Grateful Dead - Franklin’s Tower (REACTION)
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The Grateful Dead is more than a band we are a family, a community, a spirit,😊❤
NFA!!! (~):} 💜✌🎶
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Tons of Christian imagery and references in their songs
Amen That!
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One reason we followed them is every night was different. Every version of a song was different. There were no set lists. Every show was a unique experience. Stick with the live cuts guys. That's where the magic lies. My favorite show of all time: Robert F. Kennedy Stadium on 1973-06-10. 3 sets with The Allman Brothers playing with. Legendary.
The reason they didn't ban recording devices or live broadcasts. Most bootleged band ever. Sadly I only saw them twice in the 70s. Brilliant!
My little brother had hundreds of tapes, some pretty low gen. He didn't record himself, but the trading community was very active and it was sanctioned by the band. That's what made it special. You were welcome to share the experience with others as long as it wasn't for profit.
@@richardsteiner8992 how cool is that
Exactly! The songs evolved also. They changed tempos and lyrics too.
@@lesblatnyak5947I think american beauty is an album worth them hearing in it's entirety
As other's have said every show was unique, some were flat out duds, most were great, and every now and then pure magic. Also it wasn't like just going to a concert, more like a family reunion, with a really big, wild, fun family.
Spoken like a true Deadhead 😂😂🤙
You guys are getting into the DEAD music! I am 70 years old and still rocking scene 1972!
I have to take a minute to point out Robert Hunter’s lyrics - he was magical. “If you plant ice, you’re gonna harvest wind.”
One of many favorite lines ever!
Hunter is a freaking genius.
My major issue with reactors is that no one pays enough attention to the lyrics.
Your quote above is one of my favorites ever, but Perry really named the band with The Music Never Stopped:
They're a band beyond description
like Jehova's favorite choir
People join in hand in hand
While the music plays the band
Lord, they're settin' us on fire.
"the music plays the band" is such a perfect description of the Dead!
"if you get confused listen to the music play" ...simple but I love that one
Speaking for myself…the first time I saw The Dead live I looked around at all the people, felt the energy in the room, felt the vibes from the band, and understood immediately, I have found my tribe in this world. These are my people. Once you feel that in your core it becomes more than music, it becomes life. A Dead show was a communal celebration in its purest sense. Like Church. Once you really taste that feeling you can’t help but want to taste it again, over and over.
YEP!
My first show was 8/12/81 at the Salt Palace.
I saw them 17 times with Jerry RIP, and a half dozen or so after.
@@mikemaricle9941What a show that was…!
We went to see the Grateful Dead
We were hungry
We got fed
Then we went back the next night for seconds.
Falafel or peanut butter, banana and honey sandwiches? ☮💟
@@crazyfingers19 Bagel and cream cheese only a dollar! what the f#ck - it's only a buck! make a hippie happy!
That’s right! @@vetstadiumastroturf5756
"Toast on stick" was a good one, and "nothing for a buck" was always a sell-out
In the early 90's I saw Pink Floyd at Foxboro Stadium and the next year at the Carrier Dome. Same songs, same sets, same show note for note. Only difference was the outdoor and indoor light show.
Same years I saw the Dead at the Knickerbocker four times in a week, the next year five at the Boston Garden. Never saw the same show twice.
Probably only saw a couple of songs twice in all those shows too. Different setlists every night.
@@JB-Deadskins Yup, and a new T-shirt with the setlist printed by the next day by the Heads.
You can't explain the Dead until you've experienced a show. Then you either get it or you don't. Most of us got it 👌
Going to a Grateful Dead show was a complete experience. Imagine a nice sunny summer day at an outdoor venue. Hundreds of vendors were set up with their tents selling paraphernalia, tie-dye, scented candles, and others walking around with a variety of mind altering substances. Everyone is happy. The concert starts and you start feeling the music and getting into a groove and the band is jamming and you stand up and start dancing in your own way. You’re watching, many of the women, that I called twirlers, start going around in circles with their tie-dye dresses, spreading out. People, smiling and grooving love and happiness in the air. It was a total happy and beautiful experience. No two songs are the same. The band constantly tried to compose in real time while they were playing to come up with new grooves and new sounds. They are the only group that did not put an album out and then tour to support the album. They did it in reverse. they would tour and work songs into their Setlist and then, almost as an afterthought, they would put out an album. They were not the greatest studio band. They were absolutely magical live.
You nailed it brother...
Someone suggest a great live version of Estimated Prophet!! Guys, they have so many great songs and so many great live versions it’s mind boggling, I don’t know where to begin, but Estimated Prophet is one of my favorites live.
Pembroke pines March 77. Take a listen
Here is one Estimated Prophet/Eyes of the World/Warf Rat!
ruclips.net/video/AGF_Sffgs8w/видео.html
One thing that sets the Dead apart from others is that they were artists rather than performers they didn't have a set list they just played what felt good at any given time. The magic didn't always happen but when it did there was nothing else like them. People would go to shows and just accept what happened - if it was good you were happy you were there and if it wasn't so good you were still happy you were there!
You have to listen to Help is on the way> Slipnot> Franklins always in order.
They're not wrong
There's nothing wrong with a Half Step > Franklins
@@jimbattista1120 Or Stranger > Franklin's
My first show was Dancing in the streets > Franklins
During a Boston show they did Help->Slip->Fire... I learned that recently... Pretty unusual, no ?
Check out a great Jazzy version of "Eyes of the World" with Branford Marsalis playing saxophone from the 1990 album Without a Net. Depending upon when you saw them, there would be elements of Rock, Folk, Funk, Jazz, Country and Blues within their songs. They melded all these styles into what is uniquely Grateful Dead music. On stage the heavy improvisation kept it interesting for the band and the audience. Each show you saw was different, and you didn't want to miss what could be a transformational show.
I did that whole Nassau run - spring of ‘90 = 🔥
I'm going to double down on this comment....this should be the next one y'all listen to.
I was there too. And 23 + other times. 89-93
They were so followed live because for your ticket you got a 3-4 hour concert, and it was never the same. The April 1975 and the August 1975 and the March 1992 were all different. Every show had a different version of every song. Also, they toured doing at least a couple hundred shows a year for around 40 years, and when a member passed it went from Grateful Dead to Ratdog to Dead and Company etc. It’s a one of a kind thing for every one of thousands of shows. They have “the vault” which is recordings of every show and it was worth it when it’s all unique.
If it was all exactly like the studio it’s like “what’s the point” to people, but jam bands are different, and they are the Rolls Royce of jam bands lol 😂❤
You are correct in saying there was a different version for any given song, however, each show typically featured a different set of songs each night. If they played Franklin's Tower the first night, that meant it was almost certain they would not play it again for their remaining shows. Each show was a one-of-a-kind experience. It was definitely worth going to all their shows whenever they came to town.
The answer to che’s question- google the Jerry Garcia -licorice quote..You have to listen to Help > Slip > Franklins from Great American Music Hall on From the Vault Vol.1 in its entirety.. the reason they are followed is every show is different, people chase songs, cities, and venues.. the music sounds different and is shaped by the environment and crowd - indoor vs outdoor, east coast vs. west coast etc.. as the song states -if you get confused listen to the music play..
I always recommend listening to these (Help/Slip/Franklins) together for the great jamming and the way they segue seamlessly into each other-those “between” parts are a thing unto themselves.
It’s the most digestible version to start someone off with, that still hits all the spots ..
I make time to listen to one from the vault at least once a week. "will you welcome, please, the Grateful Dead" gives me chills just typing it.
Help>Slipknot>Franklin's is always awesome!
Yes exactly they took risks which can inevitably lead to mistakes and the whole thing rolling off the tracks. But it also opens the door to magic which they could reach consistently. You even start to enjoy and appreciate the mistakes because of how human and imperfect it is. Imperfect yet beautiful.
The energy created by that many kind souls ( thousands!) all grooving together and enjoying the flow of the music and dancing was one of the most uplifting experiences I ever had~
It was a spiritual experience.
More than I ever experienced in any church.
That's partly why the following was so huge....💜✌🎶
Deadhead for life i am 70 yrs old and still have good memories went to all concert since 67
What makes the Grateful Dead special to me is that sometimes the music plays it can become magical. I got lifted away and didn't realize it until the music ended and I felt I was released from something. The music can lift you to a level you've never experienced before. It is a shame that you aren't able to see them in concert. But Deadheads know what I am talking about.
we've all been lifted. the boys took you places.
being lifted was a rare occurrence but I know what you mean. it happens. like being lifted up by a magic cloud.
You have an example of why people loved them right there - Jerry forgets the words but it doesn't really matter!
I’m a brother that saw the Dead as far back as the 70s. Jerry Garcia is a guitar virtuoso that fashions his style of music as an electric version of bebop. Go listen to Charlie Parker go listen to John Coltrane and Dizzy Gillespie and then listen to Jerry’s solos. You’ll be amazed! Jerry is playing bebop solos in an essentially country rock framework, but with. James Brown rhythm section !
Just like James Brown they have two drummers to keep the bottom down, and then Phil Lessh on Bass…. There’s nothing I can say about that, you hear him being the Bootsy Collins of the genre…
The boys were in the musical transportation business, and anybody was welcomed with open arms on the bus, because all of us contributed to the overall success of the show.
You go to a show with your friends and kick back and laugh and enjoy the company and you listen and pretty soon you are tapping your toes, and then start swaying, then start dancing and pretty soon Jerry has you crying over a Stella Blue after ripping your face off with a Other One. It was a trip in every sense, and a long strange one at that. You never knew where you were going but knew you were goung to have a good time getting there and then have Jerry bring you home safely
❤️⚡️💙⚡️❤️ The reason they were the most followed live band was because people who LOVE to party & dance felt completely at home at Dead shows in a way that no place else on earth feels like home. Comfy-cozy, get the funk on, and space your face! It’s a vibe. People loved the vibe so much, they just went on tour with the band and LIVED it. Pure bliss.
❤️⚡️💙⚡️❤️
They were followed because it gave everyone a renewed sense of humanity. And it was fun.
Kinda hard to describe what the Dead does except when they get you you get it. Love their reach for higher. They play as one when at their best. I loved the concerts in the early seventies up until my last one in '89 at Alpine Valley. Sublime. Everyone is part of the show.
Great reaction. There was a set with Grateful Dead where Etta James and Tower of Power joined. Etta said, GD is the best American blues band… but how’d you get that name? Actually they are their own genre or every genre. Just an amazing experience live.
Tell momma!!!
12/31/82
The story of the "Grateful Dead" is actually a very old folk tale from mediaeval times or before. In a version of the story I read, several brothers are sent by their father, the King, on a Quest to determine the heir. As they ride from the castle that pass an old man dying by the side of the road. All rode past except the youngest brother, who took the man to an inn, hired a doctor to tend his wounds and illness, stayed with him until he passed, and paid for a proper burial. He then proceeded on the Quest, and although he was far behind his brothers at every challenge or obstacle he received unlikely help of guidance, from a bird, a deer, a stranger, or even the wind itself. As he returned home, with a beautiful bride and the first to complete the Quest, it was revealed that he had been aided at every step by the spirit of the man he had helped pass peacefully, the Grateful Dead.
@@rick063092thanks!
Most bands take a “show” on the road and repeat nightly. The Dead took their whole catalog (quite extensive!) on the road and spun the wheel every night!
☮ (~);} Love all my felllow dead heads! I love these videos! Brings light and Joy to my heart! Truly amazing seing the music being heard for the first time its such an experience to get to share with someone..thank you for the videos! ❤ ☮ (~);}
Going to Dead shows were 3 hour (or more) long peasant skirt 😉 dance parties. Bill and Mickey laid the rhythm foundation with their pocket strewn drums. Phil joined with his bass, Bob with rhythm guitar, the keyboardist and Jerry with his lead. Jerry’s ethereal playing ligh-heartingly took everyone on a musical journey. Band members typically look their cues with highlighted solos as Jerry backed off and/or played some rhythm too. As the song progressed multiple players very much in the groove went off on their side instrumental excursions. As the “Roll Away the Dew” chorus the band would return to the center only to exit and morph into an another jam.
Their music was rhythmic, jazzy, danceable and joyous, yet chill. Crowd was on their feet, moving or dancing and this wonderful, loving communal spirit typically brought everyone’s best out. Dancing and talking to friends, strangers, and whoever in the celebration of life!
Musically they would regularly screw up individual notes but the whole of the musical spirit remained in tact. Pure joy attending their shows!
Several reasons they were number one live band--- working repertoire of 150-200 songs, could go 6-8 shows without repeating even 1 tune (despite 3-4 hr shows), always played tunes differently (constantly rearranging), superb sound systems, super tight and loose at same time, and they BOOGIE woogie--chill but also energetic! Nothing like a GD show... the best chill fans in history
" super tight and loose at same time" Right? And deeply grounded while often being way out in space. A band of contradictions, but it all made its own kind of sense
@@johnharkness7114 *a band beyond description...
I'll tell why they were the most followed. I'll tell you exactly why. Because they were the best fucking dance party on planet earth. Starting with Family Dog, the Matrix, Fillmore.....and onward. And a whole bunch of people finally figured it out.
I went to a Grateful Dead concert and the song they played was good!
Such a joyful song!!! How can it Not make you happy?
Their jamming and almost everyone is boogieing, you have to, the music comes in through your ears and you have to dance it out, constantly, it was like being plugged in electronically, and YES we were tripping on good old clean LSD, freaking magical, best times of my life. Lucky I saw them 36 times from 85 to 95, mostly Alpine, Milwaukee and Chicago but others as well ✌️😎
It wasn't just the music, although that is the main thing of course. It was a whole culture. It was the embodiment of hippie culture, living on well past the late 60s. This was not just fans showing up in that town to watch them. They had a whole following, that travelled to every show. Others, would try to make it to 3 or 4 different cities maybe, on a tour. They were bringing their own audience with them, from venue to venue.
I caught 70+ shows in the 80s and 90s. EVERY show was a dance show. Virtually no one sat. Dough knees, indeed.
Known for having the largest sound system, ever..The Wall of Sound
Rare Earth live in concert 1971. Trust me you'll love it.
I had the same thought 10 seconds before I saw your comment, specifically (as he said)... are you ready for 20 or 30 minutes of "Get Ready?"
Look up wall of sound, Greatful Dead. Outstanding sound for 1973 - 1974 origin. This is one reason they sounded so very great live. That and excellent musicians.
Bless up. The concerts aren’t normal concert’s. They’re crazy lit party’s. Like to the extreme.. People come hours early to start partying. Almost everyone is getting lose on something. Tons of psychedelic’s. The next day, you think to yourself “ the music was great, but overall that was the funnest time I’ve ever had in my life”. Glad y’all are digging it. Bless up Nipsey. Love the pic in background. Grateful Dead, and Nip. You my guys right here
same thing as Pink Floyd. I saw Eric Clapton at MSG in the late 80s. fucking awesome show. love everything Clapton. later that week trucked up to Hartford to see him again. what a bummer. same set list. same riffs. same jams. same encore. thats what sets the Dead apart. never the same. sometimes better. sometimes worse but always different
Your very insightful question about "why the Grateful Dead?" and then "did that cut or something?" are actually perfectly related! Every night at a live show as part of the audience you were listening to, and a part of, a musical conversation. Sometimes quite frankly it was an awful train wreck. LOL Other times, it was sublime! And no matter what, it was beautiful to behold. What you asked about was one of the band asking a musical question, and not necessarily getting the answer they wanted. LOL
Jerry Garcia used to say that at their core the Grateful Dead were a dance band. 😊 He said one time that the government should commission the Grateful Dead to go out and play where people need to get high! Like a public service gig, a mission.
I saw the Dead in St. Louis 1976, all of 15 years old. It was an eyeopening experience for a young man. The contact high was unavoidable.
Cool thing about the Dead, which reminds me of jazz, they're very adept players, very confident in their playing but not cocky, it's an ensemble performance and they trust each other on another level, so professional but so laid back too
Gonna be a good day! 🌞
The GD were not an event to go to. They were a lifestyle. When one tour was over, everyone only talked about how they were getting to the next tour opener and what they were doing in between. It was a lifestyle. I cant explain it any other way. It was your job, your social life, your adventure, its where your friends were. It was everything. When you left tour and went back home you felt alone. I cant describe this any better. Seeing dead shows was what you did. It was like being a plumber or being a lawyer. It wasnt like going to see a concert or a ballgame. It was who you were. Its honestly who I am still at age 60 and I live in Thailand and want nothing to do with America now. I will always be a dead head until I die though.
Please keep this series going. I'm so glad you are starting to dive into the live shows. I'm hanging out and listening to my favorite tunes while you guys are starting to get it.
We still have a great scene going on and everybody is welcome at the show. It's like home to us and mi casa es su casa.
They were the perfect soundtrack for every trip I took.
You guys are so smart and insightful.
“ May the four winds blow you safely home”. I tell that to my kids always.
Happy to say i was lucky enough to be at the May 1977 Cornell University (Barton Hall) show. Also at 15th anniversary in Boulder June 1980. Also in Rochester NY and Morgantown WV. Great stuff
As a confirmed Dead Head, it is easy to know why we always followed The Dead. Every show was different, and in general, it was more fun than humans should be allowed to have. Everything flowed from Jerry Garcia's Guitar, and his persona. You HAD to be there. Not to mention, he was an amazing guitar player, and his singing was just fine. The rest of the band members were also EXCELLENT musicians, and it all blended together seamlessly. They were all doing something different, and yet it all worked together perfectly. In concert, "Franklin's Tower" was usually preceded by the songs "Help On The Way>Slipknot". Check out the version on "One From The Vault", including the intro by Promoter Bill Graham. Worth it.
Everybody can talk about the constantly changing sets, the cameraderie, the jams as reasons to see The Dead. I'll go in a different direction. THE SOUND. The Dead were pretty much the first band to tour with their own sound system. When other bands were using whatever level of P.A. system a venue had, The Dead would bring their own rig, and it sounded GOOD.
Presumably you guys are familiar with the modern "Line Array" style of P.A? The Dead pioneered that, back in the early 70's, with their infamous "Wall of Sound". Time-delayed reinforcement towers for outdoor gigs? GD again pioneered their design & use. Heck, half the Pro live sound companies around today came directly from the Grateful Dead's sound crew, or at least have been directly influenced by the Dead's live sound.
Hey guys. A couple of my favorites if you’d like to react to them: “Ripple” and “Brokedown Palace”. They were the ultimate jam band. My first boyfriend was a dead head and travelled the country seeing them live. And yes, it involved a lot of weed and acid. ❤😂
You ask the right question for someone just discovering the Dead. It’s much more than being a great jam band. Listen to a show all the way through from beginning to end. Then you’ll get it.
Listening to Jerry's guitar is always uplifting to me.
Many of the Dead members micro-dosed acid for pretty much every show. The drummer Kreutzman said when they jammed it prevented them from having any indecision in what they were doing. These guys played the acid tests where a song might last for hours.
As others have said, EVERY show could be different in the way a song was played along with different solos.
La & Chi Dead fans now!!!! That closing jam to finish the song is epic! Love it guys, great reaction!
The reason for that ending is because you jumped into the middle of a Help on the Way>Slipknot>Franklin's Tower song progression, and the ending harkens back to Help on the Way.
As others have said,, they never played the set list, or a song the same way. However, the band will be the first to admit that they often failed. But that's part of their brilliance. They were always ready to take a chance, they often succeeded
I love The Roots comparison. My two favorite bands of all time. The Legendary Roots Crew and The Good ol’ Grateful Dead
Just like Jerry said "a dance band" a serious, personal dance.
The boys on a great night were off the charts!!! The warfield Jerry shows were The high Church! I was an atheist, and after a bunch of sober shows, i believed in the Divine because i knew the Divine played thru them, because it took me so high, and touched something way beyond description. This was a semi common thing for the dead on a rippin night! nothing like them!!!
Jerry once in a while stumbling on lyrics was all the more endearing to us... he was a real human... they were authentic... no pretenses...no polish... amazing musicians but human imperfection too... we *loved* that about them. They were a band and people who confirmed to us that it was not a requirement (or even feasible) to be perfect...
The dead were so intertaining live it’s so different live than just listening to them on recordings. It was always a different and you got a high from them without drugs
My favorite part of the Dead is when they build tension and build up to a release (see 11:11 and the 20s following).
A perennial favorite played 221 times between 6-17-75 and 6-22-95. That equates to about once every six shows. I must have seen it twenty times.
Hmmm, what was it about them that made people follow them? In one word…EVERYTHING. It as the fact that you could see three shows in a row and not see the same show. It was the fact that you would see all your friends at every show and you could always find new ones along the way. It was the fact that you might see some of the most kind, amazing, and beautiful acts of brotherly and sisterly love. It was the fact that you can always find what you need at the Shakedown scene, food-drink-heady consumables. It was all that and a million other things that goes unmentioned.
So funny you mentioned keeping them on during the whole party! They were the house band for the acid tests in the SF Bay area when it was still legal. Out in the park, beautiful. "Always live, Always dead". Unlimited devotion!
I've loved your reactions to the Dead so far! I see you're in Sacramento; there's an amazing Grateful Dead tribute group called Joe Russo's Almost Dead that is playing at Frost Amphitheater in Stanford. If you guys are able to make it down I'd love to cover the show for you. Always trying to spread the love and passion for the Dead.
When you drop LSD and listen to the dead magic happens. You follow the song and the instruments and the music becomes a visual and mental experience. The songs fractal out into a bigger picture that sober you cannot experience. The music will teleport you to another reality made of love electricity where the music moves and creates objects of madness. You see Uncle Sam the bears skeletons jerry and everyone in the band is in there asw. This band tripped and had a culture of tripping and created magic. They do things in songs that when tripping feels impossible and leaves you sitting there with tears running down your face as you scream THANK YOU GOD FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD. The songs on a good acid or mushroom trip flow like FUCKING BUTTER
The Dead and the Allman Brothers basically invented "jam bands". They'd take a song and stretch it out 10, 12, 18 minutes. They'd play tight and melodic, drift along, and eventually hit a point where everyone sorta drifts apart and plays their own lines. They'd go polyrhythmic, weave in and out among each other, jazzing along. Then they'd eventually come to a point where the whole band would just snap back together, boom! and they'd be back to the base song and carry on.
The other thing is that it was never canned. They'd improvise, solos would change, or someone would quote a guitar solo from another song entirely. The set list was fluid. If you go see the Stones on tour they basically play the same set every night. They might drop in a different song once in a while, but basically its the same show. Not the Dead.
The only difference is that Allman sets were extremely static song wise ..
The Dead were the hardest working band in the business. The toured 8 - 9 months per year. The never had an opening band. They would start playing around 7:30 or 8:00 and play until at least 11:00. Sometimes, much later.
"They're a band beyond description..."
I fell in love with a beautiful woman, at a show, when this song played. She twirled around me, and I would catch her eyes and shiny smile. She was laughing and the acid kicked in, and she and I began seeing each others thoughts. She sent my mind flowers and patchouli. Her dress fanned outward as she spun around. Her beads flung around her neck. She reached out her hand, and touched mine, and I fell in love.
Now we're getting somewhere. My favorite Jerry Garcia description of what he feels the Dead does live on stage is basically the band starts off building a platform. Each song adds something to the platform, stability, height, whatever. At a certain point they have this solid, tall, secure platform they've created with the music, then they jump off of it. Seeing that moment when they "jump off the platform" was one of the reasons I toured with them for the last 17 years of their career.
This was partly inspired from a sea shanty, "Blow Away The Dew", but of course they took it into their own level, and it has many other levels of meaning that I'm sure others have explored
Welcome to the Deadhead fam. We've been waiting for you!
First time I saw them I think they played 10 songs in 4 hours.
For the freedom!
🌹... If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind...🌹
This song wouldn't be out of place in an Allman Brothers set list...it sounds so much like Southern Rock that you'd swear that Duane, Dicky, Bob, and Jerry had been trading licks somewhere along their long, strange trips through America. The main riff in this song that was released in '75 makes me think of Bob Seger's "Night Moves" that was released in '76...
ABB covered Franklin's Tower in the later years. ABB and the Dead played a couple of free concerts at Piedmont Park in Atlanta in the 60s. Before my time, but heard the tales of the jamming between Jerry and Duane from older heads.
@@elwood4939 Thanks for the info...do you know if there are any ABB recorded versions of "Franklin's Tower" available? I saw the Grateful Dead a few times in 1966-7 and got to meet them after a free outdoor concert in the summer '66 so I'm particularly hooked on the style of their first album but I confess to cherry-picking songs from their later work including this one...
Hey guys, Thanks for continuing to explore the music of the Grateful Dead. Che was right when pointing out that Jerry Garcia sounded a little out of tune in one section, he stumbled on the lyrics a little also. When you listened to the Dead live you sometimes got the warts and all. But man oh man, when they were on point they took the music to such beautiful and fantastic places. And La mentioning that they were all soloing at once was perceptive... they considered the band a true democracy, no leader, everyone contributed what they would and thus each performance was unique. If you want to see what a live show was like check out the Grateful Dead Movie. Fantastic footage of the crowd and the band in fantastic form.
The react to *"Dark Star" from Live/Dead* is going to be essential appointment viewing...
Besides all the words of greatness, the word “freewheeling “ always creeps into my head.
Really enjoyed this reaction guys.... do the studio of Terrapin Station...YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MIND,!
The songs had their core musical structure and lyrics, but in each performance, the band members were encouraged to improvise and experiment. What started out as a simple 4 minute song on a studio LP could end up as a 15 minute jam live, perhaps even flowing into another song for the next 10 minutes, then flowing into a reprise of the first song before everyone decided they'd had enough!
The Dead is always best listened to on live versions.
One of The Best Versions!!Thanks Brothers!!
Specifically in 1969 and 1970 Rock you're going to hear the commercial emergence of Country, Bluegrass and Gospel mixed in that started in 1966. Country mixes then become one of a big sounds in the 70s. Dylan had the first commercially successful Country Rock album with Nashville Skyline in 1969, which was released months before the Allman's debut album. The Dead, Dylan, The Band, Byrds, CSNY, Neil Young, Gram Nash and Stephen Stills in their solo work, the Allman's and many others explored Country music in their efforts after 66' resulting in it's eventual commercial popularity mixed with Rock in 1969.
Great stuff! I saw The Who and the Dead at the Oakland Coliseum for one of the "Day On The Green" shows back in 1976...just magical! I think it was October 9 or 10...about 47 years ago to the day!
That "gem at the end" is a whole other song titled -The music never stopped. It's a bagger live.
The jam at the end he reacts to is the Slipknot reprise
They have history since the mid 60. The following is 50 percent music and 50 percent Grateful Dead family. It’s originated from the hippie movement in the 60s. People in the “community “ take care of each other. At least from my experience. There is nothing like a Grateful Dead experience. Welcome, wish you could have experienced it. If you did you’ll never find it again. It was that special
I’d love to explain this shit to y’all. I’m not old school per deadheads but I’m I got on tour towards the end. I’ve been hard core in the life for over 25 years. I can tell you by listening to a song what year it’s from and depending on the song and where it is played I can tell you the year and the venue. The thing about a lot of dead heads is we have a impeccable ear. That’s the thing about the Grateful Dead. They produced a type of music you can determine from listening to it what year it was played, and by the first song sometimes you can t call the date and venue. They played over 2000 shows and not one was the same. They created a culture that will never be repeated and will never die. I wish you guys could have been around 30 years ago. Wish you could have seen Jerry.
Cool version, very laid back version. Listen to the same song from 5/9/77, so much higher energy, killer gutiar solos, or my favorite, from One From the Vault album (live), also a very high energy rocker with smoking guitar work. All totally different every night, very song was like that. most nights were great, some were train wrecks, and every once in a while it was pure magic. but it was always fun, thats why we followed them.
Great reaction to a great song by a great band. Appreciate you fellas 🙏 ❤
Please do an Eyes of the World from 1973-4.
Pershing Municipal Auditorium Lincoln, NE 1973 comes to mind
Love your takes on this BTW, you guys get it for sure! Lots of people need to see live for it to sink in.
You go see any other band,even great live acts like Yes,ELP,the Allmans back in the day and for the most part it was a pretty well defined set list each tour and they rehearsed it pretty extensively. With the Dead it was a different show every time and they never played the same song exactly the same twice. Truly live without a net.
Where you asked if the track "cut" it may have been a taper changing tapes. That's another reason they were so popular live,they let the fans bring in taping equipment and tape the shows. We collected and traded them like baseball cards. Hell,I still have about 300 shows on cassette tucked away. Maybe 40 of which were shows I attended.