You all are picky.
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You all are picky.
Pigpen Grateful Dead is the best Grateful Dead. Ymmv.
on this day in 1970...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52agvsLLnyc
Fillmore East soundboard
Oh god no, no way. The best songs came after he was gone. Help>Slip>Frank and Scarlet>Fire. Go on Now
The best year
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My 2¢, as much as I love primal Dead I'd agree on the post Pig years being more appealing to me but 78 doesn't get my vote...twist my arm and I have to say 74 although 77 and 90 have to be mentioned. 78 has some incredible shows (dozens easily) but I think cocaine, smack and the Keith/Donna drama started to noticeably take their toll on the music as the year went on.
I know it's boring and predictable, but I will still vote for 77. Though I love 78, 75, 76, 67, 80 ... shit I could go on ... 77 never fails to satisfy and amaze.
I did say ymmv. And I hear ya, there are some fantastic songs that hadn't been written yet. But there's also a bunch of stuff they stopped playing, they stopped playing any acoustic (other than 1980), and some of my favorite songs and jams are pigpen songs, they never could reach that sound after he was gone.
I absolutely loved the Terrapin, Help on the Way/Slipknot, Scarlet/Fire era, but yeah ... dropping The Other One etc. really sucked, and not only was Pigpen gone, but they didn't let Phil sing. Then, there was Donna's scalded cat voice which was occasionally in tune.
https://youtu.be/tmBIgvOYfLw
What about the samba in the rain years?!
The best year
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^^^Keith is almost hidden in that pic.
Oh and choosing a year is a Sophie’s Choice.
No it's not, but 1978 is always the wrong choice.
Huh? Donna finally learned how to listen to her monitor in ‘78. It was her best year by far. Ragged but right, ‘78 is the best.
Is that a problem?
73 and 78
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I’m looking to put together a song list of all Grateful Dead or Jerry with pedal steel! Not slide guitar but pedal steel!
Help me out mags!
To start:
Wheel
High Time
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=CbwxD5sVSRY
Update:
I just found this.
Here is his pedal steel discography.
Jefferson Airplane “Volunteers” 1969 ‘The Farm’
Crosby Stills Nash & Young “Déjà Vu” 1970 ‘Teach Your Children’
Grateful Dead “Workingman’s Dead” 1970 ‘High Time’ ‘Dire Wolf’
Jefferson Starship “Blows Against the Empire” 1970 ‘Have You seen the Stars Tonight?’
It’s a Beautiful Day “Marrying Maiden” 1970 ‘It Comes Right Down to You’
Grateful Dead “American Beauty” 1970 ‘Candyman’ ‘Brokendown Palace’
Brewer and Shipley “Tarkio” 1971 ‘Oh Mamma’
David Crosby “If Only I could Remember My Name” 1971 ‘Laughing’ ‘What are Their Names’
Graham Nash “Songs for Beginners” 1971 ‘I Used to be a King’ ‘Man in the Mirror’
Stephen Stills “Stephen Stills2” 1971 ‘Change Partners’
Bob Weir “Ace” 1972 ‘Looks Like Rain’
Rowan Brothers “The Rowan Brothers” 1972 ‘Mama Don’t you Cry’
Jerry Garcia “Garcia” 1972 ‘To Lay Me Down’ ‘The Wheel’ ‘Late for Supper’ ‘Spidergawd’
Graham Nash and David Crosby “Nash/Crosby” 1972 ‘Southbound Train’
Paul Pena “New Train” 1973 ‘Venutian Lady’
Link Wray “Be What You Want To” 1973 ‘Tucson Arizona’ ‘All Cried Out’ ‘Riverbend’
Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, David Freiberg “Baron Von TollBooth and the Chrome Nun” 1973 ‘YourMind Has Left Your Body’
He played pedal steel with the New Riders of the Purple Sage for awhile before turning it over to Buddy Cage, including on their eponymous first album, which is an absolute banger.
I think he also played it a few times with the Dead when he was still playing with NRPS.
He played it on a few songs during the 87 Dylan/Dead tour.
Is it dry in here?
(Very good short read)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grate...b63b9c9ce41e4a
Grateful Dead • 1986-06-21 (02:21:18) • Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1...1?source=95683
Did anyone else catch that Bob and Wolf Bro's show last night on Nugs.tv? They banged out two really good sets and the guy on pedal steel should be a permanent addition to the band.
Listening to it now
https://youtu.be/JuDaSCR5hMc
That was good! My plans changed so I’ll be catch The WBs in JH later this month. Still not really sure that group is right for the occasion but I’ll be happy to go.
I was solidly impressed by the WolfBros last year, Jay Lane is a fucking machine and Don Was gives it some oompf.
They are coming here in a few weeks, looking forward to it after seeing a few recent lists and listening to some of the Ryman show (thanks refried). Unsubstantiated rumors locally of a special guest possibility, that wouldn't suck but if I had a dollar for every time that happens here I'd have a nice ticket fund.
^^buy the ticket, take the ride. Just don't touch your face unless it's melting
Wall of Sound! Wish I was around for some of these shows. Freaking massive.
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Tiks purchased when they went on sale luckily (sold out in a few hours if that) but with all the other tours being canceled in the last few days (Neil Young, Pearl Jam) and more to follow I am sure, it wouldn't surprise me to see him pull the plug this week too.
#vulnerabledemographic
I would really be surprised if the Phil shows go on.
I have a lot of the Wolf Bros soundboards. PM me, if interested
Bob and the Wolf Brothers live in Chicago
https://www.periscope.tv/corden96/1d...TOtz9Av5cbu3wE
poor quality and the sound sucks
No vid but sound is solid: https://archive.org/details/bw2020-0...3-06s2t04.flac
Remaining Weir shows rescheduled for October.
www.Bobweir.net