Grateful Dead

but they're not nearly as good as most of you think. out of the 1624 albums in my collection i own more grateful dead albums (65) than any other band. although thats mostly due to the sheer number of releases. ---- BANDS/ARTISTS that have released albums better than 'dave's picks vol. 1' grateful dead, frank zappa, bob dylan, neil young, elvis costello, tom waits, the beatles, the rolling stones, david bowie, john coltrane, miles davis, pink floyd, johnny cash, townes van zandt, the velvet underground, the doors, jerry garcia, guided by voices, jimi hendrix, king crimson, the kinks, the who, charles mingus, nick cave & the bad seeds, otis redding, lou reed, bruce springsteen, phish, black sabbath, the byrds, the clash, the fall, led zeppelin, van morrison, rush, talking heads, richard thompson, gene clark, steve earle, husker du, elton john, bob marley, joni mitchell, thelonious monk, porcupine tree, simon & garfunkel, the band, beck, brian eno, emmylou harris, iron & wine, waylon jennings, pavement, R.E.M., roxy music, elliot smith, steely dan, nick drake, radiohead, the smiths, public enemy, beastie boys, CCR, pixies, sonic youth, stevie wonder, jefferson airplane, yes, the police, the national, belle & sebastian, nirvana, U2, the jam, john lennon, george, harrison, can, marvin gaye, scott walker, outkast, guns n' roses, duke ellington, big star, peter gabriel, the allman brothers band, ice cube, NWA, a tribe called quest, prince, the white stripes, frank sinatra, peter tosh, curtis mayfield, cat stevens, ween, t.rex, genesis, burning spear, roger waters, funkadelic, van der graaf generator, john cale, 13th floor elevators, AC/DC, the beach boys, black uhuru, art blakey, buzzcocks, james carr, the chameleons, sonny clark, sam cooke, aretha franklin, serge gainsbourg, gilberto gil, al green, roy harper, vince guaraldi, joy division, love, the modern lovers, os mutantes, lee scratch perry, ramones, marty robbins, todd rundgren, horace silver, phil spector, steel pulse, wipers, wire, the zombies, arcade fire, louis armstrong, badly drawn boy, eric b & rakim, franco battiato, the english beat, the paul collins beat, william bell, chuck berry, black star, broken social scene, james brown, clifford brown, dave brubeck, tim buckley, kate bush, paul butterfield blues band, camel, captain beefheart, the cars, catch 22, johnny clarke, patsy cline, leonard cohen, ornatte coleman, common, comus, the congos, alice cooper, cream, CSN&Y, culture, the damned, fabrizio de andre, deep purple, desmond dekker, de la soul, derek & the dominos, dillard & clark, dinosaur jr., the dirtbombs, dj shadow, eric dolphy, lee dorsey, dr. dre, dr. john, bill evans, fairport convention, flamin' groovies, the flying burrito brother, gram parsons, willie nelson, merle haggard, dwight yoakam, lucinda williiams, jackson c frank, gang of four, gang starr, charley garcia, goodie mob, dexter gordon, the gun club, peter hammill, tim hardin, harmonium, isaac hayes, lee hazlewood, richard hell & the voidoids, andrew hill, robyn hitchcock, buddy holly, john lee hooker, howlin' wolf, bobby hutcherson, ice-t, ijahman, interpol, jj jackson, etta james, jay-z, jeru the damaja, billy joel, janis joplin, albert king, rasaahn roland kirk, fela kuti, yusef lateef, the left banke, jerry lee lewis, little richard, nick lowe, loretta lynn, magic sam, magnolia electric company, stephen malkmus, manassas, massive attack, john mayhall, MC5, minutemen, mission of burma, hank mobley, moby grape, modest mouse, wes montgomery, lee morgan, mos def, motorpsycho, mott the hopple, muddy waters, hugh mundell, my bloody valentine, nas, milton nascimento, fred neil, oliver nelson, neu!, neutral milk hotel, new york dolls, nico, czesław niemen, graham parker, pere ubu, pete rock & cl smooth, the pharcyde, wilson pickett, los planetas, the pogues, iggy pop, pretenders, my pretty things, john prine, public image ltd, radio birdman, red house painters, the replacements, smokey robinson, sonny rollins, max romeo, run DMC, the saints, sam & dave, pharaoh sanders, erik satie, gil scott-heron, sex pistols, the shins, sigur ros, paul simon, siouxsie & the banshees, slint, sly & the family stone, the smashing pumpkins, patti smith, snoop dogg, the soft boys, soft machine, the sonics, son volt, the sound, the specials,, spirit, spoon, the stone roses, the stooges, the stranglers, the supremes, tages, talk talk, television, them, toots & the maytals, robin trower, mccoy tyner, caetano veloso, violent femmes, weezer, junior wells, wilco, wu-tang clan, X, yabby you, yardbirds,..........ect. these are bands/artists that have released albums which are far better than 'dave's picks vol 1'. a list of bands/artists that have released albums slightly better would be twice as long,

Well I Bi*c* and moaned to my poor fiance, on other posts etc... how I could not forgive Dead.net for E72 and how I wouldn't get the Dave's Pick Subscription... Well I couldn't resist and had to swallow my pride, let go of the drama and jump on board (every one deserves a second chance and dedicated helpers like Mary and the others I spoke with made it easier to move on- thanks!). Glad I did- this first release is a good one and the next looks to be even better! I have to say my first impression is that the sleeper tune on this one has to be the Mexicali Blues- Its got that '77 funky chug to it. Much like DP 29 versions of Jack a Row and Jack Straw and Bertha. I haven't really had a chance to go over the second set as much so I am sure there will be other surprises. In terms of vibes- I know someone mentioned that it was too mellow for their taste or for "pot heads" - I disagree, yes its got a laid back feel, but I would term it more as being graceful- more '73 than '69, but '77 is its own beast so whatever that means. Lastly, I was thinking about the screams of Donna today... getting ready for the '74 release and I kinda came to a conclusion that helped me understand why the boys may have kept her around and it made me feel better about her sometimes being off pitch or not so perfect in a rock concert setting- Donna was punk! She brought the sex pistol scream to the dead music and in a strange way I appreciate that- anyway maybe that perspective helps who knows hahaha

the post you are referring to.... how old are you? if i was in high school when jerry was still alive how young can i be? --- i was not in high school when jerry died. had i completed college in 4 years, i would have been a college graduate when jerry passed away.