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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)...

    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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    Tennessee Jed - IVY Travelin' Band(DeadCoversProject)
    IVY Travelin' Band perform Grateful Dead's "Tennessee Jed" at CAFE IVY, Tokyo Japan.
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    Liberty by The Professors
    Wish it had been posted sooner, but thanks to all who voted The Professors into the top ten in less than a week. (And we are quite curious who gave us the one "dislike"; Prof. Steve suspects a disgruntled student......) And though the contest is over: Please continue to vote! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFH8mCBuM7o&feature=youtube_gdata_player Oh, might as well mention this: I happened to be there the first night the Dead performed Liberty in front of an audience: Oakland Coliseum, early '93 (a Sunday night show, can't remember the exact date). Also the first time they performed Lazy River Road and Eternity. Yeah, I miss Jerry, I miss that band, I miss those shows.
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    12 years 8 months ago
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    Yeah Mutt, I agree but it seems a litle harsh to hold a contest with a deadline for entries and then not treat all entries equally i.e.most contests start the competition AFTER the entries are in. but then this IS the Grateful Dead we're dealing with here. - sure don't know I don't know what is more stunning; the audacuty of the crew who sat at the top of the deadcoversproject charts with thousands of "likes" for most of the month or the presumably innocent gullibility of the web master who left them there. But I forget, the supreme court now says its OK to buy votes. I am so relieved to see that it was all a ruse anyway. I'm sure that many of us saw this coming. All the hype about contests and votes, in the end you knew someone in power would decide who won the vote and thank Jerry,they picked Aaron Gibson for he had dropped off lthe billboard as fast as he appeared and he's the clear innovative, creative, talented-exuding front runner (Brandon McCoy's chops are in the same league). The bluegrass ensemnble you featured who did "here comes sunshine", and also then disapeared, were the obvious acoustic act in my book but the van dwellers are cute and a legitimate choice also. So why the damn contest? This is a great data mine you (dead.net) have started here. Why not strip off the top ten and let it continue just as it has. If you are gonna rank, make it a continuous ranking from one to a milion based on votes you collect right here not on youtube's extortable system.* That way everybody gets a sense of where they stand (even if its at #137) and you don't have these poor souls fretting that you never even noticed them (now they'll KNOW you didn't). This wouldn't stop you from lifting that ocasional one of a kind phenomenon like Aron to the stars WHENEVER they come along and give everyone something to strive for all year round. When dead.net anounced a virtual game that would be based on mutual coperation intead of competition we thought "wow, of course". The cover band project could be a rea-life creation of that. I knew there were dead bands out there but not this many. Back in the day the conventional wisdom was that dead heads couldn't play music and it was realy hard to fihnd talented musicians in the fold. I have had to trick more than one hot, non-deadhead musician into jaming on the dead with good result.Clearly now there is all sorts of talent among open deadheads and this site is gona help hook them up if you let it. What ever hapened to that game anyway? I know you're at bated breath and will be all so relieved to know that i absolve you of minor glitches in the process, believe on faith that you did wait for and consider everyone right up to the last entry , and made your best judgement. You've done a beaurtiful thing and we've been having a lot of fun - now don't fuck it up. sure don't know . . *see my addendum from tomorrow
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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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Submitted by JaMusic on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 00:39

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Here's our version of "Broke-down Palace." If you dig it, "like" it on Youtube please! Thanks to everyone for all of the great tunes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flE7Is555DI "Broke-down Palace" Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia Josh Anderson-Violin Jim Kirby-Guitar/Vocals David Pratt-Harmonica Jason Anderson-Guitar/Vocals
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Submitted by ziphler on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 02:59

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this was 31 years ago in belmont, california - yes there were even dead bands back then. this qualifies cause it touches both on truckin and ends with big boss man ziphler
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Submitted by ruffnrocky on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 09:36

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This is my personal fave of all the covers. Just wish there was a bit more volume.
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Submitted by melanie11 on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 11:06

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oops SORRY!!!! couldn't tell it was posting. soo confused.
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Submitted by Sagesisters on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 11:42

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ROSEMARY.DeadCoversProject.StephanieLallouz http://youtu.be/FNDaraS0MNo Technique: I played the song straight through on Vocal & Guitar with 1 mic + added a strumming & vox track to give a more depth of sound & reverb. Video recorded with iPhone on the 8mm video app., Engineered, Video & Edit by Stephanie Lallouz Quote from Blair Jackson "Stephanie Lallouz: “Rosemary.” I always make a point to check out any videos of seldom-performed GD songs, and this certainly qualifies! Lallouz does a lovely job with this Aoxomoxoa treasure, crafting an evocative video that looks like it’s from some earlier era, and capturing the nuances of the song’s gorgeous and delicate construction both vocally and instrumentally." - Blair Jackson http://www.dead.net/features/blair-jackson/blair-s-golden-road-blog-mus…
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Submitted by Pizza_T on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 12:18

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I'm not sure if it's that super, but it does have a singing robot named Jambot. Jambot is a jamband robot that sings and gets the crowd excited. This version is most likely the most craziest Dead Cover Project. But that's up to you to decide. We wanted to do it like how Mickey Hart intended it to be "PURE RAP" This is from Pizza T's Z-Kamp experience. We have been on youtube with the video "Obama joins a jamband" which has been openly hated by non Obama supporters. Thank you to David Gans and everyone at Dead.net. Here is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyS-LVTxeSw&context=C31104c3ADOEgsToPDsk… or not..... having fun is the key to my happiness. And for all you old school NW people..... "YES that is Danny Kelly of Heliotroupe playing with Pizza T" I just moved to Illinois, so if any heads want to jam and join Pizza T then contact me through dead.net My next mission is to make a Jambot version of Terrapin Station
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Submitted by spun_fluffington on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 12:47

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Unfortunately the only videos of SpongeCake & The Fluff Ramblers doing any Dead, are posted by people in the crowd and can't be tagged by us . But here is a link to a really crunchy Rider Jam from New Years Eve . Hope ya enjoy. Peace!
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Submitted by Mike OB on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 13:41

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Here is the new one I did today of Stella Blue. I hope you guys like it !
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Submitted by rollout on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 19:42

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Please check out their unique version of I Know you Rider. I think they have so many of the qualities and talent our "Dead" have. Like the"Dead", they recreate a song, unlike no other and show their talent.Please help them to become discovered and like their submission. They need you help! You wont be sorry.
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Submitted by DwR on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 02:32

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Couldn't seem to reassign this video of Uncle John's Band to enter it into the covers project, but I'd love to share it with everyone! Lots of love on the lawn~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGP8Q6nQT8s Enjoy the old Deadwood Revival~ Recorded AUgust, 2011 at Dead On THe Creek fyi..... LOTS of Dead covers by Deadwood Revival on youtube~
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Submitted by rollout on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 07:27

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Disappointed to see they have slipped to #10. They have the most unique version I have ever heard of I Know you Rider, great harmonies and a jamband just trying to get recognized. Please help support your Dead Brothers from the Haight. There's a resurgence of great music,like the 60's, and they are one of the leaders. Please vote "Like" on YouTube ane help them make it to the top 5.
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Submitted by Packy on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 07:48

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Still riding high from my Bertha feature on Friday...what an incredible honor! My brother and I threw down a little H > S jam this weekend. Dig!
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Submitted by PhilipLoGerfo on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 09:33

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Hey
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Submitted by Ratdog83 on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 10:12

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Really enjoying all the awesome covers, Bertha and Cassidy have been my favorites so far. Hope you enjoy our version of TN Jed. I've always wanted to cover it, and this was a great excuse!
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Submitted by PhilipLoGerfo on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 11:18

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I agree.This is an unabashedly raw, creative, sincere, unconventional performance. A very talented group. Some of the top ten videos tend to be more polished, safe, almost academic. Hard bop jazz from the 50's and 60' underwent a similar process in the 80's and 90's. The original intent and purpose of the music became weakened as it was standardized in efforts to recreate it. There seems to be a trend in how improvised music idioms develop and establish themselves.
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Submitted by CrazyToes73 on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 11:43

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I'm so honored to be featured today in the midst of so many talented artists. Thanks again!
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Submitted by bobbyjfromtheuk on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 13:48

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Most of these are unbelievable. Everyone in Furthur and other GD extensions needs to step up their game. This contest proves one thing- There are exciting new players creating Dead music equal to, and superior in some cases to the current GD lineups. Bobby, next time you phone in a performance you might want to be aware of these other cats waiting in the wings. JK- You're the luckiest man on Earth, a number of these guys could do your job. And Phil- The singing's not happening big guy... keep it to a verse in St. Stephen.
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Submitted by gamesayer on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 15:39

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This has been so much fun checking out all of these videos. We're super stoked to have been seen in the top ten for the last few weeks. We've each liked many other people's videos and watched too many to count. We've social media'd and emailed and hounded all of our friends to come by and check out all the vids and cast their votes. Thanks everyone, what a great way to connect with other deadheads. There really are some fantastic performances on here. Hope to see some of you at a show sometime soon...maybe Mickey Hart here in a few. Maybe Cubensis. Maybe even at one of our gigs.Much Love, Tom, Saturn Returns. www.saturnreturnsband.com
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Submitted by general grant on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 19:30

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psych / noise / beats / drums / space gcube.bandcamp.com
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Submitted by 3twenty6 on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 19:18

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Check out our take on a classic Dead tune, combined with a classic Beck tune!
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Submitted by Deadwood-Jed on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 21:41

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and kudos to you for diving off the deep end :-D oh those many hours spent with the '68 mix of this song on the stereo....... I had fun doing mine but nowhere near as zonked - http://youtu.be/iM3wzHqEr3I cheers!