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One of the few Grateful Dead songs to have lyrics written by Weir, "The Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get" became one of the Dead's most-played songs (being performed a known 586 times [2]) and most popular vehicles for improvisation, with some performances reaching 30+ minutes in length.
The song became a staple of the Grateful Dead's live performances; the electric version of the song was typically featured on the band's first set. [4] [7] According to The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs, "Dire Wolf" was played 226 times between 1969 and 1995, and was played every year, except for 1975. Sixty-three of these performances ...
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These songs—"China Cat Sunflower", "St. Stephen", and "Alligator"—would become hits for the Grateful Dead. [1] In 1965, Garcia, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann formed a band, initially called the Warlocks, but soon renamed the Grateful Dead. They covered songs from other artists but soon began to form their own sound.
"St. Stephen" is a song by the Grateful Dead, written by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter and originally released on the 1969 studio album Aoxomoxoa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The same year, a live version of the song was released on Live/Dead , their first concert album.
Keller performs the song frequently as part of his solo concerts. [6] After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, it was performed in concert by Dead spin-off bands Phil Lesh & Friends, Bob Weir & RatDog, Dead & Company, Rhythm Devils, BK3, Mickey Hart Band and Donna Jean Godchaux Band, as well as the Dead, and Furthur. [7]
Mayer, who had discovered the Grateful Dead’s music just a few years earlier, started poring over the band’s songbook. Weir, for his part, knew that he had to do more with Mayer. The elder ...
"It's All Good'" is a blues song written by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter) that appears as the 10th and final track on Dylan's 2009 studio album Together Through Life. Like much of Dylan's 21st century output, he produced the song himself using the pseudonym Jack Frost.