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Before all the Pulitzers, Carl Sandburg’s baritone made him famous.

We’re going back, before tie-dye was even a thing, to the Grateful Roots: songs that influenced the Grateful Dead.

Eddie Durham with Moten Swing.

You might know Elvis’ version better, but Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote the song for Big Mama Thornton.

This song’s origins are debatable, much like the validity of…1920’s art critics? Ok, let’s see where this one’s going.

A voice from two centuries away….

Up and Atom! It’s the music of the Atomic Age.

One man’s trash is another man’s…million-selling record.

What’s in a name? Well, quite a lot… if yours is Chester Babcock.