Re: (TV) Eagles no way Jose

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

well with the dead it's a relatively unique situation cos
common knowledge (& for the most part, i'd agree) tells you
they never captured the live magic on record.
i'd say yeah in so far as the "jamming" (which can get a
little tedious...tho i really dug one writer who described
em as diving for pearls every nite...sometimes they
resurfaced empty-handed, other nites with fistfuls of
shimmering jewels..)
anyhow, start with "american beauty" & set aside yr
preconceptions.
move on to "workingman's dead", then begin backtracking thru
"aoxomoxao" & esp. the first...
they defined a particularly american mythos that's really
rung strong & true for me since moving to the west coast 6
yrs ago...they never backed down & granted they eventually
became a corporation worth millions; back in their heyday
(66-74 for me), they were as smart, intractable, confused,
irreverent, hopeful! as any other crucial 60s rock & roll
personae.
& listen to "american beauty", then immediately play
"loaded" & tell me you can't hear the cross-information...

Maurice Rickard wrote:
> 
> At 4:21 PM -0800 1/18/01, eric s gregory wrote:
> >i've come to realize that, at their peak,
> >the dead were one of the greatest rock & roll groups of all
> >time, up there with the velvets.
> 
> Here's your chance: define "their peak."  I actually don't have any
> Dead in the collection, and probably won't until I hear something
> that justifies it.  So what would that something be?
> 
> NP: _Zuma_, "Barstool Blues"
> 
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