''Go to Nassau'' is a two-CD live album by the rock group the

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. It was recorded on May 15 and 16, 1980, at

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. The album, released in 2002, presents half of the songs played on the final two nights of a three-day run at the venue. It is sequenced to represent a prototypical single Dead concert, similarly to '' Without a Net''. The shows were recorded for the

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and selections were originally broadcast on FM radio stations, on June 22, 1980. The album's title is a syllepsis, referring figuratively to the band's then-current album, '' Go to Heaven'' (from which six songs are represented), and literally to the band going to Nassau County to perform.

Track listing

Disc One

Jack Straw John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary ...

" > ( Robert Hunter,

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 ...

) – 6:34 #"Franklin's Tower" (Hunter,

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 ...

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 ...

) – 11:58 #"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arr. Weir) – 7:35 #"High Time" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:52 #"Lazy Lightnin' " > (

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, Weir) – 3:44 #"Supplication" (Barlow, Weir) – 6:41 #" Peggy-O" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:32 #"Far From Me" ( Brent Mydland) – 4:02 #"Looks Like Rain" (Barlow, Weir) – 8:12 #" China Cat Sunflower" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:16 #"

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" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:30

Disc Two

#"Feel Like A Stranger" > (Barlow, Weir) – 9:29 #"Althea" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:22 #"Lost Sailor" > (Barlow, Weir) – 5:49 #"Saint Of Circumstance" (Barlow, Weir) – 6:45 #"Alabama Getaway" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:50 #"

Playing In The Band "Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed the music, with some assistance from percussionist Mickey Hart. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the self- ...

" > (Hunter,

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

, Weir) – 8:03 #"

Uncle John's Band "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album '' Workingman's Dead''. Written by guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter, "Unc ...

" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:25 #"Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 5:26 #"Space" > (Grateful Dead) – 2:46 #" Not Fade Away" > (

Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...

Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, radio station owner, and considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. Biography Petty was born in the small town of Clo ...

) – 4:52 #"Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" > (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:49 #" Good Lovin' " (Artie Resnick,

Rudy Clark Rudy or Rudi is a masculine given name, sometimes short for Rudolf, Rudolph, Rawad, Rudra, Ruairidh, or variations thereof, a nickname and a surname which may refer to: People Given name or nickname *Rudolf Rudy Andeweg (born 1952), Dutch poli ...

) – 7:23 Note

Recording dates

*May 15, 1980: Disc 1 tracks 1–2 & 5–8, disc 2 tracks 5–12 *May 16, 1980: Disc 1 tracks 3–4 & 9–11, disc 2 tracks 1–4

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

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, vocals *

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 ...

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electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

* Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals *

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

– drums

Production

*Jeffrey Norman – mixing *David Lemieux – compilation producer *Cassidy Law – album coordination *Eileen Law – archival research *Rudson Shurtliff – assistant engineer *Amy Finkle – package design *Robert Minkin – photography *Jim Anderson – photography

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Go To Nassau Grateful Dead live albums 2002 live albums Arista Records live albums