I like the Dead version. Sounds like it was recorded in the basement of Kappa Sig or something.
I know that most, or I should say a lot, of people don't/didn't like the Dead. I love their stuff. It was hard to get into it. I would hear one recording of a live show and it would be shit. The next recording of a live show with almost the same song line up would be genius.
Scarlet Begonias - Greatful Dead