Fire->Dancin In the Streets wow what a straight up jam fest boogie down dead. The jam. (It's surprising it took so long for them to play it in Dancing, since it's similar to the usual Dancing two-chord jam pattern - on 12/11/69 for instance, the Dancing is extremely close to a Tighten Up.) Its first appearance I'm aware of was on 8/30/69, where Weir plays the chords as Garcia's changing a string during Dark Star; it gets a full band performance on 10/25/69. Date: 04/15/70 Venue: Winterland Arena City: San Fransisco, CA Set List: 1. (hey...later this year, the Halloween 1971 "Tighten Up jam" 50th Anniversary!) Grateful Dead Live at Fillmore East (show b- Late?) The Grateful Dead doing Dancing In The Streets at Kresge Plaza at MIT in Cambridge MA on May 6, 1970. September 17, 1969 (Alembic Studios) Single – Sawmills b/w Seasons of My Heart: A couple of adorable studio outtakes of cover songs that slide into the nascent “Workingman’s” ethos. Trying to find new MLBJ and Tighten Up Jams. The quality makes it hard for me to rank this up against other great 1970 versions, but this a prime example of the band taking the post-Tom Constanten 1970 "arrangement" of Dark Star to its limits and starting to look for some new spaces to explore. It's a Man's World - 8:10 4. The jam caresses you like a lover, then stings you like a viper in the meltdown section. Where Are You? That Santanaesque jam in the middle of TOO was outstanding. Log In Sign Up. Candyman - 5:30 5. The Feelin' Groovy Jam is based on Simon and Garfunkel's song Feelin' Groovy. The jam that appears on the set list after "Dark Star" is generally referred to as "Tighten Up Jam" by collectors due to its similarities to the Archie Bell & the Drells tune "Tighten Up". One of the last great jam masterpieces of the Grateful Dead. Weir’s guitar comes and goes, and Phil’s bass is too often subterranean – hitting on the low end, but not really present as a melodic string part, weaving its way through the rhythmic/harmonic tapestry. It opened in 1926 as a vaudeville venue and movie palace with a capacity around 2,000. In the late 60s, the Grateful Dead played what Dead-heads refer to as the 'Tighten Up Jam' as a lead-in to the psychedelic tour-de-force “Dark Star.” This jam has apparently never been commercially released, but it can be found among the legions of recordings of live Dead shows found on the internet. It's unusual for the Dead to use a jam-theme interchangeably between two different songs like that, but Tighten Up works well in both of them. Heads Up Jam. Their single “Tighten Up” was written by Archie Bell and Billy Buttier a/k/a Billy Butler. The Grateful Dead would jam on the theme only a handful of times, mostly from 1969 until 1971. You may have seen my post a while back asking whether anyone knew of a grayfolded-esque mashup focusing on the jams mentioned in the title. Grateful Dead. Cartoon Music: Highlights of the band seriously practicing and taking taking random shots at Looney Tunes and other cartoon music. The Grateful Dead doing Dancin' In The Streets with a Tighten Up Jam at Capitol Theatre Port Chester, New York on November 8, 1970. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. and sinewy threads. ... Includes a really great tighten up jam. Lyrics By: noneMusic By: Grateful DeadA jam played by the Grateful Dead that was supposedly based on a theme from "Solea" in Miles Davis's "Sketches of Spain." Grateful Dead. Others. This Jam lies between Wharf Rat and the end of Dark Star and is titled Beautiful Jam on the So Many Roads CD set. But rock fans began showing up the day before. Excerpted from the Betty Board. I enjoyed this trip, The Other One was a definite highlight for me. The Grateful Dead did not give a truly exciting performance from start to finish after 1990 and anything after ’92 often borders on painful. Often times when played in Dark Star it lead into the Tighten Up Jam . The Grateful Dead would jam on the theme only a handful of times, mostly from 1969 until 1971. Grateful Dead Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Hello! After a little trip to the Grateful Dead Guide, learned it's called the Tighten Up jam. Grateful Dead Shortlist: Uptown ’81 Jams (Chicago, Feb. 26-28) This mix curates improvisational material from the Dead’s first shows of 1981, at the Uptown Theatre in Chicago. Favorite MLBJ or Tighten Up Jam? "Tighten Up Jam. I always loved the Tighten Up Jam from Dick's Picks 2 Any other good ones out there? Grateful Dead Euphoria Ballroom, San Rafael, 16/07/1970 The way that the Grateful Dead shifts between different jam themes is a rare comparison to the Phish Type II jams. The Cap remained a cinema… Hard to Handle - 4:35 6. Performers: Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals Mickey Hart - Drums Bill Kreutzmann - Drums Phil Lesh - … But subsequent releases have adopted the "Spanish Jam" title. Fifty years ago, on Thursday, February 18, 1971, the Grateful Dead played a concert at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York. The Tighten Up in the Dark Star was a very common Latin-style jam theme in 1970; it's often known as a proto-Eyes jam due to the chord resemblance to Eyes. As I wrote elsewhere (about the Tighten Up & Feelin’ Groovy jams in 1970), “The Dead had a knack for doing these sequences that sounded familiar even if you couldn't quite place them, and their habit was often to play these after a passage of formlessness or building tension, so that these happy melodic passages would be kind of a release for the audience.” See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. ... AND THEN top it off with an incendiary Tighten Up jam, peaking multiple times along the way. User account menu. 19 comments ... Scarlet->Fire->Dancin In the Streets wow what a straight up jam fest boogie down dead. Tighten Up Jam Composer: Archie Bell / Billy Buttier / arr Grateful Dead. This Motown nugget [originally released by Martha and the Vandellas] was still relatively new when the Dead started covering it in 1966. How Are You? Wow definitely moved by the jams from this show. Recording In the late 60s, the Grateful Dead played what Dead-heads refer to as the 'Tighten Up Jam' as a lead-in to the psychedelic tour-de-force “Dark Star.” This jam has apparently never been commercially released, but it can be found among the legions of recordings of live Dead shows found on the internet. By 1969–70, it had expanded to a big jamming number, with all sorts of great R&B riffing (a quote from Archie Bell & the Drells’ “Tighten Up”!) 1 comment | Make a comment | Add vote | Listen on archive. Cryptical Envelopment> - 2:05 8.Drums> - 4:13 9. No Grateful Dead recordings. It opened in 1926 as a vaudeville venue and movie palace with a capacity around 2,000. This version is the titan of them all! Grateful Airplane (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Kaukonen, Kreutzmann, Hart): A unique jam-band formation that produced unique results. Close. At regular intervals, some aspect of the feel will change, whether that means someone introducing a new harmonic texture into the jam or dissolving harmonic progressions (often Weir’s approach), tightening up or loosening the rhythm (typical of Kreutzmann), significant shifts in register or attack (Lesh), or looping riffs and using them as jumping-off points (Garcia). Save Your Face offered up 30, wide-ranging Grateful Dead mixes for your consideration this year. Press J to jump to the feed. Be the first to know about the Grateful Dead’s exclusive limited-edition releases, breaking news on the band, community events, and so much more. The problem herein lies in the chord structure of the jam. Who Are You? Grateful Dorks (Crosby, Garcia, Lesh, Kreutzmann): The only live recording of David and the Dorks, purified into an instrumental jam. on 1970-01-02. by Grateful Dead. No Grateful Dead recordings. Cold Rain and Snow - 5:45 2. It's unusual for the Dead to use a jam-theme interchangeably between two different songs like that, but Tighten Up works well in both of them. These are the performances I've found so far; I've probably missed a few, but this is the most complete listing available: 10-25-69 Star 11-2-69 Star 12-26-69 Star1-2-70 Star 3-1-70 Dancing 3-21-70 Dancing4-3-70 Dancing 4-15-70 Dancing 4-24-70 Star 5/2/70 Dancing 5-6-70 Dancing 5-8-70 Star 5-24-70 Star 6-6-70 Dancing 6-24-70 second Star 7-12-70 Dancing9-17-70 Star10-5-70 Dancing 10-24-70 Dancing 10-30-70b Dancing 11-8-70 Dancing 12-17-70 Dancing 10/31/71 Star. Bob just takes over this DS and finally Jerry bites on the Feelin' Groovy theme. "Tighten Up Jam. “Tighten Up” reached #1 on both the Billboard R&B and pop charts in the spring of 1968. After that they played it steadily for a year, in many Dark Stars (usually following the Feelin' Groovy Jam), and after March '70 in most of the Dancing in the Streets; they seem to have dropped it in 1971 except for a surprise appearance on 10/31/71. ... Includes a really great tighten up jam. Off The Beaten Track: Grateful Dead 1973-02-22 Why the ‘Tighten Up Jam’ Should Henceforth be Known as the ‘Soulful Strut Jam’ Day 365: Brokedown Palace, 3/26/90 Never heard Pig do "It's a Man World, nice treat. Grateful Dead: Jamming at The Scope 1982 (Norfolk, VA – April 3) 1982 seems to be a tough year for SBDs that capture full-spectrum, six-member Grateful Dead. Others. Sends you to dreamland, then jars you awake in the best way. SOULFUL STRUT JAM aka TIGHTEN UP JAM The Tighten Up jam was a very common Latin-style jam theme in 1970. The Tighten Up in the Dark Star was a very common Latin-style jam theme in 1970; it's often known as a proto-Eyes jam due to the chord resemblance to Eyes. This is one of a handful of shows with a Latin Jam. December 15, 1970. (It's surprising it took so long for them to play it in Dancing, since it's similar to the usual Dancing two-chord jam pattern - on 12/11/69 for instance, the Dancing is extremely close to a Tighten Up.) If anyone is interested, the named jam that starts at 13:28 of Dark Star has long been referred to as the "Tighten Up jam." In any case, these two sets of chord changes represent I IV in a Major key. May 15, 1970 - Fillmore East (Late Show) New York, NY. China cat sunflower -> I know you rider, Hard to handle (with hand-held camera shots of Krishnas, festival audience, Family, Screamin' Lord Sutch, Grateful Dead and Hells Angels) Line-up : Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann. It's often called a proto-Eyes jam since Weir plays two repeating jazzy chords that are rhythmically similar to the opening of Eyes of the World; but they were commonly thought to be from Archie Bell & the Drells' 1968 tune. 11/7/69- Dark Star>UJB Jam>Dark Star>The Other One FG (16:40-17:40) 1 minute We touched down in a lot of eras, continued to look for great corners of music you might otherwise miss, and found more ways to create unorthodox Dead listening experiences. 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. However, based on some initial sleuthing done by @Paperback Writer, it would seem that all available facts indicate that this jam is much more closely related to "Soulful Strut" than it is to "Tighten Up. The beginning of the "Beginnings" Jam (aka Tighten Up aka Soulful Strut) at 22:26 is completely unexpected but certainly welcomed. Tighten Up Single, Archie Bell and The Drells, 1964 Tighten Up, Archie Bell and The Drells, 1968 The No. In this case, as sort of a preview to 1/2/70, the Dead jams the Feelin' Groovy tune before unwinding a full Tighten Up Jam. Retrieved from " https://gratefuldead.fandom.com/wiki/Feelin%27_Groovy_Jam?oldid=4149 ". ... May is going to be particularly fun. Tighten Up Jam Composer: Archie Bell / Billy Buttier / arr Grateful Dead. After a little trip to the Grateful Dead Guide, learned it's called the Tighten Up jam. The jam that appears on the set list after "Dark Star" is generally referred to as "Tighten Up Jam" by collectors due to its similarities to the Archie Bell & the Drells tune "Tighten Up". The Cap remained a cinema… This show has one of the best versions of "The Other One". The first Grateful Dead CD to include a version was Dick's Picks Volume 6, where the title was "Spinach Jam" as a humorous variation. It may be worth a post of its own someday - there used to be a webpage devoted to the Dead's Tighten Ups, but I think it's disappeared. Tighten Up Single, Archie Bell and The Drells, 1964 Tighten Up, Archie Bell and The Drells, 1968 The No. Performers Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals Bill Kreutzmann - Drums Phil Lesh - Bass, Vocals Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - Organ, Harmonica, Vocals Bob Weir - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals. In one of the all-time great DSs. http://web.archive.org/web/20030825202854/www.stellarjay.net/timle/tighten_up_jam.htm, http://www.shallwego.net/deadlists/darkstar.htm, http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/deads-early-thematic-jams.html, https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./gdead/latvala.html, https://archive.org/details/gd69-11-02.sbd.goodbear.1125.sbefail.shnf, http://www.barelybrothersrecords.com/1204/covering-the-tighten-up-a-survey-by-brother-tad/, http://solidhitsoul.com/tsutoronados.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Fillmore_West, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%27s_Picks_Volume_2, http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/03/dark-star-1971.html, http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/half-hour-of-heaven-in-off-kilter-show.html, http://archive.org/post/1050940/chicago-and-the-dead, http://deadsources.blogspot.com/2013/06/may-10-1970-atlanta-sports-arena.html, http://207.241.226.61/post/393751/feeling-groovy-jam, http://www.thestripproject.com/a-bus-stops-in-piedmont-park-july-7-1969/, http://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/march-18-march-24-2013, https://archive.org/details/gd1970-12-17.sbd.unk.87356.sbeok.flac16. A nearly 20-minute Eyes of the World, at the height of The Grateful Dead's … The Capitol Theater was designed by noted architect Thomas W. Lamb. As usual, nearly everything included was unreleased. 1 Hits of the 60's, Various Artists (Archie Bell and The Drells), 1975 Cumberland Blues - 5:08 7. http://www.barelybrothersrecords.com/1204/covering-the-tighten-up-a-survey-by-brother-tad/. The original composition of Tighten Up is based on a simple chord change of F#Maj7 – BMaj7 (or, if you prefer to make your life more difficult, GbMaj7 – CbMaj7). But the GoGD jam in question is not I IV in a Major key; rather, it is I ii in a Major key. The Capitol Theater was designed by noted architect Thomas W. Lamb. The jam commonly referred to as the Tighten Up jam is so referred to based on the chords to (and its overall resemblance to) the 1968 track of the same name from Archie Bell & the Drells. "Feelin' Groovy Jam"/ "Tighten Up Jam"/ "Beautiful Jam" compilation in progress!!!!! cgarces. 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Fire->Dancin In the Streets wow what a straight up jam fest boogie down dead. The jam. (It's surprising it took so long for them to play it in Dancing, since it's similar to the usual Dancing two-chord jam pattern - on 12/11/69 for instance, the Dancing is extremely close to a Tighten Up.) Its first appearance I'm aware of was on 8/30/69, where Weir plays the chords as Garcia's changing a string during Dark Star; it gets a full band performance on 10/25/69. Date: 04/15/70 Venue: Winterland Arena City: San Fransisco, CA Set List: 1. (hey...later this year, the Halloween 1971 "Tighten Up jam" 50th Anniversary!) Grateful Dead Live at Fillmore East (show b- Late?) The Grateful Dead doing Dancing In The Streets at Kresge Plaza at MIT in Cambridge MA on May 6, 1970. September 17, 1969 (Alembic Studios) Single – Sawmills b/w Seasons of My Heart: A couple of adorable studio outtakes of cover songs that slide into the nascent “Workingman’s” ethos. Trying to find new MLBJ and Tighten Up Jams. The quality makes it hard for me to rank this up against other great 1970 versions, but this a prime example of the band taking the post-Tom Constanten 1970 "arrangement" of Dark Star to its limits and starting to look for some new spaces to explore. It's a Man's World - 8:10 4. The jam caresses you like a lover, then stings you like a viper in the meltdown section. Where Are You? That Santanaesque jam in the middle of TOO was outstanding. Log In Sign Up. Candyman - 5:30 5. The Feelin' Groovy Jam is based on Simon and Garfunkel's song Feelin' Groovy. The jam that appears on the set list after "Dark Star" is generally referred to as "Tighten Up Jam" by collectors due to its similarities to the Archie Bell & the Drells tune "Tighten Up". One of the last great jam masterpieces of the Grateful Dead. Weir’s guitar comes and goes, and Phil’s bass is too often subterranean – hitting on the low end, but not really present as a melodic string part, weaving its way through the rhythmic/harmonic tapestry. It opened in 1926 as a vaudeville venue and movie palace with a capacity around 2,000. In the late 60s, the Grateful Dead played what Dead-heads refer to as the 'Tighten Up Jam' as a lead-in to the psychedelic tour-de-force “Dark Star.” This jam has apparently never been commercially released, but it can be found among the legions of recordings of live Dead shows found on the internet. It's unusual for the Dead to use a jam-theme interchangeably between two different songs like that, but Tighten Up works well in both of them. Heads Up Jam. Their single “Tighten Up” was written by Archie Bell and Billy Buttier a/k/a Billy Butler. The Grateful Dead would jam on the theme only a handful of times, mostly from 1969 until 1971. You may have seen my post a while back asking whether anyone knew of a grayfolded-esque mashup focusing on the jams mentioned in the title. Grateful Dead. Cartoon Music: Highlights of the band seriously practicing and taking taking random shots at Looney Tunes and other cartoon music. The Grateful Dead doing Dancin' In The Streets with a Tighten Up Jam at Capitol Theatre Port Chester, New York on November 8, 1970. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. and sinewy threads. ... Includes a really great tighten up jam. Lyrics By: noneMusic By: Grateful DeadA jam played by the Grateful Dead that was supposedly based on a theme from "Solea" in Miles Davis's "Sketches of Spain." Grateful Dead. Others. This Jam lies between Wharf Rat and the end of Dark Star and is titled Beautiful Jam on the So Many Roads CD set. But rock fans began showing up the day before. Excerpted from the Betty Board. I enjoyed this trip, The Other One was a definite highlight for me. The Grateful Dead did not give a truly exciting performance from start to finish after 1990 and anything after ’92 often borders on painful. Often times when played in Dark Star it lead into the Tighten Up Jam . The Grateful Dead would jam on the theme only a handful of times, mostly from 1969 until 1971. Grateful Dead Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Hello! After a little trip to the Grateful Dead Guide, learned it's called the Tighten Up jam. Grateful Dead Shortlist: Uptown ’81 Jams (Chicago, Feb. 26-28) This mix curates improvisational material from the Dead’s first shows of 1981, at the Uptown Theatre in Chicago. Favorite MLBJ or Tighten Up Jam? "Tighten Up Jam. I always loved the Tighten Up Jam from Dick's Picks 2 Any other good ones out there? Grateful Dead Euphoria Ballroom, San Rafael, 16/07/1970 The way that the Grateful Dead shifts between different jam themes is a rare comparison to the Phish Type II jams. The Cap remained a cinema… Hard to Handle - 4:35 6. Performers: Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals Mickey Hart - Drums Bill Kreutzmann - Drums Phil Lesh - … But subsequent releases have adopted the "Spanish Jam" title. Fifty years ago, on Thursday, February 18, 1971, the Grateful Dead played a concert at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York. The Tighten Up in the Dark Star was a very common Latin-style jam theme in 1970; it's often known as a proto-Eyes jam due to the chord resemblance to Eyes. As I wrote elsewhere (about the Tighten Up & Feelin’ Groovy jams in 1970), “The Dead had a knack for doing these sequences that sounded familiar even if you couldn't quite place them, and their habit was often to play these after a passage of formlessness or building tension, so that these happy melodic passages would be kind of a release for the audience.” See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. ... AND THEN top it off with an incendiary Tighten Up jam, peaking multiple times along the way. User account menu. 19 comments ... Scarlet->Fire->Dancin In the Streets wow what a straight up jam fest boogie down dead. Tighten Up Jam Composer: Archie Bell / Billy Buttier / arr Grateful Dead. This Motown nugget [originally released by Martha and the Vandellas] was still relatively new when the Dead started covering it in 1966. How Are You? Wow definitely moved by the jams from this show. Recording In the late 60s, the Grateful Dead played what Dead-heads refer to as the 'Tighten Up Jam' as a lead-in to the psychedelic tour-de-force “Dark Star.” This jam has apparently never been commercially released, but it can be found among the legions of recordings of live Dead shows found on the internet. By 1969–70, it had expanded to a big jamming number, with all sorts of great R&B riffing (a quote from Archie Bell & the Drells’ “Tighten Up”!) 1 comment | Make a comment | Add vote | Listen on archive. Cryptical Envelopment> - 2:05 8.Drums> - 4:13 9. No Grateful Dead recordings. It opened in 1926 as a vaudeville venue and movie palace with a capacity around 2,000. This version is the titan of them all! Grateful Airplane (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Kaukonen, Kreutzmann, Hart): A unique jam-band formation that produced unique results. Close. At regular intervals, some aspect of the feel will change, whether that means someone introducing a new harmonic texture into the jam or dissolving harmonic progressions (often Weir’s approach), tightening up or loosening the rhythm (typical of Kreutzmann), significant shifts in register or attack (Lesh), or looping riffs and using them as jumping-off points (Garcia). Save Your Face offered up 30, wide-ranging Grateful Dead mixes for your consideration this year. Press J to jump to the feed. Be the first to know about the Grateful Dead’s exclusive limited-edition releases, breaking news on the band, community events, and so much more. The problem herein lies in the chord structure of the jam. Who Are You? Grateful Dorks (Crosby, Garcia, Lesh, Kreutzmann): The only live recording of David and the Dorks, purified into an instrumental jam. on 1970-01-02. by Grateful Dead. No Grateful Dead recordings. Cold Rain and Snow - 5:45 2. It's unusual for the Dead to use a jam-theme interchangeably between two different songs like that, but Tighten Up works well in both of them. These are the performances I've found so far; I've probably missed a few, but this is the most complete listing available: 10-25-69 Star 11-2-69 Star 12-26-69 Star1-2-70 Star 3-1-70 Dancing 3-21-70 Dancing4-3-70 Dancing 4-15-70 Dancing 4-24-70 Star 5/2/70 Dancing 5-6-70 Dancing 5-8-70 Star 5-24-70 Star 6-6-70 Dancing 6-24-70 second Star 7-12-70 Dancing9-17-70 Star10-5-70 Dancing 10-24-70 Dancing 10-30-70b Dancing 11-8-70 Dancing 12-17-70 Dancing 10/31/71 Star. Bob just takes over this DS and finally Jerry bites on the Feelin' Groovy theme. "Tighten Up Jam. “Tighten Up” reached #1 on both the Billboard R&B and pop charts in the spring of 1968. After that they played it steadily for a year, in many Dark Stars (usually following the Feelin' Groovy Jam), and after March '70 in most of the Dancing in the Streets; they seem to have dropped it in 1971 except for a surprise appearance on 10/31/71. ... Includes a really great tighten up jam. Off The Beaten Track: Grateful Dead 1973-02-22 Why the ‘Tighten Up Jam’ Should Henceforth be Known as the ‘Soulful Strut Jam’ Day 365: Brokedown Palace, 3/26/90 Never heard Pig do "It's a Man World, nice treat. Grateful Dead: Jamming at The Scope 1982 (Norfolk, VA – April 3) 1982 seems to be a tough year for SBDs that capture full-spectrum, six-member Grateful Dead. Others. Sends you to dreamland, then jars you awake in the best way. SOULFUL STRUT JAM aka TIGHTEN UP JAM The Tighten Up jam was a very common Latin-style jam theme in 1970. The Tighten Up in the Dark Star was a very common Latin-style jam theme in 1970; it's often known as a proto-Eyes jam due to the chord resemblance to Eyes. This is one of a handful of shows with a Latin Jam. December 15, 1970. (It's surprising it took so long for them to play it in Dancing, since it's similar to the usual Dancing two-chord jam pattern - on 12/11/69 for instance, the Dancing is extremely close to a Tighten Up.) If anyone is interested, the named jam that starts at 13:28 of Dark Star has long been referred to as the "Tighten Up jam." In any case, these two sets of chord changes represent I IV in a Major key. May 15, 1970 - Fillmore East (Late Show) New York, NY. China cat sunflower -> I know you rider, Hard to handle (with hand-held camera shots of Krishnas, festival audience, Family, Screamin' Lord Sutch, Grateful Dead and Hells Angels) Line-up : Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann. It's often called a proto-Eyes jam since Weir plays two repeating jazzy chords that are rhythmically similar to the opening of Eyes of the World; but they were commonly thought to be from Archie Bell & the Drells' 1968 tune. 11/7/69- Dark Star>UJB Jam>Dark Star>The Other One FG (16:40-17:40) 1 minute We touched down in a lot of eras, continued to look for great corners of music you might otherwise miss, and found more ways to create unorthodox Dead listening experiences. 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. However, based on some initial sleuthing done by @Paperback Writer, it would seem that all available facts indicate that this jam is much more closely related to "Soulful Strut" than it is to "Tighten Up. The beginning of the "Beginnings" Jam (aka Tighten Up aka Soulful Strut) at 22:26 is completely unexpected but certainly welcomed. Tighten Up Single, Archie Bell and The Drells, 1964 Tighten Up, Archie Bell and The Drells, 1968 The No. In this case, as sort of a preview to 1/2/70, the Dead jams the Feelin' Groovy tune before unwinding a full Tighten Up Jam. Retrieved from " https://gratefuldead.fandom.com/wiki/Feelin%27_Groovy_Jam?oldid=4149 ". ... May is going to be particularly fun. Tighten Up Jam Composer: Archie Bell / Billy Buttier / arr Grateful Dead. After a little trip to the Grateful Dead Guide, learned it's called the Tighten Up jam. The jam that appears on the set list after "Dark Star" is generally referred to as "Tighten Up Jam" by collectors due to its similarities to the Archie Bell & the Drells tune "Tighten Up". The Cap remained a cinema… This show has one of the best versions of "The Other One". The first Grateful Dead CD to include a version was Dick's Picks Volume 6, where the title was "Spinach Jam" as a humorous variation. It may be worth a post of its own someday - there used to be a webpage devoted to the Dead's Tighten Ups, but I think it's disappeared. Tighten Up Single, Archie Bell and The Drells, 1964 Tighten Up, Archie Bell and The Drells, 1968 The No. Performers Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals Bill Kreutzmann - Drums Phil Lesh - Bass, Vocals Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - Organ, Harmonica, Vocals Bob Weir - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals. In one of the all-time great DSs. http://web.archive.org/web/20030825202854/www.stellarjay.net/timle/tighten_up_jam.htm, http://www.shallwego.net/deadlists/darkstar.htm, http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/deads-early-thematic-jams.html, https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./gdead/latvala.html, https://archive.org/details/gd69-11-02.sbd.goodbear.1125.sbefail.shnf, http://www.barelybrothersrecords.com/1204/covering-the-tighten-up-a-survey-by-brother-tad/, http://solidhitsoul.com/tsutoronados.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Fillmore_West, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%27s_Picks_Volume_2, http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/03/dark-star-1971.html, http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/half-hour-of-heaven-in-off-kilter-show.html, http://archive.org/post/1050940/chicago-and-the-dead, http://deadsources.blogspot.com/2013/06/may-10-1970-atlanta-sports-arena.html, http://207.241.226.61/post/393751/feeling-groovy-jam, http://www.thestripproject.com/a-bus-stops-in-piedmont-park-july-7-1969/, http://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/march-18-march-24-2013, https://archive.org/details/gd1970-12-17.sbd.unk.87356.sbeok.flac16. A nearly 20-minute Eyes of the World, at the height of The Grateful Dead's … The Capitol Theater was designed by noted architect Thomas W. Lamb. As usual, nearly everything included was unreleased. 1 Hits of the 60's, Various Artists (Archie Bell and The Drells), 1975 Cumberland Blues - 5:08 7. http://www.barelybrothersrecords.com/1204/covering-the-tighten-up-a-survey-by-brother-tad/. The original composition of Tighten Up is based on a simple chord change of F#Maj7 – BMaj7 (or, if you prefer to make your life more difficult, GbMaj7 – CbMaj7). But the GoGD jam in question is not I IV in a Major key; rather, it is I ii in a Major key. The Capitol Theater was designed by noted architect Thomas W. Lamb. The jam commonly referred to as the Tighten Up jam is so referred to based on the chords to (and its overall resemblance to) the 1968 track of the same name from Archie Bell & the Drells. "Feelin' Groovy Jam"/ "Tighten Up Jam"/ "Beautiful Jam" compilation in progress!!!!! cgarces. 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