R.I.P. 🙏 in remembrance to Phil Lesh who was the long-time bassist for the band that were internationally well-known as the 'Grateful Dead' who also was one of the founding members of the group formed back in the year 1965 out of the San Francisco Bay Area passed away the other day.😥Phil will certainly be missed in the music industry and his former band's huge fanbase the "Deadheads" as well. The popular 'Rolling Stone' magazine rated that Phil was the 11th. greatest bass player.💫🎤🎸🎹🥁🔊🎧☮
I’m an old deadhead. I first saw them in 1973 Roosevelt Stadium NJ. I’ve been a Deadhead since 1972. The greatest band ever ! You can watch a lot of these Europe ‘72 videos performing the songs live on TH-cam. I’m enjoying watching you become part of the tribe!
The Ice Cream Kid let's you know it's the Europe '72 live album. A "ne'er-do-well" is a slurring of the word NEVER, as in never-do-well, a bad egg in other words. "Jack Straw" is a great mid-set song that always kept the energy going. RIP to Phil Lesh, we miss you bro.
This song and "Brown-eyed Women" are my absolute faves by the Dead. Their lyrics both really paint a vivid picture. Btw, for context, the "Detroit Lightning" and "Great Northern" were well known (for the time) trains/routes, that were used by many migrant workers and travellers sneaking on to 'ride the rails' in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s; especially during the Great Depression (1930s), which is the likely time period this song references.
Bob Dylan upon Jerry’s passing: “There's no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don't think eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great - much more than a superb musician with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He is the very spirit personified of whatever is muddy river country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal. To me he wasn't only a musician and friend, he was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he'll ever know. There are a lot of spaces and advances between the Carter family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle. There's no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep.”
Always so very evocative of the Great American West ---wagon trains, sagebrush, cacti, tumbleweed, skulls of dead cattle, a sky full of eagles...you get the picture. For more like it, dig "Candyman" from American Beauty and the live workout of "Loser" from Dead Set.
Yep, part of the way the band went about things was alternating who got to open the show. Jack Straw was a very common "opener." So after Booby sang Jack Straw Jerry would pick a song, then Bob, then maybe Brent, then back to Jerry, to wrap up the first set. Pigpen of course was in the song rotation in his day. But the alternating choices between Bob and Jerry is what kept it so random. That's why no two shows/set lists were the same. from a rolling repertoire of ~150 songs. In the 80s if you went to about five shows in a row you'd start to hear a few repeats. Bob would sing "Me and My Uncle" about every third or fourth show. "Playin' In the Band" as well.
Rest easy Phil, so Grateful to have known you! This song, this edition, is often the one song I pick to introduce a new listener to The Dead. It has got EVERYTHING! Slow melodic intro and phrasing, shared vocals with Bobby and Jerry, and a kick ass straight rocking segment before the outro brings back that ever wonderful “We can share the women, we can share the wine…”
Shocked to death last Friday when I picked up my phone and saw the news. Can you see what I see Can you cut behind the mystery I'll meet you by the witness tree Leave the whole world behind.
One of my favorite songs. Biz, THANK YOU for playing Grateful Dead, especially now. I just watched a cool video of Phil jamming with Eric Krasno & Joe Russo in Central Park, NYC on 11/9/13.
Hey Biz!! So glad you caught some of the movie, that animation is fantastic, indeed. A great song to react to , to honor Phil Lesh, is one that he wrote & sang-- "Unbroken Chain" It's absolutely gorgeous.
Fun fact/production note: this performance I believe is from May 4th 1972, which was about a week before they started switching up the verses live. The entire tour was recorded on multitrack tape, maybe the first time that was ever done. This enabled them to make edits and add overdubs to the live performances for the album release. They chose 5/4 as the best take, and since the alternating vocals were now a part of the arrangement going forward, they erased Weir's original vocals from that concert and overdubbed Garcia for the record version. But then when they released the entire tour show by show, they found a new longer had the original vocals so the version of Jack straw on the 2015(?) release of that particular show is the album version
Half the shows I saw opened with Jack Straw. (And I saw a few). Always got things off and rolling. Also, interesting "Dead Fact": On April 2nd 1982, Phil and Jerry swapped their on stage locations, moving Jerry to the middle,. This is known in Dead lore as "The Switch".
As a veteran of over 150 Grateful Dead shows, I can say that some songs improved over time, and "Jack Straw" is definitely one of them. The jam at the end grew much longer and more intense, and the song transformed into a frequent opener, or even first-set closer, and was often a show-stopper. Here's a great example of a latter-day version: th-cam.com/video/aICQdwvlwXU/w-d-xo.html As a bonus, you'll get a couple of minutes at the beginning of the Italian folk song, "Funiculi Funicula," which Garcia sometimes launched into when everybody but one (usually Weir) was ready to play. Just one of the many tiny pieces of trivia that characterized this most special of all bands. Hope you get a chance to check it out.
Great early version but don’t be shy about doing another version of the same song from the later years before Brent passed. They had been playing it for like 17 years by then and Jerry’s lead on it is off the chain. The jam has grown into a much longer more developed jam and not that the early version is boring but it’s very subdued because it’s still a “baby”. 😂
(~);} Jack Straw We can share the women We can share the wine We can share what we got of yours 'Cause we done shared all of mine Keep a rolling Just a mile to go Keep on rolling, my old buddy You're moving much too slow I just jumped the watchman Right outside the fence Took his ring, four bucks in change Now ain't that heaven sent? Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon Burns my eyes to see Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon Might as well be me We used to play for silver Now we play for life One's for sport and one's for blood At the point of a knife Now the die is shaken Now the die must fall There ain't a winner in this game Who don't go home with all Not with all... Leaving Texas Fourth day of July Sun so hot, clouds so low The eagles filled the sky Catch the Detroit Lightning Out of Santa Fe Great Northern out of Cheyenne From sea to shining sea Gotta get to Tulsa First train we can ride Got to settle one old score And one small point of pride... Ain't no place a man can hide, Shannon Keep him from the sun Ain't no bed will give us rest, man, You keep us on the run Jack Straw from Wichita Cut his buddy down Dug for him a shallow grave And layed his body down Half a mile from Tucson By the morning light One man gone and another to go My old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women we can share the wine... Songwriters: Robert Hunter / Bob Weir
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE EUROPE 72 50TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM PLEASE. it will change your life. Also, One from the Vault, Cornell 5/8/77, and Dicks PIcks Vol. 14
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Bought Europe 72 in the early 90's and was dead ever since. Decades later, hundreds of shows later with no regrets. Just a lot of memories. RIP Phil
My favorite Grateful Dead Tune. This song hooked me forever.
Same!
Me three
Truth here. Recently took a few months to figure out my top 50 Dead songs. Jack straw came out on top⚡️
No our love won’t fade away! Rest in peace Phil, may the four winds blow you safely home 💀⚡️🌹
R.I.P. 🙏 in remembrance to Phil Lesh who was the long-time bassist for the band that were internationally well-known as the 'Grateful Dead' who also was one of the founding members of the group formed back in the year 1965 out of the San Francisco Bay Area passed away the other day.😥Phil will certainly be missed in the music industry and his former band's huge fanbase the "Deadheads" as well. The popular 'Rolling Stone' magazine rated that Phil was the 11th. greatest bass player.💫🎤🎸🎹🥁🔊🎧☮
Loved hanging in the Phil Zone. RIP brother Lesh
I’m an old deadhead. I first saw them in 1973 Roosevelt Stadium NJ. I’ve been a Deadhead since 1972. The greatest band ever ! You can watch a lot of these Europe ‘72 videos performing the songs live on TH-cam. I’m enjoying watching you become part of the tribe!
Man, oh man. I sure do love Jack Straw. God bless the Grateful Dead! And god bless Phil Lesh!! ⚡️💀🌹
The Ice Cream Kid let's you know it's the Europe '72 live album. A "ne'er-do-well" is a slurring of the word NEVER, as in never-do-well, a bad egg in other words. "Jack Straw" is a great mid-set song that always kept the energy going. RIP to Phil Lesh, we miss you bro.
We'll all miss Phil dropping nukes on bass, but the music lives forever. Biz, all of the Europe '72 tour was Amazing!!!!
This song and "Brown-eyed Women" are my absolute faves by the Dead. Their lyrics both really paint a vivid picture. Btw, for context, the "Detroit Lightning" and "Great Northern" were well known (for the time) trains/routes, that were used by many migrant workers and travellers sneaking on to 'ride the rails' in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s; especially during the Great Depression (1930s), which is the likely time period this song references.
Just a flat out masterpiece!
Yes, agree with those who argue this is their best tune. It’s right up there and this version is always a favourite.
"The root of my playing is that every note counts, every note has a personality, every note has a little spirit."- Jerry Garcia
Thank you Biz RIP Phil....sleep in the stars ❤
Bob Dylan upon Jerry’s passing: “There's no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don't think eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great - much more than a superb musician with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He is the very spirit personified of whatever is muddy river country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal. To me he wasn't only a musician and friend, he was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he'll ever know. There are a lot of spaces and advances between the Carter family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes, but he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle. There's no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep.”
This is one of my long time favorites. Thank you for mentioning Phil.
Loved Phil.Best and most underrated bass player of all time. Rest easy my brother
Thanks for the music, magic and memories ❤
Great song by Hunter & Weir
I'm glad you picked the Europe 72 version
This is a great story and can be read from different perspectives. The wild west in a wild song
Always so very evocative of the Great American West ---wagon trains, sagebrush, cacti, tumbleweed, skulls of dead cattle, a sky full of eagles...you get the picture. For more like it, dig "Candyman" from American Beauty and the live workout of "Loser" from Dead Set.
A nice tribute to Phil Biz. RIP Phil😢 Jack Straw is a gem!
Got to go to Tulsa... A rock solid story and song.
Yep, part of the way the band went about things was alternating who got to open the show. Jack Straw was a very common "opener." So after Booby sang Jack Straw Jerry would pick a song, then Bob, then maybe Brent, then back to Jerry, to wrap up the first set. Pigpen of course was in the song rotation in his day. But the alternating choices between Bob and Jerry is what kept it so random. That's why no two shows/set lists were the same. from a rolling repertoire of ~150 songs. In the 80s if you went to about five shows in a row you'd start to hear a few repeats. Bob would sing "Me and My Uncle" about every third or fourth show. "Playin' In the Band" as well.
"Playing in the Band" just kept on evolving.
Rest easy Phil, so Grateful to have known you! This song, this edition, is often the one song I pick to introduce a new listener to The Dead. It has got EVERYTHING! Slow melodic intro and phrasing, shared vocals with Bobby and Jerry, and a kick ass straight rocking segment before the outro brings back that ever wonderful “We can share the women, we can share the wine…”
Shocked to death last Friday when I picked up my phone and saw the news.
Can you see what I see
Can you cut behind the mystery
I'll meet you by the witness tree
Leave the whole world behind.
Who else is going to give you a broken arrow?
Love me some Jack Straw 🖤
HERE.
Glad you're on the bus Biz. This was my time, musically - it was magical. Love sharing with you
One of my favorite songs. Biz, THANK YOU for playing Grateful Dead, especially now. I just watched a cool video of Phil jamming with Eric Krasno & Joe Russo in Central Park, NYC on 11/9/13.
So glad to see you getting your" Dead Head " on!!
Hey Biz!! So glad you caught some of the movie, that animation is fantastic, indeed.
A great song to react to , to honor Phil Lesh, is one that he wrote & sang-- "Unbroken Chain"
It's absolutely gorgeous.
The Dead will ne'er die.
Mr. Coffee, thanks for exploring the GD’s music. Enjoying your channel. Now, time for a refill. Hoowee! Good coffee. Great music!
Great triple album. "Brown-Eyed Women" is a fav.
That sounded pretty good. I like that thanks Biz
Right on !!!
Fun fact/production note: this performance I believe is from May 4th 1972, which was about a week before they started switching up the verses live.
The entire tour was recorded on multitrack tape, maybe the first time that was ever done.
This enabled them to make edits and add overdubs to the live performances for the album release.
They chose 5/4 as the best take, and since the alternating vocals were now a part of the arrangement going forward, they erased Weir's original vocals from that concert and overdubbed Garcia for the record version.
But then when they released the entire tour show by show, they found a new longer had the original vocals so the version of Jack straw on the 2015(?) release of that particular show is the album version
Great review as always! RIP Phil! So grateful I got to see him perform over the years.
Half the shows I saw opened with Jack Straw. (And I saw a few). Always got things off and rolling. Also, interesting "Dead Fact": On April 2nd 1982, Phil and Jerry swapped their on stage locations, moving Jerry to the middle,. This is known in Dead lore as "The Switch".
Thanks for playing more GD!
Oooh...boy!!!!
half a mile from Tucson,
RIP Phil
RIP Phil Lesh. Da Bass. ❤
As a veteran of over 150 Grateful Dead shows, I can say that some songs improved over time, and "Jack Straw" is definitely one of them. The jam at the end grew much longer and more intense, and the song transformed into a frequent opener, or even first-set closer, and was often a show-stopper. Here's a great example of a latter-day version: th-cam.com/video/aICQdwvlwXU/w-d-xo.html
As a bonus, you'll get a couple of minutes at the beginning of the Italian folk song, "Funiculi Funicula," which Garcia sometimes launched into when everybody but one (usually Weir) was ready to play. Just one of the many tiny pieces of trivia that characterized this most special of all bands. Hope you get a chance to check it out.
What are the all-time great Tunes they ever busted out live ... and Phil Lesh is always money
Jack rode lots of trains.
Keep on rollin my old buddy, you’re movin much too slooowwwww
Bob Weir (yes you're pronouncing his name correctly) is my favorite living human being.
Jack Straw from Wichita
Phil and Jerry together again.
Go see Dark Star Orchestra, legit GD experience
Bobby is Jack Straw and Jerry is Shannon 👍🏻
Great early version but don’t be shy about doing another version of the same song from the later years before Brent passed. They had been playing it for like 17 years by then and Jerry’s lead on it is off the chain. The jam has grown into a much longer more developed jam and not that the early version is boring but it’s very subdued because it’s still a “baby”. 😂
Could not agree more with you. Jack Straw is a song that became much better as the years went on.
Huge Brent fan here but even after he was gone Jack straw still had flashes of magic. Check out 3-24-93
@@aaronhudlow5649 6/9/90 Cal Expo. Bertha opener with Phil's base insanely thumping into best Jack Straw I ever heard in person.
There are some great versions in the Brent years but my favorite is 4-16-78
I send him early versions so we can revisit songs as they mature
(~);}
Jack Straw
We can share the women
We can share the wine
We can share what we got of yours
'Cause we done shared all of mine
Keep a rolling
Just a mile to go
Keep on rolling, my old buddy
You're moving much too slow
I just jumped the watchman
Right outside the fence
Took his ring, four bucks in change
Now ain't that heaven sent?
Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon
Burns my eyes to see
Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon
Might as well be me
We used to play for silver
Now we play for life
One's for sport and one's for blood
At the point of a knife
Now the die is shaken
Now the die must fall
There ain't a winner in this game
Who don't go home with all
Not with all...
Leaving Texas
Fourth day of July
Sun so hot, clouds so low
The eagles filled the sky
Catch the Detroit Lightning
Out of Santa Fe
Great Northern out of Cheyenne
From sea to shining sea
Gotta get to Tulsa
First train we can ride
Got to settle one old score
And one small point of pride...
Ain't no place a man can hide, Shannon
Keep him from the sun
Ain't no bed will give us rest, man,
You keep us on the run
Jack Straw from Wichita
Cut his buddy down
Dug for him a shallow grave
And layed his body down
Half a mile from Tucson
By the morning light
One man gone and another to go
My old buddy you're moving much too slow
We can share the women
we can share the wine...
Songwriters: Robert Hunter / Bob Weir
Ne'er do well is a contraction for never do well. Basically good for nothings.
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE EUROPE 72 50TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM PLEASE. it will change your life. Also, One from the Vault, Cornell 5/8/77, and Dicks PIcks Vol. 14
Got me as a subscriber unless you hate the Dead, Grateful that is.
I don't think that you will disappoint
Got to have the shlyrics
You need a full fledged up tempo version for yourself one day
Love the billie by himself stuff
'Nehr do wells' = never do well..... Down n' out hobo train hoppers.
We can share what we got of your s cause we done shared all of mine ❤🫡✌️❤️🎸😎
Robert Hunter was a master of the lyrics.