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RodManmeat

Grateful Dead in Rock Band

I don't know if other people are aware of this, but the game Rock Band has a lot of Grateful Dead songs available for purchase - fifteen, specifically. They're a dollar a piece (80 MS points) and well worth it, I think.

the songs (all studio versions, unfortunately):

China Cat Sunflower

Casey Jones

Sugar Magnolia

Truckin'

Franklin's Tower

I Need a Miracle

Cold Rain and Snow

Doin' That Rag

Don't Ease Me In

Fire on the Mountain

Hell in a Bucket

Uncle John's Band

Beat It on Down the Line

Cumberland Blues

Scarlet Begonias

Throwing Stones

Touch of Grey

U.S. Blues

Posted Jan 9, 2013, 5:01 PM UTC

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MrCompletelyLoser•

The studio version of China Cat in the game contains an ending accelerando that's incredible and AFAIK not otherwise in circulation! it's amazing and super fun to play

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DoinThatRagOffering jewels to the sunset•

alright all you smart kids out there how do you pull the audio file out of the game? would be sweet to have that in circulation

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Bonzo451Walk into splintered sunlight•

This is that version I believe the OP is referring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QowIrgtx_hs

And there are youtube to mp3 converters out there that I've used in the past.

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DoinThatRagOffering jewels to the sunset•

yep, that's it, nice

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DeadFlyGuyFrankenstien of Sound•

wish they had these on Rocksmith, much more worth it.

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RodManmeatOP•

Yeah, or at least I wish they would go back and add the pro mode stuff and or keys. But still, belting out Casey Jones while three friends fumble with plastic instruments is terrific.

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DeadFlyGuyFrankenstien of Sound•

yeah it is fun for sure. Those were the songs i downloaded right when i got rock band awhile back. China Cat was so much fun and Cosmic Charlie was just great to play along to.

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digitalthe crow told me•

Forget rock band, get a real guitar and learn to jam :)

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RodManmeatOP•

I actually do play piano and saxophone and love to jam, but I'm at a small college and it's not too easy to find other people.

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digitalthe crow told me•

You are half-way there to playing John Coltrane's 'My Favorite Things'

I play guitar myself, and would jam with you if I could...

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AWeaselNamedFee33•

How could they separate china cat from rider?!? They should've just used the Europe '72 tracks.

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DoinThatRagOffering jewels to the sunset•

the Aoxomoxoa China Cat is sick!!! It's great! And that added segment at the end is pure gold. The whole thing is really fun to play. Love the tempo and the guitar tone.

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brewtangBigfoot County•

This game was the first time I heard MANY of the studio versions

the China Cat is Special

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JimmyInnernets•

I think the original deal was for 18 tracks. Heres hoping for another 3 pack coming. The dead drum tracks really helped my drumming a lot. Too bad al theae songs arent pro mode on guitar

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andtheniwastreesand a short time to be there•

I think I had more fun learning how to play these songs on a guitar. I don't think that's what you wanna hear but it's just my opinion.

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RodManmeatOP•

Hey, nothing wrong with that. It's definitely not an either/or thing and I can totally get it if it's not your thing. I mostly just have it for when big groups of people are around, personally. I mean, I don't think anyone thinks it's comparable to actually learning an instrument; playing Rock Band has as much to do with making music as playing Scrabble does to writing a novel. Doesn't invalidate either, though.

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andtheniwastreesand a short time to be there•

No it does not, you are right. I'm more surprised to see that they've added many more GD songs on the game that I hadn't seen before.

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