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Stereotypes of The Grateful Dead and Deadheads in pop songs
Pop references to The Grateful Dead employ stereotypes about the band and the Deadheads. Frank Zappa's "Teen-Age Wind" ("You Are What You Is", 1981) milks the tropes of the Deadhead as sponger and of Jerry Garcia's long solos: "And nobody'll give me a ride to the Grateful Dead concert [...] I