#2039 Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah

Groovy groovy jazzy funky. Dead's endless jams make a perfect pair to late-late era jazz, there's a looseness, a meandering here that weirdly works, jettisoning the last of awshucks, backporch jams, just letting the licks rise high on the flame.

Last last track's a bit of a meanderer -but--

you know what?

I like this because its what I always expected from the dead by reputation, a legitimate act of indulgence, longwinded in the sincere.

So much of what I've found in the process of trying to get down with them's been...surprisingly tame. Contained. Palatable.

A surprisingly rare act of the guys actually going for it, it's refreshing 3.5/5