Review: Dead Reckoning

Subject: RE: Review: Dead Reckoning
From: woodsie
Date: 30 Apr 07 - 08:55 PM

This album is a masterwork - They were doing and unplugged set years before MTV made it a trendy thin to do!

Subject: RE: Review: Dead Reckoning
From: pdq
Date: 30 Apr 07 - 08:44 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Review: Dead Reckoning
From: Dave Ruch
Date: 01 Mar 07 - 09:32 PM

I too love this album. I love the songs, the sound of the band, and of course Garcia's great acoustic guitar playing.

Subject: RE: Review: Dead Reckoning
From: GUEST,michaelr
Date: 01 Mar 07 - 08:53 PM

I like it a lot.

I was fortunate to see one of these acoustic sets, in 1981 I believe, at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans. We walked into the theater and there was a white grand piano at center stage. We went "What's this?"

Was blown away when they came out and did the acoustic set, Phil Lesh's bass being the only electric instrument. They played for an hour, then took a break and returned to play a whole regulation 2-set electric show. We were in the place for almost six hours.

Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: Review: Dead Reckoning
From: pdq
Date: 01 Mar 07 - 08:52 PM

This is their best album, at least for folkies. A "must have", right along with Doc Watson's first solo effort "Doc Watson", Dave Van Ronk's "Folksinger", Eric Von Schmidt's "The Folk Blues of...", etc.

Subject: Review: Dead Reckoning
From: retrancer
Date: 01 Mar 07 - 08:46 PM

I love the way the Dead did these traditional and other tunes, Dire Wolf, Rose Lee Mcfall, Jack A Roe - China Doll, how do mudcatters feel about this dead album and its severely folk and traditional sound?