Sugaree

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"Sugaree"
"Sugaree" cover
Song by Jerry Garcia
from the album Garcia
Released January 1972
Recorded 1971
Genre Folk rock
Length 5:54
Label Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s) Robert Hunter
Composer(s) Jerry Garcia
Producer(s) Bob Matthews
Betty Cantor
Bill Kreutzmann
Garcia track listing
"Bird Song"
(2)
"Sugaree"
(3)
"Loser"
(4)

"Sugaree" is a song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by guitarist Jerry Garcia.[1] It was written for Jerry Garcia's first solo album Garcia, which was released in January of 1972.

The song was first performed live on July 31, 1971, at the Yale Bowl in Yale University, as was the song "Mr. Charlie".[1] The track appears on numerous other recordings, including Dick's Picks Volume 3 and One From the Vault.[1]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Dodd, David. The Annotated "Sugaree" (html). The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.

[edit] External links

  • Dead.net, the official homepage of the Grateful Dead.
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