New Speedway Boogie

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"New Speedway Boogie" is a blues-rock song by the Grateful Dead, written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter and known for its commentary on the Altamont Free Concert.

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New Speedway Boogie canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
album Workingman's Dead ⓘ
artist Grateful Dead ⓘ
associatedAct Grateful Dead ⓘ
Jerry Garcia ⓘ
Robert Hunter ⓘ
commentaryOn Altamont Free Concert ⓘ
composer Jerry Garcia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat studio album track ⓘ
genre blues rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCriticalReception noted for reflective lyrics on Altamont ⓘ
hasEra late 1960s–early 1970s rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasLivePerformanceTradition performed in Grateful Dead concerts in early 1970s ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme Altamont Free Concert ⓘ
counterculture ⓘ
music industry ⓘ
violence at concerts ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle groove-oriented blues rock ⓘ
hasNotableLine "One way or another, this darkness got to give" ⓘ
hasSongStructure verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasSubject aftermath of a rock festival tragedy ⓘ
includedIn Grateful Dead live repertoire ⓘ
inspiredBy Altamont Free Concert ⓘ
isPartOf Grateful Dead song catalog ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Robert Hunter ⓘ
partOf Workingman's Dead ⓘ
performer Grateful Dead ⓘ
producer Betty Cantor ⓘ
Bob Matthews ⓘ
Grateful Dead ⓘ
recordingArtist Grateful Dead ⓘ
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1970 ⓘ
side B-side of "Truckin'" in some releases ⓘ
writer Jerry Garcia ⓘ

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