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wasn't at this show but the list is killer. this was the FIRST weather report and i bet it was sweet. did 8 of the east coast summer and reading>baltimore (15 total) and had been waiting for it. looks like i should have been at the garden! cant wait to hear a recording of it! i remember sittin at the KOA is lewiston this summer jammin weather report praying they would play it that night! looks like i need to catch some more shows! see yall on the other side!

Hey, it's up finally! I think the site curator must have been recovering from the weekend still. What can you say? Although I personally thought the energy and song selection (first set at least) was stronger on Saturday, many people thought this was the better of the 2 shows. And, in fact, they did not fail to deliver. You knew Truckin' was coming, but a quick segue into Cumberland was an unexpected treat. Then they continued the travelling theme with the first of several "road" songs. Good ol' Bobby accidentally read the list wrong and started Cassidy before catching himself, at which point they launched into a self-contained Viola Lee instead. Although the typical VLB "club sandwich" gets a little gimmicky, it may have worked well with the three 1st set "road" songs. They threw in Eyes for good measure, and ended it with another uncharacteristic 1st set closer.

On the Furthur Facebook page, the setlist picture shows a sharpie marker above Born Cross-Eyed, and I sure would like to know what was underneath, because although it was a potentially strong opener, it seemed kind of sloppy, not like the well-executed version on the 2nd night of Radio City. Still, things started to gel again with The Wheel (guess road songs were the only game in town that night), and then the surprise of the season, if not the year: the much sought-after first part of Weather Report Suite, instantly recognizable and played very nicely. It had been a great autumn for lovers of this time of year, and this song paid tribute to that. And then, finally, the song I had been chasing for 15 shows since they first broke it out last New Year's (thought for sure they would do it in "Time(s) Square"), and fitting quite nicely on the heels of a string of Roger Waters and Pink Floyd cover band shows last month. Once again, the "home again" refrain fit well with the travel theme of the evening.

To my ears, the segue intro to Let it Grow was weak and hard to recognize, but once it kicked in they delivered a nice and continually evolving measure. The transition into Unbroken was delicately beautiful, sounding almost like a WRS reprise, but alas not the most inspired version I've seen them do. And of course, where Let It Grow and Unbroken Chain are present, can the Dew be far behind these days? Playin' sounded like it might give birth to one more breakout, but they brought it back home and ended it the same way they did the Radio City run earlier this year (has it only been 7 months?), with Dew > Playin' and Brokedown. Brokedown was gospelicious, and it would have been absolutely perfect if they had segued into We Bid You Goodnite for a double encore, but you can't expect everything.

All told, considering I only caught these two shows this tour, I couldn't have been happier. Any worries I'd had about them fizzling out were put to rest. Eight shows this year in 4 different NYC venues! No chance of getting to New Year's, but if they're still doing it next year, I'm definitely ringing in 2012 with these guys. For now, gotta hope they won't be gone for too long.

"Winter grey and falling rain,
We'll see summer come again,
Darkness falls and seasons change
Same old friends the wind and rain."

i heard under the sharpie was Not Fade Away. Caught time/breathe a couple times this summer and man its good.

"me and my buddys all got lifetime hear"

Thanks, Dave, for posting the setlist!

Though it seemed that I was going to attend Worcester at the lsat minute sort-of speaking, we decided that my fellow traveling buddy really couldn't afford the time due to work constraints and, quite frankly, it ultimately looked like a good decision 'cause everything and anything I probably desired was doled out deliciously@MSG. I already posted my Saturday review and stated that nothing that they could have done on Sunday night could have detracted from the excellence that was Saturday night. And that will always hold true BUT Sunday was a different beast on many different levels and, ultimately, because of those differences I ultimately preferred Sunday overall to Saturday though I suspect I'll listen to Saturday more, if that makes any sense LOL!

I felt that either I didn't enjoy and/or wasn't allowed to enjoy Sunday's 1st set as much as I felt the music performed deserved. Part of the problem, me thinks, was location, location location, always important in a metropolitan area such as midtown Manhattan...:wink. While I had what I felt were perfect seats on Saturday (sec 110, directly middle side-stage, Jeff C's side, great sound, great seat-mates/neighbors/vibes all around me...:-smile), that was not the case on Sunday (sec 110, directly across the arena behind the floor, some folks 'round me either talking and/or way too obviously drunk or whatever...:-frown) and though I had ingested many an adult beverages before Saturday and then indulged in many a kind bud during the show (KUDOS to MSG for just letting us be...:-smile) and that was "just exactly perfect" for Saturday, I chose to go where no man dares to go and asked the substances that I ingested to take me into outer space...:-wink...so I was a bit more sensitive to my environment than the night before and that would cause me/us to move for the 2nd set to virtually where I sat on Saturday night and that proved to be an extremely fortuitous decision. But I digress...

...cause Truckin>Cumberland was a REALLY cool way to start a show here in MSG, the Cumberland especially feeling like it was well fleshed-out, the guitars blistering in their jams. Any Road ended being a very good song, I learned it was a George Harrison cover sung by JK, a nifty little romp well-played. Then the first of the face-melts, Viola Lee Blues. Talk 'bout blistering, JK was bringing it, it was so refreshing to hear him play with some sort of reckless and improvisational abandon. Cassidy was really well-jammed during the middle section, easily one of the better version I've been fortunate enough to personally witness. And the closing trio of songs had their own individual charms: Eyes, typically a 2nd set song but continuing a lovely trend of performing a lot of those songs in the 1st set, was really really nice in its placement, Phil singing it with relish and the band performing a very very good version of it. So Many Roads dripped with emotion and the set-ending GDTRFB was both bouncy and a portent of things to come.

After a kewl intermission and settling into our new found seats in sec 109 next to the aisle that separated it from sec 110, the lights went down and the band EXPLODED into Born Cross-Eyed. While some found it sloppy, I chose to call it spirited and I was loving how the sound and lights were tripping me out, it was quite a musical ride. At its conclusion it segued into what might have been the most beautiful & majestic version of The Wheel I've been lucky enough to witness live, usually a song that doesn't do all that much for me live but this one was different, it seemed to mean a lot to them by how carefully and perfectly they were treating it and I believe that the assembled masses picked up on that...:-wink. It rather sneakily segued into the first-ever WRS Prelude/Pt.1 and upon the very first notes I immediately turned to my friend and exclaimed "1st one! What took them so long?" Seriously? If ever there was a song tailor-made for this particular incarnation, what with the beautiful backing vocals from Jeff & Sunshine, this is it and they proved it, the music was sweeping and the vocals heavenly, Bobby & Company TOTALLY rising to the occasion and making this breakout a memorable one, especially since...

...instead of segue into Let It Grow, they took care of my friend Jose's (and mine, but more so him...:-smile) request and performed the 1st ever NYC version for this incarnation of PF's Time/Breathe Reprise. As heavenly as The Wheel & WRS Prelude/Pt.1 was, Time delved into the depths of Hell on Earth as the lyrics describes the character finding himself in, I danced as hard as I have ever danced in my life for any song to this exquisite and perfectly executed to-my-ears version. I'm still getting goose-bumps still thinking of this song live and at the end of the year it surely will be in my top 5 individual musical moments in 2010, one that has had a myriad of great musical moments already but hearing this band perform it was truly special and fulfilled one of my "bucket" lists.

Hard to believe but the Let It Grow was simply monsterous in its presentation, Bobby singing it like HIS life depended on it and the band evidently feeling the same way too, JK really did a fine job on it and let me just take a moment to sing the praises of Joe Russo, who at the beginning I had my doubts 'bout BUT since he became the only drummer in the band this summer, he has been a MONSTER on the skins and truly the driving force behind this unit and kudos to Bob & Phil for letting him PLAY and he is PLAYING. A TON.

I had publicly stated for months that I did NOT want to hear the UC & Dew@MSG, having been at every East Coast Dew in 2010 and with it UC played at most of the same shows and/or venues, simply looking for other songs to be fleshed out. But I really didn't think that they were going to resist the temptation to play two of the best songs in their catalog here at a venue where history has as much to do with them as any other band and so UC was deemed next by the powers-that-be. I deemed it the worst song of the setlist and one could say that I'm nit-picking and it would be a fair criticism 'cause it just wasn't that far of a fall-off from what preceded it and what what was to follow...

...and that WAS the Dew. And what a Dew it WAS, it would have been the show-stopper except for all the other songs/breakouts that preceded it. That being said, it was EPIC, just like most of the set was, JK NAILED it, NAILED it, NAILED it and simply NAILED it. The set-ending PITB that followed it was rock-solid and jammed to the extreme.

Just like Saturday night and perhaps more so, Phil once again had to step away from the mic 'cause the love shown simply rose to such a deafening level as IMHO only the Garden can shower on the ones they love. And the Garden loves them and they love the Garden, Phil made direct reference to that very same point both nights before his donor rap and I might add, deservedly so!

The donor rap seemed even more poignant than usual and the show-closing Brokedown Palace shared that poignancy, a on-spot choice to close a great, no, EPIC two-show run at the greatest and most famous arena in the whole wide world. As I posted on another sire, the road between artist and audience is a two-way street and to my ears traffic was at its absolute best@MSG on 11/20 & 21, they sent the music down one lane and we, the audience, sent the magic back at them and the mixture was totally intoxicating. Kudos to the ENTIRE band for respecting MSG for what it has always has been and TOTALLY bringing their A+ game with them. It may not always have been perfect but it certainly was totally heart-felt and that translated into two magical evenings that transcended mere musical boundaries into realms that we can only dream of being at from time to time and I'm grateful that "Time" was this past weekend. May we all have a great rest of the year as we enter the holiday seasons and I'm ready to go Furthur into 2011. These guys are the real deal and they TOTALLY proved it once again@MSG.

Peace,
Alex

Noticed the error in my original post and just had to correct myself on the above, sat in sec 110 on Sat and sec 133 on Sunday for the 1st set, then moved to sec 109 for the 2nd set. In my mind it made all the difference in the world for the 2nd set and makes me ask the age-old question as to why do folks that show up at shows feel that THEIR conversation is MORE important than the musical conversation that a/the band is having on stage for OUR benefit, ESPECIALLY at a jam band show that is traditionally is offered up at a overall lower volume to allow the music within to breathe and expand? Just wondering...:-wink.

Peace,
Alex

The season has been bountiful and the harvest ripe with JOY! The Weather Report here has been like a desert spring, where the scarlet begonias from my summer pool-side are amazingly still in full bloom on my back porch.......
So much Magic to be GRATEFUL for............

This was a true "Road"show. Harrison's swan song is a tribute to this great Spirit (the You Tube video of this song ties his life together so beautifully as well).
Jerry, Pigpen and he all made it beyond OZ, and figured out that you don't need a road to get to Terrapin..........
Just Set the controls for the Heart of the Sun (same as the cover of that 1st Garcia album, JG does JG) and simply harvest the Light*

NYC has been quite the tribal gathering spot.....Further Gratefulness into 3 nights of Dylan Delight, along with the Macy's parade route leading to the next circus adventure around the bend.......

Now what remains?
Listen to the River,
and you may hear ~ the Spirit on the Water.........

Did a quick check of this past tour and the numbers are stunning: Eighty Four, that's right, EIGHTY FOUR songs played only ONCE over the course of eleven shows, an average of seven songs played at EACH show that was ONLY played at that individual show. Only twelve songs were played three times and the rest were only played twice over the course of the eleven show tour, an average of five shows+ before a song was repeated. If the GD had done that we would have probably pooped in our pants, LOL!.

Some examples of songs that were considered "played to death" back "in the day": One version each of NFA, Bucket, Sugaree, Don't Ease Me In, Deal, Liberty, Masterpiece, Me & My Uncle, US Blues, Foolish Heart, Around & Around. Who woulda have thunk?!?!?!?!?

By the same token, some examples of "rareties" played only once: Alabama Getaway, Next Time You See Me, Dear Prudence, Mason's Children, Get Back, Dancin' In The Street, Sittin' On Top of the World, Comes A Time, Come Together, Revolution, Smokestack Lightnin', Spoonful, Hey Jude Reprise, WRS Prelude/Pt.1 and Time just to name of few...

The point of all this is that I've read a bit of criticism 'bout the set lists and I can understand some of it but IMHO this band/organization deserves kudos, not criticism, for trying to make each show as special as possible for that particular evening on this particular tour.

Peace,
Alex

Having seen shows since 1969, will definitively state that Sunday at MSG was as good as any and much better than most during these four decades

23 year old husband from Lithuania was appropriately converted.

Thank you sooooooo much!


love,
Robert
robertjfeldman@aol.com

howdy, havent reviewed since roch. last summer.I said it then and i will say it now the light show is obnoxious crap that belongs at a lady gaga show!!!!sombody has to remember how awsome candace's lights were back before the computer controlled swirling spot lights that blind you. gives you the impression nobody in furthurs managment has the balls to say no .or anybody in the band either. I saw phil bitchen about playing with keith and donna (a married couple)well what the fuck, jill is making setlist like the fuckin dj, look these guys are great musicians but they dont have the crew the dead had and the result is this disney version of the dead . somebody has to sit these young computer geeks down and set them straight!!god bless ramrod he would not like this guys, god bless healy too. If you fellow heads were really there when jer was in the big house you know that as good as this is it dont even come close to the magic. wow im shocked at the older heads saying this is as good as with jerry, are you fuckin drunk! there i feel better now, just wrote this on the hope that sombody will throw a little mother earth in this fast becoming comercialized bullshit. peace all see you on tour next summer. thats right I still keep comming back ,youll have to kill me befor I die! p.s. I cant wait for the return of the dog bob hope alls well with all of them.

To each their own, Jed. That was then and this is now, I guess some of us choose to live in the reality and others continue to live in the past. If your suggesting that we rather not still have Jer, healy and candace around then you are in your own private idaho but it's 2010 going on 2011. Yo bro, I was absolutely digging the Bob Dog myself, especially in the last couple of years but wishing that they were still around is only going tobe wasting both my time and energies, the time and energies that I'd rather use to dance my ass off to Furthur rather then have to respond to folks such as yourself. BTW, dude, magic is in the ears of the beholder and what I saw@MSG were a lot of folks shaking their booties to what is some of greatest music in the whole wide world performed by some of the surviving members of one of the greatest bands in the world. I'll speak for myself, my time is limited on this world, just like it was for Jer, why spend it on a journey that is not going to do it for me? That's why I'm in the building. Why are you in the building for? Think 'bout it...

...to each their own and may the four winds blow you safely home...

Peace,
Alex

dear sweet alex it is not a knock on the scene musicians or you. it is however the truth.the computer nerds running the lights are attempting to simulate an lsd trip so parents can bring there a.d.d. child and show them the the trip without getting bored.(and in a safe family friendly disney atmosphere, remember when your music was scary to your parents thats the way it should be).it was and is about the music (bro).john k. jeff c, these guys arnt some carnival fill ins. this is real but come on dude I was meerly saying this all would not be if not for jerry and comparing any of this to him is indeed living in the past. mabey you should go back listen to a few whole shows and think about it. love ,jed. p.s. the thing is this is phil and jills deal not bobs. seems to me he was happyer in his own band, just my scorpio intuision.you know these guys got big monthly bills to pay have you seen phils new pad in nyc or the ferrari he drives. I have seen the internet destroy the music industry and find it shameful that seventy year old legends have to tour with no new record to promote just to by trinkets it is not kind at all,remember what we did to our blues musicians before the brits showed us the error of our ways I do.

dear fellow dead heads, I dont mean to sound preachy but just can not help myself because I feel deeply compelld to point out the facts about something I love with every fiber of my soul.The lights at a concert should inhance the experience. that means flow with the music,have you seen the artistry with wich this is beeing done these days across the musical spectrum? that beeing said im sorry if you need some swirling spotlight shining in your eyes to feel the music ,but it distracts,that is not what the grateful dead crew did for allthose years together they were bringing it furthur with the band for 30 yrs,innovation not imitation. thank for your time and god bless all of you, jed.

Do what I do: close your eyes. Seriously. I hear the music much better that way. And with all due respect to Candace or whoever is behind the lighting console, I usually do have my eyes closed.

BTW, Jed, I'm in total agreement with you. At the Sunday MSG show I was with a friend that is the Production Manager of a venue here in NYC and I mentioned to him 'bout 1/2 hour into the show that I've never quite seen a venue so inappropriately lit. He agreed. So point well taken but ultimately it IS still about the music so, no, I've not noticed where Phil lives or what he drives. IMHO he works hard for his money, especially for a 70 year old so as long as I feel like I'm not getting ripped off, ticket price-wise, than it is irrelevant where the band members live or what they drive as I'm sure that they're really not concerned with the same about us. But please don't take this as a flame war, just thought that we should stay on point..."Believe it if you need it, if you don't just pass it on..."

Peace,
Alex

hey now , Im an old fart, but I live and work in the music business I have allways been in awe of the four headed dragon we call the grateful dead. thats the band, the crew ,the heads, and the world we exist in. somestimes criticism is hard and it hurts but ultimately it is reality. IM a long way from candy coating my feelings so as to avoid a temporary hurt feeling and letting the ship stinck.(stink not sink)all IM saying is jack I didnt mean to interupt your rap but I had something new to say. best advice to avoid getting into a war of words with someone on the web think about what your investment is.I enjoyed every furthur show I went to this year ,I saw no improvement in the lighting production. I saw lights that seemed to be a cheap copy of the guy who works for phish. alex do you want these guys to feel thats the best they can get.I dont. this is all a blessing to have phil here with us, to have billy back on the east coast ripping up the drums( have you seen davey knowles sing ship of fools jerry would love it when a 22 yr old sings -"thirty years upon my head to have you call me child" with complete and beutiful conviction) to have bobby up front rockin the house at the garden, unreal. so alex I hear what you are saying so please dont misconstrue what I have said. Listen you can get back to telling your tail about your experience at the shows I enjoy reading them .I look forward to shareing a few more magic moments with alex and the rest of you soon , fare thee well!

hey alex , YOU called me out and i defended myself,no hard feelings my brither of the road. peace ,happy trails jed I heard with my own ears cat stevens (yousef islam) condone the murder of salman rushdi. I swore right then and there to no longer stand back and let those with money and a voice be the only voice.I may hate everything you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Anyone notice that NYC tie-dyed the top of the empire state building sat/sun night.

Both ridiculously great shows. 1st night was Bobby's, 2nd night in my opinion belonged to Chimenti as they let him go notably during Cumberland.

Hope they swing down to the south soon!

JED i was GOING to shows when healy ran the borad I do agree with you but jerry gone and they can never bring us to werar we once wear but for there age and our age to still be wathing bobby phill bang out what ever they decied it s going yo be the furtest tey can go phill can still take into space with his base and its nice seeing bobby having fun again yes i miss jerry not tofoget brent or keith or eveen pen but ther gone and nothing is going to bring them back i still catch my self try to compare them to the shows frm early 70 80 90 wow its 2010 and i am at the show with my 20 year old daughter I leave the touring to the younger heads if thats wat they like to be called the music still sounds the best that it can it can not get better maybe if billy and micky jumped aborad for a another tour only if they are going to have fun with it rob ny

yes I did notice empire stae tye dyed my daughter notice it and told me to look up pretty cool I think they did that oct 31 1980 radio city show

hey yall , let me get this straight this site is for reviews right? well why is it when you give your review some kid tells you your living in the past ? me im not! if you read what ive been sayin yall would see that constructive criticism of a sub par part of the production crew was all i said , you sound silly getting personal about what period im livin in ( if i had my choice it would have been victorian era if any body needs to know). thanks for reminding me of all the people who died in the dead though, soooo as i said back to reviews. furthur is a good incarnation but as the pranksters allways said nothin lasts. so while its here can sombody please get the message that the light show is important to the over all production of the show (why else would it be there?).and this year that department was not doing its job . damn people you cant get any better sitting on your hands and repeating at nauseum about how wonderful everything is. peace yall and unless you got somthing nice to say to me please stop making me explain everything . jed.

jed Iam no kid i I was agreeing with you if you read it write i glad yor a prankster I never got off the bus I SAID I CATCH MY AGAIN MY SELF compare shows FROM the past AND all I was SAYiING is I miss THE OLD DAYS AND tHE PEOPLE I lost ON MY TRIP WELL AS AS LONG AS YOUR ENJOYING THE RIDE IT dont MATTER TO me WHAT ERA you WANT to BE IN BECAUSE I love to be there to AS TO this BEING REVIEWS MY POINT IS THESE KID WILL NEVER WORK THE BOARD LIKE HEALY OR PAISH AND THE THE REST OF CREW EAST OR WEST COAST CREW THE lights DID suck but I still TAKE it it shuld be a lot better WITH the tech THEY have today ALL it a iguess its me who take it to hart when is computer DOING what THEY DID wit magaic sorry if you took it personal IVE BEEN GOING TO SHOWS FOR 40 years i guess itake to hart ABOUT REMINING YOU OF WHO DIED IT WAS NOT REMINDER IT WAS MORE OF SHOUT OUT TO AL THE FREINDS THAT IS NOT AROUND TO ENOY BOBBY PLAY THE GARDEN IN2010 SORRY AGAIN ITS JUST ONE OLD PRANKSTER ROBERT HUNTER WROTE IT THE BEST ITS HELL IN BUCKET AS LONG AS YOUR ENJOYING THE RIDE

In my opinion who cares about the light show? That is on the very bottom of my wish list when I go to a concert. If I really did care I would, as you suggest, go see Lady Gaga. Hell, they could play in the pitch dark for all I care. I'm just glad the magic is still alive. And yes it IS still alive, and no I am not a kid.

This the last you guys will hear from me I know I am getting a few people mad but this america thats what they told me when my number came up to go to nam so i think I have write to Express my fealings or review the trucking in to cunberland was so nice to hear they played it well but eveen if jerry was there there will be fuck ups seen bobby and jrrry just stop playing they wear so mad they wear not on that night the dead the other ones now they call them self further it is a good name because thats the further they can go dont get me wron they can tighter as aband in time but the show at garden was really good I taught 2009 at garden blew this a way by long shoot i dont get to tour like i did when i was younger health reason so when they play tri state are i am there no matter what they call them self onething i did not read about was how really nice broken down place was JERRY WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD SO ENJOY THE NEW YEARS SHOW IT IS ALWAYS HOT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY WILL PULL OUT SEEN A NEW YEARS SHOW FRN BILL GRAM OLD PLACE TO OKLAND MAYBE BEFORE I AM GONE THEY MIGHT PLAY ANEW YEAR SHOW ON THE EAS COAST IT WEST COAST SHOW BUT worth the money FOR A PLANE & HOTLE wish I was ABLE to TRAVEL one more time BACK TO THE GARDEN 2009 there was not ticket to trad or buy eveen if you had 150 for a ticket thank you sue from rex foundation you help out lot if you read this just want to thank you for all the help with tickets and pass when you wear able robert I better sign off before i get 1000 review tell me this aint the place but i think i desver my wings had a grate trip thank you to the band what ever your name is you will always be the grateful dead as long as bobby &phill can make mucia to soth my bones good nigt and solong not good by ROBRT

What is the news on future tours. will it be Furthur? Dead? What about Micky and Bill? How great would it be if Micky and Bill joined in on the fun?

Any news?

Thank you, Denver Man. My sentiments exact. I listen to most of my jam bands with my eyes closed, regardless it ultimately has to be 'bout the sound...

To Johnny Kay: Colorado went on sale today, It looks like we have them for at least a little while longer and you'd have to guess they're going to ride this pony out until (hopefully) it no longer makes sense to them to do so, however and/or whenever that may be...

Peace,
Alex

Like all of us - I fell in love with the Grateful Dead - I know precisely when it happened and like the rest of you we love all sorts of music - but we love the Grateful Dead..we love them like we love the ocean, chocolate, dogs, a gorgeous day, water taste like wine.

In the spring of 1981 I was home on leave from the Navy - my friends said we got tickets to see the Grateful Dead - I knew the song Truckin but nothing else. We were sitting in the War Memorial with the lights on waiting for the band to come out - I could see and feel how excited everyone was.

The band came out - at the first note the whole building was dancing and I was amazed by it all - that is precisely when I fell in love with the Grateful Dead.

Anyhow I listened on the internet to Futhur at the Fox Theater almost by accident (hmm what is this Futhur thing) and I knew something was happening...so much so that I made sure to get a ticket to the first night they played at the Hammerstein - after driving 8 hours from Rochester getting lost in Newark, Manhattan and Brooklyn and getting into the theater with 10 minutes to spare - with the lights on I could see how excited the crowd was - when the lights went down and the band started to play - the whole crowd went crazy - we were looking at each other with huge smiles and thinking - it's happening again.

I heard someone say "THEYRRR RE BACK"
and it is like a miracle, like a dream...like an echo.. a distant memory come back to life...its precious..how many times in life does a beautiful friend come back into your life after you thought they were long gone?

No matter how positive and energetic one can be - we all get so weary sometimes in this life of ours - even though we know there are gems around the corners of our lives - we get weary.

So when Futhur plays The Wheel at Madison Square Garden and the crowd sings along with great love...MSG seemed so cozy - I am very thankful to Futhur for helping us get to the gems in our lives and for Phil and Bobby showing us how to love what you do - and how to do it with class.