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It’s All Over Now Baby Blue (Live, 1966) – The Grateful Dead More Dead! Oh no! I’ve just been on a major kick lately. I tend to prefer covers of Dylan songs to them being sung by Bob himself. It took me a really long time to “get” The Grateful Dead; maybe it’ll happen for Read more
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Let the Good Times Roll/Franklin’s Tower/Gimme Some Lovin’/Wharf Rat – Live at the Omni 3/28/89 – The Grateful Dead Part of what makes The Grateful Dead so beloved is their differentiation of setlists and improvisational skills. No show was ever the same, which is why the market for live Dead shows is so incredibly large. Read more
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I mentioned yesterday how the “Pizza Tapes” are what really got me into the Dead. Up until then, I had no idea about the amount of influence that country music had on Jerry Garcia. Backstory of the music – in 1993, David Grisman was at his home studio jamming and hanging out with Tony Rice, Read more
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Althea (Live at Lakewood Amphitheater, Atlanta, 5/28/2023) – Dead & Company First off, I refuse to call it “Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood.” It’s just Lakewood, damnit. I wish not every stadium was sponsored by some corporation these days. Out of the teams I support, my beloved Auburn Tigers are the only ones who still have Read more
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Smokestack Lightnin’ (Live at the Fillmore East 2/13/70) – The Grateful Dead I have been hesitant to post any Dead on the blog, but I’ve been on a kick for the past week or so. (My Deadheadiness comes and goes throughout each year.) My hesitation typically comes from the length of a lot of their Read more
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Althea – The Grateful Dead One of the best Grateful Dead songs, and possibly my favorite of Jerry Garcia‘s guitar work, “Althea” has an almost muddied or swampy feel to it, while still maintaining the free-spirited vibe they came to be known for. Lyrically, “Althea” is pretty dang cool. It tells the story of a Read more
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