''The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead'' is a 1995 compilation album of songs, performed by the original artists, that the American rock group the Grateful Dead covered and performed live throughout their career. Several of the tracks on this album can be found on no other compact disc, including "Rain and Snow" as performed by Obray Ramsey and "Big Railroad Blues" by Gus Cannon, Cannon's Jug Stompers. The eclectic nature of the Grateful Dead's music is highlighted on this album with the inclusion of songs from such diverse genres as Folk music, folk ("Morning Dew", "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad, Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad"), Blues, the blues ("Little Red Rooster, The Red Rooster", "Turn On Your Love Light"), Country music, country ("Mama Tried (song), Mama Tried", "El Paso (song), El Paso"), Gospel music, gospel ("Samson and Delilah (traditional song), Samson & Delilah"), and straight out rock and roll ("Promised Land (Chuck Berry song), The Promised Land", "Not Fade Away (song), Not Fade Away").

Cover and title

The cover, drawn by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, depicts some of the artists appearing on the album performing to skeletal Deadheads. The title comes from the song "The Music Never Stopped" from the Grateful Dead album ''Blues for Allah''.

Track listing

Credits

*Produced by Henry Kaiser (musician), Henry Kaiser and David Gans (musician), David Gans *Mastered by Paul Stubblebine *Notes by Blair Jackson *Front cover design by Robert Crumb, R. Crumb *Art direction by Joan Pelosi

References

''The Music Never Stopped''
on deaddisc.com * Hilburn, Robert
"Roots of Cash's Hit Tunes"
''Los Angeles Times'', August 22, 2006 * Strauss, Neil
"The Pop Life"
''The New York Times'', October 19, 1995 {{DEFAULTSORT:Music Never Stopped 1995 compilation albums Blues compilation albums Country rock compilation albums Folk rock compilation albums Grateful Dead