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Introducing Grateful Sundays
Since the band’s inception in 1965, the Grateful Dead have been an institution in not only American music, but also American culture. The group’s fusion of bluegrass, rockabilly, jazz, and psychedelia created one of the most unique blends of live rock music ever created. Often defined by the huge smile of lead guitarist and band leader Jerry Garcia, the Dead’s culture embraced open mindedness, free thinking, and community.
The Dead pioneered the concept of festivals long before music festivals were commonplace, often hosting week-long stops at outdoor venues across the country. They also introduced “The Wall of Sound,” the largest portable speaker system ever created, providing fans up to a quarter of a mile away with the same sound as the band heard onstage. Musicians around the world have been influenced by the Grateful Dead, including some Butter Room favorites such as Phish, Ryan Adams,
Ask any Dead fan, and Sundays are synonymous with the band’s music. Perhaps it’s the eclectic sound evoked, or that The Grateful Dead Hour originally aired on Sunday evenings across American radio stations. Thus, The Butter Room will deadicate Sundays to all things Grateful Dead, ranging from the band’s own originals, members’ side projects, post-Dead projects, and covers.
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Might as Well - Grateful Dead
3.26.88 - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA
There are so many memorable Dead shows from Hampton Coliseum. I’m sure we will post most, if not all of them on Grateful Sundays. Instead of going with one of the more well known moments, I decided to pick a personal favorite. You can feel the passion and energy coming from Jerry during this “Might as Well”. It gets me going every single time I listen to it. -
Friend Of The Devil - Grateful Dead
7.31.83 - County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CAThis is a great, extended version of Friend Of The Devil. The Dead spent the early 80’s revisiting many of their folkier tunes that came out of the late 60’s and early 70’s, often in an accoustic format during the first set of shows. While this is electric, it is still a fine example of the band reinventing themselves in front of a new generation of Dead fans.
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Stella Blue - Grateful Dead
2.23.74 - Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA1974 is probably my favorite year of The Grateful Dead. It’s unique in that there is only one drummer (Billy K), and finds the band at the peak of their original musical aesthetic defined from 1965-1974. The band’s future also had a great deal of uncertainty surrounding it due to mismanagement of their assets by a corrupt manager, huge expenses due to their experiment with The Wall Of Sound, and general frustration that after ten years and having established a loyal following the band could not make a comfortable living doing what they loved.
In the midst of all the chaos, the band played a number of spectacular shows in their familiar Bay Area stomping grounds at The Winterland. The band would close the 1974 tour with a 5 night run from October 16-20 there as well. These shows feature the band playing at their emotive peak, and are well documented as part of the Grateful Dead Movie. This Stella Blue comes from a great two night stand in Februrary. For me, Stella is the ultimate Jerry ballad. It’s beautiful, full of soul, and Hunter’s lyrics really speak to you.
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Dancin’ In The Streets > Drums > The Other One > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead
4.14.78 - Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VAThe Dead played my alma mater once, 11+ years before I enrolled. It was at Virginia Tech where I discovered the Dead, and thus 4/14/78 became one of my most listened tapes in college.You will need some time to listen to this jewel, so you might want to save it for later when you have plenty of time to soak it in. Enjoy.
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Help > Slip > Franklin’s - Grateful Dead
5.9.77 - War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NYHere is the opener from one of my favorite all time sets.
5/9/77 Set 1
Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower, Cassidy, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Big River, Peggy-O, Sunrise, Music Never Stopped -
Foolish Heart - Grateful Dead
10.22.89 - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte NC
This coming Wednesday, I am going to see the Dead. It will probably be the last time I see the four remaining members of the Grateful Dead on stage together. Twenty years ago this October was my first Dead show, and this is the first song I saw live. I will post several tracks from the two night run today. Hope you enjoy it.
Like so many other “first shows”, I recognized little from the 4 sets during the two night run in Charlotte on the 22nd and 23rd. I owned Workingman’s Dead, In The Dark
, and Skeletons (gasp!) at the time. I recall hoping for a Dire Wolf, but there would be no tracks from Workingman’s Dead the entire run.
That’s me on the right after the 10/23 show
This show and the 23rd are very special to me for obvious reasons. Like most of the 18 Grateful Dead shows I attended, they don’t rank near the top for this time period. Still, the Fall ‘89 tour was a very special run as most of you know. The Warlocks shows in Hampton two weeks before Charlotte and the magical night at the Meadowlands in between on Bobby’s birthday (which was eventually released as Nightfall Of Diamonds) are just a few of the highlights.
These shows along with my first Allman Brothers Band show in July of ‘89 introduced to the jam band scene. For that, I am forever grateful (no pun intended) and will be a little bit sad on Wednesday when the show is finally over. -
California Earthquake - Grateful Dead
10.23.89 - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte NCThis song was only played twice by the Dead, and this was the last appearance. It was played as a response to the “World Series” earthquake that occurred just six days before in the Bay Area.
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