headyversion

find the best versions of grateful dead songs

please login or register.

Ernie5

No cholesterol.

+3668


Submissions

10
Jack Straw
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

Relaxed and joyous space-age electric guitar semi-ballad.
9
Bertha
Feb. 21, 1971
Capitol Theater

Warp speed, precise, slightly unhinged, and driving into the greenish-blue evening.
1
Jack Straw
Oct. 30, 1971
Taft Auditorium

Godchaux leads a version that seethes with the excitement of a new song.
3
Brown Eyed Women
May 20, 1973
U.C.

A giggly, slangy Garcia masterpiece (in sweet show sauce). Goes down EZ.
8
Mexicali Blues
Feb. 28, 1973
Salt Palace

So good you can practically see the border town.
show more submissions

Comments

China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Oct. 17, 1972
Fox Theatre

Wheelhouse shit! Was the group ever more telepathic?
Dark Star
Oct. 31, 1971
Ohio Theatre

Great, super lively, and liquidy novel. I'm not as much as Tighten Up fan as many, but it fits very nicely. And yes, the transition into Sugar Mag is wow.
Dark Star
Aug. 21, 1972
Berkeley Community Theater

Wow - the expansion after the first verse is cinematic, orchestral even. I've never really heard anything like it. Nuts. At @17:00, the cruiser flies apart in slow motion. Top drawer. Led in many ways by Godchaux's Debusseyesque runs.
Not Fade Away
March 24, 1970
Pirates World

Raw and searing, big stereo torpedo. A pretty epic 6 minutes.
Black Throated Wind
Oct. 2, 1972
Springfield Civic Center

Big fan of this whole show - the BTW included. Just strong, confident, and dynamic. Are there really versions from the 90s above this? That's taking artistic relativism to a silly extreme. This show is probably underrated simply b/c there are so many amazing shows during this stretch, some stone classics get unfairly overlooked. I don't make the rules.
show more comments
headyversion loves the dead but is in no way affiliated with The Grateful Dead or affiliated enterprises. find out more >:) >:)