Playing in the Band

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"Playing in the Band" is a signature psychedelic rock song closely associated with Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead, known for its complex rhythms and extended live improvisations.

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Playing in the Band canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
song
associatedAct Bob Weir
Grateful Dead
Mickey Hart
Robert Hunter
associatedWithMovement counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s
psychedelic music
composer Bob Weir
Mickey Hart
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformer Grateful Dead
genre psychedelic rock
rock music
hasCharacteristic complex rhythms
extended live jams
polyrhythms
hasInfluenceOn jam band scene
hasLiveVersion Grateful Dead live recordings
hasPart extended improvisation
hasReputation a signature Bob Weir song
one of the Grateful Dead's key jam vehicles
hasStyle improvisational rock
psychedelic improvisation
hasSubgenreElement jam band music
isFrequentlyIncludedIn Grateful Dead live setlists
isSignatureSongOf Bob Weir
Grateful Dead
language English
livePerformanceAssociation Grateful Dead concerts
lyricist Robert Hunter
notableFor being a concert jam vehicle for the Grateful Dead
complex time signatures in live performance
notablePerformer Bob Weir
partOfRepertoireOf Grateful Dead
performer Grateful Dead
primaryInstrumentalFocus bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
keyboards
typicalPerformanceFeature extended live improvisations
long instrumental sections
rhythmic complexity
vocalist Bob Weir

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Bob Weir notableSong Playing in the Band
RatDog performsSong Playing in the Band
Robert Hall Weir notableSong Playing in the Band