POLL away the dew... Best Grateful Dead recurring live jam/transition piece

I passed out last night listening to the Live Dead Dark Star while reading 'Children of Dune' and felt like I was sufficiently living my best life, Sunday Night edition

^^^^

the new PNW set (the 3-disc version, I can't afford these huge Dead sets) is a great listen. one of the best "bird song"s ... incredible 40-minute "Playin" ... sick jams.

― tylerw, Monday, 10 September 2018

PNW? I should know this....!

Pacific
North
West

Aha! Thanks

my beloved homeland!

Given I own the 9 disc, 1973 Winterland complete recordings set, I can't justify getting that PNW set.

Apart from Cornell 1977 and the 1978 Closing of Winterland, all of my Dead collection is 69-74. Really must check more later stuff.

Sorry if I'm derailing the discussion here

Duke I am a big fan of 1985. They were p high-energy, perhaps in honor of the 20th anniversary. Jerry plays hard even if his voice sounds like a croaking frog. I kind of like that!

Cheers - I'll have a listen

If I may derail -- I'm listening to the Cornell 5/8/77 set at the moment... this take of "Row Jimmy" just SNAPS so hard

"Fire on the Mountain" *kills* on this one, too...

What other shows are as good as this one??

best "Bird Song" ever, I think, though I think the PitB is more long than essential.

― Paul Ponzi

god, i feel sorry for those kids up in seattle. first they have to sit through 45 minutes of playin' and then the next year led zeppelin comes through and puts them all to sleep with "dazed and confused" for 45 minutes. what did they ever do to deserve such a fate?

What other shows are as good as this one??

― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Monday, September 10, 2018 7:11 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

see above, but Veneta 72 and Cornell 77 should be your next stops

This is Cornell 77!

(The “St. Stephen” that winds it down is surprisingly mushy, btw)

I like Dick's Picks #3 (5/22/77) as much as Cornell (maybe more), and it has probably their best "Sugaree."

Thx! I love a good “Franklin’s Tower”

dick's picks 3 is the first live dead thing i ever listened to that made me think "huh maybe there's something to this." it was in the middle of that "sugaree"

it was just that incredible looseness, they all sound like they're tripping over each other and it creates this critical mass of interweaving melodies and then jerry starts angrily strumming 10 minutes in and boy does it fucking rule

Ha, it's been that very show that I've been playing nonstop. I had finally connected with the studio Help/Slipknot/Franklin & wanted to hear what a good live version was, and Dick's Picks 3 was where I landed.

I’m psyched that I just arrived at work and can listen to it! (It’s not one I own)

Best Help>Slip>Franklin imo is the one that kicks off that Great American Music Hall '75 show aka One From the Vault. Check it out, it rules (even the Bill Graham intro is goosebump worthy)

Cool, thx! I have Two From the Vault, but never heard One

Yeah, I love how Graham introduces each member and they each come into the mix, that's super cool. xp

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

there's some incredible china > riders and and the jam section of playin can go very deep until it gets donna jeaned and long slipknots are beautiful and not fade away, on the right night, is like sunshine through the clouds, but this is dark star, all the way, forever.

Oh shit I totally got donna jeaned the other day - like ten minutes into Playing and suddenly AAAAAHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYEAHYEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH out of nowhere

yeah, that's pretty standard fare for the 70s, not "out of nowhere" at all. It's usually in the same place in the song every time. In fact, when I hear a post-79 PITB and there's no scream, its absence is pretty conspicuous and I kinda miss it

This took me by surprise cause it had come up on shuffle in the car and I didn’t know what era it was until she came in

Hahahaha

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Surprised only two votes for PitB.

Feedback/ Seastones lol, forgot I was on ILX for a second, thanks for the reminder

Other One should have ranked higher, it's a contender

early versions, ya. after the hiatus playin/other one got a little tepid imo

Today in grateful dead history: truckin>the other one jam>the other one>jam>big river>the other one>eyes of the world>the other one>wharf rat! https://archive.org/details/gd73-11-14.sbd.vernon.5612.sbeok.shnf/gd73-11-14d3t06.shn

I was listening to GD Radio in the car the other day; there was a casual transition into "Wharf Rat" (from I forget which song) that was just so choice.

Drums>space got no love in this poll. But it never fails to impress my wife who HATES the dead and rountinely complains when i'm listening to them around her, especially if it's fire on the mountain - "when will this damn song be over?" But when drums>space is on, she's always like, "I like this, what is it?"

There is no Grateful Dead song that my wife would tolerate for a millisecond!

Another sublime other one today: https://archive.org/details/gd1971-12-01.partial-set2-matrix.vernon.83164.flac16/gd71-12-01matrix03.flac

The detour through south Colorado West Texas bound and back onto the bus again is one of those lost in the song moments,wait where are we? What is this?

Then not fade away comes up like a cathartic signpost pointing the way down the road where the climate suits my clothes.

Great mountains of the moon > dark star > St Stephen > 11 https://archive.org/details/gd69-02-15.sbd.winters.16664.sbeok.shnf/gd69-02-15d2t05.shn

https://archive.org/details/gd1977-05-15.aud.maizner.berger.99099.flac16/gd1977-05-15d1t05.flac

this spring 77 AUD has such a great feel, so slinky and slow. 'row jimmy' is a good taste but even the new minglewood blues is incredibly laid back

Today in dead history: An other one w/ a side of jesu joy of man's desiring into a fantastic Stella blue. https://archive.org/details/gd1981-03-14.nak700.glassberg.motb.84826.sbeok.flac16/gd1981-03-14.motb.0029.d3t02.flac

“Dark Star” is one of their jam tracks where if Jerry botches the opening vocals I check out. Scarlet/Fire for 20+++++ minutes is my Dead zone these days.

'Turn On Your Love Light' was a pretty big jam staple in the Pigpen era. Drum solo would come off that tune sometimes or they would jam into it to close a set or a show.

'Bird Song' is one Dead tune that when they jam on it, some interesting stuff comes out too, outside the more well known tunes for improvisation. It's got a lilt that makes it good to riff on the melody and play with the chords.

Hey Western® with Bacon Flavor, I urge you to check out Dark Star from 9/27/72 (Dick's Picks Vol. 11). Personally I think Jerry nails the verse ;)