Anyone Remember Slewfoot?
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Came across a copy of this record the other day from singer-songwriter David Rea that was co-produced by Bob Weir (the only record Weir ever produced for someone else). Recorded in 1972 and released in 1973, it includes contributions from the Dead's Weir and Keith and Donna Godchaux, all of NRPS except Marmaduke, John Kahn, Richard Greene, Charles Lloyd, and future Kingfish members Matthew Kelly and Chris Herold, among others. Steve Barncard and Rock Scully also get production credits.
It's a decent Country-Rock record with a lot of stand-out Buddy Cage pedal steel work. It was never released on CD, and seems like a mostly overlooked relic from the Dead's post-American Beauty era. This is a well-researched and written blog about this project:
http://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2021/02/slewfoot-david-rea-columbiawindf...
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Name rings a distant bell but
Name rings a distant bell but I'm not familiar with it. Sounds like a wonderful collector's item.
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6/11/69,6/21/69, 6/27/69, 6
6/11/69,6/21/69, 6/27/69, 6/28/69, 7/12/69, 8/2/69 & 12/31/69-Slewfoot performed by GD
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I have the LP. Wish I had a
I have the LP. Wish I had a way to digitize it.
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Didn't they once play a
Didn't they once play a double bill tour with Stillwater?
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>Interestingly, according to
>Interestingly, according to Bill Cutler, Pete Sears was part of the auditions as well. <
Great article Dave -- I love the rock archeology in these blogs. It would be interesting to hear if Pete Sears remembers anything about these sessions.
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Thanks for the post--when I
Thanks for the post--when I got turned on tot he Dead and Tuna in the summer of 76, my friend had this album and used to play it a lot--I had forgotten about it through the haze of time. Haven't heard it in years but very Marin, country hippie sounding as I recall. Kind of like Crosby's If Only I Can Remember My Name in that itr is kind of a "Whose Who" of Marin players at the time--or the Dead orbit anyway. Love to see this re-released and hear some live material
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Starting on December 30, 1978
Starting on December 30, 1978,[14] Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead occasionally changed the lyrics of the Dead standard "Jack Straw" in concert from "we used to play for silver, now we play for life," to "we used to play for acid, now we play for Clive