top grateful dead songs

I like the workingman's dead album. (casey jones is on that one)

dire wolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhqyg_dTaTg

shakedown street

only two song recos for one of the grate-est bands of all time ??

well...this narrowed the field down quite a bit

the time limit don't help either...

but seriously, "Touch Of Grey" was their biggest mainline hit and was pure pop. If you want lilting/melodic listen to Jerry's solo...it's succinct by his standards.

since i'm going to see the Dead on saturday at the rothbury festival on lake michigan i offer the following set list made in heaven

uncle john's band
roll away the dew
till the morning comes
morning dew
bird song
cold wind and rain
fire on the mountain
eyes of the world
bertha
the wheel
rueban and cerise
playing in the band
i know you rider
turn on your lovelight
st stephen
franklin's tower

mostly, if you want good Dead harmonies go to the american beauty and working man's dead albums. pre -1980 are jerry's best vocals, bitter sweet and wistful.

if you want you can download Dead music at http://www.archive.org/details/GratefulDead, either direct download or catch the streaming music with the appropriate software. listed are over 2,400 concerts

enjoy..... and don't forget.....

"Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world,
The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own.
Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin brings"

yup



yup

my pc background is this pix of jerry from a show in '90

everyone thankew thankew thankew!! now i can check out their top songs one by one. i am actually looking for one particular song more than any other - its a song which begins with a remarkably melodious piece of guitaring. heard it once, never could trace it back.

how long more are the dead going to perform ?? Will next year be too late to try to catch one of their concerts??

did you take it?

no. wish i had.

Let us not forget

Friend of The Devil and Cumberland Blues

I remember a time in the early 70's when every guitar player I knew was playing that opening riff and nodding their head in rapture...

i am actually looking for one particular song more than any other - its a song which begins with a remarkably melodious piece of guitaring. heard it once, never could trace it back.


^^^^^^^^^^^^can anyone please help me with this one.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Why not just log into Youtube and listen to a few Grateful Dead songs? You should be able to find it easily there.

Returned from Rothbury Festival and oh man what shows were there! If this is what one should expect, pencil in the 4th next year.

The Dead Live! Two sets coasting in at 3 3/4 hours and the show was the tightest since the late 70's. While I still miss Jerry's soulful picking Warren Haynes (late of the Allman's Brothers and Government Mule was leading guitar) rocked; he was technically brilliant and powerful at times.

best part was the encore....... while fireworks were bursting over the stage, the band started up with the US Blues.

set list:

•Sugar Magnolia
•Eyes of the World
•Estimated Prophet
•Loose Lucy
•Friend of the Devil
•Into The Mystic
•Help on the Way
•Slipknot>Franklin’s Tower
Set II:

•One More Saturday Night
•Shakedown Street
•China Cat Sunflower
•I Know You Rider
•Rhythm Devils
•Space
•Viola Lee Blues
•Morning Dew
•Throwin’ Stones
•Sunshine Daydream
•Donor Rap
Encore:

•E.U.S Blues (With Fireworks)
•Not Fade Away


brahmin your request is just about insane because virtually every Dead tune starts in with a killer guitar riff. However "The Wheel" from Jerry's solo album gets played a lot and could be what you are thinking about,
so try this..........

thanks for the reportage K.

Oh, it was sweet. My new wife had never seen the Dead before, and three days later she still has this blown away expression of wonderment on her face. Its been said before....."there is nothing like a Dead show!"