Cheers and a hardy Woohoo! unto you as well my friend 🐔🎶🎵🎶😎

Cheers! Never had such a good time!

Rit on back at tha 🙏

@Karma Mechanic nah weir every where. They're still playing in stadiums. Nfa fam!

Yup

peace Brother

I hope you spare a thought for those you killed in the name of American imperialism

@@robertlepper5460 oh stop that. It's not like many of them had a choice to go to war. We don't need your hate here.

@@robertlepper5460 thanks for your reply, believe me not a day goes by that I don't recall the bullshit that rained down on the innocent silent people of Viet Nam. In the words given to the actor in Coppolas magnum opus "the bullshit in Viet Nam piled up so high and deep you needed wings to stay above it". For myself. I was young (21) had never been away from home. We were caught up in a situation beyond our understanding or, well nothing I can say here will change anything, I was "called" by my country to go and kill people I'd never met, far to many black men served with me. I do agree however that there is a black wall in DC that lists 56000 plus or minus names who died for NOTHING, nothing was advanced, nothing was.........oh well, nothing is what we all get in the end. Sorry I may have, well you know. Peace, it's all we have left.

@@michaelmorrison8261 never forgotten. Glad you made it home...it gets me when I read comments as if you started the war...peace brother

Welcome to it, amigo. My first show was 35 years ago...today. And I've listened to them pretty much every day since~

No violence no exploitation no Bullshit Just Jam that is the Dead

Careful... Next they'll start callin' you a Deadhead, which you had become.

I was 13 (maybe 14) when some friends asked me to go to a free concert. It was the Grateful Dead. I'd heard of them but didn't know much about them. The concert made an addict out of me. Over 50 years later l still love them. Saw them many times and so many memories.

face stole

Started at 14, still obsessed at 61. Still finding surprises.

Adblock plus too! for computer users

@@Magumba_State there are plenty of ways to listen without ads if you have an Android phone

It's a travesty. Thanks.

Depends on how much KZfaq u do. Personally it's worth the $11 per month as I listen to at least 2 h per day of music

Brave browser app. Thank me later.

As a 14 year old runaway driven there by a friend's sister's boyfriend (who had a ticket) the parking lot was as far as we got but you could often hear the sounds from those "Theaters" the east coast had then.

Ridiculous. Their run of songs 69-74, geez Marie. The Beatles, with depth.

They were probably "I wish they would stop playing all this new shit and get to 'St. Stephen'!"

​@@j.pederzane9692That's a bit extreme bud. if anything the Dead were the American Beatles of the stage/road. But studio output/songwriting doesn't even compare a little. What the Beatles achieved in the studio in such a short time is unparalleled...certainly by the dead. However what the dead achieved on the road the Beatles couldn't/wouldn't come close to know matter what history might have been. my two cents. hope I'm not being rude. Healthy disagreement if anything

@@josephfinkelstein5979 It's all good. We all know de gustibus non disputandum but it's so much fun to pretend our personal tastes are stone cold truths.

Same here, although I did attend a couple of Dead shows while in college. Enjoying it now in my "old age" more than ever.

Robert Hunter. ✌️

Same here. Friend gave me my 1st tape in 94. Cow Palace show from 72 or 73. I was hooked. I kick myself that I never got to see them. 50 year old fart here.

Welcome home brother. Be well and stay safe.

Hey, nothing wrong with KC.

While this music is beautiful Lesh was in the throws of depression caused by Jerry’s death at the time. I’ve heard Billy & Bobby talk about past concerts specifically fan favorites & they have almost zero memory of any eras. Everything pre 1985 (when they’d finally had enough of Jerry’s self destructive behavior followed by his coma in ‘86) blends together which makes sense I guess. Neither Billy nor Bobby say 1977 stands out to them in any way despite it being their best year + 1974 only stands out to them bc they were so worn out which is also crazy bc that’s their “other” top year.

😅

musical transition is what the Grateful Dead do better than anyone

@river-jordan612 , at 15:33, this is one of the most devastatingly beautiful things I've ever heard. I actually cried. 100% right

@@lizlalove6171 Yes. I come to this every time I walk. The transition at exactly when you mention literally makes tears come to my eyes every time. It is so profoundly emotionally intense it is unreal.

That may be why it's called "Beautiful Jam"!

shit i didnt know. bloody hell. no mercy.

Aw, man! He was amazing. Thank you for posting!!

Along w/Dylan...Iconic writer/chronicler/Observer of Americana covering the last 100yrs..So many memorable lines..Hunter was good.. I got no dime....but i got some time .. To hear your story...... Oh the humanity..RIP Robt.

The Dead would have never made it without Hunter. A genuine genius in my mind and with Jerry Garcia the best composers of popular music in the last half of the 20th century.

The often invisible but clearly not silent member of the band. RIP Robert Hunter. Your words and their imagery have brought untold richness to uncountable ears and minds, changing many, many lives for the better. I hope you're in a special place for those gifts you provided to all.

Michael Trigoboff Very well said.

Primal Headin' For Cosmic!

One more day I find myself alive!

You can listen to this on the other side. I will be jammi9ng with Jerry in a few years!!! Praise JESUS!!

No diggity no doubt

Psychedelic Americana.

Ya sure got that right !

They are Eternal. ॐ

No a Gift !!!

They're not just a band. They're an environment. Bill Graham

Cried??? Probably all the cocaine clogging his sinuses

Bobby Zimmerman zimmy!

Agree Bobby Z wake up to the boys every morning, took years to figure that on out on the old alarm clock. There is still something about Jerry's guitar filling a whole valley with pure magic. Haven't found that wake up clock yet.

Bring me back

Wonderfully put Bobby.

A simply yet wonderful sense of community

"Always a hoot" Much love

All Aboard !! ❤ 🐈 💀

Strangest captain I could find

Mr. Garcia was the guy who took ufw's ticket and then stared him in the eye and said no ticket, no ride

same as shakedown, same as help>slip>frank, same as scarlet>fire. never the same. that's why we love these fuckers.

Interesting Thank you

@@charlie.something Charlie something... something foggy

You might say the same of any Dead song.

Not really even a song. More like an experiment. Auditory alchemy. Ritualistic magic with a 5-8 person covenant including also audiences of millions eventually. Mass hypnosis, hysteria, and massively heavy.

That is an amazing comment. Forgive me For asking but the internet you know- are you really a priest, Father?

@@janeseamore1370 Yes, Jane, I've been a pastor of Lutheran congregations in Montana and Alaska for the last 25 years. I know it freaks some people out a little when a pastor loves the Grateful Dead, but both are a part of who I truly am.

Very astute comment. I often think "it" is always there. Takes the right group of people to merge into it and open it up for us all. Always there.

Interesting thought. Reminds me of a 'vision' I had one afternoon I've not told many people while listening to plenty of Dead as I was generally inclined to do on such occasions. It's theme was 'how stars are made'. It was the end of earth history (however far into the future it took to get there wasn't clear) and everyone was of one heart/mind and 'ready'. The bands all over the world took the stage and began to play .. each taking breaks as necessary but 'the music never stopped' right? At one point I was able to fly across from one scene to the next and all the bands were actually playing the same song but I'd catch them at different points of the various improvisations of the theme. And finally .. it could have been days ... they/we all reached that moment when it all just came together .. and then like a massive bolt of lightening coming out from within .. we, and the earth, gently burst into a star!

Jason R His music lives on, and we'll keep it alive

There are 7 billion people on earth - If you really feel lonely, I dont think one more guy existing would tip the balance

@@NowhereMan7 Uh, yeah...about that. They said the same thing about the Buddha, Nikola Tesla, Jesus, Einstien and Jonas Salk, Marconi, and Beethoven, Da Vinci, Socrates. And Stephen Hawking. Too mention only a few individuals who have changed the course of history. Some in their selected field. And others whose influence is felt every single day by the same 7 or 8 billion hunans that you mentioned. All of us roaming our small blue-green oasis in this vast mysterious universe. Like the others mentioned Jerry Garcia brought not only the gift of his virtuosity playing the guitar. But he brought out of us our own humanity. Which many of us would have never experienced without him. You may not see the light. But we do. Peace.

@@NowhereMan7 Yeah, that's an oddly negative thing to say about a comment that was full of warm sentiment and sadness. Just for a second, imagine if someone said something like that to you after your mother died or something. "Dude, there's plenty of old ladies around. What's the big deal?" Lol. And the comment wasn't about his personal loneliness. It was about what Jerry brought to the world. When Jerry died, a part of all of his fans died too. Some of us spent years following him around from city to city living on Ramen noodles and grilled cheeses. Jerry was literally a HUGE part of some people's life. And it was all cut short so abruptly. He was only 53 years old. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you were just having a bad day or something when you wrote that. I'm sure we've all made similar mistakes. I know I have. So, peace to you and yours.

@@NowhereMan7 He was number 1!!! Spongebob reference in a Dead chain, love it!!!!

Scott Roy 👍 know how you feel here.✌️

I think this is really their best. 71 was when they were really at the peak of their creativity and I never get tired of listening to the way Garcia would just soar and play with so much emotion. I feel really sad that he lost this in later years but I think thats what heroin does to people. I think he knew it too and was embarrassed by all the adulation that came later. He didn't want to rest on his laurels.

I dig

I was SO sure Jer was going to lift me right off my feet at StLouisFox during an early '70s DarkStar I began picturing the mildly surprised faces of those around me. Truly sublime ...phew

Lmao, fuckin hippies xD

Not sure if Jer was levitating or he was on the ground making everyone else levitate. But yes Sir, in 2020 still going strong.. :-)

Rumor has it that he levitated during all dark stars, but maybe it was just me to the time he was twisting all of our minds into one whirled peas in unison

Grayson Gabriel Indeed. Hello right back at ya ⚡️💀🌹

Hey, man! Yes we are...I learned everything I know from the Grateful Deas!

yee haw!

@Tuomas Vohlonen you ever try the grateful dead's coffee though? Lol

The beat goes on and on.... there are lots of awesome bands still touring that have spun off the Dead and who have collaborated with various members and many who’ve been heavily influenced by them. Don’t worry it ain’t going away. Keep on truckin’

+sugarhollowdaddy1 are you sure about Here Comes Sunshine being played in 1971?

"Sometime in that run, they also did a smoking Here Comes Sunshine." Nope. "Here Comes Sunshine" didn't debut until 1973.

the first greatest story ever told was in this show

Some songs don't get recorded at first. I know Zeppelin played songs that appeared on later albums live in their early concerts

That's common knowledge. And common practice.

Been stuck on Morning Dew for my latest Dead obsession, playing and watching all the versions I can find, no new music can make me feel emotions like this, true beauty

@@lloydclaussen9132 exactly,,For about 4 years straight now I have listened to the dead everyday ...Got into collecting vinyl and I have 28 pieces of dead vinyl now....The music never stops here..

that's why they're A Band beyond description ⚡💀⚡🎸🎶🎼🎶🎹🎵😊😊😊😊

It awakens your soul.

I hear ya' (~);}

Ken Lee ...who’s we?

Thanks for your work brother

This is an amazing recording. I am truly... Grateful

Thanks for all the recordings..

Kevin Barry... Ken and Judy

Happy belated birthday.

Absolutely my friend!

Truer words and all that

who said, "I never met a Dark Star that I didn't like..." (?) David Gans? I think..me too

doesnt matter what its called. It is from Energy and perhaps God. I dunno , brother. But I am alive and breathing. and hoping for you. And everybody else. My gawd I am.

It really is brother man, I don't understand how people can't tune into this beauty

bob vienckowski what sate is this from?

Not many bands can evoke such feelings, enjoy the music man...Im gonna give it another spin,now youve mentioned it.

Amazin Wharf Rat !, so clean and tight

I just assented to another Level. Mind you, I've been listening to this version for about 2 years. And try and play through it regularly. Jerry does a fine Keith Jarrett and Phil weeps. Yup, a keeper..

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Not reduced, elevated to tears, Yasss!!!

That is him screaming in St Stephen!

He had his best sound, imo, when he used his Gibson sem-hollows-the ES-335 and 345. Then he switched to solid-body guitars around 74 or 75 somewhere. An Ibanez Artist (Japanese)first and then the Modulus Graphite and some other high-tech Strat style.

The Gibson SG Jerry Garcia era was king.

…Bobby is playing stadiums full of thousands ✌🏽

@@emakelley6807 Including me.

It's inspired. Check out a video called "Save Your Face Dark Starlets". It's a compilation of some incredible Dark Star jams. There's one from 4/8/72 that starts at around the 47 minute mark and it simply blows me away.

That's how I feel right right now, high as fuck!

fire!!

Definitely mine also, just the whole package here man!

Dennis Campbell yes, sharing this with a friend for whp

I was gonna comment the same. Wow, first time I hear it.

Agree

I believe this is the very first Warf Rat

You said it brother

Yea I'll never stop trippin.but I do still see trails from the 80s-90s...lol...

You can only gain so much from lsd. Once you've got it, you don't need L anymore to own the mental benefits

The long strange trip never ends

@@joshkarosis132 so true. once you've seen behind the veil so many times, the thing you were searching for and lost the answer for becomes clear again.

+Zen Grohman WOW FAR OUT MAN...LSD

+MERRYJERRYL Furthur out every time I listen, cried like a baby. A BIG TRIPPING BABYYY!!

_Grateful_Zen_ surely something to cry about in a joyful blissful cosmic psychedelic hallucinogenic way!.,,

LSD TEARS...BUT GRATEFUL DEAD BROTHERS ARE CALLED "BROTHERS"....."BROTHA"......IS a rap/hip hop form of 'brother".....which is yo yo what's up brotha....lol

+MERRYJERRYL Brother man, brother.

I'll kick their arse

If you meet a potential lover, better see if they like this. Could mean it's a one-time thing as opposed to a lifetime. This is experience talking. Get high and listen to Tom Jones?!? Buhbye.

They were stoned and couldn’t figure out how to fix their screw up, ran away screaming

Far out Robert!

Beautiful atmospherics with those octaves on Wharf Rat

Love the Cascadia flag!

absolutely nailed it

And that is the Beautiful Jam...