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 toastandjam
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 BSO channels Jerry Garcia and company with the world premiere of Dead Symphony No. 6 
#8706871 - 07/31/08 01:22 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Dead Symphony no. 6
BSO channels Jerry Garcia and company with the world premiere of Dead Symphony No. 6
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The symphony, by Georgia-based composer Lee Johnson, turns 12 Grateful Dead songs into movements, weaving them into a single orchestral work.
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He'd heard of the Dead, but barely. "I was accustomed to dead composers; that's about it," [Johnson] says with a laugh. He immersed himself in Dead music, history and lore. "The countercultural experience of the Dead was perfect [material] for a symphony," he says.
With difficulty, he winnowed the canon down, weaving themes from 12 songs into a larger work.
"This isn't simple pop music; it's a full-fledged symphony," says David Coombs, contrabassoonist for the BSO.
The premier happens to coincide with Jer's birthday tomorrow. I've heard Rolling Stones and other rock bands redone as classical and was thoroughly underwhelmed. The Dead, however, are a whole different beast and I'm looking forward to hearing it.
I'm intrigued since the composer was not a Head and approached the thing from a purely musical standpoint.
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 Entropymancer
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 Re: BSO channels Jerry Garcia and company with the world premiere of Dead Symphony No. 6 [Re: toastandjam]
#8707103 - 07/31/08 02:25 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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From the name the Grateful Dead gave its first album, Live Dead, to Jerry Garcia's sudden death at a retreat called Serenity Knolls, the band was always a paradox
Their first album was called The Grateful Dead (not to be confused with the skull & roses album, Grateful Dead)
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toastandjam
Tastes Grate, Lesh Philling
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Re: BSO channels Jerry Garcia and company with the world premiere of Dead Symphony No. 6 [Re: Entropymancer]
#8707121 - 07/31/08 02:29 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Entropymancer said:
Their first album was called The Grateful Dead (not to be confused with the skull & roses album, Grateful Dead)
AKA 'Skullfuck'. 
Maybe they meant first live album?
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