| Visit Our Catalog at SteelGuitarShopper.com |

Post new topic Old obscure tune ... Jerry Garcia on steel
Goto page 1, 2  Next
Reply to topic
Author Topic:  Old obscure tune ... Jerry Garcia on steel
Bob Carlucci

 

From:
Candor, New York, USA
Post  Posted 1 Apr 2012 10:56 am    
Reply with quote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-qlvHzzEQA&feature=related


Its actually a cool song, but of course politically and philosophically, it was me 42 years ago when I was young and stupid.. I haven't thought like this since I was a hippie kid without a job..

I remember this one from a long time ago.. It was right in Jerry's wheelhouse, and his ZB sounds great... I'll bet not too many people remember this one.... bob
_________________
I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down!

no gear list for me.. you don't have the time......
View user's profile Send private message
Larry Robbins


From:
Fort Edward, New York
Post  Posted 1 Apr 2012 12:08 pm    
Reply with quote

Ohhh that takes me back! Winking
_________________
Twang to the bone!
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Richard Sinkler


From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Post  Posted 1 Apr 2012 1:09 pm    
Reply with quote

Me too. Damn, I'm old. Laughing
_________________
Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Rick Abbott

 

From:
Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 1 Apr 2012 1:58 pm    
Reply with quote

How the heck did I miss this!!??!!

Oh, yeah, I turn 42 in May this year....hahaha

I love it! Thanks for the heads-up on a cool band. NRPS, Dead, The Commander, Flying Burritos etc. are my kinda music.
_________________
RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
1975 Peavey Pacer
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Mickey Adams


From:
Bandera Texas
Post  Posted 1 Apr 2012 2:06 pm    
Reply with quote

Holy Cow!...American Pickers must have found this buried in someones garage!!!,,,I think I hear Jerry singing in the background too!!.
_________________
ARTIST RELATIONS: MSA GUITARS
2017 MSA LEGEND XL D10, S10, Studio Pro S12 EXE9
Mullen G2, Rittenberry S10, Infinity D10, Zumsteel 8+9
Anderson, Buscarino, Fender, Roman Guitars, Sarno Octal, Revelation Preamps, BJS BARS, Lots of Blackface Fenders!
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Jerry Overstreet


From:
Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 1 Apr 2012 3:44 pm    
Reply with quote

I remember that. I worked a retail job in a small town in NC, we would go to the Pizza Hut after work, drink beer, play the jukebox and dance. It was about all there was to do there.

They were all 45's and you could play either side. Of course, I didn't know it was Jerry, matter of fact I didn't know he played steel guitar and barely knew what was a steel guitar. Had not thought about that tune in years. Thanks.
View user's profile Send private message
Dave Hopping


From:
Aurora, Colorado
Post  Posted 1 Apr 2012 7:14 pm    
Reply with quote

Looked up B&S.They're still working.Not a lot,but they do shows with folks like Marshall Tucker and Pure Prairie League.Poco is part of that circle too.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Joachim Kettner


From:
Germany
Post  Posted 2 Apr 2012 6:14 am    
Reply with quote

Back then for most of the "hip" guys over here this kind of music was like a red flag, I always told them I was a country fan, then I quit defending it because it was useless.
"the past is a foreign country" comes to mind when hearing this, I had the " Weeds" record with the Red Indian on the cover, I believe Red Rhodes was on this.
_________________
Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Dave Zirbel


From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2012 4:40 am    
Reply with quote

Very Happy
_________________
Dave Zirbel-
Sierra S-10 (Built by Ross Shafer),ZB, Fender 400 guitars, various tube and SS amps
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Dave Grafe


From:
Hudson River Valley NY
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2012 9:18 am    
Reply with quote

I believe that Jerry had been playing maybe a week or two at most when he cut this track. By the time he recorded "Dire Wolf" (Workingman's Dead) and "Teach Your Children" (CSNY "Deja Vu") he had progressed significantly, but not long after he decided to decline any more recording sessions, instead suggesting the that the interested parties call a "real" steel picker....
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Kevin Hatton

 

From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2012 11:47 am    
Reply with quote

ZB Custom through a Twin reverb=Vintage sound.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Chuck McGill


From:
An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2012 3:23 pm    
Reply with quote

Wonder where that steel is now?
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Dave Zirbel


From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2012 5:25 pm    
Reply with quote

It belongs to forum member Pete grant in California, a long time friend of Jerry.
_________________
Dave Zirbel-
Sierra S-10 (Built by Ross Shafer),ZB, Fender 400 guitars, various tube and SS amps
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Alan Brookes


From:
Brummy living in Southern California
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2012 8:37 am    
Reply with quote

I've read some disparaging remarks about Jerry's pedal steel playing from time to time, but he doesn't sound bad to me. The videos that I've seen of him playing are all live, and none of us would want every live performance we've ever done video taped and put on public display. Rolling Eyes
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Dave Hopping


From:
Aurora, Colorado
Post  Posted 4 Apr 2012 12:38 pm    
Reply with quote

All of the JG steel I'd knowingly heard was TYC.I was pleased to learn that the steel on this tune,which I do remember,was also him.OK,it's a little stoned and pitch-y,like his singing,but I hear something good.Makes me wonder what he could have done if he'd laid off the chemicals,trimmed the foliage,and moved to Texas.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Jim Eaton


From:
Santa Susana, Ca
Post  Posted 5 Apr 2012 9:53 am    
Reply with quote

As I watched/listened to the clip, I was wondering if Jerry was trying NOT to play what he played on TYC or if I was hearing the ideas that later became the TYC steel part. One of kind and I still miss him and the music he gave us.

JE:-)>
_________________
Emmons D10PP 8/4 -75'
Emmons S-10PP 3/4 - 79'
Emmons S-12PP 3/4 -78'
MSA Legend SD12 5/5 -06'
Mullen S-12 4/5 - 1986
Nashville 112 x2 W/Knob Guards - Don't leave home with out one!
Walker SS rack system - 12"BW's
Quilter Steelaire Combo
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Steve Hinson

 

From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 5 Apr 2012 12:42 pm    
Reply with quote

That ain't a Twin,is it?No Middle knobs...looks like a Pro...
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Bill Terry


From:
Bastrop, TX
Post  Posted 6 Apr 2012 5:40 am    
Reply with quote

Yeah, not enough tone knobs for a Twin, but it's cool. Note the drip edge from '68 or '69, and check out the Tele Marshall combo next door, that's also way cool. Great pic Dave.
_________________
Lost Pines Studio
"I'm nuts about bolts"
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
George McCann

 

From:
Maui, USA
Post  Posted 6 Apr 2012 9:37 pm    
Reply with quote

I'm old enough to remember watching him with the Original New Riders of the Purple Sage. He'd do a great set with them and then return to the stage with Bob and friends and do an acoustic set. Then the Dead would come on and blow you away for four more hours.
During that era they sure loved to play music forever and ever.
Can't get any headliners to gig for more than 45 minutes anymore...
_________________
As I've aged I've wondered why my mental powers haven't expanded like my waist line.
Rain SD-10, Fessy U-12,Harlow Dobro, Eastman 912 mandolin, Zhu Fiddle, guitars, gizmos and buu-kuu Amps
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Dana Blodgett

 

From:
California, USA
Post  Posted 7 Apr 2012 9:53 am     old obscure tune...Jerry Garcia
Reply with quote

I agree with Steve...probably a "Pro Reverb", I had a black faced '66 rated at 40watts,sounded like 100watts! Maybe the best amp I ever had till I blew a speaker.
Dana
_________________
Dana Blodgett
From Los Osos,Ca.
'74 ShoBud 6140 3+4, Martins HD28,D-12-28, D-15,'65 Gibson LG-1, '77 Gibson Les Paul special dbl cut p-90's, Les Paul Special p-100's,Les paul Special Hybrid(maple top) hbkr's,'68 Fender Strat reissue, Fender Squire Jazz bass,Epi mandolin,Epi Wilshire '66 reissue, Kamaka Concert uke, 70's Kamaka Soprano Uke, Fender Super amp, Ampeg ba112 bass amp,60's harmony banjo,'00 Gibson SG Supreme
View user's profile Send private message
Kevin Hatton

 

From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
Post  Posted 7 Apr 2012 11:39 am    
Reply with quote

How life has changed dramaticly. This is when you had to go down to the record store and buy a piece of plastic in order to listen to music. You couldn't just steal it off a computer. People actually made money in the music business. The song seems so shuffly, hippie naive to me now. It's when people actually had secure employment so that buying a piece of plastic to listen to music was affordable. We still buy plastic (CD's), but we don't have to anymore. Remember record needles? They were very important to us at one point.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Joey Ace


From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 7 Apr 2012 3:43 pm    
Reply with quote

RIP Jerry. A true musician, regardless of what instrument he was holding at the time.

View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Alan Brookes


From:
Brummy living in Southern California
Post  Posted 8 Apr 2012 10:07 am    
Reply with quote

Kevin Hatton wrote:
...This is when you had to go down to the record store and buy a piece of plastic in order to listen to music. You couldn't just steal it off a computer...

I don't know how musicians survive any more. Crying or Very sad
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
Lynn Kasdorf


From:
Waterford Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 9 Apr 2012 4:11 pm    
Reply with quote

I totally remember this song! Always loved it. It came out when I was in high school. Primitive, but musical steel playing by Jerry. This early country/folk/rock stuff got me interested in playing steel back then.

Speaking of Brewer & Shipley, have you folks seen their song One Toke Over The Line (a "modern spiritual") as performed on the Lawrence Welk show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tdmaEhMHE&feature=related

This cheery couple obviously has no idea what a toke is...
_________________
"You call that thing a guitar?"
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Jim Curtain


From:
Phoenix,Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2012 5:10 pm    
Reply with quote

Here is a Picture of Jerry and Doug Sahm in Austin,TX Thanksgiving,1972. There is a file of this concert that came with this pic. I can also post it if it's ok with our moderators.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Jump to:  
Please review our Forum Rules and Policies
Our Online Catalog
Strings, CDs, instruction, and steel guitar accessories
www.SteelGuitarShopper.com

The Steel Guitar Forum
148 S. Cloverdale Blvd.
Cloverdale, CA 95425 USA

Click Here to Send a Donation

Email SteelGuitarForum@gmail.com for technical support.


BIAB Styles
Ray Price Shuffles for Band-in-a-Box
by Jim Baron