I don't know who's right.
I only heard them once, at Michigan State University in '70 or '71. Between the chocolate m..., and the yellow sunshine, and the p.. smoke, and the beer, and the girl I went with who wore the T.I.T.S. (Texas Institute for Technological Studies, she claimed) t-shirt, maybe I wasn't paying that much attention. It was a far out time, though.
Good lord. It makes my eyes red just thinking about it. :spin:
The second time was not bad...
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Originally Posted by hapy._.face
The 'Dead sucked live, huh?
I'm not gonna go there- I will say I COMPLETELY disagree!
However, you do bring up a good point. you're only as good as your sound man.
Or as good as the weakest player in the band.
But being on the lawn about a mile from the stage was pretty boring. Even with the big screens and the delay towers, it does seem that the artificial "enhancments" were a required part of that scene.
All in all I like their studio stuff a LOT more than ANY live recordings of them, and I have a lot of those... Something about having a producer telling them what works and what doesn't just brings up their creativity level, and having the ability to re-take until it's perfect is something some bands just need.
There's no re-do live! If your chops are not up to it, it shows.:barf:
I mixed a show once with Frankie Lane, he must been 89 or so, but every note, all nite long, spot on key! None of that old-man vibrato that made listening to Ole Blues Eyes so painful on his last tour... And the local 15 piece jazz band had not even rehearsed, they just sight-read every tune.
Anyone hear Mick on the latest tour? I was afraid to go, just thinking of his voice being possibly past it's prime...