You want the vibe? Cornell, 5-8-77, best Scarlet Begonias>Fire on the Mountain ever, (that could make a good reaction video). One of the most heavy hitting/super long shows ever is Harpur College 5-2-70. You know what might be interesting? now that you've heard a '72 Jack Straw, listen to a 1982 version and a 1992 one as well. Such a vast difference in sound over the decades. Jerry's the one with the beard, Bob's got the pony tail. Jerry Garcia died in '95 and the Grateful Dead stopped playing under that name. Bob Weir (guitar), Phil (bass) and Billy (drums) are all still with us.
The dead were a cultural phenomenon. They played over 2500 shows from 1965-1995. No setlists. No two shows the same. They were rock, blues, folk, jazz, psychedelic, bluegrass all rolled into one. They found the name in an old dictionary (refers to an old folk tale). They invented social media, let their fans record their shows, let them trade tapes. They invented the live electric music system we all use today. See icon Owsley Stanley and his Wall of Sound used during their tours in 1974. They are the most documented and recorded live band in history. You can start here on UA-cam or when you're serious, dive down the rabbit hole at www.archive.org Welcome to the show!
Psychedelic Americana! Improvisational Pioneers. Never played the same set twice, never played the same lead break the same way. Encouraged people to record shows and distribute bootlegs. Debates over the best shows and the best version of each song! An Army of Deadheads following them to EVERY show. Every show sold out!
I did many shows through the 80s and first 1/2 of the 90s. Some of the best days of my life. I still followed dead related bands, including Dead and Company. It's fun. But it ain't nothing like the Good old Grateful Dead.
My favorite band of all time. Super chill good time music, it helps with stress and negativity. Check out Shakedown street or Fire in the mountain by the Grateful Dead.
So glad you decided to listen to the Dead. They are the true American rock band in that they borrow from every musical style available at the time - R&B, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Gospel, Country, Bluegrass, and psychedelic improvisation. Studio performances do not do the Grateful Dead justice - they are all about their live performances, as they improvised 85-90% of what they played. There was nothing like a Grateful Dead concert, as they allowed their fans to tape all live performances and trade them amongst each other, so you will never get blocked for playing a live concert of the Dead... They played over 3000 concerts together and never repeated the same song set twice; and really never played the same song the same way twice live.They were the true hippie band from the 1960's and their fans (Deadheads) were extreme, as you can see from the naked dude tripping his ass off on a pole in the Jack Straw video you saw. Everything goes at a Dead show - as I saw 86 of them live myself from 1989 - 1995. You will see naked people, you will see drugs of all kinds, you will see very unique people you won't see in other concert settings. They learned to play live together as the house band for Ken Kesey's Acid Tests back when LSD was still legal. They took LSD and would attempt to play together, which helped bond the band together in allowing them to all improvise like jazz musicians but still mesh enough to sound beautiful (well some garbage, some beauty - as in any live improvised performances). They said they felt like a different finger on a hand - each of them playing independently yet still achieving the same goal. As for songs to play; I would suggest any live performance between 1974-1978, as they were fire during those years. If you want an "out there" song, try Dark Star, The Other One, or Eyes of the World. If you want to hear their laid back folk music, try Ripple, Brokedown Palace, or Friend of the Devil. Some of their more popular songs were Fire on the Mountain, Scarlet Begonias and Sugar Magnolia. Very much looking forward to seeing your thoughts on the Dead. There is a great documentary you can watch on Netflix - The Other One from Bob Weir. Jerry Garcia is the dude with the black hair and beard - lead guitarist. Anyway, hope this helps.
This benefit show was put on by Ken Kesey of the Merry Pranksters, who besides being an amazing author also started up the Acid Tests in the 60's where the Grateful Dead "performed" as the house band. The temperature at this show was close to 100 degrees. The band was massively dosed, as was the naked dude on the pole behind the band.
Well the Grateful Dead is my favorite band of all time. Jack Straw is the story pf 2 friends, one a criminal, who had them on the run from the law. The one friend killed his friend, and buried him. The studio recordings were pale versions of their shows. They had elements of Blues, Rock, Jazz, Roll, Psychedelic, Bluegrass, Country. They played different sets every night, and the songs 'changed' from night to night, lots of improvisation. The Crowd 'Deadheads" were part of the show. They allowed Tapers to record their shows, even had a section set up for them, They could distribute the music as long as they didn't profit selling it. Many of us have our favorite years and eras for the Band, 72 was a good year.
I started going to shows in 1970. IMO al those elements were always present, but the structure of the shows evolved as they improved as musicians. THe JGB stuff had Jazz and R&B influences, Grisman and the bluegrass stuff was always there. Personally my favorite era was 71-75 prior to the hiatus and Jerry's hard drug usage. However fav versions of songs happened throughout the years, my fav "Standing on the Moon" was the 12/6/89 version that C Clemons sat in on. It is difficult to suggest songs that reflect the entirety of what the GD were, too many options
I have watched this dozens of times. This is a great video to help me cope with tough times in my life. I am a huge Deadhead and love this video and your reaction. Thank you!
Welcome to becoming a dirty hippy! We dirty hippies welcome you with open arms! There is a lot of material here … tons and tons of their work is a mix of originals, covers, and old school folk songs done Grateful Dead style
I grew up mainly listening to hip hop and reggae (and still do). I had the exact same reaction when I first heard them. “What kind of music is this? I like it. I like the vibes.” That was almost 25 years ago. Been into them ever since. A spliff + cooled out Grateful Dead made for each other
The term "grateful dead" comes from folklore of many countries. This folklore consists of a spirit bestowing gifts upon an individual who helped the person of the spirit receive a proper burial. This person is typically a stranger who finds the dead person along the side of a country road or whatever, and arranges for the body's proper handling. The stranger is then later rewarded in some way by the body's spirit. Jerry Garcia is the guy with the dark hair and beard playing guitar. Bob Weir is the skinny white guy on guitar also singing. Phil Lesh is the bassist with the puffy blond hair. I forget both drummers' names, but one is Mickey Hart. The other Bill Kreutzman? I can't quite remember that. The keyboardist, Pig Pen, died in '73. The Dead bloomed in San Francisco in the mid-60's from the hippie culture. Played Woodstock and all that shit. Check out "Throwing Stones." A very deep song for these troubled times.
forget the studio stuff. you can pick anything as long as it's live. they had a lot of different influences and their sound changed as personnel changed. to see how different they could be, try "turn on your lovelight" from 01-26-69 (my personal favorite because it's my 1st birthday) and then check out "eyes of the world" with branford marsalis from 03-29-90. the one thing you should get from these or any of their live stuff, is what great musicians they are...
Checkout the whole concert 8/27/72 Old Reniassance Fairgrounds, (portland, Organ) The comcert vibe is encoumpassed in their live shows where they jam between songs. This concert is fonominal. It is avant guard in how it was. filmed, as you see shots of children running across the stage, the building of the stage, and the crowd grooving. This is ome of their coolest concerts on film. Check out the whole concert.
This will be the deepest, windingest, funnest rabbit hole you will ever go down. I followed them for fifteen years, wish it had been more. You will almost always want to go with live versions of their over 450 songs, so there is a lot to choose from, many styles, many flavors many colors, etc. I wish you well on your journey, may it never end.
Somebody already mentioned it, but I cannot stress this enough: Their performance of "Eyes of the World" with Branford Marsalis from 03-29-90 will rock. your. world. It is my "go-to" when introducing the Dead to a newbie. Utterly ear-melting.
It’s from the Creamery Benefit in Venetia, Oregon, 1972. My personal favorite show. This is from the movie they made out of it. Lots of naked, spinning Hippies.
Excellent choice as an entry point for Grateful Dead Music. Three themes that emerge in this song are threads that take you through a whole bunch of other tunes in the Dead repetiore: trains, gambling and running from the law. There's a back and forth in this song that is a conversation between two hobos. And there's a yin and yang in this song that goes from celebrating living the high life (or the easy life) to having to deal with the stuff you did for that life.
"Uhm...what kinda music is this, cause I like it".....Awesome reaction bro. I think that's exactly what I said 40 years ago the first time I heard them. 40 years later I'm still a deadhead.
Grateful Dead means a person who dies and doesn't even have enough money to pay for his own burial. A complete stranger pays for the burial, so he is said to be grateful dead
Grateful Dead minutiae: Jack Straw was first played publicly on 10-19-71 and 472 more times in the ~ 1,629 shows that followed. This averages out to one Jack Straw every 3.44 shows. Sounds about right. Very high in the rotation.
RRT, your show is cool cuz you inspire people to check out something new or just re-visit old favorites. Case in point ZZ Top, I checked out the La Grange reaction last night on my break at work, and have been re-visiting there shit all morning.Thats fucking cool man for music lover's as well as the artist's them selves. Don't be surprised one day to see a comment from one of those guys , trust me they be are paying attention. I saw Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) do it already. Lol. Just thought I'd let you know that you are inspiring people to broaden their horizons. Thanks. Keep doing what you're doing..."Is this a good one, I don't know". And....stay peace.
I befriended a Deadhead while we were in the Navy, and went to my share of Dead shows back in the mid-to-late '80's. We could easily find what we were looking for there (LSD). Ha ha ha haaaa A Dead show was a very interesting experience, because damn near everyone was trippin' balls, dude. And they played to that. As far as genre of the Grateful Dead goes, that's a hard one to peg, specifically. They dabbled in a lot of everything. Americana? Folk-rock? Blues-rock? Like Billy Joel said a number of years later, "Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyway, it's still rock and roll to me!"
Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics. Words by Robert Hunter; music by Bob Weir Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission We can share the women We can share the wine We can share what we got of yours 'Cause we done shared all of mine Keep a rolling Just a mile to go Keep on rolling, my old buddy You're moving much too slow I just jumped the watchman Right outside the fence Took his ring, four bucks in change Now ain't that heaven sent? Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon Burns my eyes to see Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon Might as well be me We used to play for silver Now we play for life One's for sport and one's for blood At the point of a knife Now the die is shaken Now the die must fall There ain't a winner in this game Who don't go home with all Not with all... Leaving Texas Fourth day of July Sun so hot, clouds so low The eagles filled the sky Catch the Detroit Lightning Out of Santa Fe Great Northern out of Cheyenne From sea to shining sea Gotta get to Tulsa First train we can ride Got to settle one old score And one small point of pride... Ain't no place a man can hide, Shannon Keep him from the sun Ain't no bed will give us rest, man, You keep us on the run Jack Straw from Wichita Cut his buddy down Dug for him a shallow grave And layed his body down Half a mile from Tucson By the morning light One man gone and another to go My old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women we can share the wine...
great thing is the dead always sounds like this. i like when RRT said he wants to get more into their catalog.... my dude..... its miles..... and decades long. looking forward to seeing him check out more.
The Band's name.... They choose their name when they were smoking DMT and opened a dictionary and put a finger down on the word. The word refers to a series of related folktales that occur in cultures around the world, where a person stumbles upon a deceased person and either buries them, or pays off the dead person's debts, or does something else for this dead person. In return, the dead spirit usually helps the person with some problem in their lives.
The song Jack Straw is influenced by the novel Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. GD was a band with endless potential, never afraid of taking risks. They were somehow uneven, but on a good day... WOW! This concert, Veneta , Oregon 8/27-1972 is one of their very best.
What kind of music is this? Hard to say. Concert promoter Bill Graham described the band thusly: "They're not the best at what they do, they're the only ones that do what they do. "
@@themightyfp I dont know where to begin, first of all the vibe was the best (still is I go to see Dead & Company often) The music was the background to something much larger then ourselves, the whole scene was part of the experience well that and alot of psychedelics of course lol . It is something so rare to find anywhere else within a large group of people. It was colorful and vibrant and alive. And we were all in it together lol no matter where you were from, what you believed, how you looked, we were all there sharing something that was beautiful ♡ Lol yeah I know I sound like a crazy old hippie but I started young I was 15 at my first show so I guess I am a crazy middle aged hippie ;) I am so happy that you are reviewing the Dead!!!! to me it was like my gypsy life until Jerry died. If you ever get a chance there is a cover band called Dark Star Orchestra what they do is they take 1 show that the dead played anywhere from 1969 till 1995 and they reinvent it exactly note for note, it is the closest experience you will ever have :) Hope to see ya there
@@themightyfp also if you are near the New York area Dark Star is playing right before Thanksgiving grab your woman and come with me and I have a very chill very fun group of friends that we always go to the show together you should come experience the closest thing out there live :)
Jack Straw is the story of two "outlaw" types: one good, one bad.. The opening line, "We can share the women, we can share the wine" is a greeting that the bad outlaw gives to the good outlaw. The vocals switch during the song, with one singer playing the outlaw with a moral code, and the other singer playing the psychopath. The bad guy keeps doing evil shit, and the good guy continues to admonish him until finally, the bad guy has had enough and kills his partner. The final line, "We can share the women, we can share the wine" is the bad outlaw meeting a new sucker and giving him the sales pitch.... Come on, it will be fun....
I've always interpreted it as the good outlaw finally having enough of the bad outlaw and realizing that the only way to keep Shannon from dragging him down with him is to kill him first. The final lines is him reminiscing after he kills Shannon over all he had been put through with Shannon.
Sometimes referred to as California Country. Their psychedelic beginnings mixed with their love of country / bluegrass helped them be one of the bands that defined this sub genre. I always think of this as Highway music myself.
Subscribed- I remember at 21 was chillin w/ a cat who thought the Dead were Heavy metal😂, so I played a few off American Beauty for him and yer reaction was the SAME as his. Miss ya Tre, hope you still around
You know, I've been high, but I've never been naked dancing on a post behind a Dead show high. Dang. That dude is probably still feeling it. Assuming he can still feel anything...
It's been said that this was the hottest day in Oregon history (August 27, 1972), which has been disputed. But it was definitely ONE of the hottest days, hence the gratuitous crowd nudity and the frequent need for instrument re-tuning. This concert was a benefit for Ken Kesey's family's creamery, and in the end the Grateful Dead wound up making absolutely no money from it. In true Grateful Dead fashion, they wrote the Kesey family a check for $10,000 to ward off the taxman, and last I heard the creamery was still going strong 51 years later. Also in true Grateful Dead fashion, despite the extreme temperatures and lack of shade onstage throughout the first two sets (of three), they turned in a performance for the ages on this day. When this tape first started making the rounds in trader circles way back when - well before its official cd/dvd release as "Sunshine Daydream" - minds were blown by the scorching versions of "Bertha", "Jack Straw", "China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider", "Greatest Story Ever Told" and others contained on the recording of this show. Even "The Promised Land" smokes from 8/27/72. I absolutely LOVE this concert, and it was my favorite '72 Dead show for years....until I heard the Spectrum 9/21/72 tape. Now I'd say it's a tie between the two! But then again there's 4/7/72, 5/3/72....oh forget it.....
Jack Straw 1972. Veneta, as soon as i saw that title, I knew it was Veneta. And can't go wrong! upper 90s, acid drenched, and of course the nude dude jamming out on the post!
We used to play for silver Now we play for life One's for sport and one's for blood At the point of a knife Now the die is shaken Now the die must fall There ain't a winner in this game Who don't go home with all
What kind of music? Hmm. Deadhead. Kind of a country/bluegrass/eastern/mellow/jam a long time music. It's no one genre. Some would call it Hippie music, but you'd have to understand what hippies really are (not the media stereotype). I could never naturally fall into this catalogue, but I was hanging with some hippies in the late 80s and we all dropped a few and went to a Grateful Dead cover band show. I will never forget that awesome atmosphere. I guess I just have to dose to appreciate it fully, and THAT'S not happening anymore. Nice that you like this man. Peace.
Like a lot of GD songs of that time, Jack Straw is really a western tale. Two cowboy buddies, Jack and Shannon, sharing the women and wine on the road. Until Shannon gets a bit too wild, has to settle old scores, and gets the law after them in a hard way. So, Jack Straw, in frustration, kills his trouble-making friend, just to bury him and keep on running, both from the law and now from his heavy heart at the deed he'd done. Jerry was the guy with the white-man 'fro and the lead guitarist. The Dead were completely an ensemble group, but his guitar style was distinctive and a huge part of the GD sound.
I was there. Yeah...it was hot and lots of weed and acid. It was in the middle of a big field in Oregon with no cops and no yellow shirt asshats to tell you what to do. What it was...was a lot of fun.
Grateful Dead is the best live band ever some good songs to react to Althea, Let it Grow, That's it for the Other One, He's Gone, Terrapin Station, West LA Fadeaway, Estimated Prophet. They have 184 original songs all good. Always react to live versions of Grateful Dead and try from every era of their music they never play a song the same way twice. The members who are still alive are all still playing music you should go see Dead and Company play on tour this year just go to their website to see when they are playing near you.
Great feed bud. Nice video. Hey, check this out... Something that exposes another face of Grateful Dead is something like the studio version of Ripple. It's much more folky, almost a hymn. And I also agree with another commenter who suggested Jack Straw from '82 and '92, the sound progression alone is pretty spectacular.
Where to start. I saw the Dead about 50 times, and I still consider myself a neophyte in their music. I know their songs, but there are so many versions. Each show, each song is different. Familiar enough that you know it , but always with a little twist or some new jam. For some upbeat tunes try Truckin', Deal or US Blues. For some slower shit go with ... oh hell I don't know , there's about 480 different songs for you to check out. Might take a while. Enjoy, and welcome.
There is so much to delve into. Heavily into the psychedelic era, but it’s a universal music for everyone. Check out Touch of Grey, Uncle Johns Band, all about peace love unity. Just have fun listening to the music and forget about the perceptions of you have of yourself. Like Bruce Lee detach and listen- Be water my friend
Ironically, the Dead were the quintessential live band. There's more live recordings of the Dead, than everyone else combined. Me and My Uncle, Sugar Magnolia, Ripple, and all their songs. Just go on their playlist and pick a random song.
Jerry Garcia was one of the greatest guitar players ever, Phil Lesh was one of the most innovative bass bass players. He used a contrapuntal technique and played a very active bass. Bill Kreutzman was a great drummer.
The name was picked out of the dictionary. A "Grateful Dead," story is a type of old Western tale where a stranger pays for a poor man's funeral and is later met by the ghost of the man, who expresses appreciation.
Not for review purposes,just your own enjoyment do I'd highly recommend the Boston,Ithaca (Barton Hall) and Buffalo shows from May 7-9,1977. Some great options to hear these gigs online. That should hook you for life,haha.
The Grateful Dead were never about putting ona show but exploring the music with the crowd. Jerry Garcia said they lasted so long because they were a dance band which is why the crowds are enjoying themselves so much. You have a ways to go with GD. Try Europe 72 China Cat Sunflower / I know You Rider. It shows them at their best.
Now that you've broken into the Grateful Dead you must do Truckin', Sugar Magnolia, Touch of Grey, Ripple, Friend of the Devil, Casey Jones, Uncle John's Band, St. Stephen.
The dead found there name from seeing it in a Webster dictionary after another band had to change there name after another band had there original name the warlocks. As a deadhead I would strongly recommend something funky like shakedown street live but only a good version or UA-cam shakedown street soul train for a trip. If you want other good stuff check out terrapin station or unbroken chain studio. Also check out mission in the rain by the Jerry Garcia band.
The dead are no longer grateful cuz on this day especially we lost Jerry. But also the dead will live forever members may pass but they will always have a person so replace them and keep that love and music continue the dead will not die and I look forward to hearing them till I die
You want the vibe? Cornell, 5-8-77, best Scarlet Begonias>Fire on the Mountain ever, (that could make a good reaction video). One of the most heavy hitting/super long shows ever is Harpur College 5-2-70. You know what might be interesting? now that you've heard a '72 Jack Straw, listen to a 1982 version and a 1992 one as well. Such a vast difference in sound over the decades. Jerry's the one with the beard, Bob's got the pony tail. Jerry Garcia died in '95 and the Grateful Dead stopped playing under that name. Bob Weir (guitar), Phil (bass) and Billy (drums) are all still with us.
Agreed with 5-8-77 Cornell !
David Ryder 1/11/79
Mickey Hart (drums) is doing fine also.
Dancin’ in the streets, deal, they love each other, st Stephen from Cornell 5/8/77 all fantastic.
@@Magumba_State that 5/8/77 Jack Straw is a driver
The dead were a cultural phenomenon. They played over 2500 shows from 1965-1995. No setlists. No two shows the same. They were rock, blues, folk, jazz, psychedelic, bluegrass all rolled into one. They found the name in an old dictionary (refers to an old folk tale). They invented social media, let their fans record their shows, let them trade tapes. They invented the live electric music system we all use today. See icon Owsley Stanley and his Wall of Sound used during their tours in 1974. They are the most documented and recorded live band in history. You can start here on UA-cam or when you're serious, dive down the rabbit hole at www.archive.org
Welcome to the show!
What kind of music is this... it's Grateful Dead! That's what kind of music it is :)
7:07 people today throw around the term "Tripping balls" for such minor things. Nature boy there, that man is TRIPPING BALLS.
Michael Free 😂 fact
Psychedelic Americana! Improvisational Pioneers. Never played the same set twice, never played the same lead break the same way. Encouraged people to record shows and distribute bootlegs. Debates over the best shows and the best version of each song! An Army of Deadheads following them to EVERY show. Every show sold out!
I did many shows through the 80s and first 1/2 of the 90s. Some of the best days of my life. I still followed dead related bands, including Dead and Company. It's fun. But it ain't nothing like the Good old Grateful Dead.
My favorite band of all time. Super chill good time music, it helps with stress and negativity. Check out Shakedown street or Fire in the mountain by the Grateful Dead.
So glad you decided to listen to the Dead. They are the true American rock band in that they borrow from every musical style available at the time - R&B, Blues, Jazz, Folk, Gospel, Country, Bluegrass, and psychedelic improvisation. Studio performances do not do the Grateful Dead justice - they are all about their live performances, as they improvised 85-90% of what they played. There was nothing like a Grateful Dead concert, as they allowed their fans to tape all live performances and trade them amongst each other, so you will never get blocked for playing a live concert of the Dead... They played over 3000 concerts together and never repeated the same song set twice; and really never played the same song the same way twice live.They were the true hippie band from the 1960's and their fans (Deadheads) were extreme, as you can see from the naked dude tripping his ass off on a pole in the Jack Straw video you saw. Everything goes at a Dead show - as I saw 86 of them live myself from 1989 - 1995. You will see naked people, you will see drugs of all kinds, you will see very unique people you won't see in other concert settings. They learned to play live together as the house band for Ken Kesey's Acid Tests back when LSD was still legal. They took LSD and would attempt to play together, which helped bond the band together in allowing them to all improvise like jazz musicians but still mesh enough to sound beautiful (well some garbage, some beauty - as in any live improvised performances). They said they felt like a different finger on a hand - each of them playing independently yet still achieving the same goal. As for songs to play; I would suggest any live performance between 1974-1978, as they were fire during those years. If you want an "out there" song, try Dark Star, The Other One, or Eyes of the World. If you want to hear their laid back folk music, try Ripple, Brokedown Palace, or Friend of the Devil. Some of their more popular songs were Fire on the Mountain, Scarlet Begonias and Sugar Magnolia. Very much looking forward to seeing your thoughts on the Dead. There is a great documentary you can watch on Netflix - The Other One from Bob Weir. Jerry Garcia is the dude with the black hair and beard - lead guitarist. Anyway, hope this helps.
Bill Turner definitely will look for doc on Netflix thanks
This benefit show was put on by Ken Kesey of the Merry Pranksters, who besides being an amazing author also started up the Acid Tests in the 60's where the Grateful Dead "performed" as the house band.
The temperature at this show was close to 100 degrees. The band was massively dosed, as was the naked dude on the pole behind the band.
Actually for once picking a live Dead song was the right thing to do. They are more well known for their live music.
Live Dead is the way to go
What is it, about 160 live albums now?
@Chris feel ya but there are those jamming studio songs like “truckin” that are good as they are but yea live can’t ever go wrong
@@tallthinkev A couple thousand if you count all the audience recorded shows in circulation (with a ton of sound boards). :)
Album cool live is the only way to go!
Well the Grateful Dead is my favorite band of all time.
Jack Straw is the story pf 2 friends, one a criminal, who had them on the run from the law.
The one friend killed his friend, and buried him.
The studio recordings were pale versions of their shows.
They had elements of Blues, Rock, Jazz, Roll, Psychedelic, Bluegrass, Country.
They played different sets every night, and the songs 'changed' from night to night,
lots of improvisation.
The Crowd 'Deadheads" were part of the show.
They allowed Tapers to record their shows, even had a section set up for them,
They could distribute the music as long as they didn't profit selling it.
Many of us have our favorite years and eras for the Band, 72 was a good year.
I started going to shows in 1970.
IMO al those elements were always present, but the structure of the
shows evolved as they improved as musicians. THe JGB stuff had Jazz and
R&B influences, Grisman and the bluegrass stuff was always there.
Personally my favorite era was 71-75 prior to the hiatus and Jerry's
hard drug usage.
However fav versions of songs happened throughout the years, my fav "Standing
on the Moon" was the 12/6/89 version that C Clemons sat in on.
It is difficult to suggest songs that reflect the entirety of what the GD were,
too many options
Live Jack Straw! Wow. Now I'll watch the video...
Whoa someone reacting to the Dead! Amazing! Welcome to the GD fam bro.
I have watched this dozens of times. This is a great video to help me cope with tough times in my life. I am a huge Deadhead and love this video and your reaction. Thank you!
And yes, Grateful Dead live is the best way to go.
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Grateful Dead = Good Vibes
You got it right away!!!☺
Grateful Dead- Birdsong 08/27/72! Its from the same concert, the jam is amazing
Welcome to becoming a dirty hippy! We dirty hippies welcome you with open arms! There is a lot of material here … tons and tons of their work is a mix of originals, covers, and old school folk songs done Grateful Dead style
Welcome all with great open arms !
Grateful Dead were doing the 60's/70's up until Jerry passed in 95. Thanks for listening to them✌
Jimini do u still like it with John Mayer?
I grew up mainly listening to hip hop and reggae (and still do). I had the exact same reaction when I first heard them. “What kind of music is this? I like it. I like the vibes.” That was almost 25 years ago. Been into them ever since. A spliff + cooled out Grateful Dead made for each other
Cool stuff. I'm here for the MUSIC...✌👍✌👍💝✌💝✌💝✌💝✌✌✌✌✌
The term "grateful dead" comes from folklore of many countries. This folklore consists of a spirit bestowing gifts upon an individual who helped the person of the spirit receive a proper burial. This person is typically a stranger who finds the dead person along the side of a country road or whatever, and arranges for the body's proper handling. The stranger is then later rewarded in some way by the body's spirit.
Jerry Garcia is the guy with the dark hair and beard playing guitar. Bob Weir is the skinny white guy on guitar also singing. Phil Lesh is the bassist with the puffy blond hair. I forget both drummers' names, but one is Mickey Hart. The other Bill Kreutzman? I can't quite remember that. The keyboardist, Pig Pen, died in '73.
The Dead bloomed in San Francisco in the mid-60's from the hippie culture. Played Woodstock and all that shit.
Check out "Throwing Stones." A very deep song for these troubled times.
Woo baby.. welcome to the best music ever.. the Dead. Love and peace
Hearing the Grateful Dead. Possibly the only thing more life changing than hearing Pink Floyd.
forget the studio stuff. you can pick anything as long as it's live. they had a lot of different influences and their sound changed as personnel changed. to see how different they could be, try "turn on your lovelight" from 01-26-69 (my personal favorite because it's my 1st birthday) and then check out "eyes of the world" with branford marsalis from 03-29-90. the one thing you should get from these or any of their live stuff, is what great musicians they are...
Omg great choice he needs to view a fav!
Checkout the whole concert 8/27/72
Old Reniassance Fairgrounds, (portland, Organ)
The comcert vibe is encoumpassed in their live shows where they jam between songs. This concert is fonominal. It is avant guard in how it was. filmed, as you see shots of children running across the stage, the building of the stage, and the crowd grooving. This is ome of their coolest concerts on film. Check out the whole concert.
As bouncy and joyful as the audience was, it may come as a suprise to learn that this song is about murder (three different ones). Peace!
it's Bobby's take on the book " Of mice and men"
This will be the deepest, windingest, funnest rabbit hole you will ever go down. I followed them for fifteen years, wish it had been more. You will almost always want to go with live versions of their over 450 songs, so there is a lot to choose from, many styles, many flavors many colors, etc. I wish you well on your journey, may it never end.
Your expression, when you spot the sunburned tripping naked hippie grooving back stage, is priceless.
Grateful Dead - Cold rain and snow. It's a great example of early Dead.
ADAM YOUNG check out 10-12-84 cold rain and snow, blows the original studio version out of the water
Somebody already mentioned it, but I cannot stress this enough: Their performance of "Eyes of the World" with Branford Marsalis from 03-29-90 will rock. your. world. It is my "go-to" when introducing the Dead to a newbie. Utterly ear-melting.
Listen to Grateful Dead - Althea live July 1989! Very good performance!
It’s from the Creamery Benefit in Venetia, Oregon, 1972. My personal favorite show. This is from the movie they made out of it. Lots of naked, spinning Hippies.
Grateful Dead is a lifestyle! Been following them since late 70s 🔥 Seen them around 200 times in and around East Coast! Jerry is God!👏🙏
Excellent choice as an entry point for Grateful Dead Music. Three themes that emerge in this song are threads that take you through a whole bunch of other tunes in the Dead repetiore: trains, gambling and running from the law. There's a back and forth in this song that is a conversation between two hobos. And there's a yin and yang in this song that goes from celebrating living the high life (or the easy life) to having to deal with the stuff you did for that life.
"Uhm...what kinda music is this, cause I like it".....Awesome reaction bro. I think that's exactly what I said 40 years ago the first time I heard them. 40 years later I'm still a deadhead.
Grateful Dead means a person who dies and doesn't even have enough money to pay for his own burial. A complete stranger pays for the burial, so he is said to be grateful dead
Idk but I like that ✌️
Good stuff. Jack straw was a good choice. Good to see people reaching out of their comfort zone, and exploring new. Live dead= the best dead
Grateful Dead minutiae: Jack Straw was first played publicly on 10-19-71 and 472 more times in the ~ 1,629 shows that followed. This averages out to one Jack Straw every 3.44 shows. Sounds about right. Very high in the rotation.
Ahahaha! They were "dope" alright!! And lots of it! 😊🙃🤘
RRT, your show is cool cuz you inspire people to check out something new or just re-visit old favorites. Case in point ZZ Top, I checked out the La Grange reaction last night on my break at work, and have been re-visiting there shit all morning.Thats fucking cool man for music lover's as well as the artist's them selves. Don't be surprised one day to see a comment from one of those guys , trust me they be are paying attention. I saw Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) do it already. Lol. Just thought I'd let you know that you are inspiring people to broaden their horizons. Thanks. Keep doing what you're doing..."Is this a good one, I don't know". And....stay peace.
It’s the Grateful Dead type of music. Keep going it only gets better.
The song is sung in character, it's a cowboy murder story. It's not a self-proclaimed "problematic" statement, it's a story.
I befriended a Deadhead while we were in the Navy, and went to my share of Dead shows back in the mid-to-late '80's. We could easily find what we were looking for there (LSD). Ha ha ha haaaa A Dead show was a very interesting experience, because damn near everyone was trippin' balls, dude. And they played to that.
As far as genre of the Grateful Dead goes, that's a hard one to peg, specifically. They dabbled in a lot of everything. Americana? Folk-rock? Blues-rock?
Like Billy Joel said a number of years later, "Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyway, it's still rock and roll to me!"
Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics.
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Bob Weir
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission
We can share the women
We can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours
'Cause we done shared all of mine
Keep a rolling
Just a mile to go
Keep on rolling, my old buddy
You're moving much too slow
I just jumped the watchman
Right outside the fence
Took his ring, four bucks in change
Now ain't that heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon
Burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon
Might as well be me
We used to play for silver
Now we play for life
One's for sport and one's for blood
At the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken
Now the die must fall
There ain't a winner in this game
Who don't go home with all
Not with all...
Leaving Texas
Fourth day of July
Sun so hot, clouds so low
The eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning
Out of Santa Fe
Great Northern out of Cheyenne
From sea to shining sea
Gotta get to Tulsa
First train we can ride
Got to settle one old score
And one small point of pride...
Ain't no place a man can hide, Shannon
Keep him from the sun
Ain't no bed will give us rest, man,
You keep us on the run
Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
Dug for him a shallow grave
And layed his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
One man gone and another to go
My old buddy you're moving much too slow
We can share the women
we can share the wine...
great thing is the dead always sounds like this. i like when RRT said he wants to get more into their catalog.... my dude..... its miles..... and decades long. looking forward to seeing him check out more.
Grateful Dead - Truckin,
Casey Jones, Touch of Grey, and Hell in a bucket are some studio songs.
Uncle John's band
@@austerityclause there are a ton of them.
The Band's name.... They choose their name when they were smoking DMT and opened a dictionary and put a finger down on the word. The word refers to a series of related folktales that occur in cultures around the world, where a person stumbles upon a deceased person and either buries them, or pays off the dead person's debts, or does something else for this dead person.
In return, the dead spirit usually helps the person with some problem in their lives.
The song Jack Straw is influenced by the novel Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. GD was a band with endless potential, never afraid of taking risks. They were somehow uneven, but on a good day... WOW! This concert, Veneta , Oregon 8/27-1972 is one of their very best.
MORE GRATEFUL DEAD REACTIONS :))))
What kind of music is this? Hard to say. Concert promoter Bill Graham described the band thusly: "They're not the best at what they do, they're the only ones that do what they do. "
Acid rock, blues rock, southern rock, folk rock, are one of the many labels their genre was given.
Oh yeah there's a vibe!
I was lucky enought to follow the music from late 80's to 1995 ... it was an experience and I would love to tell you all about it!!
elizabeth demerie is love to hear about 😃 ✌️
@@themightyfp I dont know where to begin, first of all the vibe was the best (still is I go to see Dead & Company often)
The music was the background to something much larger then ourselves, the whole scene was part of the experience well that and alot of psychedelics of course lol . It is something so rare to find anywhere else within a large group of people. It was colorful and vibrant and alive. And we were all in it together lol no matter where you were from, what you believed, how you looked, we were all there sharing something that was beautiful ♡
Lol yeah I know I sound like a crazy old hippie but I started young I was 15 at my first show so I guess I am a crazy middle aged hippie ;)
I am so happy that you are reviewing the Dead!!!!
to me it was like my gypsy life until Jerry died.
If you ever get a chance there is a cover band called Dark Star Orchestra what they do is they take 1 show that the dead played anywhere from 1969 till 1995 and they reinvent it exactly note for note, it is the closest experience you will ever have :)
Hope to see ya there
@@themightyfp also if you are near the New York area Dark Star is playing right before Thanksgiving grab your woman and come with me and I have a very chill very fun group of friends that we always go to the show together you should come experience the closest thing out there live :)
elizabeth demerie aww thanks I actually work in NY but I do t think my wife would be Into it but I appreciate the the offer very kind of you.
@@themightyfp I totally understand :)
Keep on reacting I enjoy your honesty... Thank you!
Jack Straw is the story of two "outlaw" types: one good, one bad.. The opening line, "We can share the women, we can share the wine" is a greeting that the bad outlaw gives to the good outlaw. The vocals switch during the song, with one singer playing the outlaw with a moral code, and the other singer playing the psychopath. The bad guy keeps doing evil shit, and the good guy continues to admonish him until finally, the bad guy has had enough and kills his partner.
The final line, "We can share the women, we can share the wine" is the bad outlaw meeting a new sucker and giving him the sales pitch.... Come on, it will be fun....
I've always interpreted it as the good outlaw finally having enough of the bad outlaw and realizing that the only way to keep Shannon from dragging him down with him is to kill him first. The final lines is him reminiscing after he kills Shannon over all he had been put through with Shannon.
I was looking for this comment, and if I didn’t find it, I would have done my best to describe it as you have.
That's one way to tell if you're old. if you fall and someone rushes over to help you up, you're old. If they laugh, you're not there yet.
Its why we love
Can’t hate on Jerry’s licks the man and his “Tiger and Wolf” wow! My life from 13-18 toured man I grew up quick
Sometimes referred to as California Country. Their psychedelic beginnings mixed with their love of country / bluegrass helped them be one of the bands that defined this sub genre. I always think of this as Highway music myself.
Subscribed- I remember at 21 was chillin w/ a cat who thought the Dead were Heavy metal😂, so I played a few off American Beauty for him and yer reaction was the SAME as his. Miss ya Tre, hope you still around
You know, I've been high, but I've never been naked dancing on a post behind a Dead show high. Dang. That dude is probably still feeling it. Assuming he can still feel anything...
It's been said that this was the hottest day in Oregon history (August 27, 1972), which has been disputed. But it was definitely ONE of the hottest days, hence the gratuitous crowd nudity and the frequent need for instrument re-tuning. This concert was a benefit for Ken Kesey's family's creamery, and in the end the Grateful Dead wound up making absolutely no money from it. In true Grateful Dead fashion, they wrote the Kesey family a check for $10,000 to ward off the taxman, and last I heard the creamery was still going strong 51 years later. Also in true Grateful Dead fashion, despite the extreme temperatures and lack of shade onstage throughout the first two sets (of three), they turned in a performance for the ages on this day. When this tape first started making the rounds in trader circles way back when - well before its official cd/dvd release as "Sunshine Daydream" - minds were blown by the scorching versions of "Bertha", "Jack Straw", "China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider", "Greatest Story Ever Told" and others contained on the recording of this show. Even "The Promised Land" smokes from 8/27/72. I absolutely LOVE this concert, and it was my favorite '72 Dead show for years....until I heard the Spectrum 9/21/72 tape. Now I'd say it's a tie between the two! But then again there's 4/7/72, 5/3/72....oh forget it.....
they are not only the best at what they do, they are the only ones who do what they do.
Jack Straw 1972.
Veneta, as soon as i saw that title, I knew it was Veneta. And can't go wrong!
upper 90s, acid drenched, and of course the nude dude jamming out on the post!
"Leaving Texas, 4th day of July." Happy Independence Day!
We used to play for silver
Now we play for life
One's for sport and one's for blood
At the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken
Now the die must fall
There ain't a winner in this game
Who don't go home with all
Live is essential for The Dead. Good choice on the song too. I hope you like Country.
What kind of music? Hmm. Deadhead. Kind of a country/bluegrass/eastern/mellow/jam a long time music. It's no one genre. Some would call it Hippie music, but you'd have to understand what hippies really are (not the media stereotype). I could never naturally fall into this catalogue, but I was hanging with some hippies in the late 80s and we all dropped a few and went to a Grateful Dead cover band show. I will never forget that awesome atmosphere. I guess I just have to dose to appreciate it fully, and THAT'S not happening anymore. Nice that you like this man. Peace.
heh... Deadhead music is what it is.
They self identify as playing dance music
The dead Live is always best ♡
My buddy would teach me Greatful
dead lyrics as we hitched around Alaska ,st. Steven was one
This was a music festival in Oregon, lots of naked hippies.
It's the Grateful Dead's version (well the Grateful Dead and Robert Hunter's version) of Of Mice and Men.
Like a lot of GD songs of that time, Jack Straw is really a western tale. Two cowboy buddies, Jack and Shannon, sharing the women and wine on the road. Until Shannon gets a bit too wild, has to settle old scores, and gets the law after them in a hard way. So, Jack Straw, in frustration, kills his trouble-making friend, just to bury him and keep on running, both from the law and now from his heavy heart at the deed he'd done.
Jerry was the guy with the white-man 'fro and the lead guitarist. The Dead were completely an ensemble group, but his guitar style was distinctive and a huge part of the GD sound.
I was there. Yeah...it was hot and lots of weed and acid. It was in the middle of a big field in Oregon with no cops and no yellow shirt asshats to tell you what to do. What it was...was a lot of fun.
The Greatfull Dead seems to WAKE people up GO FIGURE : P
For me Grateful Dead is uniquely American music. It’s all about positivity
Grateful Dead is the best live band ever some good songs to react to Althea, Let it Grow, That's it for the Other One, He's Gone, Terrapin Station, West LA Fadeaway, Estimated Prophet. They have 184 original songs all good. Always react to live versions of Grateful Dead and try from every era of their music they never play a song the same way twice. The members who are still alive are all still playing music you should go see Dead and Company play on tour this year just go to their website to see when they are playing near you.
HIGH FIVE!!!!
Chris Schilling 👋 😊
"Slipknot/Help on the Way" s should be next! Great song. Kinda funky, kinda progressive, a little psychedelic...just a damn good song.
Great feed bud. Nice video. Hey, check this out... Something that exposes another face of Grateful Dead is something like the studio version of Ripple. It's much more folky, almost a hymn. And I also agree with another commenter who suggested Jack Straw from '82 and '92, the sound progression alone is pretty spectacular.
Phil Lesh is still rockin his own club up here in Marin almost every weekend. TXR
The Dead were ALL about LOVE and acceptance
Who's a Dead Head? I am! Thanks for playing them, RRT....Somebody got a new hoodie for Christmas? List of all songs:
songs-tube.net/artist.php?id=6392
Michelle Zewe no I e had this hoodie for about 5 years 😂
I always wondered what happened to the naked guy tripping and the little baby with the dog at the beginning.
The vibe is the whole deal with the Dead.
Would love to see you react to the Dead Boys - Ain't it fun
I love my life since the dead
.... And so it begins. Once entering the beautiful rabbit hole of a Deadhead, there is no return. Welcome.! Chk... Live Dead. Change your life. ❤️
Where to start. I saw the Dead about 50 times, and I still consider myself a neophyte in their music. I know their songs, but there are so many versions. Each show, each song is different. Familiar enough that you know it , but always with a little twist or some new jam. For some upbeat tunes try Truckin', Deal or US Blues. For some slower shit go with ... oh hell I don't know , there's about 480 different songs for you to check out. Might take a while. Enjoy, and welcome.
There is so much to delve into. Heavily into the psychedelic era, but it’s a universal music for everyone. Check out Touch of Grey, Uncle Johns Band, all about peace love unity. Just have fun listening to the music and forget about the perceptions of you have of yourself. Like Bruce Lee detach and listen- Be water my friend
Ironically, the Dead were the quintessential live band. There's more live recordings of the Dead, than everyone else combined. Me and My Uncle, Sugar Magnolia, Ripple, and all their songs. Just go on their playlist and pick a random song.
Jerry Garcia was one of the greatest guitar players ever, Phil Lesh was one of the most innovative bass bass players. He used a contrapuntal technique and played a very active bass. Bill Kreutzman was a great drummer.
Read Tom Wolfe's electric Kool aid acid test... They were the house band... Hells angels and tripping police at a house party... Good fukin times.
The name was picked out of the dictionary. A "Grateful Dead," story is a type of old Western tale where a stranger pays for a poor man's funeral and is later met by the ghost of the man, who expresses appreciation.
Terrapin Station Please!
Great pick by the way lol
Not for review purposes,just your own enjoyment do I'd highly recommend the Boston,Ithaca (Barton Hall) and Buffalo shows from May 7-9,1977. Some great options to hear these gigs online. That should hook you for life,haha.
The Grateful Dead were never about putting ona show but exploring the music with the crowd. Jerry Garcia said they lasted so long because they were a dance band which is why the crowds are enjoying themselves so much. You have a ways to go with GD. Try Europe 72 China Cat Sunflower / I know You Rider. It shows them at their best.
Lyrics: artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/jstraw.html
Now that you've broken into the Grateful Dead you must do Truckin', Sugar Magnolia, Touch of Grey, Ripple, Friend of the Devil, Casey Jones, Uncle John's Band, St. Stephen.
The dead found there name from seeing it in a Webster dictionary after another band had to change there name after another band had there original name the warlocks. As a deadhead I would strongly recommend something funky like shakedown street live but only a good version or UA-cam shakedown street soul train for a trip. If you want other good stuff check out terrapin station or unbroken chain studio. Also check out mission in the rain by the Jerry Garcia band.
The dead are no longer grateful cuz on this day especially we lost Jerry. But also the dead will live forever members may pass but they will always have a person so replace them and keep that love and music continue the dead will not die and I look forward to hearing them till I die
The dude in the back was on a acid trip . Felling no pain what so ever.