![]() Their sound had become very clichéd and watered down. By their the time they released those two terrible albums in the late 1980s, the original fire had long since disappeared and not much was left but a drug addicted empty husk of a band with legions of literally "DEAD" heads following them blindly around. Much of the Dead's early stuff is raw and powerful, but as their playing skills progressed through the mid to late 70s, their sound became too slick and over produced (not that some of the albums of that period are bad in any regard). While at one time, I considered the Grateful Dead a huge and viable part of the growth of american progressive music in the 1970s, my views have changes since moving to Europe 7 years ago. Still tearing the roof off! Dont listen to this moshka guys review here as he obviously never understood the Grateful dead and dont take my word for it. These were amazing musicians doing what they loved and all of the surviving members have all continued to keep touring and jamming though in their 60s and 70s. "terrapin, shakedown, blues for allah", all great albums to hear the roots of what a lot of the songs morphed into during live shows. Check out: "workingmans dead" or " Reckoning" for more of the bluesyfolkycountry feel or "europe 72" or "grateful dead" for the live jams. Granted the live experience is what this band has always been about still a lot of the albums are great too. ![]() After jamming that song for 10 minutes flip back into the original song they were playing then jam into the song they were teasing earlier. Then start teasing a diferent song into the jam just to simultaniously go into another song. They would start one song, jam out on it for ten minutes. No two shows were ever alike and you never knew what to expect next. They toured for almost 30 years straight with hundreds of shows every year. With roots in traditional folk, blues, rock, country and a few other things this band is one of a kind. I might be going to hell in s bucket, but at least I’m enjoying the ride! I’m still in contact with a few of the people that I met and became friends with during this incredible time in my life! It’s was just an incredible experience and there was no other experience to compare to seeing them live and interacting with complete strangers that you would eventually get to know. I saw several Phish shows and Widespread Panic shows as well during the late 90s, but The Grateful Dead was the best performances of them all. I saw The Grateful Dead play a total of 26 times and The JGB play only once! I was living in Norfolk VA at the time and before leaving the area in 2000 to move to Texas, I got to see Bob Weir and Ratdog play the Norva in Downtown Norfolk. Sadly, this would be the last time I would got the opportunity to see Jerry Garcia play “Live” before his untimely death on August 9th 1995. The only Midwest show I was fortunate enough to see was the August 11th 1987 show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre,īetween their hiatus’s and side projects I was very lucky to see The Jerry Garcia Band play the Hampton Coliseum, a favorite stop for The Dead. I managed to save up some money and see a couple of shows on the West Coast as well. The parking lot experience was an incredible experience in itself and for a few summers after I graduated 2 years early from High School than I was suppose to, I followed them up and down the East Coast. There’s nothing like seeing them “Live”, which is now impossible. The Grateful Dead was a huge part of my life and it still is to this day.
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