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Workingman's Dead [CD]
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Workingman's Dead is the 1970 album where the Grateful Dead traded psychedelic sprawl for tight songs and sweet harmonies, offered here on CD.
After years of extended jams and experimental studio work, the band turned toward American roots music, drawing on folk, country and bluegrass. Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter wrote a run of songs that felt lived-in and worn smooth, as if they had been passed down for generations, and the group's newfound love of close vocal harmony gave them a warmth the earlier records rarely reached.
"Uncle John's Band" opens with intricate acoustic guitar and layered voices, an invitation to gather round. "Casey Jones" chugs along with a cautionary tale about a train driver who should not be at the controls, "Cumberland Blues" rolls with bluegrass energy, and "Dire Wolf" spins a darkly comic murder ballad.
At just eight songs, the album feels compact and purposeful, a counterpoint to the band's live reputation, and its success paved the way for American Beauty later that same year.
For anyone who thinks the Dead were all endless jams, this is the perfect corrective, a warm, melodic record that still sounds like home. It is also one of the best places to start for newcomers, and a record that longtime fans return to again and again.
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