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Showing posts with label The Grateful Dead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Grateful Dead. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 01, 2017
Happy 75th birthday to Jerry Garcia, wherever he may be
by Jack Brummet
Happy birthday on what would have been his 75th birthday.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Brent Mydland brings it home
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
Brent Mydland was The Grateful Dead keyboard player, singer and songwriter between 1979 and 1990. This is a clip of Brent doing what he does best.
Brent Mydland was The Grateful Dead keyboard player, singer and songwriter between 1979 and 1990. This is a clip of Brent doing what he does best.
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Monday, January 23, 2017
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Amazing shadow piano
Mickey Hart posted this recently on his Facebook page. I don't know if he took the photo, or is just sharing it. Interesting nonetheless. Of course, the cranky comment people pointed out it is not configured like a piano (whiners/spoilsports).
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Friday, August 26, 2016
Thursday, August 04, 2016
Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Ann Coulter: I'm A Grateful Dead Fan For Life
By Jack Brummet, Grateful Dead Ed.
Is this a mindf***er or what? Ann Coulter is a serious DeadHead. Read her full piece in Billboard here. Among other observations, she names some of her favorite songs:
“Tennessee Jed, Althea, Stagger Lee, Eyes of the World, Loose Lucy, Franklin's Tower, Deal, Sugar Magnolia, Unbroken Chain, Cassidy, Pride of Cucamonga, Uncle John's Band, Ripple, Casey Jones, I Will Take You Home, Passenger, Mississippi Half-Step, Good Lovin' and of course, the famous Mickey Hart rap version of Fire on the Mountain. It breaks my heart that the band never played Pride of Cucamonga in concert.”
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Buck Henry meets The Grateful Dead
A pretty delightful short in which a skeptical Buck Henry appears to become a Deadhead.
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Sunday, April 10, 2016
Thursday, October 16, 2014
The Grateful Dead 1991 - Turn On Your Lovelight - with Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis
By Jack Brummet, Rock Ed.
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Some of my favorite Dead shows were from the dark time after Brent died and Bruce Hornsby joined the band for a year and a half. Things got even better when Branford Marsalis came along. He played many shows with them around that same period.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
The Grateful Dead (with Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis) perform Black Throated Wind at Madison Square Garden
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed
The Grateful Dead, when Bruce Hornsby was in the band for a year or so and Branford Marsalis was sitting in, perform Black Throated Wind at Madison Square Garden September 10, 1991.
The Grateful Dead, when Bruce Hornsby was in the band for a year or so and Branford Marsalis was sitting in, perform Black Throated Wind at Madison Square Garden September 10, 1991.
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
The Grateful Dead perform Run, Rudolph, Run
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
The Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden in 1971, perform "Run, Rudolph, Run." You may not be familiar with the Dead's original singer (preceding Jerry Garcia) Pigpen, who died in 1972. . .
The Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden in 1971, perform "Run, Rudolph, Run." You may not be familiar with the Dead's original singer (preceding Jerry Garcia) Pigpen, who died in 1972. . .
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Furthur show at Marymoor Park 9/24/13
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
the gang, with Dave & Jack missing
Bertha
Our show team
clip
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Thursday, August 01, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
The Grateful Dead's amazing Wall of Sound system, ca. 1973
By Jack Brummet, Music Ed.
I saw the Grateful Dead play in front of their wall of sound in Vancouver, B.C. in 1973. It was amazing. And quickly abandoned because it was so expensive to set up and transport (they had to have two sets leapfrogging each other on the tour).
It just sounded phenomenal. Apparently one reason bands play so loud is that loud music overrides some of the delays and muddiness in sound. Because the wall was so clear, they didn't need volume. And the many speakers covered any hall or stadium with a gigantic wave of clear sound. They didn't need to turn it up to 11.
"The Grateful Dead sound system is really 11 independent systems or channels as shown in the table below. The source of sound are located behind and above the performers so they hear what the audience hears. Only one source location for each channel is used to cover the entire hall and the music is clearer both on stage and in the audience. The stereo effect is very satisfying and natural to persons all over the hall. Intermodulation distortion between instruments is of course non-existent." - from http://www.dozin.com/wallofsound/#
I saw the Grateful Dead play in front of their wall of sound in Vancouver, B.C. in 1973. It was amazing. And quickly abandoned because it was so expensive to set up and transport (they had to have two sets leapfrogging each other on the tour).
It just sounded phenomenal. Apparently one reason bands play so loud is that loud music overrides some of the delays and muddiness in sound. Because the wall was so clear, they didn't need volume. And the many speakers covered any hall or stadium with a gigantic wave of clear sound. They didn't need to turn it up to 11.
"The Grateful Dead sound system is really 11 independent systems or channels as shown in the table below. The source of sound are located behind and above the performers so they hear what the audience hears. Only one source location for each channel is used to cover the entire hall and the music is clearer both on stage and in the audience. The stereo effect is very satisfying and natural to persons all over the hall. Intermodulation distortion between instruments is of course non-existent." - from http://www.dozin.com/wallofsound/#
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Friday, March 15, 2013
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