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#409 Grateful Dead, 'Workingman’s Dead' (1970)

On their fourth album, Grateful Dead, a band famous for their extended psychedelic jam sessions, completely changed direction. It takes 4 songs for the first appearance of electric guitar and 5 songs before we hear a guitar solo. In fact, there’s only 2 guitar solos on the entire album.

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