Bob Dylan's
message to Rolling Stone magazine about his dear friend.
“There’s no way to measure his greatness or magnitude as a person or as a player. I don’t think eulogizing will do him justice. He was that great. Much more than a superb musician with an uncanny ear and dexterity. He is the very spirit personified of whatever is muddy river country at its core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal.”
“To me he wasn’t only a musician and friend. He was more like a big brother who taught and showed me more than he’ll ever know.
There are a lot of spaces and advances between the Carter family, Buddy Holly and, say, Ornette Coleman, a lot of universes.
But he filled them all without being a member of any school. His playing was moody, awesome, sophisticated, hypnotic and subtle. There’s no way to convey the loss. It just digs down really deep,” Bob Dylan said.
The Folk Rock legend performed several times with the Dead back in the 80s.
They spent more time together in 1987 when a successful stadium tour featuring both happened in North America.
They played separately and together at those concerts. The result of it was a collaborative live album called “Dylan & The Dead” (1989). That album was produced by John Cutler and Jerry Garcia. It only has songs composed by Dylan that he performed with the Grateful Dead.
Bob Dylan said Garcia showed him his songs could have been better
Part Two This first please
https://youtu.be/b5MznpSW-wg?si=ybJqs740kv-0v44t
Once again Chris Hazzard
graces the Grateful Dead community with a magnificently restored classic video of a phenomenal performance by the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan!
And thank you to Bob Fernstrom for posting that loving testimonial by Bob Dylan. Indeed, the loss of Jerry Garcia hurt us all.
by gregornot