Sugaree
| "Sugaree" | ||||
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| Song by Jerry Garcia from the album Garcia | ||||
| Released | January 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 5:54 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
| Writer | Robert Hunter | |||
| Composer | Jerry Garcia | |||
| Producer | Bob Matthews Betty Cantor Bill Kreutzmann |
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"Sugaree" is a song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by guitarist Jerry Garcia.[1] It was written for Jerry Garcia's first solo album Garcia, which was released in January 1972. As with the songs on the rest of the album, Garcia plays every instrument himself (except drums, played by Bill Kreutzmann), including acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and an electric guitar played through a Leslie speaker.
The song was first performed live on July 31, 1971, at the Yale Bowl in Yale University, as was the song "Mr. Charlie".[1] The track appears on numerous other recordings, including Dick's Picks Volume 3 and One From the Vault.[1]
Rusty York recorded a Marty Robbins-penned song in 1959 (Chess 1730) called, "Sugaree."
Fred Neil released a song in 1966 on his eponymous album called "I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree)."
Elizabeth Cotten wrote and recorded "Shake Sugaree," also about dying, in 1967. The chorus of Cotton's song is "Oh lordie me/Didn't I shake sugaree?"
Nick Barker covered this song on his album titled Black Water Blues released in 2009.
See also
Covered by Graham Parker on his 2004 LP, Your Country.
Jackie Greene recorded a cover for his 2009 release The Grateful EP.
Notes
- ^ a b c Dodd, David. "The Annotated "Sugaree"". The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
External links
- Dead.net, the official homepage of the Grateful Dead.
