![]() It was a tough list to put together because from 1967 to 1977 the Grateful Dead released so much great material. ![]() The songs have been chosen in chronological order. We picked songs from the band s catalog starting with their debut album and ending with Steal Your Face. Any true Dead Head will absolutely know these songs, but the average listener may not. We though it would be more interesting to publish an article that picked out 10 great Grateful Dead songs that the causal listener may not be aware of. There is need to publish another list just like that. They all contain the same songs, Sugar Magnolia, Casey Jones, and so on. Ther are so many Top 10 Grateful Dead songs articles that have been published. However a 1960’s or 1970’s Grateful Dead concert could not be compared to anything else. ![]() Bruce Springsteen and Led Zeppelin in the 70’s, The Doors, James Brown and Janis Joplin in the late 60’s and Prince in the mid 80’s were shows that transformed the human body and spirit. I have seen hundreds of concerts in my life and only a handful went beyond just the entertainment value. There are very few bands or artists that ever had that deep of an affect on their fans. If it did not, you probably should not have been to the show in the first place. ![]() Seeing the Grateful Dead during the time when Jerry Garcia was alive was akin to a religious experience. Anyone who is a true Grateful Dead head understands exactly what my friend was talking about. Records (Billboard, page 9, 5 December 1970), via Wikimedia CommonsA friend of mine once said that he never got the whole dead head thing until he saw the Grateful Dead live. ![]()
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