Description
DESCRIPTION
For all the hippie mystique that swirled around them, the Dead introduced generations of listeners to our rich American folk, country and blues heritage, and this 17-track collection-complete with original R. Crumb artwork-compiles the original versions of some of the best-known songs in their repertoire. Includes Don't Ease Me in Henry Thomas; Rain and Snow Obray Ramsey; Morning Dew Bonnie Dobson; Samson & Delilah Rev. Gary Davis; Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad Woody Guthrie, and more.
TRACK CREDITS
-1.1 Rain and Snow - Obray Ramsey ^1.2 Mama Tried - Merle Haggard ^1.3 Iko Iko - Dixie Cups ^1.4 Samson ; Delilah - Rev. Gary Davis ^1.5 Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers ^1.6 El Paso - Marty Robbins ^1.7 It's All Over Now
-Baby Blue - Bob Dylan ^1.8 Spoonful - Charlie Patton ^1.9 The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf ^1.10 The Promised Land - Chuck Berry ^1.11 Don't Ease Me in - Henry Thomas ^1.12 Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed ^1.13 Turn on Your Love Light - Bobby 'Blue' Bland ^1.14 Morning Dew - Bonnie Dobson ^1.15 Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly ^1.16 Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad - Woody Guthrie ^1.17 I Bid You Good Night - the Pindar Family
