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    The Dead Covers Project

    What a wonderful month it's been, sharing our love of the Grateful Dead through song and video! We applaud all the hard work and effort that you, the fans, put into the DEAD COVERS PROJECT, and we hope you'll continue to watch and support all the amazing participant videos on YouTube until we fire up the DEAD COVERS PROJECT again next February.

    Throughout the month of April, we'll be shining our lovelight on a handful of artists that really made the grade. You'll get to know each of these five artists and find out just what made them connect with the Dead in our exclusive DEAD COVERS PROJECT profiles, but for now we'd simply like to congratulate the following participants (in no particular order)...

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    The project may be over for 2012, but you can continue to check out some of the "Top Rated" videos that were submitted and "Like" them here.

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    Just a lil' promotion here...
    Please check out my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/weingrad NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT, 3/31. I'll be posting a link to a LIVE STREAM of our little band, theCAUSE playing ALL NIGHT LONG with the incredible STEVE KIMOCK. We do this benefit concert for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank every year with local guests, but this year we've lucked out and Mr. Kimock will be jamming all night with us. I couldn't be more thrilled. So click in - hope you enjoy! Pappy www.theCAUSEjams.com www.kimock.com www.pittsburghfoodbank.org FOR TICKETS (if you wanna go - or just DONATE)... http://www.pittsburghfoodbank.org/Details.aspx?RecId=127&type=calendar
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    I know I wrote all this in a dream before. Damn. Beautious in Maine today, grabbin a cold one outa the sun and writing a note real quick... Ziphler, your 79 jam truckin jam big boss is stellar. great Phil style bass for sure. I think his style is appreciated and incorporated more than you might think into tons of stuff...also tone, sound quality, instrument design, etc. Various local people I know, but also many "jam band" bassists take a lot from him. 5 or 6 strings and a pick is just the beginning. I think Mike Gordon would be the first to admit he is heavily influenced by Phil. Of course I love Stanley Clark, Jaco and Ron Carter, himself, but Mike is a giant, and Phil is right up there in terms of everything bass in the grand scheme of things. Phil's been blowing my mind for years, but Furthur Portland last fall was really amazing from the floor fairly close to the stage. My whole life has been connected thru shows at that place, starting with Portland 83, the greatest first set ever. Note, Keith, the bassist in our Darkstar posted only saw Portland 83. That's what happened to him. Puddle of liquids, and he's now like a small child (loves spongebob, totally hilarious - and he's a virtuoistic bass player who can't read a note of written music.) Ok ok ok. Some tangents. Your 79 jam had incredible clean, psychedelic bluesy guitar for sure. Many chills up the spine for sure. I think it's clean and modern ( 79 clean and modern at least - before rap even existed....ahh the world was perhaps a better place....) Pappy, great solo Reuben. Very nice vocals and guitar. Your band doing Loose Lucy is fantastic. Totally smokin!!! He's Gone by infamous string dusters is as good as it gets. A song worthy of such a great band and rendition. very cool black and white cabin video shoot. What's become of the Baby by Gelatinous Cube is intense. That's what I'm talking about. This is the most "out there" completely psychedelic piece of music and video I've seen on or near Dead Covers Project. Of course that tune is more related to Relics or Umma Gumma or some shit like that than San Fran 60's and 70's psychedelic rock, and one needs to be in a certain mood to "appreciate" the lyric sections - very weird dissonant music... but the synthesizer build/jam/video out of the lyrics is incredible. Outside the box. Yeah, it's kind of low quality, kind of low budget, but it's phenomenal. I checked a bunch of other stuff by them. I love Orb, Floyd and quality ambient techno, so I'm into it. refreshingly long, drawn out, weird, non commercial and psychedelic. Jamtronica for sure. Everyone should check out OK GO stuff. Currently my favorite artists of all time, beyond Salvadore Dali himself, or even Wayne Newton. Dial in This Too Shall Pass on you tube. The one with 35 million hits. Greatest piece of art ever. Yeah, simple pop music on all there stuff, but appropriate for what they do. The time, skill and creativity that goes into their videos is remarkable, but there is a grass roots, homegrown flavor to it. Just makes you feel good about humanity and the Universe. Like some things are going right... peace-
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    NotDeadYetBand
    12 years 8 months ago
    Ottawa Ontario Dead cover band Not Dead Yet - upcoming shows
    Hi All, Not Dead Yet will be playing many shows around Ottawa this year, we have just announced 5 shows for May and June. Details and sample tracks on our myspace page: www.myspace.com/not-dead-yet We hope all local deadheads will learn about us and support our efforts to keep this great music alive. Unfortunately Grateful Dead music is not very well known in Canada, and gets very little airplay. We were rewarded at a recent show by some young adults who had never heard of the Dead and were totally awed by the music. We've heard similar stories many times, young people who at first listen aren't very interested but get turned on to it at a live event, and learn what we all knew, there is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert! (or a Furthur show, since the GD ship has sailed) Anyway, please help us get the word out and support Grateful Dead music in Ottawa. Thanks!
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What a wonderful month it's been, sharing our love of the Grateful Dead through song and video! We applaud all the hard work and effort that you, the fans, put into the DEAD COVERS PROJECT, and we hope you'll continue to watch and support all the amazing participant videos on YouTube until we fire up the DEAD COVERS PROJECT again next February.

Throughout the month of April, we'll be shining our lovelight on a handful of artists that really made the grade. You'll get to know each of these five artists and find out just what made them connect with the Dead in our exclusive DEAD COVERS PROJECT profiles, but for now we'd simply like to congratulate the following participants (in no particular order)...

Now Playing In The Band...

The project may be over for 2012, but you can continue to check out some of the "Top Rated" videos that were submitted and "Like" them here.

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What a wonderful month it's been, sharing our love of the Grateful Dead through song and video! We applaud all the hard work and effort that you, the fans, put into the DEAD COVERS PROJECT, and we hope you'll continue to watch and support all the amazing participant videos on YouTube until we fire up the DEAD COVERS PROJECT again next February.

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Submitted by Matthew Lepkowski on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 07:49

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Submitted by Packy on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 08:23

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Here's my '71-style arrangement of Bertha. All videos are complete takes. Enjoy, and thanks to the GD folks for doing this cool project!
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Submitted by Dynasound1 on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 08:17

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The lights were a bit low but we loved playing this tune. If you are in Raleigh, NC check out Shakedown Street. Vibes at a venue cant's be any better Love and Light to all
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Submitted by supersatish on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 08:55

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Hi - I uploaded a vid (Looks Like Rain) a few days ago and it is still not appearing on the Dead's youtube channel despite being tagged with "DeadCoversProject". Did they stop accepting submissions in early Feb, or is there something else one needs to do to link it in? Here's my link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BArJhf16XGI Thanks for any info!
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Submitted by Canyon Critter on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 23:28

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Been checking out all your videos and friggin' wow man, blown away, by all the kind folks with an ear for music. No wonder all the "underground" bands always blow me away ~Live~ , you all are so talented, and have a love for the Good Ole' Grateful Dead. I bet we could ((((HUGZ))))) the entire world right now with our talent and abilities as a community, no individual, no "sacred lot", or "uber innie" circle could, but just some good ole' fashion Good Lovin' Dead.Net hippie lovin' folk. My jaw is wide open at this point.... Remember, to always let your ♥♥♥♥LOVE♥♥♥♥ Light, always.... Let it Shine!!! ~Critter P.S. Deadheads, I posted directions on how to embed here.... ~ EMBED DIRECTIONS POST ~ And a list of all the cover bands in your area (get them out of the wood works) here...
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Submitted by PhilipLoGerfo on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 07:26

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My Loser cover was sited on youtube for having matched third part content. I posted it less than 12 hours ago, and has only had a handful of views. Has anyone else had issues or experience with this? No other postings of mine have been sited for this, although most others are published under Arista (Row Jimmy, Jack Straw, Standing on the Moon, Bird Song). Loser is published under Warner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8SabzveL3Y
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Submitted by shrams23 on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 10:15

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We're a fairly new band and the only videos we have so far are from fans. So I have no way of officially entering our stuff. But here's a nice fan vid. This is the first time we tried this one, so go easy on us. ;-) Much Peace
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Submitted by Mike OB on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 10:28

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most of mine are the same thing. Not really a problem. It just means that they are allowing you to keep the video up and they will place their own ads on the side of it . If you start getting copyright infringements, they can yank your video or close your whole channel. Just don't try to monitize any videos with copyrighted material and you should be fine.
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Submitted by DenverMan on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 15:42

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Anyone know how to get the videos to actually appear in these posts (so that folks can just click on 'em instead of having to cut and paste the address? . . . thanks for any help
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Submitted by Matthew Lepkowski on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 15:55

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Howdy William-O,Go to the youtube page that has your vid, click the share button, then click the embed button, then right click on the blue highlighted code that appears & click copy, then, when you go to the "comment" section of your post, right click & paste the code, then hit preview, if it's there, click save! peace & bliss, Matt
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Submitted by DenverMan on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 17:22

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Thanks Matthew. I'm enjoying your Franklin's (and amazing visuals). Giving this another whirl:
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Submitted by Captain 12AM on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 00:53

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Submitted by Captain 12AM on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 00:38

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My computer wasn't showing that my uploads were uploaded until they all appeared!! My Bad!!
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Submitted by ziphler on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 05:08

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Hey there, To everyone who’s frustrated because they can’t get noticed or even find the video they posted. All these entries could not be sifted and ranked in thirty days, nor should they be. There is some really awesome stuff on here (check out the jam band on the big stage at a hot springs in Utah – wow!) and this is going to be a phenomenal collation of wonderful creations. But we’re here for the long hall. Over time the really cool stuff will come bubbling up just like the very best dead shows have. I love this band soooo much and can never get enough of their delusion. One of our posted videos had 2 likes 3 weeks ago. At least 20 of our Facebook fans went to the video’s YouTube site and clicked on “like” yet it still has just 2 likes. Some of them asked me what they should do and this is what I said: “Don't know and ain’t gonna lose sleep over it. The problem lies with the Grateful Dead [dis]Organization. This band's logistical team could screw up a Sunday Picnic (It was always part of their charm). They couldn't hold free and fair elections if their drug supply depended on it (In fact their motto used to be: "fuck em if they can’t take a joke"), but thanks for trying! and God Bless the Grateful Dead! LOL” Not trying to be mean here or (god ferbid) disparage the band but I wouldn’t ask them to take out my appendix either. There are a couple of really interesting, inspiring, tunes featured but by far the really phenomenal stuff is buried deep in the entries. You don’t often hear deadheads talk about what horney fucks they are but there’s no question, just looking at what’s making the feature page so far, that the male votes can be influenced by a pretty girl (or in my case all the cute guys, especially bass players) which probably isn’t really fair is it? But there you go and it’s my point (if I actually have one). I mean really folks; David Gans has ALREADY been featured twice - the fix is in - Let them have their 30 days of fame in their own mind, we’re here for the long hall - and what a great site and collection. LONG LIVE THE GRATEFUL DEAD!! and all the creative musicians they have FINALLY spawnd ziph
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Submitted by supersatish on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 07:36

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Just wanted to say: waking up to having my Looks Like Rain vid featured on the Grateful Dead's website today is truly a dream come true!!! Thanks to all the folks running this and to the Universe at large for this opportunity!!! -Satish
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Submitted by Packy on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 09:21

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Currently in the top 10?! Awesome, thanks guys!! Some really great stuff coming in, loving it
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Submitted by brewster boy on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 12:30

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Just wondering how many times the SAME video should be submitted. It's great to be noticed. Is it necessary to be at the top of the thread list all the time? With the same thing? Just sayin' No harm intended. Peace
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Submitted by lovelight-band on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 16:53

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tried to only post this once hope somebody enjoys it...we did
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Submitted by otisroom on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 18:09

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We are so stoked to be in the top ten. What a great idea this contest is. Kudos to whoever thought this up. Doug Grean Saturn Returns