![]() None wanted the show to be over.Įvanescence and durability, side by side - that summed up the Grateful Dead’s ever-paradoxical mission. It professes, “I have spent my life/ Seeking all that’s still unsung” and concludes, “When there was no dream of mine/ You dreamed of me.”Īpplause quickly gave way to fans clapping and singing the Buddy Holly refrain the band had shared with them a few minutes earlier: “You know our love will not fade away!” Some had been loyal fans since the 1960s some were under 20, too young to have attended a Grateful Dead concert. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.CHICAGO - The last song the Grateful Dead performed here on Sunday night at Soldier Field - the band’s farewell, 50 years after it was founded - was “Attics of My Life.” It’s a close-harmony song of thankfulness to a soul, a muse, perhaps an audience. Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA.30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995.Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70.The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on October 4, 2003.Gary Peterson – discographical annotation.Dave Torbert – bass guitar on "Box of Rain".Tom Scott – lyricon and saxophones on "Estimated Prophet". ![]() Steven Schuster – saxophone on "The Music Never Stopped".Merl Saunders – organ on "One More Saturday Night" (later studio overdubs).The Martyn Ford Orchestra – on "Estimated Prophet".David Nelson – electric guitar on "Box of Rain".Matthew Kelly – harmonica on "Fire on the Mountain".John Kahn – horn arrangements on "Fire on the Mountain".David Grisman – mandolin on "Friend of the Devil" and "Ripple".The English Choral – on "Estimated Prophet".Jordan Amarantha – percussion on "Fire on the Mountain".Ron McKernan – organ on "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" and "One More Saturday Night".Jerry Garcia – guitar, pedal steel, vocals."Hell in a Bucket" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:38."The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:35.Originally released on the 1978 album Shakedown Street." Fire on the Mountain" ( Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 3:48.Originally released on the 1972 live album Europe '72." One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:50.Originally released on the 1967 album The Grateful Dead."The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (Garcia) – 2:12.Originally released on the 1974 album From the Mars Hotel.Originally released on the 1973 album Wake of the Flood."Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20.Originally released on the 1977 album Terrapin Station."Estimated Prophet" ( John Perry Barlow, Weir) – 5:38.Originally released on the 1975 album Blues for Allah."Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann) – 4:33." Friend of the Devil" (Dawson, Garcia, Hunter) – 3:24. ![]() Originally released on Workingman's Dead." Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:46.Originally released on the 1970 album Workingman's Dead." Sugar Magnolia" (Hunter, Weir) – 3:19.Originally released on the 1987 album In the Dark." Touch of Grey" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50.Originally released on the 1970 album American Beauty." Truckin'" ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir) – 5:08.The collection would have been better if sequenced a little more chronologically, but nevertheless it provides a first-class introduction to a band whose catalog can often seem a little unwieldy." Track listing As always with the Dead, it's hard to condense the band's free-ranging, freewheeling output onto one disc but the 17 tracks here do present nearly all sides of the Dead while hitting their biggest songs. On AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said, " The Very Best of Grateful Dead marks the first attempt to do a thorough single-disc overview of the group's career, encompassing not just their classic Warner albums but also the records they cut for their own Grateful Dead/UA and Arista. ![]() It was released on September 16, 2003.Ī songbook under the same name was released alongside this album which provides lyrics and musical tablature.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores Records, Grateful Dead Records/ United Artists Records and Arista Records. It is the first release to document every label the band recorded on: Warner Bros. The Very Best of Grateful Dead is a single- CD compilation album chronicling all the years of the San Francisco psychedelic band the Grateful Dead. ![]()
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