headyversion

find the best versions of grateful dead songs

please login or register.

jbrucer

43 years dead

+1044


Submissions

6
Beat it on Down The Line
April 25, 1971
Fillmore East

Nowt wrong with the Ladies and Gentlemen version, better than many here, deserves a mention
4
Cold Rain and Snow
March 25, 1966
Trouper's Hall

I like the early ones. They have better tempo.
12
And We Bid You Goodnight
Nov. 11, 1973
Winterland Arena

Good version of this short number
10
Not Fade Away
May 13, 1972
Lille Fairgrounds

Very good with interesting closing jam before it fades into GDTRFB
19
Loose Lucy
Aug. 6, 1974
Roosevelt Stadium

Superb AUD tape version. A must have
show more submissions

Comments

The Wheel
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

A song I usually skip as normally it is a showcase for their worst out-of-tune-with-each-other attempts at singing in harmony. But this one is different. At least 50% of it is free-form noodling. Very Good.
Jack Straw
June 6, 1991
Deer Creek Music Center

Well I have listened to it. But it still has not changed my opinion that little original work of artistic merit came from The Dead after February 1979. Yes, Jerry’s guitar work is good, but no way can it be called stupendous by his own standards. The real problem is the Mantovani backing-group doing the lift-music in the background. Next you will be telling me that All Along The Watchtower from the same show is better than Jimi’s version from 1968. Personally, I would vote for Eugene or Tuscaloosa, if not the E72 one.
Big River
June 24, 1976
Tower Theatre

Oh, yes. One of the best. Obviously a fantastic show, one of the best ever. All we want now is a remastered source, if that is possible.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 24, 1976
Tower Theatre

Yes, this one is worth a listen. Good solid version, seems like it should perhaps be in the top 5, top 10 definitely. The whole show is worth getting (dusborne matrix). This HOTW>S>FT is very good --- the only thing wrong with it is that it is not Dark Star (you will understand that comment when you have heard it).
The Eleven
June 7, 1969
Fillmore West

Oh, Yes, this is a cracker. The whole of the only set at this concert is epic. Not just a mega MoM>DS>StS>XI, but also brilliant versions of Dupree's and Doin' That Rag. Then, of course, there is Janis with Pigpen in Lovelight. One of the best of '69. Needs more love.
show more comments
headyversion loves the dead but is in no way affiliated with The Grateful Dead or affiliated enterprises. find out more >:) >:)