r/grateful_dead

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Released previously on 30 Trips Around The Sun but now they're making available as a standalone. Love this super early pre-primal GD stuff

I’ve been teaching bass to an 11 year old for the past few months. The kid is awesome and loves the dead. He really wants to learn Scarlett Begonias but as many of us know Phil didn’t really play the same thing twice. So my general question is, Is there a particular version OG or cover that has more of a solidified bass line? I’ve given him the general feel but he wants something with more clarity of the general bass line idea. Any input is welcome and I’ve shown him various live dead versions already. Thanks and much love.

Chart performance of Jerry Garcia Reflections (1976) and Jerry Garcia Band Cats Under the Stars (1978)

Jerry said regularly over the years that he was disappointed with Cats Under the Stars' performance, and that it took his heart out of recording for a while. I think of the white space under the Reflections series "The Blob of Jerry's Disappointment". Disappointment is always the difference between expectations and outcomes. We can see Cats' underperformance here, even against Reflections, which didn't do all that well, either.

I’ve recently just started to dive into the band and how do yall guys know so much about live shows? Any help for what to learn would be appreciated!

Okay we’re gonna be doing some thoughts about lyrics if thats not your thing, skoot!

This is not my favorite Dead song if fact I usually skip it but….. the lyrics fascinate me endlessly.

The very start of it red and white. Nobody says that when referring the United States of America. We always say red,white and blue. This is the first clue that we are not going to be talking about the USA. Red and white for the astute reader is a counter culture allusion (imo) to the ever present boogeymen of the Grateful Dead during this period the Hell’s Angels. That is actually a moniker used to refer to this group subtly. The presence of the Hell’s Angels was not appreciated by everyone in the wider Grateful Dead family. That is what we’re going to looking at in this song, the inner circle.

Gimme five, I’m still alive. An allusion to the remaining original members of GD Jerry, Bobby, Phil, Billy and Mickey. Ain’t no luck learn to duck and back to back chicken shack. The Grateful Dead had just barely recovered from financial disaster with the Lenny Hart fiasco. Now during the period when US blues was written they were spending like drunken sailors (ship of fools) to build the wall of sound. Hunter is saying you know this isn’t going to end well fellas you’ll be back to the chicken shack shortly.

Im Uncle Sam that’s who I am. This is one of those double references at first glance it appears to be the army recruitment character, but I think it’s referring to Sam Cutler the Grateful Dead’s road manager at the time. I don’t think Hunter thought very highly of him shake the hand that shook the hand of PT Barnum and Charlie Chan. PT Barnum was the original ringmaster for circuses he coined the phrase “there’s a sucker born every minute” he was a conman and grifter and the first to exploit people with rare medical conditions at freak shows. Charlie Chan is an interesting reference he was a Chinese character who was a detective in Hawaii always played by a white person. There are themes of cultural appropriation, pretending to be something your not and all sorts of other unpleasantness with this reference.

Drink your health, the Grateful Dead definitely drank Garcia’s health. Share your wealth most frontmen get the lions share of the proceeds, Jerry believed in sharing with the rest of the group. Run your life, it was an all encompassing sort of affair being a part of the GD, hell even being a tourhead required tremendous commitment. Steal your wife, shots over the bow at Bobby possibly not sure if the dates line up.

In the end the United States is the united state of consciousness that people who take psychedelics together experience. It ain’t all sunshine and roses and I think this is perhaps Hunter’s most cynical take albeit in a veiled, sardonic sort of way. What do you think?

He basically dedicated his life to mind and reality expansion via lsd, I bet he could make some pretty good shit if he wanted to

Who was your favorite on keys and what are some of your favorite piano solos over the years?

Keith is probably my favorite.. Does it get any sweeter than the grand piano on a '73 Sugar Mag...bliss. I've also got a sweet spot for Bruce's run as well.

It’s wild to think that exactly 62 years ago today, they were essentially a bar band playing mid-sixties rock and roll and R&B covers.

​The Scene at Magoo's

​Located at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue, it was a popular hangout for the local college crowd and teenagers.

​ It wasn't long after these Magoo's residency shows that they encountered Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, eventually changing their name to the Grateful Dead, by the end of 1965.

​While Magoo's is no longer a pizza parlor (it has been several different businesses over the decades), a plaque was placed at the site to commemorate it as the birthplace of one of the most influential bands in history.

Hey now, fellow NYC-area heads! Can anyone who has been to Dead in the Park before let me know if it’s cool to bring in a nalgene-like bottle and/or a poster tube?

Preciate ya. And if you see me in a Greatful Dead/vineyard vines long sleeve tshirt feel free to say high! (~}:-}