START “HEAR”: Jerry Garcia Band w/Clarence Clemons: Knockin' on Heaven's Door - 09-10-1989 - Mansfield, MA (12:38)
--the saxophone of Clarence Clemons adds to the effects…Close your eyes and you might drift back to the Village and be in one of the clubs of yesteryear or today: Village Vanguard, Café Wha?, Gaslight Cafe. If you got a few, check out the Wikipedia links for some cool history…
--yet another song about outlaws – a frequent subject for the band
--In this version, at 07:35 they included these refrain lyrics:
“Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Just like so many times before…”
Considering Jerry’s lifestyle choices, it’s likely he was in this place several times…
DIGGIN’ DEEPER...
--An iconic song he was asked to write for the 1973 Western movie “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.” AND, he also played a role…
--includes links to some amazing covers…Check ‘em out!
--Gotta share one:
--released in 1989, it features songs from the six 1987 "Dylan & the Dead" shows
This one’s in a league of its own…Hmm, 20,000 leagues under the sea…
--WATCHING Axl cavort around the stage AMPlifies the energy of his and the band’s performance. Do you agree? And he added these lyrics:
"You just better start sniffin' your own
rank subjugation jack 'cause it's just you
against your tattered libido, the bank and
the mortician, forever man and it wouldn't
be luck if you could get out of life alive"
Guns N Roses - Knocking on Heavens Door – with imaginative water imagery (05:23)
Knockin' in Africa...
--In dual languages with musicians from around our shared world.
--(from the video description) In honor of Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday today, we’re excited to share this acoustic rendition of his hit song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” This intimate performance features Afro Fiesta (Mermans Mosengo and Jason Tamba) along with Twanguero and I-Taweh performing live outside during a special filming of Mark’s Park.
Eric...
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Eric Clapton 1977 (04:56)
--with a reggae interpretation
Dylan’s for the Byrds...
--segues into “Lay, Lady, Lay”
PURE BOB…
--includes these lyrics that Jerry used:
“Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Just like so many times before…”
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