![]() In another dimension entirely (that of DS), TC's organ explores the spaces left by Jerry and Phil, delicately dancing down winding alleyways of possibility in a laid-back group performance. He's also enjoying singing the puns about ballin' his jackhammer so much he risks breaking his back. Easy Wind (the second performance of this song) features Pig on organ (I'm sure it cannot be TC), his funky groove foreshadowing the 70s, not too complex but fun and danceable. With the organ high in the mix all the way through, it is an ideal opportunity to study the contrasting styles of Pig and TC, and what each adds to the group sound. ![]() "all I need is some of your love", Pigpen. Thanks for the Love (Light, mine's still on.) Oops! uh what, happened man? "And We Bid You Good Night" continues in mono too.Įat, drink, be merry and listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD. Around 24 minutes and 30 seconds into TOYLL, the audio switches to mono. I'm giving this show 5 stars for Dark Star, and Turn On Your Love Light.The audio is really quite good (for 1969) when the band is playing at the right levels. ![]() It's so nice to hear Pigpen again!ĭon't count this one out, just be thankful we can hear summer of 69, maybe someday kids will be downloading "entire" live shows of their favorite bands with video too, or 3d holograms of the band on stage, heck for all I know they are already doing it.ģ stars for rehearsing, 4 stars for audio quality, 5 stars for Pigpen. 27 minutes and 9 seconds long, Turn On Your Love Light doesn't disappoint. Okay, man if you can get past the hiss, and some rehearsing on Casey Jones & Easy Wind, by the time you get to Dark Star, the DEAD know where they are and what they are doing.Ĭlassic 1969 Pigpen. 1970, nicknamed the Steal Your Face after appearing on the 1976 live album of that name.If you try, sometimes you get what you need. Grateful Dead logo, originally designed c. One of his close friends from involved in that world was musician Bob Thomas of the band the Golden Toad, who (in addition to working on some of Owsley’s labs) would create the art for Live/Dead, as well as the dancing bears and the Dead’s skull-and-lightning bolt Steal Your Face logo. Along with his partners, he was an enthusiastic attendee of the early Renaissance Faires in California, countercultural events that grew from the same underground arts scene as the Grateful Dead, topic of a great book by Rachel Lee Rubin. Owsley had many fascinations and obsessions, from alchemy to coffee, from ballet to hi-fi stereo. “Turnaroumd,” Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady (with Joey Covington), from the Owsley Stanley Foundation release Before We Were Them The Owsley Stanley Foundation has dedicated itself to preserving many of Bear’s Sonic Journals of other artists, so far including the New Riders of the Purple Sage, the Allman Brothers Band, Doc & Merle Watson, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, and-most lately- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. Stanley’s recordings can be heard on many Grateful Dead releases from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, such as the incredible Dick’s Picks 4, recorded at the Fillmore East in February 1970. Owsley Stanley at the Fillmore East, February 1970. It’s a story inseparable from the history of the Grateful Dead - and, for that matter, perhaps the entirety of western culture over the past half-century. They’re marching.īack cover of Bear’s Choice, art by Bob Thomas, 1973Īlso known as Bear, and in addition to his work as a trailblazing pioneer of live concert sound, Owsley Stanley was also the most legendary underground LSD chemist in history. And he would’ve told you the bears aren’t dancing. The “Bear” was Owsley Stanley, and it was the first release of music from he called his Sonic Journals, verite audio documents of his work as the Grateful Dead’s first sound engineer. The album was a tribute to Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, who’d passed away that spring. The bears first appeared in July 1973 on the Grateful Dead live album, The History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One: Bear’s Choice. ![]() What’s With the Bear(s)? Supplementary NotesĪll those dancing bears might look cute and cuddly, but there’s a lot more to them.
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