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Poster:	dead-head_Monte	Date:	Jul 21, 2010 10:25am
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	a cadre of musicians & artists -- old & in the way

Nicholas Meriwether - new archivist for Grateful Dead Archive

What's a good starting place to jump in from? Who knows? I think a broad context should be used. How do you explore this incredible universe of musical history? All of it coexists with other music and artforms, not to mention social activism. The Grateful Dead crossed all these boundaries, pushed many of them, and much, much more. How stupid is this -- "Who is Sam Bush?" A brother posted about an experience he had with a mandolin player who didn't know who Sam Bush was. I hope Mr. Meriwether searches the Forums and The Archive here for valuable archival materials. Numerous groups, organizations, and individuals have contributed. Any thoughts? Here's my 2 cents, since I witnessed some of this stuff. Sam comes from a cadre of musicians and artists from the same time and place in important musical history. They played together in numerous bands and groupings. Many of these artists, Sam Bush, and the Newgrass Revival were developing exciting and new evolving musical forms. They were pushing their genre's boundaries -- Bluegrass music -- in several different directions at once. It was called Newgrass music. As they were doing this, they would showcase their risk-tasking musical styles, improvisational skills playing their instruments, some very lovely and soulful singing, impressive arrangements, and energy-filled performances. Audiences everywhere were thrilled to see exciting new things for the first time ever. This was a lot like the Grateful Dead. The rest, as they say, is history. Take a good look.

Sam Bush in a cadre of musicians and artists from the same time and place


Grateful Dead's cadre - 1967


Pete Seeger's cadre - 90th birthday bash at Madison Square Garden - 2009

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Poster:	dead-head_Monte	Date:	Jul 21, 2010 1:44pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: a cadre of musicians & artists -- cowboys & outlaws

cadre of musicians and artists

Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings - 1972


- can be grouped with -

Asleep at the Wheel

Lossless Legs has 2 new torrents I haven't seen before. Thank You! I'm spot-checking them now. Sounds great. For all you cowboys and outlaws, here ya go: nelson, willie-2000-live by request A&E Presents Willie Nelson SONY MUSIC STUDIOS - NEW YORK CITY Live By Request - August 15, 2000 nelson, willie-2009-2-23-ACL Austin City Limits Presents - Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel Recorded in Austin Texas - February 23, 2009

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Poster:	madmonkmcphee	Date:	Jul 21, 2010 4:46pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: a cadre of musicians & artists -- cowboys & outlaws

Nice photos! Saw Asleep last year with my dad and it was a lot of fun, Texans came out of the woodwork in Livermore,CA.