By the end of this review, some folks will undoubtedly be upset and cry me a river. I don’t give a shit, you can keep that in mind. Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, Oteil, Jeff and Company threw a fuckin party that filled the place with everything we love most about life! Most of you know, I’m no pillow fluffer when it comes to the music. I’m not afraid to call a stinker if we get a stinker and sometimes we get a stinker. If the band laid a brown egg, there are a lot of fans that would sit around the egg and talk about how colorful it is. They get furious if anyone refuses to see how colorful their brown egg is. It’s not all “Epic” and at times can be sluggish. That being said, If you can’t appreciate the quality of the music that came through Dead & Company on the second night at MSG, I don’t know what the fuck is wrong with you…
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I wrote a review for the benefit but I chose not to publish it. If I did, I could’ve called it West L.A. Fadeaway… I didn’t wanna be mean about it but, I didn’t have one good word to say. I was certain I wouldn’t make any new friends from it, at least friends that I wanted. I chose not to publish it in hopes that there would be a dramatic change in the 2 or 3 days leading up to the official tour opener at MSG. If they made a music video for that Touch of Grey from the benefit the video would feature old nuns falling down the stairs, still attached to their wheelchairs, in slow motion. One of the great songs of hope and encouragement that found a way to offer none of either. Mama Mia… Not Fade Away sounded like Nobody ever really loved anybody in the first place. I don’t wanna harp on that shit because there are always a lot of challenges when bands play events like that. Like Not Practicing… That presents a big fuckin problem. Where’s Bill Walton? Brother needs to talk to his pals about how Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance. It was obvious that Improper Preparation Promoted Piss Poor Playing… Anyway, The real Tour opener was Sunday at “The World’s Most Famous Arena” according to the arena itself. I wondered if it would be possible to turn things around in such a short period of time… Here’s me and a bunch of my friends reviewing the benefit.

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