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The Dead is Chunky & Winterland is Funky, June 21, 2009
This review is from: Road Trips: Vol. 1, No. 4 - From Egypt With Love (Audio CD)
Right after The Grateful Dead, returned from Egypt in September of 1978, it was announced that the band would play five nights at Winterland, San Francisco. The desert weirdness was coming to the city by the bay!
Volume 1, No. 4 of the: "Road Trips" series features the highlights from this last stand of The Dead at great arena before it's December 1978 closing. The shows I have heard from this year of touring have their highs & lows, but the: "From Egypt With Love" stand from Winterland, are one of the great moments of GD magic.
Most of the music spread over these two CD's comes directly from the second sets of 10/21/78 & 10/22/78. Some first set magic is captured as well with Sugaree and Stagger Lee. A bit of the Egyptian music section is one here as Hamza El Din, and his Nubian singers and percussion army perform: "Ollin Arageed" as a taste of sounds found on the Nile River on any day of the week. The Dead, takes Ollin Arageed and morphs the tribal chants of the ancient river into a savage rendition of: "Deal" a journey from The Great Pyramids to an old west card game.
"Passenger" takes The Dead, as close to the Punk bands of the day, as they will ever travel. "Sugaree" is streched out in some different directions with some fine slide guitar. "Sugar Magnolia" is a wild ride in a Jeep right down the middle of California's deltas between Fresno and Manteca on a warm summer afternoon.
The drumming onslaught of: "Not Fade Away" shows what the band had learned from the tribal chants and drum circles of Egypt. A fine: "U.S. Blues" raps up the music of disc one, and a excellent rendition of: "Goin' Down the Road, Feelin' Bad" concludes disc two.
The band sells this at their Official Web Site, for much less cash than it is offered here, and that is the place to seek it out. But, you need to purchase these sets early to receive the third bonus that is only available for a limited time before the vendors are the only ones selling this set in it's complete form.
The graphic work featured here is amazing, and makes for a very attractive package to house this music in. The music speaks loudly of just what The Grateful Dead, are all about. Musical journeys that span the globe and a thousand centuries. The live music of The Grateful Dead, as only they can produce.
This is great: "Live Dead"
4.5 Stars !!!
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On Fire, September 14, 2011
This review is from: Road Trips: Vol. 1, No. 4 - From Egypt With Love (Audio CD)
I heard the song, 'Fire on the Mountain', for the first time in Prescott AZ while bar hopping on Whiskey Row. While I know the Grateful Dead, I do not know how this mildly calypso beat of a wondrous song escaped my ears until then. Sitting next to someone who had me on fire made the song come alive. While he eventually quenced the fire in me, the fire for this song will live on.
At doing some research on this piece, it was written at Mickey Hart's ranch and the inspiration was a fire, the hills around the ranch were ablaze. What a vision, of them writing this piece while watching the fire approach the recording studio at the ranch. Thank you, Grateful Dead, for an amazing song. What a treat to discover so many years after it was written.
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From Egypt With Love, September 18, 2010
This review is from: Road Trips: Vol. 1, No. 4 - From Egypt With Love (Audio CD)
The Dead returned from Egypt and played five nights at Winterland Arena. This release has it's major focus on the last two shows of the run, October 21st and 22nd.
The first disc recorded on the 21st, starts with a groovin' and movin' Sugaree followed by a rockin' Passenger. Stagger Lee and I Need A Miracle give the hometown crowd a preview of two new songs. The remander of the disc is filled with the last half of the second set. I Got My Mojo Working is a good version coming out of space with War's Lee Oscar filling in on harp. The Other One is massive before flowing into one of the best Stella Blues out there. Sugar Magnolia is a nice set ender following on the heels of Stella while U.S. Blues is a fitting encore.
The second disc recorded on the 22nd, features Egyptian percussionist Hamza El Din and his choir on Ollin Arageed before leading into Deal. Next up is a sweet Peggy-O followed by a hot Jack Straw. The Scarlet Begonias->Fire On The Mountain is hot followed by an equally impressive Not Fade Away->Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad with legendary guitarist John Cipollina guesting on the last half of the release.
The bonus disc is made up of four songs from the 21st with the last two from 10-17-78.
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