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Terrapin Station is the ninth studio album (and fourteenth overall) by American rock band the Grateful Dead, released July 27, 1977.It was the first Grateful Dead album on Arista Records and the first studio album after the band returned to live touring.
"Terrapin Part 1" is a song suite by the Grateful Dead.Released on their 1977 album Terrapin Station, it takes up the album's entire second side.The piece, split up into seven distinct movements, is the band's longest studio recording at sixteen minutes and twenty-three seconds long.
Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) is a triple CD live album by the Grateful Dead released in 1997. [3] It was recorded on March 15, 1990—bassist Phil Lesh's 50th birthday—at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, and contained a rare Beatles cover, "Revolution". "Revolution" was a favorite song of Lesh's and had previously been played ...
"Samson and Delilah" is a traditional song based on the Biblical tale of Samson and his betrayal by Delilah. Its best known performer is perhaps the Grateful Dead, who first performed the song live in 1976, with guitarist Bob Weir singing lead vocals. The 1977 album Terrapin Station featured a studio recording of the song.
"Fire on the Mountain" was performed in concert by the Grateful Dead 253 times between 1977 and 1995. [3] It appears on numerous Grateful Dead albums. [4] An outtake of the song appeared as a bonus track on the 2004 reissue of Terrapin Station. This song is also featured as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band.
The Grateful Dead's song bears no resemblance whatsoever to the actual train wreck, nor do most versions of the traditional song. Despite numerous songs mentioning Casey Jones, there has never been a song that tells the story accurately (although Johnny Cash 's version of the traditional song comes closer than most).
Dave's Picks Volume 29 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead.It contains the complete concert recorded on February 26, 1977 at Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, California, and three bonus tracks from February 27, 1977.
The song was named after Cassidy Law, who was born in 1970 and was the daughter of Grateful Dead crew member Rex Jackson and Weir's former housemate Eileen Law. [1] The lyrics also allude to Neal Cassady , who was associated with the Beats in the 1950s [ 4 ] and the Acid Test scene that spawned the Grateful Dead in the 1960s.