should i give the grateful dead a chance?

Work/Dead

Rock Scully has passed on, following a fight with lung cancer. From his former partner Nicky:

Rock Scully crossed the great divide this morning. I got the call he was passing just as I was about to load up the car for a visit to Monterey to see him. Those of you lucky enough to have known him know that despite his human frailties, he was a loving, gentle, bright (actually brilliant), handsome, witty and especially charming rogue who brought people together, made them laugh and grow, and had a huge, generous heart.
Our fourteen year love affair felt like it was still in full swing when I spoke to him by phone in the hospital this morning. I could hear his labored breathing and his girl friend, Christina, assured me that he was responsive to my words.
His graciousness and generosity can be summed up in the words he said to me on the day back in the summer of ’69 that we knew for sure that we were in love—When I told him I was six weeks pregnant with my then separated husband, his response was, “You will be so beautiful!” Who could resist that statement at such a vulnerable moment.
He took on Spirit (Acacia) as if she were his own, and then gave me Sage, who will be having her second child, a boy, this coming March.
The years I spent with him, and through him, the Grateful Dead, were some of the most exciting times imaginable—from Woodstock to our farm in Forestville (now the California School of Herbal Studies) to Europe and Saturday Night Live, we were part of a weird kind of rock and roll royalty, and loved every moment of it. For six years we were the New Year’s skeletons, dancing on stage at midnight, often after being dropped from the ceiling tossing roses. We measured the success of a concert by how much our cheeks hurt from smiling, and those experiences set a bar that is rarely reached to this day. It was Rock’s ticket that took me to Egypt that first time in 1978.
My dear, beloved Rock, I wish you smooth, sweet travels in the next stage of your soul’s journey.

Just a little past a week since the 45th Anniversary of Altamont too.

Well then.

http://pitchfork.com/news/58092-grateful-dead-members-reunite-for-final-shows/

it's your last chance to give the grateful dead a chance!

Somewhere, Trey Anastasio heaves a sigh of relief. "My...my fanfic. IT CAME TRUE."

LOL that this is not happening in San Francisco.

Uhh, the idea of Trey singing Jerry tunes and doing his power-soloing over them is a bummer to me. Hopefully he can rein it in (and someone else will sing the Jerry tunes, like Bruce maybe?). Guess it is fine, nice to see the remaining four do a final set of shows, just not sold on the Trey aspect.

Scott Walker should sing the Jerry tunes.

Trey has sat in with Phil and Friends before. I just hope they stick to Dead tunes. No Wolfman's Brother this time.

Scott Walker should sing the Jerry tunes.

I would kind of like to hear him sing

The other day they waited, the sky was dark and faded,
Solemnly they stated, "He has to die, you know he has to die."
All the children learnin', from books that they were burnin',
Every leaf was turnin', to watch him die, you know he had to die.

The summer sun looked down on him,
His mother could but frown on him,
And all the other sound on him,
He had to die, you know he had to die.

http://pitchfork.com/news/42256-the-national-plan-grateful-dead-tribute-comp/

It looks like the National was talking about putting out a tribute comp, but then their label backpedalled on that statement? I would anticipate this, if it were to come to fruition.

― kkvgz, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 3:37 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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Day of the Dead Track List

"Thunder" (Vol. 1)

1. The War on Drugs – "Touch of Grey"
2. Phosphorescent, Jenny Lewis & Friends – "Sugaree"
3. Jim James & Friends – "Candyman"
4. Moses Sumney, Jenny Lewis & Friends – "Cassidy"
5. Bruce Hornsby and DeYarmond Edison – "Black Muddy River"
6. Ed Droste, Binki Shapiro & Friends – "Loser"
7. The National – "Peggy-O"
8. Kurt Vile and the Violators (featuring J Mascis) - "Box of Rain"
9. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Friends – "Rubin and Cherise"
10. Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten & Friends – "To Lay Me Down"
11. Courtney Barnett – "New Speedway Boogie"
12. Mumford & Sons – "Friend of the Devil"
13. Lucius – "Uncle John's Band"
14. The Lone Bellow & Friends – "Me and My Uncle"
15. Lee Ranaldo, Lisa Hannigan & Friends – "Mountains of the Moon"
16. Anohni and yMusic – "Black Peter"
17. Bryce Dessner – "Garcia Counterpoint"
18. Daniel Rossen, Christopher Bear and The National (featuring Josh Kaufman, Conrad Doucette, So Percussion and Brooklyn Youth Chorus) – "Terrapin Station (Suite)"
19. Angel Olsen – "Attics of My Life"
20. Wilco with Bob Weir – "St. Stephen (live)"

"Lightning" (Vol. 2)

1. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy – "If I Had the World to Give"
2. Phosphorescent & Friends – "Standing on the Moon"
3. Charles Bradley and Menahan Street Band – "Cumberland Blues"
4. The Tallest Man on Earth & Friends – "Ship of Fools"
5. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Friends – "Bird Song "
6. The National – "Morning Dew"
7. Marijuana Deathsquads – "Truckin'"
8. Cass McCombs, Joe Russo & Friends – "Dark Star"
9. Nightfall of Diamonds – "Nightfall of Diamonds"
10. Tim Hecker – "Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald"
11. Lucinda Williams & Friends – "Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad"
12. Tunde Adebimpe, Lee Ranaldo & Friends – "Playing in the Band"
13. Local Natives – "Stella Blue"
14. Tal National – "Eyes of the World"
15. Bela Fleck ¬– "Help on the Way"
16. Orchestra Baobab – "Franklin's Tower"
17. Luluc with Xylouris White – "Till the Morning Comes"
18. The Walkmen – "Ripple"
19. Richard Reed Parry with Caroline Shaw and Little Scream (featuring Garth Hudson) – "Brokedown Palace"

"Sunshine" (Vol. 3)

1. Real Estate – "Here Comes Sunshine"
2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – "Shakedown Street"
3. Hiss Golden Messenger – "Brown-Eyed Women"
4. This Is the Kit – "Jack-A-Roe"
5. Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear – "High Time"
6. The Lone Bellow & Friends – "Dire Wolf"
7. Winston Marshall, Kodiak Blue and Shura – "Althea"
8. Orchestra Baobab – "Clementine Jam"
9. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – "China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider"
10. Bill Callahan – "Easy Wind"
11. Ira Kaplan & Friends – "Wharf Rat"
12. The Rileys – "Estimated Prophet"
13. Man Forever, So Percussion and Oneida – "Drums -> Space"
14. Fucked Up – "Cream Puff War"
15. The Flaming Lips – "Dark Star"
16. s t a r g a z e – "What's Become of the Baby"
17. Vijay Iyer – "King Solomon's Marbles"
18. Mina Tindle & Friends – "Rosemary"
19. Sam Amidon – "And We Bid You Goodnight"
20. The National with Bob Weir – "I Know You Rider (live)"

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This looks like the most boring line-up I could imagine, given the scenario.

There's probably some gems in there though. Don't want to sound too snarky.

Every generation gets the http://i63.tinypic.com/2s8imc0.jpg it deserves.

touch of grey remains my favorite dead song, but i feel like that's saying my favorite kind of sushi is the california roll

these are the ones i'd be interested in hearing...

Courtney Barnett – "New Speedway Boogie"
Vijay Iyer – "King Solomon's Marbles"
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – "China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider"
Angel Olsen – "Attics of My Life"
Bill Callahan – "Easy Wind"
Ira Kaplan & Friends – "Wharf Rat"
Cass McCombs, Joe Russo & Friends – "Dark Star"
Orchestra Baobab – "Franklin's Tower"
Luluc with Xylouris White – "Till the Morning Comes"
Tunde Adebimpe, Lee Ranaldo & Friends – "Playing in the Band"
Tim Hecker – "Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald"

the album sounds good. i always liked the grateful dead's songs better than their performances of their songs

which i realize is inverted from what most ppl are like but then again i am not a fan

you should give them a chance

it's a nice snapshot of the current "alternative mainstream rock" scene? looking forward to all the tracks on tyler's list

reminds me of the Dark Was The Night compilation which was a great overview of 2009 p4k indie all-stars, often thought of polling it

yeah I'd say there's a disc worth of stuff I'd at a minimum be curious to hear out of those three discs

Bruce Hornsby and DeYarmond Edison – "Black Muddy River"
and
Richard Reed Parry with Caroline Shaw and Little Scream (featuring Garth Hudson) – "Brokedown Palace"
also sound intriguing

Would also like to hear the Unknown Mortal Orchestra cover of Shakedown St (one of my fav dead songs) and the Man Forever/So Percussion thing which will probably have little to do with the Dead but sound cool.

Do not want to hear any of the Bonnie Prince Billy material, I've been disappointed by p much everything he's done for a long time.

the album sounds good. i always liked the grateful dead's songs better than their performances of their songs

― Treeship, Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:23 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

which i realize is inverted from what most ppl are like but then again i am not a fan

― Treeship, Thursday, March 17, 2016 2:23 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I thought the same thing, Treeship, for about 20 years. Then I had that "...woah...dude..." moment. It was "Feedback" off Live/Dead. It changed me, man.

(though I never got into any post-'74 Dead)

12. Mumford & Sons – "Friend of the Devil"

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Also, seeing the Roky tribute invoked, may I remind y'all of this:

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1. Bertha - Los Lobos
2. Jack Straw - Bruce Hornsby And The Range
3. U.S. Blues - The Harshed Mellows
4. Ship Of Fools - Elvis Costello
5. China Doll - Suzanne Vega
6. Cassidy - Suzanne Vega
7. Truckin' - Dwight Yoakam
8. Casey Jones - Warren Zevon with David Lindley
9. Uncle John's Band - Indigo Girls
10. Friend Of The Devil - Lyle Lovett
11. To Lay Me Down - Cowboy Junkies
12. Wharf Rat - Midnight Oil
13. Estimated Prophet - Burning Spear
14. Deal - Dr. John
15. Ripple - Jane's Addiction

The Burning Spear track on there is really good.

^^^ yeah, one of my gateways to the Dead.

Because when I think of psychedelic improvised music I think of Jenny Lewis, Sharon Van Etten, and Mumford & Sons

Unknown Mortal Orchestra – "Shakedown Street"

This

www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-to-a-track-from-wfmu-fundraising-album-of-grateful-dead-covers

Yeah, that UMO track is one of the handful I'm looking forward to hearing. It's a good cause and there are enough good-seeming tracks here to justify the purchase, but there are some artists on here I really don't want showing up in searches of my Discogs Collection

I think I've come full circle to the point where I like a number of dead songs but so not really like *The Dead* overall as a band and institution.

earliest posts itt are an abomination

ppl were too busy writing 1500 word posts ranking gay dad b-sides back then to really wrap their minds around real cosmic shit

fuckin Belle & Sebastian motherfuckers, fuck 'em

Because when I think of psychedelic improvised music I think of Jenny Lewis, Sharon Van Etten, and Mumford & Sons

tbh when I think of psychedelic improvised music I do not think of the majority of the dead discography or performances

well it's obviously a tribute to the dead as songwriters, not the dead as psychedeic improvisational shamen or w/e

fuckin Belle & Sebastian motherfuckers, fuck 'em

All the B&S ilxors I have met have been lovely people...but yeah

tbf i suppose many of my posts from 13 years ago were an abomination too

my pal matt jammin' black peter. aceeeeeeeeeed.

http://www.relix.com/media/photo/song_premiere_matt_valentine_black_peter#1

i directed my wfmu pledge toward that the second i heard about it. dopest show on wfmu anyway

well it's obviously a tribute to the dead as songwriters, not the dead as psychedeic improvisational shamen or w/e

― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, March 17, 2016 11:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wouldn't it then be a tribute to Robert Hunter and John Barlow as much as the Dead, then?

i'm only going to say this ONE more time just in case he is reading ILX right now: A Willie Nelson album of Dead covers would be the best-selling album of his career. especially if he had that deluxe nu-americana T-Bone production. that way you get: every deadhead to buy a copy. every willie fan. every NPR listener. lots of other curious people. equaling millions! and then the tour with Dead people.

would buy

yeah that is a great idea! i'd buy the thing. is this the only time he's covered them? it's good, even though it has the dreaded ryan adams involved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g3jrW0wp0A

I mean, would definitely buy

yeah, you'd have to keep people like ryan adams out of it. should ideally just be crusty nashville veterans playing behind him and if he's gonna sing with someone make it some crusty songwriter friend of his like guy clark.

I'm listening to Jerry singing "Loser" at the moment, and that is tailor made for Willie.