Posted: May 29, 2007 - 8:41am
All musicians steal from other musicians, as the saying goes. Members of the Dead have citied influences from Bill Monroe to Charles Ives. Share knowledge and questions here!
Musicians Who Influenced the Dead
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Stephane Grapelli
On June 30th, 2007 sw fla chip said:
Hal R:
I stand corrected - I now remember a fiddle-playing friend of mine and his obsession with Stephane Grapelli.
Came across a CD recently of McCoy Tyner (and Elvin Jones, I believe) playing with a guy named Joe Henderson.
I have one Quicksilver show on an old cassette tape - I listen every now and again and am blown away. Canned Heat was another good blues band from that era.
As for the Allmans - I just read a couple of interviews, one with Greg Allman and one with Dickey Betts, and they both went on and on about how Duane had barely scratched the surface of his formidable talent before his untimely death.
I've enjoyed just about every incarnation of the Allmans since I started seeing them in the mid-90s. Their shows used to be a mainstay of my summers before I moved to Ft Myers, where we just don't get much good live music (although I'm trying to change that).
"Folk rock for groovin families!"
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Fl>Joe>Duane
On June 30th, 2007 Deadicated said:
sw fla chip - I used to go to Ft. Myers Beach fairly regularly. My grandpappy used to live in Cape Coral - we'd go over to Sanibel and Captiva - I used to run on the streets and beach in Ft. Myers. Do they still have one side of the pier for family and the other for wildness?
McCoy Tyner plays a lot of piano! Were you referring to The Real McCoy? - If you were that one is indeed a keeper. A few more w/ Tyner under Henderson's name are Page One, In 'n' Out, and Inner Urge. I always like Henderson - I read somewhere that he always seems(ed) like he's(was) in the middle of a solo - apt!
When it comes to the Allman Bros., I have a soft spot. What Greg and Dickey said about
Duane's potential not even being close to realized is right on the money. The guy was 24. 24!!!
I am completely amazed every time I get a chance to listen to his every note. I've been listening to that Fillmore East Mountain Jam for 35 + years and the crushing intensity of that blues before the theme re-emerges at the end just kills me - to have been there? OMG What do you think? Has it become dated? Do you think he could have ever bettered that performance? Adios
"From day to day, just lettin' it ride,
You get so far away from how it feels inside,
You can't let go, 'cause you're afraid to fall,
But the day may come when you can't feel at all."
Allman Brothers
On June 30th, 2007 Hal R said:
sw fla chip, deadicated: I have been listening to The Atlanta International Pop Festival July 3-5, 1970. It cooks. It is a must have. There have been so many great releases in the past 10 years of ABB live in its first incarnation.
This band has had five of my favorite guitar players as members, Duane, Dickie, Jimmy Herring, Warren Haynes and Derrick Trucks, plus the two drummers like you know who and great bass players And Greg's voice and keyboard and Chuck Leavell.
I saw the current band, and the Dead and Robert Hunter at the Gorge here in Washington 3 years ago. Very nice, big smiles all around.
Deadicated - I enjoy seeing your music choices,
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
Mountain Jam
On July 2nd, 2007 sw fla chip said:
Deadicated - I teach high school journalism in Cape Coral. We live across the river near downtown Ft Myers. Spend a lot of time on the beach - have some friends (the guy who did my CD cover and his wife) who just moved there. No wilderness near the pier anymore, but a nice county park at the tip of that end of the island. My buddy and I just went over to Sanibel on his boat the other day - so many dolphins jumping around we stopped counting.
When my brother was living with my parents and I was just out of college, we would make plans to meet according to the Mountain Jam on Eat A Peach: "Put on Mountain Jam - I'll be at your place by the time it's over."
Somewhere in the vast confusion that is my tape collection, I have Hornsby scat singing "First There Is a Mountain" and turning it into quite a jam.
I could go on and on about the Allmans as well. I love their versions of "Soul Shine" (with Warren singing, I believe) and their acoustic versions of "Goin Down the Road" and "Come In My Kitchen."
"Folk rock for groovin families!"
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Sanibel!
On July 4th, 2007 marye said:
I was lucky enough to go there years ago and I've never forgotten it. What a beautiful place.
Jesse Fuller
On July 20th, 2007 tberman333 said:
If you have not heard of him (or heard him) you should go buy the album "The Lone Cat Sings and Plays Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals and Blues" today.
Jesse was a major influence on, not only The Dead, but also Dylan (and I'm sure many more). He is the guy that wrote "Beat It On Down The Line" and "Monkey and the Engineer".
The liner notes of "The Lone Cat" tell a good story about how he grew up (he made all his own instruments) and his travels (he never made any money).
In my opinion, music would not be what it is today without Jesse Fuller... he was an amazing musician and songwriter that does not get the credit he deserves.
Check out this YouTube Video of him playing "San Francisco Bay Blues"... a song you may have heard Dylan cover:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rmVVxhYlp2Y
Check out all his homemade instruments... they are amazing!
Stop a stranger and shake their hand!
Influence on Mr. Lesh
On August 21st, 2008 Garak said:
He comes up in a great new book by Alex Ross, "The Rest is Noise." This is a history of modern (i.e., post-Romantic) classical music. Richard Strauss, Mahler, Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School, atonality, Shostakovich, Barber, Berio, etc. Evidently Phil listened to Mahler's 6th Symphony at high volume while tripping out. Had a near-religious experience. I wonder which recording. If this was in the 60s, there weren't many Mahler recordings around. Bernstein/New York Philharmonic, perhaps?
If you have any interest in classical music and history in general, this is a fascinating book.
Grisman headlining inaugural Chicago Bluegrass&Blues Fest 11/22
On October 5th, 2008 MadonMDR said:
What's up guys, I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about the inaugural Chicago Bluegrass & Blues festival, this 11/22 at the historic Congress Theater, all benefiting the Saving Tiny Hearts Societies fight against the country's most common birth defect.
www.cbgbfestival.com
The first 10 folks that hit me up at michael.raspatello@gmail.com will get a pair of tickets mailed to them. We're excited for you to help us spread the word about this righteous endeavor
Michael Raspatello
Beatles/Dylan
On October 7th, 2008 Gypsy Cowgirl said:
seems I remember the Grateful Dead were all into the Beatles in the early '60's. A bus load went to see them @ the Cow Palace & I'm sure I've heard Dylan influenced them-who didn't he influence? (well, there might be a few) love yall, Gypsy Cowgirl
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