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Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead '1974

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Date 1974
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Tracklist:

A1. Bertha
A2. Mama Tried
A3. Big Railroad Blues
A4. Playing In The Band
B1. The Other One
C1. Me & My Uncle
C2. Big Boss Man
C3. Me & Booby McGee
C4. Johnny B. Goode
D1. Wharf Rat
D2a. Not Fade Away 
D2b. Goin Down The Road Feeling Bad

  Rocks longest, strangest trip, the Grateful Dead were the psychedelic eras
most beloved musical ambassadors as well as its most enduring survivors,
spreading their message of peace, love, and mind expansion across the globe
throughout the better part of three decades. The object of adoration for popular
musics most fervent and celebrated fan following -- the Deadheads, their numbers
and devotion legendary in their own right -- they were the ultimate cult band,
creating a self-styled universe all their own; for the better part of their
career orbiting well outside of the mainstream, the Dead became superstars
solely on their own terms, tie-dyed pied pipers whose epic, free-form live shows
were rites of passage for an extended family of listeners who knew no cultural
boundaries.

The roots of the Grateful Dead lie with singer/songwriter Jerry Garcia, a
longtime bluegrass enthusiast who began playing the guitar at age 15. Upon
relocating to Palo Alto, California, in 1960, he befriended Robert Hunter, whose
lyrics later graced many of Garcias most famous melodies; in time, he also came
into contact with aspiring electronic music composer Phil Lesh. By 1962, Garcia
was playing banjo in a variety of local folk and bluegrass outfits, two years
later forming Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions with guitarist Bob Weir and
keyboardist Ron Pigpen McKernan; in 1965, the group was renamed the Warlocks,
their lineup by then including Lesh on bass as well as Bill Kreutzmann on drums.

The Warlocks made their electric debut that July; Ken Kesey soon tapped them to
become the house band at his notorious Acid Tests, a series of now-legendary
public LSD parties and multimedia happenings mounted prior to the drugs
criminalization. As 1965 drew to its close, the Warlocks rechristened themselves
the Grateful Dead, the name taken from a folk tale discovered in a dictionary by
Garcia; bankrolled by chemist/LSD manufacturer Owsley Stanley, the bandmembers
soon moved into a communal house situated at 710 Ashbury Street in San
Francisco, becoming a fixture on the local music scene and building a large fan
base on the strength of their many free concerts. Signing to MGM, in 1966 the
Dead also recorded their first demos; the sessions proved disastrous, and the
label dropped the group a short time later.

Anthem of the Sun As 1967 mutated into the Summer of Love, the Dead emerged as
one of the top draws on the Bay Area music scene, honing an eclectic repertoire
influenced by folk, country, and the blues while regularly appearing at top
local venues including the Fillmore Auditorium, the Avalon Ballroom, and the
Carousel. In March of 1967 the Dead issued their self-titled Warner Bros. debut
LP, a disappointing effort which failed to recapture the cosmic sprawl of their
live appearances; after performing at the Monterey Pop Festival, the group
expanded to a six-piece with the addition of second drummer Mickey Hart. Their
follow-up, 1968s Anthem of the Sun, fared better in documenting the free-form
jam aesthetic of their concerts, but after completing 1969s Aoxomoxoa, their
penchant for time-consuming studio experimentation left them over 100,000
dollars in debt to the label.
Live/Dead The Deads response to the situation was to bow to the demands of fans
and record their first live album, 1969s Live/Dead; highlighted by a rendition
of Garcias Dark Star clocking in at over 23 minutes, the LP succeeded where its
studio predecessors failed in capturing the true essence of the group in all of
their improvisational, psychedelicized glory. It was followed by a pair of
classic 1970 studio efforts, Workingmans Dead and American Beauty; recorded in
homage to the groups country and folk roots, the two albums remained the
cornerstone of the Deads live repertoire for years to follow, with its most
popular songs -- Uncle Johns Band, Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia, and Truckin
among them -- becoming major favorites on FM radio.
Europe 72 Despite increasing radio airplay and respectable album sales, the Dead
remained first and foremost a live act, and as their popularity grew across the
world they expanded their touring schedule, taking to the road for much of each
year. As more and more of their psychedelic-era contemporaries ceased to exist,
the group continued attracting greater numbers of fans to their shows, many of
them following the Dead across the country. Dubbed Deadheads, these fans became
notorious for their adherence to tie-dyed fashions and excessive drug use, their
traveling circus ultimately becoming as much a focal point of concert dates as
the music itself. Shows were also extensively bootlegged, and not surprisingly
the Dead closed out their Warner contract with back-to-back concert LPs -- a
1971 eponymous effort and 1972s Europe 72.
Wake of the Flood The latter release was the final Dead album to feature Pigpen
McKernan, a heavy drinker who died of liver failure on March 8, 1973; his
replacement was keyboardist Keith Godchaux, who brought with him wife Donna Jean
to sing backing vocals. Arriving in 1973, Wake of the Flood was the first
release on the new Grateful Dead Records imprint; around the time of its
follow-up, 1974s From the Mars Hotel, the group took a hiatus from the road to
allow its members the opportunity to pursue solo projects. After returning to
the live arena with a 1976 tour, the Dead signed to Arista to release Terrapin
Station, the first in a series of misguided studio efforts that culminated in
1980s Go to Heaven, widely considered the weakest record in the groups catalog
-- so weak, in fact, that they did not reenter the studio for another seven
years.
Reckoning The early 80s were a time of considerable upheaval for the Dead -- the
Godchauxs had been dismissed from the lineup in 1979, with Keith dying in a car
crash on July 23, 1980. (His replacement was keyboardist Brent Mydland.) After a
pair of 1981 live LPs, Reckoning and Dead Set, the group released no new
recordings until 1987, focusing instead on their touring schedule -- despite the
dearth of new releases, the Dead continued selling out live dates, playing to
audiences that spanned generations. As much a cottage industry as a band, they
traveled not only with an enormous road crew but also dozens of friends and
family members, many of them Dead staffers complete with health insurance and
other benefits.
In the Dark Still, the Dead were widely regarded as little more than an enduring
cult phenomenon prior to the release of 1987s In the Dark; their first studio LP
since Go to Heaven, it became the years most unlikely hit when the single Touch
of Grey became the first-ever Dead track to reach the Top Ten on the pop charts.
Suddenly their videos were in regular rotation on MTV, and virtually overnight
the ranks of the Deadheads grew exponentially, with countless new fans flocking
to the groups shows. Not only did concert tickets become increasingly tough to
come by for longtime followers, but there were also more serious repercussions
-- the influx of new fans shifted the crowd dynamic considerably, and
once-mellow audiences became infamous not only for their excessive drug habits
but also for their violent encounters with police.
Dylan & the Dead Other troubles plagued the Dead as well: in July 1986, Garcia
-- a year removed from a drug treatment program -- lapsed into near-fatal
diabetic coma brought on by his continued substance abuse problems, regaining
consciousness five days later. His health remained an issue in the years that
followed, but the Dead spent more time on tour than ever, with a series of dates
with Bob Dylan yielding the live album Dylan & the Dead. Their final studio
effort, Built to Last, followed in 1989. Tragedy struck in October of that year
when a fan died after breaking his neck outside of a show at the New Jersey
Meadowlands; two months later, a 19-year-old fan on LSD also died while in
police custody at the Los Angeles Forum.
As ever, the Dead themselves were also not immune to tragedy -- on July 26,
1990, Mydland suffered a fatal drug overdose, the third keyboardist in the
groups history to perish; he was replaced not only by ex-Tubes keyboardist Vince
Welnick but also by satellite member Bruce Hornsby, a longtime fan who
frequently toured with the group. In the autumn of 1992, Garcia was again
hospitalized with diabetes and an enlarged heart, forcing the Dead to postpone
their upcoming tour until the years end; he eventually returned to action
looking more fit than he had in years. Still, few were surprised when it was
announced on August 9, 1995, that Garcia had been found dead in his room at a
substance abuse treatment facility in Forest Knolls, California; the
53-year-olds death was attributed to a heart attack.

Dicks Picks, Vol. 1: Tampa, FL 12/19/1973 While Garcias death spelled the end of
the Dead as a continuing creative entity, the story was far from over. As the
surviving members disbanded to plot their next move, the bands merchandising arm
went into overdrive -- in addition to Dicks Picks, a series of archival releases
of classic live material, licensed products ranging from Dead T-shirts to
sporting goods to toys flooded the market. Plans were also announced to build
Terrapin Station, an interactive museum site. In 1996, Weir and Hart mounted the
first Furthur Festival, a summer tour headlined by their respective bands RatDog
and Mystery Box; in 1998, they also reunited with Lesh and Hornsby to tour as
the Other Ones.
Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead - July 5, 2015 The Other
Ones toured again in 2000, this time without Lesh but with Kreutzmann, but all
the surviving Dead members reunited for a 2002 show, a move that prompted the
group to adopt the moniker The Dead for this tour and the ones that followed in
the 2000s. As the decade came to a close, the band fractured, with Weir and Lesh
forming Furthur, while Hart and Kreutzmann dedicated themselves to their
long-standing band, the Rhythm Devils. The two camps stayed separated until
2015, when they reunited for two sets of goodbye concerts called Fare Thee Well:
Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead. Drafting Phishs Trey Anastasio as
Garcias replacement and bringing back keyboardists Bruce Hornsby and Jeff
Chimenti, the Dead played a round of warm-up shows in Santa Clara, California
before a 4th of July weekend bash at Chicagos Soldier Field. The Chicago shows
appeared as a live album called Fare Thee Well in November, preceded by the
exhaustive 80-disc box 30 Trips Around the Sun, an archival release showcasing
one unreleased concert for every year the group was active. 30 Trips Around the
Sun was also released as a distilled four-disc box containing one live
performance from every year of the Deads life.
By the time these live albums appeared in late 2015, Weir, Kreutzmann, and Hart
had announced a tour called Dead & Company, featuring John Mayer in the Jerry
Garcia role, Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band on bass, and Ratdogs
Jeff Chimenti on keyboards. Dead & Company toured through the summer of 2016,
and in 2017 the Grateful Dead released several noteworthy archival titles.
First, the bands 1967 debut saw a double-disc expanded reissue for its 50th
anniversary, then the groups celebrated May 8, 1977 show at Cornell Universitys
Barton Hall -- a show that was included in the Library of Congress National
Recording Registry in 2012 -- saw its first official release, both on its own
and as part of Get Shown the Light, an 11-disc box set containing all the
concerts from May 1977. Also in 2017, the Dead were the subject of a four-hour
Martin Scorsese-produced documentary called Long Strange Trip.

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