Grateful Dead

For a drummer to swing, you need to accent the 2 & 4 beats. I mentioned Big River earlier: pre 76, Billy's on the 2 & 4, in 76, Billy is still on the 2 & 4, but Mickey is often on the 1 & 3, sometimes accenting all 4 beats(loudly!); same with Me & My Uncle: listen to 12/31/78, intro starts with 2 & 4 accents, then Mickey switches to 1 & 3 for the 1st and 2nd verses, then back to swinging 2 & 4 for the rest of the tune.

We're all still just speculating on what is going to get announced, right? Or am I missing something haha Would LOVE some summer 73 though...

Ever since 2/19/73 Chicago was featured on JOTW or Taper’s Section a few weeks ago, I can’t get enough. Only 1 set, no matter, it’s fine and dandy. I keep going back to it like… a duck to water? It’s that good. The He’s Gone through China Doll is exquisite. Beauty! Have I included enough superlatives? Thank goodness it’s there to stream on archive.org. I think I'd have withdrawals otherwise. I would also withdraw some money for its official release. : )

And i will def get my copy. Could buy 2 in the hopes of paying for part of mine, but im not the gambling or speculator or hoarding type. The Bitcoin bonanza will prolly cap at 50K and yet i really dont care. Money is the means to buy experiences and things that bring me joy. Its never been the end itself. Would much rather have what i have than 7 digits in the bank.

Miles Runs the Voodoo Down, great cut.

"reading like a 500 page book, and then also being issued like 10 cassettes with probably 20-30 songs on each side (and remember, many had no lyrics), and we had to literally be able to identify ANY of the songs by like a 30 second snippet, and also be able to name who was playing what instrument during the segments." My Dad was born in 1931 in NYC and was frequenting Jazz clubs (with his Dad's blessing and assistance) before he was a teenager.He took drum lessons from Baby Dodds ("Cousins Of The ..." knows that name!) and became devoted to the Jazz of the late 20s-late 40s (Primarily Divieland and Chicago small band, not much tolerance for Big Band, and a seething hatred of Bop!). He owns several reference works that he keeps in arm's reach while listening to his music. He expects to be able to name each player on a track by ear and immediately looks up the info in cases where he fails to recognize a player. That class sounds like his leisure! He woulda shown you kids a thing or two!

KeithFan is our resident Justice Potter Stewart on jazz!

Well I'm no jazz expert, but I know it when I hear it, so I'll waffle a bit too. Agree with Cousins and daverock, the Dead were at their jazziest in 1974, and like Cousins said, you could hear it starting as early as '72. To hone in on the exact style, it's "jazz fusion" which is basically jazz with R&B / rock. Keith's Fendor Rhodes was a big part of what made this the Dead's sound (he started playing it in '73 - would be interesting to zoom in on the date). Jerry's improv noodling was another huge part, during stuff like Eyes, Dark Star, The Other One, etc. Billy's drumming as Cousins said was huge. He's got lots of swing, which is hard to define, but I guess it's lots of between the beat fills (like in UJB when he goes rat-tat-titty-tatta-tat-tat instead of rat-tat-rat-tat-rat-tat, varied time signatures, lots of ride symbol. Throw in Phil's lead-type bass playing and Bobby's chord textures (not so much rhythm playing as finding the holes and playing little melodic chord fills), and voila - the only band that does what they do. did. did what they do. does what they did. At least in the rock genre, which is where they lived. I find Dave's Picks 22 has a lot of great Billy playing. He's up in the mix, so you can really hear him flex his muscles. I think of all the members, jazz was truly Billy's native style, while the other guys dabbled in it (some more than others). And as far as the bearded skeletons go (male and female)...may as well throw the hair under the arms and truly represent the times.

....... And Iggy Pop, who appeared on stage like a whirlwind, arms and legs cartwheeling in different directions, before picking up the mike stand and ...... Laughing my ass off picturing Jerry "cartwheeling" across the stage:-)

I'll only buy the Summer '73 box if the artwork has skeletons WITH beards, both male and female. And maybe a few terrapins with beards too. That would really seal the deal for me.