Dark Star Orchestra - "Eyes of the World" - Mountain Jam 2014

[@user-cb5we5dr5g]

Listen when it comes to singing, even the original guys didn't always have it down (especially in the later years), it's really all about the jamming and these guys nail it

[@BrockSamson810]

all the hate im seeing in the comments... people seemed to have forgot what music is about. just listen to it and let go, let it flow over you, stop nitpicking it, just enjoy.. jeez people.. learn to relax abd not take everything so seriously.

[@tw8454]

What are you talking about I’ve seen not one negative comment in here except yours calling them out

[@GopnikVlad]

@@tw8454I don’t see them either, but YT does hide comments all the time, so may have been there prior.

[@richardbeese7635]

Feels baby

[@kavami11jams30]

Closest you'll come to the real thing when it comes to Jerry's pickin. These guys are great, the vibe of people are great. If you ever want to get somewhat close to what it felt like when Jerry was alive this comes close out of all cover bands. If I close my eyes I can force myself to pretend I'm almost back in late 80s at a show. God how I miss those days. These guys musically are great vocally they need some work.

[@BrockSamson810]

saw these guys are dark star orchestra this year, amazing night, best acid trip of my life haha. besides the trip at serpent mound.

[@mattbroberg5565]

Thank you dark star my kiddos first show you all nailed it, she's hooked

[@nickjanice6356]

Saw them in London 2022, got tickets for both shows at Ally Pally this year. Thanks for coming back, jeez these guys are good.

[@Umberto2]

Damn these guys are good!

[@NinjatoSama]

like the Dead, they have their ON and OFF days. Dead and Company w/ John Mayer is not bad though.

[@bross63]

Lan Tran dark star orchestra are as close to the Grateful Dead as I’ve ever heard, and I saw a lot of Grateful Dead shows back in the day as well as a number of dead cover bands through the years. Dead and Company shows are fun because of the scene and crowd energy, so I’m not saying their shows are a waste of time. That said, dead and co are at best an OK dead cover band. Mayer is a fine musician but doesn’t have the jerry phrasing and bounce that Jeff does in dso. Jeff’s solo playing along with the wonderful playing of the other dso members and band as a whole transport one to that magical place to which the dead offered passage from 1965-1991 and on rarer occasions afterward up until Jerry’s death. My comments are meant more as a strong compliment to dso than as a criticism of Mayer or dead and co.

[@kavami11jams30]

I'm seeing them for my b-day on Febriary 8th in Eugene Oregon cant wait!!!

[@mistymountainranch9566]

totally freakn awesome, can't wait to see yah up in New Hampshire on the 21st. 2017.

[@xSqueakyPeachx]

This song makes me so happy!!!!!!

[@petercofrancesco1620]

Love ❤️ It ! Great Video !

[@tonydanis1480]

By far teh best Jerry wannabe I have ever heard - and that's a big compliment! Thanks for posting, I am happier now!

[@tonydanis1480]

***** Yet always, always, always that little extra 5-10% of signature deftness, intelligence,wit and sophistication is absent in whomever emulates Jerry. It always seem to me his unique genius was most recognizable in the very moment of onset in the attack of each note and right at the trailing edge - just a flicker of personal touch that couldn't be imitated. But kudos to DSO for sure. Only time I ever saw them live was in the early 90s in Northern California before a crowd of maybe 120. Like you, I'm generally very leery of cover bands - heck, I sometimes resented when the boys had guest musicians at shows. It always meant Jerry played less :-( The Vicious Hippies out of Santa Cruz had , at least at one point in their varying roster, a bass player who for the life of me I couldn't distinguish from early-seventies Phil. They played at the beach campsite after the shows at '84 Ventura, drawing a big crowd, many of whom were convinced in the darkness that Lesh was sitting in.

[@sethfleishman5346]

***** "that little extra 5-10% of signature deftness, intelligence,wit and sophistication"--very well put! but let me add my KUDOS to Jeff Mattson. I definitely think he's the best one out there. He's been doing this a LONG time. I saw him live with Volunteers back in 80-something, and he was very good then. As for that "little extra" 5-10%. I guess it's like that 5% of DNA that separates man from chimpanzees....or as Maxwell Smart used to say "missed it by THAT much!". Jerry Garcia was an ARTIST.

[@orenselah3600]

Seth Fleishman Agreed! I saw JM play with the JGB at a tiny club in Portland Or, man did he, Melvin and that band tear it up..and as Bill graham said about Jerry & the boys - "they're not the best at what they do, they're the only ones who do what they do", well stated Uncle Bobo.

[@luitgi]

+71OtherOne Except that the vocals are very off...But I agree with you

[@MostFanciestDragon]

I seen them wow bro faced out amazing

[@derekwilhelm1356]

This, that rocked! Fellas keep playing in jamming all we need to do is see you in concert

[@hencethesituation]

*dances while kneeling rolling a blunt* lol

[@luisalbertmartinez9634]

Damn they jam! Cannot wait for the Warfield show coming up!!!!

[@elijahallen3318]

Seen these guys in July of 2010 at Nelson ledges quarry park Ohio. Great concert and vibes

[@orenselah3600]

Way to go DSO If the horse don't pull you've got to carry the load... And how cool that they have a hard-of-hearing interpreter, beautiful...

[@AlaskaB83]

Spot on. Even have a Donna character with questionable harmony....

[@jaxtraw51]

+AlSwearengen15 never been a Donna fan.Not about Donna...that extra voice just wasn't necessary.

[@AlaskaB83]

***** I agree. I love the bumper sticker "Donna ruined all my bootlegs".

[@stephenchase3352]

will somebody give that girl a tambourine and a valium.

[@taylorhitchcock5585]

Hahaha

[@writer125]

Hey Jennifer is great with her harmony. Even Donna thought so, she had Jennifer join her on stage with her own band. DSO is the best. Too much hate here.

[@jacquimoccia5615]

This is music

[@TheHughes606]

That vibe though..

[@seblauu]

Whereas The Grateful Shred sound youthful and energetic like the late 60’s and early 70’ s these guys are much closer to the late 80’s and early 90’s shows. The lead guitar is impressive, and even the the voice is faded like Jerry’s became with time. I still prefer Grateful Shred, but haven’t seen to much from these guys to really have a set opinion.

[@AmericasChoice]

That late 60's early 70's sound is hard to duplicate. I was in a couple of GD cover bands in the late 70's and those tunes were a challenge. We worked up a pretty decent Morning Dew, New Minglewood Blues, Dire Wolf and Easy Wind. Getting that early tone isn't easy. I like Dark Star Orchestra. The bassist is better than Otiel, who doesn't even try to sound like Lesh. Lead guitarists always seem to throw too many notes at the progressions. Garcia was always pretty careful about hitting the melodic center.

[@Justme-fh3qi]

So damn good!

[@grahamcarver4527]

Yes ❤😮

[@terryomalley9669]

The martyrs shows, are always good. Even with 3 inches of beer, everywhere you step.

[@wdprontheair2915]

what up with the bass?

[@wdprontheair2915]

I think I need better speakers...lol

[@MostFanciestDragon]

WDPR ontheair the bass is too sick good point out ....

[@billnewberry1462]

Better than mayer

[@billnewberry1462]

Lpl

[@Justme-fh3qi]

The female singer sounds way better than Donna! 😂

[@kavami11jams30]

Everybody sounds better than Donna. Lol

[@dilldinger3772]

JRAD > DSO

[@BenMas]

Dill Dinger dude... Stop... DSO has it down...

[@brianhartnett5326]

JRAD is so fuckin weak, how do people like that band?

[@BenMas]

jrad is good, nothing like dark star

[@biffDipstick]

I didn't know music was a competition.

[@MrRickleon]

They are so off key, i can't figure why so many Dead fans are tone deaf

[@mistymountainranch9566]

You can't get what you don't understand. . .

[@devindevine6887]

Misty Mountain Ranch it’s not lack of understanding.. if you think they’re on key you should listen harder... it’s painful..

[@generaljackson1741]

get that bad dancing old lady off the stage

[@kavami11jams30]

The female back up singer (Donna wanna be) is tone deaf but so was Donna so...there you go. Lol

[@AmericasChoice]

LOL. apropos...#FukinDonna

[@vincegedeon6583]

Are they suppose to be like a futuristic grateful dead lol? I think ill stick to black metal this is too scary!

[@deweypug]

Very nice homage... BUT, that dancing woman is distracting to me...

[@shawn5780]

Just another cover band. Nothing more......

[@TheHughes606]

That vibe though..