A quick, true story about Truckin'. Hall of Fame Basketball player nad famous Dead Head Bill Walton was being interviewed during his professional career about an upcoming playoff opponent. Interviewer "Bill, what do you think about Houston?' Without pausing Walton answers "Too close to New Orleans." Once a Dead Head, always a Dead Head. Thank you Jerry.
Kevin McHale tells the story of when Bill played with the Celtics and the Dead came to town. Bill invited the whole team to come with him to the concert. He knocked on the back door with the whole team in tow and shouted "THIS IS WALTON! LET ME IN!" Then as they all filed through the door behind him he said "These guys are with me." Then he went to say hello to the band and they chatted for a while, so much so that the band was late getting on stage. Once they took the stage, I believe it was Bob Weir who said to the audience, "Hey guys, sorry we're late getting started but our old friend Bill Walton met us back stage and we just had to chat with him for a while." , to which the Dead Heads in the audience started saying to each other "Yeah man, cool, they HAD to chat with BILL! Kevin ends the story by saying it was never dull hanging around Bill Walton.
I was born in '68 but still rock to the '70's, best era for music. Skynrd, Eagles, Jackson Browne, Aerosmith, Rush, Steve Miller Band, Molly Hatchett. Man, so many, In the words of "My Generation" " I hope I die before I ger old".
Alway associated this song with the “Keep on Trucking” phrase of the early ‘70’s and the R. Crump cartoon. The late ‘60’s & early 70’s were filled with some awesome musicians.
R. Crumb (Robert Crumb) got paid a small amount once for the "Keep On Truckin'" art, and then it was quickly and illegally copied by thousands of others, and as far as I know, he never got another dime for it. Pretty tough situation.
The phrase "Keep on Truckin'" first became popular when Blind Boy Fuller used it in his his song "Truckin' My Blues Away" in 1935 ( ua-cam.com/video/05yP6dOig1c/v-deo.html ). Others covered it through the years including Hot Tuna and Donovan in the Sixties with revised words and title. I always thought he probably got the phrase from Donovan's version since that was released in the the middle of 1965 when Crumb was still unknown and working for American Greetings, but had just started selling Fritz the Cat cartoons to magazines (Hot Tuna's version came out in '72). But I learned recently that he was an avid collector of jazz and old blues songs, so he may have got the phrase from the original Blind Boy Fuller song. At any rate, he was certainly responsible for the massive resurge in the popularity of the phrase in the 60s and a great and groundbreaking cartoonist who captured the spirit of the hippie movement.
The diversity of Dead's music comes from their varied backgrounds. Jerry comes from bluegrass and jug band traditions, Phil Lesh has a classical music education, Pigpen's father was a R&B disc jockey, drummers from rock&roll, Bobby was the young guy who hung around and could sing. Sure do miss Jerry.
Dig this- 1971, a 13-year-old kid is staying with his grandparents in East Jesus nowhere Georgia has saved up his little allowance and his little “get some money this way and that”, selling Coke bottles, bought himself an AM/FM radio. Early evening, he turns it on a popular music station on the FM band. Suddenly , There comes Jerry Garcia‘s driving intro to a tune he’s never heard before, it’s Truckin’ and a deadhead is born. 50 years later, I’m still on the bus. Be kind everyone.
Jerrys quote about his music and life ....“You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best, you want to be considered the only one who does what you do.
Thousands of people would follow this band all around the nation! It's absolutely crazy! Jerry and Bob and the rest of the boys are awesome. If you're old enough you remember where you are when Jerry Garcia died. I know I do
He passed the day before I was at a Warren Zevon show I felt so sorry for Warren playing for such a sad audience. You could tell he felt the same. But he pulled us through.
I know you both would love the group simply called "YES" , they are definitely out of the box, long beautiful masterpiece type songs with tons of guitar riffs, they were big in the 70s, You reacted to one of their later songs, OWNER OF A LONELY HEART, which was a good 80s song that doesnt really stand out from the pack, but when you get into their 70s stuff, that is when you get into greatness! I would start with ROUDNDABOUT
They already reacted to "Owner of a Lonely Heart," which along with much of the music they put out in the 80's was not among my favorite Yes tunes. Their 80's songs were a little too overproduced, imho; they were much more experimental and "trippy" in the 70's. I agree, "Roundabout" would be a good next step, since it is a prime example of the incredible greatness they displayed in that era. My absolute favorite band growing up, and to this day.
Tim, thanks for the valuable info, I was working all the time back in the 80s, not a lot of time to go into detail on who was singing what, and I honestly thought that Owner of a Lonely heart was by some s 80s group like Depeche Mode . I will amend my comments, I know Amber and Jordan both will love Yes in the 70s
@@kenpaden You're quite welcome, Ken. Always good to hear from a fellow Yes fan. I still remember being feeling disappointed with their work in the 80's. Their 70's songs were my Pink Floyd, in terms of sending me on a musical "Space Oddity" (to paraphrase David Bowie).
When you're ready for more from Grateful Dead, check out some of these classics: "Uncle John's Band", "Box of Rain", "Sugar Magnolia", "Dire Wolf", "Friend of the Devil", "Scarlet Begonias", "Casey Jones", "New Speedway Boogie", "China Cat Sunflower", "Fire on the Mountain", "Alabama Getaway", "Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" ...
@@pjyank Walked into a bar in Palo Alto in 1973 to see a bluegrass band called "SKUNK CABBAGE". A good friend said I would like them. Imagine my suprise when they started playing & the banjo player was Jerry Garcia. He did shit like that all the time in those days. I WISH I WAS A HEADLIGHT ON A NORTH BOUND TRAIN, I'D SHINE MY LIGHT THROUGH THE COOL CLORADO RAIN! " I KNOW YOU RIDER" JERRY GARCIA
That has the cadence and sound of a truck flying across the highway bumping those black tar seams on his 16 wheel traveling machine. In the seventies I can imagine if I was a trucker and heard this song come out and felt it on my butt bouncingb and keeping to the cadence of that beat and listen closely to those lyrics would get me through my nights....if I was one of them, I imagine.
Amber, you've got it totally right about the Grateful Dead. It's hard to fully appreciate them, even when listening to their greatest hits. They were not a studio band. Their live performances is when they really shined. Much like Phish, and few other folky bands, they could jam for hours, and no two performances were ever the same. They just don't make them like that anymore.
Throwing Stones is a favorite of mine, as well as Europe 72's China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider jam where both Jerry and Bob shine on guitar and masterful vocal harmonies. You'll love it.
In this song, the main vocal is sung by Bob Weir, the rhythm guitarist. With Jerry Garcia on lead guitar, Phil Lesh on Bass, Bill Kreutzmann, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Mickey Hart.
Two young people wearing shirts with legends 🐐🐐 on them listening to a legends 🐐 song.🔥💯 Brings a tear to my eye and warms my 70 year old heart.😢 Rock 'n roll will never die!🤗❤✌
I was fortunate enough yo see them 4 times. Every show was a completely different experience but always felt right at home. I always loved "Tennessee Jed". Try Todd Rundgren's "Bang The Drum All Day".
I grew up in the late 50's and early 60's, and I have always found the best surprises, be it musical groups, or people, do not fit neatly into boxes. There tends to be a need today to label everything, or everyone. The most talented, and influential groups, and people are true to themselves instead of trying to impress the main stream. The Grateful Dead were a very good example of that, and the fact there music wasn't stamped out like cookies, each song sounding the same, proves that.
Amber, you will appreciate the fact that Janis Joplin was super tight with the Dead, and dated Pigpen in the Haight Ashbury days. They shared the stage many times. The Grateful Dead wrote 'Bird Song' about her.
"Terrapin Station" and "Not Fade Away" are my favorites by this band. You almost have to experience it live though. Each tune can last up to a half hour long in concert. I have seen them three times. There concerts are the closest thing to Woodstock that you can get. It is like going into a time machine.
@2:40 I feel like you could never put them in a box...YEP...that's why there are deadheads roaming the streets through all generations, there is no one like the good ol' grateful dead! Keep on truckin' on!
Saw their '85 version of Truckin' outdoors at Kansas City's Starlight Theater, sippin' on shroom-infused tea out of a bike bottle. The "Sometimes the light is shinin' on me...sometimes I can barely see" line was accompanied with their overhead stage spotlights swiveling back onto the audience. Kind of a forever moment there.
They are amazing in concert. I was so lucky to see them here in Oregon at the '78 Oregon Music festival that included The Outlaws, Santana, and Eddie Money. Great stadium concert and memories :)
Consider myself fortunate to have seen the Dead in concert - with an arena full of Deadheads. A large group of them held hands and encircled the arena hallway with dance.
This is the song that hooked me on the Grateful Dead when I was 10 or 11 years old. You need to listen to Friend of the Devil. Another great one by them.
The late 60s and 70s produced some of the greatest bands and music that didn't get a lot of radio airplay but were absolutely iconic live like the Grateful Dead, Little Feat, Hot Tuna, Ten Years After, Canned Heat and Emerson Lake and Palmer
Good choice! I still have a Dead sticker on my bumper and Spotify told me that I'm in the top 1% of Dead listeners! Their rabbit hole is very deep and very special to some of us. (Others don't get us tho! Haha! Peace :)
I loved your comment about it being a summer song. It sure was. We would drive all around town in the summer in the 70s blasting this tune on the 8-track player in the old Chevy beater.
My son was the one who turned me on to Grateful Dead! He loved Jerry Garcia & fell apart the day he died! He had every bootleg of their concerts! Still has them & is turning his kids on to them too! You are right, there always different with every song! It was great hearing this again, it’s been awhile! ♥️The old white woman
It is good that you have listened to and appreciate just one of the Grateful Dead classic songs. Your positive and uplifting words are appreciated. That is what the Grateful Dead is all about, be positive, and most important in life is to 'Be Kind' to everyone!
Please PLEASE react to the Dead song, "Uncle John's Band." It's my favorite Dead song and like you mentioned about how you can't put the Grateful Dead's music in a box, it's different than the other 2 songs you've reacted to, while still sounding like only the Dead does. Thanks for doing what you do here, Jay and Amber! I really do never, ever miss a video!
Yes! I love that song so much. My sister and I used to dance to that one when we were little. Brings memories back of being young, barefoot and dancing in the yard while my parents had parties.
Agree with Tejas, "Touch of Gray" has a very entertaining video and classic Grateful Dead vibes. So much fun!! "Hell in a Bucket" is great as well. Keep up the fun work. Remember "Every silver lining has a Touch of Gray"!!
They have a huge catalog. 184 original songs; 304 song that they cover. And they have thousands of 3+ hour long concerts where those songs are never played the same way twice. I listen to the Dead most of the time, and I still haven't heard all of even my little collection. The kings of jam bands.
That "cool sound" you commented on at 2:33 is a Hammond B-3 organ. Now that you've heard it you'll recognize it when it comes up in lots blues rock from the 60s and onward especially in blues and soul. It's REALLY big in the "jump and shout" style of Southern Gospel music. There's just no other sound like it.
This is 1 of only 4 songs of The Grateful Dead that hit the radio. There are 30 studio Albums, so there are tons of songs that only DeadHeads know about that are absolutely awesome. Take the red pill & see how deep the rabbit hole goes by listening to The Grateful Dead play list on UA-cam.
Greatest improvisational band ever. Their concerts were exceptional. Any song could expand without notice. And instead of a concert it was a party. I was no way near a Dead Head but saw them 12 times. Remember most of them. Fantastic time. Unfortunately, never to be seen again. Love your reaction. You should check out "Dr. Hook and the medicine Show."
When you said this song gave you summertime vibes, it made me think that I don't think you two have reacted to any War. Their song Summer is truly astounding and laid-back. Anyhow, love the channel and you two!
Awesome coincidence that a comment below mentions "Yes" in a Grateful Dead review. Those are the only 2 bands I have seen live 3 different times. And Yes would be great to delve deeper into.
Although they had been gaining popularity from the mid-60s, this is the album that got me into the Dead, in the spring of '74. Loved them ever since!! Skeletons From The Closet was the group's first "Best Of" album. My favorite song on this LP is Mexicali Blues. Great sound, lots of fun!! Casey Jones is another great one!! So is Sugar Magnolia, which was originally released in 1970 on the LP, American Beauty -- just as Truckin' was. So much incredible music to hear from the Dead, with lots & lots of live performances available to view.
My aunt and uncle both played guitar back in the '70s. They used to play this song we used to sing along with it all the time I used to know all the words I think I still do. Boy we used to be Truckin back in the day.
Yes!!!! Been waiting for you to do more Grateful Dead! 💜☠💜 The fans have started you down a great rabbit hole with Ripple and Shakedown St before this one. Next you should check out their top radio hit *Touch of Grey* which occurred later in their music career.
Yeah, during my years in the U.S. Navy my shipmates and I became well acquainted with the Dead. They would be among the iconic groups we listened to while spending long, cold dark days in the barracks on base while stationed in Iceland in the 70s. We would be so stoned on the pot smuggled over from the States and play records for hours when we were off duty. Good times! ✌☺
I owe T to see them in RFk Stadium in either 94 or 95 (those years were a blur) and met up with some hippy chicks shrooming. Never made it in the show but mended up at a field party out in Manassas, Va… good times..
I definitely know. Between 75 and 95, 27 shows in all. Just never had the heart for more after Jerry passed. 1980 did a 14 show tour around the Midwest before heading to Great Lakes. Met so many great people still talk to and exchange Christmas cards with 3 of them. Have to brag about the grand kids you know.
Yes is an awesome band as well…. ‘Roundabout’ for sure…. ‘Cans and Brahms’ for sure!!! And an absolute beauty ‘Mood for a Day’. Their whole album is awesome!
Jay, if you listen to that guitar bit you liked again, at the last bit the vocal says 'and all her friends can say is ain't it a shame' and the guitar goes 'what a shame'. Neat.
Bob Weir is the one singing the main lines while Jerry Garcia (RIP) sings the chorus. One of the things that made them great was they both sang and played guitar.
I've been a subscriber of The Rob Squad almost since you started. This is my first post. Please play Golden Earring thats the band the song is Radar Love. I'm sure you'll love it. I also want to say I'm impressed with you both. I'm a 66 year old musician. Amber you have really grown in your knowledge of music in a sort time. Good luck with your channel !!
A very popular iconic phrase that's become widely used in our culture was born from this song....."What a Long Strange Trip it's been!" We really need to get you some great live Dead versions. Consult a veteran Deadhead. Live Dead is definitely where it's at, but it's good to cut your teeth on studio stuff so you will appreciate the live material that much more! So glad to see young Deadheads carrying the banner!
Happy to see a Grateful Dead reaction... a long time Deadhead, I've been to over 300+ shows since the 70's... studio cuts are great, but you really got to check out some LIVE recordings for your next GD reaction. You will be glad you did!
Another song you might like by the Dead is a lullaby written by Brent Mydland and John Barlow called "I Will Take You Home". Brent wrote it and performed it for his two daughters.
So I've been binging this channel for a couple of days, still recovering from Covid , after 10 days in hospital. Anyways, I've been watching many random song videos but earlier started a playlist of Grateful Dead reactions. From 1982 through 94 , starting at 13, I chased this band all around the lower 48 and a couple times into Canada. They were a dynamite ticket out of town, by the late 20th century, there were no more traveling circuses to runaway and join and my part of Connecticut had no freight trains to hop and flee on. So the Grateful Dead were ideal for youthful wanderlust and getting out to see what was out there. I saw GD about 200 times in those 11 years, and little over 100 Jerry Band shows. I bailed when the crowds go too out of control and it was mostly giant stadium shows with a lot of difficult people with needle drugs, ticket scalpers, drunken fireworks debauchery, too many cops on local and federal level and just too many damn people ...God bless 'em all. Anyways, living on tour and immersed in parking lot/ interstate culture there were no shortage of fun, and deep, and silly and brilliant music discussions, Reviews of the nights show, all that kind of stuff . I just gotta say, listening to Jay and Amber talk about the songs is almost verbatim exactly how we would discuss songs and band dynamics on tour. I think it is really cool to hear younger folks have really kind and thoughtful insight. Nothing mystical about it, just folks who really dig music and can discuss both accurately and passionately . IT's really nice to listen to this, all of it. And again, sorry to babble on so much, Covid keeps one way too isolated for way too long and that can make one daffy. Cheers Everyone, Let it shine, and leave it on :)
"You can't put them in a box..." and "You never know what to expect..." You two just absolutely nailed the essence of the Dead with those two statements. They're song canon is a road map of American music and you really never knew what to expect when you saw them live. I was lucky enough to see them well over a hundred times from 1979 through 1991 (my last show was the Capital Centre in DC on 3/17/1991...the night they played Truckin' into New Speedway Boogie and blew the roof off the place) and every show was unique unto itself.
A quick, true story about Truckin'. Hall of Fame Basketball player nad famous Dead Head Bill Walton was being interviewed during his professional career about an upcoming playoff opponent. Interviewer "Bill, what do you think about Houston?' Without pausing Walton answers "Too close to New Orleans." Once a Dead Head, always a Dead Head. Thank you Jerry.
Classic!
That’s awesome
Kevin McHale tells the story of when Bill played with the Celtics and the Dead came to town. Bill invited the whole team to come with him to the concert. He knocked on the back door with the whole team in tow and shouted "THIS IS WALTON! LET ME IN!" Then as they all filed through the door behind him he said "These guys are with me." Then he went to say hello to the band and they chatted for a while, so much so that the band was late getting on stage. Once they took the stage, I believe it was Bob Weir who said to the audience, "Hey guys, sorry we're late getting started but our old friend Bill Walton met us back stage and we just had to chat with him for a while." , to which the Dead Heads in the audience started saying to each other "Yeah man, cool, they HAD to chat with BILL! Kevin ends the story by saying it was never dull hanging around Bill Walton.
Found out bill Walton was one of the guys to fund the dead in Egypt. Random dead fact....lol
LOL! Perfect!
This is from 1970, and the line "what a long strange trip its been," is one of the most famous lines in rock n roll.
My husband is fixing to retire and has that line in his email signature.
And was "the class motto" for thousands of graduating classes
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me; other times I can barely see.
the line that just got more true each decade
I was 19 in 1970. Now, at the age of 70, I can truly say "what a long, strange trip it's been"!!! 😎💖
Same here...ditto!
Lol, yeah! And Mr Natural Blotter brought it all together
I was born in '68 but still rock to the '70's, best era for music. Skynrd, Eagles, Jackson Browne, Aerosmith, Rush, Steve Miller Band, Molly Hatchett. Man, so many, In the words of "My Generation" " I hope I die before I ger old".
Very cool. I was 19 in 1969 Keep on trucking mate!
You wrote that two years ago. Gettin' stranger, ain't it ?🫣
Alway associated this song with the “Keep on Trucking” phrase of the early ‘70’s and the R. Crump cartoon. The late ‘60’s & early 70’s were filled with some awesome musicians.
R. Crumb (Robert Crumb) got paid a small amount once for the "Keep On Truckin'" art, and then it was quickly and illegally copied by thousands of others, and as far as I know, he never got another dime for it. Pretty tough situation.
Used his Truckin' Man as the logo for my Station.
I always assumed there was some kind of connection.
ZAP Comics! my ex husband has EVERY single Zap from 00 edition on. Amazing.
The phrase "Keep on Truckin'" first became popular when Blind Boy Fuller used it in his his song "Truckin' My Blues Away" in 1935 ( ua-cam.com/video/05yP6dOig1c/v-deo.html ). Others covered it through the years including Hot Tuna and Donovan in the Sixties with revised words and title.
I always thought he probably got the phrase from Donovan's version since that was released in the the middle of 1965 when Crumb was still unknown and working for American Greetings, but had just started selling Fritz the Cat cartoons to magazines (Hot Tuna's version came out in '72).
But I learned recently that he was an avid collector of jazz and old blues songs, so he may have got the phrase from the original Blind Boy Fuller song.
At any rate, he was certainly responsible for the massive resurge in the popularity of the phrase in the 60s and a great and groundbreaking cartoonist who captured the spirit of the hippie movement.
Released in September of 1970. Truckin became one an unofficial Hippie Anthem. Great song and great reaction. Cheers, RNB
Some other Dead head songs you need to consider are "Sugar Magnolia," "Casey Jones," "Mexicali Blues" and "Friend of the Devil."
The diversity of Dead's music comes from their varied backgrounds. Jerry comes from bluegrass and jug band traditions, Phil Lesh has a classical music education, Pigpen's father was a R&B disc jockey, drummers from rock&roll, Bobby was the young guy who hung around and could sing.
Sure do miss Jerry.
Dig this- 1971, a 13-year-old kid is staying with his grandparents in East Jesus nowhere Georgia has saved up his little allowance and his little “get some money this way and that”, selling Coke bottles, bought himself an AM/FM radio. Early evening, he turns it on a popular music station on the FM band. Suddenly , There comes Jerry Garcia‘s driving intro to a tune he’s never heard before, it’s Truckin’ and a deadhead is born. 50 years later, I’m still on the bus. Be kind everyone.
Yep. Hear ya. 🎉
Jerrys quote about his music and life ....“You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best, you want to be considered the only one who does what you do.
New Artist Suggestions:
AMERICA - “Ventura Highway”
JAMES TAYLOR - “Fire and Rain”
TODD RUNDGREN - “Hello It’s Me”
Some Todd would be cool! We are from the same home town.
Three excellent and important suggestions.
Thousands of people would follow this band all around the nation! It's absolutely crazy! Jerry and Bob and the rest of the boys are awesome. If you're old enough you remember where you are when Jerry Garcia died. I know I do
He passed the day before I was at a Warren Zevon show I felt so sorry for Warren playing for such a sad audience. You could tell he felt the same. But he pulled us through.
I know you both would love the group simply called "YES" , they are definitely out of the box, long beautiful masterpiece type songs with tons of guitar riffs, they were big in the 70s, You reacted to one of their later songs, OWNER OF A LONELY HEART, which was a good 80s song that doesnt really stand out from the pack, but when you get into their 70s stuff, that is when you get into greatness! I would start with ROUDNDABOUT
"Roundabout", "South side of the sky" would both be great starts.
They already reacted to "Owner of a Lonely Heart," which along with much of the music they put out in the 80's was not among my favorite Yes tunes. Their 80's songs were a little too overproduced, imho; they were much more experimental and "trippy" in the 70's. I agree, "Roundabout" would be a good next step, since it is a prime example of the incredible greatness they displayed in that era. My absolute favorite band growing up, and to this day.
Tim, thanks for the valuable info, I was working all the time back in the 80s, not a lot of time to go into detail on who was singing what, and I honestly thought that Owner of a Lonely heart was by some s 80s group like Depeche Mode . I will amend my comments, I know Amber and Jordan both will love Yes in the 70s
@@kenpaden You're quite welcome, Ken. Always good to hear from a fellow Yes fan. I still remember being feeling disappointed with their work in the 80's. Their 70's songs were my Pink Floyd, in terms of sending me on a musical "Space Oddity" (to paraphrase David Bowie).
Roundabout is for me the Go-To song for "Let's Introduce Someone to Yes!" It's amazing. Yet accessible.
When you're ready for more from Grateful Dead, check out some of these classics: "Uncle John's Band", "Box of Rain", "Sugar Magnolia", "Dire Wolf", "Friend of the Devil", "Scarlet Begonias", "Casey Jones", "New Speedway Boogie", "China Cat Sunflower", "Fire on the Mountain", "Alabama Getaway", "Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" ...
You left out " Ripple" 😉❤️👍
@@shapeach They did Ripple
Also, hit some Jerry Garcia solo stuff which is arguably just as good as The Dead selections
@@pjyank Walked into a bar in Palo Alto in 1973 to see a bluegrass band called "SKUNK CABBAGE". A good friend said I would like them. Imagine my suprise when they started playing & the banjo player was Jerry Garcia. He did shit like that all the time in those days.
I WISH I WAS A HEADLIGHT ON A NORTH BOUND TRAIN, I'D SHINE MY LIGHT THROUGH THE COOL CLORADO RAIN!
" I KNOW YOU RIDER"
JERRY GARCIA
@@kevinsmith4429 I actually liked all of Jerry's music and performances more so than The Dead's.
The Dead is like a gem. Many facets, all individual, yet connected by the core.
That has the cadence and sound of a truck flying across the highway bumping those black tar seams on his 16 wheel traveling machine. In the seventies I can imagine if I was a trucker and heard this song come out and felt it on my butt bouncingb and keeping to the cadence of that beat and listen closely to those lyrics would get me through my nights....if I was one of them, I imagine.
Amber, you've got it totally right about the Grateful Dead. It's hard to fully appreciate them, even when listening to their greatest hits. They were not a studio band. Their live performances is when they really shined. Much like Phish, and few other folky bands, they could jam for hours, and no two performances were ever the same. They just don't make them like that anymore.
Dave Matthews Band would be pretty close too.
With due respect... how many people can dig a 30 minutes Dark Star? ;)
You guys would LOVE "Shakedown Street" it's a complete total vibe.
Looks like they did that one a few months ago
Yes, funkiest jam EVER!!!@ JUST SAW IT A SPHERE VEGAS--🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Throwing Stones is a favorite of mine, as well as Europe 72's China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider jam where both Jerry and Bob shine on guitar and masterful vocal harmonies. You'll love it.
In this song, the main vocal is sung by Bob Weir, the rhythm guitarist. With Jerry Garcia on lead guitar, Phil Lesh on Bass, Bill Kreutzmann, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Mickey Hart.
From the lyrics of this song comes the iconic phrase WALSTIB - "what a long strange trip it's been..."
This is why they had a following called "Deadheads" This a great tune of adventures of a Bandon the road🎶👍
Every song on their "American Beauty" album great. I highly recommend their song "Brokedown Palace".
YES on the Brokedown Palace!
I love ‘Scarlet Begonias’ by them. 🧡
Two young people wearing shirts with legends 🐐🐐 on them listening to a legends 🐐 song.🔥💯 Brings a tear to my eye and warms my 70 year old heart.😢 Rock 'n roll will never die!🤗❤✌
"they can't revoke your soul for trying" - what a lyric
YES, IT IS!!!!!
Promoter Bill Graham said of the Dead "They're not the best at what they do, they're the only ones that do what they do.”
So
Love the Dead;. Thank you Legends.
The Grateful Dead "Touch Of Grey" (Official Music Video)
I was fortunate enough yo see them 4 times. Every show was a completely different experience but always felt right at home. I always loved "Tennessee Jed". Try Todd Rundgren's "Bang The Drum All Day".
"What a long, strange trip it's been" always gets a loud, roaring crowd sing-a-long and cheer when they do this live.
I grew up in the late 50's and early 60's, and I have always found the best surprises, be it musical groups, or people, do not fit neatly into boxes. There tends to be a need today to label everything, or everyone. The most talented, and influential groups, and people are true to themselves instead of trying to impress the main stream. The Grateful Dead were a very good example of that, and the fact there music wasn't stamped out like cookies, each song sounding the same, proves that.
Amber, you will appreciate the fact that Janis Joplin was super tight with the Dead, and dated Pigpen in the Haight Ashbury days. They shared the stage many times. The Grateful Dead wrote 'Bird Song' about her.
"Terrapin Station" and "Not Fade Away" are my favorites by this band. You almost have to experience it live though. Each tune can last up to a half hour long in concert. I have seen them three times. There concerts are the closest thing to Woodstock that you can get. It is like going into a time machine.
🐢🐢🐢terrapin station
Yes indeed, but remind people that Not Fade Away is a cover. Of course, it BURIES everyone else's cover and Buddy Holly's original.
Bertha, It is more of a rocker, and Jerry Garcia sings.....so good and off course he is one on the greatest guitar players ever!
My first concert, 1973 Grateful Dead. Hitchiked 100 miles, 16 years old, very awesome outdoor concert, life-changing !
@2:40 I feel like you could never put them in a box...YEP...that's why there are deadheads roaming the streets through all generations, there is no one like the good ol' grateful dead! Keep on truckin' on!
You can only put them in a box of rain. 😸🌻🐾🌎❤️
"Touch of Gray" and "Hell in a bucket" are two more Dead songs you need to do.
I am not kidding when I tell you that this has been my ear-worm since I woke up this morning. ✌
The best line is well if you got a warrant I guess you're going to come in LOL
“Tennessee Jed” is an awesome Grateful Dead tune. Get on the bus!
Gotta put in a vote for "One More Saturday Night"
Saw their '85 version of Truckin' outdoors at Kansas City's Starlight Theater, sippin' on shroom-infused tea out of a bike bottle. The "Sometimes the light is shinin' on me...sometimes I can barely see" line was accompanied with their overhead stage spotlights swiveling back onto the audience. Kind of a forever moment there.
They are amazing in concert. I was so lucky to see them here in Oregon at the '78 Oregon Music festival that included The Outlaws, Santana, and Eddie Money. Great stadium concert and memories :)
Now that's a rabbit hole you need to go down!!!!!!!!!
Consider myself fortunate to have seen the Dead in concert - with an arena full of Deadheads. A large group of them held hands and encircled the arena hallway with dance.
This is the song that hooked me on the Grateful Dead when I was 10 or 11 years old. You need to listen to Friend of the Devil. Another great one by them.
My wife is a Deadhead and she has certainly given me an appreciation for this truly amazing band.
The late 60s and 70s produced some of the greatest bands and music that didn't get a lot of radio airplay but were absolutely iconic live like the Grateful Dead, Little Feat, Hot Tuna, Ten Years After, Canned Heat and Emerson Lake and Palmer
ELP was heard almost every night in my dorm
Good choice! I still have a Dead sticker on my bumper and Spotify told me that I'm in the top 1% of Dead listeners! Their rabbit hole is very deep and very special to some of us. (Others don't get us tho! Haha! Peace :)
I loved your comment about it being a summer song. It sure was. We would drive all around town in the summer in the 70s blasting this tune on the 8-track player in the old Chevy beater.
My son was the one who turned me on to Grateful Dead! He loved Jerry Garcia & fell apart the day he died! He had every bootleg of their concerts! Still has them & is turning his kids on to them too! You are right, there always different with every song! It was great hearing this again, it’s been awhile!
♥️The old white woman
It is good that you have listened to and appreciate just one of the Grateful Dead classic songs. Your positive and uplifting words are appreciated. That is what the Grateful Dead is all about, be positive, and most important in life is to 'Be Kind' to everyone!
Please PLEASE react to the Dead song, "Uncle John's Band." It's my favorite Dead song and like you mentioned about how you can't put the Grateful Dead's music in a box, it's different than the other 2 songs you've reacted to, while still sounding like only the Dead does. Thanks for doing what you do here, Jay and Amber! I really do never, ever miss a video!
Yes! I love that song so much. My sister and I used to dance to that one when we were little. Brings memories back of being young, barefoot and dancing in the yard while my parents had parties.
A favorite of this old Dead Head too😀
Agree with Tejas, "Touch of Gray" has a very entertaining video and classic Grateful Dead vibes. So much fun!! "Hell in a Bucket" is great as well. Keep up the fun work. Remember "Every silver lining has a Touch of Gray"!!
Glad to be part of the family what a long strange trip is been 🎉
This is off the "American Beauty" album, one of the best ever produced!
You two are the highlight of my day. Thank you both for making me smile. You are loved and blessed as well. ♥️🌹
They have a huge catalog. 184 original songs; 304 song that they cover. And they have thousands of 3+ hour long concerts where those songs are never played the same way twice. I listen to the Dead most of the time, and I still haven't heard all of even my little collection. The kings of jam bands.
You guys are awesome. Loved the Grateful Dead review. Saw my first show in 1987 and never looked back. Their live show has so much energy.
That "cool sound" you commented on at 2:33 is a Hammond B-3 organ. Now that you've heard it you'll recognize it when it comes up in lots blues rock from the 60s and onward especially in blues and soul. It's REALLY big in the "jump and shout" style of Southern Gospel music. There's just no other sound like it.
This is 1 of only 4 songs of The Grateful Dead that hit the radio. There are 30 studio Albums, so there are tons of songs that only DeadHeads know about that are absolutely awesome. Take the red pill & see how deep the rabbit hole goes by listening to The Grateful Dead play list on UA-cam.
Greatest improvisational band ever. Their concerts were exceptional. Any song could expand without notice. And instead of a concert it was a party. I was no way near a Dead Head but saw them 12 times. Remember most of them. Fantastic time. Unfortunately, never to be seen again. Love your reaction. You should check out "Dr. Hook and the medicine Show."
Casey Jones & Truckin' are my faves. This is a group I wish I had seen in concert. That is life...what long, strange trip it's been.
When you said this song gave you summertime vibes, it made me think that I don't think you two have reacted to any War. Their song Summer is truly astounding and laid-back. Anyhow, love the channel and you two!
Awesome coincidence that a comment below mentions "Yes" in a Grateful Dead review. Those are the only 2 bands I have seen live 3 different times.
And Yes would be great to delve deeper into.
My son recently discovered the Dead. And now it's all I hear him listening to. In today's hectic world we need that kind of chill in our lives.
Love that crazy baseline.....
Although they had been gaining popularity from the mid-60s, this is the album that got me into the Dead, in the spring of '74. Loved them ever since!! Skeletons From The Closet was the group's first "Best Of" album. My favorite song on this LP is Mexicali Blues. Great sound, lots of fun!! Casey Jones is another great one!! So is Sugar Magnolia, which was originally released in 1970 on the LP, American Beauty -- just as Truckin' was. So much incredible music to hear from the Dead, with lots & lots of live performances available to view.
Great insight from this young lady! Let’s go! It’s mellow as hell but she got the depth of it. Love it!!
1970 off the American Beauty album the whole album is excellent 👍👌
Great pick, my favs are "Ripples" and Uncle John's Band"
They did Ripple of you haven't seen it. ua-cam.com/video/qViRficpUR0/v-deo.html
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Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey" (Official Video)
My aunt and uncle both played guitar back in the '70s. They used to play this song we used to sing along with it all the time I used to know all the words I think I still do. Boy we used to be Truckin back in the day.
Yes!!!! Been waiting for you to do more Grateful Dead! 💜☠💜 The fans have started you down a great rabbit hole with Ripple and Shakedown St before this one. Next you should check out their top radio hit *Touch of Grey* which occurred later in their music career.
The Dead were the best! They just were. They way they played together was magic:)
Yeah, during my years in the U.S. Navy my shipmates and I became well acquainted with the Dead. They would be among the iconic groups we listened to while spending long, cold dark days in the barracks on base while stationed in Iceland in the 70s. We would be so stoned on the pot smuggled over from the States and play records for hours when we were off duty. Good times! ✌☺
I've been to countless Dead shows, but only saw them perform live once. Those who know, know.
I owe T to see them in RFk Stadium in either 94 or 95 (those years were a blur) and met up with some hippy chicks shrooming. Never made it in the show but mended up at a field party out in Manassas, Va… good times..
I definitely know. Between 75 and 95, 27 shows in all. Just never had the heart for more after Jerry passed. 1980 did a 14 show tour around the Midwest before heading to Great Lakes. Met so many great people still talk to and exchange Christmas cards with 3 of them. Have to brag about the grand kids you know.
The Grateful Dead definitely doesn’t fit into a box. You hit the nail on the head with that one Amber! 🌺✌️
Gotta listen to some live Dead!
I like how you mention Bob Weir's cadence. I read a interview where he said that "Truckin' " is "the most difficult song for me to sing".
Yes is an awesome band as well…. ‘Roundabout’ for sure…. ‘Cans and Brahms’ for sure!!! And an absolute beauty ‘Mood for a Day’. Their whole album is awesome!
Jay, if you listen to that guitar bit you liked again, at the last bit the vocal says 'and all her friends can say is ain't it a shame' and the guitar goes 'what a shame'. Neat.
Check out Crosby, Stills, and Nash Helplessly Hoping... The harmony is on point and it's all acoustic. Amber will love the song.
Bob Weir is the one singing the main lines while Jerry Garcia (RIP) sings the chorus. One of the things that made them great was they both sang and played guitar.
"Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it's been." - No truer words were ever spoken.
I've been a subscriber of The Rob Squad almost since you started. This is my first post. Please play Golden Earring thats the band the song is Radar Love. I'm sure you'll love it. I also want to say I'm impressed with you both. I'm a 66 year old musician. Amber you have really grown in your knowledge of music in a sort time. Good luck with your channel !!
A very popular iconic phrase that's become widely used in our culture was born from this song....."What a Long Strange Trip it's been!" We really need to get you some great live Dead versions. Consult a veteran Deadhead. Live Dead is definitely where it's at, but it's good to cut your teeth on studio stuff so you will appreciate the live material that much more! So glad to see young Deadheads carrying the banner!
Happy to see a Grateful Dead reaction... a long time Deadhead, I've been to over 300+ shows since the 70's... studio cuts are great, but you really got to check out some LIVE recordings for your next GD reaction. You will be glad you did!
Another song you might like by the Dead is a lullaby written by Brent Mydland and John Barlow called "I Will Take You Home". Brent wrote it and performed it for his two daughters.
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Keep on truckin buddy
Love this song! "What a long strange trip its been."
So I've been binging this channel for a couple of days, still recovering from Covid , after 10 days in hospital. Anyways, I've been watching many random song videos but earlier started a playlist of Grateful Dead reactions. From 1982 through 94 , starting at 13, I chased this band all around the lower 48 and a couple times into Canada. They were a dynamite ticket out of town, by the late 20th century, there were no more traveling circuses to runaway and join and my part of Connecticut had no freight trains to hop and flee on. So the Grateful Dead were ideal for youthful wanderlust and getting out to see what was out there. I saw GD about 200 times in those 11 years, and little over 100 Jerry Band shows. I bailed when the crowds go too out of control and it was mostly giant stadium shows with a lot of difficult people with needle drugs, ticket scalpers, drunken fireworks debauchery, too many cops on local and federal level and just too many damn people ...God bless 'em all. Anyways, living on tour and immersed in parking lot/ interstate culture there were no shortage of fun, and deep, and silly and brilliant music discussions, Reviews of the nights show, all that kind of stuff . I just gotta say, listening to Jay and Amber talk about the songs is almost verbatim exactly how we would discuss songs and band dynamics on tour. I think it is really cool to hear younger folks have really kind and thoughtful insight. Nothing mystical about it, just folks who really dig music and can discuss both accurately and passionately . IT's really nice to listen to this, all of it. And again, sorry to babble on so much, Covid keeps one way too isolated for way too long and that can make one daffy. Cheers Everyone, Let it shine, and leave it on :)
"You can't put them in a box..." and "You never know what to expect..." You two just absolutely nailed the essence of the Dead with those two statements. They're song canon is a road map of American music and you really never knew what to expect when you saw them live. I was lucky enough to see them well over a hundred times from 1979 through 1991 (my last show was the Capital Centre in DC on 3/17/1991...the night they played Truckin' into New Speedway Boogie and blew the roof off the place) and every show was unique unto itself.
My uncle took me to my first concert to see The Greatful Dead. I knew nothing about them but I had so much fun.
The Dead didn't draw a fan base, they created a culture. The likes of them will never be seen again.
"....the cards aint worth a dime if you don't lay them down..." what a line. Rock on all.
It’s impossible to be in a bad mood when you listen to the Dead. I’d recommend Scarlet Begonias, Franklin’s Tower, He’s Gone, and Bertha.
Godsmack- Under yours scars. Piano throughout and softer than their normal stuff. Great song!
Ohh my goodness I have not heard that song in a long time! I loved that song. Reminds me of summers at the creek 🙂
Deadhead here!. Ripple, Touch of Grey, once you go down the rabbit hole there's no coming back.