. Caught a bit of it on video because it's pretty predictable. We got the great Lost Sailor> Saint combo. Oh yea. Another pair of songs that work so well together. The evocative Sailor going into the rocking Saint. Love it. They better not mess with this combo as they have with other combos. They Love Each Other was solid. Big surprise was Midnight Hour. A song they don't do very often. It's such a classic Wilson Pickett tune. I have to admit I love covers of classic tunes. More covers please lol. Morning Dew was awesome as it usually is. Love how it slowly builds to an amazing crescendo. Mickey wore gloves for space. Standing on the Moon was beautiful with Bobby belting out "Be with you" at the end. Chilling. Great Althea. Another one of those old GD 1st set tunes that Dead and Co really upgraded into a fan favorite. Uncle John's Band for the landing. I always prefer a long song for the landing where the visual starts in the galaxy giving time to Earth to finally appear. Never thrilled when Earth appears right away for the landing determining it will be a short song. Uncle John's was long and magnificent as it should be. For the encore, a spectacular Casey Jones. The band really rocked out this closer and the audience ate it up. One of the best Casey Jones I've heard. Perfect way to end a show is with a killer performance of the last song and Dead and Company really came through. Checked out the Tuscany after show band for a song then called it a night.
Packed house tonight and last night. Last year it seemed only Saturdays selling out. Demand seems much stronger this year with a Thur and Fri sold out this weekend. Luckily got tix to all the rest of the shows. Once I saw higher demand, decided I better buy them all ahead of time. Glad I did. Rest of the shows may all eventually sell out.

Dead and Company 4/25/25 The Sphere Las Vegas NV

Set 1
Let the good times roll
Playing in the Band
Help On the Way
Slipknot
Cumberland Blues
Jack Straw
Deal

Set 2
Sugaree
Lost Sailor
Saint of Circumstance
They Love Each other
Midnight Hour
Morning Dew
Drums
Space
Standing on the Moon
Althea
Uncle John's band
Casey Jones

Welcome back.
Been to any good shows lately?

Review of show number 17 of the 2025 residency. Open with Masterpiece. It was wonderful. Haven't heard that song live for a long time. Can't go wrong performing any Bob Dylan classic. The Dead aren't messing around as they dive into Playing in the Band. Another classic GD 2nd set song that the Dead put into the number 2 song set 1 slot. Took the GD a whole 1st set to warm up to play it in the 2nd set. The Dead dont need a warm up and go for it at the 2nd song. Gotta love this band. Long and jammy with lots of spacey improvisation. Its only the 2nd song and the band is working hard creating. Love it. Solid Althea as John shines as usual on this song. Love hearing "this space is getting hot." Music was well done. A really outstanding TLEO. It was really hot and at the end John and Oteil pointed at each other appreciating each other's musical prowess on the song. New Speedway was great. Love this song. Such great lyrics. Bob mistakenly said they will be back before realizing his mistake. They finish with a really Hot Deal with John going for it on his guitar. Great way to end a set. Bob said now they are really going to take a break and be back.
Open the 2nd set with I Fought the Law. WTF. I was there at Richfield Coliseum when the GD broke it out and my reaction was the same. WTF. I'm sorry but I just don't like the song. I think the GD had excellent taste in what songs to cover. This ain't one of them. Everybody always has that one song you don't like and for me it's this song. Thank goodness they didn't jam it up and got it over pretty quickly. It eventually evolves into Dark Star. This Dark Star was magnificent and muscular. John was all over this song with aggressive muscular improvisation. Never got spacy. John was improvising all kind of jams that actually evolved into sttong hints of the Spanish jsm. Really incredibly wonderful. I need to listen to this again. This may be one of their finest Dark Stars ever. It was that hot. St Stephen next and it was magnificent. Great jams to keep Stephen rocking. No Eleven but I wasn't disappointed as Stephen was so hot hot hot. Sugaree next and of course slowly builds up to the point John goes crazy on the guitar doing some shredding. Outstanding Sugaree. Out of Drums we get the beautifully evocative Stella Blue. A rocking Cold Rain and Snow. Was a 1st set GD song that the Dead have moved to the 2nd set and it works so well there. Love long long songs for the landing and Morning Dew is perfect. Visual starts in the Universe giving the band plenty of time to slowly build the song for the eventual Earth landing. Closed out the show with Midnight Hour. Such a great fun song to close put a show. Covering this song is a home run rather then that dud that opened the 2nd set. I was tired after the show and just drove back to my RV
On a side note, as I came into the Sphere, noticed a guy with a shirt that said " Fuck this Place". They pulled him and his group aside. Not sure if they allowed that shirt inside. My assumption is they made him turn it inside out but I really don't know.
I've done every Sphere show but not sure I'm doing the Golden gate park shows in August. Just seems daunting for an out of towner. Hopefully there will be a live stream and I can couch tour it.

Dead and Company 5/16/25 Sphere Las Vegas NV

Set 1
When I Paint my Masterpiece
Playing in the Band
Althea
Music Never stopped
They Love Each Other
New Speedway Boogie
Deal

Set 2
I Fought the Law
Dark Star
St Stephen
Sugaree
Drums
Space
Stella Blue
Cold Rain and Snow
Morning Dew
Midnight Hour

Tonight's poster
Last show of the residency
What songs will they play ?

Review of Show number 18 of the 2025 residency. Last show of the residency. Opened with a strong Stranger. Just the 2nd song and they dive into the classic Help>Slip>Franklin's. Oh yea. I love how this band ( I refer Dead and Co as the Dead for brevity and old Grateful Dead as GD in my reviews) doesn't need to warm up to play the big songs like old GD. Help awesome as always. Great Slipknot that uses the Mars Hotel characters as the visual that works so well with this song. Of course they finish this classic combo with the great Franklin's Tower. During the run we got several Hel>slip>surprises. Some work well, some not as well but going into Franklin's Tower instead of a surprise is the way it should be. Just a natural beautiful progression to go from Slip into Franklin's. It's pure bliss for a Deadhead. I was quite impressed with John's guitar work during the mellow part of Franklin's. Wonderful improvisation. Next up the hugely popular Tennessee Jed. Absolutely love Europe 72 material. 2nd Harder They Come of the residency and Oteil sang it beautifully. They should let Oteil sing more songs. Love how the band is covering JGB material. A rocking Casey Jones to finish out the set.
Opening the 2nd set we get a rare Passenger. Love how the Dead are covering songs I rarely got in the old GD day's. I may have gotten a Passenger in the 1980's but I can't remember it. Next up , Scarlet>Fire. Oh yea. Great combo. Scarlet was hot as it always is. We got the classic transition from Scarlet to Fire. Yes yes yes. I've been missing that classic transition earlier in the Residency where there was no transition. They would properly end Scarlet then Start Fire. Tonight was different, they did away with that proper Scarlet ending and just Jammed until it eventually evolved into Fire. Loved it. Transition music is some of the most interesting jamming the band does. So thrilled the Scarlet into Fire transition is back. It's the natural order of things in Deadhead land. Great Estimated with a great middle jam from John. John stretches out that Estimated jam a lot longer then Jerry ever did it. Estimated is just such a classic GD song with that awesome bottom end rhythm that drives the song. Eyes of the World was wonderful as Jeff is able to stretch out with beautiful piano work. We then get Oteil stretching out with wonderful improvising bass work that just shines. Took a video of Oteil doing Oteil things on the bass since his stretch out time on this song is so predictable lol. Eyes = Bass jam every time it's performed. Out of Space we get a rare Looks Like Rain and it was beautiful starting out so mellow but finishing so strong getting the audience out of their seats by the end of the song. 2nd Tangled up in Blue for the residency. A Bob Dylan Masterpiece. I wished they stretched it out more. The John solo was relatively short. A lot shorter then JGB versions where Jerry would really go off on the melody jamming on it endlessly. The Dead kind of play Tangled pretty straight forward instead of really jamming on it like Jerry. Still enjoyed the Dead version. Just not as strong as a JGB version. Knocking on Heavens Door to close out the set. We have the galaxy visual transitioning to the Earth visual pretty quickly kind of shortening the song. Oh well. The Phil voice is back describing the band. Oh yea. Finished off the show with a perfect song. Ripple. Best way to end a show is with one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
The band huddled up for a group hug then gave the audience a group bow. They put up all the credits on the screen. A lot of people put these shows together. The credits display is so huge, took several pics to get the whole thing
Yes I saw all 18 shows. These shows for me personally are extremely convenient. An RV park just 20 min away from the venue with very reasonable monthly rates that actually saves me a lot of money. Free parking at the Tuscany which is just a 20 min walk to the Sphere. Great restaurants to get a good meal before a show. What's not to like. Love convenient shows that check all my boxes.

Dead and Company 5/17/25 Sphere Las Vegas NV

Set 1
Feel like A Stranger
Help On the Way
Slipknot
Franklin's Tower
Tennessee Jed
Harder They Come
Casey Jones

Set 2
Passenger
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
Drums
Space
Looks like Rain
Tangled up in blue
Knocking on Heavens Door
Ripple

I wish you would post more of your travels here like you used to.

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I wish you would post more of your travels here like you used to.
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To be honest
This forum is kind of an afterthought for me these days
I post more on FB and Reddit
I just come in here sometimes and do a quick copy and paste from my FB and Reddit posts
Those places are more welcoming and have better rules
Overall the rules pretty much suck here
I can't post honestly here and not get suspended
Math used to rule here
It no longer does
1 plus 1 no longer equals 2 here
It's unfortunate

I like when you post here. It shows how successful a retirement can be. You had a dream, made a plan, and are living it.

I understand your gripes about this forum. I have similar thoughts at times but have figured out how to not let them bother me as much as they bother you.

How many total shows have you been to ‘The Sphere’?

Have you been there when there wasn’t a ‘Dead’ show?

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I like when you post here. It shows how successful a retirement can be. You had a dream, made a plan, and are living it.

I understand your gripes about this forum. I have similar thoughts at times but have figured out how to not let them bother me as much as they bother you.

How many total shows have you been to ‘The Sphere’?

Have you been there when there wasn’t a ‘Dead’ show?
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48 Dead and Company Sphere shows
Yes I've been to the Sphere outside of Dead and Co
I saw the movie Postcards from Earth at the Sphere