The Grateful Dead's - 'Wall Of Sound'

[medicmunoz]

He sounds like Tommy Chong

[mwells219]

6:50 man that bass is just sick

[notmefuckingname]

"it made me giggle" love ya bobby

[iloverush123]

That is the best bass sound I've ever heard...

[ernzo]

heard this at the Cow Palace....completely unbelievable...so cool...

[Filthycougar]

"Lunch break"

[chiefmojorising1]

this is sooo cool!

[GratefulVince]

Bill K = one of my favorite drummers ever

[phyuckyeu]

@bailinnumberguy We'll let your bitter, empty existence speak for itself. Thanks for explaining it so eloquently. Seems I struck a nerve.

[BoymeetsBass]

7:16 favorite shot of Phil ever

[BoymeetsBass]

Donna still looks sexy!!

[MikeDirnttribute]

@MrMeddled Hey man. Chill out. I know a ton of dead heads. The Grateful Dead did a ton of great stuff. Did you even watch the video? These guys are great! They are always in tune! Jerry Garcia was one of the best guitar players ever. They wanted every show to be different. Today if you go to see a band live its just some guy rapping over the same beat. And its gets repetitive. And dont call him a Nazi when you're just hating on him for liking a great band.

[banksmc311]

I wonder if they slept at all ...

[sjbing65]

Haha Bill is a riot- "what was it 10 years ago? 20?" Try 30 plus Bill. Never saw the wall but will always be grateful for the 51 shows I did see.

[MikeDirnttribute]

@sjbing65 Dang! You are so lucky! I wish I could've seen these guys with Jerry still around, but I was born the year after he died.

[wuss81]

@MikeDirnttribute Well Mike......you said it right. We were lucky. Dead Shows were the balls. Old School...like Good ole Grateful Dead Shows. Son....it was quite a party.  The people and the music just made for a great few days. Period.

[sharegrace]

Jesus Christ bless the soul ot Owsley Stanley+++

[mushroomagical]

The Grateful Dead and their crew were awesome!

[TheStarsgift]

@bailinumberguy: just imagine what they could have done without being stoned. They did stuff that changed the sound of music "stoned out of their minds" and did it so fantabulously great, why concern yourself with their state of mind? Their fan base was why they stayed around for so long, it was their love, life, bread and butter and they valued them like no other band did or does now!

[bailinnumberguy]

Why'd they go to all of the trouble? The fans and the band were all stoned out of their minds during the show.

[susaninmaine]

@bailinnumberguy you obviously have noooooooo idea of what you're talking about.

[jimaroo100]

@bailinnumberguy Hey I saw the Dead like 10 times in the 70s..... and I was NEVER stoned....and those were the best 10 concerts I ever saw... These guys were the best musicians, had the best equipment.... and they loved playing.... today would you believe a 4 or 5 hour concert with no intermission.

[bailinnumberguy]

@phyuckyeu I'd take you up on the wager, but I'm pretty sure you don't have 'lots of money' from your job at McDonald's.

[smokestanklightnin]

@bailinnumberguy ; if you do own properties and a beamer, you are low class for flaunting wealth, if you don;t , you are an insecure asshole. If you think masturbating causes brain damage, you will probably be voting for Santorum. Do us all a favor and kill yourself

[bailinnumberguy]

@smokestanklightnin Nice grammar and punctuation, Einstein. Just because you're having issues w/ your boyfriend, please don't take it out on me. The fact that you're so offended and angered by anything that I may have typed indicates the essential emptiness in your own miserable existence. Do YOURSELF a favor and kill yourself. No one else really cares about your existence.

[Kinglevel]

those where the times....

[VulturesAwait]

thank you Bear, love you brother

[gtz1975]

RIP Bear

[mythtree]

Bear hugs will ever be in our hearts and minds beyond all that is seen, unseen, hear the things of dreams, he did - does! He did so much, I figure he still does...

he "had a recurring dream"... and made it manifest for us! So they named some laws after him. Bear hugs...last forever

[esau0909]

BEAR:Thank u 4 a REAL good time!!

[GSRJosh33]

(~);= RIP Bear =;(~)

[tulsavintagedigital]

RIP Bear

[thavmoe]

Rip bear

Forever grateful

[watsuoasis]

Thanks Bear.....rest in peace

[sireel]

RIP my genius cousin Owsley. Thanks for introducing me to music!

[rscottmurray]

what's the tune Phil plays at the 6-min mark? always dug it, sounds like more than just noodling

[ChillyCheezItz]

R.I.P. Mr. Augustus Owsley Stanley III

[randyleepublic1]

Bobby is so wrong. The Wall was the pinnacle of electronic sound. It will never be equaled. It sounded so much better than any of their later systems. A hundred times better? Yes, at least. No comparison. Only the mini wall was even close, the rest were shit by comparison.

OK, so maybe the mics were a problem. I never noticed though. I'll never forget that sound.

[riderpoet]

Why is it that this band is SO much more exciting and interesting than ANYTHING being done in music today?

[zaphodfortytoo]

@riderpoet Because there are way too many people who are ignorant to the power of grateful dead and everything surrounding them. Sad right? Well I keep listening to the tapes, every day till the day I die!

[venniey]

@riderpoet

WHY? Well, the the Grateful Dead is the most awesome music, straight from the muse. Total shame it couldn't go on live forever. But.....Their music will never stop. They will always be blissed to, danced to, loved to, sung to...enjoyed and embraced forever. Loved those boys!

R.I.P. Owsley. I remember you showing up at Millbrook, with your two lady friends with "something" for the "guinea pigs". Sleep in the stars.

[casualtySR]

@riderpoet no pretense at all.. just pure beautiful music.

[NJL4LIFE]

@riderpoet because of their ability to improv...

[ASDMarauder007]

@riderpoet well if you checked out some indie and alt bands, who don't get any mainstream recognition, you'd be surprised at what they can create

[themasterofmovies]

@riderpoet because the grateful dead had better drugs than todays musicians do

[drspin155]

@riderpoet It's because all America barely has any creativity anymore.

[sirlonghair]

wrenched excess gives Me a stiff willy

[dooftea]

i can only imagine how much that setup cost and it was all powered by McIntosh too

[PinkFloydrulez]

fuck, I wish I could have experienced this

[Mikes1800]

Amazing footage. Can it be safely said that this audio reinforcement concept did not stand the test of time?

[ioriorioriorio]

Is that a stealy she is making with her hands at the end there????? I gotta try that!!

[Mu51ch3r3]

@ioriorioriorio I think its just a person resting their hands, I have not heard of any grateful dead hand signs but I guess that doesn't mean they don't exist.

[jrogers71]

Awesome, thanks for posting.

[nrfx01]

What is this video from? I have to see it.. I had always written off the dead as old dirty hippy music. I must know more about them! I had no idea what they gave us in live sound technology...

[Gossage54]

@nrfx01 This is from "The Grateful Dead Movie" 1974

[pekalec]

Nicely done....loved the shot of moi (left side, beard, glasses 1:50 to 1:59) pushing the center cluster out of the truck.....

More images of the WOS on my photo website;

look on rpechner

Richie

[magicpez]

Thanks for sharing! As a stagehand I can really appreciate this. At least once out of every 5 gigs I do the wall of sound and those mics are mentioned. GD crew had an overwhelming impact on how live sound is produced today.