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Mooding |
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February 01, 2012 11:47:47pm |
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2/18 radio special - GD covering songs by black artists |
As
previously posted, I'm hosting a live radio special as part of a fundraiser for KBOO Community Radio in Portland, OR later this month (Sat 2/18; Noon-4 PST). You will be able to listen to it live
here.
The special will honor as many of the numerous black artists whose songs the Grateful Dead covered. I'll play as many (can't fit 'em all) songs written, originally recorded and/or otherwise popularized by black artists as will fit. My initially posted song list has grown substantially and you can see the probably final list
here.
More specifically I'll be playing the song's original version (in
really rare cases, two) followed by a representative GD performance (
sometimes two when versions vary enough through time).
Pigpen freaks are especially encouraged to tune in; no I won't be playing any of Weir 'covering Pig's tunes.'
While I've pulled most of the GD versions for these songs, I'm having trouble figuring out which version to play for the few tunes below, so your suggestions are most welcome:
Beat It On Down the Line
Don't Ease Me In
Good Lovin'
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Johnny B. Goode
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
Promised Land (it would be 2-9-73 but for that dropout)
See See Rider
Spoonful
Please keep in mind that longer isn't automatically better here since I've already got 14 hours of music for this 4 hour show.
Feel more than free to cross post this anywhere you want. I'd also like to hear from y'all during the broadcast. Hope you enjoy it.
This post was modified by Mooding on 2012-02-02 07:35:06
This post was modified by Mooding on 2012-02-02 07:47:47
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wisconsindead |
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February 02, 2012 11:44:28am |
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Re: 2/18 radio special - GD covering songs by black artists |
Beat it on down the line...
I really enjoy a lot of 1972 versions. I really enjoy DP 14's version which is 11/30 or 12/02 1974.
Johnny B. Goode, try the closing of winterland version, or the DP 10 version. I also love 1989-07-17. All very well played.
Don't Ease me in - 1985-11-05 has a high octane performance, definitely check it out.
Promised Land, DP 12 (74) or DP 15 (77)
This post was modified by wisconsindead on 2012-02-02 19:44:28
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elbow1126 |
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February 02, 2012 02:56:01am |
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Re: 2/18 radio special - GD covering songs by black artists |
Don't Ease Me In - I would go with one of the acoustic versions from May '70.
Johnny B. Goode - 4-29-71. That girl was yelling for it all night, ii had to be a good one!
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unclejohn52 |
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February 02, 2012 05:32:10am |
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Re: 2/18 radio special - GD covering songs by black artists |
BIODTL - My favorite version is from the L&G disc, April 1971 - high energy, concise, crisp... and Garcia does a lovely guitar train whistle when that train rolls on by.
Good Lovin' - This might be heretical here, but I happen to prefer a Bob version from 4/19/78. Garcia's solo floats over the audience, and it builds to a great crescendo. Also much shorter than Pig versions, which are always longer but in their way, have more of the GD signature.
Good luck with your 14 hour show! It sounds like you have enough material for a month of shows.
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