I really enjoy the studio versions of Golden Road, Born Cross Eyed, Cream Puff War and Dark Star Thanks for coming to my red talk
Got two tickets upstairs at Truist for $59, which is $75 after fees. There were tons of tickets available.
Mars Hotel was the first one I bought, when I first started to discover the dead. Obviously, there are many, many live Scarlett/Fire floating around, but the studio version is the first I played over and over again.
Longest song in live Dead history preformed OTD. 5/21/74 - University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 46:27 continuous Playing in the Band
yeah, I've always gravitated towards the 72 - 74 shows. Their sound in those years was just so good -- sweet and pure... with mind-bending improvisation
One of my favorite moments in the Dead universe and history. This was Phil Lesh first show after his liver transplant. Phil amd Phreinds. He brought his boys on stage to sing with him to for the first song of a three night run. What a beautiful moment. Then they rip into a great Viola Lee Blues. Room gets a little dusty every time I listen enjoy.
Agreed - love that version. But lest we not overlook the very next song they played -- a 34 minute Viola Lee Blues. That 4/15/99 show has been in constant rotation for years
Also weird to listen to the Hello Old Friends, realize it was 20 years ago, and then further realize Graham has his own touring act now. Makes me feel old
Fucking beautiful day in Houston. Grilling and listening to 6/10/73 while kiddos play in the splash pad. Really gotten back in to the dead the last few weeks and I wonder why I stopped listening as much. Helps that the wife now likes pretty much to whole decade of the 70s outside of Donnas screaming
My wife likes the Grateful Dead far more than pretty much everything else I listen to sans maybe Tyler Childers. Hunter’s songs tell a story brought to life by Jerry’s vocals. It’s Americana at its finest, and it doesn’t get any better than 73-74.
My wife detests GD. She hates the fact she doesn’t know when the song will end. She’s more of a Paul Simon/Lou Reed aficionado anyway.
The irony is I met my wife at a bar pregaming for a Grateful Dead cover band show. Invited her to come with us to this small bar where they were playing. She was quite surprised by the venue and asked “why are they playing here? I thought the Grateful Dead was pretty popular.”
got a new truck with Sirius and I haven’t taken it off the dead channel in 6 weeks. Never was into them before but now I can’t listen to anything else. Wife is very annoyed when I fuss about her changing the station.
What do y’all consider to be the best Jerry Garcia side project (JGB, LOM, JG/MS, etc.) official release? I’m going Garcia Live vol. 2 or Live at Kean College. Finally got my hands on Electric on the Eel. Look forward to giving it a listen
Pure Jerry 3.18.78 Pure Jerry 11.9.91 Pure Jerry 9.1.74 Are all fantastic and do a great job capturing that era. I literally wore out my version of Live at Kean College while I was in school.
Friend of mine shared this video the other day. One of only three or four times the Dead did "Reuben and Cherise," one of my favorite Garcia tunes.
I love late 80’s JGB. 1988’s Almost Acoustic and 1990’s eponymous Jerry Garcia Band are my two favorites. A lot of folks like a fresher, younger Jerry in the early 70’s and I get that. Personally, for me, I really love the soulful and weathered Garcia voice in this period.
I caught Buckeye Lake every year from 1990-1993, Steve Miller Band opening for the last show of the Summer tour on 7/1/92 was the most fun I have ever had at any concert in my life. We didn’t leave the parking lot after the show until 8:00 AM the following morning.
All the iterations of Jerry Garcia playing bluegrass have been on a fairly heavy rotation the last few months. Whenever I can’t think of anything specific, I typically throw on the Pizza Tapes.
I like the later stuff with Grisman or the 70s with Nicky Hopkins. Let it Rock Vol 2 from November ‘75 is really great. I can’t really appreciate the Melvin Seals stuff. The organ kind of turns me off, even in the Brent years. Though spring ‘81, fall ‘89 and spring ‘90 are some of my favorite dead. But when I hear the heavy synth sounds and screaming organ and I’m out.