All I know is Jerry and the Dead could back any great singer that lived and were happy to do it and now he and Etta are probably up there with Stevie, Jim, John and all the others just singing and having a good ol' time, laughing at all of our obstinence!
I was just talking to Grateful Dead personel about this show with Etta on Facebook. May be the number one Musical High for the Dead as well as Dead Heads.
Way above playing with Dylan.
Grateful Dead turned many people onto our American heritage musical roots then any other main stream artist. From Robert Johnson & Rev. Gary Davis to Hank Williams & Merle Haggard, etc. Artist, I know myself & 80% other Dead Heads would never had come accross otherwise! Ledgends Everyone!
Hard to believe it, but I was there, I actually got to shake Bill Grahams hand that night. I believe John Cipollina was around that night as well. RIP Etta, John, Jerry, Brett, Bill, and everybody else who has not made it this far.
Oakland...I have a friend who says "that Etta show wasnt New Years Eve.. it was 12-30-82, the night before New Years. I remember because I went to every show of that run at the Oakland Auditorium EXCEPT New Years Eve. (Couldnt get tickets) On NYE I listened to the show outside the venue - Bill Graham had set up loadspeakers outside. The band had an off night anyway. The night before was the one with Etta doing this song." but i don't know, i wasn't there myself
It's no secret Miss James had a love affair with the H, what soul singer from the 70's didn't? Nobody will ever come close to doing what she did! So grateful I was able to see her live!
I introduced Etta James at UC Santa Cruz where she was inebriated or who knows...it was strange and surreal and sad...but fascinating that she released her last album while in the throws of a dementia diagnosis. Surely want to hear that - RIP Etta...
@lukeshiva I was there, agree she was under the influence of something. Did you see John Lee Hooker play there a few years earlier? Great performance!
Oh MY GOD I can't believe this footage exists! This was my first GD show and I am so thrilled to know a professional video was shot that night. Anybody got tips on how I can find the whole thing? That was a pivotal night in my life.
@gbmar The best I've been able to find are the sound board recordings. Try searching google for grateful dead 1982 12 31 torrent, you might be able to turn up a video. I'm happy with the sound boards.
I think it was Jerry that said when Pig was on, the GD were just a backup band. Love 3:00 or so when Etta looks at Jerry and he is so humble he doesn't look her in the eye...he was so genuine and charming. If your watching this because of Etta, look for an early GD Hard to Handle and enjoy
This tells you how great Etta James (and the TOP horns) were---that they could take a distinctly un-funky outfit like the Dead and turn them into a funk machine, for one number at least . . .
@heroclassworker I know enough to know that the Dead were many things (good things, from 1966-69), but "funky" wasn't exactly one of them after Pigpen died . . .
Hmm. I just don't enjoy the post-Pigpen versions of these tunes. The '76-'78 Good Lovin' performances were pretty good, but after that it sounded like the Greatful Dead were doing cover band versions of their own songs. Bobby just wasn't funky enough. If anything, Jerry should have sung the old Pig tunes. He did a lot of duets with Pig that were amazing (Hog For You especially). They should have left Hard to Handle on the shelf this night...
@folkhippy dude they were just having fun and pulling songs off the shelf that Etta knew and could rock out on...I think you are taking this a bit too seriously, just IMO
Great performance...maybe they're much improvising, no great rehearsals. Dead aren't about timing, are about feeling, and so Etta. Every fine musician should know the feelin' comes first, even if some errors occurs.
just watching jerry play at about 3:00 brings tears to my eyes.. and you idiots are arguing about what again? bliss out in the music man.. you're missing it.. aint no time to hate..
Apparently, as the story goes...backstage Bobby Weir was fawning all over Etta James, bowing down to her and professing his love and admiration....and Etta kept saying, "somebody please get this white boy away from me!"
@MrGrevy Etta made an ass out of herself onstage you say? Obviously you are completely tone-deaf. She was 100% brilliant onstage and you have a tin ear and no sense of humor. The rest of the band found it hilarious that she said that. I would have too, even if it was directed at me. Grow up acquire some taste.
@vaperjeff That's just a laughable statement. She wasn't in pitch and her timing was horrendous. You are so far behind you actually think you're in front. Very amusing and sad. Let me guess, you're a race obsessed idiot who thinks Etta can do no wrong. Tin ear indeed. Good lord what a disgrace.
@MrGrevy A) Her pitch was fine and her timing was perfect. I've been a musician for 35 years and I graduated from one of the most respected jazz conservatories in the world. You don't know what you're talking about.
B) Race obsessed? How am I race obsessed? I related an anecdote. I'm not concerned with race AT ALL. I think YOU'RE the one that is race obsessed because OBVIOUSLY that's what set you off on your little tantrum. (btw I'm WHITE, dimwit)
@MrGrevy Of course this comment is coming from a moron who's profile picture is of his shirtless torso....the international symbol for "internet douchebag"
@MrGrevy It was well deserved, you race obsessed freak. Yes, grow up. And put your goddamned shirt on for god's sake, you're making an ass out of yourself.
The Dead, at this new Years Eve concert (the signature, at the Oakland Collesium), sent a copter to pluck Etta fr. North beach to sing with them. Blessed boys!
We were backstage for this show usually i do not dig it because there are way to many people on new years eve back there but it was kool this nite and yes etta james got dosed and it turned out to be a great show. I was foolish enough to get a drink from the bar and about 15 minutes later it was fairly obvious there was a whole lotta liquid going on. I miss those days
@modcraft13 Bro, backstage this night was so off the hook you could count the people that didn"t drink a huge puddle on one hand.That was then and to have that much fun at just about each and every nite those was the days and boy do i miss "em
One of those hybrid arrangements that didn't allow anybody to shine. I love Etta James, & of course Otis wrote this baby, but Piggy & his "backup" band simply owned this baby.
First YT video I've seen were was actually there. Not to be too egotistical but, unlike others on achrive.org I only review shows I attended thus; I know the facts. In this case, was also lucky due to working to get in free to have seen them rehearse w/ Horns (no E), but it was funny 'cause Garcia at first didn't want to bother thinking the tunes were too easy. Yes they are, but they hadn't done them since '71 yet he got up them eventually. They also did this the night before! Augy San Diego
The ultimate jam band more than holds their own with Etta James! I was stunned by how effortlessly Jerry improvised solo after solo in tandem with Etta's freewheeling delivery - and she was obviously impressed and enjoying it thoroughly!
The TOP horns, funkiest tightest horn section on the planet. Etta, well she's Miss Etta.. I don't mean to insult Dead fans, the dead are a great band, the best in their genre,but listen to the groove when the horns aren't playing. The grove totally collapses. It sounds like they're trying to catch up to the song. The dead are great musicians, but funk is not their strong suit.
@bobrich1QEDJ5 are u kidding? type in "Grateful Dead Hard to Handle" in the search and click on first video. Back when Pigpen was in the band they played it all the time, and tore the roof off every time they did. I suppose by 82 they didnt play it as much so were somewhat rusty, but id consider this genre to be right up their alley.
Sorry, I was at this show and I kept waiting for something real good to happen with Etta and I just thought it was boring. Maybe I am alone in this critique but I really see nothng great about this performance at all.
holy moly.. this is some dope rhytm and soling and singing in this. for real I love the sound on this and this sounds great.. I'd love to trade vids... hit me up..
Heard this many times but never having seen it before makes me appreciate how awesome Etta James is. I always loved the Pigpen versions but watching this gives a whole new perspective.
Can't believe I'd never heard Hard to Handle til Black Crowes did it in 90's!! And I'm certainly OLD enough! What CAN'T Etta sing? She's got the monopoly on rock, jazz, blues, etc, etc!!!
Yea, ya gotta love Jerry and Etta, but for my money nothing beats Jerry (and the boys) and Pigpen's rendition of this song from the Fillmore East 4/71...check it out on the 4 CD release "Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grateful Dead"! Pigpen's rap is killer and the back-and-forth between Phil and Jerry that leads to an "x-factor intense" crescendo, capped by Pig bringing it all home (BaaaaaY-Beee, Here I am...) with the final chorus. The ultimate example of the Dead w/Pigpen blues/rock jammin'!
agree, I believe it is 4-28-71, my favorite hard to handle, and you are right on with your description of that !!!!!!! Have a tape of it, and there is a guy just yelling, wooohooo the whole time during the jam, and it justs puts you right into the fillmore!!
Actually for those that have jokes, Etta was very clean durning this period having come out of rehab earlier in that year for the last time. Being clean of one of the most addictive drugs Herion is very much an accomplishment. Read her Book Rage To Survive,
uh...ya think... at a GD New Year's show? Got that right and so was i and everyone else there...nothin betta than Miss Etta! Here's your queen of r&b baby!
In that same show, Etta says, "I wanna tell you one thing... The Grateful Dead is the baddest American blues band in the world. Been doing it for for years." One of those awesome Dead Moments.
Etta is playing here, Las Vegas, at the Hilton Feb 20-21. We saw her last year at the Orleans, Hadn't seen her since New Years Eve 1982 with the Dead and only getter better.
"Backstage overheard quote during Big River intro (or it may have been el paso jerry guitar intro with etta backstage anyway verbatim quote overheard by my friend standing next to ETTA she goes "DAMN - now that Muthafucka can PLAY!!" what higher praise is there?! ;-) especially coming from etta j
Yo I got some good news for you. Etta James lives several miles away from me in Riverside California and she is alive and well!!! That's straight fact and I tell you no lies.
All I know is Jerry and the Dead could back any great singer that lived and were happy to do it and now he and Etta are probably up there with Stevie, Jim, John and all the others just singing and having a good ol' time, laughing at all of our obstinence!
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I was just talking to Grateful Dead personel about this show with Etta on Facebook. May be the number one Musical High for the Dead as well as Dead Heads.
Way above playing with Dylan.
Grateful Dead turned many people onto our American heritage musical roots then any other main stream artist. From Robert Johnson & Rev. Gary Davis to Hank Williams & Merle Haggard, etc. Artist, I know myself & 80% other Dead Heads would never had come accross otherwise! Ledgends Everyone!
RadioCannedMusic 1 week ago
Hard to believe it, but I was there, I actually got to shake Bill Grahams hand that night. I believe John Cipollina was around that night as well. RIP Etta, John, Jerry, Brett, Bill, and everybody else who has not made it this far.
44elisdad 1 week ago
The fat lady has sung. Now it's over :)
bobmuse40 1 week ago
Oakland...I have a friend who says "that Etta show wasnt New Years Eve.. it was 12-30-82, the night before New Years. I remember because I went to every show of that run at the Oakland Auditorium EXCEPT New Years Eve. (Couldnt get tickets) On NYE I listened to the show outside the venue - Bill Graham had set up loadspeakers outside. The band had an off night anyway. The night before was the one with Etta doing this song." but i don't know, i wasn't there myself
EaglesNester 1 week ago
It's no secret Miss James had a love affair with the H, what soul singer from the 70's didn't? Nobody will ever come close to doing what she did! So grateful I was able to see her live!
joyelizabeths 1 week ago
WHERE WAS THIS NEW YEARS EVE PERFORMANCE VENUE?
TOTALLY PRICELESS & AWESOME!
SPUNKY3333 1 week ago
I introduced Etta James at UC Santa Cruz where she was inebriated or who knows...it was strange and surreal and sad...but fascinating that she released her last album while in the throws of a dementia diagnosis. Surely want to hear that - RIP Etta...
lukeshiva 1 week ago
@lukeshiva I was there, agree she was under the influence of something. Did you see John Lee Hooker play there a few years earlier? Great performance!
MrJmpphd 1 week ago
RIP Etta! One of the most memorable evenings of my life!
tunnelboy777 1 week ago
Hi Jerry!
jenniferjuniper97 1 week ago
Baddest Blues Band Ever!!!!!Love you Girl!!!!GN
123Builttolast 1 week ago
It's hard to believe this was 30yrs. ago...just the other day!
stepdvs 1 week ago
@stepdvs 29 years ago... 30 at the of this year
jr31105 1 week ago
@jr31105 end of this year*
jr31105 1 week ago
Oh MY GOD I can't believe this footage exists! This was my first GD show and I am so thrilled to know a professional video was shot that night. Anybody got tips on how I can find the whole thing? That was a pivotal night in my life.
R.I.P. Etta!
gbmar 1 week ago
@gbmar The best I've been able to find are the sound board recordings. Try searching google for grateful dead 1982 12 31 torrent, you might be able to turn up a video. I'm happy with the sound boards.
alfreditchkock 1 week ago
This is her best night & it was a great night. She's definitely in the upper echelon of singers.
mfldvp 1 week ago
I think it was Jerry that said when Pig was on, the GD were just a backup band. Love 3:00 or so when Etta looks at Jerry and he is so humble he doesn't look her in the eye...he was so genuine and charming. If your watching this because of Etta, look for an early GD Hard to Handle and enjoy
justinbutts 1 week ago
This tells you how great Etta James (and the TOP horns) were---that they could take a distinctly un-funky outfit like the Dead and turn them into a funk machine, for one number at least . . .
EasyAce 1 week ago
@EasyAce This tells you how much you know about the Dead.
heroclassworker 1 week ago
@heroclassworker I know enough to know that the Dead were many things (good things, from 1966-69), but "funky" wasn't exactly one of them after Pigpen died . . .
EasyAce 1 week ago
@EasyAce oops - meant to say (1966-71)
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NicFitNation 1 week ago
RIP ETTA
venjance123 1 week ago
3 people don't have souls
anonchan317 1 week ago
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llachow 1 week ago
@NicFitNation that's harsh!
Django5198 1 week ago
RIP you Great Blue Soul! Thank you! Thank you!
qbea5 1 week ago
RIP Etta, you will be dearly missed...thanks for all that Soul!
peteauster 1 week ago
RIP Etta. Lappy from WPLR in New Haven sent me here.
michellesupport89 1 week ago
R.I.P. Your influence will live on!
SteelRock73 1 week ago
Gone but not forgotten...R.I.P. Etta - goin' up to the great gig in the sky!
PinkPudding1 1 week ago
The Great Etta James She has Left the building!
RIP Baby We LOVE you!
lonewolffullmoon 1 week ago 13
We love you, Etta!
mtpell 1 week ago
rip etta
Chenangobango607 1 week ago
RIP Etta, you will be missed.
abitaamber1 1 week ago
RIP Etta
HumboldtHead 1 week ago
Seems as though Bobby was Etta's choice for "pretty little thing".
TucumcariTimmy 1 week ago
RIP Etta james...!
NoeticProductions 1 week ago
"Who the hell dislikes?" The <1%, obviously.
Lea99Jones 1 week ago
Hmm. I just don't enjoy the post-Pigpen versions of these tunes. The '76-'78 Good Lovin' performances were pretty good, but after that it sounded like the Greatful Dead were doing cover band versions of their own songs. Bobby just wasn't funky enough. If anything, Jerry should have sung the old Pig tunes. He did a lot of duets with Pig that were amazing (Hog For You especially). They should have left Hard to Handle on the shelf this night...
folkhippy 2 weeks ago
@folkhippy dude they were just having fun and pulling songs off the shelf that Etta knew and could rock out on...I think you are taking this a bit too seriously, just IMO
TheMrCompletely 1 week ago
Great performance...maybe they're much improvising, no great rehearsals. Dead aren't about timing, are about feeling, and so Etta. Every fine musician should know the feelin' comes first, even if some errors occurs.
impronta 2 weeks ago
just watching jerry play at about 3:00 brings tears to my eyes.. and you idiots are arguing about what again? bliss out in the music man.. you're missing it.. aint no time to hate..
ascheylus 3 weeks ago
@vaperjeff is right.
seagullking 3 weeks ago
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seagullking 3 weeks ago
I really dislike the wars that go-on YouTube...fukin grow up people???!!!
phishhed44 4 weeks ago
I am a huge dead head - But she was fucked up as a black man's back yard
Cabinator 4 weeks ago
My First New Years Show, Uncle Bo Bo rode in on a Giant Mushroom !
JurassicBlueberries 4 weeks ago
The Dead are jacked because she sings better than Pigpen...
Ingr9821 4 weeks ago
this isn't NYE, rather 12-30-1982 per deadlists
on NYE she sat in for the entire 3rd set.
bicyclereporter 4 weeks ago
Righteous! Good Thoughts, Vibes and prayers to Etta and her battle with leukemia!
spdrcr039 4 weeks ago
so sweet!!! i can see Etta taken a toke but dose? nah.. I'd have to see it to believe that one..
3thingsuneed 4 weeks ago
etta do not leave us!!
vivascargill1 1 month ago
Apparently, as the story goes...backstage Bobby Weir was fawning all over Etta James, bowing down to her and professing his love and admiration....and Etta kept saying, "somebody please get this white boy away from me!"
vaperjeff 1 month ago
@vaperjeff Then she proceeded to make an ass of herself on stage. "White boy" indeed.
MrGrevy 4 weeks ago
@MrGrevy Etta made an ass out of herself onstage you say? Obviously you are completely tone-deaf. She was 100% brilliant onstage and you have a tin ear and no sense of humor. The rest of the band found it hilarious that she said that. I would have too, even if it was directed at me. Grow up acquire some taste.
vaperjeff 4 weeks ago
@vaperjeff That's just a laughable statement. She wasn't in pitch and her timing was horrendous. You are so far behind you actually think you're in front. Very amusing and sad. Let me guess, you're a race obsessed idiot who thinks Etta can do no wrong. Tin ear indeed. Good lord what a disgrace.
MrGrevy 4 weeks ago
@MrGrevy A) Her pitch was fine and her timing was perfect. I've been a musician for 35 years and I graduated from one of the most respected jazz conservatories in the world. You don't know what you're talking about.
B) Race obsessed? How am I race obsessed? I related an anecdote. I'm not concerned with race AT ALL. I think YOU'RE the one that is race obsessed because OBVIOUSLY that's what set you off on your little tantrum. (btw I'm WHITE, dimwit)
vaperjeff 4 weeks ago
@MrGrevy Of course this comment is coming from a moron who's profile picture is of his shirtless torso....the international symbol for "internet douchebag"
vaperjeff 4 weeks ago
@vaperjeff Personal attack? Nice. And you tell me to grow up. Sad.
MrGrevy 4 weeks ago
@MrGrevy It was well deserved, you race obsessed freak. Yes, grow up. And put your goddamned shirt on for god's sake, you're making an ass out of yourself.
vaperjeff 4 weeks ago
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ystme 1 month ago
True musicians--thanks for posting
TheDoxster 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
this video was A) hilarious B) depressing. girlfriend called it an anti-drug ad. this stinks LOL. love the dead and etta but this blows.
stevebeat 3 months ago
@stevebeat Wait...how is this an anti-drug ad???? This is awesome. I don't know what you or your girl are talking about.
vaperjeff 1 month ago
The Dead, at this new Years Eve concert (the signature, at the Oakland Collesium), sent a copter to pluck Etta fr. North beach to sing with them. Blessed boys!
grandmotherbeastie 4 months ago
The most perfect voice in all genres. Thank you and I love you, Etta!
thnks4thecrml 5 months ago
Tanked or not. Etta takes the stage!
thnks4thecrml 5 months ago
This is fabulous !!
VailValleyMusic 7 months ago
YEAH !!! 1983 YEAH!!! GRATEFUL DEAD YEAH !!!
chuckieluv 7 months ago
Etta Say Relax (Yo)
jockamofeena 7 months ago
The craziest Dead video I ever saw on you tube! Etta James, the Dead and Tower of Power! uh huh uh huh baby
thegunnydog 8 months ago 2
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CutaiVelmaaa298 8 months ago
who the hell dislikes this?
MegaCamper1 8 months ago 17
N!!CE
kinstube 9 months ago
Were's the rest of this show ?
kocean1 9 months ago
We were backstage for this show usually i do not dig it because there are way to many people on new years eve back there but it was kool this nite and yes etta james got dosed and it turned out to be a great show. I was foolish enough to get a drink from the bar and about 15 minutes later it was fairly obvious there was a whole lotta liquid going on. I miss those days
coyote023 9 months ago 23
@coyote023 she looks it too! hahaha
mariearmone 1 month ago
@coyote023 are you saying then that Etta is tripping her face off during this clip?
modcraft13 1 week ago 3
@modcraft13 Bro, backstage this night was so off the hook you could count the people that didn"t drink a huge puddle on one hand.That was then and to have that much fun at just about each and every nite those was the days and boy do i miss "em
coyote023 1 week ago
One of those hybrid arrangements that didn't allow anybody to shine. I love Etta James, & of course Otis wrote this baby, but Piggy & his "backup" band simply owned this baby.
skywoof7 10 months ago
wow amazing she is all woman and her eyes were HUGE!!!.
migrantbrainpick 11 months ago
Etta be lookin' at Bobby.
lunadagirl 1 year ago
@lunadagirl Bobby be lookinat Etta.
ashbyguy 11 months ago
@lunadagirl Bobby be lookin' at Etta.
ashbyguy 11 months ago
Do not diss Etta!
hugginsjack 1 year ago 3
She want's Bobby really bad. Jungle love baby. she want[s hin sooo bad
grandbbq 1 year ago
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I was at this whole run. Ghost of Pig was there this night and the 30th, when she came out for the encore.....
mtrmetals 1 year ago
I was at this whole run. Ghost of Pig was there this night and the 30th, when she came out for the encore.....
mtrmetals 1 year ago
I have read about this show for years, but haven't ever seen it. Thank you!
MrBuzky2 1 year ago
12 28 82... new years comes early
uher240 1 year ago
HOLY SHIT!!! Why have I not heard this before?!
frog442 1 year ago
@frog442
i know ! lol....unreal....esp. considering it's a new years show....still crazy stuff i haven't heard of...
buffaloborn71 1 year ago
Anyone have "Tell Mama" from this same show? That would be a nice upload!
BronxBingo 1 year ago
one of my 1st bootlegs. raise a glass to the old maxell XLII cassette tapes!
chuckieluv 1 year ago
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skahT 1 year ago
and Tower of Power!!!
skahT 1 year ago
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skahT 1 year ago
First YT video I've seen were was actually there. Not to be too egotistical but, unlike others on achrive.org I only review shows I attended thus; I know the facts. In this case, was also lucky due to working to get in free to have seen them rehearse w/ Horns (no E), but it was funny 'cause Garcia at first didn't want to bother thinking the tunes were too easy. Yes they are, but they hadn't done them since '71 yet he got up them eventually. They also did this the night before! Augy San Diego
yguaray 1 year ago
Not the same without Pig Pen. It's good with Etta but not great.
Flipper79able 1 year ago
FUCK YEAH TOP!!!!!!!!
joeman342 1 year ago
gorgeous!!
smacygra 1 year ago
The ultimate jam band more than holds their own with Etta James! I was stunned by how effortlessly Jerry improvised solo after solo in tandem with Etta's freewheeling delivery - and she was obviously impressed and enjoying it thoroughly!
1953jazzman 1 year ago
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Jerry is loving every minute of this.
funkybass13 1 year ago
watch the whole show on the internet archive
Search on
grateful dead 1982-12-30
and
grateful dead 1982-12-31
JavaScriptMachine 1 year ago
I love the way you can't understand 1/2 the words. Check out the whole show on the internet archive:
search for
grateful dead 1982-12-31 and
grateful dead 1982-12-30
JavaScriptMachine 1 year ago
Wow. That lady just tears it up, man.
coach777777 1 year ago
When I watch this I'm reminded of how great Pigpen was.
ashleygreenman 1 year ago 4
@ashleygreenman
He sure was.
great vid :)
jojojigaboo 1 year ago 2
I was at this show and I'm thrilled to see this clip. Wow- what memories.
crystal5011 1 year ago 2
like every thing the dead done..shouldnt work but does
jaydee123xyz 1 year ago
prefer pigpen signing it
begonias67 1 year ago
first nye,great time
MrLeavs 1 year ago
UngratefulLiving420, Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.
bobrich1QEDJ5 1 year ago
The TOP horns, funkiest tightest horn section on the planet. Etta, well she's Miss Etta.. I don't mean to insult Dead fans, the dead are a great band, the best in their genre,but listen to the groove when the horns aren't playing. The grove totally collapses. It sounds like they're trying to catch up to the song. The dead are great musicians, but funk is not their strong suit.
bobrich1QEDJ5 1 year ago
@bobrich1QEDJ5 are u kidding? type in "Grateful Dead Hard to Handle" in the search and click on first video. Back when Pigpen was in the band they played it all the time, and tore the roof off every time they did. I suppose by 82 they didnt play it as much so were somewhat rusty, but id consider this genre to be right up their alley.
UngratefulLiving420 1 year ago
@bobrich1QEDJ5
well i think you should check out Shakedown Street, Dancing in the Streets , and The
Music Never Stopped by The Grateful Dead especially 77-82 and you might change your opinion.
mardebcin 1 year ago
@bobrich1QEDJ5 HOGWASH.
vaperjeff 1 month ago
Go Etta!!!
MsBrenRO 1 year ago
fantastic..........
1019drummer 1 year ago
check out 3:36...
nhoj2346 1 year ago
etta singing to Bob, "pretty little thing", then jerry, "fine little thing"- jerry smiles...all very cool ...
nhoj2346 1 year ago
@nhoj2346 i loved that too. ;)
prettypinkjellybean 1 year ago
singing to Jerry @3:36, jerry smiling....all cool!
nhoj2346 1 year ago
Sorry, I was at this show and I kept waiting for something real good to happen with Etta and I just thought it was boring. Maybe I am alone in this critique but I really see nothng great about this performance at all.
californiaportugee 1 year ago
@californiaportugee You're crazy
vaperjeff 1 month ago
Etta James can really belt out a tune.
56BUICKRiviera 1 year ago
love the boys with horns. I have this audio but never saw the footage , thx!
BogratShoestring 2 years ago
Smiles!!!
spagNsc 2 years ago
Smiles indeed :D
elocrian 1 year ago
Hey, thanks! These were GREAT shows do you have Baby what you want me to do from this one??
fishinfool123 2 years ago
etta bad
troutvt 2 years ago
holy moly.. this is some dope rhytm and soling and singing in this. for real I love the sound on this and this sounds great.. I'd love to trade vids... hit me up..
panaeleous 2 years ago
Weir showing off his inner black woman at 1:25 ish
Cuse15420 2 years ago
Heard this many times but never having seen it before makes me appreciate how awesome Etta James is. I always loved the Pigpen versions but watching this gives a whole new perspective.
casable 2 years ago
Can't believe I'd never heard Hard to Handle til Black Crowes did it in 90's!! And I'm certainly OLD enough! What CAN'T Etta sing? She's got the monopoly on rock, jazz, blues, etc, etc!!!
zenbrenzz 2 years ago
@zenbrenzz That really is sad that you heard it first by the black crows...my sympathy.
ccdeweese 10 months ago
I love it when the Dead bust out tha Funk !
ManyGodz 2 years ago 19
I love the way these guys just move the beat around.
darazn1 2 years ago 2
tower -a- power
sivaddivad 2 years ago
It don't get any better than Jerry and Etta!
gratefuluser 2 years ago
Yea, ya gotta love Jerry and Etta, but for my money nothing beats Jerry (and the boys) and Pigpen's rendition of this song from the Fillmore East 4/71...check it out on the 4 CD release "Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grateful Dead"! Pigpen's rap is killer and the back-and-forth between Phil and Jerry that leads to an "x-factor intense" crescendo, capped by Pig bringing it all home (BaaaaaY-Beee, Here I am...) with the final chorus. The ultimate example of the Dead w/Pigpen blues/rock jammin'!
TallBrianFromNapa 2 years ago
Actually tall Brian 4/71 at the fillmore was one of my first Dead shows, INCREDIBLE
gratefuluser 2 years ago
agree, I believe it is 4-28-71, my favorite hard to handle, and you are right on with your description of that !!!!!!! Have a tape of it, and there is a guy just yelling, wooohooo the whole time during the jam, and it justs puts you right into the fillmore!!
jjshooter420 2 years ago
I saw pig pen sing "Turn on your love light for hour and forty five minutes--but nothing beats Etta!
vivascargill 2 years ago
I like the double drum set-up.
Kripesake 2 years ago
What is herion anyway?
sturryslim 2 years ago
the best thing ever
PCPrabbit 2 years ago
Iprophetl you're disgusting Etta James Rocks Iwould also like to thank setboy1 for sticking it to him
coolsweetgroovy 2 years ago
thank you, Donyel... I love it!!! Etta trippin' with the Grateful Dead.. yeah!!!
happyexpectations 2 years ago
Actually for those that have jokes, Etta was very clean durning this period having come out of rehab earlier in that year for the last time. Being clean of one of the most addictive drugs Herion is very much an accomplishment. Read her Book Rage To Survive,
solaidback21 2 years ago
I think they dosed Etta. And I think Etta could handle it!! :)
GreatMooglyGoogly 2 years ago
No thanks. You would like it too much.
setboy1 2 years ago
she sounds f'd up!
efbeckley 2 years ago
I agree lol
jhee76 2 years ago
uh...ya think... at a GD New Year's show? Got that right and so was i and everyone else there...nothin betta than Miss Etta! Here's your queen of r&b baby!
bertbrains 2 years ago
3:55-4:05 Etta realizes that maybe she shouldn't have had a full glass of the backstage punch.
brendan664 2 years ago 25
did etta james smoke weed?
IProphetI 3 years ago
Is it really important? Yes she did
vjnreno 2 years ago
Yes its important, because now I love her even more
IProphetI 2 years ago
iAmanidiot
SpreadHeadLINC 2 years ago
that's a reason to love some one?
setboy1 2 years ago
yes.
IProphetI 2 years ago
and so you know...she's probably just ate some of owsley's fire ass L
SpreadHeadLINC 2 years ago
yeah
JESSKISS19 2 years ago
Etta James aint dead!
IProphetI 3 years ago 2
In that same show, Etta says, "I wanna tell you one thing... The Grateful Dead is the baddest American blues band in the world. Been doing it for for years." One of those awesome Dead Moments.
virginiacharles 3 years ago 2
agreed. does anyone have a link to more vids of this show?
cnedwick 2 years ago
I feel blessed.
widfara5 3 years ago
Etta is playing here, Las Vegas, at the Hilton Feb 20-21. We saw her last year at the Orleans, Hadn't seen her since New Years Eve 1982 with the Dead and only getter better.
lavacountry 3 years ago
LOL
MTM91297 3 years ago
Etta riding that Garcia Groove. With horns! So, so good.
mikethesax 3 years ago
Etta called the Dead the greatest band on earth during these run of shows
wildwakachica 3 years ago
"Backstage overheard quote during Big River intro (or it may have been el paso jerry guitar intro with etta backstage anyway verbatim quote overheard by my friend standing next to ETTA she goes "DAMN - now that Muthafucka can PLAY!!" what higher praise is there?! ;-) especially coming from etta j
jamescnix 3 years ago
I love u etta u were and still are the only woman that can sing At last. Nobodies song can touch that i love u. RIP
valentine614 3 years ago
Yo I got some good news for you. Etta James lives several miles away from me in Riverside California and she is alive and well!!! That's straight fact and I tell you no lies.
wildwakachica 3 years ago