the Dead are the only music I can think of that you play or listen to the song and each time you hear something different. I've never understood that at all.
Jerry on vocals and lead guitar. Oh, Jerry was indeed a virtuoso guitar player. This is what Duane Allman said: "I love the Dead. As far as Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia could walk on water. He could do anything any man could ever do. He's a prince."
Bob Dylan's eulogy of Garcia: "There’s no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don’t think any eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great, much more than a superb musician, with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He’s the very spirit personified of whatever is Muddy River country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal. To me he wasn’t only a musician and friend, he was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he’ll ever know. There’s a lot of spaces and advances between The Carter Family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle. There’s no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep"...BOB DYLAN
Ever since the Cornell 5/8/77 show was enshrined in the Library Of Congress as a historically significant recording, I have imagined the archivists in the basement of the LOC dancing around on a Friday afternoon with the show blasting away in the room. LOL.
There were many shows around that time and I sometimes get them mixed up a bit, but I do remember being really moved by this Morning Dew and it haunts me to this day. Franklin's Tower from Buffalo (if I remember) was also really great. I've been a Deadhead since I first saw them in 1967, tons of shows and a nice tape collection.
It's about the aftermath of nuclear war. The point of a Dead song is to allow the band to play whatever they want, bringing the different players and ideas together in a free form to make the sum more than the parts.
The song is about the day after a nuclear holocaust. Written by Bonnie Dobson and covered by Robert Plant. The Dead version is the quintessential version.
I'm not even sure this is the best show the Dead played this week. They were remarkably consistent in spring 77. I love the back end of the Fire on the Mountain from this show. There is a good four minutes of disco-funk fusion madness during the Dancing in the Streets that I return to often, and Jerry's deliciously deranged solo in They Love Each Other is tattooed on my soul.
@@mirrormusic99 Michael Palmisano has a RUclips guitar channel and he attempted to break down that They Love Each Other solo from this show. Its solid entertainment.
There were many shows around that time and I sometimes get them mixed up a bit, but I do remember being really moved by this Morning Dew and it haunts me to this day. Franklin's Tower from Buffalo (if I remember) was also really great. I've been a Deadhead since I first saw them in 1967, tons of shows and a nice tape collection.@@mirrormusic99
You talked about GD tunes starting slow and meandering. Many do. You reminded me in that moment the the Peggy-O from the next night 5-9-77 is stellar. Another to check out would be Eyes of the World from the Cow Palace on 12-31-76. Eyes is arguably their “jazziest” tune and the intro features some of the most epic Jerry noodling that ever did noodle!
I am learning that now! Just didn’t know it before. And do you have any specific memories of that show? Did anything stand out in your mind in real time?
@@mirrormusic99 Truthfully I had seen them 5 times in the previous year in what was called the Deadhead Tour (smaller venues only people belonging to the Dead fan club got tickets) and I felt every one of those shows were just as good as this one. All great. My one memory is the girl I was with getting up and dancing i the bleachers where we were sitting and people telling her to sit down. Well she was tripping at the time and pretty feisty so she turned around and screamed something like this is the freakin Dead if you don't want to dance then get the hell outa here. They all shut up
Thank you for doing this. I requested it because although 5/8/77 is a standard choice, thanks to its ridiculously perfect audio quality (THANKS BETTY) it’s a great starting point, and the Dew is a perfect moment in time.
@@mirrormusic99 Betty Cantor-Jackson was one of the Dead’s soundboard audio engineers. As you can read below, she recorded most on her own equipment so she owned the tapes. As some point she fell on tough times and her storage spaces were auctioned to the public. They contained 1000s of tapes (including the Cornell show). These were known as “Betty Boards” and eventually made their way into circulation. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Cantor-Jackson
@@mirrormusic99 You might also be interested in the story of Owlsley “Bear” Stanley and the Wall of Sound. For a brief year (1973-1974), the Dead traveled with a monstrous 600 speaker, 70 ton system that changed how live music is performed to this day.
Uber-classic Grateful Dead. This Cornell version has "the reputation" but doesn't even make my personal Top Ten. 15Apr78 has been my favorite for decades. Great reaction....!!
"Morning Dew" is a cover of a song written by Canadian Singer/Songwriter Bonnie Dobson, not a GD original. But it was a BIG favorite of the fans. They performed it quite a bit, right up to 1995. The entire Spring 1977 Tour is considered by most Dead Heads to be one of the main peak periods of live GD, plus the quality of Betty Cantor-Jackson's recordings. This was post-Wall Of Sound, but the PA system was getting better all the time. There were several "peak" periods, with different Keyboardists, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Keith Godchaux, Brent Mydland and Bruce Hornsby. Jerry Garcia (RIP) WAS a virtuoso Guitarist, Phil Lesh IS a virtuoso Bassist and Bob Weir evolved into a virtuoso Rhythm Guitarist. Billy and Mickey on Drums were very, very good.
I can already tell the late 70’s are considered one of the peaks, because virtually every suggestion of more songs to listen to comes from that time period!
The studio version of this song came out on their first album in 1967. Early on it was often the opening song in their set, but by the early seventies it was mainly deployed as a set and/or show closing number. I usually refer to it as The Grateful Dead's Stairway to Heaven. This version is typically lauded as one of the best, although there's a pretty bad flub in one of the bridges. Just like the Cornell show in general, I would say this is an excellently played version that doesn't quite live up to its reputation as the best ever.
Hell yeah! I actually think I said there were pieces that reminded me of Stairway to Heaven! I’m always excited when experts confirm my ears are hearing what I think they are. Thanks for hanging out and thanks for listening!
I totally agree, it’s not the best show ever or maybe even that week, but that closing of Dew is phenomenal and the audio quality makes it very accessible to new ears.
It really is the world's saddest song. Total nuclear annihilation, the world poisoned by radiation. A young family hiding in a shelter, afraid to go outside. The wife is dying, lost in delirium. She asks about their infant child, and her husband can't tell her the child has died. She asks to go outside, but he dares not. But as he sickens as well, he relents, since they're both dying, and "it doesn't really matter anyway." They walk out in the morning dew for one last time….
It’s pretty intereting to hear someone making the realization, “This guy is a really underrated, soulful vocalist. This is Jerry Garcia, right?” And “I never thought of this guy as a virtuosos guitar player, but wow, sick. This is Jerry Garcia, right?” I think a lot of people form strong opinions on the Dead based on limited interraction with the music and assumptions based on the hoopla around the band. Or they see a few videos from the later years and are dismissive, when the band really scorched from 67-81. To me it is straight forward: they are the greatest American rock band. Even if they aren’t your favorite, the depth of their catalog, the iconography, the charisma and gifts of Garcia, the influence on the culture, the birthing of a genre through an amalgamation of all forms of American roots music. They’re it. They’re the American Beatles.
Finally, if you would like to experience more of Jerry’s virtuosity, try out After Midnight > Eleanor Rigby > After Midnight (reprise) from 3/8/80 Jerry Garcia Band.
As others have mentioned, Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain from the same show is a must. I would also suggest China Cat > I Know you Rider either from 5/19/74 or Alpine Valley 1989 (both easily searchable on RUclips)
If you don't think of Jerry as a virtuoso guitarist then you really don't know much about him;) There's a reason why great jazz musicians like Branford Marsalis wanted to play with the Dead, why a guitarist like John Mayar was recruited for the Dead and Company in recent years. He was never tidy, or worried about immaculate cleanliness, far more interested in experimentation and going someplace new. For something a little more complicated try Estimated Prophet .
Exactly! These videos are me learning about their music- I’m not a non-fan, not opposed to them- just don’t know much! When the wider culture thinks about the great guitarists of the 20th century, they usually don’t name Jerry. And it seems, to my ears, that they should.
Yeah, this is an old one from before I upgraded the system. Sorry- I may re-do this eventually, but I did still want to keep it posted bc it’s the genuine first reaction.
The Grateful Dead came from a bluegrass background where all the instruments talked to each other and this carried over into the way the Dead played.
the Dead are the only music I can think of that you play or listen to the song and each time you hear something different. I've never understood that at all.
Yes, Jer is indeed a virtuoso. And only he can do what he does.
Jerry on vocals and lead guitar. Oh, Jerry was indeed a virtuoso guitar player. This is what Duane Allman said: "I love the Dead. As far as Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia could walk on water. He could do anything any man could ever do. He's a prince."
Funny thing re Jerry. it wasnt his talent. he truly had something that went far beyond talent. talent takes you so far.
Right on, Ray!@@rhlang11
Bob Dylan's eulogy of Garcia: "There’s no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don’t think any eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great, much more than a superb musician, with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He’s the very spirit personified of whatever is Muddy River country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal. To me he wasn’t only a musician and friend, he was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he’ll ever know. There’s a lot of spaces and advances between The Carter Family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle. There’s no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep"...BOB DYLAN
Ever since the Cornell 5/8/77 show was enshrined in the Library Of Congress as a historically significant recording, I have imagined the archivists in the basement of the LOC dancing around on a Friday afternoon with the show blasting away in the room. LOL.
What a beautiful picture.
Garcia is a virtuoso guitar player, songwriter, and singer. The OG of psychedelic improvisation. He's also and expert banjo player.
Jerry Garcia is the picture next to the entry for electric guitar Virtuoso. 🎸👌
There were many shows around that time and I sometimes get them mixed up a bit, but I do remember being really moved by this Morning Dew and it haunts me to this day. Franklin's Tower from Buffalo (if I remember) was also really great. I've been a Deadhead since I first saw them in 1967, tons of shows and a nice tape collection.
It's about the aftermath of nuclear war. The point of a Dead song is to allow the band to play whatever they want, bringing the different players and ideas together in a free form to make the sum more than the parts.
Thanks for the continued education.
The song is about the day after a nuclear holocaust. Written by Bonnie Dobson and covered by Robert Plant. The Dead version is the quintessential version.
I balled like a baby when i saw this Philly spectrum 1982
I'm not even sure this is the best show the Dead played this week. They were remarkably consistent in spring 77. I love the back end of the Fire on the Mountain from this show. There is a good four minutes of disco-funk fusion madness during the Dancing in the Streets that I return to often, and Jerry's deliciously deranged solo in They Love Each Other is tattooed on my soul.
I just listened to They Love Each Other today, too. Beautiful stuff.
Thanks for commenting and teaching me, and thanks for listening!
@@mirrormusic99
Michael Palmisano has a RUclips guitar channel and he attempted to break down that They Love Each Other solo from this show. Its solid entertainment.
@@JackCerroyea Michael’s channel is always fun to dive into and I’m not even a guitar player. Lol
Yes, the entire spring tour 77 was fire. One of my favorites is the Mississippi 1/2 step > big river from 5/7/77 Boston.
Michael’s review of this Dew is quite possibly the best reaction ever filmed. He did videos for most of this concert.
Jerry was an absolute Jedi. His guitar amd voice make me melt.
One of the better shows I went to that spring
I've heard it was a classic. You have any particular memories of that day?
There were many shows around that time and I sometimes get them mixed up a bit, but I do remember being really moved by this Morning Dew and it haunts me to this day. Franklin's Tower from Buffalo (if I remember) was also really great. I've been a Deadhead since I first saw them in 1967, tons of shows and a nice tape collection.@@mirrormusic99
You talked about GD tunes starting slow and meandering. Many do. You reminded me in that moment the the Peggy-O from the next night 5-9-77 is stellar. Another to check out would be Eyes of the World from the Cow Palace on 12-31-76. Eyes is arguably their “jazziest” tune and the intro features some of the most epic Jerry noodling that ever did noodle!
Thanks for the continuing education! Look forward to putting these tunes on.
@mirrormusic99 full circle moment. The Mississippi 1/2 step you reacted to today was played the day before this show, on 5/7/77
Damn right that’s Jerry and his magical guitar! ⚡️💀🌹
Love to hear it! What are some of your favorite examples of that magical guitar playing?
I was at this show. Oh by the way Jerry Garcia is definitely a virtuoso guitarist.
I am learning that now! Just didn’t know it before.
And do you have any specific memories of that show? Did anything stand out in your mind in real time?
@@mirrormusic99 Truthfully I had seen them 5 times in the previous year in what was called the Deadhead Tour (smaller venues only people belonging to the Dead fan club got tickets) and I felt every one of those shows were just as good as this one. All great. My one memory is the girl I was with getting up and dancing i the bleachers where we were sitting and people telling her to sit down. Well she was tripping at the time and pretty feisty so she turned around and screamed something like this is the freakin Dead if you don't want to dance then get the hell outa here. They all shut up
Every show was different. Always search for that groove.
Seems like they found fit more often than not
Thank you for doing this. I requested it because although 5/8/77 is a standard choice, thanks to its ridiculously perfect audio quality (THANKS BETTY) it’s a great starting point, and the Dew is a perfect moment in time.
Thanks for the suggestion. Also- this is where you get to teach me again: who is Betty?
@@mirrormusic99 Betty Cantor-Jackson was one of the Dead’s soundboard audio engineers. As you can read below, she recorded most on her own equipment so she owned the tapes. As some point she fell on tough times and her storage spaces were auctioned to the public. They contained 1000s of tapes (including the Cornell show). These were known as “Betty Boards” and eventually made their way into circulation. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Cantor-Jackson
@@mirrormusic99 You might also be interested in the story of Owlsley “Bear” Stanley and the Wall of Sound. For a brief year (1973-1974), the Dead traveled with a monstrous 600 speaker, 70 ton system that changed how live music is performed to this day.
ruclips.net/video/r86Sb4heCWM/видео.htmlsi=Pif5r8JpITJE8zpv
Uber-classic Grateful Dead. This Cornell version has "the reputation" but doesn't even make my personal Top Ten. 15Apr78 has been my favorite for decades. Great reaction....!!
What makes that 1978 show the best? Is it an easy one to find to listen to?
"Morning Dew" is a cover of a song written by Canadian Singer/Songwriter Bonnie Dobson, not a GD original. But it was a BIG favorite of the fans. They performed it quite a bit, right up to 1995. The entire Spring 1977 Tour is considered by most Dead Heads to be one of the main peak periods of live GD, plus the quality of Betty Cantor-Jackson's recordings. This was post-Wall Of Sound, but the PA system was getting better all the time. There were several "peak" periods, with different Keyboardists, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Keith Godchaux, Brent Mydland and Bruce Hornsby. Jerry Garcia (RIP) WAS a virtuoso Guitarist, Phil Lesh IS a virtuoso Bassist and Bob Weir evolved into a virtuoso Rhythm Guitarist. Billy and Mickey on Drums were very, very good.
I can already tell the late 70’s are considered one of the peaks, because virtually every suggestion of more songs to listen to comes from that time period!
The studio version of this song came out on their first album in 1967.
Early on it was often the opening song in their set, but by the early seventies it was mainly deployed as a set and/or show closing number.
I usually refer to it as The Grateful Dead's Stairway to Heaven.
This version is typically lauded as one of the best, although there's a pretty bad flub in one of the bridges.
Just like the Cornell show in general, I would say this is an excellently played version that doesn't quite live up to its reputation as the best ever.
Hell yeah! I actually think I said there were pieces that reminded me of Stairway to Heaven! I’m always excited when experts confirm my ears are hearing what I think they are.
Thanks for hanging out and thanks for listening!
I totally agree, it’s not the best show ever or maybe even that week, but that closing of Dew is phenomenal and the audio quality makes it very accessible to new ears.
Jerry was a virtuoso. You could also make a really strong case that Phil Lesh (bass) is as well.
I am learning that both of them are for sure.
It really is the world's saddest song. Total nuclear annihilation, the world poisoned by radiation. A young family hiding in a shelter, afraid to go outside. The wife is dying, lost in delirium. She asks about their infant child, and her husband can't tell her the child has died. She asks to go outside, but he dares not. But as he sickens as well, he relents, since they're both dying, and "it doesn't really matter anyway." They walk out in the morning dew for one last time….
Jerry said "music is my Yoga"
I can see that.
It’s pretty intereting to hear someone making the realization, “This guy is a really underrated, soulful vocalist. This is Jerry Garcia, right?” And “I never thought of this guy as a virtuosos guitar player, but wow, sick. This is Jerry Garcia, right?”
I think a lot of people form strong opinions on the Dead based on limited interraction with the music and assumptions based on the hoopla around the band. Or they see a few videos from the later years and are dismissive, when the band really scorched from 67-81.
To me it is straight forward: they are the greatest American rock band. Even if they aren’t your favorite, the depth of their catalog, the iconography, the charisma and gifts of Garcia, the influence on the culture, the birthing of a genre through an amalgamation of all forms of American roots music. They’re it. They’re the American Beatles.
You’re exactly right. I’m glad y’all got to witness the epiphany in real time. Thanks for listening.
It’s funny that this
Very funny.
Jerry is THE virtuoso player
I am learning this.
Originally a war protest song.
audio engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson.
Finally, if you would like to experience more of Jerry’s virtuosity, try out After Midnight > Eleanor Rigby > After Midnight (reprise) from 3/8/80 Jerry Garcia Band.
My ears definitely perked up at “Eleanor Rigby.” I’ll definitely check this out.
@@mirrormusic99 its just an instrumental part, but the full track is some of the most incredible guitar work I’ve heard.
@@mirrormusic99 ruclips.net/video/JW3BrH1kxuc/видео.htmlsi=uKt8R1SPPdgFKvTK
As others have mentioned, Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain from the same show is a must. I would also suggest China Cat > I Know you Rider either from 5/19/74 or Alpine Valley 1989 (both easily searchable on RUclips)
Also Mississippi 1/2 step > big river 5/7/77
Alpine Valley- ruclips.net/video/SIHWYhGxFN4/видео.htmlsi=bhNZDPRPk-Ai4ONO
Can’t wait to dig in. Thanks.
If you don't think of Jerry as a virtuoso guitarist then you really don't know much about him;) There's a reason why great jazz musicians like Branford Marsalis wanted to play with the Dead, why a guitarist like John Mayar was recruited for the Dead and Company in recent years. He was never tidy, or worried about immaculate cleanliness, far more interested in experimentation and going someplace new. For something a little more complicated try Estimated Prophet .
Exactly! These videos are me learning about their music- I’m not a non-fan, not opposed to them- just don’t know much! When the wider culture thinks about the great guitarists of the 20th century, they usually don’t name Jerry. And it seems, to my ears, that they should.
@@mirrormusic99 Another good listen is Europe '72, China Cat Sunflower into I know You Rider;)
"I dont think of Jerry as a virtuoso guitar player". Huh?
I said that before I knew better haha
😂Listen to the lyrics. It's not a good day to go walking in the Morning Dew in a post apocalyptic dawn.
Yeah, this was very early in my “learning about the Dead” journey. Still, there’s the implication of “everything has become new” in those lines.
Europe 72
Is that the best one to you?
@@mirrormusic99 yes. There best live album. Jerry has stated the Morning Dew recording was one of his favorites.
This song deals with the nuclear holocaust
Yo dude- what's w the bs audio? U actually have the audio in the backround. Weak. Very weak. Unlistenable
Yeah, this is an old one from before I upgraded the system. Sorry- I may re-do this eventually, but I did still want to keep it posted bc it’s the genuine first reaction.