Two Souls in Communion ☮ Grateful Dead, 5/26/72

Soundboard recording of the Grateful Dead at the Strand Lyceum in London, during their Europe 1972 tour...

[@denniscampbell6185]

This is a perfect example of why I thought Pig's final appearances were his best. He knew his days were numbered, so he really took advantage of these final appearances, he really "let it all hang out," as we say. Despite his sickly condition, God let him keep his best instrument, his voice, in great shape. Everything he did on stage in Europe 72 sounds as good as or better than this. God bless you Ron, see you in heaven.

[@rumplestilskincampbell6727]

Gospel

[@stelachris]

🎶 If you get to heaven before I do, will you tell pigpen I'll be coming there too?

[@ericmeacham9532]

❤ 2:19

[@Liynkx]

One of the greatest love songs ever ❤

[@vernakish239]

When this was recorded, he only had less then a year to live... He was 27 when he passed... RIP Pig Pen. :(

[@woodymoose5174]

The "Operator," went by the name, "Mr. Charlie" who was on "The Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion" on that "Dark Star" night! It was a trip to which he "Can't Come Down" and he thought, "That's It For The Other One" and no matter how much "Lovelight" that shines all the "Good Loving" that a man can give or get, there's always a good chance that "It Hurts Me Too" for which one will feel the blues that "Death Don't Have No Mercy" in this land that call's out to start singing some blues for those "Two Souls In Communion!" Happy 47th Anniversary of your 27th Birthday, Ron! RIP: Big Boss Man for you are missed by many! (~):-}

[@medshow3]

We live together you and I "Flying on These Wings of Love" my Brother Moose ! I will always love you and be thankful for our lives TOGETHER !

[@ericmeacham9532]

There’s an, Easy Wind , and Smokestack Lightening, is upon the horizon ⚡️🥀⚡️ 7:37

[@AJ_Deadshow]

"...or an emotion that I've outgrown?" I swear, this song is so deep.

[@ReedRosson1987]

True story!

[@timvermillion128]

This might be the greatest thing I’ve ever heard.Man does it touch that spot. Thank you Pig Pen! Never will you be forgotten

[@tdarian1954]

I'm so glad we are able to comb back through all this stuff...and this one's a gem.

[@jrc7660]

grabs my soul every time I hear....

[@ReedRosson1987]

Does anyone else feel like this song is a bit under-appreciated? I don't know, I think so, and I can really relate to it. Like I could have written it...

[@mickey8355]

+Reed Rosson Yes. I agree. One of the few songs Pigpen wrote, along with Chinatown shuffle that never made it on a Grateful Dead album. And may I add have great jamming potential along with nice lyrics and groove. Operator and Mr. Charlie made it on Grateful Dead albums, and rightfully so. Not sure why this one and Chinatown shuffle didn`t.

[@ReedRosson1987]

ralph bock Grate reply and commentary! Thanks a lot man. Cheers from a 28 year old Tennessee Deadhead... RRR

[@Perromedic0]

Yes . So soulful . Love Pig ...

[@tripsaplenty1227]

I love this song. It was written by a dying man and that adds a lot of meaning. This may be the most emotional and beautifully written grateful dead song.

[@pearlllllgarcia]

Wonderful.

[@evanhutchinson2133]

The sound they had with his voice is my favorite year's!

[@medshow3]

After listening to this for 40 years it's still one of the most beautiful thongs that I have ever heard

[@lizjones95]

I'm a man, I'm a man, - I'm not made out of stone. My needs they are simple, I don't want anything,

[@matthewarceneaux6734]

But I truly want to fly on those wings of love one more time.

[@fluffhead7105]

This song makes me want to cry. Rons ballin that jack up in heaven with Janis

[@simonharris1776]

😔✌💓😎 and with a whole lotta others. I think heaven will be one eternal jam session.😇

[@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN]

fluffhead 710 I hope he finds sobriety in heaven because ballin Jack is what contributed to his death🤯🦄😀🐔💩🥥💥🤪

[@shawnbibby]

Didn't know pig wrote it. I love it now. It's quite original this one here, sang with wind and roses, like an instant classic! Long live love

[@katmandew2152]

Wow...pig wrote that???????

[@shawnbibby]

@@katmandew2152 aye

[@TheGoldenRoad1]

Used to have this on Cassette and lost it years ago. This is a fanastic show, thank you so much for posting!

[@johnbourque4930]

I am very happy you enjoyed this Sweet Sissy, it's a quite powerful piece of music and that magic of being able to experience Two Souls in Communion with someone else is a feeling like none other !!

[@johnnynbk]

when they see each other smile

[@sissifossick7056]

Thank you Sweet John. You've made me believe in the powerful magic that comes from finding a like-soul in this world.

[@jaymahnken4543]

Will we ever get a Pig Pen box set????????????????

[@DennisCampbell777]

I'd buy it. Thanks for the great suggestion Jay.

[@jonahtv4974]

There’s are rare pig pen bootleg album that my parents have that has a compilation of his song and it has some rare recordings on it but if you find it it’s over 700$

[@psychobilly09]

May not be enough tracks but could prob do a good pigs greatest slop, a compilation of his 12-15 best tracks

[@arielshalem]

A real gem of a song. The drunken rock-a-bye rythim with the vocals at the end are trully unique within the dead's repartoire

[@medshow3]

i listen to this and other versions virtually EVERY day. No underappreciaton !!!

[@johnheim55]

Hwy now...Fly up...Fly home

[@pauliacovino7320]

This band may have taken a different path to greatness if Pig had lived. Soulful.

[@JustJake57]

Chase, thanks for all of the ups. This is the penultimate version of 'Two Souls' - Pig at his best - man, he just bares his soul on this version. Thank you.

[@YogiBearTruthbetold]

Sounds like heaven

[@ALeapIN]

All I have is WOW, I have goosebumps!! Pig had such a heart. Janis was one lucky gal.

[@TheMrCompletely]

What are they feelin' when they look in each other's eyes? What are they seein' when they see each other smile? Is it a luh-uhve ah've nevvah known or an emotion that ah've outgrown? Did ah take a wrong turnin' awn life's windin' road? Won't sumbody hep me find tha right way ta go? Mah life need sum correction, alteration an' direction Won't sumone come wit me Fo awhile, fo awhile... ~~~~~ What is tha secret ahv this tie that binds? Two souls in communion, both body an' mind Is it special magic, or jus' tha nature ah things? Conceived of great spirits, not fo' beggars but kings You who have foundt it please hep me along ah'm a man, ah'm a man - ah'm not made outta stone! Mah needs they are simple, ah don't want many things but ah surely wanna fly awn dem wings of love one mo' time one mo' time one mo' time Jus' befo' I go ~~~~ Cuz ah'm a strangeah in yo' town! Please hep me sumboddeh! Gimme sumplace, sumplace to go! Ah'm a strangeah heah! Let me fly, let me fly... ~~~ Awl ah need, awl ah need Jus' to fly Jus' to fly awn dem wings Wings of love... One mo' time! Won't sumboddeh please hep me one mo' time? Hep me sumboddeh! Hep me sumboddeh one mo' time! One mo' time! Jus' wanna fly awn dem wings Wanna fly awn dem wings! Dem wings of love! Wanna fly awn dem wings Wanna fly one mo' time On dem wings of luh-uhve...

[@shawnbibby]

Absolutely beautiful mate, thanks for doing that. Givin' me gooseflesh..

[@seanyboi234]

Beautiful song, amazing performance

[@Alllovingalex]

Pig pen forever first day I heard this and I was walking by the water a man needed a hug crying so I went up while playing this jam on my speaker as loud as I could and asked him his name but before I asked his name I told him to give me a big hug . The dead being San Fran and the world together forever remember there was no internet then just love and real shit that people don’t wanna talk about to this day . Imma keep living like a cowboy fisherman in the name of pig and the dead

[@rustyprice3719]

oh man 1st time ive herd this what a great tune this band simply amazes me thanks for posting this

[@BigTurdish]

What a great song. Pig doesn't get the love he deserves. How about instead of another mid-80's Dave's pick or digital download, we get a Pig's greatest hits? I think Ladies and Gentlemen...from 1971 has about the most Pig songs of any one GD offering (although it is four discs, which helps). But man, Good Lovin', Lovelight, Alligator, Midnight Hour, Next Time You See Me, The Rub are all fantastic on Ladies and Gentlemen. Listen to the rap in the middle of that particular Good Lovin'..."that's a girl? Looks more like a jersey cow! Brother, for a dollar and a quarter what you expect? Well, as long as it's wet and wiggles..."

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

too bad Wikipedia doesn't list who sang on what

[@gunterswetlik8247]

MichaelHansenFUN 9

[@eddieflueger4926]

Funny....at the time we didn't think of them as pig songs.....but now?

[@Lisann763]

Just found your pigpen list. Thank you fort doing this. I love Pigpen!

[@coreyclayton4859]

love, love, love this song~ Happy Birthday Pig Pen~ I love you forever!!!!!!!!

[@hippiejohn7100]

100. God Bless the Grateful Dead !!!🎶💖🎶💖🎶💖🎶💖🎶

[@ericmeacham9532]

God sure has Blessed me ⚡️♥️⚡️ 2:07 through it all. Wouldn’t trade a single Show from back in those days even if I was in a daze most the times…

[@dudeitsbryce]

Thank you for posting!

[@NoRosesForMe]

Such a beautiful person. A lovely man. I can only listen to this at certain times. Makes me cry. Cant help it. He also looks a lot like & reminds me of my "ex" (now best friend) Thats why I fell in love with him in the first place.....my "ex". Okay Im yammerin...nevermind hahah sorry xx ♥ Love to ya & thanks for postin this. RIP ♥Pigpen♥

[@katmandew2152]

Thank you.

[@vooptr]

Love your videos, I've watched 'em all, many times. Keep 'em coming...Those "eye's" vids are incredible. They pick me up when I'm feelin' down my brother!

[@Fenderman123]

Pigs singing allows Jerry to pour the emotion put through his fingers. Fuckin love this song

[@3chrds]

Woaahooh wooahhohhh!! love it! these boys deep, they got soul!

[@soulshine1277]

Thanks one of favorite songs

[@marcydriscoll6770]

I would of loved to experience the magic he had in his eyes ♡

[@babyj1996]

love this !!! thanks for posting !! JANIS AND PIG, two souls in communion

[@margaretrivera6880]

❤❤❤❤

[@kevinmchugh6444]

Pigpen was and will always be The Grateful Dead

[@brentwendling5461]

Just made my day!

[@toddcuster3557]

What it sounds like when a man bares his soul

[@copierguy5000]

@NoRosesForMe crying right now actually...

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

My ALL TIME FAVORITE Pigpen song...🍺😎👍

[@DavidMelechYisrael]

Quantum entanglement of the soul, Pigpen and Janice 😍

[@MrEconline]

Right on bro, tell it!

[@patriciawhite5355]

Love song🤞👄❤️💛🥒🍷

[@maximmusterdivers1891]

Vielen lieben Dank

[@susiefairfield7218]

Happy Birthday PigPen 2022💎🎹✨❤🎀🕯🎀❤✨🎩✨

[@GratefulHoopMama]

Thanks for the great jam! #GoodVibes (~);}

[@MrFartboy79]

Love ya, Pig ✌️🙏❤️

[@babyj1996]

right on !

[@yahudiprince]

LOVE PIG, id like to see a compilation of all the real videos, not just audio, in one place! now that would satisfy my soul!

[@patriciawhite5355]

❤️💯

[@ReedRosson1987]

This song, besides obvious ones like Hard to Handle and Lovelight, is why Jerry said that Pigpen was the real star of the band. Bless em all. NFA!

[@musicmavenpublishing2265]

Ron had the gifts ⚡ 💜⚡

[@threezerol944t]

Happy Jerry day!!!!

[@williamcoyle-7348]

He had a certain look that you could not duplicate

[@chasefukuoka61]

@bmchristina - thanks christina!

[@mpeters220]

The lead guitar is so great here.

[@ericmeacham9532]

PigPen ⚡️🙏⚡️ 0:49 What a Beautiful Song ❤

[@chasefukuoka61]

@bmchristina - hi. its very difficult, combining songs. I've been working on the china cat -> rider from 5/26/72 for a few days now and cant get the seemless segway between the songs.

[@jsph29]

RIP pigpen. forever 27

[@ednovak5262]

Happy Birthday, Pigpen

[@ericmeacham9532]

“What is the secret, of the tye that binds ? “ 4:47

[@chasefukuoka61]

@vooptr - hey, thanks so much. so glad to here that. sorry i didnt respond to your kind words earlier...

[@dillinghammatt50]

Grateful Dead 72' - Two Souls in Communion

[@justinchaste]

No kidding...WHAT were "they" thinking NOT to have included this apex of The Pig's R'N'B excellence? Question ALL Pig fans ponder...Jerry's solo nothing to dismiss, either...

[@jaymahnken4543]

And why has no one covered this awesome song?

[@soulshine1277]

N one could do it justice

[@shawnbibby]

Definitely. It's sung with full rapture...

[@joshmetzig8784]

Look it up on further Phil's 70th birthday bash chris Robinson crushes it

[@jayluciano80]

122 its not bad its just soulfing and a little in our past listening ears.. in its day I would say m.. !?!

[@stacyblue1980]

🌹Ron🌹

[@williamcoyle-7348]

Garcia picked the right one from the audience

[@calebfringer6561]

🔮☄

[@chasefukuoka61]

@dudeitsbryce - you're welcome!

[@whitneyshroyer424]

😭

[@VincentDelmino]

This sounds an awful lot like a John Mayer song but can't think of which one. He's a big fan.. did he rip this song?

[@MrFartboy79]

Delmino Palermo Probably not... funny enough, Mayer only discovered The Dead a few years ago, when he heard Althea on satellite radio. Now he's playing with them. Go figure!

[@Sisudio]

This would have improved Europe 72 if they had put this on side 5, along with chinatown shuffle and comes a time.

[@chasefukuoka61]

((♥))

[@hippiejohn7100]

Number 99 comment. ✌💖🎶

[@ronwebb1569]

Hopefully this reaches her.....lisa it's never to late for redemption

[@Turnstileturntill]

Let me make it publicly sporty.

[@themistyfyingone]

😍🥰🫠🙌❤🌟🌌

[@SidVicious12897]

@babyj1996 what I know from what my grandfather told me, he kept on drinking.

[@chasefukuoka61]

@bmchristina -- *sigh*

[@babyj1996]

i was curious, how did he take the death of Janis Joplin ? love u pigpen !

[@tricias6621]

Ive thought about that too.

[@Gr1g0r10]

sweet Pig

[@bsorryrthatsit7055]

This is the post 1970 fake Pigpen, does not sound like his early stuff vocally. Close, but no cigar.

[@GhostScout42]

THE STRANGER (TWO SOULS IN COMMUNION) Lyrics By:Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Music By:Ron "Pigpen" McKernan What are they seeing, when they look in each other's eyes? What are they feeling, when they see each other's smile? Is it a love I've never known - or an emotion that I've outgrown? Did I take a wrong turning on life's winding road? Won't somebody help me find the right way to go? My life need some correction, alteration in direction Won't somebody comfort me for a while - yes, I'm lost What is the secret of this tie that binds? Two souls in communion, both body and mind Is it special magic, or just the nature of things? Conceived of great spirit, not for beggars but kings You who have found it, please help me along I'm a man, I'm a man, - I'm not made out of stone My needs they are simple, I don't want many things, But I truly want to fly on those wings of love one more time. That's all I need (fly up, fly home) I want to fly on them wings (fly up, fly home) I want to fly on them wings of love (fly up, fly home) I'm a stranger here (fly up, fly home) Won't somebody help me now (fly up, fly home) I wake up early in the morning (fly up, fly home) you know I never saw you babe (fly up, fly home) I just can't seem to understand Can't seem to understand what's wrong (fly up, fly home) What I wanna do is take a little ride with you, on the wings of love Woh-oh one more time, one more time. ------------------------- Played by the Grateful Dead a dozen times in 1972, with Pigpen singing the lead vocals. Until recently, it wasn't entirely clear whether or not this was a Pigpen original, or what the title was - most setlists had the title as just "Two Souls In Communion". But when it was first released on a Grateful Dead album (as one of the bonus tracks on "Europe '72" on the box set The Golden Road (1965-1972)), the title was given as "The Stranger," with Pigpen confirmed as the author . It is also mentioned in the liner notes for So Many Roads: In Europe [Pigpen] gave his all, and even introduced a pair of tunes he'd written - the jaunty "Chinatown Shuffle" ... and the gospel-tinged "Two Souls In Communion"