Grateful Dead Sugar Magnolia (Live in Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72) |REACTION|

Wow, this escalated to sheer awesomeness:)
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[@jeffmartin1026]

There was nothing like a Grateful Dead show - a gathering of the tribe - a safe space for all.

[@thatoneguyagain2252]

It's not that Deadheads are a cult, so much as that the band and their fans share a common emotional experience. Their strength and their delight was interacting onstage, with each other and with the crowd. Their studio albums were pretty much just a way to introduce new music into their live set. Live was where the Dead lived. Their concerts were tangible expressions of the optimism that was the best part of the 60's. Somehow, when The Dead were playing, everything was going to turn out all right.

[@tommathews3964]

Ohhhhhhh, you're gonna make a good Deadhead! There's a seat on the bus with your name on it! You're reaching for the volume when Jerry solos, bouncing and smiling, and you love a great bass player, which Phil Lesh certainly is! A "Willys" is a jeep. You would know it as the quintessential "army jeep". They had really stiff clutches and were geared very low, so they did tend to "jump" when starting off. I drove one for a few years at an old hunting club. Rough as hell, but they will really root! I've always thought of "Sugar Magnolia" as a woman who was not only enjoyable to be with "naturally", as in "rolling in the rushes down by the riverside" but also one you can depend on to be reliable and responsible , when maybe you weren't, "takes the wheel when I'm seeing double, pays my ticket when I speed", and loyal, "waits back stage while I sing to you." She's also just a helluva lot of fun, dancing a cajun rhythm and "wading in a drop of dew." After all, she can "make happy any man alive." That piano you like so much, is Keith Godchaux, and that's his wife Donna Jean, who is singing the high harmonies on the outro. Pigpen was in very rough shape in 72 and The Dead brought in Keith who would be the keys going forward until the late 70s. The early to late 70s is my favorite period of the Dead, for sure, followed closely by the later 80s when Brent is really shining. Since you seem to really enjoy the live stuff, might I recommend the "Europe 72" "Skull and Roses" "Cornell 77" releases, and the rest of the Veneta show as great places to go. Cornell is revered among many Deadheads as a holy grail of live shows, and it's great, for sure! There's an excellent "Scarlet Begonias/Fire on the Mountain" (known to Deadheads as a Scarlet Fire) on Cornell 77 that would be excellent for you to react to, since you haven't done either. The Boston, Buffalo, and New Haven shows from 77 follow closely behind Ithaca in popularity. Those are "Betty Board" shows and the sound mix is incredible! Betty Cantor Jackson was known for her sound engineering/mixing prowess and deservedly so! The 70s are jammed with "Betty Boards" which have been faithfully restored, luckily! Fascinating story about the "Betty Board" tapes. Google it sometime! If I only had one album to take to the proverbial "deserted island", "Europe 72" would get serious consideration!! I'm quite sure you would enjoy "The Grateful Dead Movie" as well. Gives you a pretty good feel of the times! Makes me nostalgic!! I'd say I watch it, on average, 5 times a year. You have much to look forward to, my friend!

[@wallyboy6666]

:) One of my favorites from them (esp. this version)

[@harlanginsberg7269]

This is just a psychedelic love song to an idealized nature type hippy girl. The Grateful Deads songs are generally not meant to be analyzed as per a specific meaning but rather a poetic literary subjective poem/song. Robert Hunter was more a poet/song writer then a normal rock song writer. The important thing to know is that every instrument does something different every time they play the song it is never the same. In any other jam rock or jazz band ever, one lead instrument jams and everyone else plays their set instrumentation In the Dead every instrument even the rhythm guitar varies what they do during the jamming part of the song. That's why the Dead live is a unique experience unto itself. Also if you see the Dead on Thursday and then again on Friday not one of the songs will be repeated. If you again see them on Saturday again no song is repeated and this is truly remarkable because their concerts were and still are over 3 hours.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Basically, Grateful Dead is a dance band. I saw them over fifty times and never once was I sitting during the show. Times that by 18,000 and you have yourself a Dead show. Plus lots of colors and cool folks, and as always, the music.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Great reaction. I think one of the big takeaways from this concert and the Dead in general is Freedom. This song just oozes freedom and is also a romantic romp that is hard not like. They were in many ways a dance band. I think this song was penned and performed in a day at the studio because they needed another song for the album. “She can wade in a drop of dew” that line always made me smile for some reason. iThis concert was filmed and made into a movie called Sunshine Daydream, excerpts available on KZbin. Thanks for reacting to the Grateful Dead, please dew more. 😁 oh a Willis is a type of a Jeep.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

“Cosmic Charlie”, “I Know You Rider”, “St. Stephen”, “Jack Straw.”, .... so many great Dead songs

[@LtFrankDrebin100]

This kid gets the Dead. I didn’t. For awhile. I hated the Dead until I was 19 and listened to the Dead on mushrooms. I was a classic rock 196Beatles-1972 purist until that point, then I realized I was wrong about the Dead.

[@Bear78420]

Imo, it’s because of what their live following created. No band ever created the caravan of followers that became like a family. All the hippy and jam bands that have came, the dead paved the way for

[@floorticket]

When I started seeing them in the early 80s they could play about five shows in a row without repeating a song. No other band could do that. Basically Bob and Jerry would trade songs back and forth with Brent getting a song too. This is how they'd never repeat a setlist ... too random to ever happen. Though they were often predictable song-to-song: "Man, they haven't played

[@lhershey5950]

St. Stephen from Live Dead. Jack Straw, Brown Eyed Women and China Cat/Rider from Europe ‘72. Then Bertha, Not Fade Away and The Other One from Skull and Roses. Then you’ll be “On the Bus”

[@JackCerro]

Serendipitously, you somehow managed to choose to play this concert on its 48th anniversary. The whole show is fire. There is also live video of this show available on youtube. I would recommend the China Cat Sunflower, but be aware of the drug use and nudity. For further auditory bliss, check out the Bertha from this show.

[@janeschmalfeld4307]

I wasn't at this show, but saw them in 72. We were dancing.

[@WMalven]

The Dead in the studio is like a kiss through a screen door. To truly experience the Dead, you have to listen to their live music. You see why in this recording. They never could generate the energy and spontaneity in the studio that they had on stage.

[@axandio]

One of my favorite song with Bob Weir singing.

[@ChicoEscuela]

Jerry takes country rock into new areas and it fits like your favorite old pair of jeans.

[@radiodead745]

EYES OF THE WORLD!!! One from the vault would be a great choice!! Phil Leah the bassist absolutely kills it!! I’m a Leah lush and I can’t get my Phil!

[@smileyd419]

not sure if anyone pointed it out but their stage/sound crew did so much for live music by developing gear for setting up stages not to mention Owsley(a.k.a. Bear ) was a audio genius and came up with the wall of sound

[@axandio]

<3 This is one of the songs I loved before I understood the rest of their discography after seeing them live.