![]() ‘Standing On The Moon’ (2020) Molly Tuttle is the only female guitarist to win the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player Of The Year Award which she did in 2018. The ten tracks below are a smorgasbord of artists that shows the breadth of influence the Grateful Dead have had and the quality of Garcia and Hunter’s songwriting. From their popularity in the ‘70s and ‘80s their songs seeped into the consciousness of some of the now leading lights in Americana such as Ryan Adams. This depth of understanding of roots Americana music comes through in their songwriting from all phases of their long career. ![]() Jerry Garcia himself was a prime mover in the ‘70s resurgence of bluegrass popularity with his group Old And In The Way. Those with an even deeper knowledge will know that Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter were very active in the Bay Area folk scene of the early ‘60s giving them an opportunity to develop a knowledge of American folk traditions including early blues, jug band, bluegrass and country music. Those who have more than a passing interest also know that with their albums ‘ Workingman’s Dead’ and ‘ American Beauty’ they contributed to the development of country-rock. They also just happened to have one of the best songwriting partnerships of modern times in guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter. The Grateful Dead have many claims to fame, from being at the heart of the development of psychedelic rock in San Francisco and paving the way for the Summer Of Love in 1967, to being the giant touring machine of the ‘80s and ‘90s setting attendance records at major stadia across America.
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