This is one of my favorite Grateful Dead tunes. They apparently only performed it 20 times or so, but I really dig it. This is not a GREAT version of it, but it's good, and it exists on YouTube, so I'll share it.
Showing posts with label Brent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brent. Show all posts
Friday, July 29, 2011
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Monday, June 4, 2007
In Praise(And Perhaps Defense) Of Brent Mydland
Hi, I'm Paticus , and I'm a Brent Mydland fan.
Phew. I said it.
And you k now what ? I feel better. It's like a great weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.
"I'M A BRENT MYDLAND FAN !!!!!!!!!"
The sky didn't tumble, the seas didn't boil...The disembodied ghosts of PigPen and Keith did not tear me limb from limb.
Okay, I'm being a bit over dramatic, but in some circles, I definitely got the vibe that I was breaking some sort of unspoken rule, Thou shalt not appreciate Brent- for he certainly is no PigPen.
Well of course he's not, nobody is. Pig was a great bluesman, great singer, great keyboard player. But I submit that Brent was a great singer/keyboard player as well. Maybe not better than Pig, but perhaps in the different but equal category ?
I think part of my affinity for Brent is that he was behind the keys when I got into the band. So he was part of the Grateful Dead that I "knew" so to speak. Sure, I heard Pig and Keith and TC, but I got to "see" Brent. It makes a difference.
Of course, I got to see Vince as well, but I never really connected to Vince. and I didn't care for Vince's tunes, either, I hate to say.
I love most of Brent's tunes. Especially "Don't Need Love" and "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines". I know the latter is a song that a lot of Heads don't like. Apparently, it is too dark. It's dark, but I don't see anything wrong with dark. "New Speedway Boogie" is dark, that's a great tune, too. I also just love Barlow's explanation of "Gentlemen", I am paraphrasing, but he essentially talks of that point in a night of drinking, when most people will say"I've had enough, time to go home", but there a some folks who say "gentlemen, start your engines". I guess that is kinda dark.
I can even say that I don't hate "Tons Of Steel". I know that that one ranks up there with "Keep You day Job" and "Money Money" for the most hated Dead tunes of all time.
Okay, I think I have said my piece.
Phew. I said it.
And you k now what ? I feel better. It's like a great weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.
"I'M A BRENT MYDLAND FAN !!!!!!!!!"
The sky didn't tumble, the seas didn't boil...The disembodied ghosts of PigPen and Keith did not tear me limb from limb.
Okay, I'm being a bit over dramatic, but in some circles, I definitely got the vibe that I was breaking some sort of unspoken rule, Thou shalt not appreciate Brent- for he certainly is no PigPen.
Well of course he's not, nobody is. Pig was a great bluesman, great singer, great keyboard player. But I submit that Brent was a great singer/keyboard player as well. Maybe not better than Pig, but perhaps in the different but equal category ?
I think part of my affinity for Brent is that he was behind the keys when I got into the band. So he was part of the Grateful Dead that I "knew" so to speak. Sure, I heard Pig and Keith and TC, but I got to "see" Brent. It makes a difference.
Of course, I got to see Vince as well, but I never really connected to Vince. and I didn't care for Vince's tunes, either, I hate to say.
I love most of Brent's tunes. Especially "Don't Need Love" and "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines". I know the latter is a song that a lot of Heads don't like. Apparently, it is too dark. It's dark, but I don't see anything wrong with dark. "New Speedway Boogie" is dark, that's a great tune, too. I also just love Barlow's explanation of "Gentlemen", I am paraphrasing, but he essentially talks of that point in a night of drinking, when most people will say"I've had enough, time to go home", but there a some folks who say "gentlemen, start your engines". I guess that is kinda dark.
I can even say that I don't hate "Tons Of Steel". I know that that one ranks up there with "Keep You day Job" and "Money Money" for the most hated Dead tunes of all time.
Okay, I think I have said my piece.
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