![]() The band went through a lot in 1970 – from the bust in New Orleans to the famous northeastern tour in the spring, to the “Festival Express” mini-tour across Canada in late-June. It features lead guitar through the whole song that wasn't used on the album track, and the ending groove goes on longer til Weir finishes it with an impromptu 'Frozen Logger.' Truckin’ was released as a single in a hastily edited three-minute version as a concession to Warner Brothers, and it reached #64 on the pop singles chart, the Dead’s most successful single until Touch of Grey in 1987.Īn alternate mix of the studio version is a filler track here: Additions and corrections always welcome. So I wrote this out to make note of some of the most historic and enjoyable versions and unusual segues. Truckin’s E minor pentatonic jam mode segued easily into other blues jams too, as well as some of the Dead’s bigger jams like Eyes of the World, Dark Star, Mind Left Body and Spanish jams - pretty much all their best stuff. The song really had its roots in the “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” blues riff, which the band played a couple of times in 1970, but didn’t play again until fall ’72, when the Nobody’s jam became a pretty standard follower to the Truckin’ jam, sometimes with lyrics, sometimes not. Truckin’ was paired with the Other One as early as October 1970, with smooth segues as both are in roughly the same key. ![]() It reflected the band’s mood each night – sometimes the jam was charged with energy, sometimes it was quiet and spacey. Often played to open shows as a stand-alone single in its early days, Truckin’ became a sort of jam table-setter, getting the band into a loose rocking blues riff. ![]()
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