man, i cant believe i forgot about two souls in communion! definitely one of the most beautiful songs the band ever played...
i love the story behind alice d. millionaire...... and kudos to you for choosing it for your name.....
i'd definitely suggest aoxomoxoa and blues for allah if you didn't totally dig workingman's or american beauty. the latter are good as folk rock albums or whatever, but they don't showcase jerry and the band as musicians. live/dead is great, or as everyone's mentioned, dicks picks stuff is good. you can find lots of bootlegs (usually labled wrong though) on kazaa. or IM me if you have a fast connection and download em from me overnight. i have a cable modem and something like 30hrs of dead on the ole' hard drive.
yeah, ya gotta dig the early stuff... might i suggest 'anthem of the sun'? yes, i guess i might, seeing as i already have...