tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post5772147336374976521..comments2024-02-26T00:39:45.108-08:00Comments on NedBase: Annotated Nedbase 1970 - 2023nedbasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-26704763638431224292021-12-28T11:03:20.002-08:002021-12-28T11:03:20.002-08:00thanks, ruppi43! thanks, ruppi43! nedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-77896765767558772532021-12-27T23:59:56.626-08:002021-12-27T23:59:56.626-08:00see 3 pics from 71-02-18 with Ned on stage: https...see 3 pics from 71-02-18 with Ned on stage: https://www.wolfgangs.com/concert-and-band-photos/?t=Joe%20Sia%20grateful%20dead<br />ruppi43https://www.blogger.com/profile/02687238969252856314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-36209092610994817992020-12-16T23:24:52.284-08:002020-12-16T23:24:52.284-08:00This is a very belated reply - but even if the Dea...This is a very belated reply - but even if the Dead had considered him, it seems Ned wanted to keep attending school in Massachusetts. In '70-72 he only visited California in the summers for little spurts of jamming & recording, then each fall would head back to school. (He graduated MIT in 1971, then went to grad school at Brandeis for a year.) He only moved to California for good in 1973. <br />I don't know if the Dead did more than ask him to sit in occasionally, but my impression was that he was more interested in pursuing his own music than becoming a Dead sideman. After Keith arrived, he felt that Keith was a much better fit for the Dead than he would have been. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-33243163586849116242019-10-13T22:01:40.037-07:002019-10-13T22:01:40.037-07:00Considering the sheer number of gigs he played in ...Considering the sheer number of gigs he played in 70/71, his contributing to the American Beauty studio sessions, and his hanging around the band and ther side projects so much back then, it surprises me he didn't get the gig as their keyboard player before Godchaux came along.<br /><br />Was he even considered? And if he was, why didn't he get the job? Thanks a lot for all this precious info!The Reconstructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01958648744188740709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-76180671185554038802019-01-04T12:20:37.144-08:002019-01-04T12:20:37.144-08:00thank you, ruppi43!
I-) ihorthank you, ruppi43! <br /><br />I-) ihornedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-72055000762471060362019-01-04T01:10:40.126-08:002019-01-04T01:10:40.126-08:00Boston Music Hall April 71
https://www.digitalcomm...Boston Music Hall April 71<br />https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:rn302j70qruppi43https://www.blogger.com/profile/02687238969252856314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-77088383760168317022018-11-28T13:46:23.066-08:002018-11-28T13:46:23.066-08:00thanks, LIA. who has the 11-21-70 tape?thanks, LIA. who has the 11-21-70 tape?nedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-34031254223010688522018-11-28T12:40:21.236-08:002018-11-28T12:40:21.236-08:00It turns out that the "11-21-70" tape is...It turns out that the "11-21-70" tape is not actually from that date, but is a mislabeled portion of 4-3-70 Cincinnati. No wonder Ned can't be heard! Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-19077300289958844612017-12-25T21:14:23.552-08:002017-12-25T21:14:23.552-08:00thanks for the tip on this new edition of Gans'...thanks for the tip on this new edition of Gans' book. just put it on hold at the library, and am eagerly looking forward to some great stories from a fellow Ned !deadheadnedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18327053128979467386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-40880432499222137142017-12-02T11:17:49.641-08:002017-12-02T11:17:49.641-08:00Ned explains why in his interview with David Gans ...Ned explains why in his interview with David Gans published in Conversations with the Dead: https://books.google.ca/books?id=aWQKO6llMfoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Conversations+with+the+Dead+gans&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE7p-uhezXAhWJv1QKHZ9CCj4Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Conversations%20with%20the%20Dead%20gans&f=falseIncornsyucopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194586063192261829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-49800624799775196552017-12-02T11:13:59.749-08:002017-12-02T11:13:59.749-08:00According to one person who would know, the highly...According to one person who would know, the highly exaggerated $5k figure was intended to dissuade the proposal from being approved. It apparently did serve to delay it, but it was apparently Garcia's later insistence that it happen that ultimately overcame the resistance within the family.Incornsyucopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194586063192261829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-58251295799446461932017-09-28T23:18:03.520-07:002017-09-28T23:18:03.520-07:00This is the first time i read your blog and admire...This is the first time i read your blog and admire that you have posted on this...I really found useful.Keep updated. Smithhttps://www.youniversitytv.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-69485660473477964362017-01-10T06:33:33.745-08:002017-01-10T06:33:33.745-08:00Thanks for the question. While there is some info...Thanks for the question. While there is some information in earlier interviews, Ned and I have talked in the past about adding, at the end of the NedBase chronology, some information about his leaving the Grateful Dead family and music. I will email Ned and ask him.<br /><br />Hopefully in the next week or so, when I get something added to NedBase, I will email you and let you know.<br /><br />I-) ihornedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-28084787188080249652017-01-05T17:41:01.458-08:002017-01-05T17:41:01.458-08:00Rather, perhaps it's a question with a complic...Rather, perhaps it's a question with a complicated answer...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136054152878366603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-26674062651056710432017-01-05T17:40:20.556-08:002017-01-05T17:40:20.556-08:00Perhaps this is a complicated question, but how co...Perhaps this is a complicated question, but how come Ned all the sudden stopped playing/jamming with the Dead and basically exited that universe altogether? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136054152878366603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-10477191814938307072016-11-03T06:52:57.299-07:002016-11-03T06:52:57.299-07:00I asked Ned why the cover of his electric piano is...I asked Ned why the cover of his electric piano is off when it is on stage being played. Here is his response:<br /><br />I have been asked by several people why my Fender Rhodes 88 electric piano cover is off, exposing the piano's "tines", which vibrate when struck by each piano key hammer mechanism, and their associated pickups, as can be seen in photos from Winterland October 1974 on Nedbase, and in the Paris video from 09-21-74. I almost always played it this way allowing me to play the electric piano's individual "tines" (like a "prepared piano"), and to facilitate feedback with my pre-amp monitor setup immediately behind me, and to sometimes create feedback with Jerry's guitar pickups when he played close to me (similar to what we did together with my clavichord on 02-18-71).nedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-50875560252066539362016-10-28T09:56:08.551-07:002016-10-28T09:56:08.551-07:00----------
Ned was emailed about the 06-16-74 Des...----------<br /><br />Ned was emailed about the 06-16-74 Des Moines concert, and was sent recordings. Here is his response:<br /><br />Thanks for the Des Moines CDs. I have listened to Big River and Playing in the Band.<br /><br />I have no memory of the Des Moines gig at all, and when I don't remember or just unsure of some date I don't think it should be included in Nedbase, or only to be mentioned there as being researched. I do not know how to respond to someone who saw me there playing. It is possible I have no memory but not at all likely. I do not remember exactly my tour travel plans, but we planned to start the Ned and Phil sets (and segue into Jerry and the GD) first in Miami, and not in the earlier cities.<br /><br />The Big River is not me. Could be Keith on some other new keyboard he was trying out, and perhaps with an organ kind of touch, much different from a piano, and so if it's Keith he might sound different. Or Keith using some new effects pedal or setup?<br /><br />At the beginning of Playing in the Band there is a buzz coming in rhythm with the tune. It occurs during the first verse singing, especially apparent when Donna is singing too. Could be a noise coming from an open faulty mic overloading picking up stage playing, or a bad cable, or an impedance mismatch for someone's audio feed (an added new keyboard?), or a blown preamp or amp? Also it occurs during singing which means it's not my setup because I always played through the vocal system, and when there was singing I would be switched out of the PA and could only be heard on stage where I had my own nearby monitors.<br /><br />Later in the jam there is a synth. but I would not use a synthesizer to play on Playing in the Band, at least not that way - I would not think it appropriate, having played it several times before and since (including when in 1970 in protoform it was called the Main Ten and I first played organ, and otherwise later after 1970 when I played it on electric piano). Also, whoever it was seemed to be not familiar with the settings on the synth or keyboard and was trying things out to find a patch/sound that worked, and maybe did not know it was going out initially through the PA. Could be Keith trying out something new?<br /><br />Sometimes during the middle and later jam it sounds like there are two keyboards (or two players?) on Playing in the Band, sometimes only one, and the sound of the second one is like mine and much like my touch/sound/style, different from Keith's usual sound (perhaps I had started influencing Keith in certain contexts?). But it's generally louder than how I was most times placed in the PA mix (being the sixth player in the mix) which argues strongly for it being Keith. I know of no sit-ins by any others during that tour except those by me, and no mention of others ever since.<br /><br />I listened to the beginning of the next tune (Tennessee Jed) and it has some noise sweeps and other synth sounds on it as well during singing. Cannot be my set up. With all the PA inputs used when there is singing it has to be part of the keyboard setup output. And sounds I would, of course, never make on that tune.<br /><br />By the way, getting my equipment out of the tour big-rig trucks for someone else to play would be very difficult because it was all packed deep in, to be unloaded first in Miami. Also, the synth does not sound like my Arp Odyssey, nor my Eu (which only could be setup by me).<br /><br />My opinion in summary is that, having no memory of the day and there being certain technical facts, it is not me in Des Moines, and it should not be credited to me in Nedbase.<br /><br />Thanks to all for their interest!<br /><br />----------<br />nedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-74126745857052717582016-10-13T16:50:08.858-07:002016-10-13T16:50:08.858-07:00Hello Ned,
Nedbase does not list you performing w...Hello Ned,<br /><br />Nedbase does not list you performing with the Grateful Dead on 6/16/74 at the Des Moines State Fair. It is known that there was no Seastones performance on this date. However, there are some eyewitness accounts (at least one on dead.net) stating that you played some keys at this show. And there is a discussion currently on dead.net (on the Dave's Picks 19 discussion board) about this. Many folks agree that the keys being played on Big River, for instance, does not sound like Keith Godchaux' playing at all. I was wondering if you could shed some light on this? Perhaps, if you don't have records beyond what is on Nedbase for this kind of thing, maybe you could listen to the Big River played during that show on Archive.org and see if you think that is you playing keyboards? If you'd rather not, I understand. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this. And best of look with the new Seastones project. I'm looking forward to that. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-31030875408987295592016-09-13T09:48:27.351-07:002016-09-13T09:48:27.351-07:00These are the track timings that I came up with fo...These are the track timings that I came up with for the Rykodisc RCD 40193 CD version of "Seastones":<br /><br />The December 1975 Version<br />1. I 5:23<br />2. II 1:22<br />3. III 0:52<br />4. IV 11:10<br />5. V 3:36<br />6. VI 8:52<br />The Original February 1975 Version<br />7. I 3:36<br />8. II (Vocals) 4:05<br />9. III A 4:38<br />10. III B 5:38<br />11. IV A (Vocals) 0:19<br />12. IV B (Vocals) 0:18<br />13. V B 4:47<br />14. VI (Vocals) 5:41<br />15. VII 13:42<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-56902230298605604542016-05-15T11:15:35.486-07:002016-05-15T11:15:35.486-07:00From Ned:
I played with David (Crosby) at his hom...From Ned:<br /><br />I played with David (Crosby) at his home in Mill Valley, at Mickey's, at Bob's, in my Fairfax one bedroom apartment, and at Wally Heider's studio in San Francisco (1970), but not on his boat. We also hung out when we both were staying at Chateau Marmot in Los Angeles. I was there to finish "Seastones".<br /><br />I made a couple of visits alone and with Phil to Sausalito when David and the "Mayan" (his sail boat) was docked there (we had lunch once). There was no piano or other keyboard on the boat, so there was no possibility of playing together. But once David played and sang some tunes for me on the boat.<br /><br />When, with Jerry and Phil, I visited Grace (Slick) and Paul (Kantner) at their house right on Stinson Beach, David sailed in on his boat and moored just offshore in Bolinas Bay. <br /><br />I always loved David's song "The Lee Shore". It deeply resonated with me because I grew up with family boats, first on Long Island Sound, later on Long Island's south shore and far from land on the Atlantic Ocean all the way out to the Gulf Stream, and in the Florida Keys. On fishing boats, many days and nights. Fishing and swimming around and under water. <br />nedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-43841262760237861832016-04-27T10:46:52.950-07:002016-04-27T10:46:52.950-07:00Ned has an official website Spiritcats.com where h...Ned has an official website <a href="http://spiritcats.com" rel="nofollow">Spiritcats.com</a> where he writes extensively about his photography, art, and music, and, has several galleries of wonderful images to explore.<br /><br />I-) ihornedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-16475637240143263452016-04-22T08:36:16.985-07:002016-04-22T08:36:16.985-07:00golly! 1) a new seastones cd? 2) the ryko cd is ...golly! 1) a new seastones cd? 2) the ryko cd is a different mix/assembly of the material than the record? verrry interesting! more info?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-21310151521095931622016-04-20T09:06:25.530-07:002016-04-20T09:06:25.530-07:00Ned is investigating this, and this is hours of wo...Ned is investigating this, and this is hours of work to listen and figure out. <br /><br />Timings vary for different versions/releases. The CD times are known to be different than the LP and should be viewed as standing as they do, not as the canonic versions of "Seastones", and not to be made to be equal. The new upcoming "Seastones" CDs release track times are listed in the booklet (80 tracks) and do constitute the exact times as composed for each "Seastones" moment-form. <br /><br />In the meantime, if you have come up with your own timings for the "Seastones" CD, feel free to share them here.<br /><br />I-) ihornedbasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310453607928460178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-52687543933803412582016-04-14T15:40:53.502-07:002016-04-14T15:40:53.502-07:00hi!
does anyone know what the timings are for the...hi!<br /><br />does anyone know what the timings are for the different movements of Seastones? i tried to break it down once based on transitions in the music, and came up short. thanks!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634438679619068172.post-63022427987086557262016-04-13T14:50:45.772-07:002016-04-13T14:50:45.772-07:00Did Jerry and Ned play with Crosby on board his Ma...Did Jerry and Ned play with Crosby on board his Mayan sailboat in 1971-72? I read it somewhere and now can not find it.Jerry's Brokendown Palaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.com