I'm an old Generation X Deadhead. My parents were anti-hippie and somewhat conservative (they weren't bad people only a bit strict) however I had a few positive musical influences in my young adult life. One of them was the college's DJ and also my younger friend who spun Phish and Grateful Dead tunes on the Robo DJ system the college had going at the time. Also, vinyl was occasionally played by him. We would all hang out at his house located not far from Oregon State University in the early 2000's. This person was also a member of a now-defunct PNW band called Future Roots. They were kind of a cross between steady rock and some blues. My friend played banjo and my other two friends his age who lived with him each had a guitar and a saxophone.

Several years ago I got into #TameImpala aka Kevin Parker. He's the psychedelic Aussie solo guitar and electronic musician who is well known in America to both Generation X and Millennials.

I do not know if Keven Parker of Tame Impala ever was (or is now) a Deadhead. I was listening to a 1968 recording of Clementine by Jerry Garcia, et al. and their song sounds almost like "Sundown Syndrome" by Tame Impala. Both Parker's riff and the Dead's March 2, 1968 rendition are good. I won't say one is better than the other. What I mean by riff is that Sundown Syndrome is not a cover of #Clementine. Parker does his own lyrics and beats for Sundown Syndrome however the similarities between the two songs are heard. Maybe it's just a complete coincidence that Sundown Syndrome turned out the way it did in terms of delivery? I am not a musician but Sundown certainly has a 1, 2, 3, 4 -> 1, 2, 3, 4 "stepping into the two-step" rhythm that Clementine also has in its cadence.

Kevin Parker is younger than me (b. 1986) and so he's not from my parent's generation — some of whom really loved the Dead. If you're interested, just YouTube Sundown Syndrome by Tame Impala and 02.02.68 Clementine by Grateful Dead. I won't need to provide the links.