Come on guys... The Dead were the greatest rock and roll band to come out from the US. No other rock band in the world is or were as good as the Dead in a live performance, bottom line. That is way so many people were turned on to there music because every time it was something different from them. England has produced more rock and roll giants than any other country so when you talk about the dead you have to remember how long they produced and played music for. How many rock bands had the following they did and lasted as long as they did. This was a band that brought people together from all walks of life, and Jerry was the star in the middle. No other rock band in the history of the world did what they did, ever, bottom line, no arguments. The Dead were without a doubt the most powerful rock and roll band ever because they stood for something in a time of uncertainty and continued making people from all walks of life smile and dance.
There are many great guitarists out there and danny Gatton was phenomonal to say the least. Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and on and on and on....
Tintin,
Django Reinhardt is decent but there are many better guitarists like Trey Anastasio who is a guitar prodigy and classically trained as well as in jazz and blues.. Trey is sooo good at the guitar that people tell him that he is the best guitarist in thw world and he honestly believes it... the guy is amazing.
Tintin,
if you showed individual pictures of Jerry garcia, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, robert plant, and Django Rheinhardt to the average person who has the slightest idea about music then i can tell you that they would have no idea on earth who Django is.
Its funny going to the bars in bali and listening to the cover bands and indonesians sing and cover popular music. there is nothing like sitting down with a few good friends and some bintang and watching these Indonesian's play "sweet child of mine" or some other 80's hair metal music. it is hysterical
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