The Eleven

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"The Eleven" is a complex, improvisational Grateful Dead song known for its unusual 11/8 time signature and extended live jams.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Eleven canonical 3
Eleven 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grateful Dead song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Grateful Dead ⓘ
composer Phil Lesh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstAlbumAppearance Live/Dead ⓘ
genre jam band music ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
hasCallAndResponseVocals true ⓘ
hasExtendedJams true ⓘ
hasInstrumentalSections true ⓘ
hasLiveOnlyReputation primarily known through live performances ⓘ
hasLiveVersionOn Live/Dead ⓘ
Road Trips archival releases ⓘ
Two from the Vault ⓘ
hasLyricist Robert Hunter ⓘ
hasMeterGrouping groupings of 11 eighth notes ⓘ
hasVocalSections true ⓘ
influencedBy experimental rock approaches of the 1960s ⓘ
isAssociatedWithEra Grateful Dead psychedelic era ⓘ
isComplexToPlay true ⓘ
isFanFavorite true ⓘ
isImprovisational true ⓘ
isJamVehicle true ⓘ
isLiveStaple true ⓘ
isMultiSectional true ⓘ
isRareInLaterYears true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Robert Hunter ⓘ
musicalArtist Grateful Dead ⓘ
notableFor complex rhythmic structure ⓘ
extended live improvisations ⓘ
unusual 11/8 time signature ⓘ
oftenSeguedFrom St. Stephen ⓘ
linked to: Saint Stephen
oftenSeguedInto Turn On Your Love Light ⓘ
partOfRepertoireOf Grateful Dead ⓘ
performanceEra early 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
performedBy Bill Kreutzmann ⓘ
Bob Weir ⓘ
Jerry Garcia ⓘ
Mickey Hart ⓘ
Phil Lesh ⓘ
recordingTypeOnLiveDead live recording ⓘ
timeSignature 11/8 ⓘ
typicalPerformanceLength extended ⓘ
usesPolyrhythms true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Live/Dead → hasTrack → The Eleven ⓘ
Live/Dead → sideTwoTrackListOrder → The Eleven ⓘ
Jack Irons → memberOf → Eleven ⓘ
linked to: The Eleven
Stranger Songs → producer → The Eleven ⓘ