Sugar Magnolia
Grateful Dead, Susanna Hoffs, Matthew Sweet
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The warden led the prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before they reached my cell Let my guitar playin' friend fill my request Let him sing me back home a song I used to hear. Make my old memories come alive. Sing me away and turn back the year. Sing me home before I die. I recall last Sunday morning when the choir from off the street Came in to sing a few old gospel songs And I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mother sang Can I hear it before you travel on. Sing me back home a song I used to hear. Make my old memories come alive. Sing me away and turn back the year. Sing me back home before I die
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Written by: ROBERT C. HUNTER, ROBERT HALL WEIR
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11 facts about this song
Release Date"Sugar Magnolia" was released in 1970 as part of the Grateful Dead's 5th studio album, "American Beauty".
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Songwriters AttributionThe song was written by the Grateful Dead's frontman Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter.
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Chart PositionDespite the Grateful Dead's reputation as a "jam" band more known for live performances than singles, "Sugar Magnolia" managed to peak at #91 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1973.
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Song Components"Sugar Magnolia" is composed of two distinct passages - the main song and a coda known as "Sunshine Daydream", which was usually played as a separate piece in live performances.
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Live Performances"Sugar Magnolia" reportedly ranks as the second most-performed song by the Grateful Dead with over 600 renditions in their concerts.
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Deadheads' FavoriteThe song has become a fan favorite among "Deadheads", the colloquial term for dedicated followers of the Grateful Dead.
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Sound ExperimentationThe album "American Beauty" on which "Sugar Magnolia" appears, was considered a departure from the Grateful Dead's experimentation with psychedelic music towards a more acoustic style, often categorized as folk or country rock.
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First Lyrics AppearanceThe first verse of "Sugar Magnolia" was first introduced in the band's previous album, "Workingman's Dead", under the title "Dire Wolf".
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Iconic Lyrics"Sugar Magnolia" is known for its iconic lyrics, "Sugar Magnolia, blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care".
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Concert Tradition"Sunshine Daydream", the coda to "Sugar Magnolia", was often performed as a celebratory encore at the closing of many Grateful Dead performances.
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Final PerformanceThe final performance of "Sugar Magnolia" by the Grateful Dead with Jerry Garcia took place on July 9, 1995, at Soldier Field in Chicago, exactly one month before Garcia's death.
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