Artist	Song
Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man
from The Very Best of Jimmy Reed (2005)
The Dixie Cups	Iko Iko
from The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead (1995)
Henry Thomas	Don't Ease Me In
from Henry Thomas (2005)
Bonnie Dobson	Morning Dew
from The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead (1995)
Woody Guthrie	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
from The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4 (1999)
Buddy Holly & The Crickets	Not Fade Away
from The "Chirping" Crickets (2004)
Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Best of Bobby Bland (2000)
Rev. Gary Davis	Death Don't Have No Mercy
from Harlem Street Singer (2006)
Kris Kristofferson	Me and Bobby McGee
from Kristofferson (2001)
Otis Redding	Hard to Handle
from Rhino Hi-Five - Chart Hits: R&B (2006)
Sonny Boy Williamson	Good Morning, School Girl
from Sonny Boy Williamson Vol. 1 (1937 - 1938) (2005)
Tampa Red	It Hurts Me Too
from Tampa Red Vol. 11 1939-1940 (2005)
John Phillips	Me and My Uncle
from Jack of Diamonds (2007)
George Jones	The Race Is On
from All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Re-Recorded Versions) (1987)
Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightning
from His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (1997)
Cannon's Jug Stompers	Viola Lee Blues
from The Best of Cannon's Jug Stompers (2005)
Hank Williams	You Win Again
from 20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (1997)

Comment:

If you ever were fortunate enough to catch the Dead live, you may [i]think[/i] you know some of these songs, but trust us: the original versions will blow your mind. Cannon's Jug Stompers [i]oom-pah[/i] and stagger through their 78-era recording of the bourbon-drenched "Viola Lee Blues" like a Model-T jalopy shambling down a potholed street on two cylinders and a prayer. Meanwhile, in a cross-town revival tent, Bobby "Blue" Bland begs and shouts over jubilee horns in the redlined frenzy of one of Pigpen's favorites, "Turn On Your Love Light." Fueled by so much tequila that it blanked his memory, the Mamas and the Papas' John Phillips wrote a cowboy's confessional whisper called "Me and My Uncle"; it was only after royalty checks began rolling in — from a slew of covers by artists like Judy Collins, Dino Valente, and, of course, the Dead — that a hazy recollection of its late-night creation emerged. This version of the laid-back desperado ballad comes from an early-'70s session that escaped the vaults only after Phillips' death. From Buddy Holly to Woody Guthrie, from Howlin' Wolf to Hank Williams, these are the artists who sang the songs the Dead just couldn't keep out of their setlist.

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