Grateful Dead: Blues band?

[kiramdear]

They've certainly covered their share of blues numbers, but could we call Jerry a blues musician?

[winston]

Nope..................... Can we call him a musician.................... Just kidding.

[charlyg]

Nah, they were a party band. ANY song that they could jam on for hours was fair game!!!

[kiramdear]

I won't argue with that. Besides, I don't think Jerry had an ounce of deep sadness in his soul. He was pure beautiful.

[winston]

This logo was placed on all their instruments and gear so the party goers, cheerfully known as "dead heads" did not steal their stuff.

[jps]

I just finished reading Grateful Dead Gear by Blair Jackson, which gave me a whole new appreciation for the GD. A must read for anyone into music, guitars, PA systems, audio and just about anything else relating to the music, audiophile, or instrument lover. Very highly recommended.

[kiramdear]

Here's a link to Bear's site that tells his side of the story of the GD logo's creation:
http://www.thebear.org/GDLogo.html

[kenposurf]

[leftyguitars]

It looks like that the cameraman got a new zoom lens for his birthday. Much as I like the Dead after the first three minutes of continuous zooming in I switched off as I just couldn't take any more!

[Darkhollow]

Jerry was a fantastic blues player, he was also a fantastic rock, bluegrass, folk, jazz and even funk-ish guitarist. Add to that an excellent banjo and pedal steel player. Not sure you could put a straight label on him.

[beatlefreak]

The Dead could play five nights in a row at a venue, and not only would you not hear the same song twice over the five nights, you wouldn't even hear the same musical genre. Each night would be completely different - one night country, another night boogie, another night spacey, yet another night jazzy.