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Phil Lesh thought that their group should change their name from the Warlocks, because there were two other bands also using that name, one in El Paso and one in New York. In the end, neither of those other bands kept the name Warlocks, they switched to ZZ Top and The Velvet Underground, respectively. The Warlocks were over at Phil’s house, when Garcia opened a massive two volume old Britannica World Language Dictionary (however others describe this as the Funk & Wagnalls Folklore Dictionary and others say it was an Oxford Dictionary). I guess it really does not matter, as it all amounts to Garcia focusing on the words ‘Grateful Dead’ that he saw. This chance encounter was one of those moments for him, it was like everything else went blank, and just sort of oozed away, and there it was GRATEFUL DEAD in big, black letters edged all around in gold, a stunning combination of words blasting out at him. Garcia said that seeing the words Grateful Dead on the page was astonishing and truly weird, but he found it to be really powerful. So Garcia said, “How about Grateful Dead?”, and that was it. Everyone recognized that power, and the name struck a chord of mythic resonance, with a contemporary ring, echoing the past and rippling the future. Phil Lesh remembered that it hit him like a hammer and it seemed to describe their group so perfectly that he started jumping up and down, shouting, “That’s it! That’s it!” Kreutzmann and Weir were more skeptical, but Garcia and Lesh’s relentless enthusiasm banished any qualms, and in December, the Grateful Dead made their formal debut.
The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead Play Beatles
The Grateful Dead played at least songs written by George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon or Paul McCartney during their 30 year performing career. Two additional songs were possibly performed but their existence is recorded on paper rather than tape. One John Lennon song was soundchecked but not performed live. Only 5 of the songs were performed 10 or more times by the Grateful Dead. Various Jerry Garcia bands performed a number of Beatle songs and many of the post Grateful Dead bands including Furthur, The Dead, Ratdog, and Phil Lesh & Friends have played Beatles songs
This mix includes a version of every Beatles song the Grateful Dead played (1980 -2003).
Eleven songs, some played only once, most only a handful of times.
CD 1
01. Grateful Dead - Day Tripper GD 06-25-85
02. Grateful Dead - Come Together Dead 07-07-03
03. Grateful Dead - Eleanor Rigby Jam JGB 02-12-80
04. Grateful Dead - Tomorrow Never Knows GD 11-29-94
05. Grateful Dead - Blackbird Ratdog 11-09-99
06. Grateful Dead - Get Back PLQ 10-16-00
07. Grateful Dead - Why Don't We Do It In The Road GD 04-07-85
08. Grateful Dead - Hey Jude GD 03-22-90
09. Grateful Dead - Strawberry Fields Forever PLQ 02-08-02
10. Grateful Dead - Rain GD 10-09-94
CD 2
01. Grateful Dead - Revolution GD 07-02-85
02. Grateful Dead - She Said Dead 07-07-03
03. Grateful Dead - Dear Prudence Reconstruction 7-8-79
04. Grateful Dead - I Am The Walrus PLQ 09-01-02
05. Grateful Dead - Want To Tell You JGB 03-08-87
06. Grateful Dead - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds GD 03-17-95
07. Grateful Dead - All Too Much GD 03-26-95
08. Grateful Dead - While My Guitar Gently Weeps PLQ 11-30-01
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