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I can't dig 'em. but who cares?
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06-22-2016 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by Thumpalumpacus
Ok, sorry for the rant, I better hide now
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It's called "folk music," Hep.
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
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IMHO appreciating the Dead's music involves a certain level of meditation. Drugs, spastic dancing, and tie dye are all optional. It had a few influences, but their music really isn't worth classifying because it was much more their own brand. I like it, but I like a lot of things.
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Well, certain level of medication helps with all kinds of music.. But in GD case it just seems you need a lot of it!
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Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
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Originally Posted by lammie200
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Originally Posted by bobsguitars09
I consider G.D. electrified folk music with extended improvisation over simple changes. Extended improvisation doesn't make it jazz for me. The word jazz has so many meanings these days that I avoid using it.
G.D.'s extended improv wears on me pretty quickly as much of seems like pointless noodling. I've enjoyed some of their work, such as the classic American Beauty album. I think the band has had a positive influence on American folk and rock music. Despite my lukewarm assessment, the band (especially Jerry Garcia) has had some influence on me.Last edited by KirkP; 06-22-2016 at 03:46 PM.
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Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
Your mileage clearly varies, and that's all good. Variety is the spice of life, etc etc.
ETA: But "Rolling Stones Light"? The Stones only wished they did something that down-home.Last edited by Thumpalumpacus; 06-22-2016 at 05:51 PM.
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
Got on the bus in '77. IMHO the Dead became a rock band that used a jazz approach. All the criticism of them is correct at one time or another; all the praise is correct at one time or another. They could be excruciatingly horrible and they could be utterly transcendent... sometimes in the same song. But they were their own thing, not jazz. It was Grateful Dead music.
Some of the Dead's tunes would be readily suitable for jazz. Jerry expressed a wish to hear Tony Bennett sing "Stella Blue." A big band swing version of "Sugaree" could be great. "Eyes of the World" is an obvious one. I am working up an arrangement of "Shakedown Street" for my quintet. "Ship of Fools" could work for a jazz ballad. But a lot of their tunes wouldn't work as well without the lyrics. I would love to hear a gospel choir do "Attics Of My Life."
Hmm. This is about the niftiest rendition I've heard (but it's not jazz and so effin' what):
I keep hoping to be able to bring some Bob Weir approach to my comping in jazz. Jerry's style is really pretty straightforward, but Weir is snaky as hell. He has an ability to imply far more motion than he is actually playing.Last edited by Cunamara; 06-23-2016 at 01:31 AM. Reason: Added URL for AOML
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Off topic. I know. 2016 SF debutante ball. Probably not a very diverse crowd. One of Bob Weir's daughters is on the left.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by Thumpalumpacus
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Never heard that before (Lazy Lightning), digging it. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by OldGuitarPlayer
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No.
Because.
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Originally Posted by Drumbler
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Does it matter?
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Originally Posted by snailspace
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
Can the Grateful Dead be considered jazz? Yes -- by people who want to consider it to be jazz.
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This question is moot. Duke Ellington settle this many decades ago by talking about two kinds of mistresses and only two kinds of mistresses.
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Originally Posted by snailspace
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