It’s cliché, but the first time I heard this album, it blew my mind. The Thrill is Gone-Jerry Garcia and David Grisman There were several Jimmy Cliff songs in Jerry’s repertoire. When explaining jamming to my friends unfamiliar with the style, I tell them it’s all about ‘tension and release”, of which there are many examples here. Jerry often made this the epic climax of the first set. I’ve always imagined this as a thematic play on Charlie Poole’s “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down Blues”.

As a 19-year-old deadhead, I adopted this as my personal favorite for a long time.ĭeal- Jerry Garcia Band-August 5th 1990, Greek Theater Add in the philosophical wit of Robert Hunter and you get a song that you can really hold on to and personalize. It’s special to me because many years after I first heard the song, I read Psalm 91, upon which it is based.Ĭascading waterfalls of melody flow from Jerry’s guitar on this one. We know that Jerry loved Gospel because he played so many Gospel songs and the make up of his band was reminiscent of what you might find in Baptist or Pentecostal church on a Sunday morning in the South. My Sisters and Brothers- Jerry Garcia Band It could really use the Charlie Miller treatment.Bob Crawford from The Avett Brothers has compiled a playlist of his favorite Jerry tunes through the years in advance of the October 15th Dear Jerry: Let’s Play Two -This Is 30! concert in Fairfax, VA! Tickets available here. (This isn't a *five star* due to the fact that this excellent aud has just a bit of mud on the bottom. Man, I dug that song live! Sigh, 'such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.' The show stealers for me, though, as was common for latter day JGB, are Stop That Train, The Maker, Shining Star, Stoned Me, and Breadbox. This Halloween show features the requisite Werewolves, but more than anything, it showcases a rested Jerry with a newly minted voice that carry through 1993. (Forget about the 'Days Between,' August is just becoming Jerry MONTH for me.)

By 1993, I was tripping to Warfield on the reg (pun intended), and that scene was HIGH FLYIN'. Boy, I have to say, I might miss the casual environment of JGB shows more than anything! Fall 87 (Lunt) Fall 89 Fall 91 = heady, heady times. Jerry, in his inimitable fashion, made up for it with this Halloween show, 1 year after the famed Dark Star melt down with Kesey rap.

Everyone was very disappointed that the Veneta Third Decadal Field trip (plus Grateful Dead Fall Tour) was cancelled due to 'health concerns.' Super bummed.

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