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Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:50 am
Posted by LSUDVM1999
North Carolina
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:50 am
I'm not a huge Dead fan but definitely an admirer of their influence on music in general. I love their song Ripple so my question is: what other songs do they have that you would consider similar to Ripple that I should check out??
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 10:04 am to
workingman's dead & american beauty for studio albums.
for live shows, if you like ripple, then check out the acoustic sets that opened their 15th anniversary shows in september/october 1980 at the warfield in SF and radio city music hall in NYC

you will find those sets on reckoning LINK from 1981 and also on the warfield october 1980 LINK

finally another good entry is the official live album "grateful dead (also known as skull & roses) here LINK
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 10:07 am to
and if you want to watch them in action at radio city, go here LINK
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 10:31 am to
quote:

workingman's dead & american beauty
Posted by BigOrangeBri
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 4:11 pm to
Posted by Prosecuted Collins
The Farm
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:22 pm to
Check out Wharf Rat
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:11 pm to
Brokedown Palace
Posted by Santiago_Dunbar
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2021
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 9:47 pm to
This thread made me discover than the “Deal(Smokin Hot)” from Buffalo ‘89 is no longer on YouTube. Guess I’ll have to run this whole show
7/14/98 Buffalo
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 11:02 pm to
New Deadhead here. I have been listening to the Dead only since Covid started last year in February. The more I listen and dig into the endless live recordings the more I am amazing at the music they put out. The same song may have 50 different versions..all great. While not like Ripple per se, take 15 minutes to listen to this one I just found tonight. The last half is an incredible display of guitarmanship. Just one of literally 1000's of songs that make you feel better.

03/23/74 Weather Report Suite - 03/23/74

Another one you may like
China Cat Sunflower
This post was edited on 5/13/21 at 12:44 am
Posted by Mike Stone
Parts Unknown
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Posted on 5/8/21 at 4:18 pm to
This. Black Muddy River and Standing on the Moom also.
Posted by Mike Stone
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Posted on 5/8/21 at 6:55 pm to
And So Many. Roads
Posted by rutiger
purgatory
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 10:53 am to
So many roads and standing on the moon are my favorite jerry ballads.
Posted by Mike Stone
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 10:10 pm to
Can't believe I forgot To Lay Me Down
Posted by hawkeye007
Member since Feb 2010
6297 posts
Posted on 5/10/21 at 12:56 pm to
black muddy river is amazing, bad part is i don't think the dead ever did the song justice...


Posted by Douglas Quaid
Mars
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 5/11/21 at 12:38 pm to
Althea - probably my favorite Dead song. Definitely the one I've listened to more than any other.

Ship of Fools - another favorite

Jack Straw

Fire on the Mountain is another catchy one.

American Beauty (Ripple is on that one) really is one of those rare albums which every single track is great. Candyman has some nice steel guitar in it.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:20 pm to
quote:

probably my favorite Dead song.

It's up there for me also.


Feel good like Ripple for me would be Sugaree.
Posted by CharlieTiger
ATL
Member since Jun 2014
969 posts
Posted on 5/11/21 at 3:32 pm to
Spotify has boatloads of dead on it. A while back they put out all the Europe '72 shows. For a dead noob, that's a pretty good place to start for delving into their early live stuff.
Posted by GeauxtigersMs36
The coast
Member since Jan 2018
13471 posts
Posted on 5/12/21 at 6:30 am to
Get the app Relisten. Look up whatever song then go through the years listening to the different versions. Love looks like rain at the spectrum 77
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
40787 posts
Posted on 5/13/21 at 7:34 am to
Jack straw- This one from 89 is smoking. It’s also a good song to show you how dead songs change over the years.

Cassidy

Deal

Bertha

Loser

China cat> I know you rider

71/72 sing me back home
This post was edited on 5/13/21 at 7:37 am
Posted by Dire Wolf
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Member since Sep 2008
40787 posts
Posted on 5/13/21 at 8:46 am to
quote:

you will find those sets on reckoning LINK from 1981


Great bird song and Cassidy from this
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