Jerry was much better at the Pedal Steel than he let on. I play some, and Jerry had his own approach and was very good on the instrument, which much more difficult to play than a standard guitar. He was one of the best banjo players on the West coast, yet preferred playing acoustic because he was a musical perfectionist and did not want to sound rusty. He was musical mentor, and probably the reason I got into classic country music and picked up the banjo, pedal steel, etc., after the electric guitar.
Jerry claimed that he needed another lifetime to get good at the pedal steel. However he would lay down the legendary rif in CSNY’s Teach Your Children Well.
Funny how Jerry would always play down his confidence in his playing something that wasn't in his stable of electric guitars. I'm sure he was a little nervous playing steel pedal even though he's played it forever, same as when he started playing acoustic sets with Grisman... he was so used to having his Tiger or Rosebud on stage that it took a few times for him to feel completely comfortable in front of an audience with just his D-28
Jerry on pedal steel guitar is everything to me, love Dylan Dead, what a great combo ❤ I have seen the GD numerous times, saw Bob Dylan in 1998, on his tour with Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell, for my birthday in 1998.😊
Yeah, "dead & guest" , that's the understatement of the century. More like "Dylan & the Dead" as it was booked so many wonderful moons ago. That being said it seems as if Dylan was way more into plowing through some of the Deads classics like Jack a row ect than building on their already eclectic repertoire of Dylan tunes some say Dylan was being lazy some say Dylan was being Dylan and what seems obstinate to some is crazy beautiful to many. I say it was brilliance incarcerated but they have always been better a part then together.
Pete Drake, Al Perkins, Buddy Cage, John David Call is just the beginning of a long list of steel players that Jerry couldn't hold a candle to ... that doesn't diminish who he was or the lifetime of musical pleasure he was responsible for.
Yah Jerry on pedal steel--- on "Teach your children" CSNY it was one take- despite what Wikipedia says. I remember a life long friend saying when heard it was the voice of god.
This is that one time a black-out drunk Bob Dylan impersonator with his crappy guitar climbed up onto the stage and grabbed a mic and they just all kind of went along with it.
I'm a tie-dyed-in-the-wool Deadhead. Serious Dead Freak. And I love listening to JG play pedal steel. But the drummers?! Jeez...they can't decide if they're playing a straight 4/4 or a shuffle beat, and it just makes the whole think sound like a crap bar band. I mean...Jerry's playing pedal steel, guys, f'n lock in on a groove and quit farting around!
Best version ever Maria Muldaur with Bill Keith and Amos Garrett. Jerry your guitar playing is something else but your steel playing with the exception of Teach your Children is something else that requires two or three life times yikes!!!
Bobby certainly never stepped into that shadow. He dabbled in LSD a bit early in their career. And he smoked some pot. Otherwise he stayed clean. And it shows since he's still kickin healthy as ever. I don't see how he looks like he's strung out here?
On second thought maybe you meant Bob Dylan? If so, it was known and admitted by him that he used heroin at the peak of his career in the 60s but he got off of it not long after. He certainly had a drinking problem through most of his years though so I wouldn't be surprised if he was a bit sloshed here
Yes, he meant Dylan i think. Ive seen him several times, and also on this tour in 87, and he sounded brutal at this time, which was a shame given the collaboration. The mix was bad too as i recall and that guitar sounded awful. What was that thing, a $100 yamaha special? Not smack, but there was something going on w Dylan here. He sounded so much better in the 90s and 00s
Of course when you get down to it noone was better than Buddy Emmons Lloyd Green Hal Rugg John Hughey or Maurice Anderson on pedal steel. Again just my opinion
Jerry was basically a guitar player who took up steel later as a side instrument. Buddy was a first generation steel player who started on Hawaiian guitar as a kid and then dedicated his life to pedal steel. That alone makes a lot of difference.
As a 21 one year old in the audience, i had NO idea how rare it was to see Jer on Pedal Steel.
This is one of the few clips I've seen of him on pedal steel, post NRPS.
Jerry was much better at the Pedal Steel than he let on. I play some, and Jerry had his own approach and was very good on the instrument, which much more difficult to play than a standard guitar. He was one of the best banjo players on the West coast, yet preferred playing acoustic because he was a musical perfectionist and did not want to sound rusty. He was musical mentor, and probably the reason I got into classic country music and picked up the banjo, pedal steel, etc., after the electric guitar.
Rare later era pedal steel from Jerry. A real treat as always.
It feels like such a missed opportunity that he didn’t play it more often.
Jerry claimed that he needed another lifetime to get good at the pedal steel. However he would lay down the legendary rif in CSNY’s Teach Your Children Well.
never heard that quote, thank you!
He also does an awesome steel guitar solo on Paul Pena's Venutian Lady, recorded in 1973.
Not to mention Dire Wolf and The Wheel.
Funny how Jerry would always play down his confidence in his playing something that wasn't in his stable of electric guitars. I'm sure he was a little nervous playing steel pedal even though he's played it forever, same as when he started playing acoustic sets with Grisman... he was so used to having his Tiger or Rosebud on stage that it took a few times for him to feel completely comfortable in front of an audience with just his D-28
Have You Seen The Stars Tonight?
Mr. Music and Mr. Songwriter together . What more could you want? Thank you.
Saw Jerry play pedal steel for the New Riders of the Purple Sage in Amsterdam
that must have been something else! what year / show?
I love pedal steel!! Go Jerry!
Dude David Lindley n also Ron Wood! Woody surprised me...
Jerry on pedal steel guitar is everything to me, love Dylan Dead, what a great combo ❤ I have seen the GD numerous times, saw Bob Dylan in 1998, on his tour with Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell, for my birthday in 1998.😊
Excellent steel playing
"Grateful Dead & Guest"
Yeah, "dead & guest" , that's the understatement of the century. More like "Dylan & the Dead" as it was booked so many wonderful moons ago. That being said it seems as if Dylan was way more into plowing through some of the Deads classics like Jack a row ect than building on their already eclectic repertoire of Dylan tunes some say Dylan was being lazy some say Dylan was being Dylan and what seems obstinate to some is crazy beautiful to many. I say it was brilliance incarcerated but they have always been better a part then together.
@@nathanangelo3169 he was trying to join the band. in 89 the dead voted to keep him it out but it came down to phil
@@isaacsweeney5380 Thank goodness🙏
Dylan always sucked and always will. So glad I didnt grow up in a household that played his "mumble music". Everything else was played that was good.
Dylan credited the Dead with getting him back in the saddle and reconnecting with his music during a rough time.
These Foxboro Films are Fantastic !! Thanks a mill......
Thank you, Jerry!!!
Yea soooo awesome to be alive when he was! NOT FADE AWAY
Garcia was one of the best pedal steel players and he was a phenomenal banjo player too.
You mean CIA asset?
Ummmmmm sorry he couldn't hold a candle to Buddy Emmons Lloyd Green or John Hughey. He was ok at best but not great
Jerry knew he was at best , an advanced beginner .
Pete Drake, Al Perkins, Buddy Cage, John David Call is just the beginning of a long list of steel players that Jerry couldn't hold a candle to ... that doesn't diminish who he was or the lifetime of musical pleasure he was responsible for.
Oddly enough, " Teach your children" was after about 6 months of playing pedal steel.
I couldn't believe my ears..even tho I was 10 feet from the stage..:)
This is incredible.
Magnificent
Yah Jerry on pedal steel--- on "Teach your children" CSNY it was one take- despite what Wikipedia says. I remember a life long friend saying when heard it was the voice of god.
I was there. 😀 Remember it like yesterday.
I was here !! My 4th show! My friend Tiffany was the girl on the water tower. 🥰
It was a lot of fun
I wish the cam man filmed slightly more of the audience, but I am just baked
I was there.
My fourth show. :-)
Bobby D showing off his mad vocal skills on this one. Strong.
What a killer ;) Make ‘em cry Bobby...
@Clayton Wilson try unmuting
Its so weird to see Jerry sitting down lol
🥰
Bob needs love tonight awe very seductive performance.
What sort of guitar is that he's playing? Never seen anything like it.
Pedal steel guitar - and Jerry Garcia is a master of control.
This is that one time a black-out drunk Bob Dylan impersonator with his crappy guitar climbed up onto the stage and grabbed a mic and they just all kind of went along with it.
Are you kidding?!? Nobody sings as bad as Bob Dylan so... that actually was Bob Dylan alongside of Bob Weir with Jerry on the pedal steel guitar.
I'm a tie-dyed-in-the-wool Deadhead. Serious Dead Freak. And I love listening to JG play pedal steel. But the drummers?! Jeez...they can't decide if they're playing a straight 4/4 or a shuffle beat, and it just makes the whole think sound like a crap bar band. I mean...Jerry's playing pedal steel, guys, f'n lock in on a groove and quit farting around!
&guest
It was like 104 degrees at this show -- no shit; it must have been 114 under all those lights.
I just realised that a friend of the family looks like Bob.😂
garcia was an entertaining guitarist to be sure ... but his real heavenly notes were on steel pedal ... what he was born to play
When the "guest" is bob Dylan
huh, sure do wonder who that guest is
Whoever thought it was a good idea for Bob Weir to wear short cut-off jean shorts must have been ... I dunno ... uhhh
Pissing me off we have rare footage to watch jerry on pedal steel and there showing Dylan always doing what he does
Pisses me off footy of Jerry playing steel is so fucking rare
"Grateful Dead and 'Guest' "......LOL!!!!!!
Yep. When Dylan's name appears in the title the videos get pulled.
“Guest” yeah sure, that’s Bob Fucking Dylan!
I’d rather hear the death rattle of my own child than hear bob dylan sing ever again.
Damn sorry people keep forcing you to click on videos featuring bob dylan
That lead singer is a sad excuse for..................for well anything.
Best version ever Maria Muldaur with Bill Keith and Amos Garrett. Jerry your guitar playing is something else but your steel playing with the exception of Teach your Children is something else that requires two or three life times yikes!!!
Are both Jerry and Bob on the junk? It looks like it for both.
Bobby certainly never stepped into that shadow. He dabbled in LSD a bit early in their career. And he smoked some pot. Otherwise he stayed clean. And it shows since he's still kickin healthy as ever. I don't see how he looks like he's strung out here?
On second thought maybe you meant Bob Dylan? If so, it was known and admitted by him that he used heroin at the peak of his career in the 60s but he got off of it not long after. He certainly had a drinking problem through most of his years though so I wouldn't be surprised if he was a bit sloshed here
Yes, he meant Dylan i think. Ive seen him several times, and also on this tour in 87, and he sounded brutal at this time, which was a shame given the collaboration. The mix was bad too as i recall and that guitar sounded awful. What was that thing, a $100 yamaha special? Not smack, but there was something going on w Dylan here. He sounded so much better in the 90s and 00s
It's a Washburn EA20. 3-400 dollar junk lol
That is Dylan, not Weir
OK he does great, but a better player and the tops is Bob Lucier
Of course when you get down to it noone was better than Buddy Emmons Lloyd Green Hal Rugg John Hughey or Maurice Anderson on pedal steel. Again just my opinion
I always thought Buddy Cage was a better steel player just my opinion though
Jerry was basically a guitar player who took up steel later as a side instrument. Buddy was a first generation steel player who started on Hawaiian guitar as a kid and then dedicated his life to pedal steel. That alone makes a lot of difference.
Some Bob Dylan wannabe?
Nobody could impersonate Bob Dylan = who could sing that off key? ... #BobDylan
Thank god jerry is playing steel to cover up Dylans god awful voice
Spot the CIA agent on stage 😂