This has already been a stellar year for Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia archival releases, but Rhino will up the ante with the next batch of releases set to drop on or around November 10. Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2: Let It Rock will feature selections from the JGB shows at the legendary Keystone in Berkeley on November 17 and 18, 1975, while Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 1 contains the entire Gra...
Tipiboy put up a great post about Sun Studios announcing their new web video program, Sun Studio Sessions, including a preview webisode of Grace and the Nocturnals kicking it off with a raucous version of "Mystery Train", and it got my wheels spinning, so here's some love for Junior Parker and Sam Phillips.from the wiki - "Mystery Train" is a song written by Junior Parker and Sam Phillips. It ...
This is a weird little tidbit of music that I've been hoarding for a couple of years. I thought I'd share it, because, well, I'm on a bit of a "Dead" streak, and what good is music if you can't share it with people who love, and live, music, right???The Grateful Dead rolled into Foxboro, Mass on July 2nd, 1989 to start the '89 Summer Tour. Big album, big plans, and a big tour were the foresha...
is this video. jerry garcia, bob weir, rink danko and janis joplin, having the times of their lives, on a train through canada. please share in the love:
Well, yeah, it's always a sad day in a Dead Head's world, isn't it? Been thirteen years, hard to believe...Rather than focus on that, let's just acknowledge the sadness and move on. What about the good parts?The fun at the shows. The friends made and experiences had. The music itself...And even though most of us had no personal, real-life connection to the band other than the music, how's about...
PALM SUNDAYThe river so whiteThe mountain so redand with the sunshineover my headThe honky tonks areall closed and hushedIt must bePalm SundayagainThe sky is so greenClouds of canaryBlood moon rise likea fat ripe cherrySunset quiet asa benedictionOne true love,the rest is fictionIf I stay longertrouble will find meAn epitaph and asheet to wind meA passable dayfor the least of menit must bePalm ...
Like the title says here are some sweet Jerry "sampler" downloads -To download each track in mp3 format, right-click on any link below and select "save as". If you wanna do it in flac go aMore >
Bird Song (Listen)This is the tune that most frequently is "in my head", with and without amplification....the line "tell me all that you know, I'll show you snow and rain" seems to repeat itself over and over as I continue waking day to day to whatever comes my way....written by Robert Hunter ("for Janis").All I know is something like a birdwithin her sangAll I know she sang a little whileand ...
A great filmmaker passed away Monday. While most of his movies fall into the foreign arthouse category, one in particular left it's mark on American audiences.Antonioni's "_Zabriskie Point_":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabriskie_Point_%28film%29 [1970], contained an excellent soundtrack, featuring a still-developing Pink Floyd , and the Grateful Dead.Here, I leave you with a one-take guitar ...