Author Topic: Grateful Dead Meet-Up 2014 - Beat Club (Read 411 times)

hieronymous · « **on:** July 17, 2014, 10:08:58 PM »

Did anyone else make it to this? Some great footage of the Godfather (including Phil playing several songs with his fingers - I always thought of him as exclusively a pick player) - it sounded great as well! I also spotted Alembic-style witch-hat knobs on Jerry's Strat!

Here's an article about it with some footage:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-grateful-dead-groove-on-playing-in-the-band-for-upcoming-movie-20140716

harald_rost · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2014, 12:42:42 AM »

Beat-Club was such a good German TV Show with many great bands from England and USA, all live-music - heavily missed now!

David Houck · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2014, 06:34:24 AM »

That was a great version of Playing in the Band!

5a_quilt_top · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2014, 09:41:04 AM »

Was at the Phoenix showing last night.

Agreed - excellent close-ups of the instruments and hands - plus decent sound quality.

I believe Jerry's Strat had been Alembicized prior to the Europe '72 tour.

Also interesting to note that his only effect was a Colorsound Wah. His FX rig certainly got more complex as the 70's progressed.

hifiguy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2014, 10:00:48 AM »

Great video!

lbpesq · « **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2014, 01:40:43 PM »

Harry, thanks for posting the video. I attended an acoustic jam last night where we played Friend of the Devil and Wharf Rat in honor of the Meet Up.

After viewing the video, I have one question:

Were we really ever that young?

lol

Bill, tgo

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 18, 2014, 05:19:56 PM »

Great! Thanks, Harry. And wonderful camera work; usually when the Dead were filmed, it seems the camera stayed on Jerry 90% of the time. Gots to see the whole thing!

Peter

wfmandmusic · « **Reply #7 on:** July 20, 2014, 06:42:43 PM »

Yes thanks for posting this. Beautiful vintage vid. It's funny but I think most people don't understand how complicated Bobby's parts were at times. I use to really enjoy playing this song. The bass part is so wonderful and so fun to improvise to it. I hope they release this piece.

dead_head · « **Reply #8 on:** July 20, 2014, 08:09:48 PM »

Thanks, Harry. Really enjoyed this.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 20, 2014, 10:40:35 PM »

...I think most people don't understand how complicated Bobby's parts were at times.

I have long held that he is the world's only actual rhythm guitar genius; perhaps the most overlooked & underrated player of all time. Tell me I can have the chops of any player in history for the asking & I wouldn't hesitate to say Bob Weir, of course! Jerry was amazing, as were the drummers & (each in his own way) all the keyboardists but Vince (great player, wrong band) but what made the Dead the Dead for me was always the unique stylings of Phil & Bobby.
Jerry once said of Bob His playing provides the only context in which my playing really makes sense.

Peter

sonicus · « **Reply #10 on:** July 20, 2014, 11:02:13 PM »

Peter , that makes sense to me as well ______ That rhythm guitar method that Bob Weir presents is so much pavement for the Grateful Dead vehicle of musical performance . Got to have if for this style .

lbpesq · « **Reply #11 on:** July 21, 2014, 01:11:21 AM »

+1 on Bobby. Other unique/original rhythm players I love include Keith Richards and the guy who used to play for the Neville Brothers a long time ago.

The Bobby chair in a Dead band or any two guitar jam type band is where I enjoy myself the most. I'm listening to both the lead and the bass, and trying to create a fabric that blends the two. I also see my role as a bit of a quarterback, standing in the figurative center of the sound and acting as a conduit through which we can all musicially communicate. All the while often playing lead with chords. I learned this watching and listening to Bob Weir.

Bill, tgo

wfmandmusic · « **Reply #12 on:** July 21, 2014, 08:18:54 AM »

I made that statement about Bobby because most dead bands I've played with had a struggle with that chair. As we worked through the parts and tried to figure them out most of the time I said to myself, man I'm glad I'm not trying to do that, the bass part is hard enough! I agree about the road map. People were always down on Bobby on tour, but I always had the most respect for his contributions, even the cheesy ones.....

David Houck · « **Reply #13 on:** July 21, 2014, 02:11:41 PM »

Glad to see all the positive comments on Bobby's guitar work. The more videos I watch, especially the close-ups of his playing, the greater my appreciation for what he's doing, both in the structured passages and in the improvisational passages.

The whole band is amazing to watch; I would love to be in a band that had that kind of communication.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #14 on:** July 23, 2014, 08:25:13 PM »

....the guy who used to play for the Neville Brothers a long time ago.

Shane Theroit?

Peter