Tennessee Jed?

[VeeOhElEsYes]

It's crazy to me that Grateful Dead's Tennessee Jed is not a huge song for the Vols played during games. Why is it not?! I think heard I've the Pride of the Southland play it before, but just can't believe it's not a household song for all Vols fan. Go Vols!

 

[Hacksaw]

It's crazy to me that Grateful Dead's Tennessee Jed is not a huge song for the Vols played during games. Why is it not?!

Uh...because the Grateful Dead sucks?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[VeeOhElEsYes]

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[VeeOhElEsYes]

Uh...because the Grateful Dead sucks?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Wrong

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

If you do enough acid, they become slightly less terrible.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Uh...because the Grateful Dead sucks?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

You are correct though. The only people who seem to like the Dead are stoners. Maybe their music sounds better when you are stoned? It does nothing for me

 

[TN Jed]

It's crazy to me that Grateful Dead's Tennessee Jed is not a huge song for the Vols played during games. Why is it not?! I think heard I've the Pride of the Southland play it before, but just can't believe it's not a household song for all Vols fan. Go Vols!

I agree (see screen name)! It's been played a few times in videos shown on the jumbotrons.

 

[NO SIR EEE]

The Grateful Dead are like The Beatles: GOD AWFUL

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

This version is sad because Levon is losing his voice from throat cancer, but it still benefits from the best backbeat ever and Larry Campbell’s guitar playing. Robert Hunter wrote a great song. It just needed to be played by musicians.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

The Grateful Dead are like The Beatles: GOD AWFUL

Great comparison. Take your tongue out of the wall socket. It’s feeding time.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Never understood the attraction the Dead had among a small but rabid group of my peers when we were all younger.

And this song has no great appeal to me, either. Reading this thread is the first time I've heard it, and thought it sounded like it was about to just slow to a stop a couple of times. So then I read the lyrics: don't see any great ringing endorsement for Tennessee in there, either.

Please Come to Boston is a much stronger choice if you're just looking for a "get back home to Tennessee" ballad.

So yeah. Just don't get it, I guess.

But to each his own.

Go Vols!

 

[WiscVol]

Tennessee Stud. Covered by many, including Johnny Cash.

 

[SD189]

You are correct though. The only people who seem to like the Dead are stoners. Maybe their music sounds better when you are stoned? It does nothing for me

I only have one friend who likes the dead. He’s more of an acid or mushroom guy. Lot of my heavy pot smoking friends are more into Widespread Panic.

 

[Hacksaw]

The Grateful Dead are like The Beatles: GOD AWFUL

You lost me there, but to each his own.

 

[clarencepeabody]

I only have one friend who likes the dead. He’s more of an acid or mushroom guy. Lot of my heavy pot smoking friends are more into Widespread Panic.

I like them both. But not for any sort of drug-related reasons. I think the dead did something amazing when they infused bluegrass and traditional music into the SF scene in the 60s. While most other top bands were building off blues influences, it was a novel idea to go another direction. Jerry had a lot to do with that. Panic, on the other hand, built on that spirit of improvisation, and while most would just consider them a rock jam band, you can hear Latin, funk, disco (among other) influences. And for musicians like me, and music nerds (also like me), it’s pretty impressive to hear what they do live. An acquired taste, for sure, but I don’t think any professional musician would write them off as just “drug music.”

 

[Mccage]

The Grateful Dead are like The Beatles: GOD AWFUL

Myself being a mountain bluegrass player, shine drinking, frog gigging, coon hunting redneck....disagree with you on the Beatles.

 

[Jeff Clark]

That name reminds me of the David Keith classic "The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck" where he wears Tennessee shirts all throughout the movie.

 

[VeeOhElEsYes]

Myself being a mountain bluegrass player, shine drinking, frog gigging, coon hunting redneck....disagree with you on the Beatles.

You sound like a deadhead

 

[Caculator]

I have a Grateful dead sticker on my V Cadillac



need one of those orange and white stickers

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

Uh...because the Grateful Dead sucks?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I share this opinion.

 

[HODGY]

We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice. Jerry Garcia

 

[Tennessee_JED]

It's crazy to me that Grateful Dead's Tennessee Jed is not a huge song for the Vols played during games. Why is it not?! I think heard I've the Pride of the Southland play it before, but just can't believe it's not a household song for all Vols fan. Go Vols!

It was when I was in school between 07-11. It was always played in a mixup with “back where I come from” between the 3rd and 4th quarters. Great song imo

 

[FLVOL_79]

Uh...because the Grateful Dead sucks?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

This.

Grateful Dead are terrible.

 

[johnsonbrewer]

American Beauty, Workingman's Dead. There's something in there for everybody.

 

[WeNeedaQB]

Speed the song up a little and rock Neyland!!! I am with you OP.