In their eagerness to tackle it, they perhaps neglected to rehearse it a few more times they have trouble keeping together in the precise arrangement, and sometimes stumble around erratically before syncing up again. Hard to handle grateful dead january 10, 1970 on vimeo. Often known simply as bears choice, the title references band soundman owsley bear stanley. The best version of hard too handle the dead ever did was this show was it the eclipse that night. Baby here i am and im a man upon the scene i can give you what you want but you got to come home with me i got a whole lot of goo. Grateful dead live at family dog at the great highway on 19700204. Hard to handle text guitar tab by grateful dead songsterr. It was subsequently performed only twice, on december 30 and 31, 1982, with etta james taking the vocals and support from the tower of power horns. The grateful dead was an american rock band formed in 1965 in palo alto, california. I personally love the bluesishlight rock guitar messing around stuff about it. Hard to handle bears choice reddingisbelljones intro. Bandgrateful dead songhard to handle tabberedwardthegreat5. Grateful dead hard to handle 1970 video dailymotion.
Below youll find a usersubmitted list of the best grateful dead hard to handle. Check out hard to handle live at fillmore east, new york city, april 1971 by the grateful dead on amazon music. The grateful dead hard to handle 1970 embed for hosted blogs and item tags. Baby, here i am, and im a man upon the scene i can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me i got a whole lot of good old loving and i got some in store. Grateful dead hard to handle live at golden hall, san. Hard to handle live at fillmore east, new york city. Records, it offers concert highlights recorded february and 14, 1970 at the fillmore east in new york city. Stream hard to handle live at big rock pow wow music festival, seminole indian village, west hollywood, florida, may 23, 1969 by grateful dead from desktop or your mobile device. This brilliant recording captures the energy of the room and adds to the locomotiveoutofcontrol feel. Baby, here i am and im a man upon the scene i can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me well, i got a whole. Action speaks louder than words and im a man with great experience i know you got another man, but i can love you better than him take my hand, dont be afraid im gonna prove every word i say im advertising love for free so wont you place your ad with me. The deads hottest hard to handle song mangosong mango. Discuss, vote on, and listen to the best versions of hard to handle by grateful dead.
Check out hard to handle 2001 remaster by the grateful dead on amazon music. Hard to handle starts late and has some sound fluctuations in the first minute or two. Grateful dead hard to handle 6th august 1971 youtube. Born in california on september 8, 1945, pigpen was just 27yearsold when a. Since the performances were selected by phil, they are the ones in his. Ron pigpen mckernan, the influential cofounding member of the grateful dead, sadly died on this date in 1973. There has been some confusion about this tape where it was initially labeled as 083070, which was a kqed broadcast called.
Check out hard to handle live at the yale bowl july 31, 1971 by the grateful dead on amazon music. I was in seats in the very back of the ground floor when hard to handle came on. Grateful dead live at hollywood palladium on 19710806. Hard to handle was performed by the grateful dead about 90 times between march 1969 and august 1971. Baby, here i am, and im a man upon the scene i have to give you what you want but you gotta come home with me and i got a whole load of goo. Also a very good time for hard to handle, the 6th is famous, also check out the 26th of august, the end jam is what makes h2h best in 1971, and tops any other artist imo, this was peak time for gd. Hard to handle live at big rock pow wow music festival. Okay, the hard to handle from this show is one of the most energetic and explosive recordings of the grateful dead, ever. Fallout from the phil zone is a double compilation album of live recordings by the grateful dead handpicked by the bands bassist phil lesh. Baby here i am and im a man upon the scene i can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me i got a whole lot of good ole loving and i got some in store. Hard to handle live at fillmore east, new york city, april. Baby, here i am and im a man upon the scene i can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me well, ive. Feb, 2014 band grateful dead song hard to handle tabberedwardthegreat5 slide up slide down h hammer on p pull off b bend lyrics by here i am and im a man upon the scene b i can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me b i got a whole lot of good ole loving and i got some in store b when i get through throwin. Hard to handle live at golden hall, san diego, august 7, 1971 by grateful dead history of the grateful dead, vol.
Imho, the next best edition is ri auditorium, providence, 471. Musicologists could write about these jams in more technical ways, using a much different language than i have. Hard to handle is a 1968 song written by american soul star otis redding along with al bell. Merve from stocktonontees, england the crowes have a horn section on the new freak n roll dvd, and hard to handle sounds reeal awesome. Jimmy from birmingham, mi i have the grateful dead cover of it. The grateful dead was a rock band that formed in 1965 in san francisco, california, united states from the remnants of another band, mother mccrees uptown jug champions, the grateful dead were known for their unique and eclectic songwriting style which fused elements of rock, folk music, bluegrass, blues, country, and jazz, and also for live performances of long modal jams. The grateful dead hard to handle 1970 internet archive. This post just scratches the surface of hard to handle, but at least its a start. Hard to handle live at fillmore east nyc april 1971 lyrics. Grateful dead live at terminal island correctional facility on 19710804. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for.
Provided to youtube by grateful dead rhino hard to handle live at fillmore east, new york city, april 1971 grateful dead ladies and gentlemen. Hard to handle was a mainstay of the grateful dead s live set from 1969 to 1971, as sung by ron pigpen mckernan. For instance, see the hard to handle and deadness section of david malvinnis book grateful dead and the art of rock improvisation. It contains the first grateful dead cd releases of in the midnight hour clocking in at over 30 minutes and bob dylans visions of johanna. Oct 01, 2000 check out hard to handle live at fillmore east, new york city, april 1971 by the grateful dead on amazon music. Hard to handle live at the yale bowl july 31, 1971 by the.
Im seeing lots of copies of the excellent 8671 recording, but dare i say this is a better version. Baby here i am and im a man upon the scene i can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me i got a whole lot of good ole loving and i got some in store when i get through throwin it on to you got to come back for more. Hard to handle entered 1970 in a tight, concise form for instance the first version of the year, on jan 2, is quite barebones, wrapping up in under. Know of a good version of hard to handle thats not listed here. Hard to handle and the all star jam included here and sourced from the pbs tv broadcast were missing from the previously circulating tape. Baby here i am and im a man upon the scene i can give you what you want, but you got to come home w. Produced by owsley stanley, the underground chemist who became the dead s sound man whom the band referred to as the bear, you will truly find history of the grateful dead to be a refreshing and heartfelt dedication to the bands cofounder, but very. Hard to handle 2001 remaster by the grateful dead on.
Hes ridden legendary grateful dead runs from ventura county. Grateful dead live at winterland arena on 19710324. For my money the best version of this otis redding track that the grateful dead did or that we have a copy of. There has been some confusion about this tape where it was initially labeled as 083070, which was a kqed broadcast called calibration. The grateful dead history of the grateful dead, vol 1. If youre into visuals, heres the band playing hard to handle at the. It is amazing the consensus that was there, even before phil fingered it for release or the jerrry knee rumor.
Grateful dead album guide from musthave lps to highlights from the rest of the bands massive catalog, we detail bob weir, mickey hart, jerry garcia, phil lesh, and the rests output over the. Bandgrateful dead songhard to handle tabberedwardthegreat5 slide up slide down h hammer on p pull off b bend lyrics by here i am and im a man upon the scene b i can give you what you want, but you got to come home with me b i. History of the grateful dead, volume one bear s choice is a live album by the grateful dead. Grateful dead hard to handle live at fillmore east nyc. Hard to handle live at golden hall, san diego, august 7, 1971 lyrics. Etta james joined the grateful dead for their 12311982 new years show and they performed it together. Hard to handle 2001 remaster by the grateful dead on amazon. The grateful deads 50 best live performances guitar world. Dec 03, 20 this post just scratches the surface of hard to handle, but at least its a start. Hard to handle live at the yale bowl july 31, 1971 by. Baby, here i am, im a man on the scene i can give you what you want but you got to go home with me ive got some good old loving and i got some in store when i get. History of the grateful dead, volume one bears choice. Anyway, this was really the best era for the dead in my opinion.
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