With Chris Spies, Ivan Neville, and Marcus King - Recorded at the Outsider's Ball in Mobile, Alabama on November 22, 2017. Produced by: I-Magic Visual Works - 251-865-7341
It's rare to see a RU-vid comments section without any negativity in it... a testament to the kindness of Deadheads! To all who enjoyed it, I will be posting more from this show soon, including Sugaree feat. George Porter Jr. Keep an eye on my channel.
Dustin Rudzinski you should see the Dead and Company live stream chat. Not everybody’s mean but you do get arguing once in a while. I’m surprised by that
for the lucky audience, marcus catches fire, on the mt....you can tell when he starts (14:25), magic is afoot, he's hitting incidentals, waking the spirits, and then he takes off, and spirals out of this world (a la jerry) r.i.p.....blew everyone out of the water with his liquid, peaking, delightfully screaming 355... the (apotheosis) escape velocity was attained, plus he can sing as sweetly as he plays...., and the look on phil's face.....fabulous performance of a fabulous song!
I heard some really really sweet playing by the various configurations and offshoots, but I've not heard anybody play on the heroic level since Jerry died. That doesn't mean it hasn't happened, just that I haven't heard it. But in any case thanks to everybody involved for picking up the torch of group improvisational music.
What constitutes "heroic" is subjective. . . there are plenty of great guitar improvisers out there. . . Marcus King, among them. . . No one will replace Jerry, anymore than anyone will replace Jimi, Wes, Duane, Bloomers, Grant Green, BB, Sonny Sharrock, Larry Coryell, etc etc etc. . each player brings something unique. . . maybe you're so focused on Jerry that you're not actually hearing what others bring to the feast. . .
Whoever is on that SG is the only guitar player that can hold a candle light up to the PLAYING of the Jear Bear. There's been many, but none come close to the ebb and flow of Jerry. This Cat comes pretty close.
I once saw soulive in a secret concert on the 11th floor of the Library at UMass Amherst back in 2000. I think Rashawn Ross was playing trumpet also before he joined Dave Matthews.
say what you will, theres only one jerry but honestly john mayer has proven that he can bring it with the best . i think his initial reception was met with skeptacism from the old fans but hes won them over. this kid marcus king is just getting started, he a very blues based pentatonic players but hes only going to get better
This was a one-off show just before Thanksgiving 2017. Outsiders Ball was a party thrown by the production company Outsiders Presents. There may be another someday, but they skipped last year.
I know Phil probably knows what he’s doing and has carefully selected every member of his band, but that drummer he’s got doesn’t carry the beat like bill does. It’s all good tho.
Dustin Rudzinski So who gives you the right to tell me to get lost just because I have an opinion that is not in agreement with you or anybody else? It’s just my opinion, why don’t you just chill out and enjoy the band. 🤷♂️
This hurt my ears. Not even the slightest effort to capture the "sound" of The Dead. Did any one of them ever even hear the boys live. Phil, boobala, you could've done so much better. Ya don't get the Vienna choir boys to sing The Doors. Ya don't get three harpists to play the Sex Pistols. Ya know? (Sorry D.R.)
“Capturing the sound of the band” would make them a cover band. They are putting their own spin on it which is exactly what the Dead did with folk, bluegrass, western, etc. I’ve loved the Dead since the 70s but honestly it’s nice to get a fresh perspective. I think Jerry would dig it. Phil certainly approves.
