Dick's Picks Volume 20 is the twentieth installment of the popular Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

 archival series. It documents the majority of the concerts on September 25, 1976 at the Capital Centre

Capital Centre

The Capital Centre was an indoor arena located in Landover, Maryland, unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland; a suburb of Washington, D.C. Completed in 1973, the arena sat 18,756 for basketball and 18,130 for hockey....

 in Landover, Maryland

Landover, Maryland

Landover is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover. The Prince Georges County Sports and Learning Complex is in Landover...

 and September 28, 1976 at the Onondaga County War Memorial

War Memorial at Oncenter

The War Memorial at Oncenter, originally the Onondaga War Memorial, is a 6,159-seat multi-purpose arena in Downtown Syracuse, New York. It is part of the Oncenter Complex....

 in Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

.

It is mastered in HDCD

High Definition Compatible Digital

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 from the original recordings by Dan Healy. The recordings are from a period when the band was transitioning out of their long touring hiatus, trying out new songs on the road, and welcoming back second drummer, Mickey Hart. The last "Cosmic Charlie" was also performed on this installment.

Disc one

1. "Bertha" (Robert Hunter
   Robert Hunter (lyricist)
   Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...
   
   , Jerry Garcia
   Jerry Garcia
   Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
   
   ) – 5:27
2. "New Minglewood Blues" (Noah Lewis
   Noah Lewis
   Noah Lewis was an American jug band and country blues musician, generally known for playing the harmonica.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 4:49
3. "Ramble On Rose" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:11
4. "Cassidy" (John Barlow
   John Perry Barlow
   John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
   
   , Bob Weir
   Bob Weir
   Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
   
   ) – 4:43
5. "Brown-Eyed Woman" (Hunter, Garcia) – 4:56
6. "Mama Tried" (Merle Haggard
   Merle Haggard
   Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
   
   ) – 2:49
7. "Peggy-O" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 9:41
8. "Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:18
9. "Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 12:26
10. "Sugaree
    Sugaree
    "Sugaree" is a song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by guitarist Jerry Garcia. It was written for Jerry Garcia's first solo album Garcia, which was released in January 1972...
    
    " (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:01
11. "Lazy Lightning" (Barlow, Weir) – 2:53
12. "Supplication" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:37

Disc two

1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:28
2. "Dancing in the Streets
   Dancing in the Street
   "Dancing in the Street" is a 1964 song first recorded by Martha and the Vandellas. It is one of Motown's signature songs and is the group's premier signature song.-Martha and the Vandellas original:...
   
   " (Marvin Gaye
   Marvin Gaye
   Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
   
   , Ivy Jo Hunter
   Ivy Jo Hunter
   Ivy Jo Hunter, born George Ivy Hunter and sometimes credited as Ivy Hunter, is a former R&B songwriter, record producer and singer, most associated with his work for the Motown label in the 1960s....
   
   , William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 12:43
3. "Cosmic Charlie" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:39
4. "Scarlet Begonias
   Scarlet Begonias
   "Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead in 4/4 time. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The song first appears on the 1974 release Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel....
   
   " (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:07
5. "St. Stephen
   St. Stephen (song)
   "St. Stephen" is a song by the Grateful Dead, written by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter and originally released on the 1969 studio album Aoxomoxoa. The same year, a live version of the song was released on Live/Dead, their first concert album...
   
   " (Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh
   Phil Lesh
   Phillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
   
   ) – 4:12
6. "Not Fade Away
   Not Fade Away (song)
   "Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and first recorded by Holly's band The Crickets in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 27, 1957...
   
   " (Buddy Holly
   Buddy Holly
   Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
   
   , Norman Petty
   Norman Petty
   Norman Petty was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock....
   
   ) – 9:57
7. "Drums" (Grateful Dead) – 3:34
8. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 2:05
9. "St. Stephen" (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) – 2:03
10. "Sugar Magnolia
    Sugar Magnolia
    "Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'," "Casey Jones," "Uncle John's Band," and "Touch of Grey."...
    
    " (Hunter, Weir) – 9:40

Disc three

1. "Cold Rain And Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:36
2. "Big River
   Big River (Johnny Cash song)
   "Big River" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Released as a single by Sun Records in 1958, it went as high as #4 on the Billboard country music charts and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks...
   
   " (Johnny Cash
   Johnny Cash
   John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
   
   ) – 5:55
3. "Cassidy" (Barlow, Weir) – 4:33
4. "Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:37
5. "New Minglewood Blues" (Lewis) – 6:06
6. "Candyman" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:25
7. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack
   Bobby Womack
   Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40...
   
   ) – 6:40
8. "Friend of the Devil
   Friend of the Devil
   "Friend of the Devil" is a song recorded by the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia and John Dawson and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. It is the second track of the Dead's 1970 album American Beauty....
   
   " (John Dawson
   John Dawson (musician)
   John Collins Dawson IV, nicknamed "Marmaduke" , was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.-Musical career:...
   
   , Hunter, Garcia) – 8:44
9. "Let It Grow" (Barlow, Weir) – 11:41
10. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 9:14

Disc four

1. "Playing in the Band
   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 it. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the self-titled 1971 live album Grateful Dead...
   
   " (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 6:36
2. "The Wheel" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:07
3. "Samson and Delilah
   Samson and Delilah (song)
   "Samson and Delilah" is a traditional song based on the Biblical tale of Samson and his betrayal by Delilah. Its best known performer is perhaps the Grateful Dead, who first performed the song live in 1976, with guitarist Bob Weir singing lead vocals. It was frequently played live by the Dead. The...
   
   " (trad., arr. Weir) – 8:01
4. "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 5:40
5. "Comes A Time" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:50
6. "Drums" (Hart, Kreutzman) – 4:58
7. "Eyes of the World" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:39
8. "Orange Tango Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:46
9. "Dancing in the Streets" (Gaye, I.J. Hunter, Stevenson) – 9:15
10. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 5:06
11. "Johnny B. Goode
    Johnny B. Goode
    "Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock and roll song written and originally performed by American musician Chuck Berry. The song was a major hit among both black and white audiences peaking at #2 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song is one of Chuck Berry's...
    
    " (Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry
    Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
    
    ) – 4:33

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – lead Guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , vocals
• Phil Lesh – electric bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  , vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux
  Keith Godchaux
  Keith Richard Godchaux was a musician best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead.-Biography:Keith Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Concord, California...
  
   – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Mickey Hart – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums

Production

• Live Recording by Dan Healy
• Tape Archivists: Dick Latvala
  Dick Latvala
  Dick Latvala was an American tape archivist for the Grateful Dead. He started the CD series Dick's Picks, an ongoing series that selects live music from Grateful Dead concerts. The first volume of Dick's Picks was released in 1993. The series was continued after Latvala's death, with later...
  
  , David Lemieux
• CD Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Archival Research: Eileen Law/Grateful Dead Archives
• Photography: Ed Perlstein, Copyright 2001 ; Music Images
• Cover Art and Design: Tina Carpenter
• Cover Photos: David DeNoma
• Special Thanks: Bob Minkin