May 77 is great but May 78 is so much better. That year was great for them. Egypt? Read about how Phil Lesh placed his speakers in the giant pyramid. Only 50,000 were at that show. Imagine taking LSD in the desert tripping your balls off
Been playing this for 15 years on guitar and keys still learning still discovering little nuggets in the groove still having the same feeling of wonderment still fascinated by the multiple pockets, chord changes and space between.
Thank you for posting these amazing videos. I started listening to roots reggae music about 40 years ago. I was always a casual Grateful Dead fan but about two years ago I started doing a deep dive into all Grateful Dead music. I stumbled upon your video of Row Jimmy and listening to your explanation of how the song had a reggae beat to it seem to pull everything together for me. Row Jimmy has always been one of my favorite songs by the Dead and now I understand why. I think Jerry’s slide guitar solos are amazing and I wish he would have done more on the slide. Thanks again!
I have loved The Dead since I was 4 and my parents took me to a show in Golden Gate Park in 1969. My mom was a fan and she passed a couple of years ago. I heard ripple this morning and cried like a baby. Made me feel a lot better in the long run.
Love the channel!....Grateful dead fan here, but I'm into banjo now...still really appreciate your breakdowns. So glad you are doing the whole Cornell 77....Best wishes
This is the brilliance of the Dead. To someone "unlearned" never could a band sound so lost yey know exactly where they were. Jerrys Brilliance was his "noodling" would build to the most unbelieveable peaks. Crescendos building and cascading at the same time. And he knew exactly where he was going. And Michael, youve discovered Bobby and Phils brilliance. Bobby, the master chordsman with the most intricately simple rhythms and Phil the most studied of all of them. And dont count out the drums. Mickey and Bill doing 2 "completely different things yet completely in sync with all those things perceived as "out of sync". It was always an adventure seeing them live. You never knew where you were going. You were just along for a beautiful peaceful ride.
This is my all time favorite dead song. I’m a jimmy but that’s not really why I love it. It’s because it’s like a Reggie song in slow motion and fun to play with good players.
I just love how much this dude took to the dead at 36. It's the most fun thing to watch. He says "everyone has a story about how the music found them", but robert hunter has this to say in response: "once in a while you can get shown the light - in the strangest of places if you look at it right..."
Jerry not only played slide, but pedal steel. Check out Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty, both released in 1970 and two of their most beloved studio albums.
Peggy-O from 5/5/77-New Haven Help On The Way>Slipknot>Franklins Tower; Ship Of Fools and Comes A Time from 5/9/77-Buffalo So glad to hear you're doing the whole Cornell 5/8/77 Thanks a lot, keep them coming!
In an interview with Jerry, this is what he had to say about Row Jimmy...“I really loved ‘Row Jimmy Row’. That was one of my favourite songs of ones that I’ve written. I loved it. Nobody else really liked it very much-we always did it-but nobody liked it very much, at least in the same way I did.”
Life is like a river. If you fight the current you will never reach your destination. If you swim with the current the river will carry you to your destiny. Row Jimmy is saying we should keep swimming in that river of life regardless of any adversity.
Spent a nice 4 years up in Ithaca. They play some of the concert on the clock tower every May 8th. Barton Hal isl on top of the hill. Cant imagine the show after the show, watching everyone drive home in the snow downhill after Jerry just burnt the entire building to the floor.
Girlfriend loved, I hated..... Til I saw them live!! A fan of 30 yrs now. I swear they were talking to me through the music. A truly amazing experience, I highly recommend lmao
Great idea to do the whole show! Can't wait to see the SLOW crescendo in Morning Dew... What a cosmic show! Great tune for chords and timing, eh?! I'm sure you'll tune in tomorrow for Din&Mov. Don't know if you know, but Va. Beach was their 1st show back in N. America since NYE '96 and they had gotten all funky. You'll love it. Thanks {:{D}
Cornell 77 is awesome, but many people have tabbed it out. There's a lot of great material in the mid/late 80's...the band's favorite era of their performance. Love what you're doing, keep 'em coming!
Michael, you should check out the May 21, 1974 show from Edmundson Pavilion. Specifically the Playin' In the Band (longest ever at 46 min), and Weather Report Suite. Jerry's licks in Let it Grow are amazingly light and nimble.
I don't play and never have but I love your videos. The technical stuff goes over my head but seeing you react to Cornell '77 is such a joy. Didn't know Jerry plaid slide? Welcome aboard. There are straight ahead raggae versions of this out there.
Hi Michael! I found you accidentally when you were reviewing the morning dew and became a fan!! Love your honesty and your desire to share and teach others!!! I’m huge deadhead and love your point of view. I live in Dc and when things get back together I like to invite you and your family to restaurant I work! My treat 🙏
To go along with what you are saying; I saw a documentary on the making of 'Catch A Fire' (the Wailers first album), the studio musician (piano player) was having trouble playing the song. He started asking Bob questions on how he should be play it. Bob walked over and just started slamming his hands on the keys to a rhyme and said "Na, na, mon, just feel it."
I know every note of the Dozin Jimmy. Even when that chick screams "woo-woo" right on beat! Lol. Great version. May have been there. Saw 5 shows there. Great venue.
Just subscribed at guitar gate looking forward to learning all types of different ways to hone my skills... been playing for over 15 years and feel stuck on my theory and different scales that change while in active soloing to chored changes... pretty exciting
A Bill Kreutzmann quote from Wikipedia: "Jerry brought "Row Jimmy" into us one day, and it was really difficult to get a grip on it at first. It has a slow tempo, which makes it seem like it would be easy, but it calls for a slight reggae groove layered over a ballad. Rhythmically, the lengths aren't traditional. They're not just twos and fours. It's deceiving. Basically, you have to play the song in half-time with a double-time bounce on top. It's trickier than it sounds. But once I locked into it, "Row Jimmy" became one of the best songs in our repertoire."
and then he, they do something and you get goose bumps encompassing your entire body and you find your self smiling from ear to ear and you go "Yeah, this is fucking awesome, lets do it again!"
incredible version of an incredible song. probably the most unique and gorgeous slide guitar solos i've ever heard. and as great as it is, in my opinion it's only the 2nd best guitar solo from this show. the cornell 77 scarlet begonias solo is probably my favorite guitar solo of all time. looking forward to seeing your lesson on that song. and that's really cool that you discovered the dead at age 35. I didn't really get into them til i was about 18 or 19 so i can relate somewhat. welcome aboard :)
