In fact, its safe to say that the grateful dead movie is as much about the deadheads and their community as it is the musicians who fuel their fires. Jerome john jerry garcia august 1, 1942 august 9, 1995 was an american singersongwriter and guitarist, best known for his work as the lead guitarist and as a vocalist with the band the grateful dead, which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s. In a typically inspired moment of brilliance, jerry came up with the idea of opening the grateful dead movie with a cartoon, just as films had been. Around this time, contracted by jerry garcia to create the 8 minute.
Everybodys seen the animation at the beginning of the grateful. Grateful dead movie animation official with images grateful. The majority of the movie is footage of the band and crowds at the winterland shows on october 1974. Animated by gary gutierrez, the first 7 minutes of the grateful dead movie feature some of the trippiest visuals youll ever see. The grateful dead movie, released in 1977 and directed by jerry garcia, is a film that captures live performances from rock band the grateful dead during an october 1974 fivenight run at winterland in san francisco. Grateful dead movie opening scene youtube widescreen, best quality includes beat it on down the line, the wheel and u. Blues october 18 and 19, 1974 one more saturday night october 19, 1974. Bonus material includes additional performance footage and 3 documentaries. The vivid imagery and use of the bands various psychedelic concert posters and album cover artwork also. Greatest stories ever told candyman by david dodd heres the planeach week, i will blog about a different song, focusing, usually, on the lyrics, but also on some other aspects of the song, including its overall impacta truly subjective thing. In an essay accompanying the bluray, dennis mcnally, grateful dead biographer and the former publicist for the band, writes when the dead concluded that their epic achievement in sound design, the. Cover grateful dead albums year tracks count workingmans dead.
Jerry garcia interview 1974 grateful dead movie unreleased. Great combination of animation and live performance. Filmed october 1620, 1974, winterland, san francisco. Over 30 years ago, in 1974, the grateful dead decided to take a break from playing together. See keith and donna godcheaux as integral parts of the band. As trippy time capsules go, the grateful dead movie is an eye and brain opener. The grateful dead the grateful dead movie 2004, dvd.
The grateful dead movie 40th anniversary 2017 rotten. The extended segment features a harleyriding skeleton and is a study in the simultaneous use of stop as well as handdrawn animation. The latest installment of the ongoing grateful dead all the years live video series is available now on the bands youtube channel. The grateful dead movie captures the period of the dead when their music was comforting like a warm blanket while simultaneously bursting with energy. The new addition comes in the form of the iconic opening. Its a comprehensive look at the many aspects of a dead show from the band to the sound system to the fans and even the security guards and the concession workers. Although he disavowed the role, garcia was viewed by many as the leader or spokesman of the group. With jerry garcia, donna godchaux, keith godchaux, mickey hart. Grateful dead blairs golden road blog gd movie still. The animated imagery that you see on the tv through most of this series of photos is the opening animation sequence that begins the grateful dead movie. The movie features a burgeoning deadhead scene, tripy animation sequences and some of the best footage youll see of the dead in the 70s. In addition to the music, its known for the opening psychedelic animation sequence of the deads dancing uncle sam skeleton. The groundbreaking animation reportedly cost as much as the rest of the film. The grateful dead cartoon at the beginning of the movie.
Grateful dead released in theaters in 1976, video release 1981. In jerry garcias original nearly five hour edit of the grateful dead movie, he had the film opening with uncle johns band. The grateful dead shared the psychedelic animated opening sequence of the grateful dead movie set to the song u. Everybodys seen the animation at the beginning of the grateful dead movie, right. It was recorded october 1620, 1974, and was released on march 15, 2005. The ultimate grateful dead movie hits the big screen published sun, may 28 2017 2.
The grateful dead movie not only exhibits gnarlier playing of the two, but also embodies somewhat closely what it was like to attend a grateful dead show. The grateful dead movie, codirected by band guitarist jerry garcia, chronicles a fivenight stand at winterland in san francisco. One of the most memorable features of the grateful dead movie is the opening sequence by garry gutierrez. Everybodys seen the animation at the beginning of the. Combining the visuals and the heady graphic animations. As it turned out, crutcher and animator gary gutierrez not only shared a birthday, but also.
The grateful dead movies animated intro is celluloid tryptamine. I do love the sugarscarletfire, and the dsother onedswharf ratst. Grateful dead lyrics, songs and albums lyricsfreak. The concert footage shot on october 1620, 1974 and included in the grateful dead movie contains full or partial performances of the following songs. On 420, meet up with friends and fellow dead heads in cinemas nationwide for a grateful gathering to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original grateful dead documentary, the grateful dead movie. Though the grateful dead grew out of the lsdsoaked craziness of mid1960s san francisco and was the house band for ken keseys legendary acid. In a typically inspired moment of brilliance, jerry came up with the idea of opening the grateful dead movie with a cartoon, just as films had been presented with cartoons going back to the. This grandiosely labelled movie is a freeform documentary of the friscobased rock group, replete with animation sequences and precious concert clips. Unlike dicks picks, road trips, daves picks, and certain other of the bands archival series of live album releases, which are simply twotrack stereo recordings made from the soundboard during the concert, the shows on the album were. A new dvd version includes additional footage, and a companion 5cd set includes yet more tracks. The movie has been remastered from the original film negative in high definition, and the original audio has been fully. Gary gutierrez was hired to create what, to this day, is one of the wildest, most visually stunning pieces of animation ever paired with music heck, its spectacular on its own.
Us blues, opening sequence from the grateful dead movie. A night at the family dog santana,grateful dead,jefferson airplane 5 years ago. In 1974 the grateful dead were exhausted from touring, and it had proven too expensive and cumbersome to tour with the. Search, discover and share your favorite grateful dead gifs.
The year 1987 was a pivotal one for the grateful dead. An extended 2 dvd release of the 1976 full length feature movie. After graduation from the san francisco art institute, he apprenticed at john kortys mill valley studio as an animator of childrens films, creating and directing live action and animation for sesame street and the electric company. Grateful dead movie originally issued on film and then video. In a typically inspired moment of brilliance, jerry came up with the idea of opening the grateful dead movie with a cartoon, just as films had. From the unsurpassed audio and video quality of the content itselfto the special features of the discs that make interactivity fun, then on to the plethora of special features such as animation and photo galleries, the sum total of the various disc menus illuminate. The grateful dead movie, released in 1977 and directed by jerry garcia, is a film that captures. The grateful dead released the animated opening of grateful dead movie as this weeks installment of the all the years live video series.
Even if youre not a deadhead, youll find much to enjoy in the grateful dead movie. Perhaps youll receive a snippet of gary gutierrezs stunning animation, or some footage of jerry shouting out the words to morning dew. The grateful dead performs live at winterland in san francisco in october 1974. The grateful dead movie 40th anniversary in theaters. The film opens with a uniquely grateful dead animated sequence, featuring the uncle sam skeleton. Codirected by jerry garcia, this concert event features live performances of the band during an october 1974 5night run at san franciscos iconic winterland. Blues live at winterland ballroom, san francisco, ca, october 1974 animated movie version artist grateful dead. Overview codirected by jerry garcia, the grateful dead movie was originally released in 1977, and captures performances from five october 1974 shows at san franciscos winterland ballroom. For original song lyrics by the grateful dead,find literary, historical, biographical references. Jerry garcia, the head dead, is credited as codirector.
This ambitious project, complete with trippy animation, came to be known as the grateful dead movie. The concert footage in the film is taken from the grateful deads five night stand at winterland in san francisco, from october 1620, 1974. This is a classic grateful dead concert with some animation segments. The grateful dead movie chronicle music movie which takes five days during a concert tour to the winterland ballroom in san francisco in october 1974. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the grateful dead movie in the first ever 420 fan meetup. Grateful dead hq shares remastered opening sequence. The grateful dead movie, released in 1977 and directed by jerry garcia, is a film. Thankfully these would not be even close to the grateful deads last shows and they would return to the road in 1976. In fact, much like the themes of fate and chance pervaded many of the grateful deads songs, they also seemed to play a role within the making of the grateful dead movie, and the relationships that developed were bound by a strong otherworldly force. In one of the first weeks of the year the band recorded their 12th studio, in the dark and thanks to the surprising popularity of the album. The final show of this run october 20 was billed as the last one, as the dead were set to begin a hiatus of unspecified time after the completion of these shows. You havent lived until youve seen this shrine to the. Grateful dead productions have set the standard for musicrelated dvd packages.
Watch the grateful dead movie courtesy of the shakedown. Blues as this weeks edition of the all the years live video series. Disc 1 the grateful dead movie in its entirety, transferred from the original 35mm film negative in high definition and presented in. The psychedelic sequence is partially set to the studio. The psychedelic animation was created by gary gutierrez, using techniques that he developed specifically for the project.