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Great way to end the work day. Thanks!

#1 Pajak (Link) on 2011-02-10 17:11 (Reply)

I was once walking in Boston around North Station, when I saw a crowd of people wearing colorful Guatemalan jackets. I couldn't figure out where these people had come from. I later read that there was a Grateful Dead concert in town. Aha, I thought to myself

#2 Gringo on 2011-02-10 17:27 (Reply)

An unexpectedly pleasant surprise! Now, check out Ben Sidran's, "Dylan Different" album and THAT version of "Maggie's Farm" (as well as other Dylan songs)!

#3 Chilibuck on 2011-02-10 20:18 (Reply)

Damn I miss Jerry!

#4 Kevin on 2011-02-10 21:01 (Reply)

I have no regrets at having been a Deadhead. The boys, and the occasional girl, always made me smile with their rhythmic licks. In an out.

#5 XRay on 2011-02-10 21:08 (Reply)

Dang that was outstanding. Who was the first keyboard player? The second one I think was Brett Mydland.

#6 bill on 2011-02-10 21:54 (Reply)

first keyboard player was Bruce Hornsby. He toured with the boys for a brief period after Mydland died.
The other was Vince Wellnick and he wound up being their last keyboard player before the band met their untimely end with the death of Garcia.

They were a truly iconic American band. They covered so many of the great American masters; Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, Dylan, as well as so much music from the national archives.

They were versatile, fun, all accomplished musicians, and greatly under-rated. If you never got to see them live you missed something wonderful.

#7 Kevin on 2011-02-10 22:37 (Reply)

The only 2 times I saw them live, I was a bit deranged. Have always loved the music though from "Workingman's Dead and "American Beauty" to lots of compilations.

#7.1 bill on 2011-02-11 01:03 (Reply)

Probably the greatest jam band ever.

#8 Tom Francis on 2011-02-11 07:00 (Reply)

For all who love the G.D. and Dylan there are 2 albums available that would surely bring joy;
Dylan & The Dead, a series of recordings from the mid-80's tour together. and
Postcards of The Hanging is an album of all Dylan tunes done by the Dead.

Also GratefulDead.net is a great 24 hours, continuous run of Dead music.

#9 Kevin on 2011-02-11 08:21 (Reply)

I didn't get my login name from nowhere!

Saw dozens of shows between 9/3/80 Springfield MA and 6/22/95 Albany, NY. I was probably walking the Boston streets that day Gringo. Saw most of the Boston Garden shows in 1991, '93 and at least one in '94.

I'm currently amazed each time I see a wonderful new Americana band from Brooklyn called Yarn. They have a fellow name Andrew Hendryx who plays acoustic and electric mandolin and he absolutely soars among the many great songs they write. He reminds me of a cross between Garcia and Metheney.

yarnmusic.net

#10 Dose Amigo (Link) on 2011-02-11 09:29 (Reply)

DA,

The GD are great! Thanks for the link to Yarnmusic.net. I hadn't heard of these lads before. I like what I hear. It also led me to another new group (The Infamous Stringdusters). It was a good visit allround.

Thanks.

#10.1 Garry on 2011-02-11 11:40 (Reply)

Me never since first hearing these dead folks in N. Calif., in 1967 found all that much to like.

However, am not surprised so many of yall yanks idolize these gangsters.

#11 Leag on 2011-02-11 11:16 (Reply)

That's great Garry, I also own and run Yarn's message board at 5guitars.org so if the Yarn bug grabs ya, stop on by. I'm also a taper and the band is very supportive of recording.

You may stream from any of the shows we have posted at archive.org. Here's a sweet one I taped last month:

http://www.archive.org/details/Yarn2011-01-15

Now c'mon Leag, gangsters? ;) Jerry was the MAN as evidenced by the poor state of affairs the leftovers have been stuck in the past 16 years.

#12 Dose Amigo (Link) on 2011-02-11 11:52 (Reply)

"...as evidenced by the poor state of affairs the leftovers have been stuck in the past 16 years"

True. Had Jerry survived the band never would have played a fundraiser for Obama. Never.

'Gangsters' does seem a bit harsh. Outlaws, definitely. But then we all know that to live outside the law you must be honest.

#12.1 Pajak (Link) on 2011-02-11 11:57 (Reply)

DA,

Thanks for the invite. I will stop by this weekend. BTW I don't think Leag's tuned in 440!! ;))

#12.2 Garry on 2011-02-11 13:29 (Reply)

Wink & nod, backatcha, Dose Amigo but meself never cared much for gangsters, less or great.

Me thinks, moniker fits well, however.

#13 Leag on 2011-02-11 12:06 (Reply)

True Pajak....Jerry had no time and little patience for Politics.

#14 Dose Amigo (Link) on 2011-02-11 12:09 (Reply)

In what manner did they fit that moniker Leag? Just curious as to why.

#15 Dose Amigo (Link) on 2011-02-11 12:11 (Reply)

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gangster

Noun, #2.

Destiny use ask me why when she was three.

I told her to look in her mothers purse.

#15.1 Leag on 2011-02-11 12:46 (Reply)

One of me favorites from gangster Garcia, "cops are the problem".

No gangsters, are.

#15.2 Leag on 2011-02-11 14:01 (Reply)

Ha ha,

Well I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. As the heading of this blog denotes, we ain't control freaks around here so you're free to denegrate the man. I'll savor the 15 years of amazement that he provided me.

Here's a Jerry quote that speaks louder for me than a one-off dis on cops:

“You need music, I dont know why.It's probably one of those Joseph Campbell questions, why we need ritual. We need magic and bliss, and power and myth, and celebration and religion in our lives and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it.”

#16 Dose Amigo (Link) on 2011-02-11 14:46 (Reply)

Dose Amigos....Wink... http://www.archive.org/post/210582/relationship-b-w-hells-angels-and-dead

Maybe, do yall think.

Gangsters is gangsters.

#17 Leag on 2011-02-11 15:22 (Reply)

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