Grateful Dead │ Easy Wind 8-30-70

Calebration
Easy Wind blowing across the bayou today
August 30, 1970

[@greenmeans2033]

I just checked and it's confirmed this is the best video on KZbin.

[@iRideuWatch]

well ain't that a shame

[@gypsylou77]

Well I beg to differ, as much as I love this song I think there are better versions of it,Hard To Handle video is the bomb

[@bamadeadhead]

ROLL TIDE to that! It’s confirmed

[@bamadeadhead]

Ramble0nR0se what?

[@gypsylou77]

bamadeadhead I'm saying check out "Hard to Handle"

[@mikeyj.3605]

Pig out front. Phil in the middle. Jerry and Bobby flanked on each side. Billy and Mickey backing everything up like a locomotive. Heaven on Earth in 1970! Love watching Jerry playing rhythm while Pigpen and Bobby get things started. Then Jerry comes in with the his solo and parades the essence of cool for all to behold. These are the Grateful Dead!

[@nickleslie4036]

fab

[@TheInnerDINNER]

And Bobby playing lead

[@chrismetcalf9937]

Just the best.

[@sarahmurtland987]

It warms my heart they gave this to Pigpen

[@FreeCorps1984]

Doesn't get better than this

[@martyhopkirk6826]

I have a real fondness for 1970 Dead. Still raw, and the band is at the peak of its psychedelic cowboy phase. So much energy in this!

[@susandelear4349]

Yes. This is medicine. Fountain of. Youth.

[@catman2u2]

They lost a lot, his blues, r&b influence was great (pigpen that is)

[@DrMitchMedina]

You're absolutely right about the magic year of 1970. Folks who remember it are a little hard to come by now. But you nailed it!!!

[@talktalk2]

I love this! I was only 5 when this was done. I've been a Dead fan for about 12 years now. I prefer early Dead.

[@BigTeste]

"Gotta find a woman'd be good to me, won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea..." Words of a true Stone Jack Balller

[@catman2u2]

I loved the dead when pigpen sang the blues but he died at what, 28?

[@deadreckoning6288]

@@catman2u2 Died at 27. Along with Janis, Jimmy, Morrison....some others I'm not remembering. All much too soon.

[@barne3668]

@@catman2u2 he died way too early. this kind of music died when he did. the super long jams and endless sets faded into rock history..No more epic Dark Stars, 'Moon, Eleven, Death Have no Mercy, Stephen', Hurts Me Too, Easy Wind and all the other heavy songs that will live in infamy... the dead changed to just playing "songs" with solos instead of solos with occasional vocals

[@catman2u2]

@@barne3668 imho the eleven has great drumming, bass and wind it out guitar

[@barne3668]

@@catman2u2 I agree. I've heard most of them and a few are just mind blowing. The long build up into an epic crecendo with Jerry hitting every note with such intensity it goes right to my core. WTF happened after 70? It's like they just abandoned the very thing that propelled them into a level in rock no other band could reach.

[@rolandramirez4557]

Jerry's rhythm sounds so good. His tone was great with that SG.

[@johnnynbk]

this line-up is the reason i became a grateful dead fan.

[@mboggs3010]

REST IN PEACE PIGPEN ,WE MISS YOU BROTHER

[@xianshep]

"Gotta find a woman be good to me; won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea." That line always kills me.

[@newusernamehere4772]

Poor guy, he found that woman in Janis and she died from heroin. That's where the blues comes from though. If it ain't one thing it's another. Makes sense why he wouldn't trust illegal drugs after that (with modern science we know all the ways alcohol is actually worse than any illegal drug, but they didn't know that then, and I don't necessarily taking more acid would've saved Pigpen though, same with Jerry. It's a popular opinion though) Idk I'm rambling, "keep talking but you [might] never hear a word I say" (depending on if anyone bothers to read this lol)

[@sd31263]

@@newusernamehere4772 Janis and Pig bonded over their shared love of ethyl alcohol. I have the sought-after poster of the two, with Pig playfully squeezing her breast. Judging from the smile on her face, she wasn't hating it. :)

[@smartluck100]

I’ve known women like that! Let me exist and enjoy my GD life & my liquid relief!

[@UTV2001]

Same here man I can’t ever skip the jam cus I know that line is coming eventually

[@franklinrussell3042]

Pig hated the acid scene, he was dosed without his knowledge and was super pissed

[@nukkastyle]

This sure is a Hidden Gem... RIP Pigpen.

[@bamadeadhead]

It sure its!! And the RIVER KEEPS A TALKIN’ and you never hear a word it say!!!!!!!...Live 5 years if I take my time, balling that jack and drinking my wine!!

[@dlm9293]

MY lord, Pigpen is on fire with that blues harp. Fantastic version.

[@thomaschristianwilliams4542]

Some of the best Jerry jams happen on Pigpen tracks...

[@ronvanhanswijk1555]

Sure thing Pig could sing the blues.

[@keeganconnolly7409]

Pig pen tunes are my favorites. With the cowboy bob songs close behind.

[@christiandupont8854]

You got it. Whole jam is amazing, but I love the way that Jerry flips the switch from rhythm to lead at 4:27 and just unloads … mesmerizing …

[@dlm9293]

Brother, Jerry kills his ENTIRE SOLO. Like fuck man, what a master class in tasteful yet badass playing. Every note is perfectly placed and soo impactful. He doesn't overplay, but he sure as hell makes a statement. Not to mention his sparse but on point rhythm playing during Bobby's solo. Idk maybe it's just me but this era of the Dead is cemented in my heart and mind as one of the best bands of all time hands down

[@barne3668]

well said dlm. I've run out of adjectives describing Jerry's playing during that period... nobody could touch Jerry back than...and today. NOBODY will ever replicate those primal jams...ever.

[@ryankearns8773]

Dude absolutely, pure economy and flow. Jerry was the coolest dude ever.

[@iamAwesomo1994]

the Easy wind from the live rarities collection is the best one in my opinion. solo is similar to this one but even better.

[@josephjohnson1013]

Love it. I was a young man a roofer when I started jamming to this album and the lyrics would keep me going on some real tough day's

[@ScarlettFire341]

Ron was a serious lead singer - so good you can actually hear Weir's guitar Bill & Micky PUSHING IT HARD Phil Booming along the whole song & Jerr's playing is ethereal ! and Mr Zig Zag too lol the video effects really reflect "back in the day" ! so wish we had more !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (~);}

[@Shotgunyusuke]

Love the sound of the 70-72 stage of The Dead, gotta be my favorite Dead era. Bob Weir turning into the rhythm guitar god that he is, fuckin' love it.

[@gordonovenshine2965]

Pigpen was easily the most charismatic of the group, best vocalist too. Badass drinking his Jack and growling his blues.

[@kayakfish9912]

I'm not a Dead fan by any stretch, but this is one of the top 5 badass songs ever, and this version is the best of them. Perfect tempo and nice aggressive edge.

[@petershort1932]

Its because it's fucking PIG PEN up front...When Pig, not Jerry, died, Dead died for me...

[@geroldfirl]

Hellz yeah. Easy Wind certainly baddest Dead song ever.

[@birdflu2k57]

Get on the bus!

[@rebuttalc2075]

Kinda bizarre to me that you enjoy this but not the band

[@scottslaught]

Workingman Dead on

[@tojo4]

This vid should be required viewing for every man, woman, and child!!

[@SebastianGarcia-ln4sd]

I just checked and it's confirmed this is the best video i have ever seen.

[@LoliPantsu8]

Pigpen was the best vocalist the Dead ever had

[@lionofjudah4574]

+Paul von Oberstein AMEN BROTHER. He brought the grit, the toughness, the leather, the bad ass...to the band.

[@texasmade4169]

right on !

[@jameswright1059]

(~);-}

[@ChoctawNawtic4]

Hells yeah he was!

[@bamadeadhead]

BAAAAAAAAAAABBY HERE I AM!!!

[@mikemagyar3222]

Love the gritty psychedelic blues of Jerry's SG.

[@ericchristensen1114]

Pigpen was completely authentic. Tremendous harp solo here. Is there any band around today that can even remotely approach the intensity of this performance? Until they disbanded in 2014, I saw the Allman Brothers on occasion get close at their March Beacon shows in New York.

[@barne3668]

Eric there is no band that can touch this today. no "jam band" even comes close. Dead and Co. is to me an insult to their legacy. Mayer plays the blues but his Jerry riffs are imho pathetic.

[@bamadeadhead]

1:43 this is where I think Pig realizes they have it and he STARTS JAMMIN!!!!!! Check him out!! Fairly laid back til then

[@davidl2822]

One of my all time favorites. This version kicks ass😀😀

[@bcsorensenman]

What the hell was I supposed to do, I was three years old, couldn't get to the show? Damn did I miss a mess of blues and fabulous show. Thank the lord for those to recorded the show, this made my day, or whole week. RIP Dead, you guys nailed it that day. Wow.

[@davidsuchocki7956]

Pigpen should have never seemed to be able to fit the Deads groove, yet he was thier soul. Love this song!!!!! Wow!!! Respect and Love.

[@smartluck100]

Not easy being a juicer alcoholic while all your buddies are tripping their balls off. It’s just no fun. Rest in peace Pig

[@doodahman2995]

Just when u think u seen em all.... Boom!!! Mind blown... Again.

[@tuggod73]

That's some of the best stuff on Earth right there.

[@raybin6873]

Wow..whata gem! Sounds so close to the album version....musta been shortly after they recorded it. (Wish Jerry would've kept playing that SG) 😁👍

[@BednariksGhost]

Thanks so much for posting this! My only regret is that the camera didn't show Bobby's solo.

[@kaekalivas9119]

It’s a real tragedy

[@BuzWaz]

Excellent lucky saw Pigpen in 69 .never saw him do this ! Super thanks !❤

[@CAVERWOOD]

this early era was certainly the best guitar and bass tone the band ever had.... it just got so week later on... but this is some strong Chicago blues kinda tone... love it! and they even had good vocals at this time...

[@iamAwesomo1994]

i like a lot of the Jerry Garcia Band bass stuff. john kahn is great

[@morbidmanatee5550]

Congratulation!!!! You just WON the INTERNET... forever!!!!

[@rustyshackleford6811]

I stumbled across this in the early 80s I played it over and over. I was maybe 10.🤪

[@tourhead]

RIP Pigpen. 49 years gone yesterday! This version fucking rips!!!! Thanks for posting this!!!! -Nordy

[@krisking5510]

How can that be 50 years ago!! It was just a week or so, wasn't it?!?

[@tourhead]

@@krisking5510 Haha...we all wish Kris....what would a Pigpen show be like now.....?????

[@TheMastaSelecta]

Yeah Bob will grab a solo from time to time. Most often I have heard his solos on China > Rider jams. Also there's his slide solos, but that's a different subject altogether.

[@peterjones4615]

Singing with so much soul

[@drenner100]

I saw my 1st show in Philly in '74 and lost track after about 30 more. But I really wish I could have seen The Pig. My favorite era.

[@quinn4626]

I honestly don't hear how this could be any better.

[@tdkdgh]

I just love Pig...and I love the way the rest play when he's singing.

[@stever4128]

My all time favorite Dead song. Jerry and Bob killing it.

[@hudentdw2]

This shit is Rocking baby,Pigpen was the Man!!

[@josephjohnson1013]

Pigpen kills it. One of the best dead songs and really one of the better blues songs possibly ever.

[@gueswoo4426]

this is one of many dead performances i love to smoke my hash to, thank you very much for this video, it brings me great joy, its amazing the things the internet allow you to view

[@jameswright1059]

best dead song ever

[@susandelear4349]

Agree 100%

[@tnfanwayne]

So raw and bold. Love it.

[@flatpicker75]

Best version I've ever heard.

[@bryan83taco]

Pure gold right here

[@philiprife5556]

I really appreciate Ron. This is soo good.

[@truthawaits4u458]

Pig pen has a touch of leon russel in his voice. I love it!

[@thomasarmbruster1743]

I was there (or so they tell me). This was a critical juncture for the band.

[@xianshep]

Best filmed performance I've ever seen of the Dead. THIS is what to show anyone who says they sucked. (Well, this or parts of Veneta '72, The Other One from Beat Club, or Lovelight from Festival Express tour.)

[@infosword]

Don't try to hide my liquor and serve me tea!!

[@philiphempsey9127]

These lyrics are fucking killer....cant stop listening to this. SIMILAR SONGS 1 of 5 2 of 5 I been balling a shiny black steel jack-hammer Been chippin' up rocks for the great highway Live five years if I take my time Ballin' that jack and a drinkin' my wine I been chippin' them rocks from dawn till doom While my rider hide my bottle in the other room Doctor say better stop ballin' that jack If I live five years I gonna bust my back, yes I will Easy wind cross the Bayou today Cause there's a whole lotta women, mama Out in red on the streets today And the rivers keep a talkin' But you never heard a word it said Gotta find a woman be good to me Won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea Cause I'm a stone jack baller and my heart is true And I'll give everything that I got to you, yes I will Easy wind going cross the Bayou today There's a whole lotta women Out in red on the streets today And the rivers keep a talkin' But you never heard a word it said Songwriters: Robert C. Hunter

[@spacecaptain87]

Wow. I’m mainly a fan of early-mid 60’s Dead but this is the shit!

[@Themostancient]

This just grabs me. Fine tune.

[@bamadeadhead]

Holy SHIZER if Ron and Jerry only knew how much inspiration I get listening and watching this💪🏼cause I’m a STONE JACK BALLER BLOWING THESE KETTLE BELLS OUT!! EASY!!!! WIND!

[@jefggoldman7823]

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[@liferevolving]

hell yeah pigpen kicks some serious ass. He gave so much soul to the grateful dead.

[@flint62a1]

This. Is. Awesome Played it as loud as I could. Pigpen was the best and the band really rocked hard behind him Thanks for posting!

[@kwcolvin1]

there really is no substitute! of all the grateful dead songs/videos on all of youtube i keep coming back to this one. so raw! really makes you shake your bones!!!

[@martinherve2688]

I love this song this jam . I love The Dead For That !

[@phawgg2]

Incredible display of the old days.

[@j0eX]

Great! When Pigpen died, that was the end of the band, the Grateful Dead. I'm not saying they sucked afterwards. They are fabulous musicians.. But the sound of the band changed--a lot. I personally preferred the bluesy Pig-era Dead. Nothing like a good show at the Filmore in those days.Then Cippolina left Quicksilver and all that was left from SF with any cojones was Hot Tuna. Well, The Flamin Groovies, but that was something else, herald of punk. thank God..

[@sarahmurtland987]

Pigpen was the man. Hands down. Deaf, struggling, laid it down.

[@Strat-Kat]

Smokin! One of my favorite Pig tunes no doubt!

[@jeffbecker5148]

Greatest Band Ever!!!

[@jimcameron9848]

Dude this band can park anytime at "This spot reserved for BLACK SABBATH". Knockin it down Dam!

[@Diana11Austin]

I love just about every incarnation of the Dead but this absolutely still rocks my world. I wan't more excellent video feed of Pigpen please! Nice ugh light show :-D

[@lynchden]

quite possibly the best song ever!!!

[@musicbelongs2theworld]

Whoa! Diggin this 1 BIG TIME!!!

[@rik061154]

This is filthy. A gem for sure.

[@charjl96]

This is amazing. I love it!

[@markusschellenberg4684]

Great version of one of my favourites

[@bamadeadhead]

The warning Jerry gives PigPen is AWESOME when pig is riding his solo out😂 It’s like a wave of a light saber in back ground, Wom! it’s my time NOW! 3:18 Pig says go on!! now

[@flannigan7956]

That's fucked up when we need to get Pig Pen the hell off

[@xianshep]

I'm confused. Pretty sure he says that on the Workingman's version as well (I've certainly heard him say that SOMEWHERE else); plus, that's Weir soloing right after Pig says it.

[@brianduffy2361]

Thank you Pig. For all of it.

[@donaldgehre5964]

My favorite incarnation of the Grateful Dead was the '60s and '70s.

[@traprepublic1817]

My daughter was born today on 9/8/2022 such a hetti day 🙏🏼 rip pig pen

[@russmcintee4192]

Shredding it up !! These guys truly rock ! 4:25... pretty sure i float

[@yguaray]

I always imagined Robert Hunter playing this with Grateful Dead Oh, well. I did see him play this in Hollywood Bowl at the Whisky a-go-go in 1978! Augy, San Diego

[@babyj1996]

LOVE PIGPEN !! he and Janis Joplin 2 of the greatest blues singers ever !

[@kwcolvin1]

i've never felt so calibrated!

[@tripfall224]

PIG PIG PIG!!!! YEs absolutely best vid on youtube hands down!!!!!!! Thank you!!!

[@gagaface26]

Bobby is reeeeaaaallly tearing this song a new one here...as well as some amazing work by the Griz Garcia as well. :)

[@Austin-ji1ke]

'70 was wild, underappreciated in my opinion, just as a scholar, not as someone who saw them.

[@jeffreysiegel9125]

The GOGD sure knew how to rock the house!!!😆 I say, God Bless Them All!!! 💗🌞☮

[@calebbernstein5163]

these boys took it further than any and all.. so awesome.

[@downhillphilm.6682]

Jerry was the heart and Pig was the soul of the greatist band ever.

[@deadreckoning6288]

Yes sir. Heart & Soul. Both gone but the music never stopped... ⚘💀☇

[@3340steve]

my favorite You tube video

[@ezekielcousins9289]

bob is playing lead i just noticed

[@schach420]

Bob always plays the first lead on Easy Wind.

[@andrewptob]

Yeah, I was taken aback by that as well.

[@joefelice5062]

+AOB Bob also took the first lead on Hard to Handle back in the day. He also added leads to the China>Rider transition in the early 70's.

[@MrGOW3fan]

+Joe Felice really? I never looked into but I just always assumed it was Jerry. Silly how Bobby is so overlooked as an amazing guitar player. Truly earns the title of The other one

[@andrewptob]

horsemann12 Bobby does the first solo, but Jerry does the main one. I agree that Bobby is a very good player, though. He's been unjustifiably criticized by ill-informed people over the years.

[@meckhorner]

This is so great! Everyone is SMOKING. Bill and Mickey are SO VERY SMOKiN'!

[@mcatino]

Thanks for sharing this. I'll be doing some Dead one day, it is on the list. Great video 5 stars from me.

[@HF-ux5xo]

Were you able?

[@zerobudgetproductions1947]

Sad to think that he died 3 years later from ballin' that jack.

[@24Korova]

Zero Budget Productions he had died from the Chromes disease

[@FreeCorps1984]

You mean Crohn's disease? I thought it was cirrhosis of the liver. Anyhow, great live version of one of the very best Dead songs

[@kevinr.3542]

ballin that Jack refers to a type of dancing that was popular way back when. it's mentioned in other songs and musicals. pretty sure it wasn't dancing that led to pigs demise. I admit I first assumed it was about Jack Daniels.

[@bamadeadhead]

K. Rootes I guess balling shine would be a dance too? “balling the Jack” entered North American lexicon as railroad slang that referred to a train going at full speed. "Balling" alluded to the balled fist a railroad engineer used to signal to his crew to pour on the coal so the train would travel faster. The "jack" was the train itself, a mechanical jackass that could carry heavy freight over great distances without tiring.

[@kevinr.3542]

Zero Budget Productions kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKPCp2WefNl8h68 this link supports the theory that the term was widely know thanks to its use as slang for some dance. I think I heard about this reading the annotated grateful dead book where R Hunter mentions his inspirations. I was familiar with the meaning you refer to as it inspired the term "balls out"

[@CadillacL]

MY MY MY! Listen to Pig & the dead lay down that ol' blues!.

[@Frustratedartist2]

'wow that's a greatttttt performance!! amazing we get such a great one on video. no need for HD's. this is the best

[@danno9608]

Jerry and Phil trading lead licks makes this even better!

[@pembrokejones3969]

The harp is stellar!!!

[@unknownkingdom]

A strong performance, featuring a rare Bob Weir guitar solo.

[@TheWayofFairness]

Working Mans dead is my favorite LP.

[@kevinhennessey3189]

Wonderful Memories, great performance.

[@MARKIEBANUNCE]

Now this is some blues here