song "Casey Jones"
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"Casey Jones" is a well-known Grateful Dead song, co-written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, famous for its train-wreck narrative and refrain about "driving that train, high on cocaine."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Casey Jones | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | Workingman’s Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Grateful Dead
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | American railroad engineer Casey Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chorusLine | Driving that train, high on cocaine ⓘ |
| composer | Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| featuresVocalStyle | lead and harmony vocals ⓘ |
| firstReleased | 1970 ⓘ |
| genre |
country rock
ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | became one of the Grateful Dead’s most recognizable songs ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse-chorus structure ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
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Trouble ahead, trouble behind ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
collision
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locomotive engineer ⓘ railroads ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | folk ballads about Casey Jones ⓘ |
| isClosingTrackOf | Workingman’s Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveDebutBy | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livePerformanceMainstayOf | Grateful Dead concerts ⓘ |
| lyric | Driving that train, high on cocaine ⓘ |
| lyricist | Robert Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
drug use
ⓘ
train accident ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Workingman’s Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| title | Casey Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
drug-induced recklessness
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train imagery ⓘ |
| writer |
Jerry Garcia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.