tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post4663338509424825747..comments2024-03-27T02:55:04.190-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Terrapin Station (Guest Post) Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-2737891361280725472024-03-15T21:30:30.444-07:002024-03-15T21:30:30.444-07:00The only thing that was incorrect about the 3-28-9...The only thing that was incorrect about the 3-28-91 Nassau show was that it was an unnaturally warm and beautiful day for March in the NY areaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-16875237071208319242023-07-26T07:31:29.877-07:002023-07-26T07:31:29.877-07:00What a beautiful ride and spiritually uplifting! I...What a beautiful ride and spiritually uplifting! I love how it goes in an out of being Hunter himself and then Hunter the channeler. And the synchronous way that the music came to Jerry that very same stormy, San Franciscan day. Beautiful. “His job is to shed light, and not to master”. While time is just a 3D illusion, I must say we are so blessed to be here now concurrent to this brilliant Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-24580867890210165912022-01-28T19:07:11.507-08:002022-01-28T19:07:11.507-08:00I hear it as a 5-note line too.
Lyrically, it&#...I hear it as a 5-note line too. <br /> <br />Lyrically, it's interesting to compare Terrapin's opening with the folk song 'Lady of Carlisle' that was Hunter's inspiration: <br />https://whitegum.com/~acsa/songfile/LADYCARL.HTM <br /><br />Hunter told David Gans in 1977 that he wrote Terrapin in a state of inspiration: "I must have written a thousand words on it, 8 12-inchLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-59379693741322690792022-01-27T11:22:00.098-08:002022-01-27T11:22:00.098-08:00Great, informative article I'm only just now c...Great, informative article I'm only just now coming upon. Thanks!<br /><br />Is the 4 note line the main ascending triplet line? I ask because I hear that line as considering of 5 notes (the pickup, the triplet, and the note it resolves to a half step down).<br /><br />As much as I appreciate this article I am left with the same "is it just me??" feeling re: Terrapin. I appreciate NScottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-49696474744097294002017-03-27T09:57:52.039-07:002017-03-27T09:57:52.039-07:00Thank You for bringing these gems back to lifeThank You for bringing these gems back to lifeGrateful Secondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611234014012885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-22643465202319639172017-03-24T17:45:42.519-07:002017-03-24T17:45:42.519-07:00This is the 14th in a series of fourteen Guest Pos...This is the 14th in a series of fourteen Guest Posts I’m adding this month.<br />These essays were written in 1999 for a now-dead webpage meant to accompany the Deadheads’ Taping Addendum. The Addendum concludes, “For those readers interested in reading more from our team of crack contributors, check out our lyrical and musical essays on the Grateful Dead’s most illuminating songs.” A variety of Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com