Grateful Dead - Save Your Face: The Tighten Up Jam (1969-1971)

Holy smokes. That tingly feeling is startin up again.

Whoever the person was who took the time and effort to assemble this, I really cannot thank you enough. These jams were some of the ABSOLUTE HIGHEST MUSICAL PEAKS that the GD attained during their 30-year lifespan and never fail to transport me to a place of utter bliss when I listen to any of them (even the ones that only got taped by an audience member). Beyond awesome. 👍

These theme jam collections and edits are just priceless. They fall right smack in the middle of whatever my lane as a deadhead is. Never knew I needed em til they got here! I have some ideas for future collections but it seems greedy to mention them. Please know that your work is valued and deeply enjoyed, thanks!

Fillmore/Winterland veteran here & I really couldn't tell you if I've heard any of these. Those were times NEVER to be revisited...

there are people that walk among us who think this music sucks----bless them for they know not what they hear

Can listen to this all day. Thx so much. Primal Dead .

from Khoi Le's video entitled "Grateful Dead | A Beautiful "Tighten Up" Jam" The Tighten Up Jam was a very common Latin-style jam theme in 1970. It's often called a proto-Eyes jam since Weir plays two repeating jazzy chords that are rhythmically similar to the opening of Eyes of the World, but they're from the Archie Bell & the Drells tune. Its first appearance I'm aware of was on 8/30/69, where Weir plays the chords as Garcia's changing a string during Dark Star; it gets a full band performance on 10/25/69. After that they played it steadily for a year, in many Dark Stars and after March '70 in most of the Dancing in the Streets. They apparently dropped it in 1971, except for a surprise appearance on 10/31/71. As we'll see it was normal for the Dead to use a jam-theme interchangeably between two different songs like that, and Tighten Up works well in both of them. (It's surprising it took so long for them to play it in Dancing, since it's similar to the usual Dancing two-chord jam pattern - on 12/11/69 for instance, the Dancing is extremely close to a Tighten Up.)There used to be a webpage devoted to the Dead's Tighten Ups, but it's disappeared. If you follow Youtube into seeking out the actual video described, it will have more links and information available. Tighten Up Jam is a nuance settled into Dead lore..one like Phil's Spazz and Mind Left Body a personal favorite. Another awesome video idea! Thanks Day Job. Nick

I like tight jam

Thank You for giving this gem to our community

So wierd. I was just listening to Dark Star 2/13/70. It’s my new fav and it was because of, in my mind, how “tight” Bobby is

Ahhhhh!!........breath deep and get high.

"Hi, everybody, I'm Archie Bell, and we are the Drells.. And we not only sing, but we dance as good as we want to.. And we'd like to do a little something we call "The Tighten Up"...

Dank voor het plaatsten. Groet uit Amsterdam oost.

This is wonderful. Almost 2 hours of this?! Incredible.

It’s so cool to realize they were all in their 20s in 1969.

holy guacamole 🥑😀... this takes the enchilada🫔

Yet one more reason I consider 68-74 the greatest GD

Great, probably the best Dead jam ever the first one 10/31/71. I always called it "beautiful day jam".

thank goodness you lost your day job & had the time to put this beauty together...thx

Love this Dead period, 69-71, probably my fave. They were all filled with such youthful enthusiasm.