4 songs in and FKNA!!!!!
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4 songs in and FKNA!!!!!
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1976/09/23
I’m in the 76 is not great camp (and 77 is great but overrated). So there.
I think ‘78 is the best year. The ‘78 Peggy-O’s are tGD at their very best.
6-22-73 Hunter Seamons matrix. Just fucking unbelievable. Start with Bird Song if you dont have 3 and half hours.
78 as the best year...just no.
I prefer post ‘75 GD, not a big Pig fan, and yes, I get how good ‘73-‘74 is. But I like two drummer Dead. Different strokes and whatnot. I’m a massive Brent head, love ‘80’s Dead, but there is something about ‘78 that just does it for me.
You all are picky.
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
Pigpen Grateful Dead is the best Grateful Dead. Ymmv.
on this day in 1970...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52agvsLLnyc
Fillmore East soundboard
^^^ this ^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
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.
Agreed. Bobby playing slide guitar is ear piercing and 78 was when Donna really let loose on the howling. I actually liked her through 77.Quote:
Originally Posted by RootSkier
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’