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Longtime North Carolina twangers Acoustic Syndicate have shared their take on a Grateful Dead classic, “Bertha.”

“‘Bertha’ is one of the quintessential feel-good, toe-tapping Grateful Dead songs that tells somewhat of a hard-edged story while helping us dance and boogie our blues away,” banjoist Bryon McMurry said via press release. “The song still can bring a tear to my eye to this day, depending on the mood I’m in, and Fitz’s vocal is — in my opinion — tailor-made for the song… I still feel the same emotion to ‘Bertha’ whether hearing the Dead perform it or when we are on stage performing it ourselves! It’s a joy to play.”

Learn more about Acoustic Syndicate here.

Listen to their take on “Bertha” via Spotify here or below: