tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post5687321382643637416..comments2024-03-28T17:56:00.841-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Early Dead MedleysLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-47405559819582623882023-08-02T07:22:14.156-07:002023-08-02T07:22:14.156-07:00Yes, I think that was the only time after 1968, un...Yes, I think that was the only time after 1968, unfortunately.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-71882029354497176312023-07-24T15:05:49.625-07:002023-07-24T15:05:49.625-07:00Was 24/09/1972 the only time when they tried Dark ...Was 24/09/1972 the only time when they tried Dark Star and China Cat Sunflower back together? Completely different situation for both numbers by then.Anthony Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192164856544415644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-7563877081432098632015-02-20T10:05:46.260-08:002015-02-20T10:05:46.260-08:00Another great review providing some very technical...Another great review providing some very technical knowledge and analysis of these early-on song transitions. Reading some of your posts lately has inspired me to go back and listen to more of these older shows form the late '60's, and again I re-realize just how fiercely and without abandon the guys played back then. Its like they barely come up for a musical breath in many cases and Sixtusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-30387949421032124622013-09-23T00:05:15.529-07:002013-09-23T00:05:15.529-07:00A brief crosslink to an earlier comment:
http://d...A brief crosslink to an earlier comment: <br />http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/dark-star-1968.html?showComment=1306691780726#c1888846027592512523 <br /><br />To summarize - in early summer 1968 after the Carousel closed, the Dead played hardly any known shows, and spent a couple inactive months mostly off the road, rehearsing when they could. It's right after this period that the Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-40452356518889354032013-01-16T14:02:43.016-08:002013-01-16T14:02:43.016-08:00I was hoping someone would comment on the key rela...I was hoping someone would comment on the key relationships, too. <br /><br />It perhaps applies more to later Dead, though - as I noted, in '68 most of the transitions were either preplanned, or one player is signaling to the others, or at any rate the key change isn't jarring. It's in '69 when we start seeing more really off-the-wall spontaneous transitions. <br /><br />As to Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-21269901921467081772013-01-15T22:47:36.222-08:002013-01-15T22:47:36.222-08:00I'm not a musician so I may be off base, but I...I'm not a musician so I may be off base, but I assume some of the medley transitions involved key changes, and I wonder if the band signaled key changes either visually or through their playing - or if they needed to? Any musicians out there who understand this? It's one thing to jam along and play riffs that guide the other band members, but wouldn't it sound jarring if a band Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-73807966548938236382013-01-15T02:12:14.015-08:002013-01-15T02:12:14.015-08:00Good catch!
That Download Series release had the...Good catch! <br /><br />That Download Series release had the note, "This 1 disc release includes all of the second set and a "Lovelight" which was the only song salvageable from the first set... [It starts] with the first-set-closing "Lovelight" - the rest of the first set was marred by technical problems wrought in part by sound experiments conducted on the master tapes Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-6502562670185887232013-01-14T20:14:38.054-08:002013-01-14T20:14:38.054-08:00(Lovelight also evidently comes out of another tun...<i>(Lovelight also evidently comes out of another tune on 3/17, but fades in on the Download Series release, so we can’t tell what tune – it wasn’t the Eleven, though.)</i><br /><br />It seems pretty clear to me, from carefully listening to the opening fade-in to the "Lovelight" found on the Download Series, that they're coming out of a "Spanish Jam" -- same key, same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-66566932430005414482013-01-10T17:58:00.236-08:002013-01-10T17:58:00.236-08:00Thanks for the response, You are a modern day Dick...Thanks for the response, You are a modern day Dick Lavata! I really really love the early Dead and how experimental and yet energetic they were. Look forward to your next post!Teddyballgame360https://www.blogger.com/profile/06895454939908206972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-62867239613316975412013-01-10T04:51:22.610-08:002013-01-10T04:51:22.610-08:00Fantastic article! I have really enjoyed reading ...Fantastic article! I have really enjoyed reading your stuff. Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-710519049148072922013-01-09T23:46:22.975-08:002013-01-09T23:46:22.975-08:00I didn't mention possible classical-music infl...I didn't mention possible classical-music influences on the Dead at all in this post. <br />For that you'll have to turn to an earlier post on Charles Ives & the Dead: <br />http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2011/08/ives-touch.html Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-64852687145809536592013-01-09T23:41:43.114-08:002013-01-09T23:41:43.114-08:00A-ha, I'm not sure that's a list I'd r...A-ha, I'm not sure that's a list I'd really want to write, though! <br /><br />It may be unfair to bring up early '66 since I don't think the Dead were that good a band yet (though you can hear them get better from month to month; the earliest stuff is sometimes pretty poor). <br />There are no bad shows from '67. I wouldn't name any from '68 either - although 9/20Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-55615575643929050272013-01-09T18:36:16.980-08:002013-01-09T18:36:16.980-08:00Thanks again. I check back every few days to see s...Thanks again. I check back every few days to see some new stuff. This post was really well thought out.<br /><br />I would love to see you cover a list of early dead shows that were complete clunkers. Bad playing, mess ups, stinky shows. We would love them all no matter what, but a stinker is a stinker.Teddyballgame360https://www.blogger.com/profile/06895454939908206972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-67244215906816797772013-01-08T13:40:39.923-08:002013-01-08T13:40:39.923-08:00I'd been looking every few days to see if you&...I'd been looking every few days to see if you'd posted a new essay. You really ought to get paid for these! Always great, informative reads. Thanks.<br /><br />MarcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-64777635193865493432013-01-08T08:26:48.381-08:002013-01-08T08:26:48.381-08:00I'm sorry about the long delay between posts; ...I'm sorry about the long delay between posts; I was not able to write for a couple months. <br /><br />This post originated in a discussion on the Transitive Axis forum, though it's grown in scope. (I had to stop somewhat randomly at the end of '68, so I can have the time to turn to other things...) <br /><br />Some other writers have pointed out the novel nature of the Dead's Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com