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Touch of Grey

Touch of Grey

The Grateful Dead's biggest hit is one of their best songs

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Ethan Hein
Aug 10, 2024
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The Grateful Dead sold a lot of concert tickets and a respectable number of albums, but it took them more than twenty years to have a top ten hit. When "Touch of Grey" broke out, it inspired a debate among the Deadheads: on the one hand, its popularity ruined the experience of going to shows, but on the other hand, it's an absolute banger, and the video is fun too.

The problem with the single version is that it omits Jerry's exquisite guitar solo. The album version is the one I grew up on.

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