The DU Lounge

This is a note for note recreation of a Grateful Dead jam by Holly Bowling.

This jam was not rehearsed by the Dead...it was played by the Dead only one time, and never again recreated by them. There was no sheet music for this...it was not a composed piece of music. Knowing this...I call this jazz music...unplanned, complex, and completely improvised, and you can really hear it when played by others on an instrument other than guitars.

That the Dead aimlessly noodled is a myth, except during the "space" segment of their shows, where the "noodling" was expected and purposeful. The space segment of their shows were an experiment to see where they could take sound...

That was Phil Lesh who said that quote, not Bob Weir.