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Poster: | high flow | Date: | Aug 8, 2008 4:38pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Pre-76 Dead Education? |
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Poster: | Tidewater four ten O nine | Date: | Aug 8, 2008 9:06pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Pre-76 Dead Education? |
I am a '72 man 'cos of what they were during the run-up (70-71) plus the addition of Keith on piano so, as well as the stellar guitars, there are additional keyboard breaks as well (2) as Pigpen underpinning the sound on organ. If Pigpen was still around during '73 I'd opt for '73 as the music became more refined (but still with plenty of rough edges!) and they took things to another level. But as he wasn't, it has to be '72. To be totally honest, although the extended Pigpen numbers (Lovelight, Good Lovin', etc.,) gave the rest of the band plenty of opportunity to jam, it's the shorter, first set numbers that really appeal to me ........ but it's all just opinion, personal preference. Oh, and another thing, if only Keith had been able to sing or he had come without the baggage (i.e. the RBD factor), what a band ............ But, still, what a band ......... Never has, never will be another like them.
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Poster: | elbow1126 | Date: | Aug 16, 2008 7:05pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: Pre-76 Dead Education? |
I pretty much agree although i think '74 is different from '73 because of the addition of new songs. The wall of sound was being built in '73 as they were using it as a monitoring system at least by the summer of that year. I love '73 although i really love the late fall shows after they stopped adding the horns to promote the release of WOTF. As already mentioned, its just one person's opinion.
Also the Egypt shows were in '78 but i think 1ftv proves your point just fine.