A place to talk about the music of the Grateful Dead
Sugar wrote:Take the usual setlist vintage 73-74 and throw out the corny cowboy stuff (Me and My Uncle, El Paso). sugarcan't agree :(
Sugar wrote:For the very best, choose the ones that feature Jerry the most.again, cannot agree. telling this to someone new to The Grateful Dead could lead them to miss out on some of the best material the band had to offer. Obviuosly not a Weir fan. Bummer :(Sugar
HOWEYMAN wrote:You guessed it. I'm not a Weir fan, at least not in general. On the other hand, no ordinary individual could have come up with the inspiration for Sugar Magnolia. So I do admire Weir. I also like the interview that Rolling Stone did with him not long ago. Weir came across as a very intelligent and nice person, something that was not always clear in the interviews that he did back in the day.Sugar wrote:Take the usual setlist vintage 73-74 and throw out the corny cowboy stuff (Me and My Uncle, El Paso). sugarcan't agree :(
Sugar wrote:For the very best, choose the ones that feature Jerry the most.again, cannot agree. telling this to someone new to The Grateful Dead could lead them to miss out on some of the best material the band had to offer. Obviuosly not a Weir fan. Bummer :(
BuddhaG wrote:Seriously, man, some of Jerry's best guitar work is on Bob tunes where he doens't have to worry about getting to the mic to sing all the time. I love his lead playing on El Paso from the 70's. His lead playing is such a huge part of the dynamics in that song, its friggin brilliant!Hey, don't get me wrong. I don't dislike all of the songs that Bobby sings. I'm just not too crazy about Me and My Uncle or El Paso, or most of the hard core cowboy or R&B stuff with Bobby's vocals. I tend to like hia vocals a lot better when he is singing his own songs, as opposed to putting on the cowboy or R&B thing. I like Sugar Magnolia (always), Jack Straw (really fine song!),Playing in the Band (although the scream mode of Donna or Bobby does not embelish that song (IMO)), Black-Throated Wind, Weather Report Suite (parts of it). For me, it is indeed ultimately Jerry's guitar work that makes it or breaks it from the point of view of wanting to still hear it today.
How about Let It Grow, Music Never Stopped, Playin' in the Band, Samson & Delilah, and many many more that Bob sang lead on.
You are missing out if you ignore Bob tunes, the Grateful Dead were a complete package and not a one man show by any means.
Sugar wrote: P.S. I assume that this Vince avatar was dumped on me as a joke after my last post. Please indicate to me how I can delete it. Otherwise, this is my last post here at the forum.Wow chill out man. Dunno why you think everyone's hatin on you.
Sugar wrote:Hey, don't get me wrong. I don't dislike all of the songs that Bobby sings. I'm just not too crazy about Me and My Uncle or El Paso, or most of the hard core cowboy or R&B stuff with Bobby's vocals. I tend to like hia vocals a lot better when he is singing his own songs, as opposed to putting on the cowboy or R&B thing. I like Sugar Magnolia (always), Jack Straw (really fine song!),Playing in the Band (although the scream mode of Donna or Bobby does not embelish that song (IMO)), Black-Throated Wind, Weather Report Suite (parts of it). For me, it is indeed ultimately Jerry's guitar work that makes it or breaks it from the point of view of wanting to still hear it today.Your Vince avatar was not "dumped" on you, nor is it a joke. Your avatar changes based on how many posts you have made to date. If you don't like the Vince avatar, the way to get rid of it is to post more.
Peace, my fellow Dead fans.
Sugar
P.S. I assume that this Vince avatar was dumped on me as a joke after my last post. Please indicate to me how I can delete it. Otherwise, this is my last post here at the forum.
