Grateful Dead - Morning Dew - 05/08/77 Barton Hall

[mwells219]

the amazing thing about the dead on their really good jams is that they always seem to start kind of dissonant but then by the end they come together in this beautiful musical painting.

[runntum]

I'm blackin out !

[grandbbq]

That was outstading! Can I get up now? I seem to have fallen into a big chair and drifted away..... :-) :-) :-)

[nimamotiee]

fantastic quality

[jeanhartely]

If only it were about past wars! Too bad, but it applies to Iraq and Afghanistan and every rotten war they send folks off to. The U.S. government doesn't learn from history, or good songs, it seems. "Morning Dew" is so damn timely it makes me want to weep.

[WiseCherokee]

r.i.p brother bill

[soulshine1277]

Loving this thanks!!!

[kewlbreez77]

What about the Capitol Theater version? check it out - 4/27/77 !

[MrGuitarman187]

Sometimes when i listen to the dead i cant find a solid rythm to attach my hearing to. It almost seams messy. I love the dead but some of their songs are heard to follow. Idk if im alone in that sence.

[musiciandeadhead5]

@MrGuitarman187 I agree, Its Madness that can go any direction.. Thats the best part of the dead and improv! ;-) Nto liek ANY band EVER or again! GOOD OLE GRATEFUL DEAD!!!! (~};-)

[allanrpa32652]

great version,probably in the top three or 4.However, i never heard Jerry before or since sing it that way .Being a viet nam vet,every time I hear this particular version ,i get cold chills.Jerry MAY YOU REST IN PEACE!

[MrGuitarman187]

this is one hell of a version. I really like the panio players stuff on the slow parts

[dkscotton]

This is an amazing performance. Morning Dew isn't one of my favorite songs but the way they played it here is incredible.

[SuperSmallsy]

whos better the doors or the dead!!!???

[casualtySR]

@SuperSmallsy no comparison... how can you even listen to this and ask that question. boggles my mind.

[pinkus44]

@SuperSmallsy they are just different. the dead had better musicians on a whole i think and were "farther out", but the doors fucking rule too! they are so listenable. comparison is maybe the wrong approach. pick both!

[jeanhartely]

This is actually an anti (Viet Nam) war song.

[MrGuitarman187]

@jeanhartely i herd it was about nuclear war.

"Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,

Walk me out in the morning dew today.

I can't walk you out in the morning dew my honey, "

and

Where have all the people gone my honey,

Where have all the people gone today.

There's no need for you to be worrying about all those people,

You never see those people anyway.

if not its still fun to see it from that perspective

[kewlbreez77]

@jeanhartely  ... correct...

[StealY0urFace]

I'm the 62nd like....62 is my number...it finds me everywhere...I do not know why

[casualtySR]

Once you've bent your ear to hear the tune this music becomes like life blood for your soul.

[johnny576375]

@casualtySR Spot on.

[runntum]

Wow! I get a headache from the intensity on this version. It's too hot!

[walthobs]

1 person is broken inside for the dislike, although....... while this MD is great.... there are better. the6/9/77, hartford maybe 4/28/77 are much more interesting and deep as far as shows if you like this check out 5/13/77 great softer show like the barton hall but far superior in my opinion.....any true fans can hit me up for sounboards as long as they are not shows which have been packaged and sold by GD

[ex1le444]

Greatest band of all time! Tell me I'm wrong!

[jeanhartely]

@ex1le444 You're not wrong, Ex!

[hippycouple2]

@r4wmaterial Don't realy get it do you.

[rocinante88]

@r4wmaterial - and there you have it

[tozen51]

Was at this show...on my motorcycle...amazinoeg show, day after my birthday ( and Billys). It snowed...couldn't leave till next day.

[TheChas112859]

Best Version

[TheChas112859]

Best Version

[jts001]

fabulous version thanks

[surfric]

I was there watching from right in front of Jerry. Every time the circuit of chords at the end would go around, I thought this has to be it. But it wasn't for maybe 3 minutes. Then an incredible crescendo of whirring guitar, and BAM, "I guess it doesn't BAM Matter, anyway.............

[teebeardh130]

I guess it all depends on whose listening cause don't each song have its own special meaning just for u thats what i love about the dead it becomes all mine for a moment I just love this song

[teebeardh130]

thank u I just got outta jail and I needed this

[bwanna23]

@teebeardh130 may you live the rest of your life in peace and freedom.

[dpeab11370]

@teebeardh130 good luck man! Hope you ain't planning on goin' back any time soon! Peace.

[thisisdoc]

The best ever thank you so much (from 1 Deadhead to another.) Peace and Love rules ... 

[bozco89]

best dew ever..thanks for posting such a HQ copy.

[DevoDevoT]

A perfect musical moment captured for all time.

[digitaltreez]

blazing with the first rays and this song makes for a good day.

[hammer41184]

great photo---lots of contrast for a film shot

[chasefukuoka61]

Beautiful!!! I love this Dew, love that SHOW...!

[CamDazzle]

This show and this song....a crowning moment in musical history.

[Dominator8146]

I was hoping this was actual footage. I already have the whole show on my iPod, Thanks for the upload.

[jhendrixfanatic2]

I was at the Barton Hall show in Ithaca, with an"a". Great show!!!! Great Post!!!!

[mergyrlin]

soothes my soul....

[johnny576375]

@r4wmaterial The woman who wrote it didn't have any god in mind while writing it. Its the form of a conversation between the last man and woman, post apocalypse, one trying to comfort the other while knowing there's absolutely nothing left.

[visine14]

@johnny576375 wow

[kewlbreez77]

@johnny576375 ... wow, never heard that b4; where'd you learn it from? Not challenging.. just curious; and thnx f/ posting of course...

[jkrinn]

@johnny576375 dd you ever here/read the story how she went to a show some years later....

[johnny576375]

@jkrinn I heard she went to a show in 67 and couldn't work up the courage to go speak to them and regretted it.

[OldBeethowen]

AMAZING JERRY & G.D. ! GOD BLESS YOUR MUSIC !

[Skyeful]

God bless your soul jerry moving music you and the dead created.

[scarletfire28]

fricken amazing!!! thanks jonny

[johnny576375]

@scarletfire28 Its one of the best

[PcTwEekers]

@johnny576375 it truley is 1 of the best of all time

[grube28]

Wow again. The second best dew i know. My favourite is on dicks picks 3, 5/22/77 pembroke pines, florida.. will always love this...

[scarletfire28]

awesome toons man thanks!!!!!!

[whabamp]

Heck yeah,

Happy Birthday Jerry!

TP

[prophetdude2]

first view, grate sound.