Touch Of Grey - The Grateful Dead

Touch Of Grey - The Grateful Dead | Opera Singer Reacts

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@maggiereneemusic Ай бұрын

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@natecorning Ай бұрын

RIP to Phil Lesh their bass player. He just passed away within the last hour...

@inspectre27 Ай бұрын

What?! No!

@DAVIDFromIOWA Ай бұрын

No way! That f***ing sucks!

@grahamokeefe9406 2 күн бұрын

So sad he's gone. My favorite Phil story is when a woman called the Dead "unamerican". "Ma'am," said Phil, "there is NOTHING more American than the Grateful Dead." He wasn't wrong.

@MarkRichter-j2l Ай бұрын

PHIL LESH just passed away this afternoon...PHIL is the bassist in the video.....in The GD world this is HUUUUUUUUUGE News today..he was 84..... a really big deal

@davidbeyea9006 Ай бұрын

R.I.P. Phil. You brought so much joy to the world.

@BH6242KCh Ай бұрын

The old saying goes something like, most bands play the same show for a different audience every night, while the Dead played a different show for the same audience every night.

@inspectre27 Ай бұрын

😅 Brilliant! 😅

@avery7001 Ай бұрын

I like that alot😊

@tenjed4224 Ай бұрын

Truth. I went to 235+ GD shows between 1980 - mid 1995. And not one was the same.

@jesshx16 Ай бұрын

RIP Phil Lesh. Such a long, long time to be gone and a short time to be there

@trixiebella Ай бұрын

RIP Phil Lesh. Love this song!

@otherstar1 Ай бұрын

When the Grateful Dead recorded this video (and the song on In the Dark), they'd been playing together since 1965 and were masters of improvisational music. Not only did they ever play a song exactly the same way twice, they never duplicated a set list in the 30 years they were together as a band (from 1965 until Jerry's death in 1995)...they rarely even played a song two nights in a row.

@dougca7086 Ай бұрын

Long Live Cherry Garcia!

@otherstar1 Ай бұрын

@@dougca7086 good ice cream!

@otherstar1 Ай бұрын

Ironic that you'd post this song and then the news breaks that bass player Phil Lesh died today at age 84. 😢

@mikenolan8044 Ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes, it was exactly showing how the Dead progressed over the years while still staying who they were that I had in mind when I put this set together. You hit the proverbial nail on the head. LOVED your reaction and analysis. 💀

@maggiereneemusic Ай бұрын

Can't wait to see you today!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! 💖🐶🎶💃🏻

@raraparuka Ай бұрын

Their most loyal fans were known as Dead Heads .

@leftcoaster67 Ай бұрын

This is late 80's yes.

@otherstar1 Ай бұрын

Yep, 1987 to be exact, though the song was first played live in 1982...and the first live versions sounded different than what was finally recorded on In The Dark.

@jm07090 Ай бұрын

The first video was from their run at Winterland in 1974. Different lineup, one drummer in 74, Donna and Keith Godchaux were backup singer and piano player. By Touch of Grey Keith had passed and Donna was out of the band.

@bentindle9036 Ай бұрын

The two drummers sound is great. The Allman Brothers used two drummers. Another band that really shined in live performances.

@happymethehappyone8300 Ай бұрын

The Grateful Dead "Hell In A Bucket" 🔥❤️🔥

@CrimFerret Ай бұрын

This is my favorite Grateful Dead song. RIP Phil Lesh.

@stingray69691 Ай бұрын

If you look on the lead singers right hand his middle finger is missing... Jerry Garcia, the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Grateful Dead, lost part of his right middle finger when he was four years old. His older brother Tiff accidentally chopped off two-thirds of his finger while they were helping their father chop firewood. This incident occurred during a family vacation in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Central California. And yes its wolfie...

@jimmyhawke Ай бұрын

I was in the audience for this performance.

@mackdeen7021 Ай бұрын

You pretty much nailed it. Late 80s shows were so good and Brent (keyboards) passed away in 90. He was a crowd favorite. 89 tour was special. Jerry seemed truly in his element here and the band was so tight. I mostly got on the bus from 89 till the end. The 90’s brought Vince on the keys, slightly different synth sound, police crack downs on vending and camping,, gate crashes, Jerry having health issues and good shows were getting less frequent. But I was on the bus till the end! 🚌 ☮️

@sleepingwolf_8 Ай бұрын

I got on the bus in the 60s, not to mention the caravan for a full summer in the 70s. Went to Jerry's last concerts in Chicago.. the memories will always survive till I'm back on that bus in the great beyond.

@BH6242KCh Ай бұрын

@@sleepingwolf_8 I was at the last show in Chicago. The mood was that it may be the end of the road for them, because they'd usually had their fall tour announced by that time, but hadn't yet. Then later on the tour was announced. Then shortly after, Jerry died.

@leftcoaster67 Ай бұрын

I played this with my Dad in the car. I was about 20 so he'd be 57. And even he loved it. It's a song as you get older it hits deeper.

@davidpahlka6301 Ай бұрын

You would have been a Dead Head, if you could. No concert was the same. Their records could never capture what they were in a live performance. The last I saw them, I was stone cold sober, yet got a 'high' from just the music. The two drummers had something to do with it. In a live concert, they'd watch the audience and if the crowd would groove with a particular performer, they'd extend his part a while longer. As a performer, you know sometimes you just play what you practiced but sometimes, for some reason you are better than usual on a particular day. They'd run with it. The skill it takes is amazing. About this song, I don't care how depressed or anxious you are, it'll get you out of the mood. Everything they did was for the audience, you can feel it. Most of the money they made, they put it back into improving the sound, experimenting with the sound equipment as well. The best tribute to Jerry Garcia was written by Bob Dylan who said after he passed, "I felt I lost a brother, he taught me so much about playing the guitar like no one else ever did." I can't recall who helped Jerry write the lyrics for most of his songs, they seemed simple but the more you delved into them many were spiritually profound. Then again, in their younger years, in the wild, insane '60's that wasn't always the case. I don't know, the 'Dead' were the 'Dead', ironic because they were so much about living.

@Scottracine68 Ай бұрын

Rush is a perfect example of that

@tenjed4224 Ай бұрын

The Dead began their journey in 65 as the Warlocks. They changed to the Grateful Dead in 67 and soon added drummer Mickey Hart. They used many improvisational takes to define their artistry. Since the death of Jerry Garcia, in 95, the remaining band members have appeared on stage together and apart. We just lost Phil Lesh. His bass sounds will forever resonate through the outer atmosphere.

@charliemac64 Ай бұрын

A Navy buddy of mine was a huge Deadhead, and it was during the music video for this song's timeframe when I knew him. I went to many Dead shows with him over the course of 3 years being stationed in the Bay Area (86-89). I didn't make it to this show, but my buddy was there. He was so stoked when this video came out. He swore up and down he saw himself in the crowd. The brevity of his "appearance" busted the rest of us up. Quick cut in, quick cut out, and he's so small in the crowd, to this day I question if that was him. The Jerry Garcia Band played on my ship in either 87 or 88. I think he was doing community service for his possession bust a couple of years earlier. 😂😂😂 The last time I saw them was a couple of months before Jerry passed in 95, beautiful afternoon under the Space Needle in Seattle. Music is subjective. I can dig the vibe they were laying down. Not all appreciate it (my wife for example 😂😂😂).

@briangriffin5524 Ай бұрын

This video is from late in their career. No single song defines The Dead. They played a wide variety of music over 30 years.

@PatR2243 Ай бұрын

The Grateful Dead anything they come up with

@mattjohn4731 Ай бұрын

FYI, rhythm guitar is the typical instrument to play for a lead singer. But Jerry Garcia was a brilliant lead guitarist too, his solos were so groovy. Also check out his pedal steel on the classic Teach Your Children by Crosby Stills Nash & Young! Also on Dire Wolf by Grateful Dead

@mikerickson01 Ай бұрын

You are right about them getting older. You can hear it in Jerry's voice. It adds to the song. I find it interesting that age can add to a voice, even though the high notes aren't as high as they used to be. The cracks add soul to the songs. Other examples are old Johnny Cash vs. young Nine Inch Nails in Hurt. The Weaver's (at their last concert) Dark as a Dungeon has more authenticity than Merle Travis'. Tanya Tucker's noticeably older voice gives The House That Built Me a different take than Miranda Lambert's original. BTW, the Dead's first performance of Touch Of Grey was at their first concert after a long (2 year) hiatus because of Jerry's health. When he sang the line "I will survive" the crowd exploded.

@88wildcat Ай бұрын

Touch of Grey is sung by Jerry Garcia. Sugar Magnolia is sung by Bob Weir. Typically their set list would alternate songs sung by each with an occassional song sung by Brett Mydland or Phil Lesh. Back in the early days of the band they had three different lead vocalists depending on the song--Garcia, Weir, and Pigpen McKernan.

@rickc661 Ай бұрын

someone ( not affiliated with band. ?? ) made an 80 min video of one of the euro 72 concerts (Tivoli. ) that has 3 songs by pigpen. to me very good quality vid & audio. easy U tube find.

@darrelllankford3014 Ай бұрын

The guy I worked for after I got out of the Navy Seabees was an almost perfect double of Jerry Garcia. 😂 He couldn't do music but he was an electrician.

@richgoebel6650 Ай бұрын

With all their great songs, this is the only one that actually got on the Top 40, so in an unusual way, this makes them a One-Hit Wonder, but we know better.

@chrislogan5228 Ай бұрын

You should've done the official music video it's much better and alot of fun !! You should definitely check it out soon !!

@jimwilcox2964 Ай бұрын

Missed the 95 SF show by a day, did bike by the house 2 days later. Other songs to consider. Going Down the Riad Feeling Bad, Mama Tried, Me & My Uncle, Uncle Johns Band

@MaBer-67391 16 күн бұрын

Jerry Garcia was the heart of Grateful Dead. Ben And Jerry's had an ice cream flavor called Cherry Garcia.

@fredeerickbays Ай бұрын

Here is one of the things about The Dead; The sound changes from style of tune to style of tune. Women Smart is a calypso tune author unknown that will sound way dif form this one and then got to Fire or Sugar or Darksider just to name a few of the sounds they would put out. It is what made them what they where. A band that was not the best at what they were doing but they were they only ones doing it.

@RobRager Ай бұрын

In many ways The Dead change from song to song, in the same concert, and NEVER play rage same song, entirely the same way

@edwardmunoz7853 Ай бұрын

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@dougleclaire9424 Ай бұрын

They were around 50 years! Jerry Garcia...who I KNOW you've heard of. Who hasn't??? Jerry died in ;95. Probably the most successful financially touring band of all time. To this day they 'survive' as Dead & Company with John Mayer.

@joy88867 Ай бұрын

Check out the band Phish. They are like The dead with a jazz base.

@rickc661 Ай бұрын

' pop Dead'. an oxymoron . the dead are 10 + min mostly instrumental. ' China cat ' ' Morning Dew ' " dark Star ' etc ps. Maggie - Ya may be interested in the Deads attempt to improve the sound for their fans - see the ' Grateful Dead movie'. ' wall of sound'

@salruiz8066 Ай бұрын

Probably the only song I liked from the Greatfull Dead, when they sobered up and laid down some decent tracks...😎

@levvellene570 Ай бұрын

Totally sorry for Phil Lesh! But Jerry died more than 30 years ago after starting to jog and do stuff without drugs, and then dying... Ouch! I won't fall prey to that, I can tell you! 😆 They also made a wonderful record before that (Built to Last)! 'Just a Little Light' will always be my favorite from that album! Lots of good stuff on 'Workingman's Blues', too.

@robertaistrope9602 Ай бұрын

i would like to add my respects to Phil Lesh. Al the good ones from my past are passing on. On a lighter note I would just like to say that there is (or was) a video on You Tube that featured this song the where band was replaced by animated skeletons of the band playing. It caught my eye because it was amusing to watch

@kellahella5286 Ай бұрын

RIP PHIL LESH.

@grahamokeefe9406 2 күн бұрын

Are they ALL rocking ponytails?

@avery7001 Ай бұрын

Dead Heads would tease phil about wearing shorts

@avery7001 Ай бұрын

He didn't survive. Amazing this video dropped within an hour of Phil's passing .

@grahamokeefe9406 2 күн бұрын

It's nice to see Jerry smiling. He was pretty miserable the last couple of tours from what I've read.

@inspectre27 Ай бұрын

The Grateful Dead are the exception to my assertion that live performances are necessarily inferior to the recorded version. If you plan to listen to more Grateful Dead for the channel, i'd like to cast my ballot for Brown Eyed Women or St. Stephen.

@musicguy694 Ай бұрын

Very sad news a co-founder Phil Lesh, who played the bass died at age 84. The band had more fans than Taylor Swift. Many would drive to each concert all over the country.

@robertneves1116 Ай бұрын

If you like experimentation, you really need to check out Frank Zappa. By far one of the best composers of the 20th century.

@keithdean9149 Ай бұрын

The amount of hallucinogenic drugs being used at their concerts was truly staggering.

@MichaelLopez-dn6gg Ай бұрын

I feel like you are missing out on the 1987 movie La bamaba.

@GreggoMusicChannel Ай бұрын

The studio version is so much better, but since this was sponsored, you gotta do what you gotta do. They sound like they're settled because they went commercial.

@mikemaricle9941 Ай бұрын

It's "Fist".

@lordbiscuitpowerslam Ай бұрын

The only man that I know of that encouraged bootlegging their music people copying it passing around so on and so forth unlike a lot of other bands like Metallica

@fredeerickbays Ай бұрын

Yes look at a classical orc. Most of the ppl in it are will over 40 with some even in their 80's. This is b/c u really DONT GET THAT GOOD WITH UR AX UNTIL U ARE PAST 40. jUST AS IN ANY LINE OF WORK TIME MAKE U BETTER TO THE POINT WHERE A PERSON OF 50 IS SO MUCH BETTER AT A JOB THEN A PERSON OF 30. To really seethe above in action u need to sit down and listen to about 30 Sugar Mags and see how it changed over the yrs and I dont mean just the addition of Sunshine Daydream to the end but listen to it and see how Bobby changed it over the yrs.