The Good Old Grateful Dead Blog

"Although The Grateful Dead built its reputation and fan base as a live act, Tom Constanten always felt more comfortable in the studio during his tenure with the band.

“I felt better in the studio because I didn’t have the sound problems I had onstage,” he says by telephone from his home in Charlotte, N.C. “The technology of the time couldn’t amplify a Hammond B-3 enough to compete with guitars. The studio definitely worked more to my advantage.”

A classically trained composer and pianist who met future Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh in 1961 while both were studying music at the University of California, Berkeley, Constanten joined The Grateful Dead in November 1968 to supplement Ron “Pigpen” McKernan’s organ playing..."

"While the world celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11, I made the best selection I could to fit the vibe and that is a track off of the Grateful Dead’s 1989 release Built To Last titled Standing On The Moon...The Contestants..."

01 - Searchin'.mp3
02 - Riot In Cell Block #9.mp3
03 - Good Vibrations.mp3
04 - I Get Around.mp3
05 - Help Me Rhonda.mp3
06 - Okie From Muskogee.mp3
07 - Johnny B. Goode.mp3
08 - Sing Me Back Home.mp3
09 - Uncle John's Band.mp3
10 - Turn On Your Lovelight.mp3

"1. Stealin' 0:07
2. Stealin' (Take 4) 0:33
3. Stealin' (Take 5) 2:44
4. Stealin' (Take 6) 2:40
5. I Know You Rider (Take 1) 2:53
6. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 1) 0:48
7. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 2) 1:08
8. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 3) 1:58
9. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 4) 0:20
10. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 5) 0:58
11. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 6) 1:38
12. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 7) 1:44
13. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 8) 2:05
14. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 1) 0:56
15. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 2) 1:40
16. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 3) 2:01
17. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 4) 1:52
18. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 5) 2:02
19. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 6) 2:02
20. Don't Ease Me In Jam (Take 7) 1:22
21. You Don't Have To Ask 0:18
22. You Don't Have To Ask (Take 13) 0:42
23. You Don't Have To Ask (Take 14) 3:33
24. Tastebud 2:18
25. Tastebud (Take 2) 0:10
26. Tastebud (Take 3) 2:24
27. Tastebud (Take 4) 2:29
28. Tastebud (Take 5) 2:21
29. Stealin' (Take 1) 3:05
30. I Know You Rider (Take 1) 2:49"

"20 years ago today. I didn't see this on here. A classic from one of the last grate Dead tours. Thanks to the original seeder. Enjoy!

Grateful Dead
7/7/89
J.F.K. Stadium
Philadephia, PA

Source: Healy Mix SBD>MC>DAT>CDR>EAC>SHN"

"1972-01-02- Winterland Arena, San Francisco CA
1972-03-05- Winterland Arena, San Francisco CA
1972-03-21- Academy Of Music, New York City, NY
1972-03-23- Academy Of Music, New York City, NY
1972-04-29- Musikhalle, Hamburg Germany
1972-07-16- Dillon Stadium, Hartford CT
1972-07-18- Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City NJ
1972-07-21- Paramount Northwest Theater, Seattle WA
1972-07-22- Paramount Northwest Theater, Seattle WA
1972-07-25- Paramount Theater, Portland OR
1972-07-26- Paramount Theater, Portland OR"

"Artist: Jerry Garcia
Date: 1964-04-14
Venue: Banjo Lesson w/ Unknown Student
Location: San Francisco, California
Source: Aud.
Sound Quality: A-

source; audience mic to reel to reel recording by unknown student > ? >
7 1/2 ips reel > Matt Smith (Akai GX-625 > Apogee Mini Me (24/96) >
Apogee Mini Dac (monitoring/mastering > Wavelab 5.0 (dithered to
20/44)) > CD"

"Set One:
Sugar Magnolia
Eyes Of The World>
Estimated Prophet
Loose Lucy
Friend Of The Devil
Into The Mystic
Help On The Way>
Slipknot!>
Franklin's Tower

Set Two:
One More Saturday Night
Shakedown Street>
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider>
Drums / Space>
Viola Lee Blues
Morning Dew
Throwing Stones
Sunshine Daydream

Encore:
US Blues
Not Fade Away"

"...I love the Grateful Dead’s music. It’s true. I didn’t always, though. After I began playing and singing with Phil Lesh, I started to appreciate it more. Over time, it grew on me and I began to love it...Having professed my love for their music, I must say that I’m a tad annoyed at the fact that sometimes all people want to hear is Sugaree. I love that song. Sure, yeah. You got me. But really, I can sing other stuff, too. I like the Beatles as much as the Dead. Probably more. I like the Velvet Underground, Tom Waits and Merle Haggard just as much too. And believe or not, I even like singing some of my own songs. In fact, that’s why I’m here to begin with. I refuse to be reduced to a Grateful Dead cover band, and if that means never singing Sugaree again…so be it. There will be a time in the not-too-distant future, when Dead songs will show up in our set as a rarity. Not a regularity..."

"Jerry Garcia Band
1978-03-19
Stanley Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA
Soundboard Recording

and

1983-03-05
Civic Auditorium
Santa Cruz, CA
Sounboard Recording"

"Wake Of The Flood Outtakes (1973)
Stunning Unreleased Studio Recordings

1973 was a turning point for the Grateful Dead. Only a few months after the death of PigPen McKernan, the Dead began work on their first studio album since 1970's commercial breakthrough, American Beauty. They'd left Warner Bros., started two record labels (Round & Grateful Dead Records), opened their ranks to outside players (Keith & Donna Godchaux) and began recording what would become the exquisitely wonderful Wake Of The Flood. Three years between studio albums was an eternity in the early 70s and the band's growth was immediately evident, displaying a new found depth in their writing and playing - as evidenced by the ambitious 'Weather Report Suite' and the simply gorgeous 'Stella Blue.' Having worked much of this material out on the road before recording, it's no surprise these studio outtakes sound nearly as finished as the finished LP. You'll hear tapes spooling, count-offs, cut-offs and miscues... and some beautifully articulated music. These tapes are well known in Dead trading circles, but should be appreciated by anybody interested in the early development of what many still consider to be the greatest rock band America ever produced."

"When Jerry Garcia's band abandoned acid-frazzled psych-rock for close harmonies and pastoral folk, they created a classic roots sound that continues to influence bands today...Somewhere along the rock'n'roll timeline an imaginary barricade was built between rock fans and Deadheads. Liking the Dead became taboo. Personally, I never understood this crazed reaction, but it was probably to do with their fans. Grateful Dead were one of the first bands to establish themselves as a cult, with a large dedicated following showing up at every gig. Maybe it was the media vision of a Deadhead as a psychotropic nightmare bathed in patchouli and dressed in tie-dyed clothing. Or was it the revival of the hippie aesthetic and a tendency towards jazz fusion that put rock fans off...?"

"...Henry Kaiser Plays Dead gathers together 2CDs worth of (mostly unreleased) recordings...an expansive, 2-1/4 hour overview of Kaiser's relationship with the music of the Grateful Dead..."

"* Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
* Merl Saunders - keyboards
* John Kahn - bass
* Bill Vitt - drums
* David Grisman - mandolin (Positively 4th Street)


Recorded at the Keystone on July 10 and 11, 1973."

"Jerry Garcia Band is the second album, and first live album, by the Jerry Garcia Band. It was recorded in the spring of 1990 at The Warfield in San Francisco.

* Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
* Gloria Jones – vocals
* John Kahn – bass
* David Kemper – drums
* Jackie LaBranch – vocals
* Melvin Seals – organ, keyboards"