Grateful Dead - 4-17-72 - I Know You Rider

[Tedward009]

so good n clean my favorite

[glpdlx77]

The best Dead!

[conniesambrook]

it was the best of times..................

[shaggisthrum]

LOVE Jerry's face at 1:58 - 'ok, solos. done, now I'll sing the next verse - oh! ok, Bobby's got it ok uhhh how 'bout I play... this?'

[MrPerfecttommy]

@shaggisthrum ROFL that is so right... They just flow, don't they? Peace

[MrJohnsons14]

Glad Donna Jean decided to sit this one out...

[seakitt]

thx. boys..1/5 would have been my father's 85th bday--the joyous energy brings a nice visit from him and a good start to 2012:

[NakedTripper]

Phil looks exactly the same as he did back then, just a little more leathery.

[63jmjkjk]

Would have loved to been at this show

[xrInstrumentals]

i love keith always looks like hes got somethin better to do

[banjojamur]

circle round the sun? love 'em both.

[uniquebanana1]

apart from the Tavistock source a nice version of a sweet tune

[missgratefulbree]

never fails to send chills all through out my body...

[PinkFloydrulez]

i love the part at 1:58 when jer's about to sing then i guess he was about to sing the wrong thing, that look on his face!, and then he's just like "i'm gonna rip a mellow solo instead"

[alane011]

@PinkFloydrulez - totally awesome catch - love it

[bluegoose56]

dislikers, may you die in a fire.

[wmurph202]

love how phil stares down the camera at 1:30. fucking priceless.

[mrwright70]

will never forget ... thank you for the music :) BD !!!

[MrDoctorx67]

Wish I was a headlight... made me cry :( i miss you so much Jerry

[ToddBoyle]

Jerry was a heroin addict. But Jerry was a better guitarist on his worst day than anybody else on tour in 1972.

[FrigginBologna]

even 2 people dare to hit that dislike button, they don't understand the pure enjoyment everyone gets out of this.

[Jspotstudieos]

love you jerry miss the shows miss it all now i'm just a middle aged mom whose kids know alot of dead.

[dnknanbne]

someone posted that the beatles were the number 1 band ever. While they may have been more "popular"... their depth and abilities as pure musicians are in 2 different universes... not even close!

[whojanikka]

@dnknanbne I don't think these two bands can be compared. You can't take anything away from the Beatles as musicians. George Harrison was one of the best guitarists there was. Perhaps the Dead were more innovating in terms of what they did for music, essentially creating a genre but the song writing of lennon, mccartney, &harrison is hard to beat. I think they are both incredible bands, but i think it is hard to say which is better. thats why i dont like the which band is best question.

[jakethesnake576]

comparing the beatles to the grateful dead is like comparing apples to shoes, two important things yet very very different. sure the dead were inspired by them, but once the Dead found themselves they flew to the beat of phils bass and never looked back. really incomparable styles, listen to some 66 stuff if you want the best comarison of jerrys guitar work to harrisons, but even then its still seperate roads. the world wouldnt be the same with out either, as both affected people differnetly

[llovebuzzz]

awesome quality LOVE<3

[MrSpudsy]

So what does this song actually mean? Is it about the end of a relationship or more about, realizing that if you want to have that good relationship, you have to leave your bad habits and other crap behind?

[addymaster04]

garcia = GOD

[flyerdog19]

Hard to believe it's been sixteen years

[BBJerry8colorado]

@flyerdog19 AND you can notice the difference in the world...without him

[moochinginventory]

amazing stuff!

[southrules]

Can anyone tell if they're going D,C,G or C, F, G?

[subliminlmesage]

@southrules the first two lines of each verse is D C G D with F C F C F D for the third line. ad infinitum

[southrules]

@subliminlmesage Ok, thanks

[bookbagification]

I'd shine my light through the cool Colorado rain...

[supainfo]

Nothing against Mickey, but they're so much better with one drummer.  It "drives" more

[SpaceCadetChris]

Wish I was a headliiiiiggghhhhhtttt on a noooorrrrrthbound traaaaiiiiiinnnnn!!

[petlowany46]

Thanks YouTube for keepin' this goin' and keepin' it FREE

[hashachar70]

Why isn't there a "love" button to click on instead of a "like" button? If there were ever a time, it's NOW!

[JeffreyMW1]

We miss you Jerry

I hope you are like the wild geese in the west

RIP

[Jakedadopemane]

DAMM RIGHT WERE GONNA MISS WHEN YOU WHEN YOUR GONE JERRY> > > >WE LOVE YOU AND THANKS> > > >R>I>P

[FRANCECHILD]

DO YA MISS EM YET?

[westernmountains]

we do miss you

[busessuck1]

who done the original version of this song?

[glyn420]

@busessuck1 It's a traditional song. noone is quite sure .

[daddyoj]

60's are over- and here it comes ! Spinning out for another 50 years- here we Go !

[taariqtaariq]

seeing this Europe `72 period video footage is just GOLD!

[eddiepism]

@taariqtaariq AMEN!!

[Bieji]

I came here because I heard the cover of this on a Slightly Stoopid album. This song is very good, can't believe I never heard it before. 5*

[nbass88]

@Bieji stoopid loves the dead!!!

[thestoryplease]

Sometimes the band reminds me of 60's jazz men. No jumping around or much show - It's all concentrated into the music.So we find our own joy, bliss - whatever it is -beam it back to the band and they play it back out sometimes here --- sometimes there - wherever it is, it is.

[zheadmon]

Yessireeee, it's going to be nice, I hate all the BS is going on over ti, kind of makes it bittersweet.

[zheadmon]

Looking forward to my box set arriving.

[skovie23232]

@zheadmon Did you get the 60+ disc set of their europe 72 performances?

[revilor]

one of my favorite videos.

[indieindy]

Man, I wish I could've seen them back in the early 70's. I saw them plenty in the early 90's but the old deadheads told me how good it was back then. Still had a blast though.

[powderskier71]

@indieindy I Totally agree, I first saw them in the early 90s in Vegas, I only knew a few songs from the radio, and was going because Steve Miller was opening . After seeing the Dead live at that show I was a fan for life!

[lilgreenthumb1]

one person blows!

[powderskier71]

Happy Birthday Bro 1971-2004 I miss you so!

[powderskier71]

#1 band!

[eggaldin]

my three year old son seems to be developing the traits of a semi-dead-head - i put on "europe ´72" this afternoon - in the trippy "prelude" on side six he just sat in the sofa - eyes closed - moving his head along with the music

[sjbonadonna]

@eggaldin well you must be raising that boy right!

[eggaldin]

@sjbonadonna

thank you - doing as best as i can

[herbbirdsfoot]

Where is the rest of this incredible footage?!!?!??!

[tony411m]

Makes me wish it was 1972 again.

[JamesSig]

Some of my friends in High School in the 60's became true Dead Heads and where the Dead went, they went. I wish I had followed them more! I did see them about 4 time, including at Watkins Glen in July '73 (along with 600,000 others - also booked were The Band & The Allman Bros Band) and in 1980 in NY City (one of their last live concerts tours for a while, I think). Now, I'm TOTALLY obsessed with them, and am in a group that plays a lot of Dead - this song being one of our VERY favorites!

[monopolymike]

QUINTESSENTIAL DEAD

[jezmundberserker]

Best version ever.

[alexlee420]

@jezmundberserker i totally agree

[jahtom]

I love this!

[jclick1972]

@vastridgerunner It was a good year musically, but with the tragic loss of Ron, I think that on a personal level it wasn't so hot.

[rotagen5]

The Dead just make me HAPPY. True mastery, true groove, flows so smooth. No BS, no angst, just the real deal.

[hansarvin]

I know the look in those eyes, and I can't help but burst out into a smile seeing jerry and all the rest really jamming this set.

[nurfacebish]

3:40 play it Jerry!!!

[nurfacebish]

Jerry looks high as a kite (not all that unusual lol)

[jezmundberserker]

I must have watched this clip many times over. It still sends chills down my spine. What a great performance!

[ultragalaxydeath]

gotta be the best version of this song. That strat tone is just plain righteous.

[rantnraven]

sweet.

[jclick1972]

This was recorded exactly 2 months after I was born and I still think that it one best versions of this song. It is a timeless classic.

[surfsoccerart]

one of my favorite dead songs.

[cindygibbsbarfield]

I miss jerry so much whenever i hear this song, it lifts my spirits.. love the Dead.

[rspetlover445]

@cindygibbsbarfield Agreed. I listen to Europe '72 whenever I've got to drive the L.A. freeway system.....  :-)

[odanak100]

Jerry was pretty much on fire then, you got to come back and listen to what he is saying with those runs.

[waylandsphere76]

RIP d hopper

[artsyfartsy898]

everytime i see jerry hit the sky, god makes a donut

[jbsalt]

Shit Hot!

[itsallgood239]

good song. i like slightly stoopids cover of it too

[tank71988]

Anybody have a live version of Box Of Rain? I absolutely love that song and can't find it anywhere. Other than that song, this is probably my favorite Dead tune.

[BanjoEclipse]

You don't want to hear box of rain live. Phil screws up the vocals majorly and that layered effect on the record is gone.

[waterloo2003]

every time seeing and hearing Jerry Garcia, heart throbbing, tear stained...the man is a real influence...he can change the world single handed...love you great mate forever..

[superkindonmymind]

phils bass is huge

[nebnis81]

@superkindonmymind  You know what they say about musicians with big basses?

[deadheadable]

@superkindonmymind And will be for more years to come... His wife Jill will help him chill....Ahaaa

[womenrsmarter420]

ive missed u for along time....

[MrISABELLAIS1]

I stayed a night trippin with achic in 90 in the Haight/ashbury section. We tripped in the park. Love her so

[jordanfan1023]

is it easy to get stuff out there still?

[bluescommander]

Pity you can't hear the bass.

[curlyfry197]

2:10

PHIL!!!

[edslides]

....'not the best at what they did, they were the only ones who did what they did'

anybody have 'you win again' from this tour?

[doggydog643]

the sun will shine in my backdoor someday

[curlyfry197]

i like to think of this line as a colonoscopy endorsement :)

[bruceblazo]

i love your sence of humor

[airnsmke]

it took me a while to really grasp the greatness of the dead, they truely are THE acid rock band in my mind, completely no rules , completely free, wow, i love em

[thefanster87]

So true . . . they had a fluidity and organicity that went unparalleled in their genre.

[MrISABELLAIS1]

They had it Man They went there and stayed there and everybody had a free ride. Keep On Truckin Heads:)

[quartoGBbrooklyn]

truly the greatest band ever. nobody can cover as many genres as they did and sound so good.

and i'm someone who mainly listen to death metal and 90's rap

[gorgeoushammer]

agreed.

[marctrainor]

@quartoGBbrooklyn Wow, to hear a guy like you, who I wouldn't have even thought would listen to the Dead (only because you mainly listen to death metal), that almost touches my heart, and certainly touches my interest, to hear you say that. I couldn't agree more!!! They covered such a variety of generes, and yet had their "own sound and style", i have to take my hat off to them too. Man what a group and what energy came out of that group. Marc Trainor.

[macjjohnsonj20]

@quartoGBbrooklyn Hey man besides deathmetal the dead and 90's rap are the fuckin greatest! Along with outlaw country and 80's funk!

[pmdnyc]

@quartoGBbrooklyn They are great, no doubt, but the greatest band ever? i have to disagree there. I would put them in top 5, so its open to conversation. Number 1? not even close... The Beatles. everyone else battles for second.

[TarheelAl10]

@quartoGBbrooklyn thank you so much for not being one of those "classic rock whooo rap SUCKZZZZLOLZZZ" types. glad to see that people can appreciate all sorts of music.

[lxawesley]

The Dead at their peak! The 72 european tour was by far my favorite. They were incredible, especially in 72.

[JohhnyMost]

My favorite song the Dead did. Loved the Americana tunes. Phil hitting the high notes before his voice went kaput. Jerry @3:42 "lets take her around the block one more time" Love it

[killadollabilla36]

tivoli ilovit

[eklizbeth]

keep this close to the ' China Cat ' ! thanks, this is really nice :) love this song !

[desolationrow]

Fucking video games. Now we have a generation of retarded kids who think the grateful dead are good because they played china cat on a video game.

[DangerousBastard]

Who cares where they hear it as long as they hear it?

[trking8]

jeez, jer - - you sure called that one. we DO miss you. when you gonna come rollin in our arms again?  t

[schnepat]

sooo happy I got to catch the dead at rothbury this year. too bad I was 7 when jerry passed, Warren did a solid respectful performance. Jerry was their in spirit guiding him

[caseyjones67]

man this is around the time jerrys addiction to heroin started gettin kinda bad

[foreignfreak09]

wrong, it wasn't until the mid to late 70s when he was introduced to persian (smokable heroin)

[curlyfry197]

I love Jerry's comforting, steadying voice leading us into this one. He was a paternal figure to so many, and it is truly typified here.

[JOESMITH19]

is it just me or does phil look like harold ramis in ghostbusters

[olsaltybastard]

"I collect spores, molds, and fungus."

I had this song in my head for two days; thanks for posting it.

[caliopterix]

That thought has occurred to me as well

[CadillacL]

Oh my! I was exactly a year old when this was filmed. How awesome is that? Ok, it is to me anyhow. Anyway, their music has really touched me. I've always had a wide taste of music & the dead touch all styles. Country, bluegrass, jazz, blues, etc. Grateful Dead RULES!

[tyleryesta1]

the were amazingly tight with just Bill on the kit.

[vastridgerunner]

Love the tone of Jerry playing on that Strat. 1972 was a great year for the GD.

[deadheadable]

@vastridgerunner One of the BEST

[xanos4225]

@vastridgerunner When I first started to listen to various shows, I quickly realized that I was always really enjoyed the 71-72 shows the most. Since then I've seen a lot of fans of the GD say that 72 was their favorite year. So I guess I'm not the only one.

[Katalysator53]

One of the best versions ever of Cat/Rider. Thanks!

[poopies474]

china cat into i kow you rider is the highlight of europe 72...... maybe the highlight of the carreer of the grateful dead

[daytonadave75]

"I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train..."

[islandsunderwater]

I saw them in either 1972 or 1973. People were standing six deep only feet from the stage, joints were going back and forth, and the atmosphere was magical. You know, I always thought musically the Dead absolutely sucked, but if I could go back in time that was a night I would pick. That was one of the loveliest experiences of my life.

[redlightboogie]

it's a shame you thought/think their music sucks. Musically they did something that no one before them had done and no one since has done. Magical, yes...always have been, always will be!

[BillReef]

pin head. I won't waste my breathe

[svenolley]

great version,not sure why Bobby doesn't use that old Gibson semi?

[bluescommander]

Breathtaking.