Jerry you , were a shining star, So grateful I , gotta to see ya shine, and Jerry you will always be in my heart, always a hoot and and a good time!!!

I guess this is why we loved Jerry ... Not a single rendition of what's listed here would break my top 5 of even what I saw live. Different perspectives but still respected. I didn't start seeing him live until "72" and was west coast, never traveling further east than Red Rocks but I saw a lot of Jerry & the Dead for over 20 years. Of course I've indulged in countless hours of tapes & video as well. I think you've undertaken an impossible task here but thanks for your effort.

I was at the Hampton 11/19/93 show. Great Shining Star and the whole show was magical.

None of these are my top 10. And that’s what makes Jerry so special. ALL BANGERS! 🔥

as someone who accepted w/ joy being a hippy since 1967 , jerry's passing was so sad..... from afar he seemed to have everything a good hippy would ever want..... and then he died early...... it makes me cry sometimes :).

Jerry's playing is like freedom's road map. He'll take you places.

@Trishmarie122

10 ай бұрын

Perfect ly said friend ❤

Gold addition of solo work, nice…thanks!

I can shut my eyes and be back there! Thanks you so much

Number 6 is my all timer. I get goosebumps every time I listen to it without fail. They didn’t even play the best part in this clip. So damn good.

Prayers answered. Thanks for this list.

I'm on board with that version of Peggy O, studied it many times. However my all time fave is the JGB version of Senor

@ludomirsteinbruck9376

Жыл бұрын

You are familiar with When the Hunter gets caputed by the game by JGB?

@rickysiegel2548

Жыл бұрын

completely agree -- even the solos in Simple Twist of Fate from the live JGB album warrant a place on this list!

@Jt05100

Жыл бұрын

Gotta be best video recordings

@ofangelsflipz

Жыл бұрын

I love you guys

@5thlevelweb887

Жыл бұрын

+1 for Senor

Doing a list like this is almost impossible, you did good. I feel honored and privileged to have been there for #2, on a bad night Jerry was good, on a good night he was magical, on an inspired night, well decades later it still brings tears to my eyes.

@Deadikace

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Stay tuned for part 2 soon :)

Nothing got me more than an epic Stella Blue and/or Morning Dew to draw down an hour long rock session. China Doll occasionally too but not on the level of Stella or Dew.

Beaitiful solos!

I Shall Be Released from the official JGB live double album release is the best.

Can't believe the Morning Dew from Europe '72 wasn't chosen!

My best impression of jerry is major 7 over stuff that minor pentatonic would do fine for.. then switching to mixolydian at the right time for a minute And yet there is so much chromatic stuff going on! Gerry was super intuitive, relly played directly from his heart, impossible to copy.

AS a life long fan I was kinda amazed there is not one Stella Blue on this otherwise grate list. :)

@dershed

15 күн бұрын

Comes A Time as well. Those are the two most glaring omissions in my opinion.

Some of the Looks Like Rain solos are 🔥 as well.

Cool selection! I would add Morning Dew Lyceum 72, Fire On The Mountain 10/14/83, Looks Like Rain 12/29/77

Impossible task here dude but great job. Didnt know there was Cornell footage available

Good lord I need to make one of these. 77 is full of his best solos

The most emotional jerry solo has to be comes a time buffalo 77

@searing7549

Жыл бұрын

Best show ever!

@marcgagnon7500

Жыл бұрын

That 2nd solo is my favorite piece of recorded music, period. ✌️😍✌️

I don’t think these are his best solos, not even for these tunes. But it doesn’t matter what I think.

@Deadikace

10 ай бұрын

Who said best? It's 10 of his most soulful guitar solos imo, obviously there are many of them missing, that's because there are too many of them, will make a part 2 soon.

Never knew the man but he wears a good friend of mine. Miss you Jerry I miss you

@gregoriomerelli5182

10 ай бұрын

Viva grrTyful. Dead

I only got one Shinning Star. But it was the show I bought my parents to.

Thanks for sharing your list - I enjoyed checking it out. I don't have videos to link, but you might want to also listen to: "Beautiful Jam" 12/19/71; Peggy-O 3/18/77; Jerry's first solos on Sugaree 5/21 & 5/22/77; and Uncle John's Band 12/26/79. The lists could go on and on . . .

@classicrocklover1234

Жыл бұрын

All those you mentioned are great especially the 12/26/79 that whole show is smoking insanely

@Deadikace

Жыл бұрын

Will check them out thank you!

@krausewitz6786

8 ай бұрын

Man, I've not listened to 3/18/77 in YEARS....I gotta queue it up again...

@jasonralph8330

7 күн бұрын

I think you mean 2/19/71 for Beautiful Jam

So many roads to ease are souls jerry had the kindest soul of us all and then we became kind searching for are souls thru his music . There music and such wisdom Robert hunter Bob Barlow. the weir Wolf Phil Bill Micky and all are keyboard players standing ovation standing on the moon rather be with you dance.like nobody's watching spinning spinning free? Soul brother Ronnie Ron peace love ❤and light ❤

Nice list. That folks is how you get a like and subscribe.

I once read that the two songs that Jerry most connected with emotionally were Wharf Rat and Stella Blue.

Capt. Trips was IN PEAK FORM IN ALL OF THESE!! ACK ACK ACK!

Almost any version of 'Loser' has Jerry squeezing the last bit of crying emotion from the storyline.

@mcuserton

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. To each his own, etc, but I was surprised not to see Loser on the list

Oh man that Mission is so unbelievably good. One of the all time best for sure. I totally disagree with all the rest but that’s part of what makes the dead so incredible.

@mirmel73

2 ай бұрын

The next night in DC is even better!!

He was an encyclopedia of guitar knowledge... and he had it all seamlessly connected, heart, mind and soul in those solos. My favorite is Days Between, those solos make you tear and cry, like the soul sighing and crying is what those solos sound like

The first one was where im from just a month after i was born, and here i am 29 years later enjoying it

9/18/94 So Many Roads

ありがとう！from japan yozo

@Deadikace

Жыл бұрын

どういたしまして!

I was going to rip on your list and say "you must be tripping. Emotional....really?" And then you got number one right. His best solo ever. The other nine could be anything else

@Deadikace

10 ай бұрын

If you think the other 9 solos are not soulful you're the one who must be tripping 😂

@Deadikace

10 ай бұрын

But I know a lot are missing, like Brokedown Palace, He's Gone, Stella Blue... will make a part 2 soon

@treyr6169

10 ай бұрын

For real, that mission in the rain gives me goosebumps, and jerry shreds that whole rockpalast show that's one of my faves that dudes trippin

Row Jimmy should not be ignored...

Might I add Dozin at the Knick. Stella Blue If that doesn’t pull your heart strings I don’t know what to tell you.

@toddmorrissey8372

3 ай бұрын

When he kicks on the distortion and he squeezes out that one fedbacked note....killer.

Actually, Number One is on the 'Death Don't Have No Mercy' from Live/Dead.

@jimiamfirshur4778

Жыл бұрын

Post it!

@xianshep

Жыл бұрын

Super easy to find - it's a legendary album. But okay kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZZt1M2ioNbYYMo.html @ 4:03 to 6:55

Love that version of BEW

@Deadikace

Жыл бұрын

the best!!

Personally, I think some his best work was with JGB

@docwill184

11 ай бұрын

"Jerry's Band in the Garage?"

@Ned88Man

11 ай бұрын

oops... JGB@@docwill184

The Dead's success would not have been but for the collaboration between him Robert Hunter. Regardless, being a master guitarist, Jerry was destined to be a success playing solo or with a band.

Who’s the Black guy on the keyboard during “ I shall be released”? Thanks

@robertherrera912

Жыл бұрын

That would be JGB long time partner, Melvin Seals.

I've never seen live footage from Cornell. Anyone have a link to the full concert?

@Deadikace

Жыл бұрын

It's not the real footage, I used a footage from another version from the same year and synced it with the audio just for entertainment ;)

@MaryBrigid11

Жыл бұрын

@@Deadikace well done!

Those who know don’t say, those who say don’t know 25:58 26:01 lo

Brokedown Palace...

Visions of Johanna? Come one it’s the most haunting solo ever recorded by Garcia

@toddmorrissey8372

3 ай бұрын

Never recorded. Only played live maybe half a dozen times.

Standings on the Moon 12-6-89 2ioth Clarence Clemons is a great solo. You also seem biased towards the end of his career some brilliant solos from the early days also. the MLB jam from 11-11-73 is my personal favorite. I can hear the smile on his face when i hear that jam, coming out a Dark Star.

@user-qw2vg8cn1o

9 ай бұрын

Do you happen to know the Big man /Jerry connection? How it came to happen ? I always wondered how Bruce and Jerry never got together and di and olf folkie album

@kevinhennessey3189

9 ай бұрын

@@user-qw2vg8cn1o I don't know how that happened, I knew they did have Branford Marsalis sit in on a number of shows during 89-90.

@toddmorrissey8372

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-qw2vg8cn1oThey started playing together during the time the E Street band was broken up. Clarence looked to get into other things. Was backstage frequently, jammed with JGB/GD several times(mostly west coast, where Clemmons had moved) and CC, Weir and Garcia almost all moved in together, as they all enjoyed partying. They tried voting him in the band, but were vetoed by at definitely Hart at least. I much preferred Marsalis for his jazz improv abilities.

Give me a break

rap is a acronym,rhythm and poetry..people who play instruments makes beautiful nuance of sounds singers or rappers contribute their own vocal or rap sound,so when you combine instruments vocals or rap,you create a song that becomes,MUSIC

Blues for Allah

Good stoner noodle Roni and a beloved fuzzy bear Jerry kept the the myth of Dionysus alive in his gatherings. I think that was one of his most important contributions to rock, his cult will live on in the psychedelic counterculture mythology that began in the'60s when the tribes began forming Jerry was a psychedelic Papa Bear. When he died, President Clinton lowered the White House flag to half mast in his honor!

Such an overrated group. It sincerely sounds like amateur playing. Like all joking aside, he sounds like your average guitarist you'd see in a bar band. I've time and time again have given it a chance to see what all the hype is about but it's honestly just uninspired, undynamic crap. Literally sounds like someone who has no passion or variety. I've seen them live. I have family who worships anything the dead did. Can't say I haven't given it an honest chance. I I really listen to a huge variety of music. Few bands are as tediously senseless to me as the dead. Even bands I don't particularly like have something I can atleast understand despite not being into them. The dead really have nothing and sound like basic, generic musicians.

@emersonward6996

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. To me, this is further proof you had to be on drugs to consider these guys good. Garage level players at best their entire career. For me personally, the Dead's meanderings are on par with KISS ... it's a band I'll never get and never want to. On the other hand ... if someone digs them, cool ... have at it. Music is for everyone ... and you are your own arbiter of taste.

@gavinsnyder5627

6 ай бұрын

@emersonward6996 it's funny you mentioned Kiss. Also a band I'm not into. Their entire career is dependent on gimmicks. The music itself just isn't my style in the least. But atleast they seemed to have some passion behind it. Whereas the dead are so relentlessly monotoned. Kiss capitalized on the lack of gimmicky groups at the time. While the Dead basically did something similar but instead with naive burnouts tripping balls. Art is art an ultimately subjective. But it really is ashame when bands like Kiss get such crazy amounts of praise while so much underground artist go relatively unheard of. People tend to think fame means you're good or the best at something. While the reality is it's just the common denominator.

@persevere4

4 ай бұрын

Let's face it, the flavor for the Grateful Dead music is an acquired taste, the virtuosity of Jerry Garcia cannot be denied. His improvisation is nearly unique and the adage "he never played the song the same way twice," always a subtle improvisation: his prowess in fashioning different hooks made him a standout. He also wrote and arranged his music. I like the long songs that empathize the jazz type drummer, fine bass and rhythm guitar. to each their own.

A list of emotion? FUTILE. We have no clue what Jerry was thinking at any point in his 53 short years on this mud ball. Studying Jerry Garcia's art is all fine and well but when you start claiming to quantify his emotional investment in solos your way off in the weeds. Jerry might have said something like "I was thinking about how pissed I was about stubbing my toe earlier that day when I was playing that Solo ". Or "Man I had the worst heartburn that night I ate crap in my hotel all day". Or probably "Women are sent by the devil to torture me!" We don't have a clue what Jerry was thinking while playing for us. As a guitar player I heard a lot of "Nailed that" and "Oops, I'll get that next time" going on but wouldn't claim my concept of what he was thinking held any validity whatsoever. Thank you, God, for letting me be alive in the age of the Grateful Dead and letting me experience it.

He appears to play like someone who is tone deaf and somehow makes it out well and has followers.

@aloemango

13 күн бұрын

melodic interpretation partner

John mayer does a far better job at lead guitar than jerry

@stevenschultz1833

Ай бұрын

R u high

@stevenschultz1833

Ай бұрын

John Mayer is good Jerry was one in a million

@Deadikace

Ай бұрын

Lol

Those solos are weak. He's just playing in a block pattern

@Deadikace

Жыл бұрын

They are not meant to be impressive or difficult to do, they are creative and emotional, saying otherwise would only come from a very subjective and biased opinion. And no, he's not only using basic major and minor scales. There is no other guitarist who can play like him, what can you play?

@medicineman1202

Жыл бұрын

@@Deadikace sounds more random than creative, I would consider it talent.

@Deadikace

Жыл бұрын

@@medicineman1202 It's ok, not everyone can understand their music, it's just not for you.

@haikat4

Жыл бұрын

​@@medicineman1202 watch up to #6 at least that's when they get rly good

@peytoncappitelli5864

Жыл бұрын

He’s playing a lot of mixolydian and lydian scales I don’t know where the block pattern bullshit came from

Worst guitar player ever!

@Deadikace

2 ай бұрын

Lol, I bet you like shredders and guitar players who play fast but just to make noise

@-FERN6NDO-

2 ай бұрын

@@Deadikace of course, I do like shredders.

He's awful

@joebee7817

Жыл бұрын

Jesus, can the guy play one note in tune?

OK, he's good but he's not THAT good. For me he lacks intensity. Contrast Jerry with Randy Rhoads, who upped everybody's game in the 80s.

@Deadikace

10 ай бұрын

Two extremely different styles of music and guitar players, not comparable imo

Such an over rated musician.

@thomasrohr3130

Жыл бұрын

Said the Joker to the Thief

@jfrockon

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasrohr3130 Garcia sucked and you know it... RIP

@thejamnasium6447

Жыл бұрын

haha

@Deadikace

Жыл бұрын

Really? Did you know that most people in Europe haven't heard him of him or the Grateful Dead? he's one of the most underrated musicians of all time, Roy Buchanan is also one of them

@jfrockon

Жыл бұрын

@@Deadikace He should not be rated lol Roy Buchanan was a badass tho...

John Mayer is the only reason I know about the dead! Props to JM for a new generation of dead heads