headyversion

find the best versions of grateful dead songs

please login or register.

gdtrfb

Era Evangelist

+3620


Submissions

6
Dancin' in the Streets
Oct. 5, 1970
Winterland Arena

Filler from the Family Dog download series
9
Uncle John's Band
Oct. 4, 1970
Winterland Arena

Ladies and gentlemen, Phillip Lesh.
11
Turn On Your Love Light
July 16, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

Janis and Ron - simultaneously raunchy and adorable. At about 11 minutes, Jerry takes advantage of a lull in the patter to melt faces.
11
Ripple
Aug. 19, 1970
Fillmore West

Ripple>Brokedown Palace, interesting piano during intro
4
Good Lovin'
Oct. 24, 1970
Kiel Opera House

Follow the bouncing Phil. St. Stephen makes an appearance at about 4 minutes after drums

Comments

The Other One
Dec. 10, 1971
Fox Theatre

Indeed! One of my favorite aspects is using MAMU to find Other One before the first lyrics - they'd already performed it in the 1st set, so it obviously wasn't where they were intending to go, but it's still deftly used as a segue from deep-space to the triplets and first lyrics. On the whole, this one spends the majority of the time in that deeeeeeep splintered cosmos, but it's a damned interesting starscape.
To Lay Me Down
Sept. 20, 1970
Fillmore East

Amazing. Part of an 'acoustic set', but it seems like everybody but the piano and the few accents heard from Grisman are plugged in. I think what guitar you can hear is Weir and Nelson with an underwater electric tone, so Garcia on piano seems plausible. Some have suggested it's Pig, but listen at about 4:30 - you can hear the Hammond in there too. Either way, this is just freaking beautiful.
Cumberland Blues
Sept. 20, 1970
Fillmore East

internet burp, double comment, blah, blah. apologies.
Cumberland Blues
Sept. 20, 1970
Fillmore East

Sort of a mixed electric/acoustic romp with David Nelson and David Grisman adding wonderful accents. Jerry and Phil are plugged in, with everybody else acoustic - great version from a monumental set.
Turn On Your Love Light
Nov. 6, 1970
Capitol Theater

Playful but booming. You can just picture the earnest grin on Bobby's face: "Pigpen, tell the folks about the bear!"