boy, Jerry sure had a unique steel guitar sound back then. unmistakably him when you hear it. Great song/album/band. NRPS were always a treat, for the soul, opening for the Dead.
Remember, way, way back when. Going to an eating establishment, and refusing to serve me, because I had long hair. Yes, that was here in America!. Paid my dues, to be an elder hippie statesman!
In the song, they sing "forgotten their dreams and cut off their hair" -- younger people nowadays sometimes don't seem to realize that long hair stood for a certain political and ideological stance. Conservatives did not have long hair, only the liberals and hippies.