I asked my mom if shed seen the dead

a discussion on a local music list has veered off to how lame IFTL is (I fought the Law) from bad covers in general (boy are we mean on there). Bands do lame shit from time to time, and in general we love 'em anyway.
SCI doing Walk this Way. (I'd rather see Mauna Bowa). The 700th version of Granny Won't ya Smoke some by YMSB. (How about No Expectations?)

I have seen PLENTY of bad mis-lines (where's the Bobby PromPter when he needs it? By the way, I deduced that if Bobby is wearing glasses, it's for the teleprompter) and dorky rewrites for the night.
That's what makes live music interesting on the worst nights.
as for Dead v. Grateful Dead, forgive me, but it isn't the same.
I'd rather see Ratdog (but I have a friend in the band) most nights. Or Phil and Friends.

 

or the Barney tabs of the 80s.....
Salmon,
I saw The Dead (post jerry- that is why THE dead) for about half a set (I was shooting the opener for a magazine).
While I loved seeing Mickey, I like the Rythm Devils more (and I have no attatchment to Mike Gordon, as you wll know from the music forum), I love Bobby, who he is and the energy he's projecting, in Rat Dog (and I adore Mark Karan- Robin Sylvester has been a sweetheart each time I've chatted with him, too) and Phil, well, he had kimock for a while, so I consider him "guitarist shopping." (yeah, sadly I do that: "who's got some un-to half-known six string demon?")
Some nights all of these can sound forced on the Classic Jerry Material.
Zero does a LOT of justice to Robert Hunter (Judge Murphy in particular)
and some dead tribute bands still have the fire.
I have, however gotten over tribute bands for their own sake. Kinda like an ex-smoker leaving the patch.
Flying Other Brothers have a lot of the folkie Dead side, and they have a fireball guitarist in Barry Sless.
Oh I love me some Barry!