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Songs such as "Uncle John's Band", "High Time", and "Cumberland Blues" were brought to life with soaring harmonies and layered vocal textures that had not previously been a part of the band's sound. According to the 1992 Dead oral history, Aces Back to Back , in the summer of 1968, Stephen Stills vacationed at Mickey Hart's ranch in Novato.
- February 1970
- Pacific High Recording, San Francisco
- June 14, 1970
Cumberland Blues Lyrics. [Verse] I can't stay much longer, Melinda, the sun is getting high. I can't help you with your troubles, if you won't help with mine. I gotta get down, I gotta get...
Workingman’s Dead grew out of a pivotal moment in the Grateful Dead’s working history. And just as “Cumberland Blues” resolved into a grand bluegrass finale, our “Cumberland Blues” episode now resolves into a grand story with a voice as weird as the hills, Mr. Sam Cutler.
Cumberland Blues is a song by the Grateful Dead, written by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia. It tells the story of a miner who works in the Cumberland mine and struggles with poverty and hardship.
