People have been listing their ten favorite Grateful Dead songs on Bluesky, following a post from @inthefade, and The Mountain Goats‘ John Darnielle joined in. His list includes “Jack Straw,” “He’s ...
A greatest hits album in itself ... and American Beauty remain both anomalies and enduring classics from the Grateful Dead's catalog 50 years later. Future Dead compilations and live shows ...
At the same time, the Dead—especially Garcia and his longtime friend and lyricist Robert Hunter—began writing songs steeped in country, folk music, and Old West Americana tall tales.