Artist	Song
David Crosby	Cowboy Movie
from If I Could Only Remember My Name (2005)
Brewer & Shipley	Oh Mommy
from The Best of Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over the Line (2007)
David Bromberg	Demon In Disguise
from The Best of David Bromberg (1986)
Graham Nash	I Used to Be a King
from Songs for Beginners (2005)
Jefferson Airplane	Today
from The Worst of Jefferson Airplane (1997)
It's a Beautiful Day	Hoedown
from Marrying Maiden (2005)
David Crosby & Graham Nash	The Wall Song
from Graham Nash & David Crosby (2005)
Art Garfunkel	Down In the Willow Garden
from Angel Clare (1986)
Bob Dylan	Silvio
from Down In the Groove (1988)
New Riders of the Purple Sage	Garden of Eden
from New Riders of the Purple Sage (2003)
Sanjay Mishra	Clouds (To Jerry Garcia)
from Blue Incantation With Guest Jerry Garcia (1995)
Bruce Hornsby & The Range	Barren Ground
from Night On the Town (1990)
Jefferson Airplane	Have You Seen the Stars Tonight
from Love Songs (1999)
Thomas Dolby	Beauty of a Dream
from Astronauts & Heretics (2010)
The Neville Brothers	You're the One
from Uptown (2003)
Sammy Hagar	Marching to Mars
from Marching to Mars (2025)
Dan Zanes & Bob Weir	Wabash Cannonball
from House Party (2003)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Teach Your Children
from Déjà Vu (1994)

Comment:

Wally Heider's studio in San Francisco was something of a ground zero for Bay Area musical genius; not only was [i]American Beauty[/i] cut there, but various Dead members also sat in on some of rock's top must-have albums. Pretty much the entire rhythm section dropped in the night David Crosby waxed his semi-autobiographical "Cowboy Movie," and there are [i]still[/i] scorch marks on the walls from where Jerry Garcia toe-to-toe'd it with Neil Young. But Jerry could play gorgeous as well as fierce, and on the gently rolling spaciness of Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship's "Have You Seen the Stars Tonite," Jerry captains the pedal steel like an intergalactic veteran navigating the solar winds. The story goes that Jerry traded his appearance on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Teach Your Children" for some harmony lessons; whether or not that's true, his pedal steel swoops into the track like an angel's touch of grace, transforming the song from a bittersweet reminiscence to a blessing extended between warring generations. From folkie Art Garfunkel to new waver Thomas Dolby, the Dead's contributions brought others artists' songs to life — and you can hear 'em right here.

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