i think i liked hearing Bobby and Pigpen sing a little more then Jerry, given though there are some songs that you hear and know that only Jerry could sing it.
@MrMeddled Oh yeah, I am not saying I dislike them or anything. Some of their covers are my favourite songs. And I agree. I was just...surprised to find that ALL but two of the songs on their debut LP are covers. I wasn't saying sad as...sad sad. Sad like.......'Geez. Whaaaaat? That's crazyyy maahhn."
@penningtonant I felt the same way when I found out they didn't write Morning Dew and Big River. Still, they did amazing versions of any songs they covered, so I feel okay about it now.
just to clear the air about Keith.... i dont know the guy... he was dead in the ground years before i ever swam outta the end of my dads weiner.... but if u got bad shit to say about him u should fuckin kill yourself... listen to his fuckin piano, thats all u need to do... he did drugs, big fuckin deal, they all did, i do, if ur watchin this vid u might too.... we're all fucked up... im just glad heaven has a piano player :)
@ArodOwnsU1313 the keith and donna days were my favorite dead shows, but truly no need to be rude to those who do not "get" the dead. most folks don't. probably a bad idea to continue doing drugs but i am in no position to lecture you given my earlier years. I will tell you that the last few dead shows i saw were sans drugs and it took nothing away from the music. the early days were great but not just dead members, but plenty of others now actually DEAD. many were friends.
first time i saw the grateful dead was sept 1972 philadelphia spectrum-- only 50% full-- dance concert-- what a blast-- by spring tour 1973 they were sellouts......
Well Bob-O aside from immediate family there is nobody who has worked as hard as you for my affections....just hope they work better for you than Jerry Bill or Merl... You ran off December 2007 before I could tell you
tru dat, i really love brents work though, he has a more of a rock n' roll dance sound, but keith is great, i agree with that daveniner dude about pigpen. Pig just had the "Mojo"
Love this song, thanks for posting. Crazy story about Mickey's dad becoming their manager and then ripping them off. Mickey left for 3 years even though the Dead asked him to stay. I was also surprised how much Bill and Mickey liked each other, really no jealousy.
when did mickey hart start playing a second kit with them full time?
do you think two drummers playing kits lock step limited the dynamics?
i think it sounds great just bill kreutzmann, and it would have been better had mickey hart played anything besides another almost identical drummer. mickey hart should have instead filled out the percussion section playing different objects. jmho
Mickey's first show back with them was the last show of their Winterland run in 74 the final night of filming for the Grateful Dead Movie. They only did a couple shows in 75 so i guess 76 is when he officially returned. I totally agree with you, Billy was awesome by himself, way more spontanious.
When something musical didn't work with the Dead, they had no problem fixing the problem.
Garcia considered firing Weir and Pigpen because he didn't feel they were pulling their weight. Pigpen died, but Weir got his songwriting chops together and grew from the experience. So I think if they discerned any clutter with the two drummers they wouldn't have let it go on for 20 years. Besides, Mickey's rudiments are excellent and he complements Kreutzman as opposed to getting in the way.
@alligayda Okay. Make yourself clear. What part of what I said was bs? I do know what I'm talking about, by the way. First saw the Dead in '69 and have followed them for 40 plus years. Please don't make statements without backing them up with facts.
@keyboardwhiz I don't know now I can't find your post, I'm currently runnin' afever of 102 right now, but someone posted some bs about how jerry wanted to fire pig and bob i was respondin to that, but I can't find it now. swore i clicked right below it though, but i don't know i remember readin your stuff on keys and likin it .sorry. my computer has also been tempermental for the past couple of days. just diregard my comment . I'm confused and i need to go to bed.
alligayda, You probably did read a post where you thought I was putting down the Dead. Those guys are way too awesome musicians for me to ever be critical of their playing. Jerry's dissatisfaction with Bobby and Pig was something I've read about by folks who were in the Dead family. The great thing about it was that Bobby, because of that, became an awesome songwriter and wonderful rhythm guitarist.
Please get yourself better and kill that fever, bro.
I'm a sis, but on the mend this morning already, thanks, fever's down, feelin' a bit more human today. true, the boys had their problems, but they lived together and worked together . Jerry never considered himself a leader of the band and thusly I don't see how he would have felt the need to fire anyone. They probably all wanted to fire eachother at some point. Never liked the rumor mill, still don't.
Glad to see your on the mend. Again, I'm a Dead fan and am not being critical. But you know they did fire Keith because they wanted less piano and more B-3 and synth which is where Brent came in.
In 1970 Jerry was just such an incredible picker that at the time
he wanted to see the Dead grow and he thought they weren't. Fortunately, like I said,
eight years earlier, Bobby got the point and grew into an incredible songwriter . Glad we've had this conversation. Music is love.
Keith got fired, in part, because Donna couldn't stay in tune on stage. Jerry and co couldn't fire one without firing the other and it just got to the point that it was just painful to be on stage with her. Keith was great on the keys.
@wireguy73 Thanks for the reply. Also read that Keith had a bad habit that contributed to his separation from the band. Also have read that just on a musical level, they wanted more Hammond B-3. That Keith's piano runs were in the same part of the sound palette as Jerry's runs and Bobby's comping and they felt somebody like Brent could complement the sound more with the B-3 and synth. To me Keith was sensational on Europe 72 and Brent sounds awesome on Go to Heaven.
@wireguy73 Keith was a mess in his private life. He was moody, sleepy and "sleepy" -- one junkie in the band was too many -- and somebody else already held that spot. But in this era his piano was delightfully additive.
@keyboardwhiz Jerry DID ask (fire Bobby and Pig to leave sometime around '68 due to them not being focused and Bobby not practicing, it was prolly more to shake them up, they did a couple acoustic spots then the boys got back soon after...as far as Keith he was far strung out, which was aight, but he couldnt play like that, all strung out, and they got sick of it, he was "a shell of who what he was before".these facts I state are from what i read in Phil Leshs' autobiog 'Searching for the Sound'
@keyboardwhiz so I went back through with a fine tooth comb and still did not find the comment that i was respondin' to but it wasn't yours. Did you see it too?lol maybe the fever, but I wonder if you tube's goin' wonky on me 'cuz I've been sharin' the dead files on here, often folks don't like the way we heads like to share. sorry for the confusion, brother/sisterfriend, somethin' went weird along the way- maybe me.
@alligayda Jerry DID ask (fire) Bobby and Pig to leave sometime around '68 due to them not being focused and Bobby not practicing, it was prolly more to shake them up, they did a couple acoustic spots then the boys got back soon after...as far as Keith he was far strung out, which was aight, but he couldnt play like that, all strung out, and they got sick of it, he was "a shell of who what he was before".these facts I state are from what i read in Phil Leshs' autobiog 'Searching for the Sound'
Couldn't agree with you more. I'm a piano player, but it's all about the band sound and I could never really get behind Keith playing piano on EVERY song like he did. Pigpen knew R & B and he seemed very tasteful. When they got Brent, he really knew about variety, switching off between B-3, piano and synthesizer. Love his solo on Alabama Getaway.
@daveniner Pigpen was an excellent musician in both technical skill and showmanship when his drinking didn't get the best of him, Keith on the other hand began slacking once heroin took over his life.
um, as far as american dance bands went (circa late-middle 20th century) the dead and the airplane were the epitome, they were not just one genre, but many, and that was what made them great, ie. roots, blues, folk, et al +acid...w/ monumental live shows. maybe you had to have been there, but just listen to say dicks picks binghampton 1970...
the dead were always overrated... decent jug band but not the leaders of shaping music in their era.... in the usa at that time, that claim goes to ccr, the doors, csny & of course hendrix.
Decent Jug Band Huh? You catch them Upstairs at the Tangent? Backroom at Keplers? Fun in Palo Alto back then? Or maybe U were just a baby. And don't really know. To bad it was Way Fun when they Plugged In & Dead & SF Bands became leaders of shaping music in their era & every band wanted to play in SF where there was a whole new sound & whole new musical trip before there was a Jimi Experience or CSNY & The Doors wern't yet a opening act at The Whiskey & CCR was The Golliwogs.
6749er.. ill grant u the dead staked flag early & in re to being a nexus for the emerging san fran sound in '65 they did become leaders of a musical commty/family. my point, wh/ should've been stated better: in re to creation of music they're overrated, b/c of importance of being a band early in a movement. composition & ability wise though, they werent the creative forces of the bands I mentioned. an above avg jam band for a new sound, not creative giants musically like the doors or airplane.
kelv This Jam Band Box you try to stuff The Dead in doesn't fit. Listen to Working's Man Dead & American Beauty. Blows your box away-They could do it all. Dylan didn't dig the GD & love Gracia & is writing songs with Hunter because they were a Jam Band. Any more than a "Acid Rock Band" in 60's. GD created a unique alchemy & synthesis of many musical forms. Doors could play but needed Jim & his words unlike the GD they wern't creative Giants Musically-GD were no doubt. Ask Jimi
I love the way the dead could turn on a dime with one drummer, sure mickeys a great drummer, but with two drummers you get locked into plodding beats sometimes, listen to the snare of Bobby McGee on S&R as Bill swerves the song so intimately like only one drummer can, practically punching jerry's lead right out of Jerry's own fingers with his dynamics on the snare, the big exception with 2 drummers is the terrific chaos of Samson or the 80s and 90s New Minglewoods and Shakedowns and Other Ones..
BIODTL is a fun little tune with Bob's voice totally in time, and a sweet Garcia "rock on out!" guitar solo. THANK YOU UPLOADER UTUBE IS SO F'N COOL... WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS LIBRARY OF VISUAL DEAD FOOTAGE. AGREEd?
It's nice, but i think the song is very predictable. It's a variation of 50's rock style. A lot of bands used this type of style on the b side of their records in the 60's.
Not very creative. Still a lot of nostalgia on this video.
this songs playfulness and lightheartedness is normally an essential component of that evenings enthralling 'conversation' with each other and with us their audience - BUT - this is not even a dead show - this is a TV studio with no live audience in Germany, and any deadhead knows this is just like a sound check if you are going to criticize the dead review a live show or a studio album but not this
Very cool post! tasty tasty stuff...Sven, Keith played piano & Pig the organ for '72 (and late '71) until Pig had to leave the band when they finished the run in Europe. Gave them a very thick sound for the time...one of the best line ups they had IMO (for song based fans, not jammers)
is there an album with that live recording?
SunflowerContest 2 months ago
where is the full dvd?
DankBudz4U420 2 months ago
i think i liked hearing Bobby and Pigpen sing a little more then Jerry, given though there are some songs that you hear and know that only Jerry could sing it.
Mtdeadhead312 4 months ago
good quality video! Thanks for posting.
tyleryesta1 5 months ago
@MrMeddled Oh yeah, I am not saying I dislike them or anything. Some of their covers are my favourite songs. And I agree. I was just...surprised to find that ALL but two of the songs on their debut LP are covers. I wasn't saying sad as...sad sad. Sad like.......'Geez. Whaaaaat? That's crazyyy maahhn."
Lol.
penningtonant 6 months ago
Jerry sounded so good on a strat
EliCosper85 8 months ago
I was saddened to find out that this is not an original Dead tune. Shit, most of the stuff off of their debut are covers.
penningtonant 8 months ago
@penningtonant I felt the same way when I found out they didn't write Morning Dew and Big River. Still, they did amazing versions of any songs they covered, so I feel okay about it now.
FlareHunter76 7 months ago
just to clear the air about Keith.... i dont know the guy... he was dead in the ground years before i ever swam outta the end of my dads weiner.... but if u got bad shit to say about him u should fuckin kill yourself... listen to his fuckin piano, thats all u need to do... he did drugs, big fuckin deal, they all did, i do, if ur watchin this vid u might too.... we're all fucked up... im just glad heaven has a piano player :)
ArodOwnsU1313 9 months ago
@ArodOwnsU1313 the keith and donna days were my favorite dead shows, but truly no need to be rude to those who do not "get" the dead. most folks don't. probably a bad idea to continue doing drugs but i am in no position to lecture you given my earlier years. I will tell you that the last few dead shows i saw were sans drugs and it took nothing away from the music. the early days were great but not just dead members, but plenty of others now actually DEAD. many were friends.
verbenco 6 months ago
A real foot stomper
swilliams9511 10 months ago 4
Outstanding!
grandbbq 10 months ago
they were better when brent was playin, but theyre still sick, bills snare work is amazing!
deaddan112 10 months ago
BIODTL rocks... as bobby says" now rock on out"
gratefuldead1975 1 year ago
As good as they got.
TheJPDIII 1 year ago
Long live the Dead!
GTinATL100 1 year ago
God Bless The Grateful Dead
SkorzenyNinja 1 year ago
Actually it was not Jerry. It was there manager, he fired them. I read that in Phil Lesh's autobiography.
Hashjihadful 1 year ago
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Jenscool 1 year ago
first time i saw the grateful dead was sept 1972 philadelphia spectrum-- only 50% full-- dance concert-- what a blast-- by spring tour 1973 they were sellouts......
mclearyb 1 year ago
Never had to pay before 1970...or $2!!!
Jenscool 1 year ago
Ah...memories. The Dead played for nearly 5 hours for just $5.00 in my hometown in 1972. Great concert!
puddleglumm 1 year ago
its too bad this line-up of the dead was extremely short lived.
pigpen and keith together with just bill on drums, your damn right!
Baylon777 1 year ago
When the dead lived!!! :)
Jenscool 1 year ago
fucking EPIC.
bigfranky75 1 year ago
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SonjaChamerberlin 1 year ago
hell yeah
colinchinsammy 1 year ago
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huff1971 1 year ago
PigPen!!!!!
avoraluke1990 1 year ago
cant wait to get this on rock band dlc tommorow!
markymark4114 1 year ago
i miss jerry
dragontigerbull 1 year ago
Well Bob-O aside from immediate family there is nobody who has worked as hard as you for my affections....just hope they work better for you than Jerry Bill or Merl... You ran off December 2007 before I could tell you
BoarHorse 1 year ago
Nice! Too bad ol' Jesse Fuller didn't get more credit for all the awesome songs he wrote and recorded. One man jug band!
applechopski 1 year ago
Keith could tickle those ivories better than any of 'em...
deweypug 2 years ago
Pig and Keith were totally different both together were awesome, cant beat Keith on the Grand
Kell714 2 years ago 2
tru dat, i really love brents work though, he has a more of a rock n' roll dance sound, but keith is great, i agree with that daveniner dude about pigpen. Pig just had the "Mojo"
prophetdude2 2 years ago
GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEAD
LogicBoardShop 2 years ago 15
@LogicBoardShop fuck ya dud like the dud wood say
PcTwEekers 1 week ago
Love this song, thanks for posting. Crazy story about Mickey's dad becoming their manager and then ripping them off. Mickey left for 3 years even though the Dead asked him to stay. I was also surprised how much Bill and Mickey liked each other, really no jealousy.
BustaLip 2 years ago
when did mickey hart start playing a second kit with them full time?
do you think two drummers playing kits lock step limited the dynamics?
i think it sounds great just bill kreutzmann, and it would have been better had mickey hart played anything besides another almost identical drummer. mickey hart should have instead filled out the percussion section playing different objects. jmho
whojim13 2 years ago
Mickey's first show back with them was the last show of their Winterland run in 74 the final night of filming for the Grateful Dead Movie. They only did a couple shows in 75 so i guess 76 is when he officially returned. I totally agree with you, Billy was awesome by himself, way more spontanious.
TheChrisV420 2 years ago
When something musical didn't work with the Dead, they had no problem fixing the problem.
Garcia considered firing Weir and Pigpen because he didn't feel they were pulling their weight. Pigpen died, but Weir got his songwriting chops together and grew from the experience. So I think if they discerned any clutter with the two drummers they wouldn't have let it go on for 20 years. Besides, Mickey's rudiments are excellent and he complements Kreutzman as opposed to getting in the way.
keyboardwhiz 2 years ago
@keyboardwhiz if you don't know what your talkin' 'bout maybe you shouldn't post. all of what you said was bs???
alligayda 2 years ago
@alligayda Okay. Make yourself clear. What part of what I said was bs? I do know what I'm talking about, by the way. First saw the Dead in '69 and have followed them for 40 plus years. Please don't make statements without backing them up with facts.
keyboardwhiz 2 years ago
@keyboardwhiz I don't know now I can't find your post, I'm currently runnin' afever of 102 right now, but someone posted some bs about how jerry wanted to fire pig and bob i was respondin to that, but I can't find it now. swore i clicked right below it though, but i don't know i remember readin your stuff on keys and likin it .sorry. my computer has also been tempermental for the past couple of days. just diregard my comment . I'm confused and i need to go to bed.
alligayda 2 years ago
alligayda, You probably did read a post where you thought I was putting down the Dead. Those guys are way too awesome musicians for me to ever be critical of their playing. Jerry's dissatisfaction with Bobby and Pig was something I've read about by folks who were in the Dead family. The great thing about it was that Bobby, because of that, became an awesome songwriter and wonderful rhythm guitarist.
Please get yourself better and kill that fever, bro.
keyboardwhiz 2 years ago
I'm a sis, but on the mend this morning already, thanks, fever's down, feelin' a bit more human today. true, the boys had their problems, but they lived together and worked together . Jerry never considered himself a leader of the band and thusly I don't see how he would have felt the need to fire anyone. They probably all wanted to fire eachother at some point. Never liked the rumor mill, still don't.
alligayda 2 years ago
Glad to see your on the mend. Again, I'm a Dead fan and am not being critical. But you know they did fire Keith because they wanted less piano and more B-3 and synth which is where Brent came in.
In 1970 Jerry was just such an incredible picker that at the time
he wanted to see the Dead grow and he thought they weren't. Fortunately, like I said,
eight years earlier, Bobby got the point and grew into an incredible songwriter . Glad we've had this conversation. Music is love.
keyboardwhiz 2 years ago
@keyboardwhiz
Keith got fired, in part, because Donna couldn't stay in tune on stage. Jerry and co couldn't fire one without firing the other and it just got to the point that it was just painful to be on stage with her. Keith was great on the keys.
wireguy73 1 year ago 2
@wireguy73 Thanks for the reply. Also read that Keith had a bad habit that contributed to his separation from the band. Also have read that just on a musical level, they wanted more Hammond B-3. That Keith's piano runs were in the same part of the sound palette as Jerry's runs and Bobby's comping and they felt somebody like Brent could complement the sound more with the B-3 and synth. To me Keith was sensational on Europe 72 and Brent sounds awesome on Go to Heaven.
keyboardwhiz 1 year ago 2
@wireguy73 Keith was a mess in his private life. He was moody, sleepy and "sleepy" -- one junkie in the band was too many -- and somebody else already held that spot. But in this era his piano was delightfully additive.
ClueSign 10 months ago
very true at one time bob and pig were fired because jerry was unsatisfied with them but they just never left and it was all good after that
caseyjones67 2 years ago
@keyboardwhiz Jerry DID ask (fire Bobby and Pig to leave sometime around '68 due to them not being focused and Bobby not practicing, it was prolly more to shake them up, they did a couple acoustic spots then the boys got back soon after...as far as Keith he was far strung out, which was aight, but he couldnt play like that, all strung out, and they got sick of it, he was "a shell of who what he was before".these facts I state are from what i read in Phil Leshs' autobiog 'Searching for the Sound'
mumbles215 1 year ago
@keyboardwhiz so I went back through with a fine tooth comb and still did not find the comment that i was respondin' to but it wasn't yours. Did you see it too?lol maybe the fever, but I wonder if you tube's goin' wonky on me 'cuz I've been sharin' the dead files on here, often folks don't like the way we heads like to share. sorry for the confusion, brother/sisterfriend, somethin' went weird along the way- maybe me.
alligayda 2 years ago
@alligayda Jerry DID ask (fire) Bobby and Pig to leave sometime around '68 due to them not being focused and Bobby not practicing, it was prolly more to shake them up, they did a couple acoustic spots then the boys got back soon after...as far as Keith he was far strung out, which was aight, but he couldnt play like that, all strung out, and they got sick of it, he was "a shell of who what he was before".these facts I state are from what i read in Phil Leshs' autobiog 'Searching for the Sound'
mumbles215 1 year ago
@whojim13 he did
alligayda 2 years ago
Hey man thanks so much!!! Superb 5 Big Grateful Stars!!!!!!
Wolfgasm0414 2 years ago
i am deadicated.5 stars.
Zendishwasher1 2 years ago
The Dead lives on.
They did stuff no one does today.
I am Grateful for the Dead!
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 2 years ago
who u think was better at the keys keith or pig because in my opinion its pig just listen to the first album
caseyjones67 2 years ago
I think Keith was a better musician, but I think Pig had the attitude and vibe that was better for the band,
daveniner 2 years ago 2
Couldn't agree with you more. I'm a piano player, but it's all about the band sound and I could never really get behind Keith playing piano on EVERY song like he did. Pigpen knew R & B and he seemed very tasteful. When they got Brent, he really knew about variety, switching off between B-3, piano and synthesizer. Love his solo on Alabama Getaway.
keyboardwhiz 2 years ago
@daveniner Pigpen was an excellent musician in both technical skill and showmanship when his drinking didn't get the best of him, Keith on the other hand began slacking once heroin took over his life.
cocaineexpress 1 month ago
Joe Brown's Coal Mine
HatsandSuch 2 years ago
um, as far as american dance bands went (circa late-middle 20th century) the dead and the airplane were the epitome, they were not just one genre, but many, and that was what made them great, ie. roots, blues, folk, et al +acid...w/ monumental live shows. maybe you had to have been there, but just listen to say dicks picks binghampton 1970...
wellspout 2 years ago
Saw the Dead at the Capitol Theater in May or June of '70. One of the top 5 shows I've ever seen.
They did all of Live Dead and all of Workingman's Dead ... from St. Stephen to Dark Star to Lovelight to Uncle John's Band to High Time, etc.
I'm getting high just thinking about it.
keyboardwhiz 2 years ago
the arguement between 6749er and kelvinkloud is awesome, neither of them make sense haha.
rtuzak91 2 years ago
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6749er 2 years ago
Good old Grateful Dead.
Make me wanna get up and Dance!
6749er 2 years ago
Jerry sounded good on that strat, cant figure out why he never continued with it, that particular one was a gift from stephen stills
ericbrock75 2 years ago
@ericbrock75 Agreed, I loved the blond strat and the black Les Paul. Always thought the custom guitars that came later sounded too wimpy.
jab3785 1 year ago
This IS the dead,
skaterocknroll 2 years ago 19
the dead were always overrated... decent jug band but not the leaders of shaping music in their era.... in the usa at that time, that claim goes to ccr, the doors, csny & of course hendrix.
kelvinkloud 2 years ago
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6749er 2 years ago
6749er 2 years ago
6749er.. ill grant u the dead staked flag early & in re to being a nexus for the emerging san fran sound in '65 they did become leaders of a musical commty/family. my point, wh/ should've been stated better: in re to creation of music they're overrated, b/c of importance of being a band early in a movement. composition & ability wise though, they werent the creative forces of the bands I mentioned. an above avg jam band for a new sound, not creative giants musically like the doors or airplane.
kelvinkloud 2 years ago
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6749er 2 years ago
I will mention just one band that I know for a fact doesn't agree with you just so
you might think twice before dragging them into your trip & what you think.
The Jefferson Airplane.
U know what U think or read what
someone might have said but me
& JA among oithers were there.
We saw The GD go where no R&R band had gone before & watch them blow past
& through musical walls trailblazing & braking new ground before anyone.
CCR a great rock band but John can
tell U creative giants-Dead
6749er 2 years ago
Monterey Pop off stage Jimi could have played w/ anybody he chose to play w/ guys in Dead & Quicksilver.
He'd fly to SF stand off stage where people couldn't see him to watch
The Dead play & he'd ask THEM if he could hang out & play with Them.
Why did jazz greats Charles Loyd Branford Marshalls & Ornette Coleman dig playing with & had serious respect for them?
"Their music touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists," Lenny Kaye
JA CCR Jimi Knew-u don't.
6749er 2 years ago
6749er 2 years ago
best 72 livedead song i ever heard!!!!!!!!!! (yes i know its from the 67 debut album)
rwk1983 2 years ago
groovy 5*
itsjustmacker 2 years ago
Beautiful! Awsome talent!
pigletized 2 years ago
72 dead.............some of the best
donveill 2 years ago 2
Great version of this. So much better with just Billy on drums!
medicatedmind420 3 years ago 4
The real Jerry,
down it Joe Browns coal mine.
Great stuff!!!
npspec34 3 years ago 2
i like the way jerry plays like no one else can play his style
caseyjones67 3 years ago 2
jerry skinny
caseyjones67 3 years ago 2
perfect clip...thanks 4 the memories!
emalerocket 3 years ago 2
I love the way the dead could turn on a dime with one drummer, sure mickeys a great drummer, but with two drummers you get locked into plodding beats sometimes, listen to the snare of Bobby McGee on S&R as Bill swerves the song so intimately like only one drummer can, practically punching jerry's lead right out of Jerry's own fingers with his dynamics on the snare, the big exception with 2 drummers is the terrific chaos of Samson or the 80s and 90s New Minglewoods and Shakedowns and Other Ones..
jamescnix 3 years ago
the studio version is great but the REAL way to listen to the dead is live man.
folkrockm14 3 years ago 2
Jerry Garcia = Papa Bear Of Rock n roll. Man what a guitar player.
rocknrolla81 3 years ago
texas gd
wellspout 3 years ago
Neat version of beat it :)
I like the closeups of Jerry at the end, he looks very clean and healthy.
Reckoning888 3 years ago
Is that the '57 "Graham Nash" strat? The one called Alligator- does anyone know?
incongra 3 years ago
indeed that is "Alligator", given to Jerry by Nash.
GratefulGarcia23 3 years ago
Is there video available of Pig Pen from the Europe 72 tour or maybe from before he got real sick?
riverrat10k 3 years ago
DEAD HEAD FOR LIFE!
hippiekyd416 3 years ago
grate sound for the year....SBD for sure!!!
BIODTL is a fun little tune with Bob's voice totally in time, and a sweet Garcia "rock on out!" guitar solo. THANK YOU UPLOADER UTUBE IS SO F'N COOL... WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS LIBRARY OF VISUAL DEAD FOOTAGE. AGREEd?
Altoonasuks 3 years ago
wow justin fuckin timberlake your a homo hes like the gayest male singer ever nice job
BBMarines 3 years ago
You can learn a thing or two with all those close-ups on Jerry's jam licks.
theperson37 3 years ago
Why? What exactly is so repulsive about this video, i would sincerely like to know.
Not sarcasm, i want a straight answer.
SoundsLikePurple 3 years ago
It's nice, but i think the song is very predictable. It's a variation of 50's rock style. A lot of bands used this type of style on the b side of their records in the 60's.
Not very creative. Still a lot of nostalgia on this video.
ugle99 3 years ago
this songs playfulness and lightheartedness is normally an essential component of that evenings enthralling 'conversation' with each other and with us their audience - BUT - this is not even a dead show - this is a TV studio with no live audience in Germany, and any deadhead knows this is just like a sound check if you are going to criticize the dead review a live show or a studio album but not this
jamescnix 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
wow i only have one word to say....
FAGGOTS
BBMarines 3 years ago
Spoken like a true child who's musical tastes probably don't surpass Justin Timberlake.
desolationrow 3 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
nah this some bullshit
BBMarines 3 years ago
is that your appetite?? what a strange dude? how did you end up here - too much beer? swicth brands man - your creeeping the rest of the world out
jamescnix 3 years ago
could always use more '72 footage in my life...awesome post,thanks!!
packymayonaise 3 years ago 2
Nice version and what a quality! nice one
5 star for sure.
Reckoning888 3 years ago 2
audio is perfect. Thanks
flavomatic 3 years ago 2
this videoo is awsoem word
GoodSense89 3 years ago 2
no i mean thank god for putting the person on the earth who put this on here
GoodSense89 3 years ago 2
Very cool post! tasty tasty stuff...Sven, Keith played piano & Pig the organ for '72 (and late '71) until Pig had to leave the band when they finished the run in Europe. Gave them a very thick sound for the time...one of the best line ups they had IMO (for song based fans, not jammers)
PSmith888 3 years ago 4
sweeeeeeet
dillonhn 3 years ago
Cohesive and crisp presentation by the band.
My favorite live performances from the Grateful Dead are from years 1972 and 1977.
This one's a gem! 2bad ending cut--Thanks
blackmountainboar 3 years ago
Keith and Pigpen!? Good version of agreat song.Rockin' there Bob..,
svenolley 3 years ago
Fantastic!!! Bravo!!
damnright4 3 years ago
Wow - 36 freeking years ago - look at their young faces! Super!
Thanx for sharing FRITZ5173!
smokinass1 3 years ago
Unbelievable. So much better before Donna started singin. Kieth a vwery underrated piano player.
IhateGary 4 years ago
This video is amazing.
ToddlerWithAKnife 4 years ago
holy WOW!!! awesome!!!!!
gordak 4 years ago
wow excellent quality on this video, where did u find this treasure???
brianm1314 4 years ago
lol ya ik
theson21 4 years ago
excellent
boxercare 4 years ago
Thank for this footage but more please! Have a good day.
710haightashbury 4 years ago
whoa is there more footage from this show?
caspersvapors 4 years ago
Jerry the floating face
ThankYouJerryGarcia 4 years ago