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Note: "My Brother Esau" (written by Weir and Barlow), the B-side of the "Touch of Grey" single, was omitted from the LP and CD releases of In the Dark, but was included on the cassette as the fourth track, as well as the 2004 reissue as the eighth track.
"Dark Star" is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead on Warner Bros. Records in 1968. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia; [2] however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bob Weir.
The song reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 9, [2] and reached number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, the only song by the band ever to do so on both charts. [3] It was released as a single with "My Brother Esau" and later "Throwing Stones", and has appeared on a number of albums and collections. [4]
One of these is "My Brother Esau", the first appearance of this song on an album in CD format. The studio version had been the B-side of the "Touch of Grey" single in 1987, appeared on the cassette version of the In the Dark album, and was later released on the Beyond Description box set (it was then appended to the 2004 reissue of In the Dark ).
The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead is a 1995 compilation album of songs, performed by the original artists, that the American rock group the Grateful Dead covered and performed live throughout their career.
Grateful Dead stars Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir have praised their former bandmate and “brother” Phil Lesh for changing their lives. The bassist, who was a founding member of the US rock band ...
The album also includes six songs from a show at the same venue on October 3, 1987. One of these is "My Brother Esau", the first appearance of this song on CD. The fourth volume contains two consecutive complete shows—July 24, 1987, at Oakland Stadium, and July 26, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium. The album was released as a 4-CD set.
The Grateful Dead's song bears no resemblance whatsoever to the actual train wreck, nor do most versions of the traditional song. Despite numerous songs mentioning Casey Jones, there has never been a song that tells the story accurately (although Johnny Cash 's version of the traditional song comes closer than most).