5/25/15 The Grateful Dead

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon May 25, 2015 7:27 am

What is your favorite Grateful Dead song?

user · Post by **user** » Mon May 25, 2015 8:12 am

Mehhh... "Scarlet Begonias" I guess. That's right, I appreciate Sublime more than the Grateful Dead. Judge away.

glennny · Post by **glennny** » Mon May 25, 2015 12:27 pm

China Cat Sunflower

There are dozens of fantastic songs. I'm so glad I got to see them a couple of times with Jerry. We did the mecca from LA to Vegas a couple summers in a row.
Those were some of the best shows I've ever seen.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:03 am

I'd have to say Touch of Grey. Everything on "In The Dark" is pretty good though. Tons of Steel and Hell in a Bucket are ridiculously catchy. West L.A. Fadeaway is almost Zappa-esque.

Well, okay, I've never heard My Brother Esau, because I only ever heard this album on CD. I'm guessing it was filler to make the cassette release work, which means it's probably a not very good song. I can't imagine anything coming after Black Muddy River anyway.

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Tue May 26, 2015 3:21 pm

"Box of Rain."

They were normally not that great as a studio band, but American Beauty is the exception. "Box of Rain" is the perfect opener - catchy, danceable, a little mysterious.

glennny · Post by **glennny** » Tue May 26, 2015 3:49 pm

cavedwellers used to cover Box of Rain back in the day. I love that song! Good call! Yeah their acoustic stuff translated really well in the studio. The electric stuff though was much better live.

There are a lot of chords in Box of Rain. You should read along some time, I had to read a chart for that song for the longest time.

Post by **Spud** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:37 pm

Can we go back to a band I actually care about?

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed May 27, 2015 9:13 am

You could start a thread.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed May 27, 2015 9:36 am

Honorable Mentions to Touch of Grey and Friend of the Devil

My favorite is Uncle John's Band

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:52 am

I really like to listen to that very long Eyes of the World from Without a Net. But for songs, say Candyman.
-bill

Chumpy · Post by **Chumpy** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:37 pm

St. Steven is pretty great.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:57 pm

Yeah, I wrestled with saying St. Stephen too, it's another of my favorites.
-bill

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