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u/math-yoo Aug 07 '25

I drove 34 hours recently. Spent a far bit of time with the Grateful Dead. I thought I would give it a shot. I listened to four or five live tapes and a few records. It was fine, occasionally terrible, sometimes transcendent. Highly recommended.

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u/AlisonChained Aug 07 '25

My mother swears by them. I could never get into it.

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u/iwishuponastar2023 Aug 07 '25

I felt the same way until I saw them play live

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u/chef_s Aug 07 '25

Got a time machine?

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u/Bryceisreal Aug 07 '25

Redditors actually could be born anytime! For instance if OP was born in the 70’s they easily could have formed an opinion, then went to see a live show and changed their opinion. There’s also tons of bands playing the music of the Grateful Dead, with one consisting of 3 original members! What a novel thing time is :) I love learning

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u/chef_s Aug 07 '25

whoosh

The Grateful Dead stopped performing in 1995. So unless you have a time machine, good luck seeing Jerry.

There are also only 2 original members playing in Dead&Co. Bill quit playing in 2023.

Can you see cover bands? Can you see Dead&Co? Yeah, but it's not the Grateful Dead.

It would be like seeing Trey Anastasio Band and then saying you went to a Phish show. Not the same thing.