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Poster: | K-Wave | Date: | Jun 24, 2009 2:01pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
Taking everything into account--monitor gear, personnel, venue sizes, health, changing nature of the material, etc--what years are favored in this regard?
Off the top of my head, I'd have to say I like the late Donna period/early Brent, i.e. 78/79 and certainly including the acoustic shows with Brent which were 80, right. That is, before Brent's voice got so gravelly that it dominated harmony blends just by it's very nature. (I'm not sure where to put that marker exactly; anyone know when it really seemed to change and, more important, why?)
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Poster: | fenario80 | Date: | Jun 24, 2009 3:02pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
This post was modified by fenario80 on 2009-06-24 22:02:52
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Poster: | Earl B. Powell | Date: | Jun 25, 2009 7:51am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
I have a very low threshold for bad harmony singing, so I'm normally not very complimentary of Donna. Over that past few weeks there's been a number of summer '76 shows highlighted on the TDIH with some very good harmonies out of Donna. I recommend the 6-10 matrix. She's as good on this show as any other.
Another reason that Barton Hall is so sick is that Donna is at 100%.
As for Brent, the Warfield shows in 1980 are a highlight, later on in his career a little too domineering for me. I was never a fan of Healy's house mix, and find him at fault rather than Brent.
Finally, there's a few shows with both Hornsby and Vince that have some excellent harmonies. I'm not familiar with the dates, but should be easy enough to locate based on reviews.
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Poster: | fenario80 | Date: | Jun 24, 2009 3:05pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
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Poster: | William Tell | Date: | Jun 24, 2009 2:25pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
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Poster: | elbow1126 | Date: | Jun 24, 2009 7:30pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
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Poster: | skuzzlebutt | Date: | Jun 25, 2009 5:06am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
Check out the "Attics" from 6/24/70- some of their best live vocal work ever.
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Poster: | barongsong | Date: | Jun 25, 2009 7:42am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
Although check out this http://www.archive.org/details/gd91-09-26.sbd.fishman.21242.sbeok.shnf {91 harmonies huh?} Attics and WBYGN where I think they do a really excellent job harmonizing their creaky old voices which is a pretty applaud able feat. Jerry actually sounds about 10 years younger on this.
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Poster: | K-Wave | Date: | Jun 25, 2009 10:27am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | National Anthem--Jer, Bob and Vince '93 |
The unison at the outset of Attics and the gradual divergence into harmony reminded me of this gem. Call me a sap for these guys, but this always gets me.
There used to be a broadcast version up. The old sbd vs aud thing prevails once again....but what we really need is a matrix, huh?
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Poster: | barongsong | Date: | Jun 25, 2009 7:02pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: National Anthem--Jer, Bob and Vince '93 |
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Poster: | Styrofoam Cueball | Date: | Jun 24, 2009 3:59pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Best eras/years/ tours for harmonies live |
I'll also 2nd Tell (as usual) about '70: all that work with Crosby on their singing paid off, even more so on the albums of that year. Compare that to the Wake Of The Flood material, which isn't as vocal-oriented (well, maybe HCS and WRS pt. 1...)