Grateful Dead• Chinatown Shuffle 4-17-72

[amerikanprincess]

PIGPEN! R.I.P. ...

[jimaroo100]

Thanks for posting - great to see one featuring McKernan...I really loved what he brought to the band. He had that down hard blues edge which was a great contrast to the others. In Garcia's riff did you hear Phil's fantastic bass line... those 2 were so good together. Thanks again - great video

[Bastardsonofabitch71]

Damn i miss goin to see the dead&all the glory from the parking lot to the show! I went to All Good this year & it was a great show,but has been turned into a big rave,seemingly!People ain't the same as good ol Deadheads! Love to all who knows what i mean!

[ShaQiRaJ]

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- Shaqiel

[zappasowner]

Pigpen looks skinny this was obviously close to the end. :( He sounds great though!

[ValiRossi]

I know they were legends, but I can't understand why they weren't huge in the mainstream.

[timpani25]

@ValiRossi who is HUGE in the mainstream these days? over-produced acts like beiber and lady gag-gag, no? probably the best guitarist on the planet, albert lee, where is he on the charts? the 'mainstream' is taken over by suits with scientific studies indicating which 'hook' will sell more copies. real talent has to work the small venues to make a living. this is the musical life in america. the good thing is that the 'talent' is still making music- just a tad more difficult to find.

[DafyddGlyndwr]

@ValiRossi They never hit mainstream because they never sounded good in studio. Their best stuff was always their live stuff, and live stuff doesn't get airtime. The only time the Dead were even remotely close to hitting it big was in the early 70s when they actually had some decent studio tracks (Truckin', UJB), or in the mid-80s with Touch of Grey. Otherwise they suffered the same fate as bands like Hot Tuna; you just can't put 15 minute songs on the radio.

[bluesriot2]

@ValiRossi the counterculture at that time was actually so disgusted with the mainstream that they were practically banned from the radio. they only got bad press when they did get press, or laughable shit like they were too stoned to be so good. maybe if they had Brit accents and neat hairdo's or outfits, then they would have been considered cute. many reviewers who saw the extended jams of the Dead just didn't get it either.

[equalcharliebrown]

whoa, he looks terrible here. sounds great, but man...

[NoRosesForMe]

"...dont expect no help at all...."

[g5uk]

Pigpen!

[Bonzoandthemadhatter]

pig looks so unhealthy here

[blueapollo421]

@Bonzoandthemadhatter that dont matter because he sounds fucking great

[DaDa2Phlux]

@Bonzoandthemadhatter He lost that baby fat -that's for sure. Brings home a line from 'Truck'n" -" living on reds vitamin c & cocaine....all a friend can say is ain't it a shame..."

[mojo31]

@DaDa2Phlux

yeah except Pig didnt do drugs, he hated them. the bottle was his demise.

[DaDa2Phlux]

@mojo31 Thanks for setting it right.Really tragic because there was so much help..I'm even more glad that I saw ,as my first concert in fall 69,the original lineup w/ "Pigpen" really cooking away on the "Lovelight" jam.I recall trying to understand a joke about a yellow alligator?? or a dog ??? being told to the crowd in the first few rows by Bob Weir while some strings were being put on Jerry's guitar.It was a little over my head at the time.Somebody out there must've heard the whole joke.

[gratefulvideo]

@DaDa2Phlux search "yellow dog story", it's on youtube

[ambiguousrat1810]

I love the show, can't believe it is the las tseason. Just watched the last episode at lastnightstvshows (.) com

[paulkuch420]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO PIIIIIGGGG!!!!!!!!

[THCisbody]

i feel the curse of the keys in the dead brought a new era upon the band. pig led the blusey early dead then keith let them get a little more jammy and brent was just awesome.

[RedsoxFan20042007]

Love ya Pig, RIP hope you and Jerry are Jammin away

[deadheadable]

Prayed at your grave yesterday Pig. It hurts me too!

[NicktheBarber31]

once pigpen died, the dead never really sounded that great anymore

[g5uk]

I think that's true

[g5uk]

Pig Pen.....forever

[robicork]

You guys know there are more of these I've posted including a bad ass Hard to Handle...

[Fluffyfluffyhead]

sweet

[hayhay420garica]

i love

[wellspout]

gogd

[thriftdig]

poor pen. everybody knows someone like him. what a trooper & stellar talent.

[sokomokomo]

Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan  love you

[brianm1314]

when i die

bury me deep

lay two speakers

at my feet

place two headphones

on my head

and always play

the grateful dead.

[Andis345]

Is that a coke bottle Pigpen has on his organ??? I'm surprised it wasn't a Wild Turkey! RIP Ron McKernan.

[crosbystillsnash68]

was then, is now, and forever shall be one of the grateful dead...R.I.P. (p.s.Coke & Rum)

[robicork]

Alta Mesa cemetery is across the street from my high school. We sat at Pigs grave often and read those words.

[6749er]

Must be from Gunn High. I was going to Sequoia when these guys were the Hot new band from Palo Alto. This is great to see. Thanks;

[robicork]

Good geography! Yup, partied there way too often.

[deadheadable]

I graduated from Gunn in '73 went to my first show when I was at Terman!!

[6749er]

You saw Pig in action then for sure & Fillmore West days & I'm sure Dead at Frost bringing it all back Home etc..

Did you go to Wall of Sound test run show

at Stanford? They wern't a band when I was Jr. High but Warlocks from PA showed up when I was 16 & as we know they rest is history, Happy Trails Homie!

[robicork]

He'd already stopped drinking at that point and didn't have much longer to live. Alittle too little a lot too late...

[blues122]

RIP Ronnie! Love ya

[robicork]

Wow, I guess people actually do subscribe to my podcast!

[gratefulvideo]

We sure do, Rob. Great stuff!

[CultUpdate]

I like the title intro on this one.

[crowldawg]

Thanks