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Grateful Dead — Cumberland Blues
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bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 23:08
 
Haha, love the dead, but i've been agreeing with you on this point since about 1969!
 jhorton wrote:
Wow, lot of voices there, not a one of them singing on pitch. Worst, " Harmony," I ever heard.
 



peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 11:10
 
 Captn_Pea wrote:
Raw... perfect... 
 
Dead On!


bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 11:09
 
I must add to the growing cadre of listeners wondering why RP persist in playing the rather weak studio versions of songs that the Dead developed more fully in concert. I realize that the radio format is considered more suited to succinct and brief works, but this is another song that deserves to be heard in a live version.
For those of you who feel some deep need to express your dislike for the Dead and Deadheads, this post is not for you. 

hellokitty98
Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 11:08
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajumprope}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananasplit}

this song is so good, bananas like it

jhorton
Posted: Aug 01, 2009 - 22:23
 
Wow, lot of voices there, not a one of them singing on pitch. Worst, " Harmony," I ever heard.

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 17:18
 
 macadavy wrote:
The town of Cumberland on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada was a coal mining community.
Wonder if this song was about this town or some other Cumberland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland,_British_Columbia

 

Being as Jerry was a huge bluegrass enthusiast, this song is about a coal miner, and the Cumberland plateau is a coal-bearing geographic feature of Kentucky and Tennessee, I always figured this song was about these topics.

But I could be wrong. {#Wave}

RobRyan
(Canyon Country, CA)
Posted: Apr 28, 2009 - 17:04
 
 copymonkey wrote:


It was.
 
I really like this song and generally like the Dead. But this cracked me up.


Oscar_the_Grouch
(In my trash can)
Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 15:51
 
Bunch a whiners of questionable sexual preference posting in this thread... Countering Mr. Negative with a healthy 10.



macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Dec 23, 2008 - 11:14
 
The town of Cumberland on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada was a coal mining community.
Wonder if this song was about this town or some other Cumberland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland,_British_Columbia


Captn_Pea
(Spring Lake, MI)
Posted: Dec 23, 2008 - 11:06
 
Raw... perfect...  Last day before the Holiday break... going to make a break for it early for sure now.

tony99
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 08:40
 
Don't get them, never have.  Liked American Beauty (with the exception of Truckin) but thye just sound too fiddly and light most of the time. 

tiggers
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 08:40
 

There is nothing good about this, nothing!



copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 08:39
 
 alph wrote:
 This version sounds like it was sung by a drunken jug band in a moonlit back woods.
 

It was.

Manbird
(Santa Rosa, CA)
Posted: Oct 18, 2008 - 18:51
 


macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?)
Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:42
 
musikalia wrote:
Always pleased to hear GD on Radio Paradise.
But I'd really love to hear more live Dead, like from Without a Net.
...gotta go to the cellar and dig out my old CDs so I can upload.....

Hear! Hear!
Disc Two of Eternally Grateful is entirely 'in concert' as well.
The Internet Archive has an incredible Grateful Dead 'live' collection for non-commercial use, so if RP won't play live Dead you can 'roll yer own'!
(click here)

esweazey73
Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:28
 
Thank you, Bill!!!!!!!!!!
alph
(Honolulu)
Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:31
 
Dirty hillbilly music. I love it.

A band called Hot Buttered Rum does a cool cover of this, but it's way too crisp and clean. This version sounds like it was sung by a drunken jug band in a moonlit back woods.
Hinkamp
(Planet Utah)
Posted: Jan 11, 2008 - 14:49
 
Im not a GD hater but this one is so discordant. yuck
bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Jan 11, 2008 - 14:49
 
Although this composition is great and enduring, there are numerous live versions of this that really soar, whereas this studio version lacks the impact of others. Surely, with as much live Dead material as is now accessible, RP can do better.
musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Dec 11, 2007 - 04:59
 
Always pleased to hear GD on Radio Paradise.
But I'd really love to hear more live Dead, like from Without a Net.
...gotta go to the cellar and dig out my old CDs so I can upload.....
EssexTex
(Drinkin ice cold Lone Star)
Posted: Oct 09, 2007 - 09:09
 
GREAT TUNE...AND ABOUT TIME SOMEONE SUNG ABOUT A SAUSAGE
bbHappy
(39.991323, -105.261375, elev. 1654m)
Posted: Aug 07, 2007 - 13:07
 
Good stuff! Thanks Bill!
eastcoast
Posted: Aug 07, 2007 - 13:05
 
I love this song but not this version...
Al_Koholic
(Exit 82, NJ)
Posted: Aug 07, 2007 - 13:04
 
Wow 4 years since this last played. Great song!
jciola
(C-Moe, CT)
Posted: Jan 27, 2003 - 07:47
 
Good to hear on a cold Monday, lets me know others share the plight.
thrazzle
(Santa Ana Height, CA)
Posted: Nov 16, 2002 - 21:49
 
Ah! Some old home. Always great to hear the like of GD and Phish, PinkFloyd and other masters of the music, etc.
Whack-a-Mole
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Nov 16, 2002 - 21:47
 
Can I take your shift at the silicon mines? As an unemployed higt tech worker in the NW this song has new meaning to me now. Man do I have the Cumberland Blues, byt RP keeps me going. :p
Leslie
(Antioch (155 mi. south of RP), CA)
Posted: Aug 16, 2002 - 19:15
 
Originally Posted by KevDog:
My favorite Dead album. Europe '72 comes in a close second.

KevDog, there is a new (remastered) version of Europe '72 that's due for release later this year. There will be a bunch of songs included that were NOT ON the original album. Check out Official Grateful Dead home page Edited By Leslie at 7:17 pm on 8/16/2002
KevDog
(Los Angeles, CA)
Posted: Jun 26, 2002 - 16:35
 
My favorite Dead album. Europe '72 comes in a close second.
kevinc
(Richardson, TX)
Posted: Mar 12, 2002 - 12:21
 
great song, but I think the live version that was on What Long Strange Trip compilation(don't remember which live release it was originally on) is much better.