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DO NOT use Casey Jones (Garcia/Hunter version). Hearing the first line every time you get a call gets old fast.

Sugar Mags has been working for me.

Well, I've got st. stephen as my ringtone. It starts up right at "st. stephen with a rose..." Always starts a conversation

I think Throwing Stones would make a pretty cool ringtone. It has a pretty distinctive intro. If not that then +1 on Help.

Ripple or China Cat...both instantly recognizable...Merry Christmas to you!!

i use bertha, just the chorus.. i also have sugar mag and darkstar.... they all work well

caspersvapors wrote:Weather Report prelude

my favorite Dead intro by far

That would definitely be a good one. And whoever mentioned Gomorrah the opening chords to that would be great as well. I found it funny that your in a dead forum yet when you mentioned the possibles you didnt even have dead in there. Tsk tsk... My ringtone right now is YYZ by Rush and prior to that it was St Stephen.

Over and Over - Neil Young - Ragged Glory album version.
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Cello Song - Nick Drake
California Girls - Beach Boys
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Mepmphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry

Grateful Dead:

Ripple
New Speedway Boogie
Weather Report
St Stephen
Alligator
Eyes

Cats Under The Stars - Jerry
The Wheel - off Jerry's first solo album

Ah, the beauty of Nick Drake would be nice as well, so unique. Reminds me I should learn some tunes in open tunings.

ScarletFire77 wrote:Well, I've got st. stephen as my ringtone. It starts up right at "st. stephen with a rose..." Always starts a conversation

Me too. Got a call while checking out at the grocery store the other day and the clerk asks "Nickleback?"

I though she'd gotten the change wrong.

How could I forget the intro of all intros in rock...

Stay With Me by The Faces.

BlobWeird wrote:I found it funny that your in a dead forum yet when you mentioned the possibles you didnt even have dead in there. Tsk tsk... My ringtone right now is YYZ by Rush and prior to that it was St Stephen.

blob, i tried to find some dead songs, but because i was limited to just the first 20-30 seconds of a song, i couldn't find any good candidates. As I mentioned before, I only have 2 dead studio albums, and both are heavily acoustic. Acoustic doesn't sound too good from my mobile phone speaker. The intro's gotta have a screaming guitar. As for live dead, it usually takes about 5-10 seconds after the song starts for the boys to get rollin', which means that the phones rung like 3 times before i even hear it.

That being said, I found some gems in the Jerry studio albums that start off with a bang:
Tore up over you - off Reflections
Might as Well - off Reflections
Rhapsody in Red - i think Cat's Under the Star

i'm not a huge fan of Rhapsody in Red, but the intro is rockin'. I rarely listen to the whole song, though.


Thanks to phil for suggesting the MP3 cutting software. I've already got a couple of great ones - clips from the jam in Here comes sunshine off DP1, a a piece of Scarlet Begonias (5/8/77), jerry's solo from Ramble on Rose (europe '72)... now that I can cut where i want, the possibilities are endless.

If you have it try Roadrunner off the Jerry album Compliments. Wastes absolutely no time gettin right to it

Hard days Night...Day Tripper

Day Tripper!!!!

Keep in mind whatever song you choose will become intolerable to you after several incoming phone calls...