Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead  
Genre: Country/Folk/Psychedelic Rock Dates: 1970

In discussions of the development of country-rock, the Dead have always been slighted. Their roots were in mountain songs, and here they proved worthy of them with a set of songs that seemed at once ancient and contemporary: edgy parables that revealed the contradictions that have always been at the heart of American life. "...[Y]ou better watch your speed," indeed.

Playlist:

1. Uncle John's Band
2. High Time
3. Dire Wolf
4. New Speedway Boogie
5. Cumberland Blues
6. Black Peter
7. Easy Wind
8. Casey Jones