Conference rdvax::grateful

    
     I thought it was funny how alot how the verses in some folk
    songs are interchangeable.....you hear these in different songs
    
    goin' where the water tastes like wine
    goin' where those chilly winds don't blow
    steppin' down the stairs, combing back her yellow hair
    the sun's gonna shine on my back door
    
    I'm sure there are others too....
    
    Back to what Dave was talking about, I think they are definetly
    folk music...I like the idea of a central story within a song
    but different versions or interpretations may even have a different
    outcome to the story.
    
    lots of different versions of, staggerlee, casey jones, peggy o.....
    even the Dead's version of Rueben & Cherise has a different outcome
    than Hunter's version, I think Terrapin is also based on an old
    traditional song called "Lady of Carlile".......
    
    I always thought the Dead play the "folky" stuff better than
    the "bluesy" stuff anyway.
    
    enough ramblin'
    Sean
    

Well considering that you and I are indeed "folks" then all the music
you and I listen to is "folk music".

Mojo Nixon, Black Flag, Todd, The Grateful Dead, The Del Feugos, 
Sergio Mendez :) , Yellowman, The Cure, Morrisey, Seldom Scene,
Bob Dylan, The Bird Sisters, Ice T, PJ Harvey, Sinead and on and
on and on....they are all folks who make music.

Seriously
bob

don't let anyone tell you folk music is played in coffee houses and
church basements ..... folk music comes from everywhere.

:)

 >                       <<< Note 311.2 by LANDO::HAPGOOD >>

> Mojo Nixon, Black Flag, Todd, The Grateful Dead, The Del Feugos, 
> Sergio Mendez :) , Yellowman, The Cure, Morrisey, Seldom Scene,
> Bob Dylan, The Bird Sisters, Ice T, PJ Harvey, Sinead and on and       
    
     interesting list of bands...i LOVE PJ Harvey but never thought i'd
     see her even mentioned in here. :^) ...saw morrisey a  little while
     back at brandeis college. 
       when i think of folk music i think of bands like indigo girls, a
     couple of acoutic guitars and all.
    
                                                 ^dave                                                                      

    I think they do a type of electric folk.  Just like the big trend 20
    some odd years ago on the British scene for electric folk.  Groups like
    Fairport Convention ("trad. arr. Fairport"), Steeleye Span, Pentangle,
    Incredible String Band, etc. started taking old folk tunes and giving
    them modern arrangements.  The Dead do the same for American music. 
    They don't stick to the traditional arrangements as much as some more
    acoustically oriented bands but they certainly keep those old tunes
    alive.
    
    BTW, anyone know how many versions of "Shady Grove" have been done? 
    Hint if anyone is still figuring out my "name that tune": it's the
    British version of that song.
    
    Scott
    

    naaaaawwwww...they're just a jug band that made it big! 
    
    %^)
    rfb

I've been calling Grateful Dead Music Contemporary Folk Music for about 10 
years.  I wondered how long it would take people to figure out what I was 
talking about:-)

Geoff

	Jerry says the Grateful Dead uis

	"The slowest growing Rock n Roll band"

	


	I always think of the it as Mountain Music.

    Not folk, rock, country, blues, r&b, garage, jug, or any other type.  I
    think it's HAPPY MUSIC plain & simple.
    
    :) :) :) makes me happy!
    
    sparky

	The Grateful Dead are the quintessential players of American 
	music.  Their music is a rather unique blend of bluegrass
	(traditional American albeit derived from Celtic music), rock
	'n roll (another American invention), blues (YAAMI yet 
	another...), jazz (YAAMI) and traditional tunes.

	"The Grateful Dead aren't the best at what they do, they're the
	 only ones who dow what they do" - Bill Graham

	Bob

    Yea.. I agree.. quintessentially American.. no doubt about it.