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Wendell T. Scroggins May 11, 2024

Many people are saying the Jerry Garcia Band is better than the Grateful Dead. More and more people are saying this, and JGB has been getting attention and has been doing very well.

My question is: How can the Grateful Dead be the Greatest American Rock band if they aren’t even the best American Rock Band with Jerry Garcia?

Nobody makes a similar argument about TAB v. phish.

Therefore, once again, I am correct: Phish is the Greatest American Rock band.

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Rosey May 11, 2024

@maxellxlii90 Nobody who spends any serious amount of time really listening to the Dead and JGB actually prefers the latter. I’ve never met a serious fan who holds that opinion. Maybe it’s my bubble?

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Wendell T. Scroggins

@Rosey Really? I honestly do love the Grateful Dead, but JGB feels more appropriate for more occasions. Jerry Sunday? Almost no Grateful Dead being played. Much of my favorite JG marerial is solo, or with JGB. JGB is such a great vibe, but my main critique remains “which JGB/GD?”.

It’s all ultimately more about Jerry than the group collaboration. This isn’t the case with Trey projects.