The Grateful Dead

[DarkHorse014]

How many of you guys dig the Dead, i personally love them. there music flows so purely, and is insane to listen to when high. I would suggest giving them a chance, they jam pretty hard. If you want some good live shows go on archive.org and search up anything from 71-74 and you will be pleased(sometimes the sound quality is shitty on there, but thats cuz there all bootleg, but sometimes you can find a great sounding soundboard tape) My favorite year is 73, listen to an Eyes of the World when your stoned from late 73 or 74, you will be please, trust me. If you wanna good start for studio material, good albums to pick up/download, would be American Beauty or Europe 72', or Skull and Roses, or From the mars hotel.
Fellow dead heads, back me up on this.

Peace

[thcbongman]

I always thought their live sound is so much better. You feel the beauty and passion, the strumming of Bob Weir, the dreamy guitar Jerry plays. Their studio albums....eh........they're just not made for a produced sound, they're the ultimate free-flow band.

[DarkHorse014]

I always thought their live sound is so much better. You feel the beauty and passion, the strumming of Bob Weir, the dreamy guitar Jerry plays. Their studio albums....eh........they're just not made for a produced sound, they're the ultimate free-flow band.

oh hell yeah man i know what your sayin studio isnt my bag either, but i mean its more poppy and if someone who is in a best buy or something, they should know what to pick up, but i totally agree live is the best

btw i went to see Bob Weir and Ratdog last night, that was insane

[Frivolous248]

I dig "Franklin's Tower" and "Friend of the Devil" a lot.

I got a skull fabric poster above my bed.

[timothylearyisdead]

The Dead is such an amzing and influential band that I think this thread should stay in the lounge, even though there are countless threads about them already. It's only a matter of time before it's moved though...

[Specialty Cakes]

yeah man, the Dead be's sweet, I think I'm gonna hit them up on iTunes, I think I've got a couple dozen Dead songs on there...

[crunksquirrel]

Definately man, i dig the Dead greatly
i saw Phil Lesh in '03 and wasn't disappointed at all
Also, this is a good thread to keep in the lounge because i think there are alot of deadheads on this site and this is a cool thread to come and talk about them.:thumbsup:
peace

[The Figment]

Well,I thought I was one of the very few Deadhead/Tourheads here,I don't feel so alone! For those who want to find the company of other D-heads one should check this place out...

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Defenalty one of the best Deadhead/music boards out there!!

I toured from 1978 to 1995,and thanks to Jerry and the boys had the chance to go places and do things that I thought were only hippie fables or something out of "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"

Favrorite Venue...Red Rocks 1984-Second Set,Big Thunderstorm Brewing as the Boys broke out with a screamin hot Scarlet>Fire!!

Favorite Shows,

5/8/77...
Set 1: Minglewood Blues > Loser, El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Deal, Lazy Lightning > Supplication, Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, Dancing In The Streets
Set 2: Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet, St. Stephen > Not Fade Away > St. Stephen > Morning Dew, E: One More Saturday Night

5/9/77...
Set 1: Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower, Cassidy, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Big River, Peggy-O, Sunrise, Music Never Stopped
Set 2: Bertha, Good Lovin', Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet > The Other One > Drums > Not Fade Away > Comes A Time > Sugar Magnolia, E: Uncle John's Band

Considered by most the two best show the Boys ever did,avilabel at your favorite downloading site!!

[tomasinho]

My favorite dead song is "cumberland blues". It is about the life of poor miners in Kentucky and that is where my roots are from. I think the dead truly captured the essence of the american people through their music.

[Overstoned]

I recently got hooked on them again. I used to like them and then I heard too much of it so I stopped listening to the radio. But my friend played their newest CD (cant remember the name by the life of me) and I found it excellent.

[Skink]

I Like them but,,,I always thought they were a bit overated...

[The Figment]

I Like them but,,,I always thought they were a bit overated...
The Dead are like a good dark ale...An aquired taste!

[The Figment]

Oh,yes I do realise how fortunate I am! If it was'nt for The Grateful Dead and all the time I spent Touring I would never to do the things that most here dreamabout...

Sunsets at Big Sur,
Smoking some of the best ganja in the last 30 years,
Seeing some of the best live music ever,not only the Dead but all the musicans that they played with!
Being able to see all 48 lower states,Canada,Mexico,
Living in places like Boulder,Santa Cruz,Tucson,Eugene,Eureka,
Meeting Al Gore at an Okland New Years Show,
Spare Changing Bill Graham
And spending a major part of my adult life travelling with,and being part of one of the best commuitys of people ever,even if that commuity was on wheels!

[Dutch Pimp]

The Dead are like a good dark ale...An aquired taste!

...true....all true....:)...

[ipodguy]

i find their music boring sometimes and good other times
i like the band, but not exactly what they represent, their whole following