Word: mydland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dead continue to grow musically with Built to Last, which contains four songs authored by Brent Mydland, the keyboardist who joined the Dead in 1979. Mydland's work provides some interesting counterpoint to the more traditional Dead songs contributed by Garcia and Weir, though some of his offerings (e.g. "Just a Little Light") come across as over-synthesized, excessively popularized tracks that sound like out-takes from the Go to Heaven or Shakedown Street sessions...
...when Mydland succeeds in his writing, he proves that he can provide freshness and originality within the framework of a group that has been working together for nearly a quarter of a century. Mydland's best work to date is represented here in the form of the poignant lullaby "I Will Take You Home," which concludes Built to Last...
...Grateful Dead have had a long and somewhat tortuous history. Present members of the band include Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals, Bob Weir on guitar and vocals, Phil Lesh on bass and vocals, Bill Kreutzman on drums, Mickey Hart on drums, and Brent Mydland on keyboards. Of course, if you care about these names, you probably already know them. Pigpen, the band's original lead singer, died...
...have managed, however, are those 20 years of playing, with most of the same early-'60s rebels and LSD voyagers who started the group. The original keyboard and harmonica player, Ron McKernan, known as Pig Pen, died of hard living in the early '70s, and the present keyboardist, Brent Mydland, is the only relative newcomer. Otherwise the Dead are still Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzman on drums, Phil Lesh on bass, Bobby Weir on rhythm guitar and, first among equals, Jerry Garcia on lead guitar...
...Dead came on at 10:15, after half an hour of anticipatory hooting from the Dead Heads. As always, stage center was covered by two Oriental rugs, strewn with roses thrown by the crowd. Weir and Bass Player Lesh stood to the left, Garcia and Keyboardist Mydland to the right, the two drummers and a percussion rig vast enough to drive a spaceship elevated to the rear. Lights swirled, and the bandsmen swung into the saddle and began their long ride...