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    Easy Wind blowing across the bayou today
    August 30, 1970

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  • @greenmeans2033
    @greenmeans2033 8 років тому +437

    I just checked and it's confirmed this is the best video on UA-cam.

    • @iRideuWatch
      @iRideuWatch 7 років тому +5

      well ain't that a shame

    • @gypsylou77
      @gypsylou77 6 років тому +3

      Well I beg to differ, as much as I love this song I think there are better versions of it,Hard To Handle video is the bomb

    • @bamadeadhead
      @bamadeadhead 6 років тому +6

      ROLL TIDE to that! It’s confirmed

    • @bamadeadhead
      @bamadeadhead 6 років тому +1

      Ramble0nR0se what?

    • @gypsylou77
      @gypsylou77 6 років тому +1

      bamadeadhead I'm saying check out "Hard to Handle"

  • @BigTeste
    @BigTeste 13 років тому +50

    "Gotta find a woman'd be good to me, won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea..." Words of a true Stone Jack Balller

    • @catman2u2
      @catman2u2 2 роки тому +1

      I loved the dead when pigpen sang the blues but he died at what, 28?

    • @deadreckoning6288
      @deadreckoning6288 Рік тому +2

      @@catman2u2 Died at 27. Along with Janis, Jimmy, Morrison....some others I'm not remembering. All much too soon.

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 Рік тому +2

      @@catman2u2 he died way too early. this kind of music died when he did. the super long jams and endless sets faded into rock history..No more epic Dark Stars, 'Moon, Eleven, Death Have no Mercy, Stephen', Hurts Me Too, Easy Wind and all the other heavy songs that will live in infamy... the dead changed to just playing "songs" with solos instead of solos with occasional vocals

    • @catman2u2
      @catman2u2 Рік тому +1

      @@barne3668 imho the eleven has great drumming, bass and wind it out guitar

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 Рік тому +2

      @@catman2u2 I agree. I've heard most of them and a few are just mind blowing. The long build up into an epic crecendo with Jerry hitting every note with such intensity it goes right to my core. WTF happened after 70? It's like they just abandoned the very thing that propelled them into a level in rock no other band could reach.

  • @martyhopkirk6826
    @martyhopkirk6826 4 роки тому +101

    I have a real fondness for 1970 Dead. Still raw, and the band is at the peak of its psychedelic cowboy phase. So much energy in this!

    • @susandelear4349
      @susandelear4349 3 роки тому +4

      Yes.
      This is medicine.
      Fountain of. Youth.

    • @catman2u2
      @catman2u2 2 роки тому +8

      They lost a lot, his blues, r&b influence was great (pigpen that is)

    • @DrMitchMedina
      @DrMitchMedina Рік тому +5

      You're absolutely right about the magic year of 1970. Folks who remember it are a little hard to come by now. But you nailed it!!!

    • @talktalk2
      @talktalk2 Рік тому +5

      I love this! I was only 5 when this was done. I've been a Dead fan for about 12 years now. I prefer early Dead.

    • @andrummer21
      @andrummer21 2 місяці тому +1

      My favorite era.

  • @mikeyj.3605
    @mikeyj.3605 7 років тому +155

    Pig out front. Phil in the middle. Jerry and Bobby flanked on each side. Billy and Mickey backing everything up like a locomotive. Heaven on Earth in 1970! Love watching Jerry playing rhythm while Pigpen and Bobby get things started. Then Jerry comes in with the his solo and parades the essence of cool for all to behold. These are the Grateful Dead!

  • @johnnynbk
    @johnnynbk 6 років тому +38

    this line-up is the reason i became a grateful dead fan.

  • @thomaschristianwilliams4542
    @thomaschristianwilliams4542 3 роки тому +34

    Some of the best Jerry jams happen on Pigpen tracks...

    • @ronvanhanswijk1555
      @ronvanhanswijk1555 2 роки тому +7

      Sure thing Pig could sing the blues.

    • @keeganconnolly7409
      @keeganconnolly7409 Рік тому +5

      Pig pen tunes are my favorites. With the cowboy bob songs close behind.

    • @christiandupont8854
      @christiandupont8854 Рік тому +10

      You got it. Whole jam is amazing, but I love the way that Jerry flips the switch from rhythm to lead at 4:27 and just unloads … mesmerizing …

  • @nukkastyle
    @nukkastyle 9 років тому +62

    This sure is a Hidden Gem...
    RIP Pigpen.

    • @bamadeadhead
      @bamadeadhead 6 років тому +1

      It sure its!! And the RIVER KEEPS A TALKIN’ and you never hear a word it say!!!!!!!...Live 5 years if I take my time, balling that jack and drinking my wine!!

  • @mboggs3010
    @mboggs3010 7 років тому +58

    REST IN PEACE PIGPEN ,WE MISS YOU BROTHER

  • @tojo4
    @tojo4 15 років тому +13

    This vid should be required viewing for every man, woman, and child!!

  • @xianshep
    @xianshep 3 роки тому +23

    "Gotta find a woman be good to me; won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea." That line always kills me.

    • @newusernamehere4772
      @newusernamehere4772 3 роки тому +2

      Poor guy, he found that woman in Janis and she died from heroin. That's where the blues comes from though. If it ain't one thing it's another. Makes sense why he wouldn't trust illegal drugs after that (with modern science we know all the ways alcohol is actually worse than any illegal drug, but they didn't know that then, and I don't necessarily taking more acid would've saved Pigpen though, same with Jerry. It's a popular opinion though)
      Idk I'm rambling, "keep talking but you [might] never hear a word I say" (depending on if anyone bothers to read this lol)

    • @sd31263
      @sd31263 2 роки тому

      @@newusernamehere4772 Janis and Pig bonded over their shared love of ethyl alcohol. I have the sought-after poster of the two, with Pig playfully squeezing her breast. Judging from the smile on her face, she wasn't hating it. :)

    • @smartluck100
      @smartluck100 Рік тому +2

      I’ve known women like that! Let me exist and enjoy my GD life & my liquid relief!

    • @UTV2001
      @UTV2001 Рік тому

      Same here man I can’t ever skip the jam cus I know that line is coming eventually

    • @franklinrussell3042
      @franklinrussell3042 Рік тому +2

      Pig hated the acid scene, he was dosed without his knowledge and was super pissed

  • @rolandramirez4557
    @rolandramirez4557 6 років тому +32

    Jerry's rhythm sounds so good. His tone was great with that SG.

  • @dlm9293
    @dlm9293 11 років тому +40

    MY lord, Pigpen is on fire with that blues harp. Fantastic version.

  • @SebastianGarcia-ln4sd
    @SebastianGarcia-ln4sd 4 роки тому +13

    I just checked and it's confirmed this is the best video i have ever seen.

  • @josephjohnson1013
    @josephjohnson1013 4 роки тому +30

    Love it. I was a young man a roofer when I started jamming to this album and the lyrics would keep me going on some real tough day's

  • @kayakfish9912
    @kayakfish9912 6 років тому +76

    I'm not a Dead fan by any stretch, but this is one of the top 5 badass songs ever, and this version is the best of them. Perfect tempo and nice aggressive edge.

    • @petershort1932
      @petershort1932 4 роки тому +8

      Its because it's fucking PIG PEN up front...When Pig, not Jerry, died, Dead died for me...

    • @geroldfirl
      @geroldfirl 4 роки тому +3

      Hellz yeah. Easy Wind certainly baddest Dead song ever.

    • @birdflu2k57
      @birdflu2k57 4 роки тому +8

      Get on the bus!

    • @rebuttalc2075
      @rebuttalc2075 3 роки тому +11

      Kinda bizarre to me that you enjoy this but not the band

    • @scottslaught
      @scottslaught 3 роки тому

      Workingman Dead on

  • @gordonovenshine2965
    @gordonovenshine2965 4 роки тому +13

    Pigpen was easily the most charismatic of the group, best vocalist too. Badass drinking his Jack and growling his blues.

  • @ScarlettFire341
    @ScarlettFire341 3 роки тому +7

    Ron was a serious lead singer - so good
    you can actually hear Weir's guitar
    Bill & Micky PUSHING IT HARD
    Phil Booming along the whole song
    & Jerr's playing is ethereal !
    and Mr Zig Zag too lol
    the video effects really reflect "back in the day" !
    so wish we had more !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (~);}

  • @thomasarmbruster1743
    @thomasarmbruster1743 Рік тому +3

    I was there (or so they tell me). This was a critical juncture for the band.

  • @bamadeadhead
    @bamadeadhead 6 років тому +17

    1:43 this is where I think Pig realizes they have it and he STARTS JAMMIN!!!!!! Check him out!! Fairly laid back til then

  • @davidl2822
    @davidl2822 3 роки тому +9

    One of my all time favorites. This version kicks ass😀😀

  • @Shotgunyusuke
    @Shotgunyusuke 14 років тому +10

    Love the sound of the 70-72 stage of The Dead, gotta be my favorite Dead era. Bob Weir turning into the rhythm guitar god that he is, fuckin' love it.

  • @mikemagyar3222
    @mikemagyar3222 5 років тому +18

    Love the gritty psychedelic blues of Jerry's SG.

  • @morbidmanatee5550
    @morbidmanatee5550 8 років тому +10

    Congratulation!!!! You just WON the INTERNET... forever!!!!

  • @LoliPantsu8
    @LoliPantsu8 9 років тому +231

    Pigpen was the best vocalist the Dead ever had

    • @lionofjudah4574
      @lionofjudah4574 8 років тому +15

      +Paul von Oberstein AMEN BROTHER. He brought the grit, the toughness, the leather, the bad ass...to the band.

    • @texasmade4169
      @texasmade4169 8 років тому +2

      right on !

    • @jameswright1059
      @jameswright1059 8 років тому +2

      (~);-}

    • @ChoctawNawtic4
      @ChoctawNawtic4 6 років тому +3

      Hells yeah he was!

    • @bamadeadhead
      @bamadeadhead 6 років тому +4

      BAAAAAAAAAAABBY HERE I AM!!!

  • @CAVERWOOD
    @CAVERWOOD 11 років тому +8

    this early era was certainly the best guitar and bass tone the band ever had.... it just got so week later on... but this is some strong Chicago blues kinda tone... love it! and they even had good vocals at this time...

    • @iamAwesomo1994
      @iamAwesomo1994 Рік тому

      i like a lot of the Jerry Garcia Band bass stuff. john kahn is great

  • @dlm9293
    @dlm9293 2 роки тому +21

    Brother, Jerry kills his ENTIRE SOLO. Like fuck man, what a master class in tasteful yet badass playing. Every note is perfectly placed and soo impactful. He doesn't overplay, but he sure as hell makes a statement. Not to mention his sparse but on point rhythm playing during Bobby's solo. Idk maybe it's just me but this era of the Dead is cemented in my heart and mind as one of the best bands of all time hands down

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 Рік тому +1

      well said dlm. I've run out of adjectives describing Jerry's playing during that period... nobody could touch Jerry back than...and today. NOBODY will ever replicate those primal jams...ever.

    • @ryankearns8773
      @ryankearns8773 Рік тому

      Dude absolutely, pure economy and flow. Jerry was the coolest dude ever.

    • @iamAwesomo1994
      @iamAwesomo1994 Рік тому

      the Easy wind from the live rarities collection is the best one in my opinion. solo is similar to this one but even better.

  • @bcsorensenman
    @bcsorensenman 6 років тому +5

    What the hell was I supposed to do, I was three years old, couldn't get to the show? Damn did I miss a mess of blues and fabulous show. Thank the lord for those to recorded the show, this made my day, or whole week. RIP Dead, you guys nailed it that day. Wow.

  • @TheMastaSelecta
    @TheMastaSelecta 11 років тому +8

    Yeah Bob will grab a solo from time to time. Most often I have heard his solos on China > Rider jams. Also there's his slide solos, but that's a different subject altogether.

  • @BednariksGhost
    @BednariksGhost 4 роки тому +9

    Thanks so much for posting this! My only regret is that the camera didn't show Bobby's solo.

  • @infosword
    @infosword 11 років тому +20

    Don't try to hide my liquor and serve me tea!!

  • @ericchristensen1114
    @ericchristensen1114 2 роки тому +16

    Pigpen was completely authentic. Tremendous harp solo here. Is there any band around today that can even remotely approach the intensity of this performance? Until they disbanded in 2014, I saw the Allman Brothers on occasion get close at their March Beacon shows in New York.

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 Рік тому

      Eric there is no band that can touch this today. no "jam band" even comes close. Dead and Co. is to me an insult to their legacy. Mayer plays the blues but his Jerry riffs are imho pathetic.

  • @tuggod73
    @tuggod73 11 років тому +12

    That's some of the best stuff on Earth right there.

  • @hudentdw2
    @hudentdw2 10 років тому +19

    This shit is Rocking baby,Pigpen was the Man!!

  • @tourhead
    @tourhead 2 роки тому +6

    RIP Pigpen. 49 years gone yesterday! This version fucking rips!!!! Thanks for posting this!!!! -Nordy

    • @krisking5510
      @krisking5510 Рік тому +1

      How can that be 50 years ago!! It was just a week or so, wasn't it?!?

    • @tourhead
      @tourhead Рік тому +1

      @@krisking5510 Haha...we all wish Kris....what would a Pigpen show be like now.....?????

  • @rustyshackleford6811
    @rustyshackleford6811 3 роки тому +3

    I stumbled across this in the early 80s I played it over and over. I was maybe 10.🤪

  • @jamm321
    @jamm321 2 роки тому +4

    Pull this up and play it when some supposed Aficionado of rock and roll says they don't like the Grateful Dead.

  • @raybin6873
    @raybin6873 2 роки тому +4

    Wow..whata gem! Sounds so close to the album version....musta been shortly after they recorded it.
    (Wish Jerry would've kept playing that SG)
    😁👍

  • @doodahman2995
    @doodahman2995 5 років тому +10

    Just when u think u seen em all....
    Boom!!! Mind blown... Again.

  • @tdkdgh
    @tdkdgh 7 років тому +8

    I just love Pig...and I love the way the rest play when he's singing.

  • @tnfanwayne
    @tnfanwayne 4 роки тому +4

    So raw and bold. Love it.

  • @j0eX
    @j0eX 12 років тому +5

    Great! When Pigpen died, that was the end of the band, the Grateful Dead. I'm not saying they sucked afterwards. They are fabulous musicians.. But the sound of the band changed--a lot. I personally preferred the bluesy Pig-era Dead. Nothing like a good show at the Filmore in those days.Then Cippolina left Quicksilver and all that was left from SF with any cojones was Hot Tuna. Well, The Flamin Groovies, but that was something else, herald of punk. thank God..

  • @xianshep
    @xianshep 3 роки тому +3

    Best filmed performance I've ever seen of the Dead. THIS is what to show anyone who says they sucked. (Well, this or parts of Veneta '72, The Other One from Beat Club, or Lovelight from Festival Express tour.)

  • @jameswright1059
    @jameswright1059 8 років тому +15

    best dead song ever

  • @peterjones4615
    @peterjones4615 7 років тому +10

    Singing with so much soul

  • @ClownfishV2
    @ClownfishV2 Місяць тому +2

    Happy birthday, Mickey Hart

  • @davidsuchocki7956
    @davidsuchocki7956 4 роки тому +6

    Pigpen should have never seemed to be able to fit the Deads groove, yet he was thier soul. Love this song!!!!! Wow!!! Respect and Love.

    • @smartluck100
      @smartluck100 2 роки тому

      Not easy being a juicer alcoholic while all your buddies are tripping their balls off. It’s just no fun. Rest in peace Pig

  • @flint62a1
    @flint62a1 6 років тому +4

    This. Is. Awesome
    Played it as loud as I could. Pigpen was the best and the band really rocked hard behind him
    Thanks for posting!

  • @gueswoo4426
    @gueswoo4426 2 роки тому +2

    this is one of many dead performances i love to smoke my hash to, thank you very much for this video, it brings me great joy, its amazing the things the internet allow you to view

  • @philiprife5556
    @philiprife5556 2 роки тому +2

    I really appreciate Ron. This is soo good.

  • @drenner100
    @drenner100 12 років тому +3

    I saw my 1st show in Philly in '74 and lost track after about 30 more. But I really wish I could have seen The Pig. My favorite era.

  • @TheWayofFairness
    @TheWayofFairness Рік тому +1

    Working Mans dead is my favorite LP.

  • @jillsell1994
    @jillsell1994 6 років тому +15

    WHERE are the cameras during Bobby’s rare smoking 🔥 solo ??? A real missed opportunity 🤦🏼‍♀️

    • @commontater8630
      @commontater8630 5 років тому +1

      Yeah, wow! My mind was boggled to hear that coming from Bobby.

    • @xianshep
      @xianshep 3 роки тому

      @@commontater8630 No offense, but you must be new to the Dead-fan game. (Same tune on Workingman's Dead, Hard to Handle from that era [see Bear's Choice], jam between St. Stephen and The Eleven on Live/Dead [during which Jerry seemed to have broken a string], China/Rider jam on Europe '72...)

    • @xianshep
      @xianshep 3 роки тому

      Yup. 3:30 to 4:25 and not one fucking glimpse. But that's typical of many such videos. There's a Bill Bruford show on here where the camera crew never thinks to show Alan-freakin'-HOLDSWORTH during his solo(s), and a Genesis one where Hackett's soloing is ignored.

    • @xianshep
      @xianshep 3 роки тому

      Maybe the camera crew stuck with Jerry there because he was actually playing rhythm in rhythm for once.

    • @Zootallures100
      @Zootallures100 3 роки тому

      Garcia did it all 😜

  • @zerobudgetproductions1947
    @zerobudgetproductions1947 8 років тому +31

    Sad to think that he died 3 years later from ballin' that jack.

    • @24Korova
      @24Korova 8 років тому +1

      Zero Budget Productions he had died from the Chromes disease

    • @FreeCorps1984
      @FreeCorps1984 7 років тому +2

      You mean Crohn's disease? I thought it was cirrhosis of the liver. Anyhow, great live version of one of the very best Dead songs

    • @kevinr.3542
      @kevinr.3542 6 років тому +1

      ballin that Jack refers to a type of dancing that was popular way back when. it's mentioned in other songs and musicals. pretty sure it wasn't dancing that led to pigs demise. I admit I first assumed it was about Jack Daniels.

    • @bamadeadhead
      @bamadeadhead 6 років тому +8

      K. Rootes I guess balling shine would be a dance too? “balling the Jack” entered North American lexicon as railroad slang that referred to a train going at full speed. "Balling" alluded to the balled fist a railroad engineer used to signal to his crew to pour on the coal so the train would travel faster. The "jack" was the train itself, a mechanical jackass that could carry heavy freight over great distances without tiring.

    • @kevinr.3542
      @kevinr.3542 6 років тому

      Zero Budget Productions ua-cam.com/video/2r_v2hGtIQM/v-deo.html this link supports the theory that the term was widely know thanks to its use as slang for some dance. I think I heard about this reading the annotated grateful dead book where R Hunter mentions his inspirations.
      I was familiar with the meaning you refer to as it inspired the term "balls out"

  • @sarahmurtland987
    @sarahmurtland987 2 роки тому +5

    Pigpen was the man. Hands down. Deaf, struggling, laid it down.

  • @georgewilliams2240
    @georgewilliams2240 23 дні тому +1

    The one word that best describes this video is... Wow

    • @robtgast
      @robtgast 21 день тому

      God Bless the Grateful Dead.

  • @quinn4626
    @quinn4626 2 роки тому +2

    I honestly don't hear how this could be any better.

  • @flatpicker75
    @flatpicker75 13 років тому +4

    Best version I've ever heard.

  • @truthawaits4u458
    @truthawaits4u458 Рік тому +1

    Pig pen has a touch of leon russel in his voice. I love it!

  • @kwcolvin1
    @kwcolvin1 12 років тому +2

    there really is no substitute! of all the grateful dead songs/videos on all of youtube i keep coming back to this one. so raw! really makes you shake your bones!!!

  • @spacecaptain87
    @spacecaptain87 4 роки тому +3

    Wow. I’m mainly a fan of early-mid 60’s Dead but this is the shit!

  • @ezekielcousins9289
    @ezekielcousins9289 8 років тому +36

    bob is playing lead i just noticed

    • @schach420
      @schach420 8 років тому +3

      Bob always plays the first lead on Easy Wind.

    • @andrewptob
      @andrewptob 8 років тому +3

      Yeah, I was taken aback by that as well.

    • @joefelice5062
      @joefelice5062 8 років тому +8

      +AOB Bob also took the first lead on Hard to Handle back in the day. He also added leads to the China>Rider transition in the early 70's.

    • @MrGOW3fan
      @MrGOW3fan 8 років тому +10

      +Joe Felice really? I never looked into but I just always assumed it was Jerry. Silly how Bobby is so overlooked as an amazing guitar player. Truly earns the title of The other one

    • @andrewptob
      @andrewptob 8 років тому +7

      horsemann12 Bobby does the first solo, but Jerry does the main one. I agree that Bobby is a very good player, though. He's been unjustifiably criticized by ill-informed people over the years.

  • @wolfkarel
    @wolfkarel 13 років тому +3

    @gratefulvideo TC joined the band in late '68 and left the band in early 1970 - Kieth Godchaux joined the band in late August/early Sept. 1971when Pigpen started getting sick - Pig returned later that year of '71 and was with the band through Europe '72 - His last show was June 17,1972 at the Hollywood Bowl; he did not sing.
    Ronald C. "Pigpen" McKernan passed from this world March 8,1973
    Pigpen is now and will forever be one of THE GRATEFUL DEAD

  • @BuzWaz
    @BuzWaz 7 місяців тому +1

    Excellent lucky saw Pigpen in 69 .never saw him do this ! Super thanks !❤

  • @Diana11Austin
    @Diana11Austin 6 років тому +4

    I love just about every incarnation of the Dead but this absolutely still rocks my world. I wan't more excellent video feed of Pigpen please! Nice ugh light show :-D

  • @josephjohnson1013
    @josephjohnson1013 4 роки тому +10

    Pigpen kills it. One of the best dead songs and really one of the better blues songs possibly ever.

  • @wangson
    @wangson 2 місяці тому

    Good Lord...that very well might be the greatest solo interval I've ever heard. I've listened to it a number of times and this jam is just...man...I don't have the words. I do have the tears that this solo causes me to shed though - it's that poignant. Jerry is absolutely kicking this jam into celestial overdrive!! Pig is singing and blowing his brains out. Bill is trying to hold it all together before it literally launches the audience into the stratosphere and Phil? Phil is doing his best to send this jam out to our alien brothers light years away!!

  • @bryan83taco
    @bryan83taco 4 роки тому +4

    Pure gold right here

  • @jimcameron9848
    @jimcameron9848 4 роки тому +4

    Dude this band can park anytime at "This spot reserved for BLACK SABBATH". Knockin it down Dam!

  • @deadreckoning6288
    @deadreckoning6288 Рік тому +2

    Pig! Man I wish I had been around in those days.

  • @bamadeadhead
    @bamadeadhead 6 років тому +1

    Holy SHIZER if Ron and Jerry only knew how much inspiration I get listening and watching this💪🏼cause I’m a STONE JACK BALLER BLOWING THESE KETTLE BELLS OUT!! EASY!!!! WIND!

    • @jefggoldman7823
      @jefggoldman7823 5 років тому

      Unreal ivevhadbavdecades now debate with anothervhead. My view is thatvthe dead esp withvthe pig isca blues rockband notacid orvpsychadelic rock band my bud disagreesvhe claims purerock band ibuse thistune as myvevidence among many others he uses i needca mirscle one morebsatnightv thoughtsobviously the core ofvthe bandvisvsteeped inbbrit blues rockbamerican delta blues chuck berrybyacknow butvobfeelbthe blues justvlike ibdocwith the doors jim morrison is a black man lol just messingvaround no offencevto anyone butvshit carsbhiss by myvwindow. Been down so dam longbclose tonyou on andvon justnconceed petey they both blues bands inlove ya butbgeez bro lets getbtogether get highbandbill play dj

  • @liferevolving
    @liferevolving 14 років тому +4

    hell yeah pigpen kicks some serious ass. He gave so much soul to the grateful dead.

  • @donaldgehre5964
    @donaldgehre5964 Рік тому +2

    My favorite incarnation of the Grateful Dead was the '60s and '70s.

  • @philiphempsey9127
    @philiphempsey9127 5 років тому +2

    These lyrics are fucking killer....cant stop listening to this.
    SIMILAR SONGS
    1 of 5
    2 of 5
    I been balling a shiny black steel jack-hammer
    Been chippin' up rocks for the great highway
    Live five years if I take my time
    Ballin' that jack and a drinkin' my wine
    I been chippin' them rocks from dawn till doom
    While my rider hide my bottle in the other room
    Doctor say better stop ballin' that jack
    If I live five years I gonna bust my back, yes I will
    Easy wind cross the Bayou today
    Cause there's a whole lotta women, mama
    Out in red on the streets today
    And the rivers keep a talkin'
    But you never heard a word it said
    Gotta find a woman be good to me
    Won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea
    Cause I'm a stone jack baller and my heart is true
    And I'll give everything that I got to you, yes I will
    Easy wind going cross the Bayou today
    There's a whole lotta women
    Out in red on the streets today
    And the rivers keep a talkin'
    But you never heard a word it said
    Songwriters: Robert C. Hunter

  • @bamadeadhead
    @bamadeadhead 6 років тому +4

    The warning Jerry gives PigPen is AWESOME when pig is riding his solo out😂 It’s like a wave of a light saber in back ground, Wom! it’s my time NOW! 3:18 Pig says go on!! now

    • @flannigan7956
      @flannigan7956 4 роки тому

      That's fucked up when we need to get Pig Pen the hell off

    • @xianshep
      @xianshep 3 роки тому +1

      I'm confused. Pretty sure he says that on the Workingman's version as well (I've certainly heard him say that SOMEWHERE else); plus, that's Weir soloing right after Pig says it.

  • @Austin-ji1ke
    @Austin-ji1ke 2 роки тому +2

    '70 was wild, underappreciated in my opinion, just as a scholar, not as someone who saw them.

  • @dj-um7el
    @dj-um7el 15 днів тому

    Amazing!
    Love the guitar playing and drumming!
    And bass.

  • @downhillphilm.6682
    @downhillphilm.6682 3 роки тому +3

    Jerry was the heart and Pig was the soul of the greatist band ever.

    • @deadreckoning6288
      @deadreckoning6288 Рік тому

      Yes sir. Heart & Soul. Both gone but the music never stopped... ⚘💀☇

  • @Themostancient
    @Themostancient 2 роки тому +1

    This just grabs me. Fine tune.

  • @oreokookie1000
    @oreokookie1000 10 років тому +7

    Ballin' n' jackin, snackin' and packin', piggin' and pennin'

  • @phawgg2
    @phawgg2 8 років тому +4

    Incredible display of the old days.

  • @charjl96
    @charjl96 2 роки тому +2

    This is amazing. I love it!

  • @syncret_
    @syncret_ 9 років тому +7

    And to think this show took place 45 years ago.....

  • @Strat-Kat
    @Strat-Kat 5 років тому +3

    Smokin! One of my favorite Pig tunes no doubt!

  • @kwcolvin1
    @kwcolvin1 13 років тому +3

    i've never felt so calibrated!

  • @yguaray
    @yguaray 9 років тому +4

    I always imagined Robert Hunter playing this with Grateful Dead Oh, well. I did see him play this in Hollywood Bowl at the Whisky a-go-go in 1978! Augy, San Diego

  • @tripfall224
    @tripfall224 2 роки тому

    PIG PIG PIG!!!! YEs absolutely best vid on youtube hands down!!!!!!! Thank you!!!

  • @gagaface26
    @gagaface26 6 років тому +1

    Bobby is reeeeaaaallly tearing this song a new one here...as well as some amazing work by the Griz Garcia as well. :)

  • @mcatino
    @mcatino 16 років тому +3

    Thanks for sharing this. I'll be doing some Dead one day, it is on the list. Great video 5 stars from me.

    • @HF-ux5xo
      @HF-ux5xo 3 роки тому

      Were you able?

  • @CatfishSkinner
    @CatfishSkinner 11 років тому +6

    Whoa! Diggin this 1 BIG TIME!!!

  • @brianduffy2361
    @brianduffy2361 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you Pig. For all of it.

  • @babyj1996
    @babyj1996 11 років тому +4

    LOVE PIGPEN !! he and Janis Joplin 2 of the greatest blues singers ever !

  • @24Korova
    @24Korova 8 років тому +17

    Dammit my tablet won't go louder

  • @josephjohnson1013
    @josephjohnson1013 4 роки тому +5

    Pigpen has been in the ground almost 50 years. Isn't that crazy?

    • @jimkeogh8552
      @jimkeogh8552 Рік тому +1

      I get what you're saying, but for me, he's still very much alive.

  • @Frustratedartist2
    @Frustratedartist2 6 років тому +1

    'wow that's a greatttttt performance!! amazing we get such a great one on video. no need for HD's. this is the best

  • @russmcintee4192
    @russmcintee4192 4 роки тому +2

    Shredding it up !! These guys truly rock ! 4:25... pretty sure i float

  • @lynchden
    @lynchden 6 років тому +2

    quite possibly the best song ever!!!

  • @steelybizzle
    @steelybizzle 8 років тому +8

    ah And the river keeps a talking but you never heard a word it says

  • @rik061154
    @rik061154 5 років тому +2

    This is filthy. A gem for sure.

  • @peace-c2r
    @peace-c2r 18 днів тому +1

    This is what happens when the wind of creativity easily concentrates to the degree of an implosion that explodes back outwards blowing away all minds who care to listen.

  • @3340steve
    @3340steve 6 років тому +1

    my favorite You tube video