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Throwing Stones

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"Throwing Stones"
Single by Grateful Dead
from the album In the Dark
B-side"When Push Comes To Shove"
ReleasedJuly 6, 1987 (1987-07-06)
GenreRock
Length7:21
LabelArista
SongwritersComposer: Bob Weir
Lyricist: John Perry Barlow
ProducersJerry Garcia, John Cutler

"Throwing Stones" is a song by the Grateful Dead. It appears on their 1987 album In the Dark.[1] and was also released as a single with a B-side of "When Push Comes to Shove".[2]

The song is based loosely on the nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosie. The song repeatedly mentions the line Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down!.

The first live performance of "Throwing Stones" took place on September 17, 1982 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Connolly, Dave. "In the Dark". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "Throwing Stones/When Push Comes to Shove". Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, NH: DeadBase. p. 218. ISBN 1-877657-22-0.
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