Question about Grateful Dead.

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22. I'm a big Dead fan

and I have been playing guitar for dam near 30 years.

Just like Dylan, Neil Young, Prine, Vanzandt, they are/were entertainers, not some pitch correction bullshit "Hollywood" artist.

With all that said, I think the problem with The Grateful Dead is that most are not used to hearing someone harmonize outside of using the 3rd or the 5th of a triad. You can still harmonize and use the 6th and this is what throws a lot of folks off. Another thing that the Dead tried to do was "cross over"in their harmony singing...there are not many that can do this and fool the audience as dissonance takes over. If your lead is singing in say "G" and you are singing in "D" then crossing over for each is very difficult.

The Grateful Dead was a "jam band", one has to realize this and realize that it's not about the vocals, it's instead feeling and not even attempting to be perfect, it's real shit man, not some canned bullshit like is out there today.