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KPRI Live Tracks Volume 1

Various Artists

Initial release : 2003

102.1 KPRI

This radio station sampler includes a track by Berkley Hart called Old Gray Deadhead which refers to the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia and deadheads.

Tracks

  • Luritja Way - Midnight Oil
  • Oh Yeah - Johnny A.
  • Tell Yourself - Natalie Merchant
  • Everything About You - Steve Poltz
  • Train - Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
  • Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies
  • Blue - The Jayhawks
  • Hands - Jewel
  • Rebecca - Pat McGee Band
  • Old Gray Deadhead - Berkley Hart
  • Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik
  • Widow's Walk - Suzanne Vega
  • The Boy's Gone - Jason Mraz
  • Russellville - Eve Selis
  • Driving Me Mad - Neil Finn
  • Somewhere In The Middle - Dishwalla
  • Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Notes

The lyrics of Old Gray Deadhead are as follows;

He's almost 57
But he remembers 25
Like it was yesterday
He still feels that way

He's got a house in Sausalito
But for nearly 30 years
He made his bed
Following the Dead

[chorus]
He's an old gray Deadhead
Lost in the summer of '69
He's an old gray Deadhead
He don't trip no more, but he still gets high


He calls his girlfriend "mama"
He wears a rock-and-roll t-shirt
Everyday
And he hardly ever shaves

And he still loves "Truckin'"
No matter what
His other Dead friends say
He loves "Truckin'" anyway

[chorus]

He had a motorcycle
He sold it when
Jerry Garcia died
He said he had nowhere left to ride

[chorus]
Related releases

A version of Old Gray Deadhead was also released on the album:

album cover


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