![]() ![]() Bitches Brew had only just been released, but I know I hadn't yet heard any of it. "As I listened, leaning over the amps with my jaw hanging agape, trying to comprehend the forces that Miles was unleashing onstage, I was thinking, 'What's the use? How can we possibly play after this? We should just go home and try to digest this unbelievable shit.' This was our first encounter with Miles' new direction. (At the time, it would've been new to him - Bitches Brew was only released in April '70.) ![]() The Dead were fans of Miles' music - Lesh in particular has spoken about how awed they were about playing after him at those Fillmore '70 shows, and how much he admired that kind of music. I haven't repeated those quotes here, so this piece is meant as kind of a postscript. There is a lot about the Dead's jazz (and other) influences in the first parts of my Dark Star piece, including the encounter with Davis: ![]() This post came out of a discussion about whether the Dead were influenced by Miles Davis, particularly his fusion period. ![]()
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