why I like the Dead

Posted by ph5y (A) on August 15, 2014 at 18:49:43

In Reply to: I keep trying and trying... posted by semuta on August 7, 2014 at 10:54:51:

Most music is a generational thing. You listen to the very best of earlier generations and pick and choose. Here and there you discover something a little obscure like Lester Young.

I am of that generation and didn't like the Dead at first because they were too much the center of the whole Beat/Hippie BS scent. But over time I got to really like their long jams. Garcia's guitar playing is very melodic - I think it's based on the Phrygian mode or something - flat 7, otherwise major - and it reminds me a little of Debussy. The singing complements the guitar nicely. I like the way all their jams segue into I Know You Rider. Or so it seems.
It's never too late to turn back the clock.

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Topic - Bob Weir teaches Pete Townshend how to play Wharf Rat - LWR 21:20:21 08/06/14 (15)

RE: Bob Weir teaches Pete Townshend how to play Wharf Rat - BenE 05:24:40 08/08/14 (0)

I keep trying and trying... - semuta 10:54:51 08/07/14 (10)

why I like the Dead - ph5y 18:49:43 08/15/14 (0)

Live/Dead is pretty good. Later stuff is just bad. nt - tinear 11:15:10 08/08/14 (2)

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RE: Me too .............. - hitsware 17:50:02 08/07/14 (0)

Reckoning's a good one - mhardy6647 17:36:39 08/07/14 (4)

Agreed on more than one point - Charlie F. 07:37:04 08/08/14 (3)

The Dead formed from the least likely to succeed group of players - LWR 07:56:40 08/08/14 (2)

Your personal connection is nice - Charlie F. 13:33:41 08/08/14 (1)

67-68 some incredible tunes - LWR 20:51:25 08/08/14 (0)

RE: Bob Weir teaches Pete Townshend how to play Wharf Rat - lokie 09:41:55 08/07/14 (0)

RE: Bob Weir teaches Pete Townshend how to play Wharf Rat - fantja 08:38:31 08/07/14 (0)

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