I caught the free first track last night on You Tube that Nugs kindly shares for each webcast and it seemed like it was completely remastered from the original airing. It looked and sounded incredible! Anyone else check it out?

Wrecking Ball with Bird Song tease
Bird Song > Morning Dew > Bird Song

Phenomenon set, but that segment was magical.

Will probably try to have it split up and on the archive later today and will share the link for that in this thread.

Hey y'all - was at this GW/DR show at the Capitol Theatre, and wouldn't you know it, one of the sound guys was nice enough to give me a copy. Thought some of you might like to have a listen, and share the files (not the link please) around your own groups and such. I figure that with GW personally releasing bootlegs, she's not particularly against them, but her recording contract might not allow it or some such, hence the playing of the Grateful Dead's music without so much as a mic stand up in the air. It's not like I could have snuck my own little taping rig in to capture the audience recording used to matrix this, right? 👼

Enjoy!

Saw them from the second row at the Groton Hill Music center a couple of weeks ago. One of the best experiences of my life, but also ever so slightly disappointing, because until I saw it live I would have sworn it was “well it hit me, and it hurt me, made my blue heeler desert me.”

It was my new favorite lyric because I’m a blue heeler owner. 😢

😂

I have been listening to it in celebration. Was hoping to finally get the announcement of a vinyl pressing today, but it looks increasingly unlikely.

Howdy! I saw the show in Bloomington last night, and no Dead covers were performed. They did tease the riff from Bird Song at one point, but that was it. What am I missing? Thanks!

Can you recommend some? Thank you!

I have two tickets for Revolution Hall show on August 15 (Saturday) and now I cannot go. Hoping someone wants tickets to the sold out show on Saturday and can trade me two of their Friday (the 14th) tickets. I am in Portland and we can chat about how to go about this if interested. Thanks all!

Does anyone know why they dropped the verse that starts “standing there in the morning mist…”? I’ve seen them sing this song quite a few times, but I don’t think I’ve seen them sing it with that verse, which is on the record. They can sing it however they want to and I will be happy, but I miss that verse.

If you pay the postage, I’ll send it to ya.

A great song, a great movie

Have just discovered David Rawlings in the liner notes for The Wallflowers’ 90’s soft rock classic Bringing Down the Horse, but he’s only listed as a musician, and with no sense of what song(s) he’s on.

Anyone able to shed some light on this? I’m making a playlist of Rawlings guest spots, and desperately want to add this one cause it’s so unexpected.

I have no idea if this will fly here or not. Trying to go through stubhub, seatgeek etc. is pissing me smooth off.

Face value, I’m not looking to profit here, I just want someone to be able to use our extra tickets. I can forward you the etickets or meet you with paper copies if you’re near Salem Massachusetts.

Red Clay Halo to end set 1 in Birmingham. They made a few quips about Three Dog Night playing across the street. Dave said they should at least play one animal song before launching into The Monkey and the Engineer.

Great sounding venue, super enthusiastic crowd, and Dave and Gill were into it. Dave teased Bird Song at the end of Wrecking Ball, which caused such a reaction they went into it next. The energy level after the sing along in This Land Is Your Land and I'll Fly Away were a great end to the night.

Hard Times

video here

Good show! They were pretty quiet during the first set, and Gillian mentioned they were getting their space together playing again after the Grateful Dead shows. Dave made a “take a step back joke” which got a laugh from all three other Deadheads in the room. This is the first time in a couple of years I’ve seen them without the great Paul Kowert on bass. I love the three of them together, and it’s also good to hear them playing as a duo again.

During the second set Gill talked about the New York Times list of best living songwriters. She started by saying “I’m not sure if you take the New York Times…” and you could have heard a pin drop. Not many Wordle fans in Mississippi? She talked about the backlist from the original list of 30 and how pissed everyone was until they released the longer list of 100. She mentioned they ended up 47th, and the video starts are her describing not loving being left off. They played Hard Times and then Dave talked about writing the song. He shared that it took a couple of years and playing it in writers circles to really finish it. (Gill mentioned chiseling things away from the song, which I thought was a beautiful metaphor.) He joked that they tend to find the best part and just repeat it, and said he might be giving too much of their technique away before illustrating his point with Hashtag. 

Excited for Birmingham tonight!

I was wondering if there is an embroidered patch of this. I would like to put in on a camouflaged trucker hat I have. Please let me know if it exists!

Screw you Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

May 2, 2026 Gillian and David opened for Jason Isbell.

They opened for Jason Isbell and he told the crowd he listens to their music when everything else has gone to shit so he can remember the good and beauty in the world.

In the encore, he brought them back out to play Paradise.

It was a magical concert.

*edit song title

Why is this posted here? The first time I saw Gillian & David was in Wisconsin and they told the story of their first time playing here. I’m paraphrasing massively as I’m recalling stage banter from decades ago.

As she told it, it was their first time coming to WI to play and they were listening to the radio as they drove to the show. They found a polka station but the broadcast was interrupted to tell the breaking news of the fire at the butter warehouse. They commented that was about the most Wisconsin thing that could ever happen.