Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 3
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Volume 3 is the third in a series of live digital downloads of the band the Grateful Dead
released by The Grateful Dead Productions. It was released on July 5, 2005. The two disc, complete show was recorded on October 26, 1971 and was the fifth show with new band member Keith Godchaux
on keyboards. He was enacted as a member because of the failing health of Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, which was due to alcohol
abuse.
Volume 3 was mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman.
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...
released by The Grateful Dead Productions. It was released on July 5, 2005. The two disc, complete show was recorded on October 26, 1971 and was the fifth show with new band member 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...
on keyboards. He was enacted as a member because of the failing health of Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, which was due to alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
abuse.
Volume 3 was mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman.
Disc one
- "Bertha" (Robert HunterRobert 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 GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
) - 7:38 - "Playing In The Band" (Hunter, Mickey HartMickey HartMickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
, Bob WeirBob WeirBob 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...
) - 6:41 - "Sugaree" (Hunter, Garcia) - 8:09
- "Me and My Uncle" (John PhillipsJohn Phillips (musician)John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...
) - 3:59 - "Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:55
- "Jackstraw" (Hunter, Weir) - 5:29
- "Big Railroad Blues" (Noah LewisNoah LewisNoah Lewis was an American jug band and country blues musician, generally known for playing the harmonica.-Life and career:...
) - 4:04 - "Me And Bobby McGee" (Fred FosterFred FosterFred Foster is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.-Biography:...
, Kris KristoffersonKris KristoffersonKristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
) - 6:16 - "Cumberland Blues" (Hunter, Garcia, Phil LeshPhil LeshPhillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
) - 6:12 - "Cold Rain And Snow" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) - 5:59
- "Mexicali Blues" (John BarlowJohn Perry BarlowJohn 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...
, Weir) - 3:30 - "Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:45
Disc two
- "El Paso" (Marty RobbinsMarty RobbinsMartin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
) - 4:43 - "Comes A Time" (Hunter, Garcia) - 8:08
- "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) - 4:52
- "Ramble On Rose" (Hunter, Garcia) - 6:54
- "Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream" (Hunter, Weir) - 6:34
- "Truckin'" > (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) - 10:34
- "Drums" > (Bill KreutzmannBill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
) - 6:54 - "The Other One" > (Kreutzman, Weir) - 16:06
- "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck BerryChuck BerryCharles 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...
) - 4:20
Grateful Dead
- Jerry Garcia - lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, vocals - Keith GodchauxKeith GodchauxKeith 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...
- keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Bill Kreutzmann - drumsDrum kitA 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 ....
- Phil Lesh - electric bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Bob Weir - rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm 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