Who wrote bird song by the Grateful Dead?

John Perry Barlow (1) Robert Hunter originally wrote the song as a tribute for Janis Joplin.

What is the Grateful Dead’s most played song?

Songs played total

Song Play Count
1 Drums 1492
2 Space 1066
3 Playing in the Band (Bob Weir song) 678
4 Not Fade Away (The Crickets cover) 642

What Grateful Dead song is about Janis Joplin?

Turn On Your Love Light
You can listen to Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead’s collaboration on “Turn On Your Love Light” along with the rest of the Dead’s performance from this day in 1969 at San Francisco’s Fillmore West.

What key is bird song in?

Song Metrics Bird Song is amoodysong byJerry Garciawith a tempo of154 BPM.It can also be used half-time at77 BPM or double-time at308 BPM. The track runs4 minutes and 26 secondslong with aDkey and amajormode. It hasaverage energyand isnot very danceablewith a time signature of4 beats per bar.

What was the first Grateful Dead song?

“The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion),” ‘The Grateful Dead’ (1967) This sunny, pedal-down tune is the closest the Dead ever came to AM-radio garage-band pop. One of two original compositions on the band’s self-titled debut, it was basically a dance-party song about a barefoot hippie chick.

Who is the lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead?

Jerry Garcia1965 – 1995
Bob Weir1965 – 2015
Grateful Dead/Guitarists
Grateful Dead was one of the most successful touring bands in rock history despite having had virtually no radio hits. The original members were lead guitarist and vocalist Jerry Garcia (b. August 1, 1942, San Francisco, California, U.S.—d. August 9, 1995, Forest Knolls, California), guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir (b.