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聴き比べ グレイトフル・デッドの『Uncle John's Band』

今日の「聴き比べ」はグレイトフル・デッド(Grateful Dead)『Uncle John's Band』です。

 

サイケデリック・ロックの旗頭として活躍していたグレイトフル・デッドが1970年にリリースしたアルバム『Workingman's Dead』でカントリー・ロック風に変身を遂げました。その中の1曲がこの『Uncle John's Band』です。非常に聴きやすいグレイトフル・デッドになりました。

この曲はリーダーのジェリー・ガルシア(Jerry Garcia)と専属詩人のロバート・ハンター(Robert HUnter)の作品です。

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Uncle John’s Band

By Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter

 

Well the first days are the hardest days

Don't you worry anymore

Cause when life looks like Easy Street

There is danger at your door

 

Think this through with me

Let me know your mind

Woah-ho what I want to know

Is are you kind?

 

It's a buck dancer's choice my friend

Better take my advice

You know all the rules by now

And the fire from the ice

 

Will you come with me

Won't you come with me

Woah-ho what I want to know

Will you come with me?

 

God damn, well, I declare

Have you seen the like

Their walls are built of cannon balls

Their motto is don't tread on me

 

Come hear Uncle John's Band

Playing to the tide

Come with me or go alone

He's come to take his children home

 

It's the same story the crow told me

It's the only one he know

Like the morning sun you come

And like the wind you go

 

Ain't no time to hate

Barely time to wait

Woah-ho what I want to know

Where does the time go?

 

I live in a silver mine

And I call it "Beggar's Tomb"

I got me a violin

And I beg you call the tune

 

Anybody's choice

I can hear your voice

Whoa-ho what I want to know

How does the song go?

 

Come hear Uncle John's Band

By the riverside

Got some things to talk about

Here beside the rising tide

 

Come hear Uncle John's Band

Playing to the tide

Come on along or go alone

He's come to take his children home

 

Whoa-ho what I want to know

How does the song go?

 

Come hear Uncle John's Band

By the riverside

Got some things to talk about

Here beside the rising tide

 

Come hear Uncle John's Band

Playing to the tide

Come on along or go alone

He's come to take his children home

 


Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band (Studio Version)

 

この曲を以前にも紹介したジミー・バフェット(Jimmy Buffett)がカバーしています。いい感じです。アルバム『Fruitcakes』です。

 

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Uncle John's Band

 

これも以前紹介したインディゴ・ガールズ(Indigo Girls) がカバーしました。アルバム『Rarities』に収録されています。

 

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Uncle John's Band - The Indigo Girls

 

それでは今日はこの辺で。