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japple

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25. Honey child, I wasn't dissing the Dead, so don't get your feathers
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:21 PM
Aug 2015

Last edited Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:23 PM - Edit history (1)

ruffled. I am a life-long student, having begun piano lessons in 1956, guitar lessons in 1966. I play by ear because I cannot "read" music.

I have been listening to this music for a whole lot of years and can't tell who is singing which part.

ETA: I don't liked canned music either, past or present and despise autotune and the majority of current popular music. Most of the time I listen to old standard bluegrass and Americana artists like Jason Isbell, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Patti Griffin, Buddy & Julie Miller, Paul Thorn, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Carolina Chocolate Drops, JJ Grey and Mofro, and other diverse groups such as Pink Martini. I know REAL music when I hear it.

I appreciate the contributions that Grateful Dead made to the music world and have fond memories of listening to their music over the past decades. I just wanted to know who was singing off key.

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
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