Road Trips Volume 4 Number 5
Encyclopedia
Road Trips Volume 4 Number 5 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead
. Subtitled Boston Music Hall 6–9–76, it includes the complete concert recorded on June 9, 1976, at the Boston Music Hall
in Boston, Massachusetts
. It also includes six songs recorded on June 12, 1976 at the same venue. The seventeenth of the Road Trips series of archival albums, it was released as a three-disc CD
on November 1, 2011.
This album was the last in the Road Trips series. A new archival release program, entitled Dave's Picks, will begin in 2012.
Wednesday, June 9
Saturday, June 12
* Included in Road Trips Volume 4 Number 5
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...
. Subtitled Boston Music Hall 6–9–76, it includes the complete concert recorded on June 9, 1976, at the Boston Music Hall
Boston Music Hall
The Boston Music Hall was a concert hall located on Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional entrance on Hamilton Place.One of oldest continuously operating theaters in the United States, it was built in 1852 and was the original home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The hall...
in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. It also includes six songs recorded on June 12, 1976 at the same venue. The seventeenth of the Road Trips series of archival albums, it was released as a three-disc CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
on November 1, 2011.
This album was the last in the Road Trips series. A new archival release program, entitled Dave's Picks, will begin in 2012.
Disc one
- June 9 – First set:
- "Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:23
- "CassidyCassidy (song)"Cassidy" is a song written by John Barlow and Bob Weir and performed by the Grateful Dead, Ratdog and Phil Lesh & Friends. The song appeared on Bob Weir's Ace, The Grateful Dead's Reckoning and Without a Net albums....
" (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...
, John Perry 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...
) – 5:02 - "Scarlet BegoniasScarlet 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....
" (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...
, 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...
) – 9:09 - "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:00
- "Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:07
- "Big RiverBig 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 CashJohnny CashJohn 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...
) – 6:09 - "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:52
- "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:28
- "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:58
- "Promised LandPromised Land (song)"Promised Land" is a song lyric written by Chuck Berry to the melody of "Wabash Cannonball", an American folk song. The song was first recorded in this version by Chuck Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in 1965, it was Berry's first single issued following his prison term...
" (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...
) – 3:31
Disc two
- June 9 – Second set:
- "St. StephenSt. 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...
" (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....
, Hunter) > – 11:17 - "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 17:33
- "Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 11:08
- "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:12
- "Lazy Lightning" (Weir, Barlow) > – 2:52
- "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:43
- "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:20
- "Samson and DelilahSamson 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...
" (traditional, arranged by Bob Weir) – 6:18 - "It Must Have Been The Roses" (Hunter) – 7:00
- "St. Stephen
Disc three
- June 9 – Second set:
- "Dancing In The StreetsDancing 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:...
" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin GayeMarvin GayeMarvin 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 HunterIvy Jo HunterIvy 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....
) > – 12:29 - "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 10:52
- "Around and AroundAround and Around"Around and Around" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. It originally appeared under the name "Around & Around" as the B-side to the single "Johnny B. Goode".- The Rolling Stones :...
" (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...
)" – 6:53
- "Dancing In The Streets
- June 9 – Encore:
- "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Bill KreutzmannBill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
, Hunter) – 9:43
- "Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
- June 12 – First set:
- "Mission in the Rain" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:48
- June 12 – Second set:
- "The Wheel" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:59
- "Comes A Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24
- June 12 – Encore:
- "Sugar MagnoliaSugar 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."...
" (Weir, Hunter) > – 5:36 - "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) > – 5:16
- "Sunshine Daydream" (Weir, Hunter) – 3:03
- "Sugar Magnolia
Grateful Dead
- 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...
– 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...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Donna Jean Godchaux – 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... - 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...
– 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 .... - Bill KreutzmannBill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
– drums - 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....
– electric bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - 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...
– 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
Production
- Produced for release by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson
Set lists
Following are the full set lists from the June 9 and 12, 1976 concerts at Boston Music Hall.Wednesday, June 9
- First set: "Cold Rain and Snow"*, "Cassidy"*, "Scarlet Begonias"*, "The Music Never Stopped"*, "Crazy Fingers"*, "Big River"*, "They Love Each Other"*, "Looks Like Rain"*, "Ship of Fools"*, "The Promised Land"*
- Second set: "Saint Stephen"* > "Eyes of the World"* > "Let It Grow"*, "Brown-Eyed Women"*, "Lazy Lightning"* > "Supplication"*, "High Time"*, "Samson and Delilah"*, "It Must Have Been The Roses"*, "Dancing in the Streets"* > "Wharf Rat"* > "Around and Around"*
- Encore: "Franklin's Tower"
Saturday, June 12
- First set: "Samson and Delilah", "Row Jimmy", "The Music Never Stopped", "Brown-Eyed Women", "Big River", "Mission in the Rain"*, "Looks Like Rain", "Friend of the Devil", "Lazy Lightning" > "Supplication", "High Time", "The Promised Land"
- Second set: "The Wheel"*, "Cassidy", "Tennessee Jed", "Let It Grow" > "Wharf Rat" > "Comes A Time"*, "Dancing in the Streets" > "Around and Around"
- Encore: "Sugar Magnolia"* > "U.S. Blues"* > "Sunshine Daydream"*