Hey kat, I really enjoyed this as well. Garcia had been returning to his roots in his later years as he started out as a folk/ bluegrass player in the early sixties and this informed much of the Dead's music. Their Garcia/Grisman (acd-2 on Grisman's Acoustic Disc label) is a real gem,IMO, as are their two recordings with Old and in the Way from 1973, I think, which are available on CD.vl