headyversion

find the best versions of grateful dead songs

please login or register.

GRAVEROBBER

Jerome

+461


Submissions

1
Mama Tried
Feb. 1, 1978
Uptown Theatre

Energy! Nice solo too.
2
Brown Eyed Women
Jan. 30, 1978
Uptown Theater

Awesome. Very elongated solo and some nice verse flourishes
1
Playin' In The Band
Feb. 4, 1978
Milwaukee Auditorium

Not going to dethrone Veneta by any means but still a worthwhile spacey, concise, chilled out rendition. Some nice melodic chord jamming from Garcia.
1
Loser
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Was surprised to see this wasn't already here. Phenomenal solo from Jerry and some beautiful cascading keys courtesy of Keith
2
Eyes Of The World
Dec. 17, 1978
Fox Theatre

Very subdued but staccato sounding solos if that makes any sense, pretty standardly great 78 version here

Comments

The Other One
Oct. 21, 1978
Winterland Arena

This features the most massive chord ever strummed. The jam after the second verse will blow you to smithereens. After your mind is turned into a smoking crater you are cradled and rocked to tranquility by the most cathartic and beautiful stella of all time
Drums -> Space
July 8, 1978
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

I don't listen to too many drums but this one is great. The space here is the soundtrack to an alien abduction.
The Other One
July 8, 1978
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

This version is so slept on. Listen to Keith build the tension, makes me feel like I'm running from the cops. The band is so locked in here I'm amazed this isn't farther up the list. All in the middle of an incredible EP>O1>EOTW. If you haven't heard this sequence or have written it off in the past please fix that ASAP. Spanish lady come to me
Terrapin Station
March 31, 1987
The Spectrum

The weathered Jerry vocal makes this tune less silky but man this is a top shelf 80s rendition. Miller matrix has the perfect balance of crowd noise, which I think is partly what makes these later versions. Jerry is really choking some of these notes with his vibrato and it rulessssssss
Estimated Prophet
March 31, 1987
The Spectrum

Cannot stress enough how much I love it every time they nonchalantly re-enter the chilled out swagger of the verse after the monster first jam like it's NBD. Brent adds a lot of cool little fills to this song although I miss Donna's "firewheel." Jerry sounding really evil in the outro. Slick ass transition into terrapin (incredible, soulful terrapin) gave me the chills, A+ & upvoted