Cumberland Blues

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"Cumberland Blues" is a country- and bluegrass-influenced Grateful Dead song known for its driving rhythm and lyrics about the struggles of working-class life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cumberland Blues canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
artist Grateful Dead ⓘ
associatedAct Bill Kreutzmann ⓘ
Bob Weir ⓘ
Jerry Garcia ⓘ
Mickey Hart ⓘ
Phil Lesh ⓘ
Robert Hunter ⓘ
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan ⓘ
composer Jerry Garcia ⓘ
Phil Lesh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstReleaseDecade 1970s ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1970 ⓘ
genre bluegrass ⓘ
country rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation American working-class culture ⓘ
jam band repertoire ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom American folk music ⓘ
country music ⓘ
traditional bluegrass music ⓘ
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
hasLivePerformanceTradition frequently performed in Grateful Dead concerts ⓘ
hasMood driving ⓘ
energetic ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle driving rhythm ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective first-person worker viewpoint ⓘ
hasSetting mining community ⓘ
hasSubgenreCharacteristic bluegrass-influenced harmony and rhythm ⓘ
hasTitleWord Blues ⓘ
Cumberland ⓘ
isPartOf Grateful Dead song catalog ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Robert Hunter ⓘ
lyricTheme economic struggle ⓘ
labor and work ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
notableFor blend of country, bluegrass, and rock elements ⓘ
depiction of miners and working-class hardship ⓘ
partOfAlbum Workingman's Dead ⓘ
performer Grateful Dead ⓘ
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records ⓘ

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

Workingman's Dead → hasTrack → Cumberland Blues ⓘ
Europe '72 → containsTrack → Cumberland Blues ⓘ