I play this song, because today I said goodbye to a friend. He died at the age of 36. Although he was young during most of the Dead's days, he saw the last concert, on Jerry's birthday before Jerry died. The laid him out today in the shirt he would have wanted to wear....of course, a dead shirt. If anyone reads this, keep my friend in mind, because he was a true Deadhead. RIP Steve.
Greetings, friend! This our "athhem" a close group of friends; we play at every "loss". And "Amazing Grace". B4 death, (when we know) it's "With a Little Help" God bless you, your friend's rests well! ❤️🎶
Jerry Garcia bought old comic book artifacts from me out of my Haight Ashbury comic book store as well as a Rick Griffin art gallery opened in The Cannery down in Fisherman's Wharf 1991. Ripple remains my favorite Dead song ever.....
Nothing touches me like this song! The words and music are perfection. I hope my family remembers how much this song means to me at the end of my life. Thank You, Chris for being the inspiration behind my love of The Grateful Dead , Jerry Garcia and this awesome song! Its eternal.
Ripples should be a compulsory part of the curriculum in school classes across the world.What a gift to the world, a song that soothes the soul and puts a spring into your step.God bless the Dead.
There's so much wisdom in this song: "There is a road, no simple highway Between the dawn and the dark of night And if you go no one may follow That path is for your steps alone"
Hi mama,your story reminds me of mine. When my grandson was just a babe and wouldn't fall asleep,I would put him in his stroller and walk around the neighborhood singing this song to him...soft,sweet,and full of love. He doesn't remember but I will never forget.
+Barbara Stepien-Foad I feel the same way. I wish I had a time machine sometimes. You can feel the vibe just listening to the video. I wish all today could go back and see how it was, and how it still should be.
THE GREASTEST BAND TO PLAY WHILE DEAD!! I LOVE THEIR UNIQUE FOLKSY, BLUESY-ROCK, COUNTRY-FRIED MUSIC STILL RESONATES THROUGH MY STEREO EVERY MORNING!!! LONG LIVE THE GRATEFUL DEAD!!
wonderful music from a wonderful group...LET THERE BE SONGS TO FILL THE AIR...Oh My what wonderful times we had and they continue to give us thru their music....My heart feels like I am 15 and I am 60!!!! So Young and Alive!!!!!!! Thank You gentlemen!!!!!!
I heard this song in the Iao Valley for the first time and fell in love with it. Every time I listen to it, I'm carried back to simpler times in a beautiful place. Thank you. I'll be a Dead Head forever.
This tune was the first I had played at my son's "Celebration Of Life Service" Saturday, November 10, 2012! It was five days after I lost him when he was driving to early morning college classes on the highway having a freak front left blowout dying on impact with the guardrail! Tears flow everytime I hear it! Hunter, you are deeply missed Buddy! RIP: June 2, 1993 to November 5, 2012!
Feel good? Those words aren't powerful enough to express what I feel whenever I hear this song,man !! It stirs Me to the very core,.It's joyousness,it's simple truth,it's universal message,simply wonderful brother.Peace.
Thumbs up if this should be shown in High School US History class. 1980 Dead, with the acousitc sets at Warfield and MSG, should be part of our history. Long live Jerry and the Dead!!!
as we have ALL sang....Let there be music to fill the air....I lost my Jimmy....after 50 years....let there be songs to fill the air....thank you for all of our great times together with you guys in our backround....with much love grateful dead...from Jim and Anne Marie.xox
"If I knew the way, I would take you home" This song has so many inspiring lyrics. When it first came out, it was one of the very few Dead songs that made it to mainstream radio, thus it always seemed played out to me. However, in the past few years, I have come to really like this song. Just sit and chill and listen to this song. It will inspire you.
Last heard of, ripples of sound waves of this song had reached a galaxy far, far away and still travelling at the speed of light. Sound travelling at the speed of light! It is perhaps seeking out Jerry somewhere out there, scattering pleasure on the way, all the way.
A lovely sentiment. However, the signal of this song has only traveled 36 light years. The first radio signal has gone 100 light years. While there are quite a few in that volume, on the scale of the galaxy, that's hardly even noticeable. Space is Big. Really Big. zidbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/how-far-in-space-our-radio-broadcasts-reach1.jpg
My dear sir, I completely agree with you but I was consciously indulging in a bit of hyperbole. After all, THAT has no limitations like mundane statics:)
Whether you like this band or not this song is a time capsule. A ticket to a place that can no longer be visited. If one song can be bigger than a band this is it. I never liked this band, but this song takes you back to a time and a place. If there was a jug band that could play both heaven and hell, this is it!
There are those that enjoy both. My Grandfather served in the Euro-African Campaign of WWII, my Uncle served in the Korean War, my other Uncle served in Vietnam, and my son served in Afghanistan (3 tours). Those that are still with us love it. ( I make sure to introduce the concept THANK YOU for your service! I introduce the music to those who are willling to hear. Thank you again for your sacrifice. I know first hand what it was. Love and Peace!
Reading these comments I seem like I am very similar to some of you guys. Listening to the finest of music for 40 years now and just recently stumbled upon the Grateful Dead. Can't believe I wasn't into this band before. Just got American Beauty on vinyl and well....I am simply amazed!!!!! Only sadness is that I won't be able to see them live.
many years ago I was camping out in the Indiana Dunes. The Grateful Dead had just had a gig in Chicago ...well ...many of their true followers came down to camp in the Dunes. Oh my.. it was amazing.... I woke up with a sweet fellow curled up by the warm embers of my fire and another asked me to point him to the lake because he needed a bath. Needless to say .... that morning you could get a lovely contact-high just walking through the park. God Bless them all...Great Memories
Been without electricity for HOURS, (hurricane Sandy) just put the "love light on" and all our neighbors are here. Started up the generator for tunes (Jerry), and to cook dinner. Yes, some things just "ARE". To listen and understand is cool. To have listened and have been there is, "to get it-always". Hope everyone is safe through the storm. Peace and Love always..
To go to a Dead concert was to be transported to another dimension. It was a dimension of musical mastery. The Dead would transport you on their music. They start out playing a song like Uncle John's Band and go off on a 20-30 minute jam and then at the end of the song you realize what happened and all you can do is just think "WOW THAT WAS AWESOME." And then they do it again and again and again.....
I saw my first concert in 1968 in the old Fillmore East. The following year I saw them in Binghamton at Harpur St. College and I was hooked. After more than 500 concerts, there are some songs that still give you the "chills". This is one of them !
This is the first Grateful Dead song I ever heard. My big brother Jeff played it for me when I was like 12. God I feel old. That being said here's to ya. For those of you who may be surprised by this behavior I plead the 5th.
Senior in high school when American Beauty was released. I know appreciation of music is subjective - in the ear of the beholder - but this album is a masterpiece. Period.
Hey Wildcats I know. So sad his parting 20+ years now. But I am so grateful to the dead always. They gave so much to so many. Taught me another way that I still live by. Love and only love. Whenever I get mad with the US (Trump!!) I just think of Jerry, the son of Spanish immigrants but quintessentially a Californian. Love to all deadheads from the UK. x
J E M Jerry's father was Spanish, his mother Irish, born in Anerica, absolutely nothing to do with illegal aliens that our president is trying to protect. Be careful that your opinion doesn't get in the way of the facts. God bless America
It makes me little teary-eyed myself. This soulful man always made me smile when I saw him sing. Even when it was a sad song. I miss him. I put on a CD these days and it still makes me smile. I'm thankful for that! But it's not quite the same smile. RIP, dear friend. I'm gonna put "Europe '72" on right now. Thanks for listening to a sentimental old man. Gotta put that cd on now. BYE
Arlog 11, I completely agree with your statement. I am a lover of all music but for some reason the Dead never felt right to me. I had a boss who was obsessed, dropped out of school to follow them and so he would play them constantly and I really just never understood it. Two years later it all makes sense and I'm so "grateful" that it has finally hit me. They are wonderful. I am in love with their sound and vibe :)
I play this song, because today I said goodbye to a friend. He died at the age of 36. Although he was young during most of the Dead's days, he saw the last concert, on Jerry's birthday before Jerry died. The laid him out today in the shirt he would have wanted to wear....of course, a dead shirt. If anyone reads this, keep my friend in mind, because he was a true Deadhead. RIP Steve.
rest easy stevie
Yeah, rest easy Steve... 🥀🌹
Greetings, friend! This our "athhem" a close group of friends; we play at every "loss". And "Amazing Grace". B4 death, (when we know) it's "With a Little Help" God bless you, your friend's rests well! ❤️🎶
Omg amen sista I lost my Steve Jan 1st of this year. He made it to 46 . 🤗💖❤️🩹💖
NFA
Jerry Garcia bought old comic book artifacts from me out of my Haight Ashbury comic book store as well as a Rick Griffin art gallery opened in The Cannery down in Fisherman's Wharf 1991. Ripple remains my favorite Dead song ever.....
This song will be played at my memorial service. Thank you, Jerry.
Mine to
Nothing touches me like this song! The words and music are perfection. I hope my family remembers how much this song means to me at the end of my life. Thank You, Chris for being the inspiration behind my love of The Grateful Dead , Jerry Garcia and this awesome song! Its eternal.
Hard not to get teary listening to this. God Bless you all.
100%
This is the first grateful dead song i've ever heard, and just by reading these comments i can see their legacy. I'm in love.
"There is a fountain, that was not made by the hands of men". Thank you Robert Hunter and Jerry
Ripples should be a compulsory part of the curriculum in school classes across the world.What a gift to the world, a song that soothes the soul and puts a spring into your step.God bless the Dead.
There's so much wisdom in this song:
"There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone"
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home
Songwriters: GARCIA, JEROME J. / HUNTER, ROBERT C.
Ripple lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Sure is a beautiful song. It makes my heart pound 😁 😍 (°;~}
Brilliant still.
Hi mama,your story reminds me of mine. When my grandson was just a babe and wouldn't fall asleep,I would put him in his stroller and walk around the neighborhood singing this song to him...soft,sweet,and full of love. He doesn't remember but I will never forget.
Thank god mom was a Dead Head and played this record hundreds of times when I was a young child!!
Dear Jerry,
its official you have made the best music in the WORLD!!
Rest in Peace
This is the song that got me way back when. "That path is for your steps alone..." so beautiful.
The magic of music bringing us all together. One of The Dead's finest moments.
Such rich music so telling of the struggles we all face to really live life.
my favorite grateful dead song ever. cleanses my soul to hear these words and this music!
Their harmonies at the end give me chills.
Needing me some zen this morning.... love the mandolin... Ripple one of the best Dead songs. Peace out!
HAPPY 80th Born Day Sweet Soul ! We adore you , Jerry . ❤
This literally brought tears to my eyes, truly beautiful.
yes I feel fortunate to have been part of this wonderful era, miss the vibes and all that went with it...
yeah, but at least we got to see it for ourselves live. It is very fulfilling.
+Barbara Stepien-Foad I feel the same way. I wish I had a time machine sometimes. You can feel the vibe just listening to the video. I wish all today could go back and see how it was, and how it still should be.
R.I.P. Jerry, remembered and missed by many. Thanks for all the great memories.
THE GREASTEST BAND TO PLAY WHILE DEAD!! I LOVE THEIR UNIQUE FOLKSY, BLUESY-ROCK, COUNTRY-FRIED MUSIC STILL RESONATES THROUGH MY STEREO EVERY MORNING!!! LONG LIVE THE GRATEFUL DEAD!!
"American Beauty". the album "Ripple" is on is my favorite. Timeless lyrics from 1970! :)
commas bro
Box of Rain🤠
American beauty is my favorite grateful Dead album my favorite song is ripple
yes, twice in a row so far, tears of bliss streaming down my face, i could easily listen to it 100 more times in a row
i'm on my 8th go round, right now, sending it out to friends with season's greeting...
As you get older you want to listen to the songs that made you feel good when you were younger and this is one
This song always brings a tear to my eye. Dunno, maybe cuz it takes me back to a happier, simpler time. And when I think it's been almost 19 years...
wonderful music from a wonderful group...LET THERE BE SONGS TO FILL THE AIR...Oh My what wonderful times we had and they continue to give us thru their music....My heart feels like I am 15 and I am 60!!!! So Young and Alive!!!!!!! Thank You gentlemen!!!!!!
i put this goddamn song on repeat. not much makes me happier or puts a smile on my face. such beauty.
why the nasty words?
I heard this song in the Iao Valley for the first time and fell in love with it. Every time I listen to it, I'm carried back to simpler times in a beautiful place. Thank you. I'll be a Dead Head forever.
Grateful i had the chance to see this GREAT man.....Will always miss you Papa Bear...
This tune was the first I had played at my son's "Celebration Of Life Service" Saturday, November 10, 2012! It was five days after I lost him when he was driving to early morning college classes on the highway having a freak front left blowout dying on impact with the guardrail! Tears flow everytime I hear it!
Hunter, you are deeply missed Buddy! RIP: June 2, 1993 to November 5, 2012!
Will always be my favorite Dead song
This is like the pinnacle of hippie tunes
I love it
yep .. totally agree
me2
Feel good? Those words aren't powerful enough to express what I feel whenever I hear this song,man !! It stirs Me to the very core,.It's joyousness,it's simple truth,it's universal message,simply wonderful brother.Peace.
One of the all time great songs. Beautiful.
Thumbs up if this should be shown in High School US History class. 1980 Dead, with the acousitc sets at Warfield and MSG, should be part of our history. Long live Jerry and the Dead!!!
Love this,had to hear again today, after all these years!
My brother got killed in July of 89 and this was his best song. It reminds me of him.
Wow, would you mind sharing the story?
I feel your pain. I lost 2 Brothers as well. Songs like this get me through. Everyday. ( Box of Rain works well also )
The lyrics and the sounds are so PEACEFUL and gently flowing !
as we have ALL sang....Let there be music to fill the air....I lost my Jimmy....after 50 years....let there be songs to fill the air....thank you for all of our great times together with you guys in our backround....with much love grateful dead...from Jim and Anne Marie.xox
"If I knew the way, I would take you home" This song has so many inspiring lyrics. When it first came out, it was one of the very few Dead songs that made it to mainstream radio, thus it always seemed played out to me. However, in the past few years, I have come to really like this song. Just sit and chill and listen to this song. It will inspire you.
Last heard of, ripples of sound waves of this song had reached a galaxy far, far away and still travelling at the speed of light. Sound travelling at the speed of light! It is perhaps seeking out Jerry somewhere out there, scattering pleasure on the way, all the way.
A lovely sentiment.
However, the signal of this song has only traveled 36 light years. The first radio signal has gone 100 light years. While there are quite a few in that volume, on the scale of the galaxy, that's hardly even noticeable.
Space is Big. Really Big.
zidbits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/how-far-in-space-our-radio-broadcasts-reach1.jpg
My dear sir, I completely agree with you but I was consciously indulging in a bit of hyperbole. After all, THAT has no limitations like mundane statics:)
Corrie Bergeron
Asokan Ponnusamy you don't know how bad I'd like to believe that.
Happy birthday Jerry. This is my very favorite song you guys do. RIP Jerry you were so very great and I'm sure you are strumming up in heaven!
The Greatful Dead are pure love and happiness. cant explain it any better
I love the dead man! I was born in 92, didnt hear about them till april 20th 2006 and ive never looked back! Long love the dead (no typo)
Just wonderful. Just enjoy & I know that this just makes me feel wonderful.
wonderful
Never get tired of Ripple or any Dead song!
This was played at my sister-in-law's funeral today. So amazing.
Please listen to your music and I will listen to the grateful dead! sending you love !
Well said, Shannon. Sending love right back atcha! Be well.
I never heard of these guys before but it sounds real good.
Welcome aboard the bus!!
Room for All!
GDF NFA
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This song is beautiful. This music touches my soul sincerely. ❤
Whether you like this band or not this song is a time capsule. A ticket to a place that can no longer be visited. If one song can be bigger than a band this is it. I never liked this band, but this song takes you back to a time and a place. If there was a jug band that could play both heaven and hell, this is it!
Still one of my favorite songs ever. I miss Jerry Garcia.
Steven Cody me too man, really bad. today for some reason. i'm 60 yrs old . got to see them many times. so blessed
awesome. ......gets more appreciated with age. .........
greetings from IRELAND 😉
50 years a Deadhead. This is my fave. Jerry was a pretty spiritual guy! Miss him so badly! RIP❤
One of my favorite songs to play especially around a campfire with everyone singing I played it for my best friend's funeral
I'm 14 and this is one of m favorite songs to sing and play on guitar. I'm a 21st century hippie x)
Are you still into the dead ?
god bless you....keep it rockin
Don't vote corporatist then. Don't vote left nukka.
that was such a fun run at Radio City. We took it over for a week. And glad to have been able to get to 3 of em'. The acoustic sets were so nice.
Just discovered this song and the Grateful Dead after 22 years of life. Man have I been missing out!
There are those that enjoy both. My Grandfather served in the Euro-African Campaign of WWII, my Uncle served in the Korean War, my other Uncle served in Vietnam, and my son served in Afghanistan (3 tours). Those that are still with us love it. ( I make sure to introduce the concept THANK YOU for your service! I introduce the music to those who are willling to hear. Thank you again for your sacrifice. I know first hand what it was. Love and Peace!
Reading these comments I seem like I am very similar to some of you guys.
Listening to the finest of music for 40 years now and just recently stumbled upon
the Grateful Dead. Can't believe I wasn't into this band before. Just got American Beauty on vinyl and well....I am simply amazed!!!!!
Only sadness is that I won't be able to see them live.
many years ago I was camping out in the Indiana Dunes. The Grateful Dead had
just had a gig in Chicago ...well ...many of their true followers came down to camp
in the Dunes. Oh my.. it was amazing.... I woke up with a sweet fellow curled up
by the warm embers of my fire and another asked me to point him to the lake because
he needed a bath. Needless to say .... that morning you could get a lovely
contact-high just walking through the park. God Bless them all...Great Memories
Been without electricity for HOURS, (hurricane Sandy) just put the "love light on" and all our neighbors are here. Started up the generator for tunes (Jerry), and to cook dinner. Yes, some things just "ARE". To listen and understand is cool. To have listened and have been there is, "to get it-always". Hope everyone is safe through the storm. Peace and Love always..
To go to a Dead concert was to be transported to another dimension. It was a dimension of musical mastery. The Dead would transport you on their music. They start out playing a song like Uncle John's Band and go off on a 20-30 minute jam and then at the end of the song you realize what happened and all you can do is just think "WOW THAT WAS AWESOME." And then they do it again and again and again.....
best live version I've heard. I miss you Jerry!!
Let there be songs that fill the air!
I am truly baffled that more than 200 people could dislike this...how can that be?!?!
So glad I grew up with The Dead. Aint nothing like them.
CHARLIE SEZ
One of my favorite GREATFUL DEAD songs ...
'NUFF SAID
the sweet harmony of infinite sadness
Poetry in motion
I was about 4 or 5
In the hospital and family showed up with gd tapes and it changed my view on life
was born in 1972 but I am just an old soul and so glad it has great taste in music. #RIPjerry
Fabulous song by the Dead.
Miss you Sooooo much. Love you lots and lots
So i saw furthur today.second time.and phil grabbed my arm and pulled me up on stage what a dream come true.god bless
One of the best songs ever written. This song makes me cheese so bad and sends chills up my spine every time i listen to it. Let the music play!!!!
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
Best dead acoustic ever! Thank you : )
+vikingivor Check out 9-20-1970 on archive(dot)org. That's the best acoustic Dead.
3 years today Jimmy. Lost YOU to that horrible Ailment ......the BIG C. A friend of 50+ years. MISS YOU LIKE HELL. MY BROTHER of another Mother.
the dead music is the best to listen to while working... soothing and happy. just love this one the best
we miss you Jerry
Just one of those nights..........thanks jerry!
A gold age of music, pity I was born in 1997 and I missed all this good stuff. For all those who enjoyed it, feel really lucky and happy!
One Of The Best Things About The Dead Is That You Can Not Stay In A Bad Mood and Listen To Them It's So Cool!!! :) R.I.P. Jerry :)
If I knew the way, I would take you home. Indeed. Oh, Jerry, how we miss you.
Tears for Jerry
One of my favorite songs by my favorite band. It makes me sad I was born in 2000 and never got to see them live
I saw my first concert in 1968 in the old Fillmore East. The following year I saw them in Binghamton at Harpur St. College and I was hooked. After more than 500 concerts, there are some songs that still give you the "chills". This is one of them !
R.I.P. Jerry
If I knew the way I would take you home.
This is the first Grateful Dead song I ever heard. My big brother Jeff played it for me when I was like 12. God I feel old. That being said here's to ya. For those of you who may be surprised by this behavior I plead the 5th.
Senior in high school when American Beauty was released. I know appreciation of music is subjective - in the ear of the beholder - but this album is a masterpiece. Period.
Hey Wildcats I know. So sad his parting 20+ years now. But I am so grateful to the dead always. They gave so much to so many. Taught me another way that I still live by. Love and only love. Whenever I get mad with the US (Trump!!) I just think of Jerry, the son of Spanish immigrants but quintessentially a Californian. Love to all deadheads from the UK. x
J E M Jerry's father was Spanish, his mother Irish, born in Anerica, absolutely nothing to do with illegal aliens that our president is trying to protect. Be careful that your opinion doesn't get in the way of the facts. God bless America
what a beautiful live version of Ripple. Thanks !!!
There will never be a travelling show like this ever again!
The first song my son, who is now 26, sang from the back seat while strapped in his car seat when he was a baby. Thanks for the memory!
I am 14 and this is my favorite song, who doesnt like Jerry. :)
Shitty year to be 21 huh?
Happy 21st
I hold it near, as it were my own.
It makes me little teary-eyed myself. This soulful man always made me smile when
I saw him sing. Even when it was a sad song. I miss him. I put on a CD these days and it still makes me smile. I'm thankful for that! But it's not quite the same smile. RIP, dear friend. I'm gonna put "Europe '72" on right now. Thanks for listening to a sentimental old man. Gotta put that cd on now. BYE
Arlog 11, I completely agree with your statement. I am a lover of all music but for some reason the Dead never felt right to me. I had a boss who was obsessed, dropped out of school to follow them and so he would play them constantly and I really just never understood it. Two years later it all makes sense and I'm so "grateful" that it has finally hit me. They are wonderful. I am in love with their sound and vibe :)