''Grateful Dawg'' is a
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
released in 2000 which chronicles the friendship and musical relationship of musicians
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...
and
David Grisman
David Grisman (born March 23, 1945) is an American mandolinist. His music combines bluegrass, folk, and jazz in a genre he calls "Dawg music". He founded the record label Acoustic Disc, which issues his recordings and those of other acoustic mu ...
. Director and producer Gillian Grisman uses multiple videos, as well as live recordings, to help show this bond between two friends and musicians. It gives a view of Garcia outside the
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...
.
Synopsis
The film was directed by David Grisman’s daughter Gillian, with cinematography by Justin Kreutzmann, son of Grateful Dead drummer
Bill Kreutzmann
William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued ...
. The film details when Grisman and Garcia first met in 1964 at a club in Pennsylvania to see
Bill Monroe
William Smith "Bill" Monroe (; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass".
The genre take ...
perform, includes interviews with musicians such as
Bela Fleck
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Places Asia
*Bela Pratapgarh, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Bela, a small village near Bhandara, Maharashtra, India
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,
Peter Rowan
Peter Rowan (born July 4, 1942) is an American bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin, yodels and sings.
Biography
Rowan was born in Wayland, Massachusetts to a musical family. From an early age, he had an interes ...
and
Ronnie McCoury
Ronnie McCoury is an American mandolin player, singer, and songwriter (born March 16, 1967). He is the son of bluegrass musician Del McCoury, and is best known for his work with the Del McCoury Band
and the Travelin' McCourys.
Biography
Ronnie Mc ...
and many live performances of Grisman and Garcia.
DVD
The Grateful Dawg DVD has the following chapters:
# Start
# "Grateful Dawg" (Live)
# Early Pickin'
# "The Sweet Sunny South"
# Old and in the Way
# "Pig in a Pen"
# Sweetwater Reunion
# "Dawg's Waltz"
# "Sitting Here in Limbo"
# Sea Shanties
# "Off to Sea Once More"
# Not for Kids Only
# "Jenny Jenkins"
# "Arabia" Intro
# "Arabia"
# "The Thrill is Gone" Intro
# "The Thrill is Gone"
# The Living Room
# "Friend of the Devil"
# End Credits
See also
*
''Grateful Dawg'' (soundtrack)
References
External links
*
Jerry Garcia
2000 films
Documentary films about rock music and musicians
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