The engineer's exploits were also sung of in an earlier folk song called "The Ballad of Casey Jones", which the Grateful Dead played live several times.
[citation needed] The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter.
[2] The Grateful Dead played "Casey Jones" in concert on a regular basis from June 1969 through October 1974.
[4] The song was interpreted by artist Nina Paley in the 1990s comic book Grateful Dead Comix.
There is a character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise named Casey Jones, but there seems to be no confirmed connection.