Grateful
Dead:
Dave's Picks Vol. 29
Swing
Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA, (2/26/77)
CD532
- 3 CD
Rhino R2-573507 - 2019
Grateful
Dead: Dave's
Picks Volume 29
Swing
Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA, 2/26/77
"An
institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise
the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues
with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead
will live on."
- Sun Telegram
We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.
Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams. Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.
Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies.
Listen to Dave Lemieux' studio chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=RR6HbcycNE0
Track List
Disc
1
1. TERRAPIN STATION [12:25] 2. NEW MINGLEWOOD BLUES [5:27] 3. THEY LOVE
EACH OTHER [7:12] 4. ESTIMATED PROPHET [7:46] 5. SUGAREE [11:44] 6. MAMA
TRIED [3:04] 7. DEAL [6:07] 8. PLAYING IN THE BAND> [13:46] 9. THE WHEEL>
[5:29] 10. PLAYING IN THE BAND [5:10]
Disc
2
1. SAMSON AND DELILAH [7:23] 2. TENNESSEE JED [9:12] 3. THE MUSIC NEVER
STOPPED [6:58] 4. HELP ON THE WAY> [5:44] 5. SLIPKNOT!> [7:31] 6. FRANKLIN’S
TOWER [13:37] 7. PROMISED LAND [5:03]
Disc
3
1. EYES OF THE WORLD> [12:09] 2. DANCING IN THE STREET> [9:46] 3. AROUND
AND AROUND [7:50] 4. U.S. BLUES [6:17]
Robertson
Gym, University Of California, Santa Barbara, CA (2/27/77)
5. MORNING
DEW> [13:58] 6. SUGAR MAGNOLIA [9:45] 7. JOHNNY B. GOODE [4:23]