I was never a Deadhead (although many of my friends were) because I tended to like my music with a harder edge, but I always knew that they could really play. I saw them once in ’86 at the Oakland Colosseum Arena on my birthday after some friends bought me a ticket as a gift. It was a fun show.
Same here. Attended shows when other people took me, but I always hated long instrumental jams. Didn’t really like any of their albums until American Beauty.
Not a Deadhead either, just an old fart who believes American popular music was never better than 50-60 years ago– say, “Don’t Worry Baby” through “Rosalita,” peaking (in my view) with “White Rabbit.” But the Dead were unquestionably part of that era, and really the only part that persisted in making their music their way whatever the suits had to say about it.
And I also think that the fact that Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart are now the last surviving members is just about the coolest possible drummer joke!
I was never a Deadhead (although many of my friends were) because I tended to like my music with a harder edge, but I always knew that they could really play. I saw them once in ’86 at the Oakland Colosseum Arena on my birthday after some friends bought me a ticket as a gift. It was a fun show.
Same here. Attended shows when other people took me, but I always hated long instrumental jams. Didn’t really like any of their albums until American Beauty.
Not a Deadhead either, just an old fart who believes American popular music was never better than 50-60 years ago– say, “Don’t Worry Baby” through “Rosalita,” peaking (in my view) with “White Rabbit.” But the Dead were unquestionably part of that era, and really the only part that persisted in making their music their way whatever the suits had to say about it.
And I also think that the fact that Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart are now the last surviving members is just about the coolest possible drummer joke!