coolphantom190 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Who likes the Grateful Dead? They are talented musicians and have good songs! Bertha, Touch of Grey, etc... So many great songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzy85 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barchetta Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I recently got into them this past month, American Beauty is my favorite by them; Sugar Magnolia is a gorgeous song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I love the Grateful Dead. Love their Sirius radio station. I think I have about 450 cd's of live Dead shows. My favorite year is 1969. I'll never get enough of listening to Dark Star >St. Stephen > The Eleven. 1973 and 1977 were fantastic years as well. The crispness of those '77 soundboards are the best live sound I've ever heard. One day Rush will be like the Dead and mix up their setlists as well as throwing some improvisation into their live shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I'm a fan. My favorite studio album is probably Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel. The live stuff and boots.....where to even f***ing begin. I really love that album that John Oswald put together called Grayfolded, where he mixed a bunch of live versions of Dark Star together into one epic version. It's so long it takes up two CDs. I put those in when I'm doing stuff around the house and just chill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 You and Jenn need to come with me to the next local Dark Star Orchestra show then. I missed last Friday's National show due to daughter's play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Long Live The Dead! Europe 72 and Steppin' Out (England 72) are my favorites these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I kind of look at The Grateful Dead as the Antirush. http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii324/jawkjaw/0131311490981-1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 QUOTE (apetersvt @ Mar 15 2011, 10:21 AM) You and Jenn need to come with me to the next local Dark Star Orchestra show then. I missed last Friday's National show due to daughter's play. This definitely needs to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Love 'em to death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raygun47 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Used to go see them often. Early '90's late '80's before Jerry died. Loved them then more than I do now, but I still like them a lot. I liked the Brent years a lot. It got to the point where I could do without the fans a little. Too much for me. I tried to be a part of it all for a while but it didn't quite fit my personality. Then it took some time for me to just dig them musically. The JGB is real good stuff. I might like some of the JGB shows more than Dead shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Huge Dead fan here. Love all their stuff, but if I had to pick my favorite touring years it would be 74 and 77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 QUOTE (apetersvt @ Mar 15 2011, 09:21 AM) You and Jenn need to come with me to the next local Dark Star Orchestra show then. I missed last Friday's National show due to daughter's play. Saw DSO play an orignial setlst last thursday at the state theater, va. amazing show. Mattson does a great job filling in for Kadlecik. Next up -- Further St Pattys Day in Fairfax! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skalamander2112 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 QUOTE (raygun47 @ Mar 15 2011, 06:29 PM) I liked the Brent years a lot. It got to the point where I could do without the fans a little. Too much for me. I tried to be a part of it all for a while but it didn't quite fit my personality. Then it took some time for me to just dig them musically. all of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I need to hit a Furthur date, or at least a Phil or Bob show. I miss live Dead!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjtull Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) I've tried to get into them an untolled number of times but I guess they just aren't for me. Edited March 16, 2011 by tjtull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raygun47 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Just thought of something I loved about seeing the Dead. Bob Weir did a few Dylan songs live ("Queen Jane Approximately"," When I Paint My Masterpiece" are two I recall). These songs were multiple verse songs...songs I've known for years and could never remember the words to...and he never missed a lyric when I saw him. Not saying he never did, EVER...but I never saw him miss a line. So...he'd do one, then two or three songs later he'd flub a line of "Truckin'" or "Sugar Magnolia." I always loved how it seemed he took the time to reproduce Bob Dylan correctly and then blow a line everyone in the audience could sing verbatim. I loved watching Bob Weir. Some faves of his library..."Weather Report Suite," "Lost Sailor," "St. of Circumstance," "Cassidy," "Black-Throated Wind." Damn...now I have "Black-Throated Wind" playing...(Dick's Picks Vol. 23). Curse the guy who started this thread! I'm listening to the Dead again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I used to hate them but got into them about 4 years ago . No band has as many live shows floating around as the Dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35goinon13 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I have boxes of Maxell XLIIs containing GD and JGB,tons of books about the band and it's members... I play in a Dead band. My son's named Jerome Phillip after Jerry and Phil yeah,the dead is a huge part of who i am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) I think there are a lot of misconceptions about the Dead... ...that all of their music is mindless jamming/noodling... ...that they're so stoned that there's no way in hell that the music could be any good... In a lot of ways, the "scene" and people's perceptions of the band sometimes prevent them from hearing what's going on. Yes, a big deal is made about the improvisational nature of the Dead (i.e. jamming sections in their shows, no two setlists are the same, etc), and there were definitely drug issues throughout the band's career. What this doesn't adress is that underneath that surface, there were great SONGS... Garcia/Hunter and Weir/Barlow wrote some timeless songs... I think one reason that Europe 72 is my favorite Dead album is because it showcases many of the Dead's strengths... There's great jamming on the extended Truckin' and China Cat/I Know You Rider. There's also great unheralded songs like Brown Eyed Women, He's Gone, Jack Straw, Looks Like Rain (on the reissue), Cumberland Blues.... There's a beautiful cover of folksong Morning Dew. A spirited rendition of Sugar Magnolia. I could go on.... The Dead managed to take a lot of American music (R&B, blues, country/bluegrass, traditional folk, jazz) and concoct their own blend, their own brand of music, in a sense. Edited March 17, 2011 by Mystic Slipperman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 QUOTE (raygun47 @ Mar 16 2011, 02:40 PM) Just thought of something I loved about seeing the Dead. Bob Weir did a few Dylan songs live ("Queen Jane Approximately"," When I Paint My Masterpiece" are two I recall). These songs were multiple verse songs...songs I've known for years and could never remember the words to...and he never missed a lyric when I saw him. Not saying he never did, EVER...but I never saw him miss a line. So...he'd do one, then two or three songs later he'd flub a line of "Truckin'" or "Sugar Magnolia." I always loved how it seemed he took the time to reproduce Bob Dylan correctly and then blow a line everyone in the audience could sing verbatim. I loved watching Bob Weir. Some faves of his library..."Weather Report Suite," "Lost Sailor," "St. of Circumstance," "Cassidy," "Black-Throated Wind." Damn...now I have "Black-Throated Wind" playing...(Dick's Picks Vol. 23). Curse the guy who started this thread! I'm listening to the Dead again! That is one of the greatest mysteries: how Bobby could screw up the lyrics to Truckin' frequently but never on a Dylan tune. FYI - my youngest child's middle name is Cassidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 QUOTE (Mystic Slipperman @ Mar 16 2011, 12:58 PM) I need to hit a Furthur date, or at least a Phil or Bob show. I miss live Dead!!!! GO. You wont regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 QUOTE (greg2112 @ Mar 19 2011, 12:48 PM) QUOTE (Mystic Slipperman @ Mar 16 2011, 12:58 PM) I need to hit a Furthur date, or at least a Phil or Bob show. I miss live Dead!!!! GO. You wont regret it. Speaking of which, I'm going to the April 1st (I think that's the date) Furthur show in Hampton. Anyone else going??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Been a huge fan since high school and have seen them a bunch of times. Ithaca 5/8/77 brought me home from Boston last Sunday. Today it was a Filmore show from 69. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 QUOTE (micgtr71 @ Mar 20 2011, 04:48 PM) Been a huge fan since high school and have seen them a bunch of times. Ithaca 5/8/77 brought me home from Boston last Sunday. Today it was a Filmore show from 69. That Cornell show has the best AM Dew ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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