Pigpen's

An upcoming auction at Butterfield and Bonham's contains a handwritten sheet of these lyrics in Pigpen's handwriting.

The WELL: New Potato Caboose Bobby Petersen 2008

Robin, are you suggesting that Ice Nine might have ownership rights to Pigpen's original lyrics?

The WELL: New Potato Caboose Bobby Petersen 2008

Perhaps the reason why the song had a brief career and was never brought back by the Dead (after Pigpen's death) was because it is indeed a PRO-DRUG song.

The Annotated "Mr. Charlie" Robert Hunter 1997

One of Pigpen's songs played with the Dead in the early 1970s:

Chinatown Shuffle Ron McKernan 1972

One of Pigpen's songs played with the Dead in the early 1970s:

Chinatown Shuffle Ron McKernan 1972

The full Bo Diddley version is similar to Pigpen's 1966 version with a couple of extra verses and a few small variations.

Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley 1972

The full Bo Diddley version is similar to Pigpen's 1966 version with a couple of extra verses and a few small variations.

Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley 1972

This was played once, in an acoustic set on 12 July 1970, and is also on Pigpen's "home tapes" (which is where the lyrics below are taken from).

Bring Me My Shotgun Lightnin' Hopkins 1970

My recollection is that Pigpen's album was maybe going to come out on Mercury or its subsidiary Smash.

I'm A Loving Man Clancy Carlile 1970

This was played once, in an acoustic set on 12 July 1970, and is also on Pigpen's "home tapes" (which is where the lyrics below are taken from).

Bring Me My Shotgun Lightnin' Hopkins 1970