DU Deadheads, Do you have a favorite Grateful Dead song?

[red dog 1]

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	Box Of Rain
	2 (17%)
	Casey Jones
	0 (0%)
	Friend Of The Devil
	0 (0%)
	Me And My Uncle
	1 (8%)
	Sugar Magnolia
	1 (8%)
	Ripple
	4 (33%)
	Touch Of Grey
	1 (8%)
	Truckin'
	1 (8%)
	U.S. Blues
	1 (8%)
	Uncle John's Band
	1 (8%)
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[red dog 1]

1. ADDENDUM POLL

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Songs Not Listed As Poll Choices

- Attics Of My Life
- Dark Star
- Brokedown Palace
- Hell In A Bucket
- Eyes Of The World (4 votes)
- Sugaree
- West Texas Bound

[2naSalit]

28. And Saint Stephen...

Dire Wolf
Cumberland Blues
New Speedway Boogie
And, and, and...

[jls4561]

2. Do I have to pick just one?

[red dog 1]

8. No, you can list any number of favorite GD songs in a reply,

(You can "rank" your favorites that way)

[underpants]

3. Friend of the Devil. Frankly I prefer their recorded songs over shows

I know, blasphemy. Look I grew up 20 minutes from the mothership. I saw 3 shows I think. My brother saw hundreds.

[red dog 1]

14. Your brother saw hundreds of Grateful Dead shows?

Wow!

(I've seen dozens)

[underpants]

33. I think that's right

Charlotte/Raleigh Hampton RFK Philly Boston(a few times) not sure about deeper south but definitely Roanoke when they played there. 3-4 shows at each place twice a year.

[musette_sf]

4. Attics Of My Life

[red dog 1]

10. I'll list that one in the "Addendum Poll" (reply # 1)

[jberryhill]

5. The Wheel

If the thunder don’t get you, then the lightning will.

[2naSalit]

29. But that's on a solo album, does that count?

Just asking, it's one of my all time favorites. I have a long story relationship with that song.

[jpak]

6. Dark Star

Live

[red dog 1]

11. I'll list that one in the "Addendum Poll" (reply # 1)

[ZZenith]

7. Brokedown Palace

With Ripple in a close second.
Bird Song in third.

Could change tomorrow.

[red dog 1]

12. I'll list Brokedown Palace in the "Addendum Poll" (reply # 1)

[red dog 1]

15. I know what you mean

If I were to vote today, I'd vote for Truckin'
But tomorrow I might vote for Ripple.

(I don't vote in polls I post)

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Hell In A Bucket

[red dog 1]

13. I'll add it to the Addendum Poll (Reply # 1)

[happybird]

16. Eyes of the World

Wharf Rat
Lady with a Fan/Terrapin
Morning Dew
Loser
Jack A Roe

[ZZenith]

17. Eyes of the World!

Love that song.

[red dog 1]

19. Your vote has been recorded in the Addendum Poll

(DU polls are limited to 10 choices)

[red dog 1]

18. Interesting list!

I'll add Eyes Of The World to the Addendum Poll

[happybird]

23. I guess, technically, the last three aren't really

Dead songs (cover, first on a Jerry solo album iirc, and traditional) but the band versions are among my very favorites.

It’s impossible to pick one. Or three.

[yewberry]

20. That is a hard question.

Terrapin Station
Birdsong
Eyes of the World
Help>Slip>Franklin's
China>Rider

(Yes, I know those two aren't exactly"songs" but the progressions really do have to go together)

[pitchforksandtorches]

21. Not Fade Away-Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (Scull & Roses), St. Stephen/The Eleven, Althea

90+shows 1968-1995

[red dog 1]

26. 90 + shows?

Incredible!

(Back in 1968, you could be a Deadhead & go to all their shows without ever leaving San Francisco)

Their version of "Not Fade Away" was, and still is, better than any other band's version, imo.
(I used to love to hear them do "Midnight Hour" at their shows in the early days)

[scarytomcat]

40. Great

[lunasun]

22. Truckin'. Great lyrics from R. Hunter and sort of a band's own story song

Great music vibe too
Garcia / Lesh / Weir
But I love the lyric reference story and tone line like Houston, too close to New Orleans then later song goes back to busted down on Bourbon st. Set up like a bowling pin

To me the lyrics make it my favorite GD song 2nd would be Casey Jones
But I’m not a deadhead so maybe if I heard more I’d have another favorite that is an instrumental or something
But for right now .....

Truckin', like the do-dah man
Once told me, "You've got to play your hand"
Sometimes the cards ain't worth a dime
If you don't lay 'em down

Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
Other times, I can barely see
Lately, it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it's been

[red dog 1]

24. Truckin' is probably my favorite too

And Robert Hunter's lyrics on Truckin' are his best, imo.

(I was wondering how long it would take for someone to pick Truckin')

[lunasun]

30. Didn't take long after discussing it here for me to want to go find a listen .

https://m.

[quaint]

25. Hundreds of shows, here, too (counting JGB)

Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
Ramble on Rose

My favorite depends on many factors in the moment. Changed my mind many times so I'll go with the set list for my weekend, Dave's Picks 34, courtesy of a friend.

[red dog 1]

27. "Ain't nothin' for the head like the good old Grateful Dead!"

Hundreds of shows..Wow!

Thanks for that link to Dave's Picks.
(I wonder why he didn't list Mickey with the others under "Personnel"..Wasn't he still with them in '74?)

[The Figment]

31. Toured from summer 78 to spring 95,

I cant even think of the number of shows I've been to,lol
Scarlet/Fire
GDTRFB
Cold Rain and Snow
Bertha
Cassidy
Throwing Stones
The Wheel
Wave that Flag
Loser
He's Gone


And this..

[sorcrow]

32. Hard to pick a favorite

But here are a few starting with

Easy Wind with Pigpen on vocals.

Cumberland Blues

Jackstraw

One More Saturday Night


Regards,
Crow

[lastlib]

34. I actually had a scout in my troop named Casey Jones--

He NEVER understood why I kept telling him to watch his speed! (His mother didn't either--I had to explain it to her!)

[red dog 1]

35. That's funny!

[MissB]

36. Sugaree

I was only able to see two concerts before Jerry died. One was in Vegas. Epic trip.

[red dog 1]

37. The Dead played Vegas?

I never knew that.

(Sugaree is a great song)

[MissB]

38. 1993

We rented a white Cadillac (it’s what the rental car company had) and just cruised into the parking lot, watching the police stop a bunch of VW vans. We had to fly in, so renting a car was the only option. Nevada was definitely not a marijuana-friendly state, and the police were out in force.

Before the show started, we got dumped on. Tons of rain in a short time, so that those of us on the floor were standing in water. As the storm passed over us, we could feel the electricity in the air. They encouraged us to go into the (metal) stands for safety

Some people got hit by lightening in the parking lot- like 8 people.

Pretty sure they started the set with here comes sunshine.

[scarytomcat]

39. west Texas bound

[red dog 1]

41. I'll add it to the Addendum Poll (Reply # 1)

[scarytomcat]

42. I was not referencing a song but a line in a song

The one I voted for.
So many good ones hard to pick one.
So remove from Addendum