Wake The Dead

Wake The Dead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 2008)
• Original Release Date: October 10, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Post Trad Productions
• ASIN: B00004YRFL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,445 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wake the Dead, August 31, 2003

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Lydia Nickerson (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wake The Dead (Audio CD)

Losing the Grateful Dead was hard. After Jerry died, there were a sudden spate of cover albums, and this may be the finest of them. It is both closer to the soul of the original and more original than most. Wake the Dead has created a synergy from traditional "Celtic" music and the songs of the Grateful Dead, an energetic interpretation with no sloppy sentimentalism, nothing nostalgic in tone. The musicianship is as high as the Dead and the melodies and harmonies sweeter and clearer than what Dead ever managed. Wake the Dead play with both precision and passion.

The music sings down my nerves, as if it were reverberating through time. Old music, new music, immortal music, all tied together with strings of the fiddle and other instruments, notes speaking of death and rebirth, the music itself seems to make promises for the future while fulfilling some of the promises that Jerry had made.

This album is neither an imitation of the original nor a bold new interpretation of known material. It's a brilliant gem, a crystalline piece of music not to be missed.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your reviewer is way too harsh., October 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wake The Dead (Audio CD)

This record captures more fully than any single Dead album or tribute project, the melodic beauty, lyrical depth and timeless quality of the Garcia/Hunter songbook. Largely acoustic and blended seamlessly with traditional Scots and Irish melodies, this is a record that could capture a broad audience, converting folkies into Deadheads and 'heads into folkies. "Durable and malleable" these songs may be, but taken slightly off context like this, and collected in one place, the listener can hear The Wheel and Bird Song taking their place as standards in the long tradition of the folk song, and Messrs. Hunter and Garcia being elevated quickly to the pantheon of great American popular music composers.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She Didn't "Like" The Dead, Until She Heard This, July 1, 2003

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foolrex "foolrex" (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wake The Dead (Audio CD)

My wife never considered herself a fan of the Dead, didn't really like their music. Then a friend gave us this and it is hard to get anything else on the CD player! Wake the Dead is a bunch of seriously talented Celtic players (I've managed to catch them live a few times now) that also happen to think the Dead's catalogue of original music is something to be treasured. They have put together arrangements that meld Dead with traditional Celtic tunes into some kind of jams that the Dead themselves would smile upon. So . . . acoustic and folky . . . the lyrics and the melodies shine through. Check it out!