Talk:Truckin'

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"Sweet Jane" is not a band member, as written on the main page, but rather (as explained on David Dodd's Annotated "Truckin'" page) "[...]marijuana. Pot was all the rage for a while, but then it lost its allure, and a lot of people (especially in the early '70s) moved to pills and coke and other harder, more dangerous stuff. Somehow simple, innocent pot lost its sparkle for many. Thus you could read the whole stanza as, "Whatever became of marijuana? It used to be so much fun. Living on the hard stuff, it's such a shame to see your friends go that way." [1]

First time

I have removed the following:

At a time when the Grateful Dead were already an underground legend, "Truckin'" was the first time many in the general rock audience actually heard the band's music.^[1]

Because of the following from Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson on page 188:

"Uncle John's Band" and "Casey Jones" were the tracks that made the initial splash -- they were many the mainstreams first introduction to the music of the Gateful Dead"

And also on 190, it discusses how big the song was to the mainstream because of first using the word "Goddamn" in the unedited single (which many radio stations played instead of the edited version) and of the reference to cocaine (making the band a "thorn in the side of Nixon that became a badge of honor to the masses"). -- moe.RON ^{talk | done | doing} 16:49, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm. Maybe "Uncle John's Band" was indeed first in the role I'm describing. I'll save my words for the article on it then. Wasted Time R 16:58, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cover versions

There should be something on cover versions, the 1980's punk parody version, etc... AnonMoos 17:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Uncle John's Band" and "Casey Jones" from Workingman's Dead also served this role in some areas.

[1] "Uncle John's Band" and "Casey Jones" from Workingman's Dead also served this role in some areas.

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