Private Stock, Grateful Dead.

Welcome to PRIVATE STOCK. Grateful Dead one of the Greatest bands of All Time, was formed in 1965 in the San Francisco area, they have a place in the music history.
The band influences folk, bluegrass, blues, rock, reggae, jazz, psychedelic plus a bunch of good vibes and you have "The Dead". Through the years the band line up had many changes. This is the line up of the band in the early days.
Jerry Garcia- guitar, banjo, vocals.
Bob Weir- guitar, vocals.
Ron Mckernan- organ.
Phil Lesh- bass.
Bill Kreutzmann- drums.
Here from the early days enjoy "New speedway Boogie"

They are unique, their live performances, long musical improvisation, just their vibe. I remember back in the day when you couldn't bring a camera or a recorder, and the Grateful Dead was the only band that let people bring cameras and record the show with no problems at all.
Here enjoy another great song "Fire on the Mountain"

The fans of the band are referred to as "Dead Heads" there is a sense of community that is very cool, before the Cd's I remember getting cassettes from different shows from dead heads that just check out each other tapes, some kick ass material of the band is in those dead heads cassettes, unbelievable. The band never care about anything but having a good time. I don't thing there's any band with more versions of the same song that the Grateful Dead. Here enjoy "China Cat Sunflower"

A lot of all those different versions was capture tanks to the tapers that constantly followed the band show to show, city to city and recorded a lot of material, is like the fans were on "tour" as well.
We all know that Jerry is resting in peace but the band keep touring first they used the name "The Others" and now they use again "The Dead" as a name.
Here enjoy another great song "Birdsong"

The band discography is huge but here is the basic:
1967- The Grateful Dead.
1968- Anthem of the Sun.
1969- Aoxomoxoa.
1969- Live/Dead.
1970- Working man's dead.
1970- American Beauty.
1971- Skull & Roses.
1972- Europe '72.
1973- History of the Grateful Dead volume one.
1973- Wake of the Flood.
1974- Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel.
1975- Blues For Allah.
1976- Steal Your Face.
1977- Terrapin Station.
1978- Shakedown Street.
1980- Go to Heaven.
1981- Reckoning.
1981-Dead Set.
1987- In the Dark.
1989- Built to Last.
1990- Without A Net.
And there are many compilations and box sets.
That is all this week, happy new year to all my brothers and sisters and to end the last edition of PRIVATE STOCK this year, lets enjoy "Franklin's Tower".