Anyway, to what Myonga said ... if 'catalog' = studio releases, then I can understand. The live performances from that period were pretty consistently wild, at least in a late-60s context. Even past the R&B numbers like Lovelight, the would still find spaces in their shows to get a little weird (Other Ones, feedback jams, etc.). And once they learned what to do with Playing in the Band, there are some seriously wild Playings (the Dicks Picks from Boston '73 is a perfect example). etc. etc., but yeah, a band like Phish seemed to get a little more wilder (probably b/c they tend to keep a tighter groove and build together; w/ GD, you hear a little something more amorphous).
― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amon (eman), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:01 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Daniel Peterson (dcpeterso...), June 8th, 2005 10:55 AM.
i caught that awhile back on PBS and not knowing what it was, just assumed it was the Winterland thing. in any case, it was pretty fun to watch. there was one scene of this hot hot hot scantily clad hippy girl dancing in front of a security guard with a shit-eating grin on his face.
― Amon (eman), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Friday, 10 June 2005 06:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 10 June 2005 20:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 11 June 2005 03:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Understood about the 'psychedelic'. I think our understanding might be colored a bit by the fact that we have 30 years of studio advances at work. I'm sure when Anthem came out, it sounded a bit strange.
God I forgot how much I love GD ... time to go over to OiNK and start snatching up Dick's Picks (including the Volume 12 set that I scratched up).
― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Saturday, 11 June 2005 06:59 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.purplemoon.com/card/bob-seva.jpg
― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Saturday, 11 June 2005 07:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Almost seems to complete a trilogy with two other albums I have in heavy rotation right now -- Miles Davis's "On the Corner" and Can's "Ege Bamyasi"
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 01:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:04 (eighteen years ago) link
T/S: Mickey Hart vs. Tony Willams wouldn't be much of a thread (or substitute Jack DeJohnnette depending on when)
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 02:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 09:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― huell howser (chaki), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 09:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― meister, Tuesday, 26 July 2005 10:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 28 July 2005 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link
bill k. was always my favorite GD drummer - thought his style mixed perfectly w/ their style in the early 70s. There isn't anything ostensibly wrong w/ Micky Hart, but man, he's one cheesy d00d.
― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Thursday, 28 July 2005 12:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 25 August 2005 04:14 (eighteen years ago) link
There's no better album for a rainy day than this IMO
― rudy githyanki (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
Ugh, the Lesh 1971 mix is pretty bad, glad I never heard that version first.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 01:25 (five years ago) link