Casey Jones, Grateful Dead (Guitar Lesson with TAB)

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"Casey Jones" is a song by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. The song first appeared on the Dead's 1970 album Workingman's Dead. Subsequently it was included on a number of their live albums. "Casey Jones" received significant airplay on progressive rock, album-oriented rock, and classic rock radio stations over the years, and so is one of the Dead's songs that is more recognizable by non-Deadheads.

"Casey Jones" is about a railroad engineer who is on the verge of a train wreck due to his train going too fast, a sleeping switch man, and another train being on the same track and headed for him. It was inspired by the story of an actual engineer named Casey Jones. The engineer's exploits were also sung of in an earlier folk song called "The Ballad of Casey Jones," which the Grateful Dead played live several times.

The two solos, one by Bob Weir and one by Jerry Garcia, show off two distinct styles of play. Weir’s solo follows the chords of the song quite directly, while Garcia’s is more melodic and emotive. Both are quite good.

Here’s the TAB: https://www.dropbox.com/s/79w4xms9yfc7gx9/Casey%20Jones%20solos.pdf?dl=0