If the dead didnt jam

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If the dead never jammed or improvised, but wrote all the same songs, released all the same albums, and played just as many shows, would anyone today know their names??? discuss

 

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Probably?

They wouldn't be peanut butter to go with it

 

They wouldn't be peanut butter to go with it

 

Or is it peanut butter and jelly and then toast and jam

 

 I love Bread and butter I love toast and jam 

( Who knows the next lyric ?)

That's what my baby feeds me
I'm her loving man

Are Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh still in the band?

If so then absolutely yes.

I feel like if their only legacy was their studio albums we would still know their name, and there would still be cover bands.

 

So, yes.

Yes.  But GD50 would have been a two-month stand in Vegas.

The Rev Horton Heat in a pair of sweats by ebe?

Yes, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty would have seen to that.   But they would have a completely different reputation and they would never have amassed the following they did.

The Rev Horton Heat in a pair of sweats by ebe?

I thought he was going for a Tom Morello vibe there. 

What if nobody dropped acid?

No acid, no Grateful Dead.

 

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>No acid, no Grateful Dead

 

and there it is  #sadreality #drugband 

 

No acid ( or any of the other sacraments of the enlightened and indigenous  ) = NO ENLIGHTENMENT, no transcendental experiences, no quest for betterment -    #getafuckingclue 

#lol

mikepa needs drugs for enlightenment 

#joke 

>> No acid ( or any of the other sacraments of the enlightened and indigenous  ) = NO ENLIGHTENMENT, no transcendental experiences, no quest for betterment -    #getafuckingclue 

This nugget of borderline chimpanzee-in-the-jungle wisdom deserves a bump

#enlightment

#getafuckingclue 

American beauty wasn’t really jammy