tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post7606060421938748860..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: 1969: Live/Dead vs. BeethovenLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-50851444496135403892013-01-18T02:21:30.341-08:002013-01-18T02:21:30.341-08:00This interesting (if condescending) article compar...This interesting (if condescending) article compares the Dead to what might be called "freaky classical" - it's a good start, but doesn't go quite far enough, I think. But 1970 was still very early for anyone to be comparing the Dead to classical composers! <br /><br />The writers probably took the Acid Test details from Tom Wolfe's book. Of course, they couldn't have known what the Dead actually sounded like in those days (not exactly head-raping stuff).<br />They also didn't know about Lesh's classical training, and that he was very much inspired by 20th-century avant-garde & classical composers; and some of that influence entered the Dead's music in this period. (Weir would also later be taken with the same Bartok piece mentioned here.) <br /><br />This piece expands on some of the themes touched on by the article: <br />http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2011/08/ives-touch.html Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com