Mastodawn

“Everybody’s playing in the heart of gold”: The Grateful Dead, Neil Young, and a wedding ring. #111Words #TheGratefulDead #ScarletBegonias #NeilYoung #HeartOfGold #WeddingRing #FromTheMarsHotel #Harvest #Music #Lyrics https://111-words.ghost.io/everybodys-playing-in-the-heart-of-gold-the-grateful-dead-neil-young-and-a-wedding-ring/

“Everybody’s playing in the heart of gold”: The Grateful Dead, Neil Young, and a wedding ring

At Grateful Dead concerts, the last line of "Scarlet Begonias" ("From the Mars Hotel", 1974, lyrics by Robert Hunter) felt like a reference to the concert experience: "Everybody's playing in the heart of gold band." The band began to jam on the song's closing riff, and the audience danced along.

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Andrew Shields Mar 10

Grosvenor Square in literature, history, and the Grateful Dead song “Scarlet Begonias”. #111Words #TheGratefulDead #ScarletBegonias #FromTheMarsHotel #GrosvenorSquare #OscarWilde #DorianGray #EisenhowerPlatz #WorldWarTwo #EeroSaarinen #USEmbassyLondon #AntiVietnamWarDemonstrations https://111-words.ghost.io/grosvenor-square-in-literature-history-and-the-grateful-dead-song-scarlet-begonias/

Andrew Shields Oct 25, 2024

Listening to “Box of Rain”, “Unbroken Chain”, and “Eyes of the World” on hearing of the death of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh (1940-2024). #111Words #PhilLesh #TheGratefulDead #BoxOfRain #RobertHunter #AmericanBeauty #UnbrokenChain #BobbyPedersen #FromTheMarsHotel #EyesOfTheWorld #JerryGarcia #DicksPicks31 #RooseveltStadium #JerseyCity https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/10/listening-to-box-of-rain-unbroken-chain.html

Listening to “Box of Rain”, “Unbroken Chain”, and “Eyes of the World” on hearing of the death of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh (1940-2024)

On hearing that Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh died today, I first listened to his " Box of Rain " ("American Beauty", 1970), with Robert H...

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Copperdomebodhi Jun 23, 2024

Since the band didn't release an official image, I also made this for the bonus discs with the May 12, 1974 show.

Tip o' the hat to TheBigWoods on Lossless Legs who set me up with hi-res scans from the LP. If *you* collect vinyl and have a scanner, please LMK if you'd be willing to share a few.

Once again, you can find an uncompressed 3000x3000 .jpg here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17KV3SES1Blk_dZBFunqhiy0Ksrno7pke/view?usp=drive_link

#GratefulDead #AlbumArt #FromTheMarsHotel