Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead: Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir (vocals, guitar); Brent Mydland (keyboards); Phil Lesh (bass); Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann (percussion). Recorded live in July, 1987. This document of the historic summer-of-1987 live pairing of the rock era’s premier singer/songwriter and its longest-running psychedelic adventure-cum-sideshow is not nearly as great as the shows themselves were. Yet, it exemplifies rather eloquently what each brought to the party. Dylan, obviously, brought the tunes–but not just the acknowledged classics. As the dry reading of “Joey,” his mid-’70s tribute to gangster Joey Gallo, rightfully suggests, Dylan kept the Dead on their toes with his choices. The Dead, of course, brought their indescribable way with a song, their ability to turn any tune into a jam-friendly, lyrical boogie. And as the opening “Slow Train Coming” rightfully suggests, when this weird combo of talents clicked, every dusty corner of Dylan’s catalog got a unique makeover.

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• Genre: Rock