Truckin' Up to Buffalo explained

Truckin' Up to Buffalo
Type:	Live Album
Artist:	Grateful Dead
Cover:	GD Tuckin Up to Buffalo.jpg
Released:	July 2005
Recorded:	July 4, 1989
Genre:	Folk rock, jam, country rock
Length:	157:05
Label:	Grateful Dead Records
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Truckin' Up to Buffalo is a double CD soundtrack to the DVD video of the same name by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park on July 4, 1989. There are no differences in the track listings of the CD and DVD versions. Two tracks had already been released: "All Along the Watchtower" was included in the compilation of Dylan songs, Postcards of the Hanging, and "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" was released on Weir Here – The Best of Bob Weir. The album title is taken from a line in the band's song "Truckin', though it was not included in the setlist that night.

Track listing

Disc one

First Set:

1. "Bertha" > (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) - 7:57
2. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir) - 4:36
3. "Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) - 6:45
4. "Walkin' Blues" (Robert Johnson) - 6:57
5. "Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) - 10:50
6. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Bob Dylan) - 6:09
7. "Stagger Lee" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:01
8. "Looks Like Rain" > (John Barlow, Weir) - 7:11
9. "Deal" (Hunter, Garcia) - 7:53

Second Set:

10. "Touch of Grey" > (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:30
11. "Man Smart, Woman Smarter" (Norman Span) - 8:47

Note

Disc two

1. "Ship of Fools" > (Hunter, Garcia) - 8:13
2. "Playing in the Band (reprise)" > (Hunter, Hart, Weir) - 3:30
3. "Terrapin Station" > (Hunter, Garcia) - 12:18
4. "Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) - 9:00
5. "Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) - 7:28
6. "I Will Take You Home" > (Brent Mydland) - 3:53
7. "All Along the Watchtower" > (Dylan) - 5:52
8. "Morning Dew" > (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) - 11:10
9. "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) - 10:08

Encore:

10. "U.S. Blues" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:03

Note

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals
• Brent Mydland – keyboards, Hammond B3, vocals
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion

Production

• Jimmy Edwards – executive producers
• James Austin – executive producers
• Len Dell'Amico - co-producer, director
• John Cutler – recording
• Jeffrey Norman – mixing
• David Lemieux – tape archivist
• Eileen Law – archival research
• Richard Biffle – cover art
• Brian Connors – art coordination
• Robert Minkin – photos, package design & production
• Susana Millman – photos
• Blair Jackson – liner notes
• Sheryl Farber – editorial supervision
• Scott Webber – project coordination

Charts

Album - Billboard

References

• Gatta, John Patrick. "Truckin' Up To Buffalo (Part One of An Interview with Grateful Dead Archivist David Lemieux)", Jambands.com, July 9, 2005

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=grateful dead|chart=all}} ''Billboard'' album chart history-Grateful Dead]. March 1, 2009.