Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey

  一場規劃中的Woodstock 50演唱會參加藝人名單還沒公佈，但Billboard雜誌已經揭露一些將會參加演出的藝人的消息。

  為紀念1969年的Woodstock音樂節50周年，由Grateful Dead轉型的Dead and Company 和 Santana合唱團將在Woodstock 50演唱會領銜演出，The Grateful Dead 與 Santana都在當年的Woodstock音樂節演出過。

  另類搖滾樂隊The Killers 和 Imagine Dragons也有報導在演出名單裡，而Grammy獎得主Chance the Rapper預料將也在名單內。

  有報導指出Woodstock 50演唱會有財務問題，參加歌者將領不到酬勞，然而Billboard雜誌說：Woodstock 50組委會已經募得幾百萬美元，每個參加演出的藝人都會得到全部酬勞。

  Billboard說頭期款會先付，因為活動還沒啟動，演唱會業界人士說先付錢有點冒險。

  演唱名單最近二週將揭曉，Woodstock 50演唱會今年八月16日至18日在紐約Schuyler郡Watkins Glen村的Watkins Glen 國際賽車場舉辦舉行，離1969年舉辦場地大約一個半小時路程遠。

  Woodstock 50由協辦過1969年Woodstock音樂節的製作人Michael Lang主辦。

  即興搖滾樂團The Grateful Dead主要由Jerry Garcia、Bob Weir二位主唱於1960年代後期在舊金山組成，他們在排行榜上名次最好的歌是1987年第9名的歌Touch Of Grey，雖然排行榜上暢銷曲不多，但是這個主流搖滾樂團有很多未推出單曲的歌卻極受歌迷們歡迎，其中1969年的Dark Star還曾獲選入搖滾樂名人堂，可惜主唱吉他手之一Jerry Garcia不幸已於1995年8月因心臟病去世。

  Dead and Company有The Grateful Dead團員Bob Weir、 Mickey Hart、Bill Kreutzmann及John Mayer、Oteil BurbridgeJeff 、 Chimenti等人，2015年二月John Mayer邀請Bob Weir參加長壽談話節目The Late Late Show，當時the Grateful Dead 幾位團員正籌辦   the Grateful Dead五十周年系列節目Fare Thee Well，因John Mayer原來就愛聽the Grateful Dead 的歌，二人一拍即合，2015年十月31日，他們於紐約麥迪遜花園廣場舉辦了一場演唱會"magical"，獲得了不錯的評價，原來只準備辦一場的這個組合欲罷不能，就繼續合作下去了，他們演唱會的實況都有CD發行，但是並沒有錄音室專輯或單曲出版。

  Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey 的Music Video用特效設計的骷髏合唱團演唱，後來才轉換成真人演唱很有意思。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YSTeJOxiaw

Touch Of Grey

Artist: Grateful Dead

Album: In the Dark

Released: 1987

Songwriter(s): Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter

It must be getting early, clocks are running late

Paint-by-number morning sky looks so phony

Dawn is breaking everywhere, light a candle, curse the glare

Draw the curtains, I don't care 'cause it's alright

I will get by

I will get by

I will get by

I will survive

I see you've got your list out, say your piece and get out

Guess I get the gist of it, but it's alright

Sorry that you feel that way, the only thing there is to say

Every silver lining's got a touch of grey

I will get by

I will get by

I will get by

I will survive

It's a lesson to me

The Ables and the Bakers and the C's

The ABC's we all must face

Try to keep a little grace

It's a lesson to me

The Deltas and the East and the Freeze

The ABC's we all think of

And try to wean a little love

I know the rent is in arrears, the dog has not been fed in years

It's even worse than it appears, but it's alright

Cow is giving kerosene, kid can't read at seventeen

The words he knows are all obscene, but it's alright

I will get by

I will get by

I will get by

I will survive

The shoe is on the hand it fits, there's really nothing much to it

Whistle through your teeth and spit 'cause it's alright

Oh well, a touch of grey kinda suits you anyway

And that was all I had to say and it's alright

I will get by

I will get by

I will get by

I will survive

We will get by

We will get by

We will get by

We will survive

We will get by

We will get by

We will get by