#171012  by RobertMedica
 
I have been into a lot of the early dead particularly their years between 1965(when they were still the warlocks) all the way up until 1970. In their debut self titled album coming out in 1967 I think it is heavily underrated and over-looked They start out with one of their only originals on the album "The Golden Road' which outside the album, got very little live appearances.
With songs like
1. Beat it on Down the Line
2.Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3.Sitting on top of the world
4.New, New Minglewood blues
5. Viola lee blues
These songs were basically a sneak peak of the blues and folk inspired part of the grateful dead
Songs like
1. Morning Dew
2. Viola lee Blues
3. Cream Puff war
4. Cold rain and snow
All of these songs showed how diverse and hooking their music can be with psychedelic feelings and sounds.
All in all this album, even though they only had 4 days to record and they still were not used to what its like being a studio band at the time, for a grateful dead album you have all you can ask for in a little over 30 minutes! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
 #171021  by TI4-1009
 
They said that amphetamines contributed mightily to the tempo of that album :lol: .

Their tempo periods can roughly be broken down into:

First album (too fast)
Everything between then and about 5 years ago (just exactly right)
The last 5 years (too slow- in the opinion of quite a few)
 #171022  by lbpesq
 
TI4-1009 wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 5:10 pm Their tempo periods can roughly be broken down into:
Everything between then and about 5 years ago (just exactly right)

When it comes to the Dead, it hasn’t been “just exactly right” since 1995.

Bill, tgo