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Reaching the height of their fame in the United States, the Grateful Dead were the embodiment of San Francisco’s proto-hippy sound in the ‘60s and are still regarded by many as the last legendary American band. They often played alongside Big Brother & The Holding Cie at the Acid Test parties organised by The Merry Pranksters’, where mass usage of LSD – which was still legal in California – was the name of the game. Following their purely psychedelic debut album, the band then released the experimental Anthem of the Sun and the trippy but expensive to produce Aoxomoxoa, before changing course completely and turning to country-folk music. Indeed, by 1970 the hippie movement was in its twilight years. Inspired by Crosby, Stills and Nash & Young, the band’s iconic guitarist Jerry Garcia decided to play in a different register and toned down his hypnotic guitar riffs, reviving his bluegrass roots and playing the pedal steel guitar instead. The band had to record their album Workingman’s Dead during some lengthy jam sessions at the Pacific High Recording Studio in San Francisco in a total of just nine days due to their financial situation. In a clever mix of frantic beats such as New Speedway Boogie and shorter folk and country tracks like Uncle John’s Band, the album thrills some and confuses others. Likewise, its companion album American Beauty, which is considered their greatest album, followed suit a few months later. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
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Robert Hunter, Producer, Writer - Phil Lesh, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Bob Weir, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Banjo, Lead Vocals, Writer, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar - Bill Kreutzmann, Producer - Jimmy Edwards, Production - Tom Constanten, Producer - Betty Cantor, Producer - Bob Matthews, Producer - Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica - Rex Jackson, Stage Technician - Ron Wickersham, Engineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Stage Technician - S. Heard, Stage Technician - Susan Wickersham, Engineer
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Hunter, Producer, Writer - Phil Lesh, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Bob Weir, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Banjo, Lead Vocals, Writer, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar - Bill Kreutzmann, Producer - Jimmy Edwards, Production - Tom Constanten, Producer - Betty Cantor, Producer - Bob Matthews, Producer - Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica - Rex Jackson, Stage Technician - Ron Wickersham, Engineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Stage Technician - S. Heard, Stage Technician - Susan Wickersham, Engineer
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Hunter, Producer, Writer - Phil Lesh, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Bob Weir, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Banjo, Lead Vocals, Writer, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar - Bill Kreutzmann, Producer - Jimmy Edwards, Production - Tom Constanten, Producer - Betty Cantor, Producer - Bob Matthews, Producer - Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica - Rex Jackson, Stage Technician - Ron Wickersham, Engineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Stage Technician - S. Heard, Stage Technician - Susan Wickersham, Engineer
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Hunter, Producer, Writer - Phil Lesh, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Bob Weir, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Banjo, Lead Vocals, Writer, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar - Bill Kreutzmann, Producer - Jimmy Edwards, Production - Tom Constanten, Producer - Betty Cantor, Producer - Bob Matthews, Producer - Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica - Rex Jackson, Stage Technician - Ron Wickersham, Engineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Stage Technician - S. Heard, Stage Technician - Susan Wickersham, Engineer
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Hunter, Producer, Writer - Phil Lesh, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Producer, Drums, Percussion - David Nelson, Guitar - Bob Weir, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Banjo, Lead Vocals, Writer, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar - Bill Kreutzmann, Producer - Jimmy Edwards, Production - Tom Constanten, Producer - Donna Godchaux, Background Vocals - Keith Godchaux, Piano - Merle Saunders, Organ - Betty Cantor, Producer - Bob Matthews, Producer - Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica - Rex Jackson, Stage Technician - Ron Wickersham, Engineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Stage Technician - S. Heard, Stage Technician - Susan Wickersham, Engineer
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Hunter, Producer, Writer - Phil Lesh, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Bob Weir, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Banjo, Lead Vocals, Writer, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar - Bill Kreutzmann, Producer - Jimmy Edwards, Production - Tom Constanten, Producer - Betty Cantor, Producer - Bob Matthews, Producer - Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica - Rex Jackson, Stage Technician - Ron Wickersham, Engineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Stage Technician - S. Heard, Stage Technician - Susan Wickersham, Engineer
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Hunter, Producer, Writer - Phil Lesh, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Bob Weir, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Banjo, Lead Vocals, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar - Bill Kreutzmann, Producer - Jimmy Edwards, Production - Tom Constanten, Producer - Betty Cantor, Producer - Bob Matthews, Producer - Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Harmonica - Rex Jackson, Stage Technician - Ron Wickersham, Engineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Stage Technician - S. Heard, Stage Technician - Susan Wickersham, Engineer
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
Robert Hunter, Producer, Writer - Phil Lesh, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals - Grateful Dead, MainArtist - Mickey Hart, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Bob Weir, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Jerry Garcia, Producer, Banjo, Lead Vocals, Writer, Pedal Steel Guitar, Lead Guitar - Bill Kreutzmann, Producer - Jimmy Edwards, Production - Tom Constanten, Producer - Betty Cantor, Producer - Bob Matthews, Producer - Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Harmonica - Rex Jackson, Stage Technician - Ron Wickersham, Engineer - Laurence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, Stage Technician - S. Heard, Stage Technician - Susan Wickersham, Engineer
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Reaching the height of their fame in the United States, the Grateful Dead were the embodiment of San Francisco’s proto-hippy sound in the ‘60s and are still regarded by many as the last legendary American band. They often played alongside Big Brother & The Holding Cie at the Acid Test parties organised by The Merry Pranksters’, where mass usage of LSD – which was still legal in California – was the name of the game. Following their purely psychedelic debut album, the band then released the experimental Anthem of the Sun and the trippy but expensive to produce Aoxomoxoa, before changing course completely and turning to country-folk music. Indeed, by 1970 the hippie movement was in its twilight years. Inspired by Crosby, Stills and Nash & Young, the band’s iconic guitarist Jerry Garcia decided to play in a different register and toned down his hypnotic guitar riffs, reviving his bluegrass roots and playing the pedal steel guitar instead. The band had to record their album Workingman’s Dead during some lengthy jam sessions at the Pacific High Recording Studio in San Francisco in a total of just nine days due to their financial situation. In a clever mix of frantic beats such as New Speedway Boogie and shorter folk and country tracks like Uncle John’s Band, the album thrills some and confuses others. Likewise, its companion album American Beauty, which is considered their greatest album, followed suit a few months later. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:07
- Main artists: Grateful Dead
- Label: Grateful Dead - Rhino
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1970 Grateful Dead Productions ℗ 1970 Grateful Dead Productions. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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