HW: John Perry

[Tom Clark]

It's hard to judge the GD by their albums.  They never really captured the
feel of their live performances on album, which is really what they were all
about.  Best show I saw (out of 12 or so) was in the desert in Las Vegas
where they improvised along with a thunderstorm which suddenly appeared out
of nowhere amid 100 degree heat and sun.  Everyone was awestruck, trippin or
not, not only by the thunderstorm, but how they wove the surroundings and
events into the music as they went.  And it did not resemble anything/ like
a county and western band (Terrapin Station - country??), nor did they ever
live.   They were great at improvisation, and no two concerts were ever
alike.  Acid blues jazz plus a touch of country here and there maybe, Guess
you have to be in the right frame of mind to like them

As a side not, what was  really disturbing was watching of some of the
"deadheads" trying act like hippies at the show, then seen gambling at the
casinos, then changing their tye dyes for "normal" clothes for the ride home
in their BMW's.  Some of the fanbase was quite a contradiction and humorous
in a strange kind of way. Oh well....must've been tripp'n.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Gibbs" <chris at HAWKLORD.UKLINUX.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: HW: John Perry


> Hi ya,
>
>
> > bands, if one really exists! (Not the Dead - they're crap, IMHO!)
> >
>
> 99.9% of what I have heard of the Dead is sheer crap, BUT dismiss them
> at your peril!
> Anthem To The Sun is an EXCELLENT album, all live(?) and better than 95%
> of Hawkwind or Pink Floyd, a trully brilliant example of acid plus
> electric guitars.
>
> My guess is that the Dead got famous and had to sell out to a record
> company.  I describe them as a bad country and western band, but Anthem
> to The Sun shows that at least in the 60s they were GOOD!  Unbelevably
> good.   OK I don't know much of the dead, what I've heard I dont like
> too much but Anthem To The Sun is right up there with Space Ritual,
> Camenenbert Electrice and The Mad Cap Laugths as best album of all time!
>
> Chris
> --
> There are people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the
> truth without lying.
>