AreWeThereYet
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Been listening to the HU recently. That the "The Hu" not the Who. Mongolians with amplifiers, be very afraid. Surrender immediately or we will play. No quarter will be given and no one will survive.
The Grateful Dead QB
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I heard stories about Eddie from a friend of mine who played in a top 40 band. They toured w/ his band as an opening act around that time. Horror stories.
My best friend runs a large regional sound company down in central MO. He had a lock on casino shows at one of the establishments down there for about 10 years. I've done system engineering for him since the late 80s and I made a trip down there monthly during that time span to help him out. The casino booked Money for a show and he picked it up. We were both dreading it but the money was into five figures which helped. The day came and I would have to say that was one of the most pleasant (and fun) shows I have ever worked. I mixed monitors for the band. The sound check lasted a couple hours as they were rehearsing some tunes for their upcoming Christmas shows w/ Eddie, Lou Graham and Mickey Thompson. Eddie wasn't there for the check but the MD told me what to expect. The show went off like clockwork. The crowd was fantastic and they kept up an encore call for about 10 minutes. Afterwards I heard him give complements to the casino's concert coordinator and told her we were a "really professional outfit". He thanked us and the MD hoped we would get to work together again. Sadly it never happened.
The number of artists I have worked with who are now gone is frightening. Never saw the dead but my college roomy had seen them about 40 times so I was familiar w/ their catalog. Later I worked w/ Dan Healy's (their engineer) cousin and she offered me tickets to a show @ Park City but I had a new baby at home so I passed. Wished I would have figured that out later after Garcia passed. Still have some of his ties.
If you get a chance to go see one of the greats then do it!
thedukeofearl
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Ree4
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I listened to them a lot, Wolf Totem is amazing. Found this song. Based on a true story from WW1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Dead_Men
AreWeThereYet
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The thing about the song "Wolf Totem" is it manages to be metal without distorted guitars. I didn't notice until someone pointed it out to me. The throat singing and other distorted singing, along with the traditional instruments fit right into the genre.
Sounds like you'd have fit in better with Iowa's locker room then many of the players....
