Posts tagged Jerry Garcia
This is pretty ridiculous.
Why yes, my Dad does have one of these little fellas at home. He also has Mick and Keef.
Jerry Garcia—“Sugaree”
Garcia (Warner 1972).
“Please forget you knew my name…”
Most Deadheads are all about the jams. Which is cool, don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a twenty minute long version of Sugaree too, but there’s something to be said for the clarity and conciseness of a (comparatively) short studio cut that clocks in at 5:54.
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The Dead and The Stones wait for the helicopter that will take them to Altamont, December 6, 1969.
Greatest Story Ever Told - Bob Weir
Sure, Ace is supposedly a Bob Weir solo album, but the only member of The Dead that isn’t on it is Pigpen. That said, the studio version of Greatest Story rocks.
From People magazine September/October 1995.
We still miss you, Jerry.
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The Dead & the Stones, goofing around before the helicopter to Altamont.
“We’ll get higher yet!”
“Charlie, kiss the young lady.”
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“This was Pig Pen’s prize guitar. He kept it in his room at 710 Ashbury Street, away from everyone else, and it was his favorite guitar to play when he was alone. It was known as ‘Pig’s working guitar’ and one that was brought out for special guitar players who visited. Pig and Jerry [Garcia] would jam in the kitchen with the two Kays with either one of them using either one of the two guitars. This is where and how Jerry taught Pig chords and new material because we didn’t have a piano there at the house. Sometimes a lesson would turn into a little jam, normally bluegrass or blues. Jerry’s roots were in bluegrass and Pig’s were in blues, so here’s Ron McKernan learning old Americana from Jerry, and Jerry learning blues from Ron. That’s how The Grateful Dead’s sound evolved - from these late night impromptu sessions at 710 with these old Kay guitars. Rock-n-roll is a combination of old Americana and blues which is basically why guys like Stephen Stills and Graham Nash were harping on Jerry to do records like “American Beauty,” to get back to the roots of American music. It was in those sessions in the kitchen that Jerry used to show Pig Pen other stuff besides the blues. The main thing was to bring The Grateful Dead out of being solely a blues band and into who knew what? The idea was to create their own unique music, to evolve from what was so “psychedelicized” in the underground at that time. Dr. John used both Kay guitars at 710 during his visits, and hell, he even crashed in my room! Neal Cassady used the back of the “beater” as a drum when he lived in the attic at 710, sleeping in a hammock for a bed. Pig and Neal used to stay up late and jam and cook bacon. That’s all we ever cooked in that house: bacon and steaks and eggs. Back in the early days, we even made bacon on stage in a portable fry plate just because the band loved the smell of it. Janis Joplin jammed on both these Kays with Pig as did James Gurley from Big Brother and The Holding Company. Michael Bloomfield would frequently stay up all night with Pig, playing the Kays. I’m pretty sure Bobby [Weir] would have played Pig’s Kay at some point, but it was Jerry who especially loved it. It was a fixture at 710 as was the “kitchen beater.”-Rock Scully](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfyaogYEyn1qefnayo1_400.jpg)
“This was Pig Pen’s prize guitar. He kept it in his room at 710 Ashbury Street, away from everyone else, and it was his favorite guitar to play when he was alone. It was known as ‘Pig’s working guitar’ and one that was brought out for special guitar players who visited. Pig and Jerry [Garcia] would jam in the kitchen with the two Kays with either one of them using either one of the two guitars. This is where and how Jerry taught Pig chords and new material because we didn’t have a piano there at the house. Sometimes a lesson would turn into a little jam, normally bluegrass or blues. Jerry’s roots were in bluegrass and Pig’s were in blues, so here’s Ron McKernan learning old Americana from Jerry, and Jerry learning blues from Ron. That’s how The Grateful Dead’s sound evolved - from these late night impromptu sessions at 710 with these old Kay guitars. Rock-n-roll is a combination of old Americana and blues which is basically why guys like Stephen Stills and Graham Nash were harping on Jerry to do records like “American Beauty,” to get back to the roots of American music. It was in those sessions in the kitchen that Jerry used to show Pig Pen other stuff besides the blues. The main thing was to bring The Grateful Dead out of being solely a blues band and into who knew what? The idea was to create their own unique music, to evolve from what was so “psychedelicized” in the underground at that time. Dr. John used both Kay guitars at 710 during his visits, and hell, he even crashed in my room! Neal Cassady used the back of the “beater” as a drum when he lived in the attic at 710, sleeping in a hammock for a bed. Pig and Neal used to stay up late and jam and cook bacon. That’s all we ever cooked in that house: bacon and steaks and eggs. Back in the early days, we even made bacon on stage in a portable fry plate just because the band loved the smell of it. Janis Joplin jammed on both these Kays with Pig as did James Gurley from Big Brother and The Holding Company. Michael Bloomfield would frequently stay up all night with Pig, playing the Kays. I’m pretty sure Bobby [Weir] would have played Pig’s Kay at some point, but it was Jerry who especially loved it. It was a fixture at 710 as was the “kitchen beater.”
-Rock Scully
Photo by Jim Marshall, 1967.
Scarlet Begonias, July 21st 1974 at the Hollywood Bowl. Joyous. Listen/Download the whole show here.
Joyous is the word. Audience tape, but a good one!
Now if only we could do something about Donna Jean’s moaning… She’s a lovely lady and very kind, but she’s also the one problem I have with mid 70’s Dead.
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Grateful Dead - Clementine Jam
Always a good decision.
Also: the Grateful Dead cowbell!!
Easily one of my favorite parts of the early Dead sound.
