Volume 9 is the ninth in a series of live digital downloads of the band the 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...

 released by The Grateful Dead Productions. It was released on January 3, 2006 and is a four disc release of a complete shows the band performed on April 2 & 3, 1989 at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena

Mellon Arena

Civic Arena is an indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that is currently undergoing demolition. It was the first retractable roof major sports venue in the world, covering 170,000 sq. feet and constructed with just shy of 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel...

 (the Igloo). The recording is notable in that at the conclusion of the two day concert a riot ensued in which the Pittsburgh Police

Pittsburgh Police

The Pittsburgh Police, or officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania...

 arrested more than 500 "Dead Heads".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYijSXAyPJ4&feature=related

Volume 9 was mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman.

Disc one

4/2/1989

1. Iko Iko (Crawford, B. Hawkins, R. Hawkins, Johnson) - 5:57
2. Little Red Rooster (Dixon
   Willie Dixon
   William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
   
   ) - 9:26
3. Dire Wolf (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...
   
   , 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...
   
   ) - 3:55
4. It's All Over Now (B. Womack, S. Womack) - 8:40
5. We Can Run (Mydland
   Brent Mydland
   Brent Mydland was the fourth keyboardist to play for the American rock band the Grateful Dead. He was with the band for eleven years, longer than any other keyboardist.- Early life :...
   
   , Barlow) - 5:11
6. Brown-Eyed Woman (Garcia, Hunter) - 5:17
7. Queen Jane Approximately (Dylan) - 6:48
8. Tennessee Jed (Garcia, Hunter) - 7:39
9. The Music Never Stopped (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...
   
   , 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...
   
   ) - 8:04
10. Encore: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
    
    ) - 7:45

Disc two

4/2/89 cont.

1. Shakedown Street (Garcia, Hunter) - 12:05 >
2. Man Smart, Woman Smarter (Span) - 8:18 >
3. Foolish Heart (Garcia, Hunter) - 7:51 >
4. Rhythm Devils (Hart
   Mickey Hart
   Mickey 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...
   
   , Kreutzmann
   Bill Kreutzmann
   Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
   
   ) - 10:53 >
5. Space (Garcia, 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....
   
   , Hunter) - 8:58 >
6. The Wheel (Garcia, Hunter) - 4:27 >
7. Dear Mr. Fantasy (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood) - 5:08 >
8. Hey Jude (Lennon
   John Lennon
   John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
   
   , McCartney
   Paul McCartney
   Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
   
   ) - 2:39 >
9. Around and Around (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...
   
   ) - 3:50 >
10. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >(Trad. Arr. By Grateful Dead) - 5:44
11. Turn On Your Lovelight (Scott, Malone) - 5:44

Disc three

4/3/1989

1. Greatest Story Ever Told (Weir, Barlow) - 4:13 >
2. Bertha (Garcia, Hunter) - 7:18 >
3. Walking Blues (Johnson) - 6:48
4. Jack-A-Roe (Trad. Arr. By Grateful Dead) - 5:43
5. El Paso (Robbins) - 5:31
6. Built To Last (Garcia, Hunter) - 5:26
7. Victim Or The Crime (Weir, Graham) - 7:38
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Dylan) - 5:06
9. Don't Ease Me In (Trad. Arr. By Grateful Dead) - 3:26
10. Blow Away (Mydland, Barlow) - 8:12
11. Johnny B. Goode (Berry) - 4:30 >
12. Black Muddy River (Garcia, Hunter) - 6:44

Disc four

1. Estimated Prophet (Weir, Barlow) - 10:46 >
2. Crazy Fingers (Garcia, Hunter) - 8:14 >
3. Uncle John's Band (Garcia, Hunter) - 11:46 >
4. Rhythm Devils (Hart, Kreutzmann) - 7:24 >
5. Space (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) - 9:37 >
6. Gimme Some Lovin' (S. Winwood, M. Winwood, Davis) - 5:11 >
7. I Need A Miracle (Weir, Barlow) - 4:15 >
8. Stella Blue (Garcia, Hunter) - 8:02 >
9. Sugar Magnolia (Weir, Hunter) - 8:54

Personnel

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...

:

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...

: lead guitar, vocals

Brent Mydland

Brent Mydland

Brent Mydland was the fourth keyboardist to play for the American rock band the Grateful Dead. He was with the band for eleven years, longer than any other keyboardist.- Early life :...

: keyboards, vocals

Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart

Mickey 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...

: drums

Bill Kreutzmann

Bill Kreutzmann

Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...

: drums

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....

: electric bass, vocals

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...

: rhythm guitar, vocals


Recording by Dan Healy

Mastering by Jeffrey Norman

External links

Recordings from the audience

Audience

An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature , theatre, music or academics in any medium...

are available for these concerts at

• The Internet Archive