Philzone.org Discussion Board: Archive 2004: Music Talk Archive 2004: Falsetto Jerry 3-27-95 So Many Roads

I think this was mentioned in another thread, but anyway, what was that? It's cool, but also painful to listen to. Maybe an audience tape would help curb some of the rough edges - I listened to a soundboard from the archive. An interesting effort to be sure. Anyone there that night? Wonder what JG was thinking.

I actually find it really moving and emotional. Then again I think I'm the only fan who finds anything good about 95 to begin with.

>>>>>>> I'm the only fan who finds anything good about 95 to begin with.

I find the 5 versions of Visions of Johanna from '95 to be ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!! True, not much else tho . . .

Those songs (VoJ) were better highlights than the Unbroken Chain ended up being really. At least for me.

weird so many roads.. thanks for mentioning it

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=13950

Pretty chilling stuff, that falsetto -- how cool that even at that point he was willing to take that kind of chance with something that probably just occurred to him in the moment.

For me, '95 sounds much better on tape than it did at the time though -- had a lot to do with watching Jerry's slow fade to black...It was so painful to witness his decline, I just didn't notice the beauty of the music as much as I wish I had.

Garcia used to go falsetto during the chorus of "Comes A Time" when the band first started playing it in '71 (best example I know of is 12/5/71). Heartrending stuff.

what is falsetto mean?

fal·set·to ( P ) n. pl. fal·set·tos
A male voice in an upper register beyond its normal range.

Artifically produced notes in an upper register beyong the normal range. Normally associated with the Tenor range.

Like Tiny Tim's voice.

is it a deliberate falsetto or he is just out of air/struggling?

It's sorta deliberate, at the end only...not the I just smoked heroin pitch, but one birthed from some serious emotion from the sounds of it.