Bertha Lead 5-26-77 - Grateful Dead

[CaptainFantastik1]

That guitar is gorgeous. Great garcia-like clean tone

[burgan30]

darks, what amo do you run through?

[metalmullah]

im only 42, but saw the dead 50 times. and Im a professional jazz musician.

keep it up. its "jerry" enough. jerrys fluidity will never be equalled, but the videos are grainy as hell. you do justice to the solos and keep the ember burning, thank you

[4runner39]

you sound amazing,my man-don't ever stop playing!!great to hear someone jamming w/the Jerry/Trey style=))

[dingoswamphead]

Thanks for showing us how you'd do it, and for including how Mr G actually did it. This wil be a good one to loop.

Love your pretty guitar too.

[DougNolan]

Nice Work, DUDE!!!!!!!!  Bad Assssss

[zachrymiller]

woa... awesome website. i've been looking for some of these lead tabs for a long time.

[gratefulfloyd28]

love the baltimore civic show, the deal passenger bew, terrapin estimated prophet eyes to nfa -> gdtrfb defiantly a great ex of 77' i've always favored this bertha as well, almost thought you were doin the bertha from kezar show from 73' on the same date which is one of my fav dead shows of all time

[shanevision]

JD, I hope all is well, we need some new vids. You rock!

[x16bitrevenge]

you have .5 to many to fingers.

[fgrod]

geez guys - just listen alot , play alot of scales around the chord progression, play with a metronome, play with the actual tracks, and yeah learn some basic stuff note for note but learn to play what you think not what runs you've memorized.

[jackstraw424]

Is this the solo tabbed out on you site?

[gjseraphin88]

jD you are truly a musician and abiding by the spirit of the grateful dead, sharing all things good. thank you

[alligator1972]

nevermind found it

[alligator1972]

wheres the tab for that thing you play at 2:53 . . cant find it on the website

[zepplin416]

love you stuff

[namarupa]

"You gotta remember, I'm not a musician, I'm not even a guitar player"

-JDarks

Hmmm... for a non musician and a non guitar player, you've certainly got Jerry's licks down... on an Alembic to boot.

Pray tell, what do you do with the time you are not a non-musician, non guitar player?

Also... would you have a tabbed transcription of this beautiful riff?

Very, very sweet.

[washuffitze2]

darks- your tone never ceases to amaze me. ive been tryin to get that jerry tone for a while..how do you set the EQ on your amp? and what type of dist/OD do u use when playing leads? thanks.

[OneRoomSchoolHouse]

chop off the first knuckle of your middle finger on your right hand and then maybe you'll get it right.

[jdmill73]

Sick!!!

[yopdop1]

man can some one send me this video it wont play and i realy like to see it

[musicman7728]

You say your not a musician or a guitar player...but I beg to differ. You know your way around the guitar quite well. You're a good player. More importantly, you have a huge amount of passion. That right there says it all!

[kidsAREhip]

where'd u get that guitar

[keirweir420]

Looks like a ressurection guitar to me

[traceling]

Yes, please tell us about your guitar. Is that a Doug Irwin guitar, or perhaps an Alembic?

[HelsinkiHellraiser44]

he had it made by resurrection for about 10 grand

[nnnick1]

Hey man that sounds sweet! Nice feel! Do you have the tabs to that?

[JDarks]

jdarks(dot)com

[nnnick1]

Hey man, very nice work, I love it!! Do you have tabs for that?

[redsoxfan5600]

Great guitar!! Who made it? It looks just like Jerry's Tiger.

[stuco]

Sounds good, you should consider a loop machine to help show how to play leads. You can record your track and playback and play lead on top of it.

[tanymarie]

Hey my friend, you were almost there. It was starting to sound good. Kudo's to you. You were probably on par to Jerry when he was checking out in 95' and I don't mean that in a bad way. Nice jam. Keep it up.

Peace.

[REDHAIREDMONSTER]

Hey man, you've got that Jerry tone, how did you do that?

[pbl1]

Darks,

You Rock! Eyes of the World and Unbroken Chain (instructional) video please!!!

[barryb83110]

I've been working on Jerry licks since I started playing 30 years ago and I'd love to see some of the tabs you've worked out. You are way ahead of me in understanding this stuff. Do you have a web site for Garcia licks? Thanks. By the way, what a nice set up to have around the house. Sure beats video games.

[ilovedingoandclancy]

yeah, if you click on his profile, under the little white part at the top, the last thing is his website.

[carol8686b]

dude, you rock

[monrizo123]

umm, if your not a musician why are you playing a custom guitar and sitting in a studio?

[JDarks]

"A custom guitar and a studio do not a musician make." (It just means you bought a custom guitar and a studio.)

[sacromaniac]

you rock dawg, keep on truckin. RIP Vinnie!! good lookin geeetar too

[lotsoflovin]

hey - wow. cool.

[LittleRedKing]

You are exactly what we need: someone helping to keep this music alive. Someone to help pass it on down the line. Thank you very sincerely for your efforts.

[mimpilagi]

last thing we need is a false jerry

[JDarks]

I don't delete negative comments. So you stay put right here. And I also don't think you're a guitar player. I reject your charge. Take my vids off your "favorites" list (where they are right now) if you don't like 'em. And block me for good measure. Thanks for your comments!

[mimpilagi]

i play now for 35 years but i know i cannot play like jerry or robbie robertson ROFL last thing to say you cannot play like jerry

[mimpilagi]

stop!! you are a false jerry and yes you can not play

[adlegol]

I'm not a musician...HA...I'm not even a guitar player...HA, yet your playing like a 300o or whatever it is guitar...and youre ripping. 1 star for not telling the truth...just kidding...5 for being sick

[Alfrunk]

I listen to this more than I do te actual dead. Viva freshness!

[dazedndconfewsed]

even though your playing his post 70s guitar it siounds alot like wolf

[SmelOdies]

3:59-4:13 on this video is the lyrical theme I'm talking about. They are not unique to 5/26/77, all the '77 "Berthas," just about anyway, have them.

[SmelOdies]

Yeah, those '77 "Bertha" solos definitely have that lyrical theme towards the end earlier ones didn't have.

[unseenbadass]

you should make some music i know id buy your album

[rhye999]

Great, Hey, Could You post a video of how you play the solo of Dire Wolf? i believe it is original on a pedal steel guitar but you seem to have arrange it to electric with slide i suposse in your website, it will be great to see it because its the only dead song i havent find a way to play

[jazzgtrl4]

sweet, who made that guitar?