Are there any dead-heads here? Does anyone have a song that they especially like? As everyone knows, The Dead were not a studio band, so I am particularly interested in people's favorite concert renditions of a particular song either in their memories or on bootleg tapes [For example, "Ripple" or "St.Steven" or "Dark Star" or "Sugar Magnolia", recorded in Head Trip Colluseum, San Francisco in '74] . I'm also interested in people's concert experiences. Did anyone see them perform in Europe in 1972?
Are there any of Jerry's kids here?
by Rapunzel 13 Replies latest jw friends
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Gregor
I don't think children with Muscular Dystrophy should be called "dead heads". It is a terrible illness and Jerry Lewis has raised millions to find a cure. You must be a very hard hearted person.
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darkuncle29
I think he's talking about Jerry Garcia (spelling???).
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dinah
Not really much of a dead head, but I did see them in 1995. Not that I remember the concert, except for when they did "Touch of Grey". I still love that song to this day. There were too many chemicals in my body that night to remember much. I do remember I woke up covered in cheese. Apparently, I passed out in Krystal Cheese Fries.
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JK666
There is nothing quite like when the Dead played Cumberland Blues live.
JK
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jaguarbass
I like Till the morning comes, which is a studio song. I dont know if they ever played it in concert.
Touch of grey and Hell in a bucket.
Terapin station.
I like the dead and have a lot of their songs and have read several books about them including Phil Leshes book.
Live
I fought the law.
morning dew.
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new light
I love the Dead. Jerry's guitar playing was sublime. His solo stuff like JGB is great also, but more for Jerry's playing than for song composition, as the stuff he wrote with Robert Hunter for G.D. was the most interesting IMO. My personal favorite G.D. songs would be Terrapin Station, Eyes of the World, Stella Blue, Dark Star...the list could get long as there are just so many incredible tunes. Ive always enjoyed reading about their early history..the Acid Tests, the heroic amounts of psychedelics, the free form jams. The things they were involved in were the beginning of a huge change in the way people think and, therefore, reality as we know it.
Wish I would have seen them while Jerry was alive.
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Rapunzel
Gregor - This is the second time that I have been called hard-hearted an/or lacking in compassion by people who are painfully inadequate in reading skills; and, what's more, I'm sick ot it. I am neither hard-hearted nor lacking in compassion. For more that fifteen years, I worked in Taiwan as a professor. I came to love my students as if they were my own children, and I gave my heart and soul to my job.
As another poster pointed out, I was referring to Jerry Garcia and his band, the Grateful Dead. In fact, everyone except you understood my allusions and to what I was referring. So I have to wonder: What's your problem? At your age, surely you must have heard of the Grateful Dead and the Haight-Ashbury scene in San Francisco. Did you ever hear the joke - "Who are the Grateful Dead, and why do they keep following me?" It's a joke - one which you would not understand, so I will not even try to explain to you.
Gregor, did you know that your name is an allusion also? It refers to Gregor Samsa who is the protagonist in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis." Did you know that? In any case, I was NOT referring to Jerry Lewis, nor was a making fun of the children for whom he has raised funds [by the way, before becoming a professor, I worked with mentally challenged and disabled children]. I don't know what your problem is, but I resent your accusation. You should really take a reading skills course.
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Rapunzel
Damn that Gregor really pissed me off! I thank everyone ELSE for their comments. I don't think that there will ever be another band like the Dead [oh by the way, Gregor, fans of the Grateful Dead band are called "dead-heads," and don't blame me because I did not coin the phrase.] The thing about the Dead is their phenomenal ability in improvosaton. They are virtuosos of improv. And they're so eclectic! There's something in their music for everyone. There's "Dark Star," "China Doll," and "Bird Song" for people into jazz. They also do a lot of blue grass and folk, since that's where their roots lie. And of course, there is rock and roll. My personal favorites are "Sugar Magnolia" [I love Cajun music!]; "Sugaree"; Tennessee Jed; Playing in The Band"; "Ripple"; Brokedown Palace; among others.
