Classic sounds from the Grateful Dead:
Dire Wolf (3,4 MB) (27/04/1971)
From a concert at the Fillmore East.Throwing Stones (7,7 MB) (22/07/84) a song from the eighties, words by John P. Barlow and music by Bob Weir
Aiko Aiko (5,5 MB) (22/07/84 ) based on a nursery rhyme from New Orleans, thos song was a hit for "The Dixie Cups" in 1965. Based on africa traditions, bboth int hte call and response structure, and in the strange and fascinating lyrics::
Hey now - Hey nowMan Smart - Woman Smarter (5,3 MB) 22.07.1984
Iko Iko all day,
jockomo feeno na na nay,
jockomo feena nay
This song was a hit for Harry Belafonte back in the 1950s. This version has different lyrics from the Belafonte-versions, I don't know where Jerry picked them up, but it is well known that RCA and Belafonte cleaned up the lyrics substantially, so this may be closer to the Trinidadian original:
More dead sounds for your appreciation:
www.deadshow.com,
www.deadlegs.com
www.grateful.org
The Philzone.
And for us Europeans, what could be better than
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