GRATEFUL DEAD
The band is American and was established in 1965. The band got their name from an ancient prayer on a scroll. Comprising Jerry Garcia (guitar), Bob Weir (guitar), Phil Lesh (bass), Pigpen Mc Kernan (organ), Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart (drums) -(Mickey was a deadhead (a G. Dead fanatic) touring with the band. gets noticed and is included then). The band disbands after the death of memorable Jerry Garcia in 1995. "What a strange trip it's been" by poet Robert Hunter describes the psychedelic adventures the band's been through its life-span. Out of San Francisco , when psychedelia was the major rock trend, the band did folk rock, country rock, RnR, blues rock and psychedelic. Robert Hunter adds to the group a while after 1965 to write the lyrics. Almost all their songs have Garcia's (music) and Hunter's beautiful lyrics.
They were flawless on stage. Improvisationwise they were fancy. They used heroin to knock down their consciousness. Garcia's death was because of that. He died at a sanitorium.
DISCOGRAPHY:
1967
The Grateful Dead [1967]
1968
Anthem of the Sun
1969
Aoxomoxoa
1969
Live/Dead
1970
Workingman's Dead
1970
American Beauty
1971
The Grateful Dead [1971] [live]
1972
Europe '72 [live]
1973
History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's...
[live]
1973
Wake of the Flood
1974
Dick's Picks, Vol. 12 [live]
1974
The Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel
1975
Blues for Allah
1976
Steal Your Face [live]
1977
Terrapin Station
1977
Dick's Picks, Vol. 10 [live]
1978
Shakedown Street
1980
Go to Heaven
1981
Reckoning [live]
1981
Dead Set [live]
1987
In the Dark
1989
Built to Last
1990
Without a Net [live]
1991
Infrared Roses
1991
Dead Ringers: Touch of Grey
1995
The Grateful Dead Screen Saver
1997
Fallout from the Phil Zone [live]
1997
Dick's Picks, Vol. 9 [live]
1997
Dick's Picks, Vol. 8 [live]
1997
Terrapin Station, Capital Centre, Landover,... [live]
1997
Dick's Picks, Vol. 5 [live]
1998
Dick's Picks, Vol. 11 [live]
1999
Dick's Picks, Vol. 13 [live]
1999
Dick's Picks, Vol. 14 [live]
1999
Grayfolded
1999
Dick's Picks, Vol. 15 [live]
2000
Dick's Picks, Vol. 20 [live]
2000
Dick's Picks, Vol. 16 [live]
2000
Dick's Picks, Vol. 19 [live]
2000
Dick's Picks, Vol. 17 [live]
2000
Dick's Picks, Vol. 18 [live]
2001
View From the Vault II [live]
2001
Nightfall of Diamonds
2001
Grateful Dead Documentary
2001
Dick's Picks, Vol. 21 [live]
2001
Dick's Picks, Vol. 22 [live]
2001
Workingman's Dead [DVD Audio]
2002
Postcards of the Hanging: Grateful Dead...
Dead in a Deck (Built to Last)
Albums (i've got)
AMERICAN BEAUTY(1970)
This album is usually referred to be their most successful studio masterpiece. The band's music is country-rock and folk-rock oriented. The opener 'Box Of Rain' has meaningful lyrics [look out of any window.any morning,any evening, any day. maybe the sun is shining, birds are winging.no rain is falling from a heavy sky] . It is about love and life. Most popular verse is [inch your way through dead dreams to another land] . 'Friend Of The Devil' , coming second, has humorous lyrics [Got a wife in Chino babe, and one in Cherokee. First one says she got my child, but it don't look like me]. 'Sugar Magnolia' is about a sexy girl [Sweet blossom] who is empty in the head [Head's all empty and i don't care]. 'Operator' is a medium-paced one. Whereas 'Candyman', 'Ripple', 'Brokedown Palace', 'Attics Of My Life' are for the most time slowly progress. 'Till The Morning Comes', and 'Trucking' well come following the first three songs in pace. It is in 'Truckin' that "What a long,strange trip it's been" is pronounced. I enjoy most listening to the first three that is: 'Box Of Rain', 'Friend Of The Devil' and 'Sugar Magnolia'.
PLAYLIST:
1. Box of Rain
2. Friend of the Devil
3. Sugar Magnolia
4. Operator
5. Candy Man
6. Ripple
7. Brokedown Palace
8. Till the Morning Comes
9. Attics of My Life
10. Truckin'
