On YouTube there is a great version on the 1974 Winterland that is over 16 minutes long and has Garcia demonstrating his class with the slide.Īoxomoxoa, released in June 1969, is the best studio album of the Dead’s psychedelic era and it opened with one of its best songs, St. In the original version, Jerry Garcia performs a solo that is one of the heaviest heard up to that point, but it is in the later versions where you can most clearly appreciate his style, mixing rock and jazz, which will have a great influence on groups like the Allman Brothers. However the part that remained forever in the band's repertoire was that written by Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann, in which the former sings about his mentor, Neal Cassidy, the legendary Dean Moriarty of the Beat generation. Released on the band's second album, Anthem Of The Sun, in July '68, The Other One was part of an extensive medley of songs called That's It For The Other One that stretched to 7 minutes and 40 seconds and had parts by Jerry Garcia and Tom Constanten. So I have taken 10 great songs and included a number of live versions, in addition to the original in the studio. It is impossible to talk about Garcia's best solos without his live shows, because that was where he found his favorite means of expression. It was above a stage where Garcia began to fly with his guitar and the rest of the band began to orbit around him, achieving the mystique that made them the cult group par excellence.
Garcia didn't mind making mistakes, his thing was a tireless search for ecstasy and trance, to enter a terrain ‘where notes would appear to him’, so his favorite terrain was live, far above the studio. Although his roots are in blues, country and bluegrass, Garcia was a guitar visionary, someone who sought out notes from the air, and taking risks that most instrumentalists avoid. Estimated Prophet ( Barlow/Weir ) Terrapin Stationġ1.Jerry Garcia is one of the most original guitarists in the history of rock. Franklin's Tower ( Garcia/Hunter ) Blues for Allahġ0. Morning Dew (Dobson/Rose) The Grateful DeadĨ. Box of Rain (Lesh/ Hunter) American Beautyħ. Dire Wolf ( Garcia/Hunter ) Workingman's DeadĦ. Touch of Grey ( Garcia/Hunter ) In the Darkĥ. Friend of the Devil (Dawson/Garcia/Hunter) American BeautyĤ. Casey Jones ( Garcia/Hunter ) Workingman's Deadģ. Uncle John's Band ( Garcia/Hunter ) Workingman's DeadĢ. My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:ġ. Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - October 20 - 2012 Cats Under the Stars (Jerry Garcia Band ) - Arista 1978ġ. Reflections (Garcia) - Round Records 1976ġ. Blues For Allah: Sand Castles And Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences In The Desert / 8. When the Hunter Gets Captured By the Game / 3. Compliments (Garcia) - Round Records 1974ġ. Weather Report Suite (Studio Acoustic Demo): Prelude/Part I/Part II (Let It Grow)* / 10. Weather Report Suite: Prelude/Part I/Part II (Let It Grow) / 8. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo / 2. Dealin' From the Bottom (Studio Jam)* / 18. Late for Supper/Spidergawd/Eep Hour (Alt)* / 14. That's It For The Other One (Parts I-IV) / 2. Vince WelnickBorn: February 21, 1951, died June 2, 2006. Singer.īrent Mydland: Born:October 21, 1952, died July 26, 1990. Piano.ĭonna Godchaux Born: August 22, 1947.
Vocals, Hammond organ, harmonica, percussion, and occasionally guitar. "Pigpen" McKernan Born: Septem– died 1973.
Guitar, vocals and songwritingīob Weir: Born: October 16, 1947) Guitar, vocals and songwriting They were called "deadheads" and were known for their total dedication to their music. Grateful Dead had many enthusiastic followers, and some followed the band from concert to concert for years. Grateful Dead had a releatively stable lineup until 1995, when frontman Jerry Garcia died. Grateful Dead was known for their unique and eclectic songwriting which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, country and jazz - and at concerts for long jam sessions where the improvisation-like style was especially characteristic. The band was formed in 1965 in San Francisco from the debris of other groups. Grateful Dead was an American psychedelic rock band.
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