Everyone who thinks of the Grateful Dead (long may they live in our hearts and minds, Insha'Allah) only in terms of goofy "deadheads," drugs and their radio hits ("Touch of Grey," "Casey Jones" ["high on cocaine"]), has missed almost the entire experience and the entire point -- MUSIC -- American roots music, especially. There is also, of course, the original free-wheeling jazzy and improvisational stuff. But I have always had a special fondness for their blues, country and folk stuff, both arrangements of traditional archival material and original compositions.
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