One More Saturday NightPortland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon. The rare transition into Franklin's Tower is flawless. I have always been interested in songs that are flavored with Eyes of the World notes, and the Other Ones in this set are a great example that. 1979-12-26 Friend of the DevilOakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, California. The Grateful Dead always sounded great in the Pacific Northwest, which was part of their northern backyard. Estimated Prophet -> Eyes of the World -> Drums-> This end to the first set highlights this new sound, which often featured Jerry Garcia noodling through flute and trumpet MIDI sounds. Except the descending riff at the end is Ionian (straight up B major scale). This is one of the very best, with an exceptional Slipknot. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington D.C. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, Cotterrell Gym, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, Horton Field House, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. The set continues to deliver fire, and includes a rare Spanish Jam coming out of drums. But patience rewards you. A jazzy Bird Song from the year that brought the best Bird Song's. 1972-09-21 Dark Star The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The jam typically appeared in the variable middle of “Dark Star” and as a side-trip prior to the final chorus of “Dancin’ in the Streets.”. 1975-09-28 Jam out of Truckin -> Drums -> Stronger than Dirt or Milkin' the TurkeyGolden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. The appeal escaped me. Grateful Dead: Franklin’s Tower (live) – stream Spotify Many Heads say 1977 was their peak: the band had embraced danceable funk – “disco Dead”, as it’s sometimes known. The attention to melody and finding that perfect note to begin or finish a riff. This second set contains Phil-heavy jamming throughout, with a unique pre-Eyes Jam and Spanish Jam. St. Stephen itself starts to feel infused with Eyes notes, but when Eyes actually begins, it's pre-lyric introduction extends for eight glorious minutes. Soaring guitarwork from Jerry Garcia and breathtaking keys by Keith Godchaux make this one of the best Scarlet Fire's. The question of whether the Dead even played "jazz" has been debated - just the fact they're playing with electric guitars instead of horns makes a huge difference - not only that, but their style is so unique from other bands anyway. This is also the show that brought some of the Without a Net material, and this Terrapin, full of midi and keys, also represents that short-lived creative rennaisance that occured in 1990. 1976-07-17 Comes a Time -> Drums -> The Other One -> 1977-05-08 Row Jimmy, Dancing in the Street-> Pairing Slipknot with Eyes of the World works really well, and I actually believe that Slipknot is an invention born out of 1973-1974 Eyes of the World outros. 1974-08-04 Playin' in the Band -> Scarlet BegoniasPhiladelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The transition into the Marty Robbins cowboy song made it all that more weird, and Dead. Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain -> Estimated Prophet -> A list of all the amphibians I've seen in my life, with illustrations. Davis’s most famous modal composition is “So What” (referenced by the Dead once in 1988, click. It is important to note that the idea of picking best jams is really counterintuitive to listening to improvised music. Bob Dylan. 1976-06-09 Lazy Lightning -> Supplication -> High TimeBoston Music Hall Boston, Massachussetts. Morning Dew -> Uncle John's Band -> Caution->Feedback->Bid you GoodnightFillmore West, San Francisco, California. Rather, it's a standalone proto-Blues for Allah era jam that serves as an introduction to the rare Stronger than Dirt that comes after a drums segment. There is a lot going on in Grateful Dead music, and so it's easy for the sound to get muddy. Music Never Stopped has always been, to my ears, an unusual musical take on summer. Something about this Dark Star from the Grateful Dead's second most famous show reminds me of a pod of space whales sailing through the galaxy. The final jam takes the summery notes and embeds them with psychedelic themes of The Other One and Playin' in the Band. This was the largest and most sophisticated speaker system ever assembled, and the idea was that the system could eliminate distortion and create crystalline, defined sound at thundrous sound levels. A list of all the Odonata insects I've seen in my life, with illustrations. 46 likes. The high point of this beautiful second set jam segment is the Eyes-infused Dark Star Jam that veers effortlessly towards a jazzy Eyes of the World, dense with Phil Lesh bass notes and those lazy but precise Jerry Garcia solos unique to 1973. Though I … While the Franklin's Tower is top-notch, the double Slipknot, which often forays into Spanish Jam, is some of Jerry's best playing in the 70s. Facebook Twitter Reddit. Nobody seems able to eloquently describe why this is the most celebrated set in Grateful Dead history. It is B mixolydian. The overlooked Eyes of the World from this segment is one of the longest, and features proto-Slipknot jamming among lazy summer leads from Jerry Garcia. 1972-08-27 Dark Star -> El PasoOld Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, Oregon. By the way, I'm positive Fire on the Mountain is in B Mixolydian and not Lydian, as the chords (B/A) fall in the E major scale, and it doesn't sound like Jerry is playing an A Lydian. This show is generally considered the Grateful Dead's third most celebrated, and this segment is the reason why. The Grateful Dead's soundcheck from the day before the big event is one of their most inventive and unique jams of their entire career. Unrelenting jamming from Garcia, improved by some of Keith Godchaux's most creative piano. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California, Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana, Oakland-Alamed County Coliseum, Oakland, California, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland. 1977-05-22 Estimated Prophet ->Eyes of the World -> The FOTM riff has B as its root and does not raise the 4th (E# == F natural), nor does it have a raised 7th (A#). It is a short masterpiece and a must-hear. 1973-11-17 Playin' in the Band -> Uncle John's Band -> There is no other Estimated outro jam like the one in this set, and it's a funky stunner. This Jam lies between Wharf Rat and the end of Dark Star and is titled Beautiful Jam on the So Many Roads CD set. Dick's Jams There's a 2-CD set that's been floating around for years called "Dick's Jams", which Dick Latvala apparently put together from various tapes he liked. 1977-03-20 Row JimmyWinterland Arena, San Francisco, California. A classic all-windows-open jam. Terrapin Station -> Drums ->Not Fade Away -> Anybody who uses a list to find the best version of a song is missing the point. If you can get two on a trip, you generally go there. 1990-09-16 He's Gone->JamMadison Square Garden, New York, New York. 1982-08-03 To Lay Me Down, Let It Grow -> Drums -> Space -> This mix curates and edits material from the second set of each show, preserving the real segues and creating a … This transcendent Bird Song is considered by some to be the high point of the show that is often tied for first place with the Cornell 1977 show. All of the summer 1974 Eyes of the World performances were among the very best. There are aspects that can make it "lydian sounding" but its definitely pretty straightforward B-A major jamming. 1977-10-14 Playin' in the BandHofheinz Pavillion, Houston, Texas. Stream Various Grateful Dead Jams: 1989, a playlist by pohnjhilbin from desktop or your mobile device. This is one of the fastest Eyes of the World ever performed, and so while the song clocks in at less than thirteen minutes, it's packed with tight, flawless playing, packing a punch missing in many other Eyes. Those notes are flawless, psychedelic wizardry. The Longest of the Grateful Dead’s Epic Long Jams: “Dark Star” (1972), “The Other One” (1972) and “Playing in The Band” (1974) in Music | June 7th, 2019 1 Comment. This jazzy 73-era Playin', which closes out the first set, goes far out there in the space of twenty-three minutes. One of the last great jam masterpieces of the Grateful Dead. 1976-07-16 The Music Never Stopped -> Scarlet Begonias, US BluesOrpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California. The Grateful Dead had a brilliant resurrection into a period of creative playing from 1989-1991. A collection of photographs of spiders and other arachnids I've seen while photographing for Notes from the Road. Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad -> Not Fade Away 1977-05-28 Estimated Prophet -> Playin' in the Band -> He's Gone -> The Other One-> Stella Blue -> Sugar MagnoliaStarlight Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri. January 19, 2010. Right before Playin' starts, you can hear Bob say, "Every other time weâve been in Oregon, it rained. But this second set Row Jimmy is on fire, and probably the best version ever played. Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. There are too many reasons why this China Rider is one of the greatest Grateful Dead jams of all time. It is a lifelong pursuit. This is Eyes of the World at its finest; with fast, fluid jamming interplay between Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh. Wharf Rat->Terrapin Station , Morning DewThe Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida. With Grateful Dead jams, choosing the best material is not just about the music, but the recording, and the sound of the hall. 1974-05-19 Truckin' -> Not Fade Away -> The transiton is especially sublime. Jerry Garcia’s health problems were a … The Grateful Dead were the dominant culture. The outro jams, heavy on Phil and proto-Slipknot segments, were extraordinary. The unusual jam that comes out of Truckin' on this rare 1975 show, right in the middle of the Dead's haitus period, is played in the key of 11/8, but is not related to The Eleven, which the Grateful Dead had not played since the 60's. Estimated Prophet - Eyes of the World In a life of listening to the Grateful Dead, the lengthier and more expansive Help->Slip->Frank's still feel foreign, fresh and mindbending. This Eyes is among the strongest, with a unique grasshopper cadence to it. This 37-minute Dark Star masterpiece ends with a beautiful banjo-style Mind Left Body Jam. The very earliest Eyes of the World's had a weird sort of purity to them (the first debuted on February 9). This is the first time Slipknot was ever played by the Grateful Dead, but it wasn't yet fully formed, nor was it the slipknot that would form the nearly inseparable tryptich between Help on the Way and Franklin's Tower. 1974-06-18 Weather Report Suite -> Jam -> 1973-11-30 Here Comes Sunshine -> Weather Report Suite -> CSS responsive web design by Hans Gauger. 1983-10-14 Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain, Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, Florida, Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachussetts, Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin, Texas, Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, Orpheum Theater, San Francisco, California, Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, Oregon, Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, The Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida, Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, California, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway, Watkins Glen, ,New York, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, Uni Dome, U of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Lloyd Noble Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, Winterland Arena San Francisco, California, Pershing Municipal Auditorium Lincoln, Nebraska, Philadelphia Civic Arena, Philadephia, Pennsylvania, A second set Playin' sandwich in the Dead's tightest month is filled with fast, otherworldly notes and space-voyage, Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, P.N.E. and it really describes 1976 Dead. The Lydian mode (a major scale with a raised fourth degree), not often found in popular music, is also found in the Dead, in the song “Fire on the Mountain,” where the raised fourth degree E# is prominently heard in the main guitar riff as a lower neighbor note to the F#. The rest of the second set is sublime. A sublime China Rider from a peak year for the Grateful Dead, with Keith's keyboards shining on the segue. Big River -> The Other One -> Eyes of the World -> El Paso -> Eyes of the WorldPauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, California. A remarkable must listen for twilight road trips. “Eyes” is a special case because it uses modal mixture, that is, mixing the Dorian mode (B-C#-D-E-F#-G#-A) with the standard major scale (starting on E: E-F#-G#-A-B-C#-D#); note in these two scales the ½-step chromatic relationship between D and D#. This page will archive performances of Grateful Dead … The union of these two monsters is exquisite. 1974-10-17 He's Gone -> The Other One -> Spanish Jam -> Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia. This sloppy Here Comes Sunshine fires on all cylinders in between the composed sections, despite its miscues. While it never descends into space, it has a deconstructed, almost mellow quality to it. 1977-10-16 SugareeLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Usually appearing in the post-Space, pre-ballad slot, Watchtower was one of the hardest rocking songs of the night whenever the Dead played it.” Thanks to the Grateful Dead … But it is just as good, and that peak is handled incredibly delicately. If there's a G instead of a G# in there it would be a chromatic passing tone or a bending of the note (Jerry sometimes plays between the notes :-). Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin, Texas. At the time, Anastasio was 19 and heavily into metal. A forty-minute The Other One is the centerpiece of this voyage into the far reaches of the galaxy. Weir described the Dead’s jams in a September 1972 Crawdaddy interview: “We play cues to each other, and depending upon whether or not anybody’s listening, or whether anybody cares to second the motion, we’ll go that way. 1977 yielded the longest and most creative Sugaree's. A list of all the mammals I've seen in my life. This seventeen-minute Playin' has a roaming and wandering quality to it. 1977-05-17 Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain, 1973-07-27 Watkin Glens Soundcheck JamWatkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway, Watkins Glen, ,New York. The author depicted a world of lizard-riding townsmen, a heroine in a cloak, turning her back on the song's narrator, who is about to be hung. Selland Arena, Fresno, California. This modal mixture turning on an E reference is also found in the so-called “Mountain Jam” portion of “Alligator,” where the E minor pentatonic (E-G-A-B-D) gives way to the E major pentatonic (E-F#-G#-B-C#) quotation of the Donovan song “There is a Mountain,” which is then spiced with a D# from the E major scale (note the parallel rise in the third and the seventh: G-G#, D-D#); finally Phil’s bass line powerfully reiterates the E minor pentatonic to bring back the final chorus. Randy Adams - Grateful Dead Jams. Playin' in the Band -> Stella Blue -> 1978-9-2 Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain -> Weekly and monthly jams celebrating songs and styles of The Grateful Dead This list is about the Grateful Dead's most exquisite improvised jams; the ones that go along with open car windows, solitary hikes in foreign places, and doodling travel sketches in old cafes. My idea is that Deadheads, musicologists and anyone interested in the topic can interact with the material before publication. One of the Grateful Dead's finest performances includes this early Mind Left Bodyesque jam - the Primal Jam - pure, raw, fiery Dead. But rock fans began showing up the day before. This mix contains 16 tracks, including some vigorous Playin’ jams from the same shows and instrumental edits of two Wheels and a Wharf Rat that were integral to the surprise trips. 1976-06-09 Crazy Fingers, St. Stephen -> Eyes of the World -> Dark Star and some of the more extended jams are probably the most "modal" forms of the Dead's jamming, a lot of songs seem to just go with the chords. Flawless tight, transcendent jamming in October 1974 Stephen into Eyes of the minor pentatonic scale, or D-F-G-A-C presence. Jam vehicle, and probably the best version ever played is filled with fast, otherworldly notes space-voyage! 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One More Saturday NightPortland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon. The rare transition into Franklin's Tower is flawless. I have always been interested in songs that are flavored with Eyes of the World notes, and the Other Ones in this set are a great example that. 1979-12-26 Friend of the DevilOakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, California. The Grateful Dead always sounded great in the Pacific Northwest, which was part of their northern backyard. Estimated Prophet -> Eyes of the World -> Drums-> This end to the first set highlights this new sound, which often featured Jerry Garcia noodling through flute and trumpet MIDI sounds. Except the descending riff at the end is Ionian (straight up B major scale). This is one of the very best, with an exceptional Slipknot. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington D.C. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, Cotterrell Gym, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, Horton Field House, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. The set continues to deliver fire, and includes a rare Spanish Jam coming out of drums. But patience rewards you. A jazzy Bird Song from the year that brought the best Bird Song's. 1972-09-21 Dark Star The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The jam typically appeared in the variable middle of “Dark Star” and as a side-trip prior to the final chorus of “Dancin’ in the Streets.”. 1975-09-28 Jam out of Truckin -> Drums -> Stronger than Dirt or Milkin' the TurkeyGolden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. The appeal escaped me. Grateful Dead: Franklin’s Tower (live) – stream Spotify Many Heads say 1977 was their peak: the band had embraced danceable funk – “disco Dead”, as it’s sometimes known. The attention to melody and finding that perfect note to begin or finish a riff. This second set contains Phil-heavy jamming throughout, with a unique pre-Eyes Jam and Spanish Jam. St. Stephen itself starts to feel infused with Eyes notes, but when Eyes actually begins, it's pre-lyric introduction extends for eight glorious minutes. Soaring guitarwork from Jerry Garcia and breathtaking keys by Keith Godchaux make this one of the best Scarlet Fire's. The question of whether the Dead even played "jazz" has been debated - just the fact they're playing with electric guitars instead of horns makes a huge difference - not only that, but their style is so unique from other bands anyway. This is also the show that brought some of the Without a Net material, and this Terrapin, full of midi and keys, also represents that short-lived creative rennaisance that occured in 1990. 1976-07-17 Comes a Time -> Drums -> The Other One -> 1977-05-08 Row Jimmy, Dancing in the Street-> Pairing Slipknot with Eyes of the World works really well, and I actually believe that Slipknot is an invention born out of 1973-1974 Eyes of the World outros. 1974-08-04 Playin' in the Band -> Scarlet BegoniasPhiladelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The transition into the Marty Robbins cowboy song made it all that more weird, and Dead. Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain -> Estimated Prophet -> A list of all the amphibians I've seen in my life, with illustrations. Davis’s most famous modal composition is “So What” (referenced by the Dead once in 1988, click. It is important to note that the idea of picking best jams is really counterintuitive to listening to improvised music. Bob Dylan. 1976-06-09 Lazy Lightning -> Supplication -> High TimeBoston Music Hall Boston, Massachussetts. Morning Dew -> Uncle John's Band -> Caution->Feedback->Bid you GoodnightFillmore West, San Francisco, California. Rather, it's a standalone proto-Blues for Allah era jam that serves as an introduction to the rare Stronger than Dirt that comes after a drums segment. There is a lot going on in Grateful Dead music, and so it's easy for the sound to get muddy. Music Never Stopped has always been, to my ears, an unusual musical take on summer. Something about this Dark Star from the Grateful Dead's second most famous show reminds me of a pod of space whales sailing through the galaxy. The final jam takes the summery notes and embeds them with psychedelic themes of The Other One and Playin' in the Band. This was the largest and most sophisticated speaker system ever assembled, and the idea was that the system could eliminate distortion and create crystalline, defined sound at thundrous sound levels. A list of all the Odonata insects I've seen in my life, with illustrations. 46 likes. The high point of this beautiful second set jam segment is the Eyes-infused Dark Star Jam that veers effortlessly towards a jazzy Eyes of the World, dense with Phil Lesh bass notes and those lazy but precise Jerry Garcia solos unique to 1973. Though I … While the Franklin's Tower is top-notch, the double Slipknot, which often forays into Spanish Jam, is some of Jerry's best playing in the 70s. Facebook Twitter Reddit. Nobody seems able to eloquently describe why this is the most celebrated set in Grateful Dead history. It is B mixolydian. The overlooked Eyes of the World from this segment is one of the longest, and features proto-Slipknot jamming among lazy summer leads from Jerry Garcia. 1972-08-27 Dark Star -> El PasoOld Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, Oregon. By the way, I'm positive Fire on the Mountain is in B Mixolydian and not Lydian, as the chords (B/A) fall in the E major scale, and it doesn't sound like Jerry is playing an A Lydian. This show is generally considered the Grateful Dead's third most celebrated, and this segment is the reason why. The Grateful Dead's soundcheck from the day before the big event is one of their most inventive and unique jams of their entire career. Unrelenting jamming from Garcia, improved by some of Keith Godchaux's most creative piano. Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California, Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana, Oakland-Alamed County Coliseum, Oakland, California, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland. 1977-05-22 Estimated Prophet ->Eyes of the World -> The FOTM riff has B as its root and does not raise the 4th (E# == F natural), nor does it have a raised 7th (A#). It is a short masterpiece and a must-hear. 1973-11-17 Playin' in the Band -> Uncle John's Band -> There is no other Estimated outro jam like the one in this set, and it's a funky stunner. This Jam lies between Wharf Rat and the end of Dark Star and is titled Beautiful Jam on the So Many Roads CD set. Dick's Jams There's a 2-CD set that's been floating around for years called "Dick's Jams", which Dick Latvala apparently put together from various tapes he liked. 1977-03-20 Row JimmyWinterland Arena, San Francisco, California. A classic all-windows-open jam. Terrapin Station -> Drums ->Not Fade Away -> Anybody who uses a list to find the best version of a song is missing the point. If you can get two on a trip, you generally go there. 1990-09-16 He's Gone->JamMadison Square Garden, New York, New York. 1982-08-03 To Lay Me Down, Let It Grow -> Drums -> Space -> This mix curates and edits material from the second set of each show, preserving the real segues and creating a … This transcendent Bird Song is considered by some to be the high point of the show that is often tied for first place with the Cornell 1977 show. All of the summer 1974 Eyes of the World performances were among the very best. There are aspects that can make it "lydian sounding" but its definitely pretty straightforward B-A major jamming. 1977-10-14 Playin' in the BandHofheinz Pavillion, Houston, Texas. Stream Various Grateful Dead Jams: 1989, a playlist by pohnjhilbin from desktop or your mobile device. This is one of the fastest Eyes of the World ever performed, and so while the song clocks in at less than thirteen minutes, it's packed with tight, flawless playing, packing a punch missing in many other Eyes. Those notes are flawless, psychedelic wizardry. The Longest of the Grateful Dead’s Epic Long Jams: “Dark Star” (1972), “The Other One” (1972) and “Playing in The Band” (1974) in Music | June 7th, 2019 1 Comment. This jazzy 73-era Playin', which closes out the first set, goes far out there in the space of twenty-three minutes. One of the last great jam masterpieces of the Grateful Dead. 1976-07-16 The Music Never Stopped -> Scarlet Begonias, US BluesOrpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California. The Grateful Dead had a brilliant resurrection into a period of creative playing from 1989-1991. A collection of photographs of spiders and other arachnids I've seen while photographing for Notes from the Road. Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad -> Not Fade Away 1977-05-28 Estimated Prophet -> Playin' in the Band -> He's Gone -> The Other One-> Stella Blue -> Sugar MagnoliaStarlight Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri. January 19, 2010. Right before Playin' starts, you can hear Bob say, "Every other time weâve been in Oregon, it rained. But this second set Row Jimmy is on fire, and probably the best version ever played. Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. There are too many reasons why this China Rider is one of the greatest Grateful Dead jams of all time. It is a lifelong pursuit. This is Eyes of the World at its finest; with fast, fluid jamming interplay between Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh. Wharf Rat->Terrapin Station , Morning DewThe Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida. With Grateful Dead jams, choosing the best material is not just about the music, but the recording, and the sound of the hall. 1974-05-19 Truckin' -> Not Fade Away -> The transiton is especially sublime. Jerry Garcia’s health problems were a … The Grateful Dead were the dominant culture. The outro jams, heavy on Phil and proto-Slipknot segments, were extraordinary. The unusual jam that comes out of Truckin' on this rare 1975 show, right in the middle of the Dead's haitus period, is played in the key of 11/8, but is not related to The Eleven, which the Grateful Dead had not played since the 60's. Estimated Prophet - Eyes of the World In a life of listening to the Grateful Dead, the lengthier and more expansive Help->Slip->Frank's still feel foreign, fresh and mindbending. This Eyes is among the strongest, with a unique grasshopper cadence to it. This 37-minute Dark Star masterpiece ends with a beautiful banjo-style Mind Left Body Jam. The very earliest Eyes of the World's had a weird sort of purity to them (the first debuted on February 9). This is the first time Slipknot was ever played by the Grateful Dead, but it wasn't yet fully formed, nor was it the slipknot that would form the nearly inseparable tryptich between Help on the Way and Franklin's Tower. 1974-06-18 Weather Report Suite -> Jam -> 1973-11-30 Here Comes Sunshine -> Weather Report Suite -> CSS responsive web design by Hans Gauger. 1983-10-14 Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain, Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, Florida, Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut, Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachussetts, Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon, Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin, Texas, Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, Orpheum Theater, San Francisco, California, Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, Oregon, Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, The Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida, Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, California, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Watkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway, Watkins Glen, ,New York, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, Uni Dome, U of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Lloyd Noble Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, Winterland Arena San Francisco, California, Pershing Municipal Auditorium Lincoln, Nebraska, Philadelphia Civic Arena, Philadephia, Pennsylvania, A second set Playin' sandwich in the Dead's tightest month is filled with fast, otherworldly notes and space-voyage, Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, P.N.E. and it really describes 1976 Dead. The Lydian mode (a major scale with a raised fourth degree), not often found in popular music, is also found in the Dead, in the song “Fire on the Mountain,” where the raised fourth degree E# is prominently heard in the main guitar riff as a lower neighbor note to the F#. The rest of the second set is sublime. A sublime China Rider from a peak year for the Grateful Dead, with Keith's keyboards shining on the segue. Big River -> The Other One -> Eyes of the World -> El Paso -> Eyes of the WorldPauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, California. A remarkable must listen for twilight road trips. “Eyes” is a special case because it uses modal mixture, that is, mixing the Dorian mode (B-C#-D-E-F#-G#-A) with the standard major scale (starting on E: E-F#-G#-A-B-C#-D#); note in these two scales the ½-step chromatic relationship between D and D#. This page will archive performances of Grateful Dead … The union of these two monsters is exquisite. 1974-10-17 He's Gone -> The Other One -> Spanish Jam -> Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia. This sloppy Here Comes Sunshine fires on all cylinders in between the composed sections, despite its miscues. While it never descends into space, it has a deconstructed, almost mellow quality to it. 1977-10-16 SugareeLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Usually appearing in the post-Space, pre-ballad slot, Watchtower was one of the hardest rocking songs of the night whenever the Dead played it.” Thanks to the Grateful Dead … But it is just as good, and that peak is handled incredibly delicately. If there's a G instead of a G# in there it would be a chromatic passing tone or a bending of the note (Jerry sometimes plays between the notes :-). Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin, Texas. At the time, Anastasio was 19 and heavily into metal. A forty-minute The Other One is the centerpiece of this voyage into the far reaches of the galaxy. Weir described the Dead’s jams in a September 1972 Crawdaddy interview: “We play cues to each other, and depending upon whether or not anybody’s listening, or whether anybody cares to second the motion, we’ll go that way. 1977 yielded the longest and most creative Sugaree's. A list of all the mammals I've seen in my life. This seventeen-minute Playin' has a roaming and wandering quality to it. 1977-05-17 Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain, 1973-07-27 Watkin Glens Soundcheck JamWatkins Glen Grand Prix Raceway, Watkins Glen, ,New York. The author depicted a world of lizard-riding townsmen, a heroine in a cloak, turning her back on the song's narrator, who is about to be hung. Selland Arena, Fresno, California. This modal mixture turning on an E reference is also found in the so-called “Mountain Jam” portion of “Alligator,” where the E minor pentatonic (E-G-A-B-D) gives way to the E major pentatonic (E-F#-G#-B-C#) quotation of the Donovan song “There is a Mountain,” which is then spiced with a D# from the E major scale (note the parallel rise in the third and the seventh: G-G#, D-D#); finally Phil’s bass line powerfully reiterates the E minor pentatonic to bring back the final chorus. Randy Adams - Grateful Dead Jams. Playin' in the Band -> Stella Blue -> 1978-9-2 Scarlet Begonias -> Fire on the Mountain -> Weekly and monthly jams celebrating songs and styles of The Grateful Dead This list is about the Grateful Dead's most exquisite improvised jams; the ones that go along with open car windows, solitary hikes in foreign places, and doodling travel sketches in old cafes. My idea is that Deadheads, musicologists and anyone interested in the topic can interact with the material before publication. One of the Grateful Dead's finest performances includes this early Mind Left Bodyesque jam - the Primal Jam - pure, raw, fiery Dead. But rock fans began showing up the day before. This mix contains 16 tracks, including some vigorous Playin’ jams from the same shows and instrumental edits of two Wheels and a Wharf Rat that were integral to the surprise trips. 1976-06-09 Crazy Fingers, St. Stephen -> Eyes of the World -> Dark Star and some of the more extended jams are probably the most "modal" forms of the Dead's jamming, a lot of songs seem to just go with the chords. Flawless tight, transcendent jamming in October 1974 Stephen into Eyes of the minor pentatonic scale, or D-F-G-A-C presence. Jam vehicle, and probably the best version ever played is filled with fast, otherworldly notes space-voyage! 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