So Many Roads - Grateful Dead - JDarks' Take

[RogerHWerner]

What a wonderful presentation from a man who obviously loves the Dead. I agree with Burrjazz...I've never seen so much pain expressed so beautifully. In the performance at Soldier Field in 1995 it really does sound as if he had a premonition because he poured out his soul into the song and he brought me close to tears. Thanks for posting this!

[burjazz]

You are so very right.I've never seen pain so beautifully expressed Thank you sir, for this and all your interpretations.

[LonePigsyAndCub]

Thank you.

[vauxhall908]

I like your ceiling very retro

[grendall143]

Hey Thanks Darks!!! yet again...another spot on tune.....your work has really stepped up my playing. Can"t thank you enough

[TheCatfishJames]

Thank you! The tabs for this are crap.

[wireguy73]

JDark I agree wholeheartedly with your opening. I was seeing lots of shows between 89 and the end so this was is a tune that truly brings me back to the carefree days of my youth witnessing the end of a legend. Sadly by 93ish it was becoming very obvious that he wasn't going to pull out of the funk he was in. It can be speculated as to why he declined to rapidly in those years but it's tunes like this one and Days Between that make it apparent that he saw it coming just like we did.

[wtractor024]

man, i hear you on the beginning.. exactly how i felt!!!

[tjellist]

Love your stuff... Clean your fingerboard, brother. :)

[wgutherie]

Thanks a lot JDarks. Your vids are really cool. I definitely hear ya with what you say at the beginning, but I saw the Dead when they debuted it. The song means a lot to me, it basically breaks my heart when I hear it . But it brings back a lot of memories for me and it gives me a real bittersweet feeling, I don't like it besause like us all, I miss Jerry, but strangely at the same time I like it. Now I can play it. Thanks man, I appreciate your vids and efforts.

[TheCannabisKing]

what happened to your home studio? and if that bar is in your home i tip my hat to you sir.

[raitiovainu]

Good clear work, no showin off.I like this.

[shaconage]

Thanks for all you share JDarks!!! Here is to your health and happiness in 2011. We appreciate you SO MUCH................

[hubdog420]

Record a bit louder my only gripe.

[prophetdude2]

The Darks Has Returned!

[Bull3tdodger]

welcome back jdarks. happy new year. more vids please!

[caspersvapors]

its a beautiful song, days between has a similar "goodbye" feeling and is even more depressing imo. 9-18-94 is a really superb version of So many roads though

[adellethegreat]

@caspersvapors I concur. Days Between always gets me.

[shaconage]

@adellethegreat Days Between can be sublime....... Jerry could really deliver with both his guitar and his voice but when he brought it all together (mind meld, spirit on fire, hands and heart as one) and it felt like you were not only a part of the music but the music itself, well those were the days my friends and I yearn for them or any days when Jerry was scheduled to play and anything was possible, whether they were days between or not.

[shaconage]

@shaconage I would love to see JDarks or anyone else with talent and time to cover Days Between and teach us how to play it. The song can really deliver a wallop of a thunder clap.............

[jnagle1971]

Hope you had a great Jerry Christmas.

Glad to see you again, hope to see a lot more.

[btljpgr]

Thanks so much for doing the video. The song really makes one think about Jerry's last years.

[buddhak0n]

Thanks JDark.

Happy New Year. May it be a great one for everyone out there reading this.

Love the song. Love the roads.

[vwjodyme]

Love the lessons and this song!

[jonapop]

great stuff as usually!

[chinacat63]

he's back! .... thanks!

looks good with the new camera, nice and clear :-)

[chinacat63]

he's back! .... thanks!

[mario4prez]

you need to take some steel wool to that guitar there

[mario4prez]

FIRST

[mslaerik66]

yeahhh ! new JDarks vid thanks and I hope you had a Jerry Xmas and a Happt Bob Weir !