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BlueJazz

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7. I'll join in with my stuff: As someone blessed/cursed with perfect pitch, the whole band was..

Reply to japple (Original post)

Thu Aug 6, 2015, 11:00 PM

Aug 2015

..not in tune with each other plus was usually a little sharp in their tuning.

Not saying that they didn't make people happy...and that's what matters most.

Not my thing though.

PS: The auto-tune thing in these modern times drives me #@%$#$ Nuts. I can hear the person's vibrato change when the auto-tune corrects the pitch. AAAGGG!

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Question about Grateful Dead. [View all] japple Aug 2015 OP

Was this during the Donna Godchaux years 1972-79? NightWatcher Aug 2015 #1

No. This is a male singer. There was an off key singer in the days when there were only males japple Aug 2015 #2

Donna Jean could carry a tune in the studio, her bailiwick Brother Buzz Aug 2015 #16

Phil had a reputation peacefreak Aug 2015 #3

That was going to be my guess. GoCubsGo Aug 2015 #4

Any of them who sing are not strong singers. And I'm a big admirer of the music The Second Stone Aug 2015 #5

I agree with just about all that. Except for Brent Mydland. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2015 #6

I hated Vince's tinny keyboards. Didn't much care for his voice The Second Stone Aug 2015 #9

+1 for Dick's Picks Scuba Aug 2015 #23

I'll join in with my stuff: As someone blessed/cursed with perfect pitch, the whole band was.. BlueJazz Aug 2015 #7

auto tune has destroyed music mackerel Aug 2015 #8

It has hurt professional music a great deal and the artistry behind it The Second Stone Aug 2015 #11

I'm tone deaf in my singing much of the time, and I cannot imagine how someone with perfect The Second Stone Aug 2015 #10

You get it. Music is supposed to bring joy to the listener. We don't like exactly the same food ... BlueJazz Aug 2015 #13

I'd guess Jerry too cemaphonic Aug 2015 #12

That was my thinking as well. When they sing some of the bluegrass standards, japple Aug 2015 #14

Hi, japple! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #15

Peggy-O antiquie Aug 2015 #17

Yes, Peggy-O is a favorite. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #18

I listened to a bit of this and couldn't tell who sang which part! japple Aug 2015 #19

Your opinion of the Grateful Dead Enthusiast Aug 2015 #20

I thought they all were off-key. kwassa Aug 2015 #21

I'm a big Dead fan Munificence Aug 2015 #22

Honey child, I wasn't dissing the Dead, so don't get your feathers japple Aug 2015 #25

x astral Aug 2015 #24

At times, they were ALL the "off-key singer in thr group." Miles Archer Aug 2015 #26

the Deads strength was in their accessibility olddots Aug 2015 #27

Off key, Rumbustious Aug 2021 #28

welcome to DU gopiscrap Aug 2021 #29