The Grateful Dead - Wake of the Flood Album

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Wake of the Flood is the sixth studio album by rock band the Grateful Dead. Released October 15, 1973, it was the first album on the band's own Grateful Dead Records label. Their first studio album in nearly three years, it was also the first without founding member Ron Pigpen McKernan, who had recently died. His absence and keyboardist Keith Godchaux's penchants for bebop and modal jazz rather than McKernan's tendencies toward the blues and soul music contributed to the band's musical evolution. Wake of the Flood - Grateful Dead. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter - 0:00 7-18-1972 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City NJ Let Me Sing Your Blues Rock. The Grateful Dead. Songs in album The Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood 1973. The Grateful Dead - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo. The Grateful Dead - Let Me Sing Your Blues Away. The Grateful Dead - Row Jimmy. The Grateful Dead - Stella Blue. The Grateful Dead - Here Comes Sunshine. The Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World. The Grateful Dead - Weather Report Suite. The Grateful Dead - Eyes. Wake of the Flood was the first Dead disc issued entirely under the band's supervision - which also included manufacturing and marketing. Additionally, the personnel had been altered as Ron Pigpen McKernan had passed away. The keyboard responsibilities were now in the capable hands of Keith Godchaux - whose wife Donna Jean Godchaux also provided backing vocals. The Dead's first studio album after the arrival of keyboardist Keith Godchaux shows them making their first moves toward a more sophisticated sound and away from their primal psychedelicfolk beginnings. While tracks like Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo and Row Jimmy still showcase their rootsy early-'70s vibe, the jazz-influenced Eyes of the World and the epic Weather Report Suite show the band embracing a more harmonically and structurally complex approach, adding horns and other additional players to expand the Dead's already-r. Wake of the Flood is the sixth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between August 4 and September 1, 1973 and originally released on October 15, 1973. It was the first release under the band's own label, Grateful Dead Records, after fulfilling their contract with Warner Bros. It was their first full-length studio album in nearly three years, since 1970's American Beauty. It was also the first studio album without Ron Pigpen McKernan, who had recently died. His absence and new. The Deads sixth studio album, Wake of the Flood, provides a short list of firsts for the band: First studio album released in three years First album on the bands new Grateful Dead Records Label First album without founding member Ron Pigpen McKernan. The albums seven tracks provide a smorgasbord of musical genre and, as a whole, ushered in a new sonic era for the band. Jerry Garcia expounded on the Deads new sound in an interview with Circus Magazines Cameron Crowe . Wake of The Flood continues the Dead's psychedelic folk-rock, with the team of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter locking up five of the disc's seven numbers, Keith joins Hunter for Let Me Sing Your Blues Away and Bob Weir delivers the epic Weather Report Suite, one of the loveliest songs the group has ever done. Stella Blue features a passionate yet sad vocal from Garcia, and the chipper Eyes of the World has since become a deserved Dead Classic. Verified Purchase. This is a wonderful Grateful Dead album Mobile Fidelity did a fantastic job with the sound of this release. Read more. It was also the first studio album without Ron Pigpen McKernan who had died. His absence and new piano player Keith Godchaux's tendency towards jazz rather than McKernan&apos