Those days were sublime

One love brother man. We fell you. Stay focused. Resist less. And just go with the flow. Even a blind man knows when the sun is shining. Serenity. NFA.

Love love love

Yeah, Really. The best Mantra ever is “the Grateful Dead”.

malgorium : me too

ha, me too!

I feel fortunate to have been able to check out of the daily reality grind & catch a Dead show or twelve. Its not the same anymore. It used to be like going home, no matter if you'd been away from the scene for one month or one year+. I'm glad that most of the bands still out there doing what they do but I'd give almost anything to have Jerry & the olden days (65-95) back again.

this is where i stay... times are always rough....

Pam McNeil I noticed that the other day, wife got a new car that has XM Radio on it and nothing but 80's and 90's shows with a couple Europe 72' tracks here and there. Although I'm newer to the grateful dead, there's something so special about '72 and back Dead it's a shame they don't play more of those early shows.

The Peacemakers Channel 23 on XM Radio is a Grateful Dead channel and nothing else.

Mark Horton I think he's complaining about the GD Channel on Sirius. I complain too but when I'm driving I like to try to guess the year of the live recording based on how shredded Jerry's voice is, the tempos, the tone of his guitar, and for example if Donna is singing. You won't hear ANY very early stuff like this on the GD Channel-- but the other day I heard a decent 1971 Santa Barbara show. The Internet Archive is still the best place for true archivists to go to listen to old live shows.

Sirius bought over XM it is Sirius XM. Anyway this show has opened me to the feel of primal dead. Holy shit I’ve enjoyed Avery aspect of discovering and learning this bands vast musical catalogue and different styles throughout the many years of musicianship. Words can not describe it. This is the best band ever

@@letsplayclassicgames5024 - The early Dead were a raw, revolutionary, energy producing, turn-you-on band carrying the psycodelic universe message around the world to those who tuned in. Sometime in the late 70's they became a well oiled machine, suitable for commercial radio and TV. Had to happen i s'pose.

osmosis

Totally agree -- so solid, so in the pocket, and yet beyond this earth all at once. Every band member so completely on.

ClueSign Righteous!

100 percent agree I never tire of this era of the Dead. Jerry was truly a wonder in all the epic shows. I run out of adjetives trying to describe the primal dead.Awesome sums it up

@@barne3668 Pigen Dead and epic Dark Star journeys hooked me in 1973. All years are fantastic but that 68-71 era expanded my 14 year old mind but good

The psych ward still taking admissions?

That place is everywhere at all times, if you can see it. If you can't, better start praying boy!

Just an epic dark star

@@eminem13001 absolutely mindblowing

Tasty! Thanks 😊

Thanks

Much thanks

Good point. How many times can you open the door and expect to see?

Well, they got so big, the audiences got huge, the acid stopped flowing, and they got older - all of it took its toll. But the early days it was new, mind blowing expansion, wide open, free, the audience interacting with the band, creating magic acid communication flowing back and forth building, ebbing, changing, fountains of crescendos, vast spaces to explore...

+JOHNILYSM67.......... YES 1967 THRU DEC 1970 WERE THE PEAK YEARS.............HIGHEST PEAK WAS SPRING TOUR 1969.............BUT 1968 WOULD BE THE BEST YEAR WITH 1969 COMING IN AT A CLOSE second or tying 1968..........DEAD 1985 THRU 1995 IS A DIFFERENT TRIP........DOES NOT EVEN come close to 1968..............

love the enthusiasm.

Definitely the best American rock band

+uncasist Agreed. I'd go as far as 10/74, Winterland. After that, it just was not the same.

+uncasist - Strong magical theater feeds on the interaction between the stage and the audience which the Dead and the audiences on pure acid which could lift the whole thing into another sphere. IMO think it would be impossible to maintain that "height" for longer than it did. They carried it on losing more and more of the experimentation, fun and spontaneity, while becoming more "professional" and expanding their music and world dates. Later audiences came drunk, on downers, speed or looking for the band to do it all. Thank Heaven they recorded these early live performances - so when we are in a certain "place" we may experience the magic in them.

+uncasist I'd go as far as '69. My theory has always been that they did too much acid in too short a time and burned themselves out of all their energy. They then moved on to other drugs themselves, never mind the audience, as commented below.

+Marcus Teblano don't see how they could have keep this level of intensity on the road, city to city, without just exhausting themselves. After a while I can see why they would want to move on because after such incredible musical statements for a couple years it must have seemed to them, like, ok, now what?

simply not true, although i see the allure to yall's arguments. this shit is high quality, all the way throught he set, thats for sure. there's high quality all across the board tho. LIghtning rarely strikes twice in the same place.

"minds were blown"... and minds were melted, and continually are.🙂

We still haven’t caught up with the Dead yet; probably won’t in my lifetime.

oh yes it was good to be 17 and living on my own on the LES in 1968.

My first Dead show was 5/5/68.

Wolff Bachner : I was 3 in 68. Born too late. But discovered them soon enough.

astute ear my friend

Acid

Have to slightly disagree with you. The Allman Brothers were also on this level. Their epic "Mountain Jam" from Eat a Peach says it all. Quicksilver Messenger Service could pull it off as well. Listen to Happy Trails and you will get an idea. The Byrds "Eight Miles High" from the Untitled album is worth a listen. The GD is my fav but there are other great bands that could get it done live and should not be so easily dismissed.

I know all of that music very well and I still say that the Dead were the only jam band to transform to the second level successfully and hold it without falling apart and that includes Jefferson Airplane, Phish, Quicksilver, MOE and the Allman Brothers . The psychedelic sound of the Dead are the only live jam band to hold on to the second level of transformation imho due to Jerry's guitar playing and the tightness of the band due to being forged by fire through being the house band at the Acid Tests.ichupichu

The Airplane ran a close second.

The Airplane were sloppy and usually would fall apart before the second level of transformation that the Dead were so good at. I like the Airplane and other jam bands, but none could touch the Dead imho.

I agree to a point on the Airplane having a tendency to be sloppy but they were often on their game, so to speak, and when they were it was fantastic. They did not master the improvisational jams and the segues from song to jam to song that the Dead did. So, you have a great point. I guess it is because my first 2 San Francisco bands I ever saw happened the same weekend of 4/4 and 5/5 1968 in NYC and was with these 2 bands that my impressions were set for life and have always seemed stellar and magical. Airplane first night and they played for hours until only Jack and Jorma were left along with Mitch Mitchell from JHE at about 1 or 2 am. The next day was free concert in Central Park with Paul Butterfield, Airplane, and the Dead. The Dead blew them both away and I had to lead in the middle. I also agree that the Allmans were obviously good at jams but not quite as psychedelic.

Pig is playing percussion

at least we get to hear it

Nobody would argue with you. There are many best shows. Honest to God I can't decide among literally about 400 shows if any are better than any by this show is -wow- there aren't any words for how brilliant this is. If you think this is the best show then I'll prostrate to that for sure. It's just---- it's beyond words. It's enlightenment is what it is.

Yes. It is!!!

THE ELEVEN!!

you mean a crazy blunt ? Lol

What about the Persian that Jerry used to hammer on? Haha.

Pretty sure he would "kick the gong around" as well. I know I did.

Interesting. How do you know that? From a book or interview I assume?

Master Jerry Garcia yep, it was in the book aces back to back

super job on the video

Damn close to it. This is phenomenal. Totally taking flight here. The omnipotent Grateful Dead, seen here in their primal/acid era.