''Dave's Picks Volume 17'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on July 19, 1974 at Selland Arena in Fresno, California. It was produced in a limited edition of 16,500 numbered copies, and released on February 1, 2016. Each year a different person creates the album cover art for the ''Dave's Picks'' albums. For 2016 the designated artist was Justin HeltonEverett, Matthew (January 21, 2016
"Local Designer Justin Helton Named 2016 Artist in Residence for the Grateful Dead's ''Dave's Picks'' Series"
''Knoxville Mercury''. Retrieved January 22, 2016. Depicted on the cover of ''Volume 17'' are two skeletons and the band's Wall of Sound (Grateful Dead), Wall of Sound concert sound system.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing on AllMusic, said, "... the repertoire... doesn't distinguish this show as much as its muscular, elastic snap, where the band is equally eager to delve into funky murk and launch into outer space.... the real pleasure of the Fresno 1974 show is how it showcases everything the Dead could do at that moment—the burnished folk, the old-time rock & roll, the country and funk—and shows that the band was still finding ways to turn the whole thing inside out and back again."

Track listing

;Disc 1 :''First set:'' #"Bertha" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter (lyricist), Robert Hunter) – 6:33 #"Mexicali Blues (song), Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow, John Barlow) – 4:06 #"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:55 #"Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:45 #"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:20 #"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) – 6:28 #"Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:52 #"El Paso (song), El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:39 #"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:54 ;Disc 2 #"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 29:14 :''Interlude:'' #

"Seastones" (Phil Lesh, Ned Lagin) – 15:13 :''Second set:'' #

"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:11 #"Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips (musician), John Phillips) – 3:11 #"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:54 #"Jack Straw (song), Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:28 ;Disc 3 #"He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:55 #"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:55 #"Weather Report Suite" > – 18:47 #*"Prelude" (Weir) #*"Part 1" (Weir, Eric Andersen) #*"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) #"Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 9:35 #"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 16:32 #"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:33 #"One More Saturday Night (song), One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:21

Personnel

Grateful Dead *Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals *Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals *Keith Godchaux – keyboards *Bill Kreutzmann – drums *Phil Lesh – electric bass, vocals *Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals Additional musicians *Ned Lagin – synthesizer and electronic keyboards on "Seastones" Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux (archivist), David Lemieux *Associate Producers: Doran Tyson & Ivette Ramos *CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Recording: Kidd Candelario *Art direction, design: Steve Vance *Cover art: Justin Helton *Photos: Kirk West *Liner notes: Nicholas G. Meriwether

References

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