Friday Night Dead

It's well past time to revive the Friday night music videos. Tonight I've got a sweet Loser from the Greek Theater in Berkley, CA. Jerry's voice is good but he hits some nice notes that would have reverberated through your soul had you been there live (although his guitar doesn't seem to be turned up enough in this particular mix).




The next one is interesting. Cold Rain & Snow from an undetermined date. My Dead sense says 1977 but who knows? Anyway, it's a clear sounding tape with pictures of snow and rain interspersed. The sound makes this a great video.




Finally a cool version of Quinn the Eskimo from Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View from 1987, a song I always thought was a good crowd booster. It wasn't played much but it seemed that Jerry played it when he was having a really good night and was on his game.




As an extra added bonus, here's Sublime doing Scarlet (no embed available). The Dead were all about expanding the music out and Bradley Newell did that with this Dead standard. I always thought this song was a good addition to Sublime's repertoire and inserting it on the 40 oz. To Freedom CD was a nice fit. Bradley's rap about what the after effects of meeting the girl with the flower in her hair is hilarious. BTW, if you've never heard 40 oz. in its entirety, I think it was one of the best CDs of the '90's.

Next week: Purely Jerry Band!