The Grateful Dead - Alligator

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Sleepy alligator in the noon-day sun
Lyin' by the river just like he usually done
Oh no, call for his whiskey and he can call for his tea
Call all he want to now but he can't call me oh no

Oh no well I been there before
And I'm not coming back aroud there no more
No now

Hung up waiting for the windy day
Hung up waiting for the windy day

Sleepy alligator coming all around the bend
Tryin' to talk about the times when we was mutual friends
I'll check my mem'ry and I
I'll check it quick oh yes I will
I'll check he running some old kind of trick yo

Oh no, oh no well I been there before
And I'm not coming back aroud therе no more
No now

Turn down the hippies lеave the heat alone
Ridin' down the river in an old canoe
A bunch of bugs in an old tennis shoe
Out of the river all ugly and green
Came the biggest ol' alligator that I 'ave ever seen

Teeth big and pointy and his eyes were buggin' out
Contract the union but the beggars to route
Screamin' and yellin' he were picking his chops
He never run he just a-stumbles and hops
Just out of prison on six dollars bail
Mumblin' at bitches and a-waggin' his tail
(Tail)

Release Date: January 01, 2013

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Amidst the growing counter-culture scene in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Grateful Dead were founded by lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Garcia, bass player Phil Lesh, rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann in Palo Alto in 1965, originally as The Warlocks. Percussionist Mickey Hart later joined the group in 1967 and other members cycled through the group in following years as the core remained intact. Their eclectic music formed the archetype for the “Jam Band” genre, combining elements from rock, blues, folk, country, bluegrass, and psychedelic music into improvisational performances.

Over the years the Dead released 22 recorded albums, although they were most famous for their improvisational jams at concerts, earning them a cult-like following of self-proclaimed “Dead Heads” who would follow the band from concert-to-concert throughout the band’s career.

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and they’ve sold more than 40 million albums in total; all that with only one top 40 hit (“Truckin”), and one Top 10 hit (“Touch of Grey”) that came near the end of the band’s run, shortly before Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995. Grateful Dead was also ranked 57th in Rolling Stone’s “The Greatest Artists of All Time” issue in 2004 and 2005. Since then, various incarnations of the Dead have continued to tour, although a 2015 farewell tour was said to be the band’s last.

In 2015 Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann started a new group called Dead and Company with John Mayer, Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge, and former Dead keyboardist Jeff Chimenti which Weir has said may have a future in the studio and will continue to tour in coming years.

In 2008, The Grateful Dead named the University of California, Santa Cruz McHenry Library as the home of their complete archival history, including their recorded music, live bootlegs, and artworks. The collections are are now housed at UC Santa Cruz.