I Know You Rider - Grateful Dead

[Milagros84057]

i have really enjoyed your music, I am a 12 year old guitar player- my Dad has dragged me to every concert worth seeing since I was 7. I learned Althea by watching you play. Your AWESOME Jackson Danger

[jkstraw]

@Milagros84057 Hey buddy - I was just going through a number of your videos! You are fantastic! If you lived any closer I'd pay you for lessons!! (particularly your Althea picking!) Keep on pickin' and grinnin' you sound great already and you'll only get better! Thanks for dropping me the note - I look forward to hearing more of your tunes soon.

[jkstraw]

@Milagros84057 Hey buddy - I was just going through a number of your videos!  You are fantastic! If you lived any closer I'd pay you for lessons!! (particularly your Althea picking!) Keep on pickin' and grinnin' you sound great already and you'll only get better! Thanks for dropping me the note - I look forward to hearing more of your tunes soon.

[jkstraw]

@Milagros84057 Hey buddy - I was just going through a number of your videos! You are fantastic! If you lived any closer I'd pay you for lessons!! (particularly your Althea picking!) Keep on pickin and grinning you sound great already and you'll only get better! Thanks for dropping me the note - I look forward to hearing more of your tunes soon.

[jkstraw]

@Milagros84057 Hey buddy - I was just going through a number of your videos! You are fantastic! If you lived any closer I'd pay you for lessons!! (particularly your Althea picking!) Keep on pickin' and grinnin' you sound great already and you'll only get better! Thanks for dropping me the note - I look forward to hearing more of your tunes soon.

[jkstraw]

@Milagros84057 Hey buddy - I was just going through a number of your videos! You are fantastic! If you lived any closer I'd pay you for lessons!! - particularly your Althea picking! Keep on pickin' and grinnin' you sound great already and you'll only get better! Thanks for dropping me the note - I look forward to hearing more of your tunes soon.

[upupandawaayyyyyyyy]

nice work brother. deep soul. simple song, but tough to get right. you got it! well played

[MichaelJohn5570]

Check out my cover of this great tune sometime. I hope you like it my friends ~ M. J.

[MichaelJohn5570]

Beautiful cover man, I can not believe there is a dislike button for such beauty.

[rastablues1]

Jon,

Your music is still getting steady play with me, and I wish you continued success.

Lowell

[faurio123]

Really, really excellent

[jkstraw]

@faurio123 Mighty kind of you friend

[giveroflove1]

Amazing brother. I am just learning to play the guitar so this is encouraging! I agree with Kevindad123 you should try to make terrapin sometime! It is geared toward little tykes mostly. Lots to do for children. I love it!!

[Kevindad123]

Not sure where you're from but, would like to invite you to a great local festival here in Ky in three weeks. It is called Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival. You can find it by googling. Peace...

[jkstraw]

@Kevindad123 My friend - my heartfelt appreciation for the offer but I will have to take you up on it another year. I have a couple little tikes running around getting ready for a new school year. I'm up here in Canada so the travel is a good investment of time and money. Have an awesome time - peace!

[M0j0S0D0pe420]

man i'm down to start a folk-rock band that sounds kickass

your voice is raspy but in a good way, raspy=strong voiced

good stuff man!

[MrCraigary123]

Love your vids keep em comin

[TheEigenspace]

Hell Yeah!  That's perty damn good right dar boy! yep he he

[lien0569]

freakin awsome!! love the jerry chin tuck during the instrumental

[FromTurkeyTR]

Sweet :)



[chillinthabeer]

On fire!!! and AGAIN, nothing short of an AMAZING cover!!! the right voice, energy, guitar playing and everything..... JKSTRAW is PURE FIRE!

[belikewater001]

Excellent>>>>The Big question: Got tabs for this version?...Those little licks you throw in sound great....

Keep pickin'!

[vodominates]

Awesome!! Thanks for posting. Keep the good stuff coming, please.

[cassaquin]

Absolutely perfect. beautiful. You sing this song the way it was meant to be sang :)

[creamer1968]

I heard an unreleased dead show from 1972 that made me Pick up a guitar. Your videos keep me going man you got so much soul and make it look so easy I just cant stop playing! absolutely beautiful man thank you for this great stuff

[jkstraw]

@creamer1968 Thanks man - keep on pickin' and grinnin'

[jimpster183]

Best Cover Ive ever heard of this song(by far)! and i usualy hate covers. Thanks Bro

[jimpster183]

Best Cover Ive ever heard! and i usualy hate covers. Thanks Brother

[TriplexBountyHunter]

Dead lyrics are fucking badass. Nice version dude.

[AmplifiedGoats]

Awesome version. What brand is that guitar? It sounds really nice.

[jkstraw]

@AmplifiedGoats It's a Larrivee D-03RE - one of the lower end D models - I spent a good 3 months checking out guitars before settling on this one. To my ear I haven't found anything as nice. Thanks for the comment!

[kennyt957]

Great job. Sounds nice.

[alaskaozzy]

nicely done!

[Demonicpressence]

Awesome , keep up the good work mate ;-)

[laucian70]

Great cover brother. Your voice is PERFECT for folk rock.

Ever consider making your own band..?

[jkstraw]

@laucian70 Every day! Have always had a really hard time find like minded players. I jam regularly with a excellent guitar player and a multi-instrumentalist (dobro, mano, etc). Great jams but doesn't feel like band material. I'll keep searching :-)

[Bonzoandthemadhatter]

yo man wats your accent?

[spwzoso]

Love the passion bro!! Great Job!!

[joedaddy42]

Man! Hell of a great voice my friend! I play this song over and over but the voice is haunting! I hear it all day. Great rendition my friend and happy trails! Nice job!

[TheWalterBlythe]

Very nice man. After the first bar of the D to C, G I picked it up and jammed along the whole time. Nice work and great sound!

[Hkopey]

this is pretty sick dude nice work!

[ShuguProductions]

That's a damn fine sound ya got ther brother.

[punkorange]

Good video, great song, good cover.

[Beatle105]

All I can say is Whoa! Very nice work! I'm gonna watch it again...

[1ststeven]

Sweet job on a great tune!

[lillenicky]

keep rockin bro

[snoopcoopdaddy]

Thanks, that was really good....

[mastermaster10123]

great song, great improvision. i did a great job keep it up.

[caseyjones67]

good job man

[mikedyche]

very nice

[jkstraw]

Thanks man!

[playpoichika]

i love you

[bnork]

Dude, you got sum hot licks there! Nice interpretation!

[jackcat08]

Nice i got a version on my stuff check it out.

[crashthekid]

Right on man!

Great pickin' style

Jerry would be proud

[acidinurmind]

that is a really good job man, keep it up!!

[joe121767]

great song, you've got a great voice!

[codedog1969]

This is my third day in a row watching this video. Got it hooked up to my stereo.

I wish I was a headlight on a Northbound train--  I love that verse. Great voice and cover

[motherratdog]

Hey man this is really good!! I am going to the Dead show tomorrow in Buffallo, NY . Keep on keep'in on and I'll keep listening and watching! Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Bill B.

[chasecartr]

nice soul brother. you got soul ill keep mine too

[runtothesun1702]

I would abselutly love to hear you play ripple, and if you do take me up on that, try using a capo on the 3rd fret. keep em comin =]

[Writer432]

Hey Jon Whittington, I just listened to several of your songs and man, you've got a lot of talent! Thanks for all your postings. I would love to hear even more. Have you thought of expanding your repertoire beyond the Grateful Dead?

[woohooinwonderland]

Wow. it brought tears to my eyes. Just beautiful. One of my favorite songs.

[johntrik]

Great man.....great playing,great voice.I just love it!!!!!!

[DoorofPerception60]

I loved it man! I also ended up picking up my acoustic and jamming along with you brother!

[YrNameHr]

got a lot of heart, which the song needs. wouldn't mind knowing your name, amigo. don't have any fear, be proud of your work.

[jkstraw]

No worries man - I post my name and location on my profile page. Name is Jon. Thanks for the comment brother.

[YrNameHr]

thanks, Jon. I'll keep my eyes open for your other stuff. I sing R&B, also jazz standards. can't play guitar for shit so my hat's off to you man. I'm Andy.

[caseyjones92]

Omg! pigpen is still alive! xD

[linda892]

You are really good!!!!!

[Hersh2814]

why label it the grateful dead??? it's you, dude, not them, and it is nice. gee, who are you, dude? let us know, for you ain't jack straw, the fictional namesake of a GD song... it is tough to follow one's music without knowing who that person is, huh.

Guess not as many people come to the e-address unless they are misled this way... too bad. Your sound/tone is nice and worthy of your name.

[coble66f]

you sound great man...come to NC and lets jam!!!

[GTupNorth]

loved it!!

[ymsbphan420]

nice!

[usernametaken73]

nice work bro...had fun pickin up my acoustic and jammin along!

[southernblood47]

thank you for keeping the spirit of the dead alive brother

[whuddafugger]

nice rendition! didn't realize those subtle chord progressions until i saw this. thanks for posting it!

[ScienceIsImportant]

Awesome! Great voice. Would love to hear jkstraw do Jack Straw.

[jkstraw]

hehe! Thanks for the comment man. Ya imagine my fear of doing Jack Straw after using the nickname jkstraw! One of these days my friend :-)

[stnemason]

Awesome! Keep 'em coming!

[bjslaca]

very nice, jon

[CompuRadon]

dude..... that IS Pigpen!!!!

[ZenOfTube]

All your practice and DEADication have paid off and are plainly evident.

I dig...

YouTuber Dead Heads - check out his Sugaree too!

GD FOREVER!

[TripNDazy]

another GRATE job man!!!

[rafaelpossa]

far out dude!

[AiDiming]

You've done another fine version here. Great playing.

[Mike56784]

you look ike pigpen. no offense. pigpen was the man.

[jkstraw]

LOL - thanks man....I think! I agree pigpen was a blues machine!

[jvaljean69]

jkstraw: You seem to be a very humble man, but I just want to thank you for posting all of your Dead songs, and keeping the fire burning! Nobody can replace Jerry, but as long as there are people like you who keep the spirit alive, hopefully some of the younger people will get it. For me, I appreciate it SO much just to hear ANY of your renditions. I wasn't even a crazy Dead-head, but I loved them, and still miss the shows and the scene SO much. Again, thanks bro, and Keep On Truckin'!

[footy1956]

Very good, keep it up!!

[x42b]

Not to Shabby ( = All we need is a campfire

[doctorcatsburger]

Nice version I love this song.

[kidsAREhip]

if u don't mind, could i get the tab for this?

Thanks

BTW great job!

[manginger]

Love it..I have saved you to favourites among my Dead tracks

[SKOJCV]

great job jkstraw! enjoyed it chief.

[DaliaDawn]

Thank you for this, it was very helpful to see your fingers/chords on the guitar so we could fix what we were doing wrong! Wish your hat didn't shadow your face so much! Nice job on a classic.

[jkstraw]

haha - that was the whole purpose of the hat :-) Thanks for the comment - I am glad it was helpful.

[Bradford1966]

I think your voice is great but at the end of the song I think if you would have tried to go that extra octave higher it would have been fantastic but overall... you nailed it and did a classic song that many sing but few do right.. GREAT

[jkstraw]

Thanks for the suggestion - just played it and went high at the end...very enjoyable! Going to a jam night tomorrow - that'll perk the boys ears for sure!

[Bradford1966]

How did things go? bet you got a lot of looks.

[jkstraw]

hehe - I did get a nice wry smile from my buddy :-) Thanks again for the tip!

[ignalopezk]

your voice is impressing!!

[ignalopezk]

SMOKIN

[smokesbob]

really good stuff, all of it.

[isjerryzkid]

keep posted  u got me hooked lol peace ijk

[SLGELY64]

very bitchen

[secondbreakfast]

i'm well impressed.

[TybaltFrye]

you nailed it--well done.

[Blobweird]

Hey man you keep postin Ill keep watchin. Good job once again!

[lespaul39378]

your really good! 5 stars

[morecowbell1969]

Whoa...it's the ghost of Waylon Jennings!

Nice job man!

[didgNdrums]

HAHA!! Thats what I was thinkin. This guys got it goin on!! I just watch...and learn. Big ups to ya man!! Another killer!!