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    Beat It On Down The Line 5-29-2020 2:28
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    I Took A Pill (demo) 6:55
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    I Know You Rider 4-26-2020 2:57
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    You See A Broken Heart 5-7-2020 3:19
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    The Porta-Potty Peeper (demo) 4:05
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    Do You Like My Cologne? (demo) 4:15
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    Done Broke Blues (demo) 5:08
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    Steel Guitar Rag (8-24-2013) 4:42
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    Thank You, Mr. Gov't (demo) 4:49
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    Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 3:46
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    Gas Huffer's Dream - Demo (2-6-2019) 3:32
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    Make You Kind (demo) 3:23
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    The Day Clarence Clemons Died (8-24-2013) 4:20
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Amrita  

Amrita 
-Chris Ramey 

The first time I met Amrita 
She magically appeared in my lap 
Like a water nymph bikini genie     
Awoken from a really long nap 

She proceeded to reveal her secret fountain 
Introduced me to her phenomenon 
I got a close-up tour of how she made her du jour 
And the special switch to turn off and on 

Amrita I love and respect her 
Amrita such a sweet surprise 
Amrita the divine nectar 
Amrita I have been baptised 

My simple mind had never reckoned 
That such a blessing even existed 
I learned…

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06/25/2020

You Don't Have To Ask   

Only played in 1966, this jangly anthem is a bit lofty in delivery and arrangement but it shows primal Dead with no brakes, balls out. Nice paragraph about the tune AKA "Otis On A Shakedown Cruise" on Pitchfork. This version is modeled after 7-16-1966. 

Danny Shafer lent his vocal talents to add some gorgeous harmonies. Maybe I can get Ollie to put down some organ parts.

What do you think? Groovy?

06/20/2020

You See A Broken Heart  

I see this as the Dead diving into frat rock boogie. It seems like everything Pigpen touched turned funky in the best way. I left room on the track for my buddy Ollie to lay down some keys. Let me know what you think!

05/07/2020

I Know You Rider  

Great songs are like their own universes. They are always playing somewhere. "I Know You Rider" is such a song. Pulled from the folk catalog like "Cold Rain and Snow," the Dead played various arrangements of it over their career. Here I am mimicking the 5-19-66 Avalon version, which has a LOT of punk rock drive:  https://archive.org/details/gd1966-05-19.sbd.miller.106683.flac16

I came across this haunting version from Judy Roderick, "Woman Blue (I Know You Rider)." Please check it out:  https://www.youtube…

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04/26/2020