Terrapin Station
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Seems like a complex song to play and I never heard a terrible or botched version of it. Surprised Jerry didn't mess it up a lot in his hazy day's. Though 4/13/86 he did walk offstage in the middle of it.
https://archive.org/details/gd1986-04-13.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.81647...
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There;s a show out there
There's a show out there where he muffs the "Inspiration" line.
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Jerry muffed lyrics on that
Jerry muffed the lyrics on that one lots of times, but it was a drifting song so they could always float away and back in with little issue.
Anyway, it always seemed to me that any time Jerry made a mistake he'd respond with something really good, so I never minded his muffs.
A fine example here...
https://archive.org/details/gd1981-09-13.sbd.miller.32576.sbeok.flac16/g...
(Weir finally had to whisper the lyrics in Jerry's ear, still a fine version)
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The pressure on the singer is
The pressure on the singer is enormous and when things get lost for even a split second, the recovery while continuing to play can be difficult and depending on song, recovery methods no matter how that works for the singers mind can cause a sort of calm panic process trying to drop that lyric right back onto a specific chord. Terrapin has Jerry many times in that position. It all happens very quickly as well.
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^^The pressure on the singer
^^The pressure on the singer is enormous
It really is. Add to that the responsibilities of playing an instrument as well. Learning to play music is a very humbling thing. Our musical heroes sure make it look easy most of the time.
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It really isn't that
It really isn't that complicated a song as far as chord structure goes.
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No, it’s the thousand other
No, it’s the thousand other moving parts that makes it complicated.
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>> There's a show out there
>> There's a show out there where he muffs the "Inspiration" line. <<
I saw one at McNichols in 1994 where he spaced it.
I was at that '86 Irvine show up ^ there, too.
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>>No, it’s the thousand other
>>No, it’s the thousand other moving parts that makes it complicated.
Exactly. The chords themselves aren't all that difficult. It's the arpeggios and everything else that goes into it.
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Weir finally had to whisper
Weir finally had to whisper the lyrics in Jerry's ear, still a fine version>>>
Very close to the stage the entire weekend in the sand pit, you could hear him say "Shadow of the sailor"
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This will put a smile on your
This will put a smile on your face. Jerry imitating Bobby during the Terrapin outro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3IeYXmGSK4
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^ "Jerry comes to the rescue
^ "Jerry comes to the rescue with a rippin solo after Bobby flubs the lyrics. Great moment from the opener from one of my favorite late Dead shows- Dean Dome 3/24/93."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIKuA1Kc-fU