Grateful Dead
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The Pure Unadulterated Vibrancy and Energy of Late 80’s Grateful Dead: Hampton Coliseum, Virginia, March 27, 1988
PLAY THIS ONE LOUD! The Grateful Dead had so many sounds and styles and periods and influences. Each show was its own unique animal. Each tour had its own style and energy and personality. As did each year. This was a band constantly reinventing itself. Or, more aptly, refusing to stagnate. With some exceptions… By… Continue reading
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Day 9 – The Days Between: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Above photo by Herb Greene. Day 9: The Days Between/Dia 9 – Els dies entre: Déu descansi, senyors feliços Catalan translation below the English/Traducció al català per sota de l’anglès. On this anniversary of the passing of Jerry Garcia (in body, but certainly not in spirit or legacy), I would like to play some examples… Continue reading
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Day 7 – The Days Between: Traversing the Folkloric Universe of the Grateful Dead
Day 7: The Days Between/Dia 7 – The Days Between: Recorrent l’univers folklòric dels Grateful Dead Catalan translation below the English/Traducció al català per sota de l’anglès. The name “Grateful Dead” comes from a genre of folktales which “involves a traveler who encounters a corpse of someone who never received a proper burial, typically stemming from… Continue reading
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Day 6 – The Days Between: Eyes Of The World and Birdsong
Day 6: The Days Between/Dia 6: Els dies entre Catalan translation below the English/Traducció al català per sota de l’anglès. Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, in my opinion, wrote some of the most beautiful songs in the world together (music and lyrics respectively). Many of those songs became the jumping off point for some serious… Continue reading
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Day 5 – The Days Between: Rock-n-Roll Ditties
Above image by the illustrious, talented, kind and incredible Bob Minkin. Day 5: The Days Between/Dia 4: Els dies entre Catalan translation below the English/Traducció al català per sota de l’anglès Now that we took the “deep dive” yesterday, let’s take a step back again and take a look at something else the Grateful Dead… Continue reading
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Day 4 – The Days Between: The Deep Dive… Dark Star and The Other One
Day 4: The Days Between Catalan translation below the English/Traducció al català per sota de l’anglès For those who have been following the daily journey of my posts this week (all 3 of you 🤣), you’ve gotten to hear some songs and some jams and some musical bridges. You probably have a sense of what… Continue reading
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Day 3 – The Days Between: A Decade Passes
Above photo by William Coupon. Catalan translation below the english/Traducció al català sota l’anglès. Day 3: The Days Between Today we jump more than a decade ahead from our Day 2 post to March 27, 1988 at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia, always a beloved venue for high-energy shows. For those of my friends… Continue reading
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Day 2 – The Days Between: Grateful Dead Americana
Day 2: The Days Between (Traducció al català a continuació). Today’s Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead clip is a tasty Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo from what many consider the Grateful Dead’s peak year: 1977. And in my home state of New Jersey, no less. This example shows the joy of musicians making music they love. It’s a… Continue reading
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Filmmaker, live music photographer, writer, film/video editor, acting teacher, traveler and political junkie who finally realised that the United States government and its two ruling parties has undergone what Chris Hedges refers to as “a corporate coup d’etat in slow motion.”
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Recent Posts
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- The Biden Administration, Israel, and NATO Race Toward World War While American Citizens Shrug Their Shoulders, Tighten Their Blindfolds, and Repeat “But Trump”
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