headyversion

find the best versions of grateful dead songs

please login or register.

BeggarsTomb48

better weather

+7005


Submissions

1
Wharf Rat
April 7, 1984
Irvine Meadows

wispy weir pedal. Jer putting it all out there as august, spotlight. faithful tempo with period kick. Hiroshima bridge, psychedelic. Great!
1
Drums -> Space
April 7, 1984
Irvine Meadows

sufficient techno melt. Rousing olatunji-inspired passage. some kalimba fuckery. succint and positively avant guitarz.
1
Uncle John's Band
April 7, 1984
Irvine Meadows

classical pre-drums coin toss, flubs. The way a loser solo is, a platonic form. Great stuff Deeply felt and stretched, fuk ya nourishing bright stream
2
Big Railroad Blues
April 7, 1984
Irvine Meadows

a sauna hot BRB does no wrong! Lesh torpedoing, devils 3rd degree and tasteful swirling b3, Jer masterclass. Yas queen
1
C. C. Rider
April 7, 1984
Irvine Meadows

Searing!! down home 'n titeeee Beatz and cruisin altitude for pure chonky blues goods

Comments

Drums
Oct. 30, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

Super heady and glorious drums. I love the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and fusion Miles (in addition to all eras). It's a wonderful delight to have Billy Cobham on this version. I fucking love the Grateful Dead but comparing Cobham to either Kreutzmann or Hart is like comparing Picasso to talented art school students. Both have a toolbox, just a different approachEven so, the drum solo is just as powerful and locked in as some of their really "On" 80's ones. I would say that greatness recognizes greatness all around. Great musicians work together to make something bigger than the sum of the parts.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Nov. 5, 1977
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Big Railroad Blues
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Desert vulture scorcher
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Oct. 17, 1974
Winterland Arena

fluid gliding bliss
Weather Report Suite
Oct. 18, 1974
Winterland Arena

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya6gEGpCieI cookin' version (heady Weir tuning issues on prelude. He's still my majestic prince though, spreadin' his wings on this track in general) Hotbox dutch oven version the guys are flying