Grateful Dead - Death Don't Have No Mercy 3-26-68

[chasefukuoka61]

Brilliant..!

[thelastjeremy]

the above mentioned version is by far the best. the look on Jerry's face at 6:05 is one i've never seen before.

[penguinteeth3]

i wish jerry would belt like robert would

[jimmyk19581]

can ne1 tell me who wrote death dont have no mercy?

[Caribman9999]

@jimmyk19581 Composer: Rev Gary Davis - late 1920s. Search for it: it's on Youtube.

You might like hear him do it . And see my other comments on this clip. I recall reading that Jorma Kaukonen "studied" blues guitar in his "spare time" while playing lead for Jefferson Airplane ( 1970s I guess). Maybe Jorma did his version of this, released as a key example of the blues by "Hot Tuna" in that decade. Jorma's lead on THAT is TOPS to this day, IMHO! If I ever meet Jorma I'll ask for details!

[SoothsayerXAngel]

@Caribman9999 you suck dude because i was just about to reply to that guy and i was gonna feel all smart but then i saw you replied

[tommyau2006]

very cruizy and very bluesy

[mikepunchyourfucface]

these guys suck so fuckin bad loll

[dosed1dosed1000]

@mikepunchyourfucface your just a dick a puke and a very shitty human

[mikepunchyourfucface]

@dosed1dosed1000 for that comment yes iam! i should stay on the pages of music i like!!! however I NEVER LIKED ANYTHING from these guys and i came across this and said hey this is an amazing song maybe nows the time ill find something i like from these guys, but..... no, instead i strangled myself...

[chasefukuoka61]

Amazzzing...

[dosed1dosed1000]

lopve the old dead

[thrashking123]

this band is from my hometown. and they do a great version of this.

[60spastlife]

It has taken me a long time to really get into The Dead, but I'm finally getting there and this is one of my favorites.

[theXartXofXpimpin]

biggest acid trippers ever and it rocks

[Caribman9999]

Look for a version of this song (written by "The Rev." Gary Davis) done by Jorma Kaukonen, lead guitarist and founding member of 60s rock band Jefferson Airplane. Jorma released it as part of the early work of his breakaway band called "Hot Tuna" in the late 60s.

Seeing that Jorma by his own admission may have actually helped to rediscover Gary Davis, and he studied blues with him in Harlem in the 60s, my guess is The Grateful Dead were covering Hot Tuna's cover of Gary's song from the 20s!

[malehawk]

@Caribman9999 i saw the version and i think Grateful Dead gave credit to the song, the original (if it is indeed as you say) is blunt,...nothing to write back home about...

[Caribman9999]

@malehawk Well, given that it was probably recorded around 1929, and the fact that Gary Davis was blind AND black .... it would all depend on what one finds noteworthy enough to write home about. To each his own, right?

[brotherbuttcrack]

@Caribman9999 Well I know that the Grateful Dead were playing this song in 1966. idk, just throwing it out there

[therealCanablisS]

no thx

[spithabitat]

i like it but gary davis version is much better

[Danjd1]

@spithabitat Good for you!

[kickerofelders123]

RIP jerry, we all miss you :(

[sublimeruca27]

help keep a downand out musician going, click my page. thanks. i do songs like this, and take requests.

[vialalbo]

Grande Jerry.

[trixie10121]

WOW-This Music Is Alot Better Than What I Do:)

[Jerryjeffelvis]

LISTEN TO THE OTHER VERSIONS of this song 1 has a popup ad id'ing the show as 9-29-89 Shoreline the first Death Don't the Dead played in 19 years it was the dealeo!!! the other version is hottt too its from Hampton the week or two after Shoreline they got Death and Dark Star that weekend, Hair Peace!

[nokingforme]

Even the Rev.'s version is long.

Do a credible version of this song and you've sung the shibboleth through the blues.

[TheAudi602]

I like this, but I LOVE how the Reverend played it.

[pcburgh01]

title is a double negative - intentional?

[TomRAFC]

@pcburgh01 the song was written by the blind reverend gary davis who came from the deep south of america so that way of talking would have been normal

[pcburgh01]

@TomRAFC The question was a reflection on how death can be a welcome reprieve from some of life's horror. Ever heard anyone say "they are finally at peace" or "they are in a better place"? I was merely observing that death may in fact have mercy. I am not trying to get into a history lesson about the song; it was just food for thought.

[kariaudar]

A good version, but this is really one of those songs which benefitted immensely from the more ragged and broken and vulnerable voice Garcia sang with in the latter part of the Dead´s career.

[DeathRiderHDG]

just listen to that soloing

[17lio]

Sure, death don't have no mercy

RIP Jerry

[npspec34]

The Dead when they were breaking out and BECOMING the dead.

They really were a blues band at the core.

[moshwangles]

ya, just about all the bands of the sixties were rooted in the blues, even jazz comes from blues.

thanks for commenting

[vauxhall908]

@npspec34 Blues band with some country mixed with a little of SYD BARRET'S trippyness makes for a Jam band blues Americana folk shit this is a rev. gary davis song

[JimmyPage97]

@npspec34 from my understanding the Dead was really a folk band. Once rock and blues hit the scene, they jumped in.

[im4out]

superb..

[muckstar23]

remember how it felt to melt

[casadyrocks]

The fatman melts...

[manabiker]

Miss you BROTHER, I seen the Dead on their first tour and many times after that,

They were going to replace Jerry with Kieth Richards but they figured Jerry's body is in better shape.. LOVE YA JERRY!!!!

[ROCKTINKLE]

Thank You Jerry

[CRACKtakular]

idk if thats jerry or pigpen singin :-/

[2008spotty]

Jerry is singing. He always did DDHNM.

[Phished123]

I could not even imagine the emotion Jerry felt whenever he played this song...there was so much death around him in his life....

[unmegaface]

absolutely, when i first heard this i was unaware of jerrys past and wondered why they chose to do it next to the other stuff in their set lists of the time, this and lovelight next door always blows my mind, i love taking a journey with the dead :)

[wellspout]

melted together, like nobody else

[togaroc345]

i love the 9-29-89 one. jerry jams happy bday jer

[moshwangles]

cool : )

[DEADJOLLY2]

This is the first time i hear this band. A friend told me about them. I like it

[moshwangles]

cool, glad u enjoy them.

[ljped]

Gerry's guitar certainly wails & soars on this one.

Thanks.

[moshwangles]

no problem, glad u liked it