Casey Jones

And this is just, you know, there's so much great new material here.

Casey Jones from Working Man's Dead.

So the crowd must have been amped to hear this.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's amazing.

This is probably, you know, 5-6, but that's what they were doing back then.

But it works, and it's, you know, over a five-minute Casey Jones, you know, within the format of the song at the time.

It's just great, you know? What a great set opener.

But Nicky DeFrancesco goes, speaking of sniffs, he goes, did you guys, and yes, I did know this, Nicky, but good on you for knowing this.

The very beginning of the Grateful Dead song, Casey Jones, starts with a sniff.

Did you know that? Nice.

Before the riff kicks in, do you know about the sniff? No, dude.

Ripple, number two.

Casey Jones, number three.

Darkstar is four, and I think that's kind of wrong.

I would have Darkstar above Ripple in any personal rankings.

Same.

And Casey Jones, for sure.

But hey, it's one man's list.

Art is subjective.

Yet his contribution to the band was absolutely invaluable.

Hunter wrote many of the most cherished Grateful Dead songs, you know, Dark Star, Casey Jones, Terrapin Station, and Truckin', just to name a few.

He also authored the lyrics for the Grateful Dead's one and

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