FELT LIKE SUNSHINE!| FIRST TIME HEARING Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia REACTION

[@mushbone]

I first saw the Dead in concert 51 years ago this summer. I've been smiling ever since.

[@dpall38]

Nothing left to do…………

[@charleskurtz9744]

1973 Summer Jam !!

[@lisarainbow9703]

​@@dpall38but smile, smile, smile....

[@mushbone]

@@charleskurtz9744 TWELVE FEET FROM THE BASE OF THE STAGE!

[@klevesmith]

1971 for me. Houston, Jefferson Airplane and Uriah Heep on same bill. I was all of 14. Like you, still smiling 😃!!!

[@lukeleia7616]

100 percent guarentee you're going to add Box Of Rain to your Playlist after a listen. 😊

[@regularsizeruss3874]

Let Phil sing!

[@jesterforhire]

Absolutely.

[@warzone6700]

I hope they do Terrapin Station…. the ultimate dead song

[@scubasteev]

Or " we can run"

[@scubasteev]

Or " tons of steel"

[@mitchellberhoveren7638]

I see many picking their favorite Dead song. I couldn't possibly pick a favorite!!! They're ALL my favorite!!!

[@laurafoote214]

my husband is a true deadhead, been listening to their music through our entire marriage lol, took me to one of their concerts once, hippie's everywhere lol, it was fun.

[@gwenivere73]

It's just the opposite in my family, my husband goes with me to the concerts and doesn't say much when I turn on the Grateful Dead channel though he'd rather be listening to a different group.

[@StevenCosta-tp2sw]

My first concert was The Grateful Dead, Jan. 15th 1977. I was 15. It was a small venue, about 1400 people. The following day, they played in San Francisco to 100,000 people. They loved to perform, and see them live was better than any album.

[@carlos_herrera]

GD was also my first concert, also at 15, but at Madison Square Garden in 1994. First song was my first time hearing Shakedown Street.

[@lisarainbow9703]

Amber, you're right-- The Grateful Dead were definitely "their own genre". Excellent description. Keep exploring, their diversity is amazing...

[@AI_Image_Master]

Somewhere between Rock, Country, Folk and Blue Grass.

[@lylemorgan9144]

"They are not the best at what they do. They are the only ones who do what they do."

[@loveit7484]

I soooo miss Grateful Dead shows. Nothing better than being in a crowd of people all loving & dancing & positive. I so miss that but so blessed I was able to experience it many times. Love your reactions.

[@bobholtzmann]

The Grateful Dead has lots of soothing harmony vocal songs -- "Uncle John's Band" is one of them. I like how "Sugar Magnolia" fits in Jerry Garcia on steel guitar - he played it on other artists' albums mostly, like on "Teach Your Children" by Crosby Stills Nash & Young.

[@cindyquinn9739]

Can’t believe you haven’t done Uncle John’s Band yet. That absolutely needs to be your next Dead listen.

[@dscotthoward7467]

This quiet little studio song morphed in a monster rocker live. Sometimes it started the first day of a three show run, only to finally be finished on the 3rd night(which is why we went to every show). Or started, then a song or two nested in the jam, before getting back to the finish. You just never knew what to expect(except a great experience).

[@christopherjensen7656]

The Dead are always best experienced through their live stuff. So different and better.

[@reneeliberty9626]

I saw them in the late sixties more times that I can count. The Fillmore East was my go to place. They often played for free on Sundays in the park

[@jco207]

"She's my summer love in the spring, fall and winter" is one of my favorite Grateful Dead lyrics.

[@1621billw]

US Blues is a great summertime jam, Uncle John's Band is quite good as well.

[@okcdog5439]

Uncle John's Band is my favorite song by them.

[@chrisheward7696]

Ripple is my favorite or box of rain

[@lisarainbow9703]

Deadhead roll call: Hey Now! (~):} 🎶✌💜

[@Heinz57Sauce]

🫡

[@crazyfingers19]

☮🩵🎶

[@tommathews3964]

American Beauty and Workingman’s Dead came out in the same year. Absolutely unheard of these days! You get some great Jerry pedal steel on both classic albums. Friend of The Devil, Cumberland Blues, Uncle John’s Band, Easy Wind, Black Peter, Ripple, Box of Rain…those two albums are LOADED with great material that became staples in the live lineup.

[@randyallaben9900]

Just saw Dead & Company two nights at The Sphere in Vegas. 2 original members-Bob Weir and Mickey Hart. Absolutely phenomenal! John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti, Jay Lane, and Oteil Burbridge are incredibly talented. The bus never stops! Dead Forever!

[@gr8fullytedicated]

My first of 67 Dead shows was in January, 1971. The same song on their Europe '72 album is a total rocker!

[@victorbortolussi2964]

Saw them about 40 times. From '78 with Keith and Donna. Up until Jerry's passing in '95. Stayed pretty local in New England. With only 40 shows,I would be considered a "casual fan" by the real Dead Heads! Lol Highlight show: Worcester Centrum November 5 1985. Second of 2 nights. In between sets we're near the side/back of the stage. We see 3 giant dudes. It's Dead Head #1 Bill Walton. He has Bird and McHale with him. Lights go out Bob brings Walton out and the building sings "Happy Birthday "! I can say without actually lying that I sang a song with The Grateful Dead! 😂❤

[@pamelaeskenazi6731]

@@victorbortolussi2964 best show in USA, English town hands down

[@jameskneubuhl9115]

This is from 1970, when the Dead were still in kind of a County Rock phase. That little "do do do" bit right at the end always reminded me of The Eagles, even though The Eagles didn't come along till two years later going "do do do" at the end of ***their*** first hit, "Take It Easy".

[@carlos_herrera]

The influence of Crosby Stills and Nash on the GD has been a bit overstated, but this song definitely shows the CSN influence on the band.

[@jameskneubuhl9115]

@@carlos_herrera And CSN is all over The Eagles' sound (at least the early Eagles). So there's a thread running between the Dead, CSN and The Eagles, even if you'd never mistake The Eagles for the Dead.

[@BobGeogeo]

You can't go wrong with anything from the American Beauty album.

[@Mister_Samsonite]

It's pretty solid! I only like three of their albums, and this is one of them.

[@BobGeogeo]

@@Mister_Samsonite Yes. I had Beauty and Terrapin Station on well made cassettes but Beauty got 10x the play.

[@snerdterguson]

American Beauty, Workingmans Dead, Skull F*ck, Europe 72 are all terrific IMO. Though obviously Europe 72 is live. Some of their early stuff is pretty innovative, not my favorites overall, but there's something there. And the early songs were fantastic, just really the kind of songs that don't really shine in the studio. If they were abke,in the studio,to truly capture what they did best, they could have made some fantastic albums with songs like Alligator, Dark Star, St. Stephen,The Other One, The Eleven and Pig raving with Love light or Good Lovin.

[@Dr_Bombay]

Box of Rain is just the best Dead song to me. never fails to make me happy.

[@tictocbang7443]

The best

[@richardmartin9565]

Never heard any band like Grateful Dead.

[@corygivan5507]

I love Grateful Dead, favorite band til I die. BUT, I'm also an old school KISS guy. Army as a kid and it ages we'll. Fun. When I saw grateful dead AND a Paul Stanley shirt it's an immediate like! So weird and so beautiful. Fun.

[@tenjed4224]

Sugar Magnolia was one of the favorites of the Dead and was most often paired with the coda to the song called Sunshine Daydream at shows.

[@rhlang11]

loved this song since forever. "knew she had to come up soon for air". Sugar Mag was a top dance tune when played live.

[@mikedavis9028]

Try these: Estimated Prophet, Hell in a Bucket, Brokedown Palace, Uncle John's Band

[@LearningJeff]

I was fortunate to see Greatful Dead before Jerry passed. I have seen “The Dead,” since. I took my wife to see Rat Dog, outdoors. Bob was touched by how into the music my wife was (dancing etc). After the show, he autographed the set list, and had a stage hand bring it out in the crowd to her. Amazing memory You should watch the Documentary-movie, “The Other One.”

[@mikepiccione886]

40 year fan here, fell in love at 15

[@arroyo284]

Check out the medley China Cat Sunflower / I Know you Rider from the Live In Europe 1972 album, very good.

[@jrox6091]

When I think of the Grateful Dead this is the song that first comes to mind. It has a pleasant, happy, dancy groove...inciting much kitchen dancing. Great selection! Be blessed❤

[@mikepiccione886]

Your Jeep comment is perfect that is what a Willie's is❤😂

[@MattLahey-by6fz]

Dead Head here, you can never go wrong with anything from the Dead. Some really great live versions of this song.

[@magekaz6719]

Yay!! I love seeing you guys react to the Grateful Dead!! You get them. You both should check out the Shakedown Street from the second set of Philly Spectrum 4-6-1982. Easy to find. And I'd love to see you react to the Lost Sailor>Saint of Circumstance from the same show🙏🙏🙏🧡🧡🧡 You won't be disappointed!

[@wiliamwidlacki7459]

The Grateful Dead aren't just the best at what they do, they are the only ones doing it!!!!!!

[@pamelaeskenazi6731]

@@wiliamwidlacki7459 NO one is doing it anymore

[@BethReed62]

This always reminds me of “Runaway Bride”. “What would Jerry do?”

[@donaldchase9250]

It’s hard to pin down what genre the Grateful Dead were, as they went through several distinct phases. They started out as a jug band, but they quickly morphed into a blues rock garage band. In the mid to late 60s they became a psychedelic band. This period of the Dead from the early 1970s is their “country phase” with the albums American Beauty and Workingnan’s Dead. Jerry got into the pedal steel guitar, and they were clearly influenced by “the Bakersfield Sound” that had a revitalization in California at that time. In the mid 1970s they became an R&B band, and they even dipped their toes into disco (or quasi disco as Bob Weir has said) in the mid to late 1970s. By the 1980s, they were a Grateful Dead tribute band.

[@gkiferonhs]

The best concert I've seen was the Dead in Iowa City in the early 70's. They played until three in the morning with all kinds of other stars coming on the stage to sit in and jam.

[@827dusty]

One of my favorite Grateful Dead songs. Just listen to those lyrics. He's talking about his woman.

[@muffinamy83]

This is my favorite Dead. I just love this song.

[@richdiddens4059]

I'm dating myself but one of the most redneck lines of all time, "She can dance a Cajun rhythm just like a Willys in 4-wheel drive."

[@lovefromnyc]

me too!

[@riverlove6820]

Sunshine -Daydream!! thanks for this. Found a cool Grateful Dead shirt when dumpster diving as a 3rd grader in a college town. My Mom actually let me keep it but I couldn't wear it in public. Skeletons and roses!! in small NE Texas town. I then was lucky enough to be visiting my cousin in Austin when they played at the Manor Downs in early 80's. I lost my people right when I got their but had a blast because almost EVERYONE was dancing and having fun - super chilled and nice and sharing. At the time, I was more into hard rock. Later in college, I became more familiar with their songs as I had a Deadhead for a room mate. He had many live shows recorded on cassettes, so I explored and loved so many of their songs. He went to some shows and never came back. His parents finally came and moved his stuff out of his room. I then had great times seeing them with friends in Tempe, Arizona, Phoenix and Las Vegas in early 90's. Love y'all. love n peace

[@mokumboi19]

This might be my favorite Dead song. Never gets old. Instant smile, tension be gone.

[@williamtauriello1581]

First saw the Dead at Watkins Glen in the early ‘70’s with the Band, the Allman Bros, and 600,000+ other concert goers. Saw them many times after that in the Bay Area as well.

[@Rockn247]

amber has gotta listen to and or watch some live dead , like alpine valley 1989 .

[@shemanic1]

A Superb summery tune from a Superb album by an extremely Superb band, & a "Box Of Rain" won't dampen your spirits at all.

[@kenjordan5750]

A great classic Dead song!

[@TonyPucci11]

I wrote this song lyric after seeing The Grateful Dead at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin, for a 3-day concert in 1987: "I saw a girl lift her arms and twirl in a multi-colored skeletal swirl. I watched her live this dreamy dance with my emotions fixed and my eyes enhanced... Love is flowing stronger. Would you care to listen for a special sort of melody we have never heard before?" I have a lot of great memories associated with this band. The only band I've seen more than The Grateful Dead is The Church (from Australia). The bands aren't necessarily similar, but they both feature a pair of great guitarists.

[@larryhudgins3647]

Amber, you're so right! Can't beat "Touch of Gray"!

[@GaryCain-qf5vi]

Love the Greatful Dead 🙏 check out the 2003 Documentary "Festival Express", it had the Greatful Dead, Janis Joplin & many more Great Groups, they were having so much fun! It was 1970 the summer after Woodstock and only months before we lost Janis RIP. ✌️Peace ☮️ your 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 😊 Great Reaction👍

[@RandyGabbert]

Check out Althea, it's a Graeful Dead classic with Jerry's great singing!

[@KelliFranklin]

Love love LOVE Althea

[@theheartmachine1]

Love it! Check out a live version where they extend the ending...Sunshine Daydream

[@MikeWalsh-f1g]

Thanks Jay and Amber. I recommend Sugaree next if you haven't. Live or studio its all good 🤙

[@aseaofemotions]

I always liked when Grateful Dead & Phish toured in my city which they did a lot. Their fans were the nicest people.

[@bill8384]

American Beauty is one of the greatest albums ever recorded! I believe it was released in 1970! The Dead is definitely an acquired taste, but once you're hooked, you're hooked! 😊

[@stefanwilliams2576]

I took my first wife to her first ever concert,the Jerry Garcia Band. She wanted to know why all the people near the stage were twirling around and dancing. "They took acid an hour ago and it's blooming!" There's nothing like a grateful dead concert

[@ArlyMusic]

Saw a couple dozen shows in the early 80s Blessed

[@robertjewell9727]

Waiting for you two to hear their UNBROKEN CHAIN (studio version from the album FROM THE MARS HOTEL) Great reaction. This song brings back truly joyful memories. Thank you.

[@mushbone]

YES! Mars Hotel is one of my favorite albums and the relatively rare Phil Lesh vocal makes this one a classic.

[@magekaz6719]

Yes!!!

[@keithschwartz5723]

If all they did had been Sugar Magnolia and Truckin' they still would have been legendary. Their two most representative songs.

[@ShaunMarshall-sr3ou]

One of my all time favorite songs

[@mikenutter9418]

A lot of their stuff has this kind of "country" feel. Uncle John's Band, and Friend of the Devil are in that category.

[@GratefulZen]

Jay, you got it ! It’s a “Sunshine Day Dream!”

[@Shatterstar2112]

Hi guys , I am the youngest of 5 brothers ALL deadheads, And while I am grateful (lol) to have been schooled on this band who I have seen in concert twice and all the other bands of that generation and will always hold a special place in my soul, But I hit puberty in 77 when Van Halen AC/DC Thin Lizzy Rush and Aerosmith were in emerging ,I'll let you paint the rest of that picture. Have a blessed day Y'all

[@markstoudenmire4935]

Simply put....I miss the Dead.

[@TommyFlett]

Iron Maiden is my favorite band, but i also love the Grateful Dead, so i dont know whether im a metal deadhead or a dead metalhead.😊

[@MrRiverfeverwa]

Back in the day this was for sure 'smokin' music, if you know what I mean....

[@FritzMonday]

Thank you !

[@floorticket]

Reportedly famed concert promoter Bill Graham's favorite song of the Dead's.

[@carlos_herrera]

They played it at midnight at his New Year's shows

[@sailcrouch]

Try my favorite Dead song, Uncle John's Band, from the fabulous Working Man's Dead album.

[@davemcbroom695]

Luv the Dead. I wasn't a Head, but I saw them 9 times.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Good song great band. Thanks for the fun reaction

[@ConwayCreatorWebDevelopm-oq1ii]

🎶 Casey Jones 🎶 Working Man's Dead check it out

[@DojoOfCool]

I liked the Dead from their first album and through the decades and got to see them three times. Thier concerts were a total experience.

[@MrRiverfeverwa]

Another suggestion from another band from this era and they used to play a lot with the Dead. They are called 'It's a beautiful Day'....try the song 'White bird' as a starter..

[@westridgerunner]

Went a Dead concert, they played for 4 and half hours; it was so great

[@thomasjurgensen2086]

This is one of my favorites

[@gkiferonhs]

I'm sad Amber will never have the chance to do a serious Grateful Dead concert in person. Dead Heads are their own culture.

[@gratefulkm]

The concert is and always was the crowd, the band were just part of that crowd I'm going to 5 dead gigs in 7 days, to see my friends and FEEL the love , that I get nowhere else 3 Local UK band the last 2 DSO , WOW oh WOW we are all gonna be flying Come join us

[@DavidBell-d5t]

She’s made for it.

[@jm07090]

Try the live version from 12/11/73. It's this on steroids.

[@88wildcat]

I'm going to assume you mean 11/11/73. That is my second favorite Dead show ever (behind 5-9-77 , that's right the Buffalo show the day after Cornell). However as far as this song goes my favorite is the 12/31/76 version from the Cow Palace that starts with the New Year's Eve countdown by Bill Graham with the Phil bomb of all Phil bombs when the countdown hits zero.

[@jm07090]

@@88wildcat I wasn't. Give a listen to the show Referenced from Winterland.

[@kolaromano3373]

There is no show from 12/11/73. There is 11/11 and 12/12 from that year, and Sugar Mag was played at both

[@FrankBigDawgHatton]

Franklins Tower, Casey Jones.

[@mariadaghlian9612]

My two favorites are Ripple and Box of Rain. I have so many good memories of discovering The Dead as a college student in Berkeley in the 1980’s.❤❤

[@KenRoerden]

American Beauty is a fantastic album and I agree with you about Box Of Rain and Ripple. They already did Ripple. I discovered the Dead in junior high in the 70s.

[@mariadaghlian9612]

@@KenRoerdenyes I agree about American Beauty. My daughter is 22 years old, and when she started her vinyl collection as a teenager. I bought it for her. Ripple is now our special song and on all of her playlists. If you have not seen it , check out the last episode of the only season of the TV show Freaks and Geeks. The built a lot of the episode about a character listening to American Beauty for the first time.

[@KenRoerden]

@@mariadaghlian9612 Love that show! Too bad it only lasted one season. Great music throughout. They ended on a high note and used those two great songs. It's wonderful that you have that connection with your daughter. Another favorite musical moment was when Mr. Weir blows Nick's mind by playing The Monster with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich.

[@mikepiccione886]

We really need to get you an interview with Bob Weir for your other channel❤

[@masyelraf]

Please deep dive into this rabbit hole

[@KelliFranklin]

I saw The Grateful Dead in Birmingham, Al in April of 95 and Jerry died later on in August of that year. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to see him one last time. I'm still a proud deadhead! There's a deep rabbit hole of their music to investigate. I hope y'all continue on this journey.

[@chantaloblander9039]

I saw several shows that year. We were on our way to a show when we found out he had died. It was truly a sad ride home.

[@davidpotwin1691]

Dead heads that we are got to love it

[@jayshulman5336]

Check out the live version on Europe ‘72 for something completely different. In 1974, at the Boston Garden, I experienced my first Sugar Mag sandwich. They opened the second set with Sugar Magnolia, went into the jam and transitioned to the next song. At the very end of the set and hour and a half later, they transitioned back into the Sugar Mag jam until they blew the top off the arena, came to a stop and then started again with the Sunshine Daydream vocal and built to another crescendo, thus making the entire second set a Sugar Mag sandwich.

[@elby6217]

❤❤❤ always one of my favorite songs

[@queenbeedat8726]

One of my favorite Dead songs. Seeing them live was surreal...

[@JoeD0403]

I never got to see them 😞 Summer of ‘94 I had to choose between Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead. I chose Floyd but figured there would be another summer to see Jerry and friends.

[@ecnoto]

Awesome!! More Dead please! ♡

[@ghasenbuhler5156]

This is my absolute favorite Dead song! I just love the picture I get of Sugar Magnolia!❤

[@susanbrynt]

Sugar Magnolia is better live. The Dead would close the second set with this song. It really jams. Also, look at the album cover. It says American Beauty. But you can read the cover as American Reality.

[@damondamato3949]

They should really only be reacting to live versions. Out of the dozens and dozens of official recordings, and hundreds of tapes, there's only one song that I prefer from the studio records-- Terrapin Station.

[@susanbrynt]

@@damondamato3949 Agree. Terrapin is probably their only prog rock song. And, it is a masterpiece.

[@mikelind8607]

​@damondamato3949 the band was shocked and could not stand what was added to the studio version without their knowledge. They despised it.

[@stevebendel]

The Dead is better Live, 😎🎸

[@stevebendel]

The Dead is better Live, 😎🎸

[@mdunawaym]

I used to do remodels for the old department store Montgomery Ward. There was an electrician on our tea, nicknamed Slow Talkin' Dave. He would disappear for a week at a time with no notice, and infallibly, when we asked him where he had gone he would say "The Dead were playing in Aspen, so I said, Shecky, get the jet. We're cruisin' to see the Dead." LOL!

[@cjdesign5700]

Uncle John's Band...all great though...saw them with Garcia, Petty and Dylan at RFK stadium...around 100 degrees

[@howardblock5290]

I love the Dead I’ve seen them many times ❤

[@Grateful_Dad_54]

"Takes the wheel while I'm seeing double, pays my ticket when I speed" Doesn't get any better than that! ✌🏻💀

[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

Ahh, I just named my new truck ( well new to me) Sugar Magnolia. It's such a happy song. I sure do miss those days of summer tour...

[@Bigt-_-66]

And if you're in the storytelling songs it's an oldie but a goodie Red sovine teddy bear song

[@fan123casual8]

I just found out that one of the big streaming services has a ton (like 10 or 12) of their live shows/live album series available. It’s as though my subscription just paid for itself. (Some of them are called “Dick’s Picks”. I kid you not.

[@mikepiccione886]

Deadheads Unite 😊❤