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4. Cumberland Blues, Grateful Dead

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 09:04 AM

Sep 2017

The songs writer, Robert Hunter was once accused by labor leaders for stealing an old union song and putting his name on it. He didn't, but considered that an enormous compliment, that he could write a modern tune that did sound like an older song.

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