Author Topic: Great App for Deadheads! (Read 1163 times)

sonicus · « **Reply #15 on:** October 11, 2013, 02:33:07 AM »

Peter , I remember a Longines Symphonette radio that my parents had in the corner of the kitchen nook.

Back to the Dead , ____I like Fillmore East 2-11-69
Uncle Bobo plays the cowbell !

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #16 on:** October 11, 2013, 08:43:01 AM »

The system was a Silvertone with the fold-out speakers and drop-down turntable; what they got from LS were mail-order easy listening boxed sets; they would occasionally go hard-core & pick up something like The Magic of Montovani or An Andy Williams Christmas (thank god for the college girl who rented a room & had things like Burl Ives & P,P&M!!!)
Yes, Martin Mull pretty much name-checked my parents in Normal.

Peter

terrace · « **Reply #17 on:** October 11, 2013, 09:06:07 AM »

I'm tired of rock and rollin', let's get married honey let's go bowlin'

lbpesq · « **Reply #18 on:** October 11, 2013, 09:39:33 AM »

Become once-a-weekers and get some lousy speakers!

jalevinemd · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2013, 12:40:52 PM »

The app is great. I wish, though, that you could search by song title and not just the date.

flaxattack · « **Reply #20 on:** October 14, 2013, 03:33:09 PM »

6/10/73
was one of the most downloaded shows according to archive.

ed_too · « **Reply #21 on:** January 05, 2014, 08:23:14 AM »

Bill, I?ve been lovin? this app ? thanks.

I also like ?Taper?s Section? on Dead.net since it?s usually a good mix. This week?s from Paris 9/21/74 is what we used to call (when trading show tapes) a ?Lesh/Garcia? mix. I?d think Phil must be playing one of his Alembics and Jerry might still be playing ?Gator?.

http://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/december-30-2013-january-5-2014?intcmp=home%2Ffeatures3

Ed

bigredbass · « **Reply #22 on:** January 05, 2014, 06:03:39 PM »

I certainly am loathe to admit it in this company, but I'm still trailing Mica: When it comes to the Dead, I still DON'T get it.

I'm very impressed at however they arrived at their ethos of pressing the technical end of things forward, but musically it rarely moves me.

J o e y

tbrannon · « **Reply #23 on:** January 05, 2014, 08:03:42 PM »

Never fear, Joey. I'm with you.

I totally respect it and love that it moves some people to such lengths. It doesn't do all that much for me- but that IS the beauty of music.

I may as well confess that very little of what Stanley Clarke does moves me either. An amazing player for sure, but there isn't much that resonates with me musically.

jazzyvee · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2014, 11:00:33 PM »

I can't ever see myself becoming a dead fan but listened a lot recently to the dead music on my iPad from Internet radio stations and I think if I'd been exposed to it when I was a teenager or in my early 20's I would have been more into it. A lot of the music I've listened to so far I have really enjoyed.

Although I'm actually a huge Stanley Clarke fan, it pains me to admit that,I got a Stanley Clarke multi cd collection from his 1980's output recently to fill a hole in my collection of his music and compared to his stuff before and after that time and let's say I was very underwhelmed. It was the amazing Vertu album that restored my faith and got me interested in buying his music again in recent years.

That said there is a lot of music from the 80's that I was hugely disappointed with.

Oops I digressed,
Jazzyvee

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keith_h · « **Reply #25 on:** January 06, 2014, 05:50:00 AM »

I never was into the Dead. I can appreciate the musicianship on some of their work and applaud their experimentalism but I just don't find a lot of their stuff accessible. I had friends in my teens and 20's that were big Dead Heads though that tried to convert me. I suspect my taste has more to do with working in a record store where the owner would pop every new jazz album he received onto the turntable. A number of those made their way into my collection and are still what I listen to the most.

I like Stanley's recent stuff as he seems to have gotten back to writing new material instead of rehashing things he did previously. I think the change has a lot to do with being influenced by the younger folks he has been playing with like Hiromi and Ron Bruner. I think it pushed him to get his game back and brought new energy to his group dynamics.

To further hijack the thread. If you ever have a chance to see Hiromi live do it. My wife who does not care for jazz even enjoyed the show due to Hiromi's energy.

Keith

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #26 on:** January 06, 2014, 08:27:57 AM »

I'd think that would help, Keith, as Mickey Hart once (quite aptly, I think) described their music as using a rock lexicon with a jazz syntax. I realize it's not for everyone - but I don't understand why

Then again, I've always thought Stanley was an amazing musician; I've never enjoyed listening to him.

Peter

sonicus · « **Reply #27 on:** January 06, 2014, 08:47:38 AM »

Peter, YES ! Thanks ____
Using a rock lexicon with a Jazz syntax That make sense to me____ I like it , I like it alot !!!! ( a separate smile for each string , quadrophonic)

Wolf

lbpesq · « **Reply #28 on:** January 06, 2014, 08:55:02 AM »

I suspect all of you guys who don't get the Dead never saw them live. The experience never really transferred to vinyl/tape/plastic/computer bits very well. It was the Dead that taught me to appreciate jazz. I've often described their music as a jazz approach using rock 'n roll tools.

Oh yea, you probably never saw them while tripping either. A truly celestial experience!

Bill, tgo

lbpesq · « **Reply #29 on:** January 06, 2014, 09:12:47 AM »

Peter and Wolf posted while I was composing the above. I never heard the Mickey Hart quote before. It's nice to read that Mickey Hart agrees with me!

Bill, tgo