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Grateful Dead's Reckoning captures the band in acoustic mode, drawn from the 1980 Warfield and Radio City Music Hall runs where the Dead split shows between unplugged sets and electric work. The album leans into the folk, country, blues, and old-time threads that always sat underneath the jams. Confirmed songs include Dire Wolf, The Race Is On, Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie, Roses, Dark Hollow, China Doll, Ripple, Jack-A-Roe, and Cassidy, with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Brent Mydland working in a more intimate lane than the big arena mythology. For buyers who know the Dead through long improvisations, Reckoning is the clean reminder that their songbook could stand on harmony, timing, and weathered American roots. A focused shelf piece for Dead collectors, acoustic-roots listeners, or anyone who wants the band at campfire scale without losing the live-show pulse.