Also last night, the group Dave's True Story with a great version of It's All Over Now Baby Blue. I love well-done covers. Last week I heard Jesse Fuller doing San Francisco Bay Blues (which he wrote). It was covered by Eric Clapton on his masterpiece album Unplugged. Great to play one after the other.
And last night Muddy Waters doing Rosalie, such a perfect song, as I looked out at this view.
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I agree about the guitar noodling, and in general I never "got" the dead despite loving the scene at the shows and their followers. However, Estimated Prophet, Shakedown Street, and Eyes of the World always get me humming if not singing. They are missed.
Workingman's Dead and American Beauty are timeless and the high point for the Dead. Mar's Hotel is pretty good too. Most everything else was self indulgent, IMO.
Have you ever seen the documentary 'Rockin' at the Red Dog: The Dawn of Psychedelic Rock'? You can get it on Netflix streaming. I had been visiting and carousing in Virgina City for many years and had absolutely no idea of the history of the Red Dog Saloon as the origins of The Family Dog and the early San Francisco music scene. It started there with some key folks from SF and Marin and later they went back to SF and organized the big dances at the Longshoreman's Hall and the Avalon ballroom etc. Do the Charlatans ring a bell?
Lloyd,
If you're not a Dead fan because of the endless guitar noodling, order yourself a copy of Terrapin Station - new or used from a re-seller on Amazon for cheap. It's like the Abbey Road of Dead albums, heavy with the harder, tighter Bob Weir material on Side A and an epic, long (and not boring) Jerry guitar masterpiece on Side B.
-Jonathan
If you've not heard Richie Havens cover (back from his first album Mixed Bag, in the 60's) of San Francisco Bay Blues - IMHO the greatest cover on the planet! Entirely different than the aforementioned versions though. Vive la Difference!
- great photo Lloyd!
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