Do you still listen to the Grateful Dead?

Question

I jumped onboard at the tail end, going to about 15 shows from 90-95. I had about 400 hours of live shows, and listened to the Dead contstantly, without fail. I loved the music, and could tell you what show a song was from within a few days by just listening to the pre-song tuning. After Jerry died, I barely listened. Now, I don't think I've listened to a note in about 3 years. Obviously, I'm not in college anymore and have different tastes, but did anyone else get burnt out from the Dead's music. The early nineties brought some pretty crappy new Dead songs, and most of the later shows sounded pretty bad. Did the Dead stop making good music in 1974? Was I too high to tell the difference? Does anyone still listen to the Dead that listened to the band when Garcia was alive?

Answer 1

yes, i still gratefully listen to the dead. once you become a deadhead, nothing else fills your life like they do. i do prefer the dead with jerry. try listening to some of his stuff with david grisman and you will see his true capabilities as a musician. you still need peace and love even without the 60's movements.

Answer 2

The Dead's post 90 debuts are crap...

You were probably to high to care if it was good or not back in 74...

I think there best album was "American Beauty"... but I tend to opt for "the workingmans dead" album (which was released the same year as American Beauty")

Garcia was a huge advocate for the Deads music... He kicks a$$!

Answer 3

Yep.

Answer 4

Gratefully not!

Answer 5

no. i thought they were dead.