The Grateful Dead - Skull and Roses

The Grateful Dead: Skull and Roses - Part 2

Album #177 - October 1971

Episode date - August 26, 2020

The Top 500 of The Top 40
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    The second half of “Skull and Roses” conveys distinctly different sides of the band on each side.

    Side three has them playing credible versions of songs written by others. Most of it may not qualify as ‘classic’, but it’s certainly serviceable if not definitive. Side four, though, is the high point of the album, moving from one of Garcia-Hunter’s best and most overlooked compositions, “Wharf Rat,” followed by a cover song that is definitive. The band’s version of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” updates the song as a hippie anthem, which then slowly evolves into “Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad”, making for a fairly incredible eighteen minutes of music.

    This was the band’s second great live album, and it inspired them to change the course of their career by emphasizing live performances.

    Featured tracks include:

    Me and My Uncle

     Big Boss Man

    Me and Bobby McGee

    Johnny B. Goode

    Wharf Rat

    Not Fade Away

    Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad

    October 1971 - Billboard Charted #25

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