Tennessee Jed?

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The Original Fade said:
Never understood the worldā€™s love affair with the Beatles. I canā€™t name a single Beatles song that I really like
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I like quite a few of them, but also think they are overated.

I will say this...Yesterday is generally considered the greatest pop song of all time by a large consensus. If you know anything about music, it's also a very complex song with a very original chord sequence. There is nothing else like it, and Paul McCartney says he literally dreamed it up one night and wrote it down when he woke up. I am impressed by their song-writing ability for sure.

But yeah, though I appreciate they could write music, not a huge fan. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and the Beatles just seemed so stale. They still do! :D
 
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The more I think about it, I find it hard to believe that a good native Tennessean does not appreciate ā€œTennessee Jedā€ by/or the grateful dead. Iā€™ve always associated the guitar licks as Tennessee classic blue ridgers, and the lyrics have always reminded me that wherever Iā€™ve been or lived, Tennessee is my birthplace and where Iā€™d like to end up at the end. The one part of the song ā€œ-I ran in to Charlie Fudd, he blacked my eye and he kicked my dogā€- reminds me how my brother and I were in Birmingham 1989 when we ran our mouths that pregame Friday night down there, got jumped on by multiple Bammers, and subsequently were saved when more Tennessee fans jumped in and stopped the bleeding - pulled them off of us. We both had scrapes and bruises- mainly knots on our Manning sized foreheads at the game the next day. We were without Reggie Cobb and Hollingsworth kicked our butts ( at least it was the only game we lost that year). My favorite Grateful Dead song is Sampson and Deliah. I donā€™t who wouldnā€™t want to hear that killer bass and drums pounding in Neyland- um -Make that Tuscaloosa šŸ˜†.
 
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TN Dog said:
Iā€™m a Musician, a huge deadhead and I bleed orange! The Grateful Dead covered so many genres of music and theyā€™re the greatest American rock ā€˜nā€™ roll band of all time!
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I think we are seeing a trend here. Most of the people who play music at least have respect for what they did. Itā€™s the other guys who just say ā€œthey suckā€ like itā€™s a fact.
 
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clarencepeabody said:
I think we are seeing a trend here. Most of the people who play music at least have respect for what they did. Itā€™s the other guys who just say ā€œthey suckā€ like itā€™s a fact.
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Back in the late 80's in Towson we had a bar that had 'Dead Night' on Monday nights, to bring in business, and that place was hopping! We all went there and the Live songs would just go on and on and always be different from each version. I was not really into the Dead, but the people, women, jamming was cool. And actually mellow, never no bs or fights like you see today.
 
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TennesseeZep said:
The more I think about it, I find it hard to believe that a good native Tennessean does not appreciate ā€œTennessee Jedā€ by/or the grateful dead. Iā€™ve always associated the guitar licks as Tennessee classic blue ridgers, and the lyrics have always reminded me that wherever Iā€™ve been or lived, Tennessee is my birthplace and where Iā€™d like to end up at the end. The one part of the song ā€œ-I ran in to Charlie Fudd, he blacked my eye and he kicked my dogā€- reminds me how my brother and I were in Birmingham 1989 when we ran our mouths that pregame Friday night down there, got jumped on by multiple Bammers, and subsequently were saved when more Tennessee fans jumped in and stopped the bleeding - pulled them off of us. We both had scrapes and bruises- mainly knots on our Manning sized foreheads at the game the next day. We were without Reggie Cobb and Hollingsworth kicked our butts ( at least it was the only game we lost that year). My favorite Grateful Dead song is Sampson and Deliah. I donā€™t who wouldnā€™t want to hear that killer bass and drums pounding in Neyland- um -Make that Tuscaloosa šŸ˜†.
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Itā€™s a great song. Robert Hunter is probably the most underrated lyricist in modern music history.
 
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Jeff Clark said:
That name reminds me of the David Keith classic "The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck" where he wears Tennessee shirts all throughout the movie.View attachment 505149
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The one and only time I got together with David Keith after high school (weā€™d been classmates since 4th grade) was on a business trip in NYC in 1984 or 85. He took me to his hangout called City Cafe where he had a power T plastered to the wall in ā€œhisā€ booth. Cher was there and he introduced me. Did I mention she was hot?
 
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RavinDave said:
The one and only time I got together with David Keith after high school (weā€™d been classmates since 4th grade) was on a business trip in NYC in 1984 or 85. He took me to his hangout called City Cafe where he had a power T plastered to the wall in ā€œhisā€ booth. Cher was there and he introduced me. Did I mention she was hot?
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kiddiedoc said:
Out of curiosity, have any of the Dead haters heard a show by Dead and Company, with John Mayer and the former Allman Brothers bassist?
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While I was not a big fan of The Dead back in the day, I really appreciate their music now. I have seen Dead & Co in Mexico, Indiana, Ohio, and Colorado. The bus has been fun and it will be sad when it ends.
 
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SALAMANDER DRAKE said:
Back in the late 80's in Towson we had a bar that had 'Dead Night' on Monday nights, to bring in business, and that place was hopping! We all went there and the Live songs would just go on and on and always be different from each version. I was not really into the Dead, but the people, women, jamming was cool. And actually mellow, never no bs or fights like you see today.
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I like it. Iā€™ve been to hundreds of jam band shows, and never a single fight. Compare that to a country concert, completely different atmosphere.
 
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RavinDave said:
The one and only time I got together with David Keith after high school (weā€™d been classmates since 4th grade) was on a business trip in NYC in 1984 or 85. He took me to his hangout called City Cafe where he had a power T plastered to the wall in ā€œhisā€ booth. Cher was there and he introduced me. Did I mention she was hot?
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David has done a lot of voiceovers for me, and has been in a few nascar commercials Iā€™ve done. Interesting guy for sure. He loves to tell the story about how the infamous Jack Parkman scene in major league 2 (where he hits the home run and doesnā€™t give anybody a high five on the way back to the dugout) was completely improvised. Ballsy, and hilarious.
 
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clarencepeabody said:
David has done a lot of voiceovers for me, and has been in a few nascar commercials Iā€™ve done. Interesting guy for sure. He loves to tell the story about how the infamous Jack Parkman scene in major league 2 (where he hits the home run and doesnā€™t give anybody a high five on the way back to the dugout) was completely improvised. Ballsy, and hilarious.
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Iā€™m a big fan of his, of course.
 
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I guess Iā€™m an odd man around here - but I believe the Dead to be the best band of all time.
I was very fortunate to have seen a massive number of shows going on backā€¦.. and to the above poster - yes, seen Mayer and Co playing all over the place for the last several years ā€¦ā€¦.and will miss them greatly when / if they actually do hang it up after next summerā€™s farewell tour. Love ā€˜em.
To the point here - Tenn Jed is a classic and certainly on my regular game day play list !
 
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