I'm not much of a fan but I did like this soulful clip. Apart from the hippies. Only joking, they're ok.

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FYI, the song is "New Speedway Boogie", and it was written by the Dead about the Altamont Free Concert and intended as an indictment of both the concert itself (the Grateful Dead were supposed to play the show, but cancelled and left after the violence at the concert increased, specifically after Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane was knocked unconscious by a Hells Angels "security guard"; Jerry Garcia reportedly spent part of the show hiding under a trailer) and a subsequent article about the concert by rock critic Ralph J. Gleason. The lyrics take on a lot more meaning when you have that in mind: "Please don't dominate the rap Jack (Ralph) / if you got nothing new to say", "Now I don't know but I been told / in the heat of the sun a man died of cold", and "One way or another / this darkness got to give".

Can anyone tell I'm a (formerly even "grater") Grateful Dead fan?

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Thanks for the background brendotroy.

Classic and rare Dead--great find Farhad!

Uhm, brendotroy, the background about "New Speedway Boogie" is interesting and true except that this song is "Viola Lee Blues". (See the "Festival Express" DVD for a great live version of "Speedway"--one of my favorite GD tunes.)

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New Speedway Boogie from the Festival Express can be found here: http://www.videosift.com/video/Grateful-Dead-New-Speedway-Boogie
(nice one wazant!)

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