Bob Weir & Phil Lesh discuss "Workingman's Dead" album

in preparation for the furthur festival 2010, grateful dead's bob weir and phil lesh talk about the making of workingmans dead
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[@845callaway]

I am not sure why one would superimpose music on top the guys conversing about Workingman's Dead, making the interview nearly unlistenable...

[@astropilotred]

Headphones

[@jaxtraw51]

+Robert Aldo AMEN to the headphones recommendation! Take care Robert, Jack

[@MeherabadMoments]

I like the music superimposition; it was the camera shaking that I didn't care for. But wonderful interview nonetheless.

[@danielostrov1279]

Please repost without the freaking music. It’s unintelligible.

[@Rickpar]

Agree. :-(

[@clarkewi]

Amazing. Workingman's Dead is such a great album.

[@stevenkunzer9027]

One of their best albums. You could tell they really wanted that one and American Beauty to be stellar. Those are the two that I listen to beginning to end the most, and I just believe they are the most cohesive classic albums. Don't get me wrong I listen to all of their music especially live stuff but Workingman's Dead just really clicked for a studio album.

[@gratefulaya192]

BTW the guy on the right is Rock Scully, he was with the band a while, and also there are more of these videos and they talk about different albums

[@sambac2053]

With the band? He was their manager.

[@stephenhenion8304]

Thanks for that... I was wondering ...

[@charlespeterson3798]

I used to go over to the Springfield Dairys in the late 60's. The Dead would show up at times and looking back I agree with Phil Lesh that they reached their peak by 1972 or so. Even as early as spring of 69' there were camps in the crowd that had chosen their poison. Acid for some, coke for others, a lot of booze for the roadies. Still, it was a great time with a lot of good folks. Phil was always laying down the best vibe, his bass lines the best groove. My, the blue eyed angels would sway like clouds.

[@joeconti4392]

I love this video, thank you!

[@mikebrodyproductions]

Let's make the background music louder than the conversation, why even have it?

[@smithbt84]

+Mike Brody Haha! I thought the same thing

[@GengoNoTabi]

Yeah, I can't hear them...

[@RobHollanderMusic]

Wonderful. Thanks.

[@pretorious700]

Too bad the audio is so poor you can't understand one thing Phil said.

[@astropilotred]

Head set!

[@stillaliveandwell5291]

Headphones help with hearing the conversation.

[@harpguy1]

The backing track is louder than the conversation ,,, what kind of idiot decided to wipe out the conversation with backing music ,,, would rather have heard their story ,,, I can play or listen to Dead music anytime

[@traceling]

But thanks for uploading! It is especially cool to see them hanging with Scully.

[@gratefulaya192]

the dead should open a place up where they can play together a couple days a month, or at least use one of the places they already have. Bob, hart, Bill and Phil are the most down to earth people i have met at their stature but Bobby was the reason i started listening to the dead and I can't wait to see Bob, Hart and Bill play together, just wish Phil was with them. I think Phil would play with them if they didn't travel as much, or they just played at one venue kinda like they do in Vegas

[@lesliepropheter5040]

If you don't watch it but scroll down and read remarks, you can hear the conversation

[@owenwilberforce6138]

Crosby Stills and Nash definitely made an impact on the Dead I knew, but I always wonder if it was their performance at Woodstock that carried that weight. Essentially they had a great show with just voices and one or two guitars as I recall. That simplicity must have shown others there how to make engaging music. The Dead ultimately were folkies from before acid and jamming took over, and I love that everyone was listening to everyone else. Nobody sounded quite the same, but all could agree on good songs simply played well.

[@dorneyboy123]

They were always friends. Jerry's guitar, alligator, was gifted by Dave Crosby

[@dannyadamson5580]

very cool to hear the way this music came about also a reoccurring theme is how influential CSNY would be to many bands in the 70s

[@rv7builder397]

One more complaint about the use of foreground music (certainly can't call it background...)

[@modernpolitics]

Is there a whole series? Do they go through album by album? I'd love to see a discussion of Aoxomoxoa, for example.

[@Kati626]

RIGHT ON BROTHER!!!

[@timhorpo]

Good to see Scully there

[@adamsasso1]

"The Outer Grooves" - great band name

[@ericdavid199]

the guy on the right said that the "Vitamin C" line was in the song Casey Jones. wasn't that in Truckin'?

[@76sagi]

Anyone know the other gentleman being interviewed with Bob and Phil?

[@jkorshak]

Next time could you please interview Crosby Still and Nash and get some recording tips?

[@andrewwest7496]

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[@peterbetts858]

jeff rogers cheers to the terrapin crossroads mention. San Rafel , Califorina .

[@mikeyj.3605]

Easy Wind

[@kevinowens3240]

Dire wolf Cumberland blues The percussions on uncle John's band Not fully vested in the dead but I know what a cohesive album sounds like

[@darrrkstarrr1969]

Is that Rock Skully on the right?

[@Chrisdrumz]

Rock's book is the best book EVER on the DEAD. Totally candid and(i assume) truthful. Shows the band and himself warts and all.

[@imaseeker100]

that handheld camera...

[@betaneptune]

Can you please turn down the background music? It makes it harder to hear what they're saying. Also, please spare us the explosive rise in the volume of the music at the end of the video. Don't get me wrong, I like the music. But there's a place. . . .

[@philcarmichael6090]

Yes, the audio favors the soundtrack instead of the subjects being interviewed. What a shame and waste.

[@patswayze7359]

And Rock Scully

[@peterbetts858]

Man its too bad such an interesting conversation has such bad audio .who ever produced this interview should go back and clean it up . cmon u cant here the boys talking .

[@animalblack8482]

Cool. Background music too loud. Bring Phil up and b/g Gerry down. Thxs for upload

[@georgebethos7890]

Plus we completely lose Phils comments on Jack Cassidy on the great Northwest tour. Terrible posting

[@hannesgeiger4178]

Rock Scully is the best i love his book about the deads

[@georgebethos7890]

Yeah "Chief Smoking Moccasin!"lol

[@seanod7157]

too bad the music is too loud to hear them talk.

[@georgebethos7890]

Repost this with improved audio track

[@reid2hai]

Yeah, turn off the music so the guys can be heard. And thanks for the massive volume boost at the end to damage my speakers. That was really brilliant!

[@ElvisJagger]

@jwoodatrational not sure but @ the 5:12 mark, he picks his nose!

[@benzuckerman]

Who is the guy with the red shirt and black jacket? Thanks for posting!

[@rogersnow3446]

Nope , that's not Rock Scully , That's John Perry Barlow , Co-Lyricist with Bobby Weir .

[@JustOneOpinion]

That is not JPB.....

[@lovemorecreations]

rock scully.

[@EarlSChristy]

Sorry to be a whinner but we can hear 'New Speedway Boogie' anytime we want but the very opposite for Phil telling us about the '68' northwest(?) tour's funniest/enjoyable moments. What the hay? I could make out maybe 65% of what I thought may have been said.

[@billheisey6362]

Turn music off! Can’t hear dialogue!

[@thewoodnotesoffical]

Lol the audio quality mirrors bobs story about Vinyl being worse the farther in: The farther along in the interview the worse the background music is at drowning them our. Or should I sat Further along l

[@betaneptune]

The music is still too loud, esp. with the sudden volume-crank-up at the end. (I vaguely remember the music being even louder when I first saw this years ago. Maybe you can and did edit that in KZbin?) You don't even need the music. It's distracting and makes it harder to hear what they're saying.

[@jameshaire]

Cool conversation. Hot background makes it difficult to listen to.

[@hankwedelmusic9965]

Bob talking CSN at the start Phil talking Beatles at the end They gladly admit they were into what was swirling all around them at the time... The White album, despite being the sound of The Beatles falling apart, had enormous impact on The USA ...I I was 5 years old at the time living in NYC My Dad bought it I've been chasing the. I've ever since

[@catified2081]

Great interview..... terrible camera work..... almost got sea sick watching.

[@Jimbo4327]

Jeeze,,,poeple can really bitch. The background music was kinda irritating for sure but I assumed for myself that it came that way...Thanks for posting, I hadnt seen that before

[@jimmaculate3802]

sound not so great. but thanks for putting this up.

[@gnalbob]

isn't that jackie greene doing the interview?

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

That it is. He's a great player

[@Bobby007D]

I knew C,S,N & Y were up to no good !

[@carlrudd1858]

The album blasting away.. this is what you'd expect from member of the band who are the bands biggest groupies. Pathetic...actually. I mean, I respect what Phil and Bob have to say, because they have novel viewpoints based on first hand experience...at least I imagine they do, since I cannot hear much of their dialogue.

[@carlrudd1858]

@@psst...heyyou6508 no.

[@saintofconsequence]

Phil is god.

[@jwoodatrational]

seriously now...who is that on the right?

[@guadalahonky4002]

Hi. Buy a tripod. Thanks.

[@josephferguson4507]

Who's dog cool pepper white album tales and uncle jack and sandy koufax

[@LB-sk3vl]

God#amn well I declare!!! I cant understand a word the boys are saying!

[@catified2081]

Yup...... and don't forget getting sea sick from the awful camera work. LoL

[@oostenmusic]

The interviewer looks bored out of his mind

[@jedcsh1]

+Austin Bennett the interviewer is Jackie Greene, and he's stoned just like Bob and Phil

[@georgebethos7890]

Or smacked out of his mind is more like it

[@gratefulaya192]

you have sat next to the speakers to long if you cant hear them, or put headphones on

[@RandyStoudt]

@traceling Waaaaahhhhhh. Its not in the spirit of the grateful dead to dissect sound quality :-) How many low-quality bootlegs are out there that millions of high college students have loved over the years? Sorry I had to laugh at your criticism, especially knowing how tough it is to capture production sound properly. Give the kid a break :-)

[@Rickpar]

The music was added in post production. It continues across video cuts. The level was totally under his control and it's just too hot.

[@diatroptoff94]

Jackie Greene

[@CairnTerrier69]

The big brown and black dog trying to get Weir’s attention! 😆

[@roguenation]

Written Under Record-Company Pressure? Truth is, WD along with AB were written under revenue-minded record-label pressure to produce tunes that were a trendy blending of country, folk and rock styles, radio friendly, and so catchy that they literally make you sing along! I'm not even here to defend some of these commercial tracks, some are flukes, some are deliberate and lamentable "sell-out" moments.

[@commontater8630]

Pretty damn dumb, playing the music. Interviews don't need music tracks, ESPECIALLY not ones with vocals!!!!! I was hoping that despite previous comments I would be able to hear the dialogue well enough, but nope, the one thing this video does most effectively is to drown out crucial bits of commentary with music.

[@georgebethos7890]

Can’t hear it can’t hear it can’t hear it thumbs down 👎

[@sambac2053]

And Rock Scully