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Altfish

Veteran Member
I saw The Dead a couple of times, The Bickershaw Festival and Alexander Palace; I still listen to them regularly.
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
I saw The Dead a couple of times, The Bickershaw Festival and Alexander Palace; I still listen to them regularly.

Nice! Dead and Company will be selling tickets on the 8th for their Hollywood Bowl show next June. I want tickets! :)

I'm actually working in Beverly Hills right now, so it would be convenient for me.
 

Altfish

Veteran Member
Nice! Dead and Company will be selling tickets on the 8th for their Hollywood Bowl show next June. I want tickets! :)

I'm actually working in Beverly Hills right now, so it would be convenient for me.
Unless they hit the UK, I doubt I'll get to see them.
 

It Aint Necessarily So

Veteran Member
Premium Member
My favorite Jerry song. The lyrics are very meaningful IMO.



Long time Deadhead here, lots of shows seen (doesn't include shows after Jerry's death like Rat Dog and Phil and Friends)

Regarding the Jerry Garcia Band, my favorites must be Comes A Time and They Love Each Other, and a couple covers like Shining Star and The Way You Do The Things You Do.

1971

NOV 20 Grateful Dead (1) at Pauley Pavillion, Los Angeles

1974

JUL 29 Grateful Dead (2) in Landover, MD

1984

JUL 21 Grateful Dead (3) in Ventura

1987

JUL 26 Dylan (1) and the Grateful Dead (4) at Anaheim stadium

1988

DEC 9-11 Grateful Dead (5-7) at Long Beach Civic

1989

FEB 10-12 Grateful Dead (8-10) at Inglewood Forum
APR 28-30 Grateful Dead (11-13) at Irvine Amphitheater
DEC 8-9 CONCERT: Grateful Dead (14-16) at the Great Western Forum

1990

NOV 16 Jerry Garcia Band (1) at the Wiltern in LA
DEC 28 Grateful Dead (17) at the Oakland Coliseum (1)

1991

JAN 21 Weir and Wasserman (1) at the Coach House (1)
JUN 1 Grateful Dead (18) at the LA Coliseum

1992

MAY 23-25 Grateful Dead at Shoreline (1) (19-21) in Mountainview
JUL 9 Weir and Wasserman (2) at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater
AUG 1 Jerry Garcia Band (2) at Irvine Meadows (4)

1993

APR 18 Jerry Garcia Band (3) at San Diego sports arena (1)
MAY 6 Weir and Wasserman (3) at the Coach House (2)
MAY 14-16 Grateful Dead (22-24) at The Silver Dome (1) in Vegas
MAY 21-22 Grateful Dead (25-26) at Shoreline (2)
DEC 9 Grateful Dead (27) at LA Sports Arena
DEC 12 Grateful Dead (28) at San Diego Sports Arena (2)

1994

MAR 4-6 Grateful Dead (29-31) in Phoenix (1)
MAY 13 Jerry Garcia Band (4) at Glen Helen Pavilion in San Bernardino County
JUN 24-26 Grateful Dead (32-34) in Las Vegas at the Silver Dome (2)
JUL 1-2 Grateful Dead (35-36) at Shoreline (3).
SEP 16-18 Grateful Dead (37-39) at Shoreline (4)

1995

FEB 24-25 Grateful Dead (40-41) at Oakland Coliseum (2)
MAY 19-21 Grateful Dead (42-44) at Las Vegas Silver Dome (3)
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
Long time Deadhead here, lots of shows seen (doesn't include shows after Jerry's death like Rat Dog and Phil and Friends)

Regarding the Jerry Garcia Band, my favorites must be Comes A Time and They Love Each Other, and a couple covers like Shining Star and The Way You Do The Things You Do.

1971

NOV 20 Grateful Dead (1) at Pauley Pavillion, Los Angeles

1974

JUL 29 Grateful Dead (2) in Landover, MD

1984

JUL 21 Grateful Dead (3) in Ventura

1987

JUL 26 Dylan (1) and the Grateful Dead (4) at Anaheim stadium

1988

DEC 9-11 Grateful Dead (5-7) at Long Beach Civic

1989

FEB 10-12 Grateful Dead (8-10) at Inglewood Forum
APR 28-30 Grateful Dead (11-13) at Irvine Amphitheater
DEC 8-9 CONCERT: Grateful Dead (14-16) at the Great Western Forum

1990

NOV 16 Jerry Garcia Band (1) at the Wiltern in LA
DEC 28 Grateful Dead (17) at the Oakland Coliseum (1)

1991

JAN 21 Weir and Wasserman (1) at the Coach House (1)
JUN 1 Grateful Dead (18) at the LA Coliseum

1992

MAY 23-25 Grateful Dead at Shoreline (1) (19-21) in Mountainview
JUL 9 Weir and Wasserman (2) at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater
AUG 1 Jerry Garcia Band (2) at Irvine Meadows (4)

1993

APR 18 Jerry Garcia Band (3) at San Diego sports arena (1)
MAY 6 Weir and Wasserman (3) at the Coach House (2)
MAY 14-16 Grateful Dead (22-24) at The Silver Dome (1) in Vegas
MAY 21-22 Grateful Dead (25-26) at Shoreline (2)
DEC 9 Grateful Dead (27) at LA Sports Arena
DEC 12 Grateful Dead (28) at San Diego Sports Arena (2)

1994

MAR 4-6 Grateful Dead (29-31) in Phoenix (1)
MAY 13 Jerry Garcia Band (4) at Glen Helen Pavilion in San Bernardino County
JUN 24-26 Grateful Dead (32-34) in Las Vegas at the Silver Dome (2)
JUL 1-2 Grateful Dead (35-36) at Shoreline (3).
SEP 16-18 Grateful Dead (37-39) at Shoreline (4)

1995

FEB 24-25 Grateful Dead (40-41) at Oakland Coliseum (2)
MAY 19-21 Grateful Dead (42-44) at Las Vegas Silver Dome (3)

I like your stoyle... :)

Hey, lately I've been enjoying listening to Jerry with Merl Saunders too. It has a different kind of feel to it. The following two are probably my favorites. Both solid jams.


 

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
Though I have heard and am quite aware of the huge impact the Dead have made, they are simply one band I was never able to get into. I won't argue with Deadheads, but I am curious what the big appeal is in their music.
 

Altfish

Veteran Member
Though I have heard and am quite aware of the huge impact the Dead have made, they are simply one band I was never able to get into. I won't argue with Deadheads, but I am curious what the big appeal is in their music.
I think it was their ability to 'jam'. If you saw 3 consecutive nights on a tour you would get different sets and different version of the songs.
 

PureX

Veteran Member
I think it was more about maintaining a cultural meme then it was about the music.
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
Though I have heard and am quite aware of the huge impact the Dead have made, they are simply one band I was never able to get into. I won't argue with Deadheads, but I am curious what the big appeal is in their music.


Call me crazy, but I like stuff like this:

...Referred to as "space" it's best enjoyed on a long country cruise out in the middle of nowhere. My wife sometimes can't take but I thoroughly enjoy it through and through. :)
 

It Aint Necessarily So

Veteran Member
Premium Member
Though I have heard and am quite aware of the huge impact the Dead have made, they are simply one band I was never able to get into. I won't argue with Deadheads, but I am curious what the big appeal is in their music.

There's a huge hump one needs to cross to enjoy their music in the way that a Deadhead does. I hated it at first, but had a period in my life where I had a roommate with whom I commuted to work over an hour, and we had about two 8-track tapes that we bought in a gas station convenience store, one Grateful Dead. It was those hours of listening that finally won me over.

When I got married in 1990, my new wife had to go through this learning curve as well. She didn't like it, but came over, and eventually joined me as the bass player in our dead cover band, and eventually saw about 40 shows with me. Right now, she's dancing to Scarlet Begonias, a Dead classic.

I think it was more about maintaining a cultural meme then it was about the music.

That was more true before Jerry's death and the end of the Grateful Dead. There was more to the Dead experience than the music. There was a community experience, and familiar iconography such as my avatar, a Jerry Bear.

But now it's just the music and the memories.

Referred to as "space" it's best enjoyed on a long country cruise out in the middle of nowhere. My wife can't take but I thoroughly enjoy it.

Yeah, Drums followed by Space occurred in the middle of every concert. It's not for everybody.

Can I share a bit of our Dead cover band with you? This is the two of us with an electronic drum machine, she on bass, me on guitar, both singing. To those unfamiliar, note the lyrics. This is among the things we love.

Moonlight wanes as hound dogs bay
Never quite catch the tune
Stars fall down in buckets like rain
There ain't no standin' room
Bright blue boxcars train by train
Clatter while dreams unfold
Way down, down along lazy river road


 

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
There's a huge hump one needs to cross to enjoy their music in the way that a Deadhead does. I hated it at first, but had a period in my life where I had a roommate with whom I commuted to work over an hour, and we had about two 8-track tapes that we bought in a gas station convenience store, one Grateful Dead. It was those hours of listening that finally won me over.

When I got married in 1990, my new wife had to go through this learning curve as well. She didn't like it, but came over, and eventually joined me as the bass player in our dead cover band, and eventually saw about 40 shows with me. Right now, she's dancing to Scarlet Begonias, a Dead classic.
That is totally awesome! I know I've tried to get into them many times, but always found the music wanting. (And I've seen a lot of the bands from that era Live too.)

Vanilla Fudge was a trip. They were practicing in a elementary school gym next to my dad's business when I was about 12 or 13, so, summer 1969ish. (I just peeked in the window and hung around the door. I was too scared to go in. LOL.)
 
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Cooky

Veteran Member

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icehorse

......unaffiliated...... anti-dogmatist
Premium Member
Long standing deadhead here. Although some would say i'm a lightweight since i've been a fan for only 45 years (late to the party). I saw them maybe 40 times, mostly at Red Rocks.

As far as getting over the hump, I think the elephant in the room is that their music goes hand in hand with being in an altered state. Of course they did the acid trips with Kesey, but a lot of deadheads got past the drugs and got into other ways to achieve altered states. One common approach was/is the whirling-dervish method, quite common at all dead shows.

Amongst folks who've done psychedelics, there's a saying that you never come entirely down from a great trip. I think there is some truth to that, so if you've been to those altered places, then even if you're not altered in the moment, the dead can get you back there. that connection between the dead and altered states is really tight.

Another thing about the dead is that while the singing was often weak, their lyrics are second to none. I'd put a lot of their lyrics up against Dylan or whomever you name.

Miss 'em a lot. I'm surprised at how happy I am to see Mayer playing with them - it kinda works!
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
@icehorse, you ever hear this one at a show? :) it would give me the chills.

...Sometimes I feel like a lost sailor. Hopefully not too lost. :)
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Cooky

Veteran Member
Those are pretty serious lyrics throughout Lost Sailor, saying he was going to take his girl 'to a place she's never been before'. Completely lost at sea... yet teetering on some kind of hope.

Then he proceeds to become delusional. Yet optimistic.

Such a predicament.. love that one.
 
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