The Grateful Dead: Dead Come Alive
Danny Holloway, NME, 15 April 1972
IT'S TAKEN a long time for the Dead to get themselves back over here. They probably made it more by good luck than good judgment. Their camp is as diverse and unpredictable as any under the sun but there must be some sort of magical karma guarding them for they always seem to pull through.
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