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Demo Review: Grateful Dead - “Wave that Flag”

On Feb. 9, 1973, Jerry Garcia made an instructional audio recording of “Wave that Flag” so he could teach the song to his Grateful Dead bandmates.

The solo demo of the song that would eventually become “U.S. Blues” is out to announce the forthcoming From the Mars Hotel (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition). It finds Garcia at home, on acoustic and electric guitars and percussion, singing mostly complete - but slightly varied - lyrics to the short-lived member of the Dead’s live repertoire.

The recording reveals Garcia pretty much knew what he wanted his collaborators to do with the song. That’s particularly strange, given the many iterations it went through as it morphed from “Wave that Flag” into “U.S. Blues.” As such, it’s a super-cool peek behind the curtain and a demo that checks all boxes as it’s a good listen to boot.

Out June 21, Mars Hotel 50 includes a remaster of the original LP, the Dead’s previously unreleased May 12, 1974, concert in Nevada and a demo of “China Doll” to go with “Wave that Flag.”

Grade card: Grateful Dead - “Wave that Flag” (Demo) - A

3/27/24

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mrgratefuldean · 1 year

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#bob weir #jerry garcia #phil lesh #grateful dead #donna jean godchaux

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rgray34 · 2 years

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9/20/07 Sweetwater

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imlikebubbles · 2 years

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#donna jean godchaux #forever grateful #no Donna slander here folks unless it’s actually clever 🙏🏼 thanks

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borntomecassidy78 · 1 year

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I was looking for a good picture of Donna Jean, but please look at Phil. His face, his shirt, perfect.

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A day late, and I’ll be damned if I’m even short a dollar, but here’s Ms. Donna Jean, circa 1973, who you know from such hit songs as Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds”, Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman”, and the Grateful Dead’s “Sunrise”. Happy birthday Ms. Donna Jean. You rule.

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Donna Jean Godchaux

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krispyweiss · 8 months

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Album Review: Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood: The Angel’s Share

Given all the difficulty Phil Lesh had when trying to teach “Unbroken Chain” to his bandmates, it’s no surprise the Grateful Dead ignored the song for more than two decades before finally playing it live in 1995.

Fans were ecstatic when the song finally made it to the stage. But, truth be told, the Dead had as hard a time with the “Unbroken Chain” in ’95 as they did in 1973.

The group began working on what was known as “Phil’s Song” during sessions for Wake of the Flood. As outtakes released on the digital-only Angel’s Share edition of that LP make clear, Lesh stumped his comrades with the song’s complexity, causing Jerry Garcia to complain he wasn’t having a good time.

“It’s not supposed to be fun, it’s supposed to be right,” an exasperated Lesh tells the guitarist.

“It turns around,” Lesh had said to the band earlier. ��I’m telling you, it turns around so that what was the offbeat is now the one.”

Surrounded by multiple takes of the songs that would make up Wake of the Flood - “Unbroken Chain” was held for From the Mars Hotel - “Phil’s Song” is a highlight. Other insightful gems include the band, with sax player Martin Fierro in tow, poring over the sonic blueprints to construct Keith Godchaux’s “Let Me Sing Your Blues Away” from scratch and the stunningly delicate and intricate ensemble playing across four stabs at “Weather Report Suite” and three earlier takes dubbed “I Am the Rain.”

As with the previously released Angel’s Share editions of Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty, the consecutive iterations of album tracks including ‘Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo,” “Stella Blue,” “Eyes of the World” and “Pistol Shot (China Doll)” can grow tedious; mercifully, “Row Jimmy” appears but once.

Donna Jean Godchaux must’ve added her parts toward the end of the recording process as she is a non-factor on this bonus LP, which previews the 50th-anniversary edition of Wake, slated for Sept. 29. Instead, listeners are treated to tentative vocal performances as the band works out the music, paired with chatter, false starts, aborted takes and related ephemera. This makes Wake of the Flood: The Angel’s Share a fascinating one- or two-time listen to the Grateful Dead in raw form. But it’s not something for regular spinning.

Grade card: Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood: The Angel’s Share - B

9/5/23

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mrgratefuldean · 1 year

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radiomaxmusic · 9 months

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023 11pm ET: Feature LP: Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (1978)

Shakedown Street is the tenth studio album by rock band the Grateful Dead, released November 15, 1978, on Arista Records. The album came just over a year after previous studio album Terrapin Station. It was the final album for Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux, who left the band a few months after its release. The record was produced by Lowell George (of Little Feat) and John Kahn. “Good Lovin'”…

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Thursday 1/5/23 10pm ET: Feature LP: Grateful Dead - Shakedown Street (1978)

Thursday 1/5/23 10pm ET: Feature LP: Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street (1978)

Shakedown Street is the tenth studio album by rock band the Grateful Dead, released November 15, 1978, on Arista Records. The album came just over a year after previous studio album Terrapin Station. It was the final album for Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux, who left the band a few months after its release. The record was produced by Lowell George (of Little Feat) and John Kahn. “Good Lovin'”…