The Friday Morning Listen
Written by Mark Saleski
Published December 12, 2003
Published December 12, 2003
Part of Friday Morning Listen
Blues For Allah - Grateful Dead
What's the "best" Grateful Dead studio release? The ones I hear mentioned most often are American Beauty, Terrapin Station and Workingman's Dead.
For me it's definitely Blues For Allah. The Dead at their jazziest. I use the tune "King Soloman's Marbles" when I want to "trick" someone into liking the Dead. It's a great instrumental full of snazzy percussion, snakey bass, chiming rhythm guitar and lotsa Garcia's tangled guitar playing.
Just one interesting tidbit from a band beyond description.
(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)
Mark Saleski is a writer and music obsessive based out of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. On his best day, he hopes to channel the ghosts of Lester Bangs and Jack Kerouac. He spends the hours of 9:32PM to 1:37AM carving out music reviews and essays for Jazz.com, Blogcritics.org and other publications.Keep reading for information and comments on this article, and add some feedback of your own!
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What a coincidence... I checked this one out this morning as well!