Dead Covers at the Fillmore?

[aMD]

I hate the fucking eagles.

serously, though.  I hate the fucking eagles.

[Pookiecool]

Ahmen to that, and I am not even religious

[dragonboy]

I'm gonna put myself out there in the line of fire & say that I like The Eagles.
Nothing wrong with a little bit of easy-going, country-rock-light from time to time.
Anyone got my back?  :-[

[dragonboy]

Ohh 4000 posts!!! Hooray for me!  :)

[ycartrob]

I'm gonna put myself out there in the line of fire & say that I like The Eagles.
Nothing wrong with a little bit of easy-going, country-rock-light from time to time.
Anyone got my back?  :-[

I like The Eagles. I have no desire to see them live and re-hash the old days, but they have some great songs. Hotel California, The Long Run, great albums.

[dragonboy]

Phew! Thanks Tracy, that was a tense 8minutes...

Yeah they came to our city a couple of years ago, tickets were ridiculously expensive (even for Japan!)
Couldn't justify feeding their coke habits  ;)

[sweatboard]

Sitting out by the lake, drinking bad beer from an aluminum can, and stairing up at the stars, while wishing it was still 1981 can not be fully appreciated unless the Eagles are playing on the boombox.  

[Kory]

I can agree, the eagles are a great band. I'm not in love with them but they have their place and time... time being the most important, haha.

I think a dead cover would be awesome.
and Jellyfish, China Doll would showcase Jims tone superbly!

[lazybones]

Hi there, new to the board.  I 've been wondering about this topic myself lately.  I think that a Dead cover would be absolutely fitting and amazing.  However  I would lean toward a less spacey jammy tune.  China Doll would be supreme but I think a rocker would appropriate.  I think a Jacket treatment of Sugar Mags on NYE would blow the roof away and pay homage to Dead NYE's past.  I've been imagining Jim's voice singing it and it sounds killer in my head.  Of course if this all comes to fruition I'll be jealous as hell cuz I can't make it to SF.  I'll be at the Crystal on 1/9 though.  On the topic of the Dead and Jacket I recently had an epiphany of sorts as I watched Okonokos.  The dead are my favorite of days gone by and the jacket are my favorite newer band.  While their music is stylistically different I there seems to be at least a similar pulse in its passion.  Jim has always reminded me a bit of Jerry in the looks dept, i.e beard, nose, build.  Golden is a song that is very much rooted in country rock which the Dead themselves experimented with in the early 70's.  As I watched them perform it on the Okonokos DVD it almost gave me goose bumps as I watched Carl play the pedal steel on the very stage that Jerry had played it with the New Riders of the Purple Sage.  It just felt like something had come full circle for me.  Sorry for rambling, just need to share.  As for the Eagles, there a somewhat cheesy band but there songwriting was great IMHO.  My favorite song is On the Border-just listen to the bass and guitar interplay.  I also love the Warren Haynes version of  Wasted Time.

[Jaimoe]

I'd like to hear Wharf Rat or Scarlet Begonias. I wouldn't mind the Jacket taking a shot at some of the trippier Dead tunes. It's not their style hence it would make it a fascinating challenge.

[BH]

I always thought Dancefloors could be a Dead song.

[Jaimoe]

I always thought Dancefloors could be a Dead song.

I agree. Same with Master Plan.

[red]

I'd love to hear them have a go at 'Friend of the Devil'.

[ManNamedTruth]

How can anyone hate the dead? Corey?!

I'd like to hear Wharf Rat or Scarlet Begonias. I wouldn't mind the Jacket taking a shot at some of the trippier Dead tunes. It's not their style hence it would make it a fascinating challenge.

Scarlet Begonias would be great.

[Pookiecool]

China doll would suit very well I agree.  I am in on the Scarlet rocked out, just started hearing it in my head and it is sounding great.  

I gues the eagles aren't that bad, but it never does a band good when their hit song is covered by the gypsy kings and sounds ten times better in spanish...

Any other dead cover suggestions?  trying to think of more that would be good, but am at a loss on what would really suit the jacket's style

[jewtang3]

Stella Blue
Wharf Rat
Morning Dew
To Lay Me Down
Black Peter
Row Jimmy
Brokedown Palace
Candyman

[Jaimoe]

Jack Straw would be awesome.

Hear me out. I'd kill to hear them do Dark Star, but in a Dondante kind of swelling distorted freak-out kind of way.

[LET_THE_FETUS_ROCK]

Long time Dead fan -  Top 5 Wish list Covers are;  

1 JAck Straw
2 Stella blue
3 Moring Dew  (I think this would fit with there Strangulation style nicely)
4 Bird song- with intense outro jam
5 Scarlett Begonias


If you have ever been to the fillmore you know that they have a almost lifesize portrait of Jerry  hanging in the stairwell. It's by far the largest picture there of any artist.  They have a fine collection.

CAn't tink of a better place to do their first Dead cover.

I will be there hoping it happens!!

[lairnair]

Jack Straw is a great call, they would rock that out.  In a similar vein, Mississippi Half-Step would be great. If you're going acoustic, it's gotta be Brokedown Palace.

[Pookiecool]

Row Jimmy would be alllll good, no doubt.

Same with Jack straw.  I am not too sure about the funkier side of the dead with the jacket, don't think it would suit their style