cowpea

Any of the cultivated forms of the annual legume Vigna unguiculata. The plants are believed to be native to India and the Middle East but in early times were cultivated in China. The compound leaves have three leaflets. The white, purple, or pale-yellow flowers usually grow in twos or threes at the ends of long stalks. The pods are long and cylindrical. In the southern U.S. the cowpea is grown extensively as a hay crop, as a cover or green-manure crop, or for the edible beans.

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Born Cross-Eyed is an original composition by the San Francisco, CA Psychedelic rock group the Grateful Dead. It was written by rhythm guitarist Bob Weir during the bands sessions creating the album Anthem of the Sun, produced by David Hassinger, in 1968. It was released as a B-side with the single Dark Star, one of the bands most well-known musical excursions.

The single was first released in April 1968 by Warner Bros. Records as a single and is a different mix than the song that was actually released on the Anthem of the Sun album. The single was re-released in the UK in 1977 as a promotion distributed with the Dark Star magazine. This version included lyrics of Dark Star on the back cover as well as a message stating "this record presented exclusively by Dark Star Magazine with the kind cooperation of WEA Records Ltd".

This single version of the song would be later released three times:

• As part of the compilation album What a Long Strange Trip It's Been by Warner Bros. in 1977
• As part of the twelve-CD retrospective box set The Golden Road (1965-1973) in 2001, released by Rhino Records (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.)
• And on the 2003 re-release of Anthem of the Sun by Rhino featuring the tracks included in The Golden Road (1965-1973) box set.

Albums

The following are the albums the song as been a part of:

• Studio albums
• Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead, 1968
• Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead, 2003 (expanded re-release)
• Live albums
• Dick's Picks Volume 22, Grateful Dead, 2001
• Compilation/Box sets
• Dark Star/Born Cross-Eyed (single), Grateful Dead, 1968
• The Golden Road (1965-1973), Grateful Dead, 2001
• Some Of Our Best Friends Are, Various Artists, 1969
• The Grateful Dead/Anthem Of The Sun, Grateful Dead, 1976
• What a Long Strange Trip It's Been, Grateful Dead, 1977

See also

• Grateful Dead
• Grateful Dead discography
• Anthem of the Sun
• Bob Weir
• Dark Star