Dave's Picks Volume 29 Explained

Dave's Picks Volume 29
Type:live
Artist:Grateful Dead
Cover:File:Daves-Picks-Volume-29.jpg
Alt:Two skeletons – a woman and a man – in front of Swing Auditorium. In the background is the Arrowhead landmark.
Released:February 1, 2019
Recorded:February 26, 1977
Venue:Swing AuditoriumSan Bernardino, California
Genre:Rock
Length:197:51
Label:Rhino
Producer:Grateful Dead
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Dave's Picks Volume 29 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on February 26, 1977 at Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, California, and three bonus tracks from February 27, 1977. It was produced as a limited edition of 20,000 copies, and released on February 1, 2019.

This concert featured the band's first live performances of the songs "Terrapin Station" and "Estimated Prophet".

The album cover depicts a skeleton couple who are walking towards Swing Auditorium. In the background is the San Bernardino landmark known as the Arrowhead.

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger wrote, "Having returned from a hiatus the year before with a renewed vigor, 1977 would prove to be a banner year for the Dead in terms of the energy and quality of their performances, and this oft-bootlegged classic kicked it all off."

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

  1. "Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:25
  2. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:27
  3. "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12
  4. "Estimated Prophet" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:46*
  5. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44
  6. "Mama Tried" > (Merle Haggard) – 3:04
  7. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:07
  8. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 13:46
  9. "The Wheel" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 5:29
  10. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:10

Disc 2

Second set:

  1. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:23
  2. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:12
  3. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:58
  4. "Help on the Way" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:44
  5. "Slipknot!" > (Garcia, Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 7:31
  6. "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 13:37
  7. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 5:03

Disc 3

  1. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:09
  2. "Dancing in the Street" > (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 9:46
  3. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 7:50
  4. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:17

February 27, 1977 – Robertson Gym, University Of California, Santa Barbara, California:

  2. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 13:58
  3. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:45
  4. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) – 4:23

Personnel

Grateful Dead

Production

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