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edited June 2007 in Other Music
I am a huge fan of Pearl Jam, but I am also a huge fan of the Grateful Dead. An obvious reason that I like both is due to their phenomenal live shows and the fact that you can acquire and trade their shows with relative ease. One thing that I have noticed though, is that most of my friends who like Pearl Jam despise the Dead, and vice versa.

I also like plenty of other music (Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, Gangstarr, etc... to cover the spectrum) I guess you can say that I love all types of good music.

I was just wondering if there were any other fans of Pearl Jam that also love the Grateful Dead?
Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    I'll always love PJ but I love the dead just a bit more. :D

    Welcome to the board by the way. Yes there are a few deadheads around here.
  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    Bigtime. Love the Dead.....but probably love the Jerry Garcia Band a little more.
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Milestone wrote:
    Bigtime. Love the Dead.....but probably love the Jerry Garcia Band a little more.


    I only have ''How Sweet It Is'' album with Garcia. Good stuff :D
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Yep. Another deadhead here. I like Garcia's solo stuff as well, although the studio stuff isn't so hot with the exception of 'Garcia'. While some of the discs have individual standouts (Mission in the Rain, Cats Under the Stars), they aren't solid discs.

    Mickey Harts solo efforts are very good too if you like percussion discs. Mystery Box is probably the best. His shows are pretty cool if you are lucky enough to catch one.
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  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    Just got done watching the Grateful Dead Movie. The One More Saturday Night that opens this disc is seriously mind blowing! When Bob screams near the end and that guy with the cast pumps his arms... WOW!! I think Pearl Jam should release a DVD like this. One that gives amazing live performances but also shows a behind the scenes look and incorporates fans as pseudo characters in the journey. Maybe they have, considering I only own Live at the Garden and Touring Band. I think there are other DVD's by them, but I could be wrong.
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    By the way... as far as Garcia goes: being a guitarist myself, I think the song "Arabia" might be one of the most inspiring guitar songs ever!
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    merkinball wrote:
    Yep. Another deadhead here. I like Garcia's solo stuff as well, although the studio stuff isn't so hot with the exception of 'Garcia'. While some of the discs have individual standouts (Mission in the Rain, Cats Under the Stars), they aren't solid discs.

    I agree about the studio stuff. Luckily there is a large surplus of soundboard recordings, plus the official live releases. That stuff is smoking hot.
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  • concretepillowconcretepillow Posts: 264
    It's almost un-american not to like the Dead!
    Go see The Avett Brothers!!
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Milestone wrote:
    I agree about the studio stuff. Luckily there is a large surplus of soundboard recordings, plus the official live releases. That stuff is smoking hot.

    The JGB was a great ticket in the late 80's. They were still playing smaller venues, while the Dead were filling the arenas. One of the best shows I ever saw was Jerry Garcia Band at the Wiltern in L.A., 1988, sat 3rd row. Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman opened. Jerry played a killer Dear Prudence & Tangled up in Blue that night.

    Couple of years later, they were playing venues the same size as the Dead, and it didn't seem as special to go see them (not that it sounded any worse, just less intimate).

    Check out Old & In The Way if you like the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band disc. It's a bluegrass project he was involved with in the early 70's. Quite a few good quality boots out from that project too.
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  • old and in the wayold and in the way Posts: 62
    merkinball wrote:
    The JGB was a great ticket in the late 80's. They were still playing smaller venues, while the Dead were filling the arenas. One of the best shows I ever saw was Jerry Garcia Band at the Wiltern in L.A., 1988, sat 3rd row. Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman opened. Jerry played a killer Dear Prudence & Tangled up in Blue that night.

    Couple of years later, they were playing venues the same size as the Dead, and it didn't seem as special to go see them (not that it sounded any worse, just less intimate).

    Check out Old & In The Way if you like the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band disc. It's a bluegrass project he was involved with in the early 70's. Quite a few good quality boots out from that project too.

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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Hey, nice username Old & In the Way...

    Got inspired to go search out this clip from Letterman. Nice interview of Jerry and Bob 20 years ago(!):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiFga8hwwF8
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Love this thread by the way. :D
  • old and in the wayold and in the way Posts: 62
    merkinball wrote:
    Hey, nice username Old & In the Way...

    Got inspired to go search out this clip from Letterman. Nice interview of Jerry and Bob 20 years ago(!):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiFga8hwwF8

    Yeah thanks, I can still enjoy that LP. Also the Dead "unplugged" LP that was packaged and titled two or three different times (names escape me). Had a lot of traditional old folk tunes and country stuff. There is an outdoor venue in Seattle (Memorial Stadium) where I was lucky enough to see some Dead shows and a Pearl Jam show. Cheers
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    old and in the way wrote:
    Yeah thanks, I can still enjoy that LP. Also the Dead "unplugged" LP that was packaged and titled two or three different times (names escape me). Had a lot of traditional old folk tunes and country stuff. There is an outdoor venue in Seattle (Memorial Stadium) where I was lucky enough to see some Dead shows and a Pearl Jam show. Cheers

    Probably Reckoning, which was all acoustic from the '80 tour, or maybe Bears Choice which was part acoustic, part electric from the early 70's. Killer Smokestack Lightning on that disc.

    Speaking of Bear (Owsley), here's some more interesting reading. The story behind the Dancing Bears:

    http://www.thebear.org/bearstory.html
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    I'd rather be in some dark hollow
    Where the sun don't ever shine
    Than to be home alone, knowing that you're gone
    Would cause me to lose my mind


    Ok, so they did not write it, but they play it real well.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • PearlStripesPearlStripes Posts: 267
    Definitely a Dead fan, but not a Deadhead.
  • crittablescrittables Posts: 342
    i kinda grew up with the grateful dead, thanks to my dad. i never got to see them before jerry died, but i've been to quite a few shows featuring the other members. i went to two years of the further festival, saw the dead a couple summers ago. i'll be attending yet another bob weir and ratdog show this summer:) can't wait.
  • pjambamapjambama Posts: 126
    dead head 4 sure. dead sirius for anyone interested. the dead radio channel starts this summer!!

    http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=FlexContent&cid=1179774750879
  • old and in the wayold and in the way Posts: 62
    merkinball wrote:
    Probably Reckoning, which was all acoustic from the '80 tour, or maybe Bears Choice which was part acoustic, part electric from the early 70's. Killer Smokestack Lightning on that disc.

    Speaking of Bear (Owsley), here's some more interesting reading. The story behind the Dancing Bears:

    http://www.thebear.org/bearstory.html

    Ahhh yes, Reconimg the CD, "For The Faithfulfull " I have on LP. Bear is my backpack mascot. Thanks for sharing !
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  • pjambamapjambama Posts: 126
    dead songs on sirius. can't wait 4 the channel to start. its gonna rock!

    http://www.dogstarradio.com/search_playlist.php?artist=grateful+dead&title=&channel=17&month=&date=&shour=&sampm=&stz=&ehour=&eampm=

    The Grateful Dead Brown-Eyed Women 6/3/2007 1:49:00 PM
    17 Grateful Dead Radio Coming This Summer! 6/3/2007 11:59:17 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead New Minglewood Blu 6/3/2007 10:54:27 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Little Red Rooster 6/3/2007 9:35:34 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Uncle John's Band 6/3/2007 7:30:13 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Dear Mr. Fantasy 6/3/2007 5:24:53 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead High Time>Dire Wol 6/3/2007 3:27:06 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead One More Saturday Night 6/3/2007 2:00:17 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead They Love Each Ot 6/3/2007 1:37:53 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Ollin Arageed (Ha 6/3/2007 12:15:56 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Hell In A Bucket 6/2/2007 11:15:33 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Casey Jones 6/2/2007 10:24:06 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Deal 6/2/2007 9:38:39 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Ramble On Rose 6/2/2007 7:40:02 PM
    17 Grateful Dead Radio Coming This Summer! 6/2/2007 7:39:29 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead New Minglewood Bl 6/2/2007 6:46:34 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Franklin's Tower 6/2/2007 5:49:16 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Lazy Lightnin'>Sup 6/2/2007 4:28:56 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Dark Star>Uncle Jo 6/2/2007 3:40:53 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Mr. Charlie 6/2/2007 1:45:55 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Morning Dew 6/2/2007 8:21:11 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead I Just Want To...>Women Ar 6/2/2007 6:54:46 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Ramble On Rose 6/2/2007 4:51:54 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Hell in a Bucket 6/2/2007 3:49:30 AM
    17 Grateful Dead Radio Coming This Summer! 6/2/2007 3:48:59 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead They Love Each Oth 6/2/2007 2:55:06 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Uncle John's Band 6/2/2007 12:20:13 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead One More Saturday 6/1/2007 11:19:02 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Doin' That Rag 6/1/2007 8:59:45 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Bertha>Good Lovin 6/1/2007 8:45:33 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Groove #2 6/1/2007 4:52:29 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Loose Lucy 6/1/2007 3:28:11 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead I Need A Miracle 6/1/2007 2:38:19 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Casey Jones 6/1/2007 1:29:54 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Eyes Of The World 6/1/2007 12:21:52 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Ramble On Rose 6/1/2007 11:12:57 AM
    17 Grateful Dead Radio Coming This Summer! 6/1/2007 9:51:36 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Cryptical Envelopment>The 6/1/2007 9:24:33 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Truckin' 6/1/2007 8:30:03 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead New Minglewood Blu 6/1/2007 7:37:02 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead China Cat>I Know Y 6/1/2007 4:40:16 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Cumberland Blues 6/1/2007 3:55:21 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead Crazy Fingers>Play 6/1/2007 1:07:28 AM
    17 The Grateful Dead w/Br They Love Each Other 5/31/2007 11:06:47 PM
    17 Grateful Dead Radio Coming This Summer! 5/31/2007 10:14:59 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Feel Like A Stranger 5/31/2007 9:14:27 PM
    17 Grateful Dead Radio Coming This Summer! 5/31/2007 8:36:50 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Dupree's Diamond B 5/31/2007 8:03:43 PM
    17 The Grateful Dead Hell In A Bucket 5/31/2007 5:06:20 PM
    17 Grateful Dead Radio Coming This Summer! 5/31/2007 4:59:04 PM
  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    Which Bertha do you prefer- the ferocious, fast paced versions from 1971-72. Or the more jazzy, improvisational versions from 1976-77?
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    just wanted to register for the PJ-Deadheads club, love the dead, I grew up loving punk and hip-hop and despising the dead, but I learned the error of my ways; unfortunatly not in time to see them. Its hard to imagine a lover of rock and roll not finding something likable about those guys,

    btw, I'm going to see Ratdog this summer, pales in comparison, but its the best I can do at this point.
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Trailer wrote:
    Which Bertha do you prefer- the ferocious, fast paced versions from 1971-72. Or the more jazzy, improvisational versions from 1976-77?

    '71 - '72 versions. But I tend not to listen much to the Keith/Donna years.
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    crittables wrote:
    i kinda grew up with the grateful dead, thanks to my dad. i never got to see them before jerry died.
    ill 2nd this, my dad was a big dead head and still is. i grew up listening to jerry voice as a little kid.my dad told me stories when i was bout 2 id grab his big ass headphones and listen to the dead and just rock back and forth on the carpet.ive probably heard all the dicks picks. only band i ever wanted to see
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • korbykorby Posts: 298
    i wanna follow PJ around the U.S. in an electric car
    its ok
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    korby wrote:
    i wanna follow PJ around the U.S. in an electric car

    Carefull, you might trigger an avalanche of self righteous hippie rhetoric.
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    Anyone pick up the new GD cd "Live at the Cow Palace" (12/31/1976)? Even though my bootleg collection is extensive, somehow I manage to overlook this show throughout the years. Get it for the Playin', Wharf Rat, Samson, Help, and Dew.. as well as the fact that it is one of the nicest mixes I've ever heard in a dead boot. Bobby's guitar really shines and their playing is like a cross between the 1974 and 1977 styles.
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • mxaaronmxaaron Posts: 92
    Just starting listening to the Dead in the past few years. Although too young to have seen Jerry and the guys, I have followed Bob Weir and Ratdog around a bit (that is to say, when they opened for String Cheese).

    Is anyone into some of Jerry's bluegrass material, such as Shady Grove or Pizza Tapes?
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    mxaaron wrote:
    Just starting listening to the Dead in the past few years. Although too young to have seen Jerry and the guys, I have followed Bob Weir and Ratdog around a bit (that is to say, when they opened for String Cheese).

    Is anyone into some of Jerry's bluegrass material, such as Shady Grove or Pizza Tapes?

    Check out the Old & In the Way disc I referenced above. Jerry played David Grisman (who I think is on the Shady Grove & Pizza Tapes discs too) along with some other great bluegrass musicians.

    If you haven't checked out the movie Festival Express, its worth a watch. A tour documentary of the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and The Band from a tour they did across Canada. Some great performances and interviews.

    Finally, I got an email today that they are finally releasing Three from The Vault, which was the live series before the Dick's Picks series. This one is a '71 show from the Capital Theater in Port Chester, NY, and it looks good...
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    http://www.dead.net/


    :)
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