The Grateful Dead

[nettles]

I had forgotten all about Adam Katz story, I remember it well, my parents would bring it up to dissuade me from disappearing for a few days of show going.

[darkstar]

If memory serves the feeling was that perhaps an over-zealous security guard type may have caused that kid to fall or be pushed off an overpass. Would not surprise me, I always thought the dudes at the Byrne were waaaaaay into a power trip / get outta my face kind of thing.

[mountain bed]

If memory serves the feeling was that perhaps an over-zealous security guard type may have caused that kid to fall or be pushed off an overpass. Would not surprise me, I always thought the dudes at the Byrne were waaaaaay into a power trip / get outta my face kind of thing.

True, but (from what I've heard) Nassau was even worse. I was really disappointed that the band continued to go back there year after year.

[tongue-tied lightning]

I thought Giants Stadium got out of hand a few times, when people ran through gates and climbed over fences to get in.

[Lammycat]

I thought Giants Stadium got out of hand a few times, when people ran through gates and climbed over fences to get in.

The last show I went to was at Giants (after several previous shows there) in summer '95. It was a pathetic show by the Dead with a pathetic scene with gate crashers, etc. I gave my ticket away leaving the show that night for the following night I was so disappointed. It was to be the last of roughly 150 shows....

[darkstar]

really a bummer the way that whole scene went down that last tour....you sorta new something dire was in the works

[Lammycat]

really a bummer the way that whole scene went down that last tour....you sorta new something dire was in the works

Speaking of dire, I've always loved the fact that Garcia busted out (for the last time, no doubt) "Dire Wolf" in Deer Creek in July '95 after receiving a death threat in which the FBI were called upon. That second set, in fact, was played with the house lights on.

[darkstar]

Speaking of dire, I've always loved the fact that Garcia busted out (for the last time, no doubt) "Dire Wolf" in Deer Creek in July '95 after receiving a death threat in which the FBI were called upon. That second set, in fact, was played with the house lights on.

 

 

You gotta love that ( Pleeeeeeeeease don't murder me) Jerry could really have a funny sense of humor. I love the stage banter, especially from the 70's. That 10-30-71 (or is it 70?) show never fails to kill me with all the yuks. The classic retort to the guy yelling for Truckin' "what is it? you gotta be a cop man, is that it...play truckin, play truckin.....we'll play whatever we like" then Weir with his "whole load of live chickens" comment.

 

Just cracks me up

[mountain bed]

Speaking of dire, I've always loved the fact that Garcia busted out (for the last time, no doubt) "Dire Wolf" in Deer Creek in July '95 after receiving a death threat in which the FBI were called upon. That second set, in fact, was played with the house lights on.

Were you there Lammy? Such a shame we didn't know each other then...our house was always a great party after shows.

[giraffo]

edit: nevermind found it

[j4lackey]

While I was painting in a restaurant yesterday, they played (via the Dead channel on Syrius) what must have been a Garcia Band version of Rockin Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu that was, well, rockin. Anyone know where/when from?

[mattboh]

While I was painting in a restaurant yesterday, they played (via the Dead channel on Syrius) what must have been a Garcia Band version of Rockin Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu that was, well, rockin. Anyone know where/when from?

 

It might have been from Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead.

[tongue-tied lightning]

we were all probably at a lot shows together without knowing it

[jc4prez]

While I was painting in a restaurant yesterday, they played (via the Dead channel on Syrius) what must have been a Garcia Band version of Rockin Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu that was, well, rockin. Anyone know where/when from?

 

could also have come from the garcia box set bonus disc.

[Mr. Heartbreak]

One of my wonderful high school "friends," knowing I was a big Dead and Zappa fan, signed my senior yearbook, Mike, you dead-headed iron sausage ...

I was glad I didn't have to try to explain that one to my parents.

[mountain bed]

One of my wonderful high school "friends," knowing I was a big Dead and Zappa fan, signed my senior yearbook, Mike, you dead-headed iron sausage ...

I was glad I didn't have to try to explain that one to my parents.

Awesome! I once signed a friend's yearbook with "you are what you is, you is what you am". (not a GD reference, sorry)

[Mr. Heartbreak]

Awesome! I once signed a friend's yearbook with "you are what you is, you is what you am". (not a GD reference, sorry)

Stuff like that is pretty harmless. What shocked me was the people who wrote things like "Party it up, stoner," and "Well, you're another druggie in the crowd." Didn't anybody think Mom and Dad might read these things?

[Vacant Horizon]

I had forgotten all about Adam Katz story, I remember it well, my parents would bring it up to dissuade me from disappearing for a few days of show going.

 

 

i forgot about him too. always remember his pic in the back of relix or dupree's diamond news. always hoped to see some info on it each issue. alas, nothing.

 

speaking of bust outs, i saw that last To Lay Me Down at deercreek 92. great show that night. second night blew!

 

and what about garcia playing Black Muddy for the last show in 95, followed by Box of Rain which was written about phil's dead dad.

crazy stuff...

craig

[Analogman]

Grateful Dead

By Warren Haynes

 

Posted Apr 07, 2005 12:00 AM

 

I didn't grow up a deadhead. I didn't become a big fan until 1989. I first saw the band in 1979 -- I was nineteen -- but my head was somewhere else at the time. My wife, Stephanie, was a Deadhead, though, and after we met, in 1989, we'd go to see them every chance we'd get. One night, at Madison Square Garden, Bruce Hornsby -- who was playing keyboards with them -- pulled us up onstage and sat us behind his piano. We were ten feet from Jerry Garcia, and you could see how that audience zeroed in on him. He was the focus of everything. There was a synchronicity between the Dead and the crowd, and it was mesmerizing to watch Jerry, in his own understated way, steering that ship -- knowing it was a big ship that could barely be steered, but if anybody could steer it, it was him.

 

Obviously, most of today's jam bands are influenced by the Dead. But what disappoints me about a lot of current music is that you don't hear any history in it. The Dead were aficionados of folk, acoustic blues and bluegrass -- particularly Garcia. In the songs he wrote with Robert Hunter, and in Bob Weir's stuff too, you're also hearing music from forty, fifty years ago. Everyone focuses on the magic of Jerry's guitar playing and the vulnerability of his voice, but his sense of melody and chord changes was unbelievable. The ballads especially connected with me: "Loser," "Wharf Rat," "Stella Blue." My song "Lay of the Sunflower" on the Gov't Mule album The Deep End has a lot of Garcia's melodic sensibilities.

 

Before I joined the Dead last year, I played with Phil Lesh for about five years. He is one of the most unique bass players ever. His background was in classical music; he looks at the bass guitar as a piece of the orchestra, like a low-pitch brass instrument. His job isn't just holding down the root notes -- he and the drummers, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, are moving all over the place. A lot of the magic in the Dead's music came from Phil and Jerry learning how to play together, combining Phil's approach with Jerry's unique blend of influences.

 

Jerry is still one of the few guitarists where as soon as you hear him, you know instantly who it is. As a guitar player, that is the thing I strive for: the distinct, recognizable personality that comes out in every note. There was a humanity in Jerry's guitar work as well as his singing that drew you in. He was a very personal guitarist; he played with more heart and soul than technique. And to me, that's what the best music is made of.

 

As a band, the Dead also redefined success. They created this following that grew and grew, and they did it without compromising themselves. They survived in a world where survival didn't seem possible. They bucked the system and encouraged their fans to do the same: to be free thinkers. There are a lot of Deadheads who were completely different people before they connected with the Grateful Dead.

 

The Dead still believe in that message. When I'm with the Allman Brothers, the band always leaves it up to me how much of Duane's influence I should show. The Dead are like that too. They're never going to tell me, "Play it more like Jerry" or "less like Jerry." It's always, "Do what you think is right."

 

(From RS 972, April 21, 2005)

[Analogman]

07/18/1976 ~ at Wolfgang's Vault this week

 

I just saw some flyers on the way in - DSO is coming here where I live.

[Lammycat]

I just saw some flyers on the way in - DSO is coming here where I live.

Worth checking out if you never have. They play out here a lot and usually do 2-3 night runs. They charge upward and above $20 these days, though, depending on the joint.

[Analogman]

Worth checking out if you never have. They play out here a lot and usually do 2-3 night runs. They charge upward and above $20 these days, though, depending on the joint.

 

I think it's 25 and it's on a Tuesday night at 7pm.

[mountain bed]

07/18/1976 ~ at Wolfgang's Vault this week

That show might be my very favorite of '76. The second set has an unbelievable segue-fest. With all of the stuff from '76 that has been officially released it's a crying shame that this one never got the nod.

[Analogman]

As I recall, the dude who bought Bill's vault was sued by The Grateful Dead - so I wonder how it is they are still putting up Dead shows there.

[jc4prez]

Worth checking out if you never have. They play out here a lot and usually do 2-3 night runs. They charge upward and above $20 these days, though, depending on the joint.

 

 

Something about these guys rubs me the wrong way. I'm sure any dead head who owns a guitar would love to play dead songs to people in some capacity. But to stand in the same spots, play the same shows, take on players. Just to odd for me. On top of all that they charge a shit load for being a cover band.

 

Do they really have it? As you can guess i've never given them a chance.