Grateful Dead
Workingmans Dead
60s 70s 180 gram vinyl cut from analogue masters with original artwork and sleeve the grateful dead's first seminal release of 1970 finds the band in an uncharacteristic acoustic setting paying homage to their country blues and folk roots featuring concise songs and tighter arrangements the timeless 'workingman's dead' exhibits the band's true essence as american songwriters of the highest order and that their restless ambition existed in the studio as much as it did in concert 'workingman's dead' introduced such alltime dead classics as 'uncle john's band' and 'casey jones' among others
Tracklist
Side one
"Uncle John's Band" – 4:42
"High Time" – 5:12
"Dire Wolf" – 3:11
"New Speedway Boogie" – 4:01Side two
"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 3:14
"Black Peter" – 5:41
"Easy Wind" (Hunter) – 4:57
"Casey Jones" – 4:24