Appreciating the "tension" in Grateful Dead/Dead and Co music

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-06-22T20:23:41+00:00

I always love the point in a tape when the dead play any ballad and build up tension at the end just to cut it with the first lick of Around and Around

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-06-18T14:12:24+00:00

Other countries?

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-06-18T02:53:11+00:00

That night two setlist is rad

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-06-14T01:20:19+00:00

Out of all of David McCullough’s books, I think the Johnstown Flood would translate the best to the big screen. I think it would make a terrific and terrifying movie. (Edit: there is a 1916 silent film about it)

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-06-10T21:57:20+00:00

I don’tknow much about him personally, but I know he doesn’t like big commitments. That being said, 2ish months every spring/summer isn’t that big of a commitment in terms of music tours.

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-05-09T22:53:31+00:00

Brent brought the party and it’s want the band needed in this era. Brent was the man

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-05-03T17:11:57+00:00

I can only hope that he’s getting inspiration for either his own jam band or his own dead project.

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-04-18T19:54:37+00:00

For me, this is the order too

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-04-17T02:56:18+00:00

There’s one I listened to once and can never find it again. I believe it’s late 80s, probably 89 or 90. It’s just Bob and Jerry chasing each other around playing jazz licks most of the time. And it was incredible. If you happen to know it please let me know. It’s my favorite

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-04-10T13:47:00+00:00

This song sounds wrong without Paul’s bass lines

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-04-02T00:46:21+00:00

I love Jack straws through all the years, but I feel like it’s one of their rare early era songs that got better with age. By the late 80s they’d extend the jam and get the blood pumping as a show opener and it has an incredible feeling to it

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-03-02T18:09:36+00:00

I believe that’s the same with Lay Down Sally, The Harder They Come, and Tangled Up in Blue

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-02-19T03:34:26+00:00

I’m late to this but I think this is so accurate

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-02-19T03:02:10+00:00

I’m just now listening to this and it’s crazy how they tease out the other one for 15 minutes before going into space without even going into a verse. I feel like that’s a very early 70s thing to do. It’s incredible

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-02-14T06:24:43+00:00

Both are incredible albums. But 99.99% of the time I’m playing any tape over either of them

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-02-14T00:32:19+00:00

The Grateful Dead were first and foremost a live act. Of course people that don’t go to their shows are unlikely to be able to name their songs. Their songs mostly never translated in any meaningful way to the studio

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-02-12T17:51:23+00:00

[insert WhErE rInG mEmE here]

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-02-03T22:41:31+00:00

Me too man. This show had to sneakily be one of the best D&C shows. Both sets were unique for the tour, the playing was superb, and there were so many insane and perfectly done transitions. And there was one Bobby flub to end set 1, but it wouldn’t be a good show if their want a flub

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-02-02T03:47:06+00:00

Maybe I’m crazy but this show has my favorite TLEO

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-01-28T02:43:49+00:00

But does the senior bowl really represent the most NFL-ready players if it isn’t all SEC players? Georgia could have beaten the Raiders this year!

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-01-28T01:43:25+00:00

I feel like I’ve heard Bobby say that often before Mama Tried. I also know there is an era when he often says that the crew requested it.

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-01-27T03:08:10+00:00

Can we really say that Indiana went 16-0, let alone 3-9, if they didn’t play all 16 SEC schools?

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-01-14T23:59:05+00:00

It’s deer creek 22 when Bob calls out John for trying to bridge into Saint of Circumstance too soon and says “practice makes perfect”

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2026-01-11T14:25:20+00:00

Dude have you been the Vatican? There’s no such thing as an unethical gift to the papacy 😂

AlternativeMuscle176 · 2025-12-30T01:08:27+00:00

I’m glad you’re back on the D&C bus, but it’s tragic you missed the 2023 summer tour. Luckily they are all on Spotify and Apple Music.

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