signature songs

[I.Rowboat]

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GD - The only reason I'm going to say Touch of Gray because of its commercial success. But bands like the Dead or Phish have diffrent "signature" songs for each decade or so

Like for the Dead if you listen to stuff in the 70's you'd be inclined to say Casey Jones

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Sorry, but in a friendly-but-adamant-way, I gotta disagree here. The Grateful Dead's signature song is Dark Star. Period. It was not commercial, it was rarely played after 1974, but nonetheless it is the essence of their music, and the song that Deadheads and band alike would most closely associate with their sound. The runner-up choice (but separated by a wide margin) would be "Playing in the Band."