''Dave's Picks Volume 19'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on January 23, 1970, at the Honolulu Civic Auditorium in

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. It also includes bonus tracks recorded the following night at the same venue, keyboardist Tom Constanten's last show with the band. It was produced as a limited edition of 16,500 copies, and was released on August 1, 2016.

Critical reception

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'', Doug Colette wrote, "As avid Lemieuximplies ever so strongly in his account of the iconic band's metamorphosis, the Grateful Dead were never more versatile than at this point of their career, equally conversant in the respective approaches of the psychedelic warriors, genteel nouveau folkies and uproarious dance band."

Track listing

;Disc 1 :''January 23, 1970:'' #"

China Cat Sunflower "China Cat Sunflower" is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album ''Aoxomoxoa''. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by J ...

" > ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 4:35 #"

I Know You Rider "I Know You Rider" (also "Woman Blues" and "I Know My Rider") is a traditional blues song that has been adapted by numerous artists. Modern versions can be traced back to Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Deceitful Brownskin Blues", which was released as ...

" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:11 #"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:36 #"The Yellow Dog Story" ( Bob Weir) – 3:14 #" Hard to Handle" (

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) – 5:41 #" Mama Tried" (

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) – 3:10 #"

Casey Jones John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois C ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 1:22 #"

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" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:27 #"

Good Lovin' "Good Lovin is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a #1 hit single for the Young Rascals in 1966. Original version The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and written ...

" (

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Arthur Resnick Arthur Resnick (born 1937) is an American songwriter, record producer and musician. His most successful songs as a writer include " Under the Boardwalk" (co-written with Kenny Young), "Good Lovin'" (co-written with Rudy Clark), and " Yummy Yumm ...

) – 10:00 #"That's It for the Other One" – 21:57 #*"Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) #*"Drums" ( Mickey Hart,

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

) #*"The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) #*"Cryptical Envelopment" (Garcia) ;Disc 2 #" Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh,

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, Weir, Hunter) – 18:45 #" St. Stephen" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:02 #" Turn On Your Lovelight" (Joseph Scott,

Deadric Malone Don Deadric Robey (November 1, 1903 – June 16, 1975) was an American record label executive, songwriter, and record producer. As the founder of Peacock Records and the eventual owner of Duke Records, he was responsible for developing the care ...

) – 38:09 ;Disc 3 :''January 24, 1970:'' #"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:37 #"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:36 #" Me and My Uncle" ( John Phillips) – 3:32 #"

I'm a King Bee "I'm a King Bee" is a swamp blues song written and first recorded by Slim Harpo in 1957. It has been performed and recorded by numerous blues and other artists and in 2008, Slim Harpo's original received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. Original song ...

" ( James Moore) – 6:25 #"Mason's Children" (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter) – 6:47 #"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:41 #"Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 6:23 #"Feedback" > (Grateful Dead) – 1:23 #"And We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:25 #"

Dancing in the Street "Dancing in the Street" is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter. It first became popular in 1964 when recorded by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas whose version reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ...

" (

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, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 9:18 Notes

Personnel

;Grateful Dead *

Tom Constanten Tom Constanten (born March 19, 1944) is an American keyboardist, best known for playing with Grateful Dead from 1968 to 1970, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Biography Early career Born in Long Branch, N ...

– keyboards * Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals * Mickey Hart – drums *

– drums * Phil Lesh – bass, vocals *

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. McKernan grew up he ...

– harmonica, percussion, vocals * Bob Weir – guitar, vocals ;Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux *Associate Producers: Doran Tyson & Ivette Ramos *Recording:

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*Mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Art direction, design: Steve Vance *Cover art: Justin Helton *Photos: Stephen Siegel *Liner notes essay "Dead and Gone to Hawaii": David Lemieux

Charts

References

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