Henry Kaiser and friends : Grateful Dead cover : STANDING ON THE MOON

Bob Bralove - keys
Jill Faragher - vocal
Joel Harrison - guitar
Henry Kaiser - guitar
Michael Manring - bass

A cover version of the Grateful Dead's most outstanding, late period, Garcia-Hunter songs. Originally a part of Henry Kaiser Quarterly #9; this is a slightly revised standalone version.

Both Kaiser and Bralove both heard Jerry Garcia play STANDING ON THE MOON for the first time with Garcia playing it solo. Garcia had asked Bralove to come over and help write a chart for the song he had just written with Robert Hunter. So Jerry played the song alone, playing the simple chords on his piano, while Bralove wrote out a chart.

HK was at a Dead soundcheck in Oakland on February 5. 1989. Kaiser was the only “civilian” in the hall; everyone else was GD or BGP crew. At the end of the soundcheck the band left the stage. Garcia came back out and played STANDING ON THE MOON solo; just strumming the chords on his guitar - with only Kaiser for an audience. And then Kaiser heard the song with the full band during the show at its first public performance.

So this song is full of special memories for HK and Bralove. In the making of this video and the getting together with some of their best music pals was also a very special and heartfelt experience.