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Larry Ogintz's avatar

I am thrilled by this. I'm so impressed by your musical theory knowledge and to know your a Deadhead really works. I'm just Dead fan and guitarist since 1968. I love the play list (I would have liked to see Candyman, lol.

Best of luck 👍

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Larry C. Brown's avatar

I have been thinking about doing a series of articles on artists I listen to as well. But strictly from a fan perspective. Even though I am not a Dead fan, your article inspired me. Thx.

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Ethan Hein's avatar

I love reading about other people's fandoms, whether or not I share them.

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Isaac Paulson's avatar

"My intended reader is an amateur guitarist who is interested in this music and has questions that can't be answered by online guitar tabs."

Does this include bassists? From a musical analysis pespective, I feel like I have a solid understanding of what the rest of this band is usually trying to do, but Phil's bass lines blow me away. It would be interesting to hear someone's point of view on what he is doing and how it is different from a typical bass player in a rock 'n' roll band.

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Ethan Hein's avatar

Bassists for sure. I transcribed some Phil here: https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2024/phil-lesh-gets-funky/

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