Grateful Dead - Turn On Your Love Light - Live/Dead

[@billbbill]

So this is the song that got me on the bus - summer 78 I was 15, parked on a dead end (funny that) getting stoned with a friend and looking out at the Long Island Sound. He plops in the Skeletons 8 track and when it got around to the abridged version of this I was hooked - that rhythmic swing feel to Pigs vox to Jer's lead to that frantic end - hooked.

[@Eltamir]

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan. The one, the only!

[@janetgasparini1277]

Saw them way back before the Dead at The Cinnamon Tree dance hall in San Carlos Ca around 1965

[@3681pokey]

The musical timing is phenomenal!!

[@iamhere1315]

ESPECIALLY those drums that DRUMMER had to be possessed....

[@josecalcagno7259]

Man, pigpen was so damn incredible and underappreciated. God bless you pig!!

[@nerthus4685]

Why do people always comment about how someone was "underappreciated"? You find it on every video and song, even when the song was number one on the charts, triple platinum etc. Pigpen was never underappreciated. He is highly appreciated.

[@pevsfreedom]

Underappreciated to who? To his band, peers, and fans he is very much appreciated.

[@johnveitch7410]

He's adored. ☮️

[@georgesember9069]

Back in the day, I heard the Dead with Pigpen perform this live SF. The group just really nailed it!

[@IndyDefense]

This is one of the most epic things ever.

[@sait69]

The final part is the best, shine on meeeeee, shine on meeeeee!!!!

[@pevsfreedom]

@@sait69 Absolutely. The back-up vocal harmonies here are some of the best ever. Whoever pulled out the "mee-eeeee-eee" @ 5:45 is awesome.

[@VANIDADES9]

"And leave it on!"

[@3681pokey]

Weir...

[@andrewptob]

3681pokey No, that’s Jerry who says that at the very end

[@BavonWW]

Righteous!

[@Mojomatrix]

Pigpen OWNS this song !

[@fillmorebro4335]

The ultimate version of this song. No mush stuff. No long winded vocal diatribes. No broken solos, no bad screams by Bobby. Great gospel style back up vocals. Drum solos are tasty and not too long. Explosion ending is fab, Only thing missing is the minor progression like the St Louis version. This version is still better, The best of all versions I have ever hear. Guess that's why it may the album........

[@icecoldhubbas]

Fillmore Bro word

[@CadillacL]

I'm going to check out the St. Louis version

[@johnsteiger4550]

Right On!

[@jocosaway8494]

Let us not forget the 30+min version at blackfoot pow wow add that they did that song for over 50min at that show in total.

[@blakewhittington4336]

Fillmore Bro I think there's better versions of the She got box-back nitties,great big noble thighs part. Ive heard them hit that part way better but this is one of the best versions no doubt

[@fretgod321]

they opened this song at a 10, cranked it up to 15, and never let up.

[@sakhba71]

yes

[@brucemagidson3045]

Pigpen was fantastic. My favorite Dead song.

[@BavonWW]

The one and only version; the one and only Pigpen.

[@BavonWW]

I'm a lazy swine and I approve of Pigpen's version. 🐷

[@vitobarzuk4983]

One of my favorites!

[@euggiemonad2523]

Pigpen is absolutely mesmerizing in this...oh, if I could hold a room like he does *sigh*

[@Eltamir]

I'd love to see Pigpen & Brent belt out a blues tune together!

[@smt6858]

That would be one hell of a tune god if only

[@jeromeGblueTube]

@@smt6858 I am sure they are belting one out there in the cosmic part of reality.

[@nihbpsmcgee9246]

Tunes like that are reserved for heaven

[@arjun2191]

A truly awesome song. What a rave-up. Orgasmic.

[@Ned3ddd]

Just saw Dead and Co. at the Hollywood Bowl. My 50th year as a Deadhead. I kept waiting for Dead and Co. to break out into "Lovelight" and bring down the house just like I saw them do it at the Fillmore East in 1969. The did not and Jerry is still dead but I enjoyed the concert anyway.

[@ryanc1857]

They have ended with love light twice here in NC. Pretty good actually...

[@tomlakosh1833]

Iwas there too. Jerry was offered some coke backstage and he said you sure there isn't any acid in this?

[@georgerigberg4335]

D&C just leaves me cold...

[@anunripecantaloupe340]

@@tomlakosh1833 piss poor joke lad

[@andyquinn1125]

I think this recording might have changed my life.

[@wolfkarel]

gone 42 years today - RIP, Pigpen

[@sparkyk5736]

Wondering if he's grateful that he's dead!

[@iamhere1315]

@@sparkyk5736 PROBABLY ESPECIALLY IF HE KNEW ABOUT THIS COVID-19!

[@brianlorey2243]

Blasting this around a bonfire as teenagers in the early '90s on the gravel bars of the Current River, MO

[@MrShinjak]

Allan S.: I've got to quote you on that one. Made me lol.

[@georgevargas9774]

I really dig the funky groove at 9:30, I can really hear the some Bootsy Collins groove in there. I especially love Jerry's playing, It's a kind of tune that makes you really happy. :)

[@pevsfreedom]

The best Lovelight

[@3681pokey]

First heard this album in High School, 1971...

[@mckennaorthodontics4353]

Just as good as it was 40 + years ago!!!!!

[@ryanl9253]

dirty epic bliss

[@joeyciotti5606]

I got one thing T say 1968 Filmore east my 1st show thanks for the memories And leave it on

[@TriadJambi]

great times to this tune

[@vitobarzuk4983]

love this!

[@ImsorryAnakin]

pigpen!band was never the same without his grooves.

[@quinwise4502]

Bobby's rhythm figure from 11:30 on is so tight

[@johnveitch7410]

Ladies and gentlemen, The Grateful Dead. Tell your kids.

[@antoniodalbosco8649]

Endless song. What's else in another space?

[@Snagman67]

The Eleven brought me here LOL!

[@dwalkmusick]

For sure!!

[@connornevitt]

I miss being in Fairfax and the May Day shows in the park

[@danno9608]

I've always wondered if someone from this show was so moved by this performance that they randomly stepped up to the mic at the 10:15 mark and spoke those words

[@3681pokey]

That's Phil Lesh...

[@davidgreen9941]

That was Phil

[@danwitkowski7597]

So good

[@jamesansell2548]

Certainly, that's not a problem. To bad though! I'm gonna miss see'n her!

[@3681pokey]

Check out "Hard to Handle" from '71 I think...

[@theemployee1561]

hollywood bowl. crazy hot.

[@extremeeXrement1]

DOCTOR: Susan, get to the TARDIS Were going to theAvalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, January 26, 1969 SUSAN: Why grandpa? DOCTOR: Errr... Research... now go

[@leifchurchill]

Allan Selberg if I had a time machine....

[@georgerigberg4335]

More like Dr#12's speed...

[@butchalano6802]

this was my first 'live' dead....followed closely by the 'Skull n Roses' album

[@ytgfbndnmcnvkinbgfbo]

qui fuori nel perimetro non ci sono stelle

[@justinchaste]

Two dimensional, with Jerry and Bob only and neither, as awesome as they were in their genres, could effuse Pig's authentically powerful blues presence...I saw Dead first at Woodstock (WEIRD scene...), then in May of '70 at Fillmore East, NYC, then in HEIGHT of "deadness", I hung out with Jerry for couple of hours,virtually alone, Aug '70.Smoking dope with him (mine...), I picked his brain on newest project, "Am Beauty".He turned me on to free tix to The Dead's show, THAT night SF Fillmore WEST.

[@carollvergelati5107]

peter short

[@BroadcastReviews]

13:32 the epic scream

[@meriszoli4019]

Woodstock '69 with Bob W.

[@youtuber-ur9sj]

I found this album in the trash next store , loss and gain my chums

[@jeminisbazaar7366]

+mushroom cloud one man gathers... (~);-}

[@leifchurchill]

Sam Maloney maybe trash next door?

[@MrDiscoLime]

Pig would be proud of your scraps discovery

[@franklinrussell3042]

One man gathers what another man spills

[@grandadventureballoontours8792]

❤

[@icecoldhubbas]

HOT HOT HOT!!!

[@gengisjon]

Who else remembers Blues Brothers 2000?

[@janicerigsbee4129]

What Neil Diamond sang that to question mark are am I getting the two songs mixed up

[@NoRosesForMe]

haha! Awesome!

[@soulshakedown1013]

🎵✨🎵💙🎵✨

[@540Baseball]

The Eleven sent me here…

[@louisnarissi-r4x]

I think the Greatful dead did great job on Turn on your love light , but Bobby Bland did the best version!

[@JessicaJones-dk1ep]

What's the date on this??

[@markuspower3400]

01/26/1969 - Avalon Ballroom

[@TheDrmedina]

In a time machine? Or in the afterlife?

[@bklynpaulie]

Pigpen was king!

[@brentprimmer567]

And leave it on ! Always and forever!!

[@fredstehling6551]

🎉classic 🎉😊😅

[@Rockjunky1995]

Jamie McCrimmon would be confused as to what he was hearing. XD

[@FireypepperCP]

4/22/2018

[@jennifersiagian]

Joseph is the Eleventh ..

[@johnm3152]

SG

[@icecoldhubbas]

I own it

[@brianboye8025]

Hhmm, maybe the Grateful Dead version of Layla, at least in message.

[@dstarfelia]

Dslex Bob can do this because. Jerry just because,,,, all follow along and push IT................

[@alexsamaro3489]

The lovelites

[@bernabefernandeztouceda7315]

What a snoozefest

[@johandavenport9863]

"Let's do in 15 minutes what anyone else can do in 5 minutes and we'll do it not as good." The message of the Grateful Dead.

[@MrEconline]

+Johan Davenport OK music expert LOL

[@SteveBarton13]

+Johan Davenport Ha! (not that I agree, I am easily amused)

[@rodneyrouse6110]

+Johan Davenport sorry you don't understand. You are missing out on one the the greatest improvisational pop tunes every recorded.

[@x911x88]

+Rodney Rouse greatest tune ever my friend

[@robertburke3486]

Shows how much you know - fuck all about fuck all.

[@gregorylufrano]

Bobby bland much better

[@cookq]

With all due respect to the Pigpen fans, the band was better without him. Just like Pink Floyd post-Syd Barrett. Jerry, Bobby and Phil had to step forward and with that there was more balance to everything they did.

[@MrEconline]

cookq fuck you

[@beink]

cookq Interesting that Jerry Garcia would disagree with you. He has been quoted as saying that when Pig left, the band, for all intents and purposes, ceased to exist...

[@supadupaswag737]

cookq Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd was amazing and you know it.

[@jclmedb27]

***** favorite album by pink floyd is piper at the gates of dawn. one of the most whimsically psychedelic albums i've ever heard. syd barrett was the heart of a child incarnate that became trapped in a nightmare of drugs and insanity....and pigpen's influence on the dead was nothing but great. it went beyond what he contributed himself (which was a lot in his own right) and extended out to the other members. his passing was a huge loss for the dead but they of course dealt with it in the best way possible like they always did whenever they lost a keyboardist.

[@wobrien007]

cookq Sorry man, that's crazy talk. The Dead were a superb blues band with Pigpen. They morphed into a lot of wonderful things after Pig passed away, but they never did the blues as well again. Listen to any version of Big Boss Man and get back to me.....