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Deadheads, unite! If you're ready to rock and roll, this is the quiz for you! When it comes to the classic rock band, Grateful Dead, how well do you know their lyrics?
In 1965, in the Californian town of Palo Alto, Grateful Dead was born and the band would go on to create and play music together for 30 years. While Grateful Dead had a long line of members, the group originally started with five: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bill Kreutzmann.ÂÂ
1967 would bring about the release of their first album, "The Grateful Dead," and the rest is history! The group would go on to release more than 180 songs on 19 different albums. How many of the lyrics can you remember?ÂÂ
Can you remember the opening lyrics of their very first song, "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" on their debut album? Could you pick out that "Sometimes we live no particular way but our own" is from the 1973 album, Wake Of the Flood?
Grateful Dead has a long list of songs on their roster and we want to know how big of a Deadhead you are! Can you make it to the front row of this lyrics quiz, or will you be stuck listening to the tune from across the street?
Dead Freaks Unite! Who are you?! Where are you?
"It must be getting early / Clocks are running late. Paint by numbers morning sky / Looks so phony."
"Estimated Prophet," Terrapin Station
"Touch of Gray," In the Dark
"Touch of Grey" is the 1987 single that Grateful Dead released on their album, "In the Dark." It's the very first song on the album.
"Dupree's Diamond Blues," Aoxomoxoa
"Jack-A-Roe," Reckoning
"Wake now, discover that you are the song that the mornin' brings."
"Eyes of the World," Wake of the Flood
Grateful Dead released their single, "Eyes of the World," in 1973 on their album, "Wake of the Flood." It is the sixth track on the album.
"U.S. Blues," From the Mars Hotel
"New Speedway Boogie," Workingman's Dead
"Don't Ease Me In," Go to Heaven
"Ain't nobody messin' with you but you / Your friends are getting most concerned."
"Good Lovin'," Shakedown Street
"Candyman," American Beauty
"Unbroken Chain," From the Mars Hotel
"Althea," Go to Heaven
"Althea" was a song released on Grateful Dead's 11th album, "Go to Heaven." Released in 1980, it is the third song on the album.
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"Roll away the dew / Roll away the dew."
"Box of Rain," American Beauty
"Franklin's Tower," Blues for Allah
"Franklin's Tower" was released on the 1975 Grateful Dead album, "Blues for Allah." It is the second song on the album.
"Beat It On Down the Line," The Grateful Dead
"St. Stephen," Live / Dead
"She's got everything delightful, she's got everything I need."
"China Doll," From the Mars Hotel
"Sugar Magnolia," American Beauty
"Sugar Magnolia" is the third song released on the Grateful Dead's 1970 album, "American Beauty."
"Let Me Sing Your Blues Away," Wake Of the Flood
"France," Shakedown Street
"Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is 'Don't tread on me'."
"Touch of Grey," In the Dark
"Jack Straw," Europe '72
"Uncle John's Band," Workingman's Dead
"Uncle John's Band" is the first track that appears on the 1970 Grateful Dead album, "Workingman's Dead." This track is listed as one of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.
"New Potato Caboose," Anthem Of The Sun
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"This old engine makes it on time / Leaves Central Station about a quarter to nine."
"Casey Jones," Workingman's Dead/Steal Your Face
"Casey Jones" is the last track that appears on the Grateful Dead's 1970 album, "Workingman's Dead."
"Row Jimmy," Wake Of The Flood
"Dark Hollow," Reckoning
"Morning Dew," The Grateful Dead
"My time coming, any day, don't worry about me, no."
"Promised Land," Steal Your Face
"Feel Like A Stranger," Go To Heaven
"Estimated Prophet," Terrapin Station
"Estimated Prophet" is the first track that appears on the 1977 Grateful Dead album, "Terrapin Station." The album peaked in the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 200.
"Uncle John's Band," Workngman's Dead
"In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough, She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff."
"The Eleven," Live / Dead
"Scarlet Begonias," From the Mars Hotel
"Scarlet Begonias" is the 1994 single that Grateful Dead released on their album, "From the Mars Hotel." It is listed as the fifth track on the album.
"Here Comes Sunshine," Wake Of The Flood
"Cassidy," Reckoning
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"More than just ashes when your dreams come true."
"Eyes Of the World," Wake of the Flood
"And We Bid You Goodnight," Live / Dead
"Help on the Way," Blues for Allah
"Fire on the Mountain," Shakedown Street
"Fire on the Mountain" is the 1978 Grateful Dead song that was released on the album, "Shakedown Street." It is the fifth track on the album.
"Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion."
"Dark Star," Live/Dead
"Dark Star" was released on the 1969 Grateful Dead album, "Live/Dead." This is another song that has been said to be one out of 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.
"The Race Is On," Reckoning
"Mama Tried," Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
"Doing That Rag," Aoxomoxoa
"Goin' where the wind don't blow so strange, Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain."
"Slipknot," Blues For Allah
"He's Gone," Europe '72
"He's Gone" is the 1972 single released on the Grateful Dead album, "Europe '72." It's the second track on this live album.
"Tons of Steel," In the Dark
"Built to Last," Built to Last
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"It all rolls into one and nothing comes for free / There's nothing you can hold for very long."
"Cream Puff War," The Grateful Dead
"High Time," Workingman's Dead
"Stella Blue," Wake of the Flood
"Stella Blue" is the 1973 Grateful Dead song released on their album, "Wake of the Flood." It is the fourth song to appear on the album.
"Hell In a Bucket," In the Dark
"The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean."
"Operator," American Beauty
"Brown Eyed Woman," Europe '72
"Brown Eyed Woman" was released on the Grateful Dead's 1972 album, "Europe '72." It appears on the third side of the album as the eighth track.
"Don't Ease Me In," Go to Heaven
"Playing In the Band," Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
"Who can deny, who can deny, it's not just a change in style?"
New Speedway Boogie, "Workingman's Dead"
"New Speedway Boogie" is the fourth on the Grateful Dead's 1970 album, "Workingman's Dead."
"The Music Never Stopped," Blues for Allah
"Cosmic Charlie," Aoxomoxoa
"Ship of Fools," From the Mars Hotel
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"Where have all the people gone my honey, where have all the people gone today."
"Monkey and the Engineer," Reckoning
"Row Jimmy," Wake of the Flood
"Far From Me," Go To Heaven
"Morning Dew," The Grateful Dead
"Morning Dew" is a track that appears on the Grateful Dead's debut 1967 album, "The Grateful Dead." The song is a cover of Bonnie Dobson's 1964 single.
"When the last rose of summer pricks my finger and the hot sun chills me to the bone."
"Eyes of the World," Wake of the Flood
"Black Muddy River," In the Dark
"Black Muddy River" was released on the 1987 Grateful Dead album, "In the Dark." It is the eighth track on the CD.
"Turn On Your Love Light," Live / Dead
"Help on the Way," Blues for Allah
"A lotta poor man make a five dollar bill, Keep him happy all the time."
"Good Lovin'," Shakedown Street
"Big Boss Man," Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
"Cumberland Blues," Workingman's Dead
"Cumberland Blues" is the fifth track released on Grateful Dead's 1970 album, "Workingman's Dead."
"Sunrise," Terrapin Station
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"I dropped four flights and cracked my spine / Honey, come quick with the iodine."
"Tennessee Jed," Europe '72
"Tennessee Jed" is a track released on the 1972 Grateful Dead album, "Europe '72." It appears on the fourth side of the album at track number 13.
"Deep Elem Blues," Reckoning
"Tons of Steel," In the Dark
"Brokedown Palace," American Beauty
"Just like Jack and Jill / Mama told the sailor / One heat up and one cool down."
"Promised Land," Steal Your Face
"Death Don't Have No Mercy," Live / Dead
"Money, Money," From the Mars Hotel
"Ramble on Rose," Europe '72
"Ramble on Rose" appears on the third side at track 10 of the 1972 Grateful Dead album, "Europe '72."
"I sat down to my supper / T'was a bottle of red whiskey."
"Mountains of the Moon," Aoxomoxoa
"Dire Wolf," Workingman's Dead/Reckoning
"Dire Wolf" was a song that first appeared on Grateful Dead's 1970 album, "Workingman's Dead." It would later be re-released on their 1981 album, "Reckoning."
"Alligator," Anthem of the Sun
"Here Comes Sunshine," Wake of the Flood
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"Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandana like a one-eyed Cheshire."
"From the Heart of Me," Shakedown Street
"China Cat Sunflower," Aoxomoxoa
"China Cat Sunflower" is the sixth track that appears on the 1969 Grateful Dead album, "Aoxomoxoa."
"Johnny B. Goode," Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
"Don't Ease Me In," Go to Heaven
"Wait a minute, watch what you're doin' with your time."
"I Know You Rider," Europe '72
"Alabama Getaway," Go to Heaven
"Blow Away," Built to Last
"Cream Puff War," The Grateful Dead
"Cream Puff War" is the sixth song to appear on Grateful Dead's 1967 debut album, "The Grateful Dead."
"The summer looked down on him, his mother could but frown on him."
"That's It For The Other One I: Crytpical Envelopment," Anthem of the Sun
"That's It For the Other One I: Cryptical Envelopment" is a series of four blends that appear as track number 1 of Grateful Dead's 1968 album, "Anthem of the Sun."
"Loose Lucy," From the Mars Hotel
"And We Bid You Goodnight," Live / Dead
"Viola Lee Blues," The Grateful Dead
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"I see all of Southeast Asia / I can see El Salvador."
"Here Comes Sunshine," Wake of the Flood
"What's Become Of The Baby," Aoxomoxoa
"Standing on the Moon," Built to Last
"Standing on the Moon" is a track from Grateful Dead's last studio album, "Built to Last," which was released in 1989.
"Cold Rain and Snow," Steal Your Face
"I been chippin' them rocks from dawn till doom / while my rider hide my bottle in the other room."
"To Lay Me Down," Reckoning
"You Win Again," Europe '72
"Easy Wind," Workingman's Dead
"Easy Wind" is the seventh track that appears on the 1970 album, "Workingman's Dead."
"Sugaree," Steal Your Face
"Just want to have a little peace to die and a friend or two I love at hand."
"Foolish Heart," Built to Last
"Throwing Stones," In the Dark
"The Race Is On," Reckoning
"Black Peter," Workingman's Dead
"black Peter" is the sixth track on Grateful Dead's 1970 album, "Workingman's Dead."
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"Tell me the cost: I can pay, let me go, tell me love is not lost."
"Let Me Sing Your Blues Away," Wake of the Flood
"Help on the Way," Blues for Allah
"Help on the Way" appears on the 1975 Grateful Dead album, "Blues for Allah," as the very first track.
"Friend of the Devil," American Beauty
"Sittin' On Top of the World," The Grateful Dead
"Roll you down the line boy, drop you for a loss."
"Fire on the Mountain," Shakedown Street
"Not Fade Away," Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
"Victim Or the Crime," Built to Last
"Unbroken Chain," From the Mars Hotel
"Unbroken Chain" appears on the 1974 Grateful Dead album, "From the Mars Hotel," as the last track.
"Life may be sweeter for this, I don't know."
"Crazy Fingers," Blues for Allah
"Crazy Fingers" is the fifth track that appears on the Grateful Dead's 1975 album, "Blues for Allah."
"China Cat Sunflower," Aoxomoxoa
"Me and Bobby McGee," Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
"Easy To Love You," Go To Heaven
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"Judge decreed it, clerk wrote it down / Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound."
"Franklin's Tower," Blues For Allah
"To Lay Me Down," Reckoning
"Viola Lee Blues," The Grateful Dead
"Viola Lee Blues" is a track that appears on Grateful Dead's debut 1967 album, "The Grateful Dead."
"Morning Dew," Europe '72
"I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung."
"Easy To Love You," Go To Heaven
"Stella Blue," Wake Of the Flood
"Attics of My Life," American Beauty
"Attics of My Life" is the ninth track on Grateful Dead's 1970 album, "American Beauty."
"Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)," Anthem of the Sun
"I won't even take your life, won't even take a limb."
"Fire On the Mountain," Shakedown Street
"Dancing In the Streets," Terrapin Station
"Row Jimmy," Wake Of the Flood
"Mr. Charlie," Europe '72
"Mr. Charlie" is a song released on the 1972 Grateful Dead album, "Europe '72." The song is the twelfth track on the album.
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"Calico Cal, ya come tell me the news / Calamity's waiting for a way to get to her."
"Friend Of the Devil," American Beauty
"Cosmic Charlie," Aoxomoxoa
"Cosmic Charlie" is a track that appears on Grateful Dead's third album, "Aoxomoxxoa." The song was released in 1969.
"Casey Jones," Steal Your Face
"Big Railroad Blues," Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)
"It ain't 'cause I'm the only one left darlin' / 'Bout the time the sun rises west."
"Easy Wind," Workingman's Dead
"My Brother Esau," In the Dark
"Born Cross-Eyed," Anthem of the Sun
"Born Cross-Eyed" is a track that appears on Grateful Dead's 1968 album, "Anthem of the Sun."
"Samson and Delilah," Terrapin Station
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