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On June 14, 1970, the Grateful Dead released Workingmans Dead, an album that was unlike anything they had ever done, one that showed the world a new side of the Dead. It was clearly the same band as before, but now with a distinctly different sound and approach to the music, pivoting from psychedelic improvisation to folk-rock storytelling for the everyman, as the albums title suggests. While the Deads first three studio albums appealed to many, the group didnt yet have the mass breakthrough that would make the entire world take notice of this band of misfits from the Bay Area. Workingmans Dead changed all that. With eight perfect songs like Casey Jones and High Time the album solidified the Jerry Garcia-Robert Hunter songwriting tandem as one of the best, and most-important, songwriting collaborations in music history. This 3CD set includes the bands previously unreleased live performance from 1971 at the Capitol Theatre. The show featured a plethora of songs from both Workingmans Dead and the bands follow-up album, American Beauty, which was released in November 1970. Some highlights include Weirs moving vocal take on Me and Bobby McGee, Pigpens whiskey-seasoned growl on Easy Wind and a stellar run through Uncle Johns Band to close out the show.
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