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JESSE: Measured in some ways, “Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)” was the Grateful Dead’s oldest standby, their first original song, a slight reworking of “Mystic Eyes” by Them. Here’s how it sounded in 1965, at the band’s first studio session, now on Birth of the Dead .
Mar 20, 2014 · (Zora Neale Hurston, playing drumz…!) Whether heard as an album opener or as a first set closer, “Deal” sets us up for the further adventures of the amazing cast of characters to be found throughout this zany set of songs known as the Grateful Dead repertoire.
Feb 13, 2014 · “Not Fade Away” ranks as one of the top ten most-played songs by the band. There are hints that it may rank higher than the 7th place position it occupies in most lists—including a reference by Alex Allan to a 1966 version, with different words, that predates the first performance noted in DeadBase and elsewhere, which is given as June 19, 1968, at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco.
Sep 25, 2014 · As Bill leaves the room he says "Althea Later". I love this song. Seems like the first live version I heard was on cassette from the King Biscuit Flour Hour while driving from Needles, Canyonlands National Park into Moab, Utah in 1979. My first thought at that time was , the Grateful Dead still have the good magic.
May 2, 2013 · “Estimated Prophet” has a couple of those moments that occur in Grateful Dead songs in performance, where the crowd plays a role—particularly in the first mention of “California.” Maybe it’s because most of the shows I heard were played in California, but that always got a big cheer.
Apr 26, 2007 · This song always reminds me of my mom first. When she died in 2010, we incorporated her favorite Grateful Dead song on her headstone reading 'ripple in still water'. Forever in my heart mom, I love you!
Mar 21, 2013 · Box of Rain was my first Grateful Dead song because American Beauty was the first album of theirs I bought. I always wished they had played it during their acoustic sets in 1970 as it no doubt would have been amazing. To me the electric versions of this song have never equaled the masterpiece that is the original.
