The Persuasions & Friends:
Persuasions of the Dead

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Persuasions of the Dead
The Persuasions & Friends

A re-invented, remixed, remastered, rearranged, updated, and expanded two-CD set from the sessions for The Persuasions’ long out-of-print Grateful Dead tribute: Persuasions of the Dead (named by Tom Waits), is a sweeping two-CD set, formatted like a Grateful Dead concert (first set, second set), with six new tracks, six new guest artists, and an entirely new feel.

Guests include Country Joe McDonald, Jackie LaBranch and Gloria Jones of the Jerry Garcia Band, guitarist Mark Karan of Bob Weir's group, RatDog, saxophonist James King, vocalist Alyn Kelley, erhu virtuoso Dongming Qiao, Vince Welnick (the Dead's last keyboard man), Grammy-winning bluegrass musician Peter Rowan, dobro player Pete Grant, vocal group Mary Schmary, and mandolinist Eric Thompson.

Twenty tracks, including Persuasions versions of “Drumz” and “Space.” Said Robert Hunter: “Ever so much better. In fact, enchanting!”

TRACKLIST:

Disc 1
1. Ripple
2. Bertha
3. Sugaree
4. Brokedown Palace
5. Greatest Story Ever Told
6. Lazy River Road
7. New Speedway Boogie
8. Ship of Fools
9. Don’T Ease Me In

Disc 2
1. Here Comes Sunshine 1 Excerpt
2. Might As Well
3. It Must Have Been the Roses
4. Loose Lucy
5. Liberty
6. Black Muddy River
7. Suite: Here Comes Sunshine 2/Drumz/Space Excerpt
8. He’s Gone
9. One More Saturday Night
10. And I Bid You Good Night
11. Stella Blue