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Blues for Allah is the eighth studio album (twelfth album overall) by the Grateful Dead. It was released on September 1, 1975, and was the band's third album released through their own Grateful Dead Records label. The album was recorded between February and May of 1975 during an extended hiatus from touring.
The albums included in the box set are Wake of the Flood (originally released in 1973), From the Mars Hotel (1974), Blues for Allah (1975), and Steal Your Face (a live double album recorded in 1974 and released in 1976).
In August 1975, the Dead had just finished recording the album Blues for Allah when they decided to perform it for a select audience in a live setting, a month before the LP was to be released. To promote the album, the band rented GAMH, and issued private invitations to radio industry people who were attending the Radio Programmers Forum, a ...
The tracks on Sage & Spirit were excerpted from the albums Workingman's Dead (1970), American Beauty (1970), Europe '72 (1972), Wake of the Flood (1973), From the Mars Hotel (1974), Blues for Allah (1975), Shakedown Street (1978), and Go to Heaven (1980). Sage & Spirit was a cross-marketing promotion with Dogfish Head Brewery.
The May 8, 1977, show is a fan favorite, and is widely considered to be one of the band's best performances. [3] Tickets to attend the general admission concert cost $7.50 (equivalent to $38 in 2023), [4] and the soundboard recording was made by longtime Grateful Dead audio engineer Betty Cantor-Jackson.
Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his wife Donna formed the Heart of Gold Band in 1980, but Godchaux died from injuries sustained in a car accident shortly after their first concert.
The song was first performed on October 19, 1971, by the Grateful Dead. Aside from Ace, it also appeared on the Dead's Europe '72 live album. After 1972, it became a regular part of the Dead's repertoire, and as might be expected, was frequently heard on Saturday shows; with its short, compact form and energetic crescendoes, it was a popular break from some of the Dead's more challenging pieces.
John Belushi, actor; like many of the original Saturday Night Live cast, Belushi went from fan to friend of the band. Belushi's blues band, The Blues Brothers, even opened for the Dead, and Belushi joined the group in singing "U.S. Blues". Tony Blair, politician – played in "Mars Hotel"-inspired student band [41] [42]