The rock band The Grateful Dead came out of the whole California, Summer of Love, hippie culture that changed public awareness about most social standards in the late 1960s. “Friend of the Devil” was part of The Dead’s 1970 album, “American Beauty”, which expanded on the band’s folk and country roots first explored on the album “Workingman’s Dead”, also released in 1970. Jerry Garcia (1942-1995), the perceived leader of The Grateful Dead, wrote the song with John Dawson of the New Riders of the Purle Sage, a popular country-rock band.

The song has been covered by dozens of artists and has become a folk/bluegrass staple over the years. People who have followed my early recordings know that acoustic music is very near to my heart and I’ve always wanted to form an acoustic band with other musicians. Our collaboration with Roch Tassé, who played percussion with me in the 1970s, allows us to do just that. We plan to record a number of acoustic numbers in the future.

Bob Séguin – voice
Richard Séguin – acoustic guitar, mandolin, MIDI guitar (upright bass)
Roch Tassé – congas, egg shaker, buffalo drum