From their concert at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV. June 26, 1994. Bobby singing an acoustic version of the old Marty Robbins country-western tune. RT 5:56.

Though this is an acoustic version, it contains an electric guitar solo by Jerry.

This is one of the most requested songs that the Grateful Dead were asked to perform.

Robbins wrote this in a car as he and his family were traveling through Texas on the way to Arizona. The song is a Western saga complete with drama, violence, and romance.

The song ran 4:30 and at first was rejected as a single because of its length, but Columbia Records knew it was a good song and released it in October of 1959. The song reached #1 in both the Country and Pop charts.

This song won the first Grammy ever awarded in the category Best Country & Western Performance.

Country America magazine ranked this #6 on their Top 100 Country songs of all time.