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The Music Never Stopped: Roots Of The Grateful Dead

Various Artists
Release Date: 10/17/1995
Original Release:  1995
# of Discs:   1
J&R Item # 198716_CD
UPC # 016351601421
Label: Shanachie Records
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1. Rain and Snow - Obray Ramsey sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Mama Tried - Merle Haggard sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Iko Iko - Dixie Cups sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Samson and Delilah - Rev. Gary Davis sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Paso, El - Marty Robbins sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. It's All over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Spoonful Blues - Charley Patton sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Red Rooster, The - Howlin' Wolf sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Promised Land, The - Chuck Berry sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Don't Ease Me In - Henry Thomas sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Turn on Your Love Light - Bobby "Blue" Bland sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Morning Dew - Bonnie Dobson sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Woody Guthrie sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. I Bid You Goodnight - Joseph Spence/The Pindar Family sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Various Artists
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Compilation producers: Henry Kaiser, David Gans. Includes liner notes by Blair Jackson. Personnel: Marty Robbins (vocals). An interesting concept: a compilation of the original versions of 17 songs frequently covered by The Grateful Dead in concert. Thoughtfully assembled, it showcases several aspects of their eclectic roots, encompassing jug band folk, country & western, Appalachian mountain music, country blues, '50s Chicago electric blues, R&B, Dylan, Guthrie, Holly, Berry, and more. Some of the recordings are very famous (Dylan's "It's All over Now, Baby Blue," Holly's "Not Fade Away"); others are downright obscure (Obray Ramsey's "Rain and Snow," the rare original version of "Morning Dew" by little-known Canadian folkie Bonnie Dobson). If you're a Dead fan, this is a valuable, very listenable collection of some of their key influences. It may seem churlish to point this out to Deadheads, but if you're not a Dead fan, you'll find this to be a first-rate collection of roots music that's much more enjoyable than hearing The Dead's interpretations of the same tunes. ~ Richie Unterberger
Entertainment Weekly (11/3/95, p.65) - "...The vast sonic territory runs from rural blues to Dylan; toss in a scarifying R. Crumb cover illustration, and it's a must for Deadheads and the unconverted alike." - Rating: A+ Musician (2/96, pp.92-93) - "...pokes through the Dead's record library, exposing the eclecticism of the band's sources in rock, folk, country and blues works by Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Reed and Howlin' Wolf..."
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