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Workingman's Dead (Remastered)

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The Dead's previous release, Live/Dead, was filled with winding and intense psychedelic jams, and it did nothing to prepare the world for Workingman's Dead's stunning, understated country rock. A closer look, however, reveals that the turn was not so surprising after all. For one, the Dead had strong roots in acoustic folk and bluegrass before they began to plug in and turn on. What's more, the country bug had already started to bite the rock world as artists recoiled from the excesses and chaos of the late '60s. Boasting beautiful harmonies, well-crafted songwriting, and a deep appreciation of country, blues, and folk, 1970's Workingman's Dead proved that the band was as adept with sharp-eyed acoustic roots music as it was with free-form rock odysseys. Most of these cuts — from twangy rockers like "Casey Jones" and "New Speedway Boogie" and sublime ballads like "Uncle John's Band" and "High Time" to country romps like "Dire Wolf" and "Cumberland Blues"— found a permanent home in the Dead repertoire for decades to come.

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WOW !

If there was one studio album from any band i had to have this one would be it. From the opening note of Uncle John's Band to the last note of Casey Jones there isnt off note.This is a diamond shinning in the night. You wont be sorry for having this one playing on your stereo

Omnipotent Grateful Dead

The album that turned me on, and one that will never be turned off. It's stripped-down feel harkens back to the SF during the 1906 earthquake, then brings us back to the Haight in 1967 -- but still reminds us that it is 1970 and things are moving on. Uncle John's Band followed by High Time has got to be one of recorded music's most sacred combinations. The driving hooks of New Speedway. The ever-increasing drums of Easy Wind. The sad soulfulness of Black Peter. The blue-collar desperation of Cumberland. It has it all. Desert-island album all the way.

"I Beg Of You; Don't Murder Me!"

.."Easy Wind; Blowin' 'Cross The Bayou Today!.." This is LP that introduced me to the Grateful Dead; and it remains of my favorite LP's today; especially for driving distances! { On "Workingman's Dead"; the entire band wanted to "get back to their roots" in the Blues, Jugband, Country & Folk styles; both musically & lyrically; and we're so glad they did!} For all of "Workingman's Dead" is not a "Psychedelic-Flower-Groovy-Love-Trip"; but rather a throwback to a "simpler time" of Cowboys & Outlaws & Railroads & The Great Outdoors! Lyrically rich; (thank you, Robert Hunter!) and musically adventurous; Workingman's Dead should occupy a top teir on your "Classic Rock" cabinet!...by Grimmbo.

Biography

Formed: 1965 in San Francisco, CA

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s

Rock's longest, strangest trip, the Grateful Dead were the psychedelic era's most beloved musical ambassadors as well as its most enduring survivors, spreading their message of peace, love, and mind-expansion across the globe throughout the better part of three decades. The object of adoration for popular music's most fervent and celebrated fan following — the Deadheads, their numbers and devotion legendary in their own right — they were the ultimate cult band, creating a self-styled...
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