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unclejohn52 |
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June 04, 2011 08:19:21am |
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Re: Historical TDIH |
"the result of slower tempos, the heavier sound of two drum kits, and Kreutzmann simplifying his playing greatly." Ponderous is apt.
I would also attribute a change to the Godchaux's in this period - Keith got more ham-handed and less fluid, less jazzy... and Donna finally found her niche for about two years. It's like she can finally hear herself, and pulls back from rock'n'roll screaming to a nicer vocal blend. When you heard them live though, there was way too much Keith in the mix, to bad effect at least to these ears.
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AltheaRose |
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June 05, 2011 01:17:13am |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Historical TDIH |
Interesting observation -- and good memory! I'm wondering if Keith was mixed too high cuz he'd been so very good, and often so central to jams, just a short time before. Habit in mixing? I guess someone should have listened more carefully, but maybe they kept expecting great things and nobody thought it would be all downhill. Would you date his decline from '76?
Great reminder that what was heard in the halls wasn't a CM remaster!
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light into ashes |
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June 05, 2011 03:51:00pm |
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GratefulDead
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Re: Historical TDIH |
There are a number of AUD tapes from '74 or '76 where Keith is pretty high in the mix, so somebody must have considered him one of the "lead" players in the Dead. I think there are other audience comments even from '73 that the piano was very prominent in the sound. It certainly would've made it easier for the audience to tell when he wasn't doing much...and when he was.
I think '77 is when Keith kind of fades out within the Dead. He was still more in his element in the '76 jams, and some of the Blues for Allah songs....the Terrapin Station material/style seems to have knocked him out a bit. (Well, assuming other things weren't knocking him out too...)
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