I ended up being dragged on a road trip to Alpine Valley in ‘88 by my friends who had become Deadheads [perplexing to me-I had moved out of the country for a year and had different influences to say the least]. I wasn’t too into the music in all honesty until THIS SECTION of the shows. My GOD I was BLOWN AWAY by the percussion improvisation and then Jerry comes out with all this guitar effects stuff and midi guitar trippiness. That stuff had a profound effect on my musical life to this day!!
My favourite band -BY FAR!!! THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME FOR ME!!! (sorry for the All-Caps but I sincerely mean to express my genuine love for the Dead, yet my constant hatred of Drums/Space)...sure it was off-the-cuff and totally improvisational...sure it was different every night...sure, it requires a complex understanding of a particular musical structure...but fuck me! I used to go take a pee every time they started this. It just wasn't musically entertaining for me. It bored me. It made me tired, and was the only ONLY TIME! during a show where I'd take a seat.
wangson If you were as into the dead as you claim, you'd realize that this was their way of getting breaks without abandoning their high af crowd and leaving them music-less 1st strings...then drums 😑😑😑
