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LIKE JEHOVAH'S FAVORITE CHIOR!! tHE mUSIC nEVER sTOPPED is an absolute analogy of the connection between the band and their fans. Blues for Allah is pretty high on my list of their studio albums. Many great live recordings to choose from of songs from that album.
@@Scottracine68 Yeah, I agree. And besides being "Jehovah's favorite choir" (BTW, we both tripped up; it should have been "Jehovah's favorite choir"), who will dare say they aren't "the Heart of Gold Band," too? I dare anyone to say they aren't!
@@Scottracine68 Oh, thanks, but I can't blame spell check. I've listened to "The Music Never Stopped" enough times recently that I can only blame momentarily incorrect memory. Oh, well. For what it's worth, November is rapidly approaching, and you do look forward to the yearly 30 Days of Dead, don't you? What can be wrong with thirty free, live Dead tracks, right?
It is disco dead. So was stuff from Go To Heaven. The only way that would be a problem is if someone is one of those homophobic and racist "disco sucks" people.
Jerry heard a Bee Gees record being played at the record store, bought the record and rushed back to the commune to play it for the rest of the band. Resulted in this record.
Help on The Way/Slipnot/Franklin's Tower is the next one by The Grateful Dead you guys should hit. Psychedelic jazz fusion blended with elements of rock and blues.... They're an impossible band to pigeonhole into one style, their catalog is extremely diverse.
40 years of touring for me, 150 shows with Jerry Garcia and many others since he passed in 1995. I just saw the current iteration and their final tour of Dead and Company at Fenway Park in Boston the other day, what an amazing show!!! 👍👍👌👌✌✌😃😃
Loved Dead and Company, this was the only tour I missed. Thought the 3 new players meshed well with the old hands and Bob Weir is such a delight at this or any age.
Oh shit fellas..... Had to pause it right there. As a dead head myself, I'm so excited to see if y'all dig this. Shake my bones many a live show to this tune. Enjoy!
Springsteen is another great example of "way better live". I think in the Deads case, they didn't ever know how to make an album. American Beauty tho? Hell of an album. Their best by far. Maybe because unlike the rest of their catalog, it sounds like an actual album and not just a collection of songs.
Perfect song to pop your Grateful Dead cherry! Got to do a live Shakedown. It’s maybe the deepest “classic rock”rabbit hole you can fall into. Hold the Deadhead’s hand and let them guide you. It’s the deepest trippy maze you will ever walk through.
You guys have to respond to China Cat Sunflower/ I Know You Rider live from the album Europe 72. That will give you an idea what the greatest jam band ever sounds like live. Like you said they never play the song the same way twice, Shakedown Street live is generally a 10 or 15 minute song.
This song is just one of the numerous styles that the Dead played. They have an amazing repertoire of songs both original and covers and I found this this description on the internet which summarizes what you might hear from them; it could be a "fusion of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music" in any one their song. Anyway too many great songs to list but hopefully you'll be listening to many more of their songs, truly American originals.
The Dead are a pure American band mix rock,jazz,bluegrass,folk,soul. This was there attempt at disco. They had multiple singers and song writers in the band. Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh did the heavy lifting.
The Dead incorporate many traditional styles into their music. This song is very "contemporary" and funky for them. When you hear the "right" live stuff from them, you'll be amazed at how they can take a funky little diddy like this, and turn it into a thundering arena shaker... 😳🤯😎🤙
Yes, they have covered psychedelic rock, country, blues, traditional American music, folk, you name it. This song they released during the disco era, as the band had wanted to release something funky.
I saw them in '66 and '67...I love their first album...there was some straight-ahead rock along with blues, psychedelia, folk...they could do it all...
Shakedown album was released in 1978. .Much different vibe than most of their songs and they pulled it off for it to be a disco based sound ,it is great.
The Dead were chill and groovy, a true phenomenon in the days when creativity and innovation drove the music. Their shows/tours were a colorful carnival that were followed by hundreds of devoted Deadheads year after year. Later jam bands tried to duplicate the vibe, but no band was like the Dead. I was fortunate to have seen them a few times, but not before 1980. Jerry Garcia's soul is greatly missed in our chaotic world. My favorite tune is "Scarlet Begonias." Some members of the Grateful Dead still tour and are worth seeing for the music and the musicianship, let alone the vibe.
The Dead blended so many musical styles: folk, country, psychedelia, rock, bluegrass and a whole lot of jazz. Their live shows were long and amazing, with so many people up and dancing to their chill groove singing along. It was a immersive experience!
As others have said, the meat of the Dead is in their live performances. To that end I'd personally recommend the "Help on the Way/Slipknot/Franklin's Tower" tryptic. A very good version is from their 6/16/1976 show at the Capitol Theater which was simulcast on live radio (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eEA5zgNk0ec.html). As for studio fare, I'd recommend both "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty". These are two classic records of Americana at its best, and the band was very careful and meticulous in the music, recording, and production. These albums include some of the most intricate and cohesive vocal harmonies on any rock record ever.
Working Man's Dead is an excellent album to begin your journey with this iconic band. They could absolutely rock out, but it was more of a funky, bluesy vibe than hard rock.
This is GD stab at radio but still staying true. Seeing them live once gave this metalhead a whole different appreciation of their work. Jerry was still kicking ass & the double drummer setup quenched my rhythmic thirst. Truly an experience I treasured thanks my bass player Joe who loved the band.
I saw about 35 close to 40 shows, you are in for one hell of a ride. The Dead are in a class of their own!!! Going to a Dead show was like Christmas for me 😎🎉.
It's high time you guys get involved in the Grateful Dead. Put all else away and enjoy the ride these guys will take you on. Put on Scarlet/Fire Cornell '77 and you'll never look back. Enjoy the subscriber boost as an ancillary benefit too.
Americana, LEGENDS. 6/28/92 I got on the bus. They took me so many places, cities, "fuck it, let's go". I was so alive, electric, mrt people from around the world, put of festivals after Jerry passed. React to Dead & Company
I love it when a new generation finds my shit. Groove is the key. My old lady used to make fun of me for dancing to the rhythm of music...almost thirty years later, she groove with me, now!
I went on a tour for a while and travelled with the Dead in the early 90's. After you see a dozen shows you realize just how deep these guys catalog gets, sometimes you never hear them play the same song twice the rest of the year, sometimes you do. If you guys are gonna do more Dead and need a couple suggestions, ANYTHING off Workingman's Dead from 1970 is a banger in my opinion. Especially "Dire Wolf". Thanks for the review guys!
In the late 70s&80s There Was 2 Bands You Had to Experience!!!Dead for thier groove&Psychedelic Deal&Dey Had it From Conception to da Day Jerry left us.The Other was Jimmy Buffett Caribbean Soul&Bars@every Entrance,The Reggea&Margarita LET'S HAVE FUN VIBE!SAW BOTH!Met Dead(just Jerry,Brent&Phil)I Saw JB last 8/2&Got my 4th Dance w/Lady Lightning an HR Before Show!!Asked EMT'S to Check BP.Asked if I would sit in Meatwagon.Whats BP?178/97.Laughed&told em it didn't even top My 20!!!&Got a Beer& Loved The Show!!
“The Grateful Dead” are souls or ghosts who are grateful to the living person who finally let them rest (avenged them, or gave them a proper burial etc..anything that let the soul or ghost stop haunting)
This was the first track from them that taught me not to pre-judge music. i had always heard their classic tracks on classic-rock radio and sort of knew of the Deadheads and what they were about, but I never actively sought them out. I then came across this track during a late-night Limewire download binge and was kind of blown away. It's completely different than their longer, psychedelic jam tracks that you hear on their live shows. It's more of a conventional pop-song structure with a nice disco beat but it bounces from Phil Lesh's bouncy funk bass and those bright and punchy guitar licks but it flows and transitions so smoothly. Thanks again for a fun reveiw.
Jerry is by far the best guitarist ever,....with 9 fingers. Insane groovy style thats genuinely the Greatful Dead. Never been hard rock. Thanks a bunch
A short while back the door flung wide We all saw good luck on the other side The door blew shut but here's the deal Dreams are lies, it's the dreaming that's real
This marked a huge change in production. Steve plays all the trackson this groundbreaking release. The textures and way the mixdow.n and mastering was the pivotal point and precursor to what produced Daniel Lanoise. Steve Winwood has been a monster since his work with Spencer Davis. HIS Organ on Hemdrix''s Voodoo Child... Traffic, Blind Faith...he oped for the Grateful first tour after Garcia's death. His Loose Lucy was a the killer😅
I grew up listening to the normal stuff. Mostly rap, and old soul, reggae. I had friend when I was a teenager expose me to The Grateful Dead, and subsequently a few other jam band. That was and still is the only “rock music” I like. The jam bands are cool. The concerts are lit parties
It started as Mother McCree's Jugtown Champios....becames the Warlocks but there was another band by that name and took the name the Grateful Dead from an Egyption prayer passage. This album was produced by Lowell George a former Mother of Invention and founder of Little Feat
I got let in a backdoor for this concert on tbis tour. For days people were streaming into town. They played for almost 4 hours. It was wild in the sense I was a sophomore in HS and never been to anything like it.
For further Grateful Dead songs to check I think you'd really like: Unbroken Chain Terrapin Street (it's a whole album side long) Feel Lke a Stranger Throwing Stones ...and here I'm recommending the studio versions although the live version of Feel Like a Stranger from the album Without a Net is stupendous..
This song is where Queen got the distinctive riff for "Another One Bites the Dust" which was released in 1980 whereas "Shakedown Street" was released in 1978...
The bass and the autowah caught my 12yo ear when this came out. I took my hay baling money to the record store to buy it, but the used copy of "Workingman's Dead" for $4 caught my eye, and the rest is history.
Gents: I would like to suggest a live concert. The Dead is known for their live performances. Cornell University 5/8/77 is renowned for one of their best shows. However one performance I attended 8/8/1982 Apline Valley WISC. with John Cipollina (3rd Guitarist) and Zakir Hussien (3rd Drummer) was a moment I will never forget. The song Not fade away late in the show was crazy. Love your channel.
I would still recommend doing the studio versions and every song that you like, then do the live version and you get to see how they play with it. Casey Jones would be a good follow-up to Shakedown, but there are so many great ones to choose from.
Not bad, and a throwback to one of their very first songs on record: a cover of Dancing in The Streets! The earlier music is more psychedelic drawn out improvisation and bluesy Americana. They were big fans of Coltrane so got into wild improvisations live.
Album cover by Gilbert Shelton, creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Wonder Warthog, an iconic underground comics artist rivaled only by R. Crumb...
I love R. Crumb's artwork!! Especially the Furry Freak Bros in the "keep on truckin" pose. I have a license plate of that. Back in the day when album art was PART OF the record!! Far out, man✌🏼 Such a GROOVY sound 🎶🎵🎶 Mellow trippin' music.. Loved the comic books!
They started in "64, I saw them in "94 in Eugene Oregon. Longest concert I've seen. Almost everyone had tents set up to stay the night and see them the next day. Other great ones not on radio to me are, "Cheshire Cat" and "Morning Dew". It was an all day carnival with food, clothes to buy, jewelry, just amazing really...
Since you like this, you're gonna love The Jerry Garcia Band!!! They still tour as Melvin Seals and JGB. Melvin is the keyboard player from Jerry's band. Jerry left him the acronym JGB in his will!!! Melvin is awesome and if you have a chance to see them don't miss it!!!👍👍👌👌✌✌😃😃
The Dead's live version of songs were often much longer than the studio cuts. At their best they will take you on a journey as they improvise. Some of their stuff is straight American cowboy songs, some free form improvisation, some tender ballads, some blues, some ripping rock, etc
