Grateful Dead - Althea - 12/31/1979 - Oakland Auditorium

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
  • Recorded 12/31/1979 - Oakland Auditorium (Oakland, CA)
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  • @altheamccary8390
    @altheamccary8390 2 года назад +71

    My parents named me after this song and middle name comes from the song Rosilee mcfall I love them and the dead so much rest easy dad

    • @joycejames8461
      @joycejames8461 2 года назад +2

      My niece is called Althea for the same reason and she's grown up all the better for it!

    • @ptwccrider
      @ptwccrider Год назад +1

      That is Beutiful Althea!!

    • @ptwccrider
      @ptwccrider Год назад

      That is Beutiful Althea!!

    • @TheCursingYogi
      @TheCursingYogi Год назад

      ❤❤❤

    • @bethroman1264
      @bethroman1264 Год назад +3

      I named my daughter for this song as well. When she was 9, we learned the 1st time they played Althea for a live audience was on her birthday, but 14 years before she was born!

  • @steinbauge4591
    @steinbauge4591 Год назад +36

    To me this is the most mysterious, entrancing Althea. Aimless, disorganized feel and yet.. Weir steps in, plays an unusually and delightfully active part. The band recognizes the meditative mood and keeps it going.

    • @steinbauge4591
      @steinbauge4591 Год назад +2

      I now found a performance from 1980 that is very similar, but more structured (found on the net only labeled Crazy Night 1980) This loose, early performance is great.

    • @deancaron988
      @deancaron988 2 месяца назад

      Especially love Jerry's guitar on this version. But have yet to find a better one than 81 at the Garden.

  • @JJMcClure
    @JJMcClure Год назад +9

    I love listening to the “best” versions, but there is something special about the ones between

  • @timothylowe5603
    @timothylowe5603 Год назад +11

    Despite a Franklin's Tower quote ony arm and an unabiding love for Bertha, this is my favorite Grateful Dead song.

  • @politiciansthrowstones
    @politiciansthrowstones 2 года назад +25

    Nobody like the Grateful Dead they weave such a beautiful quilt of music just lays on you so perfectly!!

  • @kennewicksheri
    @kennewicksheri 2 года назад +13

    and one night, after hours of listening to this song... this concert..... my choice friend..
    who has since left this earthly realm......
    shared these words
    "My core. Shakes.. when. I leave. This life.. my anthem.. ty"
    and so I listen again ...... for me...
    for Us

  • @Maine931
    @Maine931 3 года назад +18

    Man, this is such a great version. GOLD.

  • @talleyrand93
    @talleyrand93 Год назад +7

    Me & some buddies of mine had advance tickets to the prior night’s (12/30) show. There was something about the look on Garcia’s face after the Brokedown Palace encore that night that beckoned us for a consecutive night- which we’d never done before. Fortunately, at that point in time, it was still somehow possible to show up the day of the show and buy a ticket at the window, provided you showed up early enough. Which we did. John Cippolina played, as he did when they closed Winterland the year before. What can say? It was a lucky place to be.

    • @robbyv.526
      @robbyv.526 Год назад +2

      LoL hahaha right on .... something about the look on Garcias face after that Brokedown Palace ....
      Hahahh. That made me smile brother =]

  • @graysingleton6456
    @graysingleton6456 3 года назад +57

    I want that first solo to carry my child

  • @TheOferwexenfeld
    @TheOferwexenfeld 2 года назад +7

    ....this is pure magic....

  • @eslmc
    @eslmc Год назад +2

    We were there. It was Henry J Kaiser back in the day. I remember one time getting there real early. There was a craft fair/market in the little park across from the front door. There were big PA speakers out on the entry and they were playing the Revolver album. Great memories.

  • @brianwood7237
    @brianwood7237 Год назад +4

    Nothing Like A Grateful Dead new years show

  • @reverandleroy
    @reverandleroy 2 года назад +4

    these late '79 boards are exquisite

  • @Nudeville
    @Nudeville Год назад +3

    This song embodies the Dead for me.

  • @markmeyerson9354
    @markmeyerson9354 Год назад +1

    lucky enough to have been there.... sure wish I could do it again.

  • @seanodonnell9325
    @seanodonnell9325 2 года назад +3

    this was a great show I was there

  • @ptwccrider
    @ptwccrider Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for Sharing this!! Absolutely wonderful!!

  • @fuji4202
    @fuji4202 2 года назад +3

    My Favorite 🤩 🤘Miss you Jerry 🍄

  • @lofisounds
    @lofisounds 2 года назад +10

    This song will last for eternity.

    • @shawnharris5425
      @shawnharris5425 2 года назад +2

      Nothing will. That's why its important to enjoy it.

    • @maybeioverreacted2901
      @maybeioverreacted2901 2 года назад +2

      Well clearly the band and Jerry specifically liked the idea of the music never stopping and this thing going forever allowing taping of their shows .I also believe he had a good understanding of where technology was going with the internet and knew we'd be watching and listening to his music on platforms like this in the future.

  • @StarDarkAshes
    @StarDarkAshes 3 года назад +35

    The all too rare Althea with two bridges.

    • @graysingleton6456
      @graysingleton6456 3 года назад +11

      Part if the fun of the dead. Makes them hard to play with others especially if everyone has different versions they like

    • @maxw.midgett4975
      @maxw.midgett4975 2 года назад +1

      Eh, I don’t know man. The arrangement feels kinda cluttered with two bridges.

    • @StarDarkAshes
      @StarDarkAshes 2 года назад +2

      @@maxw.midgett4975 I know I was tryna be funny

    • @steinbauge4591
      @steinbauge4591 Год назад +2

      It gives the song a chance to dwell, meander on.. unique stuff.

    • @StarDarkAshes
      @StarDarkAshes Год назад +4

      @@steinbauge4591 They obviously decided against it for whatever reason. They have done this type of thing with several songs, making changes over the years,changing the arrangements, keys, and lyrics. I’m not saying it was bad. There’s nothing wrong with trying something or deciding to do it differently. After listening to Althea so many times in its final format coming across this one took me by surprise. Good stuff.

  • @ernestbass7254
    @ernestbass7254 13 дней назад

    ❤️ Ja mon.. Magic is not the word. It doesn't exist

  • @thevillageshaman
    @thevillageshaman 3 года назад +11

    Asherah.. Would be Altheas Mother. Skulls and Roses Forever. Nice bright and twangy slide playing Bob. Cool mello version...reeks red rooster aint it?

  • @ajisstillright
    @ajisstillright 3 года назад +4

    Yeah!!! Groovin.

  • @shawnharris5425
    @shawnharris5425 2 года назад +12

    The other day my guitar prodigy nephew starts bagging Jerry. I chuckled. I'm 40, he's my 21 year old nephew, watch ya gunna do? I jokingly asked him if he could play modally or knew his circle of fifths. If us guitarist types are theoretical mathematicians ( in a way we are) Jerry was like Albert Newton Hawking. Get my drift?

  • @archstanton_live
    @archstanton_live Год назад +1

    ...before Jerry changed sides, after midnight, at the Oakland Auditorium where there was that perpetually sweaty ramp in the back that led to the third level catwalk seating...

  • @morchel332
    @morchel332 Год назад +1

    happy holidays to yall

  • @george.s.8491
    @george.s.8491 Год назад +5

    Althea in it’s infancy 👍

    • @lizlalove6171
      @lizlalove6171 11 месяцев назад +3

      LOL--you're right and actually in its embryonic stage. This song was featured on Go To Heaven which was released in April 1980.

  • @christophermccarty4043
    @christophermccarty4043 11 месяцев назад

    12/26/79 one of my all time favorite 2nd sets ever
    N.F.A 65-95!!!

  • @Jamesdhillegas
    @Jamesdhillegas 3 года назад +13

    Killer Althea.

  • @Waltzenfree
    @Waltzenfree 5 месяцев назад

    Well there you go some people see it and some people don't. It's just a point of view. Personally I can't get enough of this tune I'm glad they played it again.

  • @Moxiie
    @Moxiie 2 года назад +14

    I wonder how many of the audience were tripping balls during this, wish I was one of them

  • @morchel332
    @morchel332 Год назад +1

    wow, its so good ten guys even liked it after jerry´s tune flipped them upside down. :D

  • @user-is2gf9yw3n
    @user-is2gf9yw3n 11 часов назад

    俺はこのアルセラを聴いていた‼️ 俺にとって絶対に忘れられないニューイヤーズコンサートであり🎉デッドに魅了された俺はこの後、日本とアメリカを何回も往復する事になった💀

  • @DennisCampbell777
    @DennisCampbell777 3 года назад +3

    Brandy new Tiger...

  • @ferrallderrall6588
    @ferrallderrall6588 Месяц назад

    Heeard it from spotify..that was a sub though.same nice cut from the guiitar

  • @DSWL_
    @DSWL_ 2 года назад

    ♾️💔

  • @paoloscottodiluzio9879
    @paoloscottodiluzio9879 Год назад +1

    La versione più drogata ascoltata sin qui. Grandi

  • @groovelife415
    @groovelife415 2 месяца назад +1

    Drugs are a hell of a thing. Weir seems like the only one even half-interested in being there.

  • @TheOferwexenfeld
    @TheOferwexenfeld 3 года назад +5

    where is the words?greatversion

    • @Karmakatt6
      @Karmakatt6 3 года назад +2

      Maybe their giving Bobby a little more room to practice his Slide??

    • @TheOferwexenfeld
      @TheOferwexenfeld 11 месяцев назад +1

      in our hearth

  • @lisica8458
    @lisica8458 Год назад +3

    Garcia clearly struggling.

  • @mikaelaeaton4142
    @mikaelaeaton4142 2 года назад

    Lcep

  • @DennisCampbell777
    @DennisCampbell777 3 года назад +2

    Nobody playing keyboards

  • @jontwiss8841
    @jontwiss8841 Год назад

    C O M M I E F R E A K S !

  • @samiam7342
    @samiam7342 3 года назад +2

    man, jerry was not with it on this one, he forgot to play the solos, he forgot to do the vocals when the verse came back.......sad......probably the worst Althea ive ever heard......too much mr. brownstone for mr. jerry..................

  • @biffjohnson7891
    @biffjohnson7891 11 дней назад

    “You know this space is getting hot “
    {🔥}:=}
    Jerry Saves