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)
Article comments
1 - Jonathan Greene
What a coincidence... I checked this one out this morning as well!