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Grateful Dead |
New Riders Of The Purple Sage ♦
Howard Wales & Jerry Garcia |
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➜ Live: 1966-∞, Everywhere on earth: Get 'em all!
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Stealin'¹ / Don't Ease Me In¹
Garcia (2:32) / Garcia (2:00)
Scorpio 201, 6/66
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Grateful Dead |
Warner Bros. WS-1689 |
3/17/67 BB [UK: 12/67] |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) |
Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir |
2:07 |
Beat It On Down The Line |
Fuller |
2:27 |
Good Morning' Little School Girl |
Williamson |
5:56 |
Cold Rain And Snow |
Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir |
2:25 |
Sittin' On Top Of The World |
Jacobs-Carter |
2:01 |
Cream Puff War |
Garcia |
2:25 |
Side Two |
Morning Dew |
Dobson-Rose |
5:00 |
New, New Minglewood Blues |
arr Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir |
2:31 |
Viola Lee Blues |
Lewis |
10:01 |
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Jerry Garcia-guitar, vocals
Bob Weir-guitar, vocals (Beat It On Down The Line, New, New Minglewood Blues)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-keyboards, harmonica, vocals (Good Morning' Little School Girl)
Phil Lesh-bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann-drums
§Cover Photo-Herb Greene; Design/Collage-Mouse Studios/Kelly
Produced by: Dave Hassinger
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The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) / Cream Puff War
Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir (2:07) / Garcia (2:25)
Warner Bros 7016, 3/67
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TV Guide Close-up
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=KPIX, San Francisco |
KPIX Reports: "The Maze: Liverpool, USA" 5/16/67, Local production
The CBS O&O station produced a series called The Maze featuring happenings in The City. |
Percussionist extraordinaire Mickey Hart and avant-garde keyboardist Tom Constanten join
Dead move from The Haight to Marin County across the Golden Gate—say their goodbyes with concert.
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Dark Star¹ / Born Cross-Eyed²
Garcia-Hart-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir-Hunter (2:50) / Weir (3:00)
Warner Bros 7186, 4/68
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Petulia(6/10/68) |
Some rare live clips |
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Anthem Of The Sun |
Warner Bros WS-1749 |
7/18/68 BB RS500 [UK: 11/68] |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
That's It For The Other One:
Cryptical Envelopment
Quadlibet For Tender Feet
The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get
We Leave The Castle
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Garcia
Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir
Kreutzmann-Weir
Constanten
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7:31 |
New Potato Caboose |
Lesh-Petersen |
8:25 |
Born Cross-Eyed |
Weir |
2:06 |
Side Two |
Alligator |
Lesh-McKernan-Hunter |
11:20 |
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) |
Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir |
9:30 |
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Jerry Garcia-guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vibraslap, vocals
Bob Weir-guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, vocals (New Potato Caboose)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-organ, celsta, claves, vocals (Side Two)
Tom Constanten-piano, electronic tape
Phil Lesh-bass, trumpet, harpsichord, guiro, kazoo, piano, timpani, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann-drums, percussion
Mickey Hart-drums, percussion
§Cover Painting-Bill Walker
Produced by: Dave Hassinger
Note: Tracks 1 to 5 studio tracks rec. RCA Victor Studio A, Hollywood CA 9/1967, American Recording Co, Studio City, CA 10/1967,
Century Sound Studio, New York, NY 12/1967 & Olmstead Sound Studios, New York, NY 12/1967.
Tracks 1 to 5 live tracks rec. Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, CA 11/10-11/1967, Eureka Municipal Auditorium, Eureka, CA 1/20/1966,
Eagles Auditorium, Seattle, WA 1/26-27/1968, Crystal Ballroom Portland OR 2/2-3/1968, Carousel Ballroom San Francisco, CA 2/14/1968,
3/15-17/1968 & 3/29-31/1968 & King's Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe, CA 2/22-24/1968.
Robert Hunter, lyricist and friend of Jerry, become official member.
Trippin' At Hef's Pad
On January 18, 1969, the Dead taped an episode of Hugh Hefners' TV series Playboy After Dark. Owsley, the Dead's sound & vision man, spiked the coffee urns with LSD so everybody could realize the fullness of The Dead.
The show aired in the spring (March 22 in NY). Watch the event (including Jerry & Hef's interview) and Bill Kreutzmann's story about it (2015, Conan) @ Live For Live Music .
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Aoxomoxoa |
Warner Bros WS-1790 |
6/20/69 BB [UK: 10/69] |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
St Stephen |
Garcia-Hunter-Lesh |
4:24 |
Dupree's Diamond Blues |
Garcia-Hunter-Lesh |
3:40 |
Rosemary |
Garcia-Hunter-Lesh |
2:02 |
Doin' That Rag |
Garcia-Hunter-Lesh |
5:15 |
Mountains Of The Moon |
Garcia-Hunter-Lesh |
4:15 |
Side Two |
China Cat Sunflower |
Garcia-Hunter-Lesh |
4:15 |
What's Become Of The Baby |
Garcia-Hunter-Lesh |
8:30 |
Cosmic Charlie |
Garcia-Hunter-Lesh |
5:45 |
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Jerry Garcia-guitars, vocals
Bob Weir-guitars, vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-keyboards, vocals
Tom Constanten-keyboards
Phil Lesh-bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann-drums, percussion
Mickey Hart-drums, percussion
Robert Hunter-lyrics
Supporting Musicians:
Marma-Duke [John Dawson]
David Nelson
Peter Grant
Debbie
Mouse
Wendy
§Cover Art-Rick Griffin; Back Cover Art-Thomas Weir
Produced by: Grateful Dead
Note: Jerry and Phil remixed removing lots o'stuff
and it was rereleased 9/71. Original mix finally available on the 50th box.
Timings of tracks from original promo album (via Discogs).
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Dupree's Diamond Blues / Cosmic Charlie
Garcia-Hunter (3:30) / Garcia-Hunter (5:40)
Warner Bros 7324, 6/69
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Tom Constanten can't adapt to the country influences creeping into the Dead's material.
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Live/Dead |
Warner Bros 2WS-1830 |
11/10/69 BB RS500 [UK: 2/70] |
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Back Cover
Inside Cover
Lyric Booklet Outside
Lyric Booklet Inside
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Side One |
Dark Star |
Garcia-Hart-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir-Hunter |
23:15 |
Side Two |
St Stephen |
Garcia-Lesh-Hunter |
6:45 |
The Eleven |
Lesh-Hunter |
9:39 |
Side Three |
Turn On Your Lovelight |
Scott-Malone |
15:30 |
Side Four |
Death Don't Have No Mercy |
Davis |
10:30 |
Feedback |
Constanten-Garcia-Hart-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir |
8:52 |
And We Bid You Goodnight |
arr Constanten-Garcia-Hart-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir |
0:36 |
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Jerry Garcia-guitars, vocals
Bob Weir-guitars, vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-congas, organ (Death Don't Have No Mercy), vocals (lead on Turn On Your Lovelight)
Tom Constanten-organ
Phil Lesh-bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann-drums, percussion
Mickey Hart-drums, percussion
Robert Hunter-lyrics
§Cover Painting-R D Thomas
Produced by: The Grateful Dead and Bob & Betty [Matthews & Cantor]
Note: Recorded at: Avalon Ballroom, 1/26/69 (Eleven, Lovelight); Fillmore West, 2/27/69 (Dark Star, St Stephen);
Fillmore West, 3/2/69 (Death, Feedback, Goodnight)
Original issues had 4-page lyric booklet
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1/30/70: Busted flat in Baton Rouge hotel.
Released to play two more shows then vamoosed outta town.
Details: NOLA.com 
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Feb 11, 1970: Grateful Dead playin' the Fillmore East when the opening band, a group out of Atlanta, joins them
on stage for an incredible jamTo have been there
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Hear the concert at Internet Archive . |
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5/24/70: Hollywood Music Festival 1970
Lower Finney Green Farm, Leycett, England |
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Workingman's Dead |
Warner Bros WS-1869 |
6/14/70 BB RS500 [UK: 9/70] UK |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
Uncle John's Band |
Garcia-Hunter |
4:42 |
High Time |
Garcia-Hunter |
5:13 |
Dire Wolf |
Garcia-Hunter |
3:13 |
New Speedway Boogie |
Garcia-Hunter |
4:05 |
Side Two |
Cumberland Blues |
Garcia-Lesh-Hunter |
3:15 |
Black Peter |
Garcia-Hunter |
5:42 |
Easy Wind |
Hunter |
4:59 |
Casey Jones |
Garcia-Hunter |
4:24 |
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Jerry Garcia-guitar, pedal steel, piano, vocals
Bob Weir-guitar, vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-harmonica, vocals (Easy Wind)
Phil Lesh-bass, guitar, piano, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann-drums, percussion
Mickey Hart-drums, percussion
Robert Hunter-lyrics
with:
Dave Nelson-guitar (Cumberland Blues)
§Cover Art-Mouse Studios W/Toon N Tree
Produced by: The Grateful Dead, Betty Cantor, Bob Matthews
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Uncle John's Band³ / New Speedway Boogie³
Garcia-Hunter (3:07) / Garcia-Hunter (3:23)
Warner Bros 7410, 8/70 BB
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Vintage Dead |
Sunflower SUN-5001 |
10/70 BB [UK: 4/72] |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
I Know You Rider |
trad |
4:25 |
It Hurts Me Too |
James |
4:17 |
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue |
Dylan |
4:50 |
Dancing In The Street |
Gaye-Hunter-Stevenson |
7:55 |
Side Two |
In The Midnight Hour |
Cropper-Pickett |
18:23 |
§Cover Art-John Pierce, Mokelvey; Poster-Kelly/Mouse Studios; Ripple Bottle-Gallo
Note: 1966 Avalon Ballroom performances (possibly September 16, 1966)
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American Beauty |
Warner Bros WS-1893 |
11/70 BB RS500 [UK: 12/70] UK |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
Box Of Rain |
Lesh-Hunter |
5:16 |
Friend Of The Devil |
Garcia-Hunter-Dawson |
3:20 |
Sugar Magnolia |
Weir-Hunter |
3:15 |
Operator |
McKernan |
2:21 |
Candyman |
Garcia-Hunter |
6:12 |
Side Two |
Ripple |
Garcia-Hunter |
4:10 |
Brokedown Palace |
Garcia-Hunter |
4:18 |
Till The Morning Comes |
Garcia-Hunter |
3:13 |
Attics Of My Life |
Garcia-Hunter |
5:09 |
Truckin' |
Garcia-Lesh-Weir-Hunter |
5:09 |
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Jerry Garcia-guitar, pedal steel, piano, vocals
Bob Weir-guitar, vocals (Sugar Magnolia)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-harmonica, vocals (Operator)
Phil Lesh-bass, guitar, piano, vocals (Box Of Rain)
Bill Kreutzmann-drums, percussion
Mickey Hart-drums, percussion
Robert Hunter-lyrics
with:
Dave Nelson-guitar (Box Of Rain)
Dave Torbert-bass (Box Of Rain)
David Grisman-mandolin (Friend Of The Devil, Ripple)
Howard Wales-organ (Candyman, Truckin'), piano (Candyman)
Ned Lagin-piano (Candyman)
§Cover Art-Kelly/Mouse Studios
Produced by: The Grateful Dead
Note: This would be the last album of new studio material for almost three years (Wake Of The Flood, 10/73)
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Truckin'² / Ripple³
Garcia-Lesh-Weir-Hunter (3:13) / Garcia-Hunter (2:55)
Warner Bros 7464, 1/71 BB
Truckin' is a different mix: no organ, more guitar |
Percussionist extraordinaire Mickey Hart leaves—he'll be back in '74
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Historic Dead |
Sunflower SNF-5004 |
6/71 BB [UK: 4/72] |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl |
[Williamson] |
11:01 |
Lindy |
[Jones-Shade] |
2:49 |
Side Two |
Stealin' |
[Cannon-Shade] |
3:00 |
The Same Thing |
[Dixon] |
12:01 |
§Cover Design-Robert Hickson
Note: More 1966 Avalon Ballroom performances; no composer credits on album
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New Riders Of The Purple Sage |
Columbia KC-30888 |
8/71 BB [UK: 10/71] |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
I Don't Know You |
Dawson |
2:24 |
Whatcha Gonna Do? |
Dawson |
3:14 |
Portland Woman |
Dawson |
3:33 |
Henry |
Dawson |
2:34 |
Dirty Business |
Dawson |
7:55 |
Side Two |
Glendale Train |
Dawson |
2:58 |
Garden Of Eden |
Dawson |
4:31 |
All I Ever Wanted |
Dawson |
4:30 |
Last Lonely Eagle |
Dawson |
5:10 |
Louisiana Lady |
Dawson |
3:00 |
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John (Marmaduke) Dawson-guitar, vocals
David Nelson-guitar, mandolin, vocals
Dave Torbert-bass, guitar, vocals
Jerry Garcia-pedal steel, banjo
Spencer Dryden-drums, percussion
with:
Mickey Hart-drums, percussion (Dirty Business, Last Lonely Eagle)
Commander Cody-piano (Dirty Business, Last Lonely Eagle)
§Cover Art-Kelley, Michael Ferguson
Produced by: New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Phil Lesh, Steve Barncard
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(Skull & Roses) |
Warner Bros 2WS-1935 |
9/24/71 BB [UK: 10/71] |
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Full Cover
Inside Cover
Sticker Included with first issues
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Side One |
Bertha†(track faded in on original album) |
Garcia-Hunter |
5:27 |
Mama Tried |
Haggard |
2:42 |
Big Railroad Blues |
Lewis |
3:34 |
Playing In The Band† |
Hart-Weir-Hunter |
4:39 |
Side Two |
The Other One |
Kreutzmann-Weir |
18:05 |
Side Three |
Me & My Uncle |
Phillips |
3:06 |
Big Boss Man |
Smith-Dixon |
5:12 |
Me & Bobby McGee |
Kristofferson-Foster |
5:43 |
Johnny B Goode |
Berry |
3:42 |
Side Four |
Wharf Rat† |
Garcia-Hunter |
8:31 |
Not Fade Away / Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad |
Petty-Hardin / arr Garcia-Kreutzmann-Lesh-McKernan-Weir |
9:14 |
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Jerry Garcia-guitar, vocals
Bob Weir-guitar, vocals (Mama Tried, Playing In The Band, The Other One, Me & My Uncle)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-harmonica, vocals (Big Boss Man)
Phil Lesh-bass, guitar, piano, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann-drums
Robert Hunter-lyrics
with:
Merl Saunders-organ† (overdubbed later)
§Cover Art-Kelly/Mouse Studios
Produced by: The Grateful Dead
Note: Recorded live at Winterland (3/24/71), Manhattan Center, NY (4/5-6/71), Fillmore East (4/26-29/71)
Album really doesn't have a title—The Dead wanted to call it Skull Fuck, Warners said: "No fucking way"
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South Side Strut³ / Uncle Martin's
Fierro-Wales (2:45) / Wales (3:09)
Douglas ZS7-6501, 9/71
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Hooteroll? |
Douglas 5 |
9/71 [UK: 11/71] |
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Back Cover
Inside Cover
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Side One |
South Side Strut |
Fierro-Wales |
5:38 |
A Trip To What Next |
Wales |
7:28 |
Up From The Desert |
Wales |
3:03 |
Side Two |
DC-502 |
Wales |
4:24 |
One AM Approach |
Wales |
4:39 |
Uncle Martin's |
Wales |
3:09 |
Da Bird Song |
Garcia-Wales |
2:35 |
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Howard Wales-organ, piano
Jerry Garcia-guitar
Curly Cook-guitar
John Kahn-bass
Bill Vitt-drums
Michael Marinelli-drums
Martin Fierro-saxophone, flute
Ken Balzall-trumpet
§Cover Painting-Saint John (1962) by Mati Klarwein
Produced by: Alan Douglas, Doris Dynamite
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Louisiana Lady / Last Lonely Eagle
Dawson (3:03) / Dawson (5:12)
Columbia 45469, 10/71
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Dick Didn't Pick This
So many, many records to choose from!
Let's pick this one—a tribute to one of the founders and main cogs of The Dead (nee The Warlocks, nee Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions)—Pigpen. Recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore East in February, 1970, this record started out as just another Dead Lp, but became a tribute when Ron McKernan died on March 8, 1973 of congenital biliary cirrhosis (Crohn's disease). The record was produced by their infamous sound (& mind) engineer, Owsley Stanley (Bear).
Like other bands of the day, there was an acoustic set before the electric one. Reissues on CD have featured more of Pigpen's playin' and singin' in his "dirty, bluesy" style that Deadheads loved. |
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History Of The Grateful Dead, Vol. 1 (Bear's Choice) |
Warner Bros BS-2721 |
7/3/73 BB [UK: 9/73] |
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Back Cover
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Side One |
Katie Mae |
Hopkins |
4:46 |
Dark Hollow |
Browning |
3:30 |
I've Been All Around This World |
trad, arr Grateful Dead |
4:40 |
Wake Up Little Susie |
Bryant-Bryant |
2:40 |
Black Peter |
Garcia-Hunter |
7:20 |
Side Two |
Smokestack Lightning |
Burnett |
18:00 |
Hard To Handle |
Isbell-Jones-Redding |
6:14 |
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Side One: acoustic
Jerry Garcia-acoustic guitar, vocals
Bob Weir-acoustic rhythm guitar, vocals (Dark Hollow)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-acoustic guitar, lead vocal (Katie Mae)
Side Two: electric
Jerry Garcia-lead guitar, vocals
Bob Weir-rhythm guitar
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan-organ, percussion, harmonica, lead vocals
Phil Lesh-bass guitar, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann-drums, percussion
Mickey Hart-drums, percussion
Robert Hunter-lyrics
§Cover Art-Bob Thomas
Produced by: Owsley Stanley
Note: Recorded at the Fillmore East:
Katie Mae, Wake Up Little Susie, Black Peter, Smokestack Lightning (February 13, 1970)
Dark Hollow, I've Been All Around This World, Hard to Handle (February 14, 1970)
Rhino reissued this on CD in 2003 with four more cuts featuring Pigpen.
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Dead continued their acid/folk/country/blues trip for many years. Made solo albums. Had a Top 10 single in 1987.
Captain Tripps joined the Great Gig In The Sky in 1995. |
Links!
Official Grateful Dead web site
The Grateful Dead Family Discography—Highly recommended! covers many SF area bands
Grateful Dead Guide—Highly recommended! deep dives
The Compleat Grateful Dead Discography
Jerry Garcia Web site
Bob Weir Web site
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