How do I into the Grateful Dead?
The same way your parents did
>>61838645
Live albums or bust senpai
>>61838645
start with pic related, then american beauty, then blues for allah, then live/dead
after that, decide if you like the poppier stuff or the jammier stuff, then explore their later stuff (albums after american beauty and before shakedown street) or their earlier stuff (everything leading up to workingmans dad), respectively
American Beauty and Workingman's Dead
Live/Dead
Europe '72
Cornell '77 (on archive.org)
Dick's Picks 10
Dick's Picks 8
>>61838835
i still need to check out dick's picks
there are so fucking many that its quite overwhelming
>>61838885
True this, I've probably only listened to a third of them. DP8 is essential for me because of the acoustic versions of Dire Wolf, Black Peter, Candyman, Cumberland Blues (probably my favorite version of my favorite song). Other favorites out of what I've listened to are 16, 18, and 23
>>61838770
Actually a fairly good guide, though I might suggest starting with American Beauty. It's less rough and shambling.
>>61838665
By this I meant smoking weed by the way
>>61839288
>weed
>not acid
baka desu senpai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdjlOPBBGXE
>>61839147
>>61838885
>>61838835
Dick's Picks Vol. 1 is the best