The Grateful Dead

[Arran]

Do you dig the Dead? If so, wat are some of your favorite years?

[michelleb256]

I've been wanting to get some Grateful Dead for a while.
What exactly should I get?

[mamadot]

They really are an aquired taste. I lived to hate them for the longest time. I'll see what I can do

[Maiden666]

Hmmm...more like what period didn't I like?

60's - 70's - 80's were all good.

[LAV]

It's hard to know where to start as no one thing is representative of the whole. Most bits I only like in certain mooRAB. It took about twenty years of hearing bits of different albums at different times in different situations played for me by different people before I looked around one day and said, ok, this stuff isn't so bad after all

[Taybah K]

I just asked a dead head this the other day and he said, Europe 72' & American Beauty are the best to start with.

[themanofknoledge?]

I don't like them at all and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like them either. Despite their spacey rep, their music overall isn't very trippy or experimental sounding. It's mostly rootsy jams with a strong country influence.

Surely you must have heard some of their more popular songs here and there though? "Casey Jones"? "Truckin'"? "Touch of Grey"?

[Your Sister in Islam]

I really enjoy the period when Mickey took a break - no slur on him, it's just nice to hear Billy free to do his thing, lay down the backbeat, etc. And anything through the Wall Of Sound. The couple of years after the hiatus are really nice and spacey, as they find their groove again. I'm also that weirdo who likes the studio albums. Like, all of them. Like, a lot. I haven't heard any live recording that didn't have its moments, but other than 1968-1978 or so it's hard to find a night when everyone's kind of into it at the same time.

[johary m]

Mergeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[SGL]

will do.