Justin Zmich I said these EXACT WORDS my friend! Seen D&C four times now and already got my tickets for both Boulder shows in July. Love it!

You took the words out of every open minded music lover. He's gone, and his little speech was gut wrenching. Enjoy it while we can.

Raymond Jones what time does the speech start?

@Teaeli Anderson Coming from the person who's favorite artist is Jack Johnson. John Gayer blowz

When the Boyz added Mayer to the band , I thought they had gone crazy !!! But look at him now 😁

So happy you could do this with your son. Beautiful

lightninboy1979 actually i will say Marc Ford is better, whereas Ford who has so much more soul , and will endeavor to do 1.5 bends on high E and B strings also Joe Walsh... Youl'll never hear Mayer do those things. I feel Mayer is a SRV clone, and a million guitarist who do this, there are a handful of licks. He's good, but in a world with a lot of good guitarist, not innovative like a Marc Ford w uber more soul and edge , or a Zappa, Howe, or a Jerry. Id also say that Ben Harper and Derek are more influential as far as blues guitarists. I think Mayer did a good job, iI quite enjoyed...he can do a variety of things, tasty but does not separate form the pack for me.

I dont remember any deal going down

@@Ryan-xq3kl 26:33 "I will pay !T forward, I Promize ; }

Yes He D!D

Umm that’s played it forward

Neil Waudby You nailed it. Phil's face throughout the 2 days while Mayer was in his solos sold me.

Exactly!

Amen to that

He should be in the hof sooner than that, he’s been around for 20 years. Isn’t the requirement something like 25 years from your debut album?

Why did u have to make it sound ghea

Thomas Gilbert Lesson Coming??

Thomas Gilbert It would be amazing if you could make a lesson on the 'concepts' of that style, ie. which notes/licks give that kind of sound. Love your channel man!

For sure, great idea! There's tons to talk about with this style & the differences

Stoked brother cant wait to see you teach some of these concepts!

Thomas Gilbert Hey, I know you man...

Makes me glad to hear music at all being played by real people

george cole If he did, it was when he got into the blues trio. But I don't think it's like that at all. It's just new phase after new phase; maturing, growing, getting better

george cole I have always said that John Mayer, for some reason, was hiding his true guitar-playing ability. My significant other informed me that it was probably because he could make more money doing what he was doing. I have to agree with her. I am just glad that it looks like he is finally going to show the world his true guitar-playing ability. If you search for some of his older stuff, you will soon realize that the guy is a guitar genius, but you already knew that :-)

george cole Uh, check out Continuum.

1984hereweare "showing the world what he can do guitar-wise" makes great financial sense in the context of playing with Lesh, for both parties: The Dead want to sell to the legions of Mayer fans and Mayer wants to sell to the legions of Deadheads. Mayer - Lesh collaboration enables each camp to become aware of the other and (wait for it, wait for it) buy, buy, buy.

I fucking hate how people call any sort of collab or different take on projects a "cash grab." You really think these multi-millionaires give a shit about that? It's not like the Grateful Dead are out to sell platinum albums. Those guys already fill up shows in their respective gigs. They've been doing this for 50 years. They love the fucking music. John Mayer is putting off recording a new album to go on tour with Bob, Bill, and Mickey. If anything, yeah, the Dead want fans to listen to John's music, because it's fucking good. True deadheads listen to all sorts of shit, because they like good music. Shits not about money, it's about making good fucking music. MUSIC. Not MONEY. Don't think they went for a "cash grab" playing a few tunes at fucking Terrapin Crossroads after they just played a 2 hour show. If they were all about money, they'd pound out generic album after generic album and play the same shit on stage every night for 40 minutes. Do they do any of that? Do they even associate with people who do anything remotely similar? No. They don't. They play good fucking music with good fucking musicians. That's all this shit is. #RantOver

It was never about to leave

@@Ryan-xq3kl Because the Music Never Stops !! Just Goes Around and Around !! 😁

Unfortunately I never made the journey there. Sad that there's no longer a place in the world for this.

Twice I took my Mother to Ca to see family and stayed at the Embassy suites in Marin and went to Terripan every night after she had her happy hour class of wine. Was awesome. Sad it’s closed down.

Seriously. People are so quick to complain but spend $$$ to go see. I was out at the gorge for D&C company and people were growing so much shade but they drove all the way there to see the show. Just listen to the music and be GRATEFUL

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I was at the Gorge show. All I heard was great praise for John

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Or the release of Shakedown Street...Disco Dead? Fans can be brutal but for some strange reason they keep coming back...maybe it was the roses?

PacificBlu it was Bad Ass Man, I was in awe

The omnipotent Grateful Dead!

This has nothing to do with "Dead & Co". This is a great band. Harmonies, dynamic tempo, listening to each other, the works. This is fantastic.

A Fucking men brother. You said this a year ago. This is a good time to take a hit of weed and give it a revisit.

Hurts to hear him sing. Ruins it for me. Like hearing Trump speak.

Is it really like that at Terrapin Xroads? Where one night u just go in for a cocktail and a meal and all of a sudden Lesh and Mayer take the stage for an impromptu jam? If it is what a treat that place must be!

***** lol

Didn't just figure it out. I have the John Mayer Trio Live album from when it came out. What year was that? I knew he was an SRV devotee from way back. I'm just saying that he's been on a helluva run lately and his amazing guitar skills. have been in the spotlight.

Drew Townson Check out both of his live version of "Ain't No Sunhine". He's on another level.

Thank you, I will!

lightninboy1979 Mayer can't sit still with one genre. he's always on the move, which I think is the key to becoming a better guitarist. The most influences you have, the more well rounded and uniquely developed your style becomes - IMO.

Have you heard what people are listening to today? It's all over, buddy.

Really hoping that the Dead&Co Summer tour doesn't get cancelled on account of this Covid-19 stuff. Would really like to go see the show now that I've delved into the GD catalog.

Ever....

Jeffery Noel John Mayer would have done a better job than Trey (phish) on Fare Thee Well. That guy seems like a clown compared to JM, but it's just one opinion. It's like comparing a Varsity player to JV on both guitar and vocals.

timmalloy2008 i agree with you

I tend to agree with their choice. The better part of the Dead was their risk-taking, in my opinion. They were sort of caught - John Kadlecik and Stu Allen can do that "exact Jerry clone" best, but that often leans towards the worst of the plodding, meandering, dying Dead. So they wanted somebody with a bit of originality, though from looking at the date of these shows and Lesh's obvious joy in NOT plodding along here, I'd bet they'd already invited Phil by then. Couldn't really UNdo it. For that matter, it was obvious Micky Hart was way, way out of practice, but what could they do, besides just turning his mikes off? Un-invite him, too? Nah, just hug and get it over with. Of course, I don't love all Dead unconditionally, listening to any Dead past the creeping heroinization of Garcia makes me angry, sad & creeped. I could quite happily die without ever hearing another Sugar Magnolia, but I have a iPod loaded with 13 "Dark Stars" from 1972 to 1974 (and a half dozen of the best Mahavishnu shows from 72 and 73). Listen to that stuff carefully for a bit and your brain will never quite fit back in the box it came out of. I'm among the many fans of the Phil band with Jimmy Herring and Warren Haynes, and now that they've got Bill Frisell and John Scofield on tap TOO, this might just be the chance of a lifetime for Mayer to go way deep and way wide, you know?

I tend to agree with their choice. The better part of the Dead was their risk-taking, in my opinion. They were sort of caught - John Kadlecik and Stu Allen can do that "exact Jerry clone" best, but that often leans towards the worst of the plodding, meandering, dying Dead. So they wanted somebody with a bit of originality, though from looking at the date of these shows and Lesh's obvious joy in NOT plodding along here, I'd bet they'd already invited Phil by then. Couldn't really UNdo it. For that matter, it was obvious Micky Hart was way, way out of practice, but what could they do, besides just turning his mikes off? Un-invite him, too? Nah, just hug and get it over with. Of course, I don't love all Dead unconditionally, listening to any Dead past the creeping heroinization of Garcia makes me angry, sad & creeped. I could quite happily die without ever hearing another Sugar Magnolia, but I have a iPod loaded with 13 "Dark Stars" from 1972 to 1974 (and a half dozen of the best Mahavishnu shows from 72 and 73). Listen to that stuff carefully for a bit and your brain will never quite fit back in the box it came out of. I'm among the many fans of the Phil band with Jimmy Herring and Warren Haynes, and now that they've got Bill Frisell and John Scofield on tap TOO, this might just be the chance of a lifetime for Mayer to go way deep and way wide, you know?

i love all Dead (even those over-dosed vince years (bless his heart and soul) and well-intended Dead saplings…"unconditionally"….can't help it! for me it's all about the vibration ~i didn't even know or care who J Mayer was until now, now i really appreciate his voice and guitar, he's not arrogant, down to earth, plays very well with others on the same wavelength…O and I just adore those glasses on RJ too! "if you have a garden and a library (and music) you have everything you need…" ~Cicero again, thanks for posting this…thank you Phil!for everything...

Was at those shows. Right on man!

+Adam Kelly perfectly stated and yes I am a guitarist also. All the comments can not push down the truth in the music that comes ringing clear when he plays with this band.I saw the dead more than 300 times and many Garcia band shows.I love and miss Jerry every day and will still go back and pull out my spring 90 soundboards anyday but I will also allow my mind to stay open to new incarnations of this band>anyone who would do otherwise will only miss out on hell of a good time...long live the dead

we found some JGB at Rocky Glen Park, Moosic, PA 1984 ...the metal roof on the lake pavilion was lifted...

He's like if you took the emotion and creative range of Hendrix but refined it down to the simplicity of Clapton.

Amen

Gibson Blues That said, I wasn't familiar with Ross James prior to this. Gotta say I'm a fan now.

what's the song at 23:00?

+Thiago Ricci He's gone

+Sara Emmert thanks

phil doesn't mess around

You shoulda heard the system in the Grate Room...

No surprise there. After all Phil did write these words....."Searching for the secret, listening for the sound"

Sounds like we're getting a mix from the board here, this may even have been recorded and mixed afterwards. The buzz from the snare and the clarity of the ride cymbal hits are too clear for this to just be a room mic, IMO

Very cool.

The thing was…..it was free!!!!! 😂

and this is like my 13th time listening/watching it!!! I LOVE IT!!!

He's doing it better today. Today being the last time with D&C

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No invite needed….you just walk right in…..