#music, An Oldie for Friday Afternoon…

Always was a fan of this band that I have always thought that with The Allman Brothers Band and the Charlie Daniels Band, was the best US band. And of course I am talking about The Grateful Dead and today of their big hit (only top 40 hit) «Touch of Grey» from 1987. Not only a top 40, but a smash video on MTV… The single is from the album In the Dark. A song with somewhat dark lyrics set to a very upbeat pop style arrangement. The chorus/refrain, «I will get by; I will survive» is changed at the end of the song to “We will get by; We will survive” which makes the song an anthem for dead-heads all over the world… Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics and Jerry Garcia wrote the music… «Touch of Grey» made it to the top 10 on Billboard, and was number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. This has been the only song by the band ever to do so on both charts… The video, smashing good I would say, was directed by Gary Gutierrez, the same onw who had created the animation sequences for The Grateful Dead Movie. It was filmed at Laguna Seca Raceway after one of the band’s concerts in May 1987.

I think you will like this and remember the MTV (when they played music) video. I certainly do. And don’t forget to tell me what you think…

CHEERS