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Interestingly he was indicted and tried by the DoN of his own party, convicted and jailed and not pardoned. My the times have changed

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YouTube video by LoloYodel Lazy Lightnin' (v2) - Grateful Dead - 4-12-1978 - Duke Univ, Durham, NC (set1-10) LoloYodel

9/ the bearded guy singing was amazing, but the thing to behold was the other guitarist. 😁

They ended the first set here. Now my compass always points to Terrapin.

youtu.be/KnpEIWiA3Kk

YouTube video by LoloYodel Peggy-O (v2) - Grateful Dead - 4-12-1978 - Duke Univ, Durham, NC set1-04

8/ Which brings me to April 1978 when I was a young undergrad in Durham. A roommate had tix to a show on campus and convinced me to go along. I had no idea what I was getting into and all the skulls and skeletons didn’t seem to bode well. Then 4 songs in they played this
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YouTube video by ScotsHoose Yaldi The Bonnie Lass o Fyvie subtitles

7/ Another song in that category is Peggy-O. Here’s a rendition of the original Scottish song

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YouTube video by Less Than Face Productions Billy Strings "Shady Grove" 7/22/23 Essex Junction, VT

6/ Of course the feudal setting of Matty Groves became a distant memory and Shady Grove soon became its successor. Some like Billy Strings still do both

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youtu.be/1hobeDDZsd0

5/ After the failed Jacobite Uprising that ended in the Battle at Culloden Moor a lot of Scots ended up in what we now call Appalachia either directly or through Ireland as the Scots Irish, bringing with them their music and whiskey making skills. Those skills led to Bourbon and music such as this 6

YouTube video by Joan Baez - Topic Matty Groves

4/ Joan Baez had a slightly different take

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YouTube video by Recreate Magazine Billy Strings (solo) - Matty Groves (LIVE!) @ Outlaw Festival Wheatland CA 5/18/25

3/and more recently Billy Strings

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YouTube video by solutioncow Doc Watson - Matty Groves

2/ sing it with those lyrics and it became adapted to American folk. Here’s Doc Watson
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YouTube video by Fairport Convention - Topic Matty Groves

Good morning Meredith. Some music trivia and personal history. This tune belongs to an old Scottish folk song, Matty Groves that made it across the pond. Here’s Faiport Convention and the great Sandy Denny. The early settlers who still remembered the old country
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Good morning Wilson.

Sorry to hear that.

Good to see you’re doing better

Good morning Meredith

YouTube video by OkieDeadhead Grateful Dead 6/7/1970

Good morning everybody

A little acoustic MAMU>New Speedway this Friday

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Anymore? Because this isn’t the group of musicians that started Phish.

Zep never had another member, did they? Phish did. This isn’t the original lineup.

Nice

This whole thing was instigated by @msmeredith.bsky.social. 😁

😁

Good morning Ellen

Good morning Frank

I’m always amazed that something that sucks that bad has survived this long. 😬

It was, wasn’t it?

YouTube video by AlligatorWhine Grateful Dead - New Potato Caboose, Born Cross Eyed 1968-01-22

Good morning everybody

youtu.be/YJUfUAkIvIg

Still have them blooming? That’s nice.

Eating peanut butter right from the jar is the only way to go. The lady has style.

Amen brother.