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Blues Tribute to Grateful Dead

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I love this CD. "Big Boss Man" & "It Hurts Me Too" are incredible. Don't listen to sour reviews that want the same old sounds - these are very good renditions, not a re-hashed same old version as the Dead did

I bought this album because I'm a fan of Langhorne Slim. Unfortunately, the recording quality is very poor. Other than that, I like it.

I've been a Dead fan for a long time, and also a big fan of traditional blues (which I got introduced to by listening to the Dead's versions). This disk has some high points, especially a very hot version of "Lovelight". Ok, it's not Pigpen, but it's a very respectable version. There are also some fresh takes on original Dead material. The instrumental versions of "Black Peter" and "It Must Have Been the Roses" are especially nice, IMO. Some of the other tunes are less well executed, but heck, even the Dead had some misses.

Thrown together junk with 'artists' you've never heard of.

Stick with David Gans' productions like his "Stolen Roses" or "Might as Well...the Persuasions sing the Greatful Dead" or "Postcards of the Hanging - Grateful Dead Perform the Songs of Bob Dylan".

This one didn't make it through a whole listen, though. Dustbin fodder.

I've followed the Dead since 1968. This cd has nothing of the Dead's spirit in it. Furthermore, as a blues enthusiast and player, I find this really lousy blues music-amateurish in the worst sense.
For wonderful Dead tribute music: Fire on the Mountain (reggae) and vols. 1 & 2 of Pickin' on the Grateful Dead (bluegrass, of course).
Mike

This album is a must have to any collection (especially for Dead fans).I love it!