Vinyl Experience - July 4 weekend special ”Fare Thee Well” Songs That Inspired The Grateful Dead - 07.03.15

Bobby "Blue" Bland: Turn On Your Love Light

Henry Thomas: Don't Ease Me In

Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away

Cliff Carlsile: Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad

Bonnie Dobson: Morning Dew

Peter Paul & Mary: Early Morning Rain

Reverend Gary Davis: Samson & Delilah

Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode

Everly Brothers: Wake Up Little Suzie

Dixie Cups: Iko Iko

Merle Haggard: Mama Tried

Hank Williams: You Win Again

Martha & The Vandellas: Dancing In The Streets

Olympics: Good Lovin'

Wilson Pickett: The Midnight Hour

Otis Redding: Hard To Handle

Beatles: Why Don't We Do it In the Road?

Spencer Davis Group: Gimmie Some Lovin'

Traffic: Dear Mr. Fantasy

Bob Dylan: Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Today on the VE:

If they had ipods in the Grateful Dead's early days, chances are, the vinyl originals you'll hear for the hour would have been on Jerry's, Bobby's, Phil's, Mickey's, Bill's,  Robert's and Pigpen's... in perpetual shuffle. We know for sure that they earned many spins on their turntables. Songs that inspired The Dead...covered by the band on records and in concert through the years...as we bid you good night, and fare thee well.