''Dick's Picks Volume 16'' is the 16th
live album
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in the
Dick's Picks series of releases by the
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, ...
. It was recorded on November 8, 1969 (with one song from the previous night's show) at the
Fillmore Auditorium in
San Francisco, California
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. It contains the first live performance of "Cumberland Blues". There is a monologue by someone not in the band during the song "Caution" shortly before the segue to "The Main Ten," who has never been definitively identified.
Enclosure
Included with the release is a single sheet of paper folded in half, yielding a four-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD, and the back features a rectangular color photograph of the band on horseback out in the countryside, riding away from the photographer. Under this photo is a white stripe across the page above a circular grey outline of a circular
stealie skull with the number 16 inside.
The two pages inside the enclosure contain a single wide black-and-white photograph of the band on horseback and facing the photographer. Above the band members and against a background of trees are lists of the contents of and credits for the release.
[Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 13, 1969, 2000.]
Track listing
Disc one
:''First set:''
# "
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
"Good Morning, School Girl" is a blues standard that has been identified as an influential part of the blues canon. Pre-war Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica pioneer John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson first recorded it in 1937. Subsequently, a ...
" (
Sonny Boy Williamson) – 13:33
# "Casey Jones" (
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...
,
Robert Hunter) – 4:51
# "
Dire Wolf
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" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24
# "Easy Wind" (Hunter) – 9:02
# "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:45 →
# "
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) – 5:40 →
# "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48
# "Mama Tried" (
Merle Haggard
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Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled a ...
) – 3:10
# "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 9:17
# "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Hunter,
Phil Lesh
Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.
After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...
) – 4:19
Disc two
:''Second set:''
# "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 14:09 →
# "The Other One" (
Bill Kreutzmann
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,
Bob Weir
Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...
) – 12:02 →
# "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 1:00 →
# "
Uncle John's Band
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Jam" (Garcia, Hunter) – 2:33 →
# "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 3:05 →
# "St. Stephen" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 7:44 →
# "
The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) – 14:01 →
Disc three
:''Second set, continued:''
# "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 17:28 →
# "The Main Ten" (
Hart) – 3:10 →
# "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 9:02 →
# "Feedback" (Grateful Dead) – 7:57 →
# "We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional) – 3:28
:''November 7, 1969:''
#
"Turn on Your Love Light" (Malone, Scott) – 25:29
Personnel
Grateful Dead:
* Tom Constanten – keyboards
* Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
* Mickey Hart – drums
* Bill Kreutzmann – drums
* Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
* Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – harmonica, percussion, vocals
* Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
Production:
* Dick Latvala, David Lemieux – tape archivists
* Gecko Graphics – design
* Owsley Stanley – recording
* Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
* John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer
* Rosie McGee – photography
* Jim Wise – additional editing
See also
* Dick's Picks series
* Grateful Dead discography
References
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16
Albums recorded at the Fillmore
2000 live albums