I picked this one because I know you wanted some video and this is a great example of the energetic rave up during the end jam. The dancer is Rosie McGee. She took alot of great photos of the band, wrote a really cool book called Dancing with the Dead, and she was dating Phil for a bit. Glad you enjoyed it, Lee! Deeper stuff to come in March…
So far, both Dead picks have been awesome! And I hadn't previously heard or seen either video. This "Saturday Night" has very nice quality visuals for this period, paired with a very good performance of the song.
One of the most remarkable phenomenon with The Grateful Dead, is that even after all these years since Jerry died, there are still people getting in the bus for the first time - new Deadheads appearing just because they hear the music and dig it! So, it’s not too late for you, my friend ⚡️💀❤️
I was in the army in 1972 stationed in Germany. Me and some buddies went to see them in Frankfurt during this tour. The first two hours were the folk and early rock type of songs. They took about a 15'-20 minute break and the locals thought it was over so many of them left.We moved down front. When they came back out for another two hours, Bob had his hair frizzed out over his shoulders and they proceded to play the heavy, trippy stuff. It wass an amazing show. Phil Lesh is a very underrated bassist. Bob is one of the very best rythym guitarist ever. Jerry is Jerry and simply amazing to watch play, I'll never forget it.
In 1977 I was looking up at Jerry from the front of the stage, enjoying the calm vibe that he presented when playing/singing. Suddenly I realized that the shape of his beard made Jerry look like a "peace sign wearing glasses"! Blew my mind! Bob's vocals were usually the higher energy rockers, and the traditional early-rock toons. Jerry had a higher-sweeter voice edged with sadness and pathos. He could sing any style from bluegrass to rockin-jazz. In the early Dead line-up, they also had PigPen doing a few classic blues vocals.
hahaha... i can totally imagine tripping out on his beard or something... hahaha... jerry's a fantastic singer. he can be soooo tender. there's somewhat a jerry song / bob song "divide", if you will. this is a bob song. i'm squarely in the jerry camp. one of "jerry's kids". to me, it feels like they "let" bob (and phil to a lesser extent) have a song every now and again to sort of be featured. for me, it's all about the jerry songs.
The Grateful Dead explored just about every genre of American music you can name, with credibility, and this is the Dead in Pure D Rock’n’Roll mode, at their peak. The dancer is Ms. Rosie McGee, who was a close friend of the band for years, and accompanied them on this tour. Donna came onstage for the songs she sang on. Rosie has published a book of her photos from those days, it’s pretty great. Suggestion for more ‘72 Dead, the video for “Bird Song” from Veneta OR, 8/27/72. Watching them improvise on that motif is awesome. Also features Naked Pole Guy (it was a really hot day). Music was so different then! And I miss it : )
It's not one of their deeper songs, but it's a helluva party song! Used to play this in Dead cover bands I was in over the years, and it was always a blast...🎶✌
The dancer was just a random fan, Donna Jean is only ever on stage when she is singing. A good story about "One More Saturday Night". I was at the Capitol Center on 9/3/88, a Saturday night, and The Dead's usual Saturday encore was "OMSN", which they played. Some folks started to head for the exits, but the band stayed on the stage, smiling at each other. Just as the door was shutting behind folks, they heard the first notes of the first Electric version of "Ripple" in 17 years. NEVER leave early, you may miss something BIG.
Yeah, heard the story later. Great moment on GD history. I was super dosed and walked around the parking lot for about three hours after saying "Did I just see that?", over and over.@@JB-Deadskins
Imperfect Perfection or Perfect Imperfection is how I’ve always thought of The Dead. (Since first boarding The Bus in 68) They ain’t scared to share it, warts and all, and I appreciate the raw beauty and “humanness” of that! Bless the tapers and sound board recordings and The Dead for allowing/encouraging that!! You don’t find much of that these days (Thanks Widespread Panic!) If you really want to immerse yourself in some great videos, try The Grateful Dead Movie, The Closing of Winterland (New Years 78) and Sunshine Daydream. These are all floating around on UA-cam. There’s plenty more!! Keep diggin’ Europe 72 as well! Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Cumberland Blues, Brown Eyed Women, It Hurts Me Too and Mr. Charlie with Pig on vocals/harp, China/Rider, Morning Dew…just a terrific album!! And, yes, Alligator is absolutely one of my favorite of Jerry’s guitars! (A gift from Graham Nash. The Alembic guys made so many modifications to it they called it “Frankenstein”!)
High, the band had a nickname in the early days. Rolling Thunder. Perhaps as a drummer, or just out of curiosity try an Other One or The Eleven from 69. The March Fillmore shows from that year are historic shows. Cheers and NFA. Keep grate music alive.
Just about any track from Europe 72 is great. One of the things I love most about this album (and the Grateful Dead in general) is that they dont make the effort to amplify the audience noise like so many other bands that release live concert footage. If anything, I think they intentionally mute the clapping. I've been to dozens of GD shows here in CA between 1985 and 1995 and have always walked away with a smile.
I think you need to watch the 8/27/72 show from Veneta Oregon. Suggest China Cat Sunflower > I know you rider or Birdsong. One caveat, all the naked people in the video are now 75 years old 😂
The greatest band ever! Wherever you live you will see Dead bumper stickers on tons of cars. Even to this day. No other band has had that effect on people. This video is from the Europe ‘72 tour and subsequent 3 LP Set. Which I consider the best album ever made. So you can literally watch most of the performances from this album on UA-cam. You must watch or listen to China Cat Sunflower/ I know you rider from this record. It’s a must on your journey. Dead and Company is obviously not the same as watching the Dead and Jerry but it has someone from your generation, John Mayer, who has not only immersed himself in the GD, he has become a part of it.
if you listen very closely to billy on drums, especially in the early 70s, you just might come away with a new greatest drummer of all time. just might. keep rockin. nice to see you enoying.
I only saw the dead 5 times before Jerry died. After that I got into phish who some say carried the torch after jer died. I hope you check them out. Live, of course :)
One of the few songs that was almost guaranteed to be played if the show fell on a Saturday. And "Samson and Delilah" was probably going to be played if it was Sunday.
ua-cam.com/video/PODPgBaiFI4/v-deo.htmlsi=n0pHqBHZhIYTfyR0 Short 10 minute exceprt from a longer documentary, talking about the Dead’s “Wall of Sound.” Seeing them at outdoor shows, they would even have bucket loaders out in the parking lot with huge speakers to bring the show out to those who didn’t have tickets!
The dead didn’t travel with an opening band. They never played for less than four hours, they were the opener, they did the middle, then they closed out the show;) I only saw them once, but there really wasn’t anything like a dead concert!!
If you're not a head, you're behind💀⚡️🌹 During this run at winterland they would let you dance on sidestage but only if stuck out your tongue and took a drop from the vial 😜
Jerry and Hunter were known for their ballads, Standing on the Moon is one of their newer ones...ua-cam.com/video/H9xg16sxgdA/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GratefulDead
This one was great, but...beware of some live grateful dead requests....they did SO, SO, SO many shows that some are "lesser" (i love them, i saw them live, im a dead head, im just saying its the common sense law of averages), & im not saying "lesser" as in horrible, just lesser as in not great for a person new to the Dead to necessarily "get" all that spectacularly, ive seen reactors be really turned off by them, & one couldnt even get thru it (some 25 minute jam song that was clearly suggested by fool...it was like giving someone a gallon of vodka for their first drinking experience instead a beer or two)...i usually suggest ppl new to the dead stick to studio versions for the first 6 months or so, but whatever....the problem is that some of the live stuff these fans who request it have been listening to it for 30 or 40 years & its near & dear to them & they know every note, but to a new listener it can all be a bit esoteric & underwhelming...these reactors would enjoy it more if they knew the studio version & the structure of the song, etc, etc, but sometimes the sound quality, or the vocal, or jerry mix isnt great on *some* live stuff, so, its all lost on them, & its a shame...just putting it out there...this was damn good tho.
fun fact mickey wasn't on this tour because he was sad his dad was their manager and ran off with their money. it was during his absence when he went to Africa to learn native styles of drums and time signatures and ultimately find himself. when he rejoins the band thats when he starts incorporating those awesome new skills. also i have an absolute love hate for this song as ive heard them play it live, like every Saturday for multiple years i toured. ive even seen bobby play this on a Tuesday and and sung one more Tuesday night. donna is terrible live, you'll see. studio wise shes great. her and Keith have a son who tours under thr name boombox
I picked this one because I know you wanted some video and this is a great example of the energetic rave up during the end jam. The dancer is Rosie McGee. She took alot of great photos of the band, wrote a really cool book called Dancing with the Dead, and she was dating Phil for a bit. Glad you enjoyed it, Lee! Deeper stuff to come in March…
So far, both Dead picks have been awesome! And I hadn't previously heard or seen either video. This "Saturday Night" has very nice quality visuals for this period, paired with a very good performance of the song.
You rock bro! These picks have been awesome. I'm becoming a deadhead already lol thank you!
@@L33ReactsGlad you’re on the bus, brother!
I hadn’t seen that one before. That was AWESOME. Thanks!
Good call on the 50's vibe. This tune is very Chuck Berry like
In the end this song is just good ole Rock n Roll for the pure fun of it.
One of the most remarkable phenomenon with The Grateful Dead, is that even after all these years since Jerry died, there are still people getting in the bus for the first time - new Deadheads appearing just because they hear the music and dig it! So, it’s not too late for you, my friend ⚡️💀❤️
I was in the army in 1972 stationed in Germany. Me and some buddies went to see them in Frankfurt during this tour. The first two hours were the folk and early rock type of songs. They took about a 15'-20 minute break and the locals thought it was over so many of them left.We moved down front. When they came back out for another two hours, Bob had his hair frizzed out over his shoulders and they proceded to play the heavy, trippy stuff. It wass an amazing show. Phil Lesh is a very underrated bassist. Bob is one of the very best rythym guitarist ever. Jerry is Jerry and simply amazing to watch play, I'll never forget it.
The greatest band ever!!!!!!!
In 1977 I was looking up at Jerry from the front of the stage, enjoying the calm vibe that he presented when playing/singing. Suddenly I realized that the shape of his beard made Jerry look like a "peace sign wearing glasses"! Blew my mind! Bob's vocals were usually the higher energy rockers, and the traditional early-rock toons. Jerry had a higher-sweeter voice edged with sadness and pathos. He could sing any style from bluegrass to rockin-jazz. In the early Dead line-up, they also had PigPen doing a few classic blues vocals.
hahaha... i can totally imagine tripping out on his beard or something... hahaha... jerry's a fantastic singer. he can be soooo tender. there's somewhat a jerry song / bob song "divide", if you will. this is a bob song. i'm squarely in the jerry camp. one of "jerry's kids". to me, it feels like they "let" bob (and phil to a lesser extent) have a song every now and again to sort of be featured. for me, it's all about the jerry songs.
The Grateful Dead explored just about every genre of American music you can name, with credibility, and this is the Dead in Pure D Rock’n’Roll mode, at their peak. The dancer is Ms. Rosie McGee, who was a close friend of the band for years, and accompanied them on this tour. Donna came onstage for the songs she sang on. Rosie has published a book of her photos from those days, it’s pretty great.
Suggestion for more ‘72 Dead, the video for “Bird Song” from Veneta OR, 8/27/72. Watching them improvise on that motif is awesome. Also features Naked Pole Guy (it was a really hot day). Music was so different then! And I miss it : )
50 year old deadhead here this is the first song my dad ever played for me by the dead and what a long strange trip its been
It's not one of their deeper songs, but it's a helluva party song! Used to play this in Dead cover bands I was in over the years, and it was always a blast...🎶✌
I'm going to see Dead and Co. next week in Vegas. I plan to enjoy the visuals
Electric blues. Rock and roll. Acid rock. Psychedelia. Bluegrass. Folk. Ballads. Cowboy western. Country. Gospel. Prog. Jazz. Latin. Disco.
Forgot reggae!
We gotta get this guy to the sphere next month to see dead and co live
Check out Easy Wind with Pigpen on vocals & harmonica. And Box of Rain with Phil on vocals. Excellent studio tunes.
Bill Graham said "It's not that they're the best at what they, they are the only ones who do what they do".
The dancer was just a random fan, Donna Jean is only ever on stage when she is singing. A good story about "One More Saturday Night". I was at the Capitol Center on 9/3/88, a Saturday night, and The Dead's usual Saturday encore was "OMSN", which they played. Some folks started to head for the exits, but the band stayed on the stage, smiling at each other. Just as the door was shutting behind folks, they heard the first notes of the first Electric version of "Ripple" in 17 years. NEVER leave early, you may miss something BIG.
Rosie McGee, oops, my bad. Sorry Rosie.
I was the there too. Only ever electric Ripple! It was a Make-a-Wish Foundation request.
Yeah, heard the story later. Great moment on GD history. I was super dosed and walked around the parking lot for about three hours after saying "Did I just see that?", over and over.@@JB-Deadskins
Pigpen is the man 🥀
Crank up that old Victrola, break out your rockin' shoes...
Imperfect Perfection or Perfect Imperfection is how I’ve always thought of The Dead. (Since first boarding The Bus in 68) They ain’t scared to share it, warts and all, and I appreciate the raw beauty and “humanness” of that! Bless the tapers and sound board recordings and The Dead for allowing/encouraging that!! You don’t find much of that these days (Thanks Widespread Panic!) If you really want to immerse yourself in some great videos, try The Grateful Dead Movie, The Closing of Winterland (New Years 78) and Sunshine Daydream. These are all floating around on UA-cam. There’s plenty more!! Keep diggin’ Europe 72 as well! Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Cumberland Blues, Brown Eyed Women, It Hurts Me Too and Mr. Charlie with Pig on vocals/harp, China/Rider, Morning Dew…just a terrific album!! And, yes, Alligator is absolutely one of my favorite of Jerry’s guitars! (A gift from Graham Nash. The Alembic guys made so many modifications to it they called it “Frankenstein”!)
I have been saving this video for the last three days.❤ Never mind.
High, the band had a nickname in the early days. Rolling Thunder. Perhaps as a drummer, or just out of curiosity try an Other One or The Eleven from 69. The March Fillmore shows from that year are historic shows. Cheers and NFA. Keep grate music alive.
Live is a entire different dimension, lol.
Talk about music creating atmosphere these guys are noted for that.
Standard song at so many shows. Loved every one.😊
Listen too bootlegs 1972 to 1988, great things happened.
Just about any track from Europe 72 is great. One of the things I love most about this album (and the Grateful Dead in general) is that they dont make the effort to amplify the audience noise like so many other bands that release live concert footage. If anything, I think they intentionally mute the clapping. I've been to dozens of GD shows here in CA between 1985 and 1995 and have always walked away with a smile.
I was checking out what Dead you had seen, this is a good one!
This old Deadhead thanks you! I love their rendition of this song!
I need to correct myself " this rendition ". Oh and Donna had glorious , long, past the waist hair. So jealous.
And Bobby remembered all the lyrics.
I think you need to watch the 8/27/72 show from Veneta Oregon. Suggest China Cat Sunflower > I know you rider or Birdsong. One caveat, all the naked people in the video are now 75 years old 😂
Birdsong was written to eulogize their friend Janis Joplin
ua-cam.com/video/Xe2u7ogAgtQ/v-deo.htmlsi=YnpvT2Jl_2xFa0vw
The greatest band ever! Wherever you live you will see Dead bumper stickers on tons of cars. Even to this day. No other band has had that effect on people. This video is from the Europe ‘72 tour and subsequent 3 LP Set. Which I consider the best album ever made. So you can literally watch most of the performances from this album on UA-cam. You must watch or listen to China Cat Sunflower/ I know you rider from this record. It’s a must on your journey. Dead and Company is obviously not the same as watching the Dead and Jerry but it has someone from your generation, John Mayer, who has not only immersed himself in the GD, he has become a part of it.
Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac 🍄🌁🌁🌁🌁🍄
if you listen very closely to billy on drums, especially in the early 70s, you just might come away with a new greatest drummer of all time. just might. keep rockin. nice to see you enoying.
I only saw the dead 5 times before Jerry died. After that I got into phish who some say carried the torch after jer died. I hope you check them out. Live, of course :)
I've heard good things about them but never listened. I'll have to check them out! Thank you 😊
One of the few songs that was almost guaranteed to be played if the show fell on a Saturday. And "Samson and Delilah" was probably going to be played if it was Sunday.
This is the Dead at their peak (imho). One drummer, Garcia's best guitar tone, Pigpen still with us; a streamlined, lean, mean r'n'r machine.
ua-cam.com/video/PODPgBaiFI4/v-deo.htmlsi=n0pHqBHZhIYTfyR0
Short 10 minute exceprt from a longer documentary, talking about the Dead’s “Wall of Sound.”
Seeing them at outdoor shows, they would even have bucket loaders out in the parking lot with huge speakers to bring the show out to those who didn’t have tickets!
Wall of Owsley- wasn't ever sure if I got enough.
The dead didn’t travel with an opening band. They never played for less than four hours, they were the opener, they did the middle, then they closed out the show;)
I only saw them once, but there really wasn’t anything like a dead concert!!
If you're not a head, you're behind💀⚡️🌹 During this run at winterland they would let you dance on sidestage but only if stuck out your tongue and took a drop from the vial 😜
Jerry and Hunter were known for their ballads, Standing on the Moon is one of their newer ones...ua-cam.com/video/H9xg16sxgdA/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GratefulDead
You would have loved Winterland
This one was great, but...beware of some live grateful dead requests....they did SO, SO, SO many shows that some are "lesser" (i love them, i saw them live, im a dead head, im just saying its the common sense law of averages), & im not saying "lesser" as in horrible, just lesser as in not great for a person new to the Dead to necessarily "get" all that spectacularly, ive seen reactors be really turned off by them, & one couldnt even get thru it (some 25 minute jam song that was clearly suggested by fool...it was like giving someone a gallon of vodka for their first drinking experience instead a beer or two)...i usually suggest ppl new to the dead stick to studio versions for the first 6 months or so, but whatever....the problem is that some of the live stuff these fans who request it have been listening to it for 30 or 40 years & its near & dear to them & they know every note, but to a new listener it can all be a bit esoteric & underwhelming...these reactors would enjoy it more if they knew the studio version & the structure of the song, etc, etc, but sometimes the sound quality, or the vocal, or jerry mix isnt great on *some* live stuff, so, its all lost on them, & its a shame...just putting it out there...this was damn good tho.
Only Bill Kreutzmann on drums for this tour, Mickey Hart took a leave in '71.
It’s definitely a tribute to Chuck Berry
fun fact mickey wasn't on this tour because he was sad his dad was their manager and ran off with their money. it was during his absence when he went to Africa to learn native styles of drums and time signatures and ultimately find himself. when he rejoins the band thats when he starts incorporating those awesome new skills. also i have an absolute love hate for this song as ive heard them play it live, like every Saturday for multiple years i toured. ive even seen bobby play this on a Tuesday and and sung one more Tuesday night. donna is terrible live, you'll see. studio wise shes great. her and Keith have a son who tours under thr name boombox
Had four heroes Garcia Morrison Zappa and Lennon all died far to early
Don’t forget about Bobby. That’s all I’m saying. I think he’s retiring soon.
try out Turn On Your Lovelight - 1989 - ua-cam.com/video/AGnAwWU9xlQ/v-deo.htmlsi=L5XuinohvQdGPACB&t=9026
Dancers? - nah man - just some of the girlfriends at the time
This is one of my least favorite Dead songs, even though it can rock at times.
This is the wrong path L33.
Wtf you talkin’’bout?
Jack Straw says Tennessee Jed is good.😊
Casey Jones
Loser.
Deal
Friend of the Devil
Candyman
These are great for new dad listeners.