Sugaree

Big River here is as good as it gets, the Sugaree is a lovely languid 15-minute snake of a version, and the Stagger Lee features Bobby at his '78 slide-playin' best.

bt.etree.org 2008

"thought you was the cool fool" of Sugaree, which is another similarly fractured Hunter/Garcia love song.

The Annotated "Scarlet Begonias" Robert Hunter 2005

Appeared in the third spot in the first set, following the very first "Sugaree" and preceding "Mama Tried."

The Annotated "Mr. Charlie" Robert Hunter 1997

Versions of a "Sugaree" (not the Garcia/Hunter tune) appear on

The Annotated Sugaree Robert Hunter 1971

"Sugaree" occupied the second spot in the first set, following the opener, "Truckin '", and preceding "Mr. Charlie", also performed for the first time in this show.

The Annotated Sugaree Robert Hunter 1971

Perhaps the character in "Sugaree" is saying that both of them would need a jubilee in order to freely see each other again; othewise, they will remain on the run for whatever mysterious reason.

The Annotated Sugaree Robert Hunter 1971

When the Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter song "Sugaree" filled Barton with its hypnotic grind, and the pscyhedlic lights volleyed off ROTC banners through the wafting marijuana clouds like battlefield smoke, one was glad to be inside and not out, in the present and in the past.

CounterPunch 2010

Being in serious Dead country, there was no better encore than the selection of the "Sugaree" and "Franklin's Tower," which has become the crowd stoking signature medley for the Skinny Singers.

JamBase 2009

Along with a nearly 20-minute "Sugaree," a playful "Good Lovin '," and Dead faves like

Reader - MassLive.com 2009

Recorded just prior to the release of one of the Grateful Dead's more-popular studio offerings, 1977's "Terrapin Station," this three-disc live set finds Jerry Garcia and company performing such fan favorites as "Sugaree," "Candyman" and "Jack Straw."

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