a wonderful,
folksy, mostly
acoustic look into the
souls of the
Grateful Dead. Released in
May,
1970, 6 months before
American Beauty. the flow of
music between these two
albums is quite startling. try listening to them back to back. some of the
Dead's most
heartfelt,
honest,
raw musicis contained in these two
albums. in an interview,
Bob Wier told about how many of the band's members had close relatives
die during the recording period of this
album (and
American Beauty). if i remember correctly, he said, "It was raining on us the entire time we were recording that album."
tracks:
- Uncle John's Band
- High Time
- Dire Wolf
- New Speedway Boogie
- Cumberland Blues
- Black Peter
- Easy Wind
- Casey Jones
if you only own one Grateful Dead album, make it American Beauty then make room for another. if you own two, make one of them Workingman's Dead.