Althea, by the Grateful Dead.
A third Dead song, and I did one two weeks ago? Fine. I have an excuse, and John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats is to blame (two songs, and I did one three days ago). He tweeted something about the album version of Althea being a rare canonical take on an album, compared to other songs where there are live versions that are understood to be more complete or something ANYWAY the point is I was reminded of this song like an hour ago and was compelled to record it tonight.
This is one that got a lot of acoustic time in our sophomore year dorm room, especially when the Dead fan roommate (Hi Dan!) who could play (infinitely better than me with more talent and feeling than I can even approach now, especially on this number) had a couple friends over and we were treated to a guitar and voice trio arrangement and some of these people are professional musicians now maybe? I lose track, but these were not the other very professional musicians who were and are also still friends of ours but also, I’m so pleased it’s not that complicated, and I could kinda hack it.
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Actually had to hack the video together after a computer-went-to-sleep mishap, but these things happen. Obligatory Bm scale noodling.