New Speedway Boogie

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"New Speedway Boogie" is a blues-rock song by the Grateful Dead, written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter and known for its commentary on the Altamont Free Concert.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
album Workingman's Dead NERFINISHED
artist Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
associatedAct Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED
Robert Hunter NERFINISHED
commentaryOn Altamont Free Concert NERFINISHED
composer Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstReleaseFormat studio album track
genre blues rock
rock
hasCriticalReception noted for reflective lyrics on Altamont
hasEra late 1960s–early 1970s rock
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
vocals
hasLivePerformanceTradition performed in Grateful Dead concerts in early 1970s
hasLyricsTheme Altamont Free Concert NERFINISHED
counterculture
music industry
violence at concerts
hasMusicalStyle groove-oriented blues rock
hasNotableLine "One way or another, this darkness got to give"
hasSongStructure verse-chorus form
hasSubject aftermath of a rock festival tragedy
includedIn Grateful Dead live repertoire
inspiredBy Altamont Free Concert NERFINISHED
isPartOf Grateful Dead song catalog
language English
lyricist Robert Hunter NERFINISHED
partOf Workingman's Dead NERFINISHED
performer Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
producer Betty Cantor NERFINISHED
Bob Matthews NERFINISHED
Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
recordingArtist Grateful Dead NERFINISHED
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records
releaseYear 1970
side B-side of "Truckin'" in some releases
writer Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED

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Workingman's Dead hasTrack New Speedway Boogie