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Thread #28023   Message #2422614
Posted By: PoppaGator
26-Aug-08 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: Help: Grateful Dead as folk music
Subject: RE: Help: Grateful Dead as folk music
There have been several mentions of the GD favorite "I Know You Rider," a song with traditional origins that was taken up, rearranged, significantly improved (to my mind), and popularized as part of the 60s "Folk Scare" revival.

Anyone the least bit interested in this song should check out one of my very favorite Mudcat threads ever:

thread.cfm?threadid=40592#582121

(Ooops! This link brings up the middle of the thread, not the top. My mistake; please just scroll up ato sttart and then start reading down.)

If you're not prepared to read the whole thing ~ which I highly recommend ~ at least skip down to Bob Coltman's first appearance in the discussuion, and take it from there. The story unfolds as an absolutely wonderful saga of American folkmusic history.