[bomp] Re: Dead/Doors

[NankerPhlg@xxxxxxx]

<<< The true insult added to injury is how many Dead fans thought their 
covers were Dead originals- not too many Deadheads ever searched out Merle Haggard, 
Buck Owens and Everly Brothers records (later CDs) to discover the original 
versions....>>>

I have that trouble more with Led Zeppelin fans, who get all pissy when you 
dare suggest particular songs credited to them were actually pinched wholesale 
from others....As for Dead fans, I don't remember encountering any who thought 
the songs The Dead played were originals, but I sensed they didn't really 
care one way or the other. Although 'Deadbase,' the pre-Internet book, published 
of all their gigs, setlists and recordings etc. (If Mark Lewisohn was a 
Grateful Dead fan, this would have been his book) does have a pretty exhaustively 
researched section listing all the songs the Dead ever recorded, listing 
writers, original recorded artists, as well as other versions, with attempts at 
pinpointing which version the Dead were going for. It had mistakes, to be sure. 
Like, they had a song in their 1966 repertoire called "Standing On The Corner" 
that maybe only a couple versions exist of (it was never recorded by The Dead 
and never appeared in their live set after 1966), and Deadbase attributed this 
to being a song originally by The Four Lads! Wrong. The Four Lads' "Standing On 
The Corner" is the song from 'The Most Happy Fella.' The Dead's is a cool 
"Louie Louie" type garage song...which, upon finally being released by Rhino on 
'Birth Of The Dead,' lists the five members of the Dead as writers.

<<< Ever heard the story of how the Dead treated the Doors like crap when 
Morrison and co. first opened for them? Petty jealousy at its finest with the 
additional element of SF prejudice against SoCal >>>

Well, let's not read that deeply into it. We did discuss this incident a few 
weeks ago. Yes, Pigpen was being unnecessarily difficult and rude to Ray that 
day, but just Pigpen. As for the Dead's hogging of the stage, well, they were 
just setting up the way they always set up. I'm not defending The Dead, 
because that wasn't very considerate...I'm just saying let's not magnify that day 
into a political statement. I know the LA versus San Fran undercurrent was 
there, but I don't come away reading Ray M's account of that day thinking the way 
the Dead set up their stage was a deliberate reaction to it.

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