4 Incredible Beatles Covers by the Grateful Dead (2 Might Even Be Better Than the Original).
Grateful Dead covered quite a few songs throughout their long career, including tracks from greats like Bob Dylan, The Who, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. They also covered the Fab Four quite a few times as well. Let’s take a look at four Beatles covers, in particular, that Grateful Dead performed with flying colors!
No strangers to stoner rock and psychedelic tunes, Grateful Dead covered “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” a few times through the years. The hit song, which comes from The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, was one of a few covers Grateful Dead performed in 1993 at Dean Dome. This is really an excellent cover, and Jerry Garcia puts his whole heart into it.
Tomorrow Never Knows” is one of the best tracks from Revolver, and it also happens to be one of The Beatles’ most psychedelic songs. Grateful Dead performed their own rendition of the Fab Four tune as part of a back-to-back cover performance that also included The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” back in 1992 at Buckeye Lake. It was a perfectly-curated set, and a perfectly-performed cover that was notably different from the original, but totally and sonically Grateful Dead.
