NEMD Grateful Dead Appreciation Thread

Go to YouTube. Search "grateful dead home movies".

There is a 9 part series. I'm only on the second one, but so far it's from dead and dylan tour. Some really awesome backstage footage and stuff. I'd embed them but I'm lazy.
 


March 1st, 1969

Cryptical Envelopment ⇒ The Other One ⇒ Cryptical Envelopment ⇒
New Potato Caboose ⇒ Doin' That Rag ⇒ Cosmic Charlie

Dupree's Diamond Blues ⇒ Mountains Of The Moon, Dark Star, Saint Stephen ⇒
The Eleven ⇒ Turn On Your Lovelight,

E: Hey Jude
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Bar none, my favourite of all time.

Primordial, epic, incomparable.

There are no words for it.

Just listen.

 
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Who liked The Other Ones, when they were jamming. I didn't see them till 2002, but that was excellent. If I remember correctly they had a dude or two from DSO playing with them. I thought it was a banger show. 11/27/02.
 
^my dad took my mom to her first GD show that night (10/20/84)
it's a hot straw, favorite of the year but doesn't crack my top 20 all time, different strokes...

it might have been from the heinikens and 'laughy' taffy but last night's show (dead and co. 7/3/16 boulder, CO) was some of the best post GD i've heard, my pops enjoyed it equally, usually we don't dig the same GD, was best father-son time we've had in a long time, we needed it

this band blows furthur out of the water, their sound reminds me of how great ratdog was getting

the setlist was kind of weak(even more after i saw they had jack straw scheduled to close first set but decided to nix it :(), but it didn't matter. every song crushed and i'm willing to put my name on it

john mayer is playing like late 70s heroin jerry, love his interplay with weir, i hope this is bobby's final project and mayer, oteil and chimenti stick around for 20 more years
 
SKL said:


March 1st, 1969

Cryptical Envelopment ⇒ The Other One ⇒ Cryptical Envelopment ⇒
New Potato Caboose ⇒ Doin' That Rag ⇒ Cosmic Charlie

Dupree's Diamond Blues ⇒ Mountains Of The Moon, Dark Star, Saint Stephen ⇒
The Eleven ⇒ Turn On Your Lovelight,

E: Hey Jude
​


Bar none, my favourite of all time.

Primordial, epic, incomparable.

There are no words for it.

Just listen.
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yes listening to this in the am at work
 
I can't stop playing the first disc of Europe '72, I try to listen to other shit and then inevitably come back to this, Cumberland Blues that opening bass from Phil just gets me. Favorite Ramble on Rose from this one too. Just something magical about 1972

PS. Just gotta say my favorite album of all time is Workingman's, I'm a sucker for a sad song and Black Peter has so many feels. Pretty great Black Peter on Bear's Choice too
 
I'm sure this has already been discussed but who enjoyed Bill Kreutzmann's book? I learned a lot, like never knew he wasn't too fond of Mickey leaving and then rejoining. Also almost every story about Owsley is just hilarious to me. Holing up in the attic of their house and just experimenting all day, also only eating meat and the whole band having to just cut "steaks" off the half-a-cow in the freezer. Good shit. I never knew much about the Festival Express either but it sounded epic. Wish I could have experienced some of it for myself
 
I'm finally getting around to listening to full live shows and enjoying them. So much material but it's worth it to anyone wondering. All I have to add is I really hate any show with Donna doing anything else but being in the background, awful.
 
Anyone else catch Bobby sit in with Phish at the Nashville show this past summer? Brought the heat
 
Fucking love the dead. In California I went to Phil's bar and seen him play. Next night I saw a q and a with bobby and Jerry's daughter plus a great cover band played. AND a really hot chick bummed a smoke off me and started making out with me. Love the bat area.
 
totally live boots ftw

lightitup said:
Well, I suggest completely skipping the studio albums, but other may disagree.

If I were you, I would get Europe '72, and Skull and Roses to get a taste of their classics and such. Mars Hotel is a great one also, and Dead Set.
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agreed; find something that offers concert downloads. used to use a site called gdlive that had them and other jam bands. the albums are fine listening but hearing the live version is like hearing something new every time they play it.
 
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