About those microphones: "The Wall of Sound acted as its own monitor system, and it was therefore assembled behind the band so the members could hear exactly what their audience was hearing. Because of this, Stanley and Alembic designed a special microphone system to prevent feedback. This placed matched pairs of condenser microphones spaced 60 mm apart and run out of phase. The vocalist sang into the top microphone, and the lower mic picked up whatever other sound was present in the stage environment. The signals were added together using a differential summing amp so that the sound common to both mics (the sound from the Wall) was canceled, and only the vocals were amplified."
Jarrett Swartz That is true but the PA had to also be behind them at this show because there wouldn’t be a reason to se these mic’s if it wasn’t. Unless they were trying to dial them in, but then again, without a sound source behind the mic, that would be difficult.
I wasn't at this show, but I was there the next night. The music they played during this era was pure and transcendental. They were huge fans of the modal improv giants Miles Davis and John Coltrane, but also Bill Monroe, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Rodgers, Charles Ives, Django and many more. Their playing is a gumbo of it all. While I never have tried to parrot their stuff, I have learned so much about playing and listening to music from them. You picked a great example to work through.
Listening to you unpack this from a clearly adept musical vantage point was a true joy. You so astutely articulated what many others have felt as they have experienced this music.
Yeah the dead are bigger than they were back in the day, continues to expand exponentially. People will listen and play this music professionally fifty years from now without a doubt
I love seeing a non-Deadhead appreciate the boys, awesome. Thank you, really interesting from a long time Deadhead who knows nothing about guitar technique.
If my babysitter didn't drag me to a show in the summer of 1984! I may never know how grate music could possibly be and fill you up with so much love ,feel good energy, pham and good vibes! Best days of my life we're the 80's and early 90's seeing GratefulDead and Jerry Garcia show's ⚡
dear yahoo the jam after the 3rd verse of the eyes from 10/19/74 is probably some of my favorite interplay between the band i've ever heard. phil on his solo, billy keeping time (and later whooping ass on the coda), bobby and keith are in sync, plus jerry's solos - it's all just incredible
Love what you do. At the 24:30 mark you comment, “they don’t even know what they’re seeing.” I beg to respectfully differ. They may not know the technical stuff but they completely understand at a primordial level, exactly what is going on. That’s why there are so many of us and why you have been bitten as you have. It’s pure magic my friend. Whether you can play or just like listening, Jerry’s licks take us all away. Welcome to the family! You have an enormous and wonderful guitar road ahead of you. So great.....
Oh yeah man 100% music is a voice of God like any other and all of us children of the Light need no interpretation to feel what is being communicated 🙏🏼🕉
Saw this song at my first show 4 6 82. This is one of my favorites.live, always brought a tear to my eye. I am a novice guitar player.i will continue to watch.to me what jerry did was guide me down these mental passageways full of color and emotion. Thanks again. Your knowledge of music is impressive...i pick up tidbits each time. ✌
I get shit for it all the time but 72 has to be my personal favorite year for the band. They were still growing and theres a certain amount of sometimes unrefined dignity to the band if that makes any sense. It was raw pure and beautiful. Check out 1/2/72 if you can. Killer show, Winterland again.
Europe ‘72 in general is fabulous and the China Cat Sunflower-I Know You Rider is, imho, their best performance ever of those songs. However, the Dick’s Picks 3 (5/22/77) version of Morning Dew (sour notes and all) is for me, probably the best Dead performance of a song I’ve ever heard. The Morning Dew from the Cornell show 2 weeks earlier is clearly amazing (and it’s astounding to me how two such superb, and yet so different, performances of a particular song could come within two weeks of each other) but, for emotional wallop, Cornell doesn’t hold a candle to Pembroke Pines. YMMV.
I live my life with this song always playing in my head or listening to it again and again. Only makes sense to watch your video. :-) Really enjoyed your take on this masterpiece.
Michael, I just saw this and now you are getting into the "best era" of the GD. Just keep listening to 68-75 and you will here the changes that took place from the very bluesy and what I called angry rock era when Piggy was alive to the most melodic period of the band-leading up to the break they took in 75. Yes Cornel was awesome but so many shows from 70(Harpur College) thru the break in 75 are just off the charts and very varied. Now if I only knew how to play the guitars I own- LOL
13:34 - "so we can hear what lift off sounds like.." you hit the nail on the head with that comment. Goose bumps from all the times I saw it live. Awesome stuff!
First off, I just wanna Thank You for your honest approach to a band that has been so sorely misunderstood, under represented and even downright dismissed by the commercial music mainstream practically since their inception. Innovation and dedication have always sported a hefty price tag. Thankfully, the Dead were consistently and constantly willing to pay any price to maintain their personal and professional integrity. I'm a Lifetime Deadhead who's Mother took him and several friends to their first Grateful Dead concert at Watkins Glen in upstate New York in the Summer of 1973 as an early present for my 15th Birthday that September. It was an astonishing event for what has become widely regarded as one of the band's best concerts ever. There are links to every note that they plucked that day, including the explosive 90+ minute sound check! Of course you're on to something pivotal in the Deads ovure by stumbling across "Morning Dew". However, I just want to point out that this version from what would become their "retirement" string of shows at the Winterland Ballroom in 1974, is one of the most lackluster versions the band had ever performed. As a matter of fact, this entire run of shows confirmed to the group internally that they just weren't "feeling it" at more and more of their performances and had quietly decided that they needed to loosen themselves from what had become an increasingly unwieldy monster that was no longer fun for them any more. They'd developed a ginourmous, wholly dependent family of formerly free Hippy helping hands who had devolved into an unorganized carnival of financial dependants that never seemed to get much done and didn't even really know who was responsible for what on any given day anyway. The band members started living separately, began avoiding their "offices" in San Francisco and eventually drifted away from each other as collaborators and friends. They stopped practicing regularly and writing together. To an older fan like me, their loss of focus was obvious by this period in their career, then one that you are praising here. I never listen to the versions of any of their tunes that were performed at this set of shows because its just so easy to find vibrant, defining versions of all these tunes from earlier points in their career. Even as recently as only just a year or two earlier in the 1970's. A perfect example of my assessment is the live "Morning Dew" from their "Europe 72" triple live album. Dude, please click on the link I've provided below and have a listen to what's missing from this weak and routine Winterland version that you've studied here and then get back to me with your honest opinion. I really look forward to your response. Thank You for your service. It's truly appreciated. I've never seen any of your posts before you started reviewing Dead tunes but as soon as I realized that you are a fair and balanced music lover, I immediately went to support you by subscribing, liking and sharing your material, which is all I really can do for you since I'm far too poor to support you financially LOL! I would hope that every Deadhead who reads this does the same thing for you. Here's that link: th-cam.com/video/NDuZfdf4hFQ/w-d-xo.html
My first show ever ended the second set with Morning Dew and even THEN I didn’t know what I was seeing. Those days were blessed... so fascinating to see it experienced like this. Thank you!
This is the first time I've seen one of your videos and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is a great way to get some students to start transcrbing for themselves. Great stuff. I'm off to check out your TH-cam channel now.... (also feel like hearing some more Grateful Dead, but I'll do that later). Thanks!
man I love what you're doing here - watched 1/2 dozen of your videos in the last week! I know like 1% of what you're talking about theory-wise but love it none the less!
Seems like you get The Dead. I still get chills when I listen to them. The scene at a live show was just unreal. Jerry is pretty damn good for a guy with 9 fingers 😁
I'm 47 years old and I think in my personal opinion that some of the wall of sound bootlegs are the best ones I've ever heard. I managed to get five Jerry shows under my belt before he passed but I was a young guy who didn't realize what I was seeing.... I was just there for the LSD at the time. Put the music did capture my soul. It's the reason I play guitar is because of the Dead
Having just learnt this song, this is amazing to watch a professional breaking this apart and actually becoming a dead phan. Did anyone tell him how Free by Phish is essentially lifted from this, sped up with a few additions? Cause mixing them together is pretty darn fun.
omg, i'm a deadhead from japan, and i love your DEAD videos!! i think you're the first one to tackle at jerry's guitare playing on youtube from the guitar teacher’s perspective and i just love your reactions!! i hope to see you do more DEAD Videos‼︎ just thank you so much!!
I really appreciate your breakdown. Keep in mind, anyone and all who try to break Jerry down move WAY to fast. I believe Dave Grisman once said Jerry was always a step behind and a a step ahead. 🤷♂️was his brilliance
genuinely, the amazing thing about Jerry's work is that it sounds so much easier than it actually is. There is a lot of hidden chromaticity in his "noodling" and scalar motions while at the same time the ear is strongly drawn to to relatively straightforward chordal structures, that it dececives you until you try to find *every* note. I've recently been drawn into a Miles Davis deep dive, and Miles is much the same. I'm pretty sure Jerry would have listed him as an influence...
Great breakdown. Gotta love Jerry's touch and tone. Lots of cool Jerry stuff on TH-cam. Can't go wrong with vintage 72 Garcia. Don't let the guy on the pole distract you from the cool stuff happening on stage. That was just how things were back in the day. th-cam.com/video/Xe2u7ogAgtQ/w-d-xo.html
Great one! Have a listen to Garcia’s solo on “Me & Bobby McGee” on the concert album just called “Grateful Dead” on Warner Brothers. Most beautiful solo ever. If you listen to other versions from different shows (on bootlegs?), you can hear him working it, working it, working it until he nails it on this one. React please!
And estimated profit, and help on the way, and Franklin's tower and eyes of the world and shakedown Street and Terrapin station and Wharf rat and loser and deal and Althea and Friend of the devil and Hell in a bucket and Bertha and China cat sunflower and suguree and sugar magnolias and Saint Stephen's and box of rain and lost sailor and playing in the band and one more Saturday night and I know you rider and I need a miracle and catfish John and black muddy River and Ripple
@@scottbegonias313 And The Eleven, Uncle John's Band, Cumberland Blues, Truckin', Attics of my Life, Touch of Gray, Row Jimmy, Sugaree, Weather Report Suite, and Cold Rain and Snow. And ...
you guys are amateurs - you have to at least include a year with the song lol... Peggy-O '78! Greatest Story '74, China->Rider '74, GDTRFB '74... ok most things '74
This was the performance that turned me on to the Dead. I watched this at a freinds house who's brother was a Head at 15yrs old in '87 and this performance struck me as completely flawless gem. I saw them @Alpine that summer and entered into another world. God Bless the Dead.
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Your facial expressions indicated to me that you have the proper amount of reverence for a musically epic performance. As a very new guitar learner, I was lost in the technical explanations. But...I watched the whole thing. Thanks!
Such a masterful song. Also like you said many of their songs were played differently and sung differently, so there was something always different on every live song you listen to from them. Many people I know collect tracks from their live shows because so many are different each time. Gorgeous work on the video dude. Hopefully one day I could be as insightful and play as well as you. It’s inspiring.
I was there for the Oct as well as the earlier March (I think, or maybe Feb) '74 Winterland shows. Those were awesome shows, with their Wall of Sound. The '74 Winterland shows (along with Maples Pavillion/Stanford, Kezar stadium and The Sound Test at the Cow Palace) were my very favorite shows. I remember that at one of the '74 Winterland shows, I think it was in October, you couldn't really see the wall. It was an open, uncluttered clean stage where you only saw the band and a black screen behind them. But at one moment - just for a second - the lights flashed on... and then off. It illuminated the wall. There was a huge crowd response that's hard to describe - 6,000 people in jaw dropping awe all at the same time. It was mind-blowing. Behind the black screen that spanned the whole back of the hall, all the way to the roof, was speakers essentially all the way to the roof. The WHOLE back of Winterland was a wall of speakers - all JBL's, along with stacks of Macintosh 2300 power amps, known at the time as the cleanest power amps you could get. It was thrilling to say the least. The sound was the most superb sound - unmatched clarity and separation of instruments and vocals. Part of Owsley's approach was to have more than you needed, in speakers and power, and then dial it up to just 3 or 4 or 5 - and have a fully loud but clean sound, instead of cranking up a smaller system to 8 or 9 which brings in a lot more distortion and lack of signal separation. It was the peak of their sound in my opinion. And of course Bob and Betty Cantor at the mix boards brought the magic from Owsley's system with perfect balance to all of our ears. You've never heard deeper and cleaner bass, and Jerry's sweet sound floating and dancing above and through it all like a butterfly. These YT vid's are great but of course are only reminders and don't come close to being bathed in that sound like being there. I didn't notice it, but it became known to Dead Heads later that they were having problems with the dual-microphones. The idea was brilliant at the time, regarding noise cancellation, etc, but it compressed the vocals or something and Donna and some of the others didn't like the tone and texture of the voice reproduction. Whatever! Their sound system was FAR, FAR better than any other band. To this day their sound quality remains unmatched by any other band. img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/adKmG7Z_700bwp.webp www.dead.net/sites/g/files/g2000007851/files/dead_site_files/hollywood%20bowl%201974.jpg Build The Wall - MAGA - Make America Grateful Again!
Bob Hunter homage from Terrapin Station. "The storyteller makes no choice Soon you will not hear his voice His job is to shed light And not to master Since the end is never told We pay the teller off in gold In hopes he will come back But he cannot be bought or sold" Having been a "Dead Head for over 50 years it gladdens my heart to see you light up with awe and excitement. Cheers.
@@Guitargate Awesome! I've played for around 23 years. Cool that you're exploring the grateful dead. They have done some really crazy work in music. They have done work with crazy mode changes and the like. Keep it up man! You got another sub!
Thank you for this great channel. It really provides something which was missing and necessary for guitar community. Someone who tries to get these songs by ear, explain the key and all that kind of stuff. Maybe there were some already, but you're the first one I saw at least. Also, I'd like to strongly recommend Dark Theme of TH-cam. Do your eyes a favor.
Cornell 5/8/77 scarlet begonia/fire on the mountain is 25ish minutes of pure biss; china cat sunflower/i know you rider 6/26/74 will tickle your ears too. Welcome to the family :)
This song was written by Bonnie Dobson & the lyrics are from the standpoint of a couple that survived a nuclear war. Brilliant, yet very standard mixolydian progressions & cadences. I love what the dead added to this powerful haunting modal song.
You really should do a Widespread Panic video. Just in case you weren't aware( apologize if you are aware) Panic has 2 "eras" to speak of. 1986-2002 Houser era. Founding guitarist and Band Leader Michael Houser passed away from Pancreatic Cancer 8/10/02. George McConnell filled the role last leg of '02. '03 the band took a hiatus. 04-'06 GMac. In 'Fall of '06 the One and Only Wizard himself....Jimmy Herring took over Lead Guitar. He currently has the role sewn up tight.
Morning Dew was usually the last song of the second set, or the encore. They were tired by the end and started to get sloppy. A lot of magic stuff happened when the Dead played off of their "mistakes."
yea this is actually considered a pretty sub par run that made up this film. Jer is great but there are soo much more epic versions. D mixo all day, prob first thing you need to learn if your playing jerry.
Morning Dew 5/8/77 is practically a religious experience for me, no matter how many times I hear it. It was the song/show that started my long, strange trip into The Dead.
Its played more from soul or an inward feeling. Like delta blues Robert Johnson mabe. It’s hard to explain but easy to feel. And it flows very well. Love it!!!
Know why Jerry is singing into two mics? It's too late at night for me to Google the details, but it was because of the "Wall of Sound" stax of speakers, which coincidentally was the same name that Phil Spector's productions back in Motown were called..... and he (Phil Spector) remixed (I think) "Let it Be" (Beatles).... but then he became a murderer with a bufont hairdo, but I digress.... Yeah the "wall of sound" was really cool, and great visually as well as powerfully and sonically... but the mics were feeding back ... so they figured out how to put two mics in place to regulate the phase..... that's why only certain old vids show those dual mics..... and if you were blazing, they turned into one mic..... and it sounded.... amazing..... bahahahaha..... Peace man!
This is fantastic. Thank you. I love your clear admiration for what they were doing. You are phenomenally talented. And Morning Dew is my absolute favorite. I highly recommend the version from 7-15-88. It is my favorite piece of music on earth. Talk about going to outerspace. whew!
Synopsis of spring 77's many Estimated Prophets please?! Jerry's succinct Mutron solos & licks (compared to longer renditions in 78/79), the infectious 7/4 time & Phil's relentless groove. Lakeland's 5/21/77 where they ask the audience for good luck to get themselves into that song's peculiarities is an all time favourite, Cornell too, as well as Winterland's thick aired monster from 9/6/77.
Okay---i dont play guitar AT ALL...I cant sing--and I know NOTHING about music. However, I've been to over 400 Dead shows and about 100 JGB shows...I can't tell u how many times I've seen Morning Dew in the 80s and 90s. Anywho...this guy's videos popped up on my feed thingy and it is BY FAR the best technical interpretation of a Dead song I've ever watched. I don't' know what the hell he's talking about--but i LOVE LOVE LOVE hearing him. He kinda validates everything about Jerry I've been saying for decades. It's nice to hear a PROFESSIONAL agree. I watched this on my phone a few days ago and forgot to post this. I like this guy alot! Subscribing right this second.
Great (Grate?) video! I don't usually comment on videos, but dude this is wonderful. I've been a Dead lover for 15+ years. Discovered when I was 18 and never went back. I do kind of wonder if playing music can make you enjoy it more when you realize what a beast Jerry was. There's a lot going on here beyond the hippie vibe. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Jerry's tone here and in other videos from the GD movie.
Help On the Way> Slipknot!> Franklin's Tower 8/4/76 video of the whole show is on the youtubes. Bird Song, Jack Straw, Playing in the Band, China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider 8/27/72 (beware pole guy)
Dude. So good thank you for the knowledge. One question, you make it look so easy, is that a testament to your guitar skills, or is there something to be said about Jerrys simple yet complex compositions?
Mike, its way to soon in your dead journey for you to get a "dew-shing". For classic more upbeat Garcia, listen to Brown Eyed Women, Deal and Ramble on Rose. If your feeling like your ready for the next step, listen to He's Gone, Lady with a fan (terrapin station) and my all time favorites Broken Down Palace & Ripple. These songs grow on you (like a fungus) :). enjoy.
Notice no monitors front of the band. Hence the unique vocal mics. All monitors were behind the band during that period (Wall Of Sound). Mics were phase-canceling. Fascinating topic.
Thank u man I'm really digging u I saw u do deal and west la fade. Huge deadhead for this reason and for u to explain it and be somewhat but not stumped and then amazed by it like me. I'm really digging It thank u so much. Mabe. Playing in the band. I'm not sure if its simple or not I play guitar but not as good as I guyz. thanx
So cool to see your appreciation!! All I can say is Welcome to some of the most magical moments in music! Enjoy ....melancholy song (babies going to war vietnam) written by Bonnie Dobson out of Canada. GD embraces this one for life!! Happy Trails GDLove
This video made me a subscriber.. Definitely like your approach. I could see by the end of the video you were getting the fever. You should definitely check out the live version of this on the Europe 72 albums.
About those microphones: "The Wall of Sound acted as its own monitor system, and it was therefore assembled behind the band so the members could hear exactly what their audience was hearing. Because of this, Stanley and Alembic designed a special microphone system to prevent feedback. This placed matched pairs of condenser microphones spaced 60 mm apart and run out of phase. The vocalist sang into the top microphone, and the lower mic picked up whatever other sound was present in the stage environment. The signals were added together using a differential summing amp so that the sound common to both mics (the sound from the Wall) was canceled, and only the vocals were amplified."
VERY COOL. Thanks for sharing
Winterland wasn't a wall of sound. That happened in concert a month later at the Cow Palace (San Fran)
Jarrett Swartz That is true but the PA had to also be behind them at this show because there wouldn’t be a reason to se these mic’s if it wasn’t. Unless they were trying to dial them in, but then again, without a sound source behind the mic, that would be difficult.
I was watching and thought “I should explain that” then scrolled down to see you already had haha I love it. Thank you!
I mean anyone could just google why they used 2 mics. Pretty much plagiarized the article. Lol
I wasn't at this show, but I was there the next night. The music they played during this era was pure and transcendental. They were huge fans of the modal improv giants Miles Davis and John Coltrane, but also Bill Monroe, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Rodgers, Charles Ives, Django and many more. Their playing is a gumbo of it all. While I never have tried to parrot their stuff, I have learned so much about playing and listening to music from them. You picked a great example to work through.
Listening to you unpack this from a clearly adept musical vantage point was a true joy. You so astutely articulated what many others have felt as they have experienced this music.
Thank you! I try :)
Nailed it
He comes from a bluegrassy place.
This was awesome ⚡️🎸⚡️ Please do more Grateful Dead 🙏🏼
It's so awesome to see these guys get so much recognition lately
I feel the same way!
Yeah the dead are bigger than they were back in the day, continues to expand exponentially. People will listen and play this music professionally fifty years from now without a doubt
Very true :)
I love seeing a non-Deadhead appreciate the boys, awesome. Thank you, really interesting from a long time Deadhead who knows nothing about guitar technique.
If my babysitter didn't drag me to a show in the summer of 1984! I may never know how grate music could possibly be and fill you up with so much love ,feel good energy, pham and good vibes! Best days of my life we're the 80's and early 90's seeing GratefulDead and Jerry Garcia show's ⚡
"I feel like I'm getting hooked." Once you realize that it's too late ;-) ;-) ;-)
Best feeling ever
💀⚡👍
Amen🤘🏽💀⚡️
Much too late hehe
Dead for Life!
Wow!
Jerry Jerry Jerry!
Oh my soul.
May 77 will be a treasure trove for you...
Just gotta poke around ;)
5-19-1977
@@cameronturner4878 oh most definitely
Please do “eyes of the world” from winterland that would be amazing!! Thanks for the great videos!
dear yahoo the jam after the 3rd verse of the eyes from 10/19/74 is probably some of my favorite interplay between the band i've ever heard. phil on his solo, billy keeping time (and later whooping ass on the coda), bobby and keith are in sync, plus jerry's solos - it's all just incredible
One of my favorite songs! Loved watching your reaction. The Dead are a cosmic wonderland of sound!
Love what you do. At the 24:30 mark you comment, “they don’t even know what they’re seeing.” I beg to respectfully differ. They may not know the technical stuff but they completely understand at a primordial level, exactly what is going on. That’s why there are so many of us and why you have been bitten as you have. It’s pure magic my friend. Whether you can play or just like listening, Jerry’s licks take us all away.
Welcome to the family! You have an enormous and wonderful guitar road ahead of you. So great.....
Oh yeah man 100% music is a voice of God like any other and all of us children of the Light need no interpretation to feel what is being communicated 🙏🏼🕉
I absolutely love watching you watch Grateful Dead and interpret it. Can't wait to see more.
Just wait till you tackle a Help>Slip, ( Help on the Way into the instrumental Slipknot) from a 77 or 84 show !
Just found your channel. Great stuff !
Michael Dion second this!!
Thanks!! WIll do!
@@Guitargate do it!!!
8/13/75 Help>Slipknot!>Franklins has my vote
Oh that's an excellent call! Truly iconic.
Brilliant analysis. Probably the best of its type I've seen on TH-cam. And the Dead were magical.
Thanks!
Saw this song at my first show 4 6 82. This is one of my favorites.live, always brought a tear to my eye. I am a novice guitar player.i will continue to watch.to me what jerry did was guide me down these mental passageways full of color and emotion. Thanks again. Your knowledge of music is impressive...i pick up tidbits each time. ✌
Morning Dew from the Europe '72 album has to be the best version of all time.
I get shit for it all the time but 72 has to be my personal favorite year for the band. They were still growing and theres a certain amount of sometimes unrefined dignity to the band if that makes any sense. It was raw pure and beautiful. Check out 1/2/72 if you can. Killer show, Winterland again.
Europe ‘72 in general is fabulous and the China Cat Sunflower-I Know You Rider is, imho, their best performance ever of those songs. However, the Dick’s Picks 3 (5/22/77) version of Morning Dew (sour notes and all) is for me, probably the best Dead performance of a song I’ve ever heard. The Morning Dew from the Cornell show 2 weeks earlier is clearly amazing (and it’s astounding to me how two such superb, and yet so different, performances of a particular song could come within two weeks of each other) but, for emotional wallop, Cornell doesn’t hold a candle to Pembroke Pines. YMMV.
@@thomaspaine5442 You should go back and read your pamphlet.
Some folks wont like the grittier sound of the 80s but MSG September 1987, I believe the 18th but may be the 20th, is a MONSTER Dew.
try the one from" ladies and gentleman" April 71 Fillmore east
I live my life with this song always playing in my head or listening to it again and again. Only makes sense to watch your video. :-) Really enjoyed your take on this masterpiece.
Michael, I just saw this and now you are getting into the "best era" of the GD. Just keep listening to 68-75 and you will here the changes that took place from the very bluesy and what I called angry rock era when Piggy was alive to the most melodic period of the band-leading up to the break they took in 75. Yes Cornel was awesome but so many shows from 70(Harpur College) thru the break in 75 are just off the charts and very varied. Now if I only knew how to play the guitars I own- LOL
13:34 - "so we can hear what lift off sounds like.." you hit the nail on the head with that comment. Goose bumps from all the times I saw it live. Awesome stuff!
First off, I just wanna Thank You for your honest approach to a band that has been so sorely misunderstood, under represented and even downright dismissed by the commercial music mainstream practically since their inception. Innovation and dedication have always sported a hefty price tag. Thankfully, the Dead were consistently and constantly willing to pay any price to maintain their personal and professional integrity. I'm a Lifetime Deadhead who's Mother took him and several friends to their first Grateful Dead concert at Watkins Glen in upstate New York in the Summer of 1973 as an early present for my 15th Birthday that September. It was an astonishing event for what has become widely regarded as one of the band's best concerts ever. There are links to every note that they plucked that day, including the explosive 90+ minute sound check!
Of course you're on to something pivotal in the Deads ovure by stumbling across "Morning Dew". However, I just want to point out that this version from what would become their "retirement" string of shows at the Winterland Ballroom in 1974, is one of the most lackluster versions the band had ever performed. As a matter of fact, this entire run of shows confirmed to the group internally that they just weren't "feeling it" at more and more of their performances and had quietly decided that they needed to loosen themselves from what had become an increasingly unwieldy monster that was no longer fun for them any more. They'd developed a ginourmous, wholly dependent family of formerly free Hippy helping hands who had devolved into an unorganized carnival of financial dependants that never seemed to get much done and didn't even really know who was responsible for what on any given day anyway. The band members started living separately, began avoiding their "offices" in San Francisco and eventually drifted away from each other as collaborators and friends. They stopped practicing regularly and writing together. To an older fan like me, their loss of focus was obvious by this period in their career, then one that you are praising here. I never listen to the versions of any of their tunes that were performed at this set of shows because its just so easy to find vibrant, defining versions of all these tunes from earlier points in their career. Even as recently as only just a year or two earlier in the 1970's. A perfect example of my assessment is the live "Morning Dew" from their "Europe 72" triple live album. Dude, please click on the link I've provided below and have a listen to what's missing from this weak and routine Winterland version that you've studied here and then get back to me with your honest opinion. I really look forward to your response. Thank You for your service. It's truly appreciated. I've never seen any of your posts before you started reviewing Dead tunes but as soon as I realized that you are a fair and balanced music lover, I immediately went to support you by subscribing, liking and sharing your material, which is all I really can do for you since I'm far too poor to support you financially LOL! I would hope that every Deadhead who reads this does the same thing for you.
Here's that link: th-cam.com/video/NDuZfdf4hFQ/w-d-xo.html
From this same show, you should break down the 'China>Rider'...the transition between the two songs is breathtaking and simply incredible.
Mind left body jam🤙
My first show ever ended the second set with Morning Dew and even THEN I didn’t know what I was seeing. Those days were blessed... so fascinating to see it experienced like this. Thank you!
This is the first time I've seen one of your videos and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is a great way to get some students to start transcrbing for themselves. Great stuff. I'm off to check out your TH-cam channel now.... (also feel like hearing some more Grateful Dead, but I'll do that later). Thanks!
*One of my Favorite DEAD songs - so Apocalyptic ⭐️*
19:37 “..I don’t know about that one Phil..” 😂
man I love what you're doing here - watched 1/2 dozen of your videos in the last week! I know like 1% of what you're talking about theory-wise but love it none the less!
Dude you Shred!⚡️💀⚡️Thank you for the break down! Stoked your on the Bus! I appreciate Jerry even more now with your videos!🤘🏽
Seems like you get The Dead. I still get chills when I listen to them. The scene at a live show was just unreal. Jerry is pretty damn good for a guy with 9 fingers 😁
First video I've seen from this instructor - he's the best I've seen online.
A lot of those flourishes you're hearing is Weir. And this is Wall of Sound era stuff.
kim ladd yeah I’m just learning these things!
I'm 47 years old and I think in my personal opinion that some of the wall of sound bootlegs are the best ones I've ever heard. I managed to get five Jerry shows under my belt before he passed but I was a young guy who didn't realize what I was seeing.... I was just there for the LSD at the time. Put the music did capture my soul. It's the reason I play guitar is because of the Dead
Just amazing tutorial.Micchael I can tell you got hooked on this. thank you for this.
Having just learnt this song, this is amazing to watch a professional breaking this apart and actually becoming a dead phan. Did anyone tell him how Free by Phish is essentially lifted from this, sped up with a few additions? Cause mixing them together is pretty darn fun.
HMMM. Might have to explore this one
omg, i'm a deadhead from japan, and i love your DEAD videos!!
i think you're the first one to tackle at jerry's guitare playing on youtube from the guitar teacher’s perspective and i just love your reactions!!
i hope to see you do more DEAD Videos‼︎
just thank you so much!!
I really appreciate your breakdown. Keep in mind, anyone and all who try to break Jerry down move WAY to fast. I believe Dave Grisman once said Jerry was always a step behind and a a step ahead. 🤷♂️was his brilliance
genuinely, the amazing thing about Jerry's work is that it sounds so much easier than it actually is. There is a lot of hidden chromaticity in his "noodling" and scalar motions while at the same time the ear is strongly drawn to to relatively straightforward chordal structures, that it dececives you until you try to find *every* note.
I've recently been drawn into a Miles Davis deep dive, and Miles is much the same. I'm pretty sure Jerry would have listed him as an influence...
LOVE this song... Awesome Mike... Rock on!
Really great real-time analysis.
Great breakdown. Gotta love Jerry's touch and tone. Lots of cool Jerry stuff on TH-cam. Can't go wrong with vintage 72 Garcia.
Don't let the guy on the pole distract you from the cool stuff happening on stage. That was just how things were back in the day.
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Haha I wanted to link that vid in my original comment.
This is awesome man, much respect! Long live the Dead!
Great one! Have a listen to Garcia’s solo on “Me & Bobby McGee” on the concert album just called “Grateful Dead” on Warner Brothers. Most beautiful solo ever. If you listen to other versions from different shows (on bootlegs?), you can hear him working it, working it, working it until he nails it on this one. React please!
I wonder if that solo was an overdub. There were quite a few on that album (including Merl Saunders on organ on much of it.). But yeah, it's perfect!
Awesome analysis. This is a 24/7 lifetime endeavor. I'm hooked!
And then there's Dark Star....
And estimated profit, and help on the way, and Franklin's tower and eyes of the world and shakedown Street and Terrapin station and Wharf rat and loser and deal and Althea and Friend of the devil and Hell in a bucket and Bertha and China cat sunflower and suguree and sugar magnolias and Saint Stephen's and box of rain and lost sailor and playing in the band and one more Saturday night and I know you rider and I need a miracle and catfish John and black muddy River and Ripple
Indeed there is!
@@scottbegonias313 And The Eleven, Uncle John's Band, Cumberland Blues, Truckin', Attics of my Life, Touch of Gray, Row Jimmy, Sugaree, Weather Report Suite, and Cold Rain and Snow. And ...
you guys are amateurs - you have to at least include a year with the song lol... Peggy-O '78! Greatest Story '74, China->Rider '74, GDTRFB '74... ok most things '74
This was the performance that turned me on to the Dead. I watched this at a freinds house who's brother was a Head at 15yrs old in '87 and this performance struck me as completely flawless gem. I saw them @Alpine that summer and entered into another world. God Bless the Dead.
I really enjoyed this and look forward to hearing other breakdowns of different artists.
Five hour video would be epic, you make me smile and understand the music and the guitar so beautifully and joyfully
Garcia has an underrated voice though he's not always on but he can carry a tune
Morning Dew is one of their great songs. Give the Cornell '77 performance a listen if you want to hear a gem.
Very cool analysis. Thanks for uploading this.
Great analysis dude. What a performance. Seeing it broken down like this is eye opening
87 cap Landover
Morning Dew. I know u you have done it before
But years change. And it’s powerful. So powerful. So beautiful
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Your facial expressions indicated to me that you have the proper amount of reverence for a musically epic performance. As a very new guitar learner, I was lost in the technical explanations. But...I watched the whole thing. Thanks!
Such a masterful song. Also like you said many of their songs were played differently and sung differently, so there was something always different on every live song you listen to from them. Many people I know collect tracks from their live shows because so many are different each time. Gorgeous work on the video dude. Hopefully one day I could be as insightful and play as well as you. It’s inspiring.
"the stuff that gets you hooked on the Dead" Yup :)
I was there for the Oct as well as the earlier March (I think, or maybe Feb) '74 Winterland shows. Those were awesome shows, with their Wall of Sound. The '74 Winterland shows (along with Maples Pavillion/Stanford, Kezar stadium and The Sound Test at the Cow Palace) were my very favorite shows. I remember that at one of the '74 Winterland shows, I think it was in October, you couldn't really see the wall. It was an open, uncluttered clean stage where you only saw the band and a black screen behind them. But at one moment - just for a second - the lights flashed on... and then off. It illuminated the wall. There was a huge crowd response that's hard to describe - 6,000 people in jaw dropping awe all at the same time. It was mind-blowing. Behind the black screen that spanned the whole back of the hall, all the way to the roof, was speakers essentially all the way to the roof. The WHOLE back of Winterland was a wall of speakers - all JBL's, along with stacks of Macintosh 2300 power amps, known at the time as the cleanest power amps you could get. It was thrilling to say the least. The sound was the most superb sound - unmatched clarity and separation of instruments and vocals. Part of Owsley's approach was to have more than you needed, in speakers and power, and then dial it up to just 3 or 4 or 5 - and have a fully loud but clean sound, instead of cranking up a smaller system to 8 or 9 which brings in a lot more distortion and lack of signal separation. It was the peak of their sound in my opinion. And of course Bob and Betty Cantor at the mix boards brought the magic from Owsley's system with perfect balance to all of our ears. You've never heard deeper and cleaner bass, and Jerry's sweet sound floating and dancing above and through it all like a butterfly. These YT vid's are great but of course are only reminders and don't come close to being bathed in that sound like being there.
I didn't notice it, but it became known to Dead Heads later that they were having problems with the dual-microphones. The idea was brilliant at the time, regarding noise cancellation, etc, but it compressed the vocals or something and Donna and some of the others didn't like the tone and texture of the voice reproduction. Whatever! Their sound system was FAR, FAR better than any other band. To this day their sound quality remains unmatched by any other band.
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Build The Wall - MAGA - Make America Grateful Again!
Bob Hunter homage from Terrapin Station.
"The storyteller makes no choice
Soon you will not hear his voice
His job is to shed light
And not to master
Since the end is never told
We pay the teller off in gold
In hopes he will come back
But he cannot be bought or sold"
Having been a "Dead Head for over 50 years it gladdens my heart to see you light up with awe and excitement.
Cheers.
Awesome vid man! I can tell you've been playing guitar for at least 20 years. Either that or you're a guru. You know your stuff. Good job man!
Thanks! yes about that long :)
@@Guitargate Awesome! I've played for around 23 years. Cool that you're exploring the grateful dead. They have done some really crazy work in music. They have done work with crazy mode changes and the like. Keep it up man! You got another sub!
Thanks. Jerry brought me here and I subscribed. Love you video.
Thank you for this great channel. It really provides something which was missing and necessary for guitar community. Someone who tries to get these songs by ear, explain the key and all that kind of stuff. Maybe there were some already, but you're the first one I saw at least.
Also, I'd like to strongly recommend Dark Theme of TH-cam. Do your eyes a favor.
*making stank faces*
"God i love phill and the gang"
:')
Thank you very much for your take on the Dead....guitar and keyboards are a hobby.....immense deadhead......more please........
Beautiful song. And shows
would LOVE to hear your reaction to "Here Comes Sunshine" 2-15-73 Unreal!
Cornell 5/8/77 scarlet begonia/fire on the mountain is 25ish minutes of pure biss; china cat sunflower/i know you rider 6/26/74 will tickle your ears too. Welcome to the family :)
Could you do a video of phish
Love the tone of that guitar
YUP
@@Guitargate You want the 7/10/99 Chalkdust Torture. It's the jam that Trey shows people he knows who haven't heard Phish.
I was lucky enough to see GD at Stockholm in October 1990. Good memories.
Welcome to the family...... we're a good bunch!
This song was written by Bonnie Dobson & the lyrics are from the standpoint of a couple that survived a nuclear war. Brilliant, yet very standard mixolydian progressions & cadences. I love what the dead added to this powerful haunting modal song.
You really should do a Widespread Panic video. Just in case you weren't aware( apologize if you are aware) Panic has 2 "eras" to speak of. 1986-2002 Houser era. Founding guitarist and Band Leader Michael Houser passed away from Pancreatic Cancer 8/10/02. George McConnell filled the role last leg of '02. '03 the band took a hiatus. 04-'06 GMac. In 'Fall of '06 the One and Only Wizard himself....Jimmy Herring took over Lead Guitar. He currently has the role sewn up tight.
Morning Dew was usually the last song of the second set, or the encore. They were tired by the end and started to get sloppy. A lot of magic stuff happened when the Dead played off of their "mistakes."
yea this is actually considered a pretty sub par run that made up this film. Jer is great but there are soo much more epic versions. D mixo all day, prob first thing you need to learn if your playing jerry.
Theres some great Dew openers.
Anyway, this is a great 1st version for anyone.
@@StellaLotus what show did they open with MD? I never heard of that.
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And one of my favs
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Morning Dew 5/8/77 is practically a religious experience for me, no matter how many times I hear it. It was the song/show that started my long, strange trip into The Dead.
Its played more from soul or an inward feeling. Like delta blues Robert Johnson mabe. It’s hard to explain but easy to feel. And it flows very well. Love it!!!
Know why Jerry is singing into two mics? It's too late at night for me to Google the details, but it was because of the "Wall of Sound" stax of speakers, which coincidentally was the same name that Phil Spector's productions back in Motown were called..... and he (Phil Spector) remixed (I think) "Let it Be" (Beatles).... but then he became a murderer with a bufont hairdo, but I digress.... Yeah the "wall of sound" was really cool, and great visually as well as powerfully and sonically... but the mics were feeding back ... so they figured out how to put two mics in place to regulate the phase..... that's why only certain old vids show those dual mics..... and if you were blazing, they turned into one mic..... and it sounded.... amazing..... bahahahaha..... Peace man!
As much as I love Jerry's soaring solos in this song I also love the big booming bass notes Phil drops -- "Phil bombs."
This is fantastic. Thank you. I love your clear admiration for what they were doing. You are phenomenally talented. And Morning Dew is my absolute favorite. I highly recommend the version from 7-15-88. It is my favorite piece of music on earth. Talk about going to outerspace. whew!
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those were the wall of sound mics! they were innovators in PA systems as well!
Love your content man very useful for medium level guitar player
I love this! Do more dead videos please!!
You should read about those microphones. It’s magic!
You get it, you get, you get it! Welcome.
Synopsis of spring 77's many Estimated Prophets please?! Jerry's succinct Mutron solos & licks (compared to longer renditions in 78/79), the infectious 7/4 time & Phil's relentless groove. Lakeland's 5/21/77 where they ask the audience for good luck to get themselves into that song's peculiarities is an all time favourite, Cornell too, as well as Winterland's thick aired monster from 9/6/77.
Okay---i dont play guitar AT ALL...I cant sing--and I know NOTHING about music. However, I've been to over 400 Dead shows and about 100 JGB shows...I can't tell u how many times I've seen Morning Dew in the 80s and 90s. Anywho...this guy's videos popped up on my feed thingy and it is BY FAR the best technical interpretation of a Dead song I've ever watched. I don't' know what the hell he's talking about--but i LOVE LOVE LOVE hearing him. He kinda validates everything about Jerry I've been saying for decades. It's nice to hear a PROFESSIONAL agree. I watched this on my phone a few days ago and forgot to post this. I like this guy alot! Subscribing right this second.
Thank you !!
Great (Grate?) video! I don't usually comment on videos, but dude this is wonderful. I've been a Dead lover for 15+ years. Discovered when I was 18 and never went back. I do kind of wonder if playing music can make you enjoy it more when you realize what a beast Jerry was. There's a lot going on here beyond the hippie vibe. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Jerry's tone here and in other videos from the GD movie.
Thanks! Yes I'll be sure to talk tone at some point.
Really enjoyed this. Someone above said it but I'd love to see some Phish as well
.. dude. let's hear You Enjoy Myself th-cam.com/video/-RuEDNYQQ40/w-d-xo.html&app=desktop have fun with them arpeggios
They played like Gods that year
Help On the Way> Slipknot!> Franklin's Tower 8/4/76 video of the whole show is on the youtubes. Bird Song, Jack Straw, Playing in the Band, China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider 8/27/72 (beware pole guy)
Dude. So good thank you for the knowledge. One question, you make it look so easy, is that a testament to your guitar skills, or is there something to be said about Jerrys simple yet complex compositions?
Fun video and great reaction.
Nice I'm all in on the channel. Let's deep dive on Dead but let's get some big ones out of the way. Get a Sugaree from 72ish or 77
Mike, its way to soon in your dead journey for you to get a "dew-shing". For classic more upbeat Garcia, listen to Brown Eyed Women, Deal and Ramble on Rose. If your feeling like your ready for the next step, listen to He's Gone, Lady with a fan (terrapin station) and my all time favorites Broken Down Palace & Ripple. These songs grow on you (like a fungus) :). enjoy.
This is awesome
Notice no monitors front of the band. Hence the unique vocal mics. All monitors were behind the band during that period (Wall Of Sound). Mics were phase-canceling. Fascinating topic.
Love how you explain the theory behind the magic! #subscribed
I can’t help but say how special it is to watch someone really get turned on to GD. Great stuff!!! Welcome!!!
Thank u man I'm really digging u I saw u do deal and west la fade. Huge deadhead for this reason and for u to explain it and be somewhat but not stumped and then amazed by it like me. I'm really digging It thank u so much. Mabe. Playing in the band. I'm not sure if its simple or not I play guitar but not as good as I guyz. thanx
U guyz*
Thanks That was great.
So cool to see your appreciation!! All I can say is Welcome to some of the most magical moments in music! Enjoy ....melancholy song (babies going to war vietnam) written by Bonnie Dobson out of Canada. GD embraces this one for life!! Happy Trails GDLove
This video made me a subscriber.. Definitely like your approach. I could see by the end of the video you were getting the fever. You should definitely check out the live version of this on the Europe 72 albums.
WALL OF SOUND!!!
What an engineering feat for the crew!!!
It would be really cool if you could do an addendum to this video where you pick out the chords that Phil is playing during the middle jam.
iconic dead!!
This song is a dead converter