''Dave's Picks Volume 33'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the

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. It contains the complete show recorded on October 29, 1977 at Evans Field House at Northern Illinois University in

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. It was released on January 31, 2020, in a limited edition of 22,000 copies. ''Dave's Picks Volume 33'' was the 100th Grateful Dead album to be listed in the ''Billboard'' 200 weekly chart of the most popular albums in the United States.

Critical reception

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, Timothy Monger said, "On the second night of their fall 1977 tour, the Dead set up camp in Evans Field House for a lively show that grew in legend over the coming years among the tape-trading community.... Polished up from official soundboard tapes, Evans Field House is known by fans as a standout show from one of the band's best eras."

Track listing

Disc 1 :''First set:'' #"Might as Well" (

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...

, Robert Hunter) – 6:43 #" Jack Straw" (

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...

, Hunter) – 6:23 #" Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:11 #"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 8:52 #"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50 #"

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" ( Marty Robbins) – 4:48 #"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:10 #"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:26 #"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:33 #"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 12:41 Disc 2 :''Second set:'' #"Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:21 #" Good Lovin'" ( Rudy Clark, Artie Resnick) – 7:02 #"

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''. The song is lar ...

" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 9:31 Disc 3 :''Second set, continued:'' #"Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow)– 11:22 #"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:10 #"Space" > (Garcia,

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...

, Weir) – 7:14 #"

St. Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 11:12 #" Not Fade Away" > ( Norman Petty,

Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...

) – 7:37 #"Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:22 #"

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", "Touch of Grey", and fellow sugar-a ...

" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:06 :''Encore:'' #

" One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:23

Personnel

Grateful Dead *

– guitar, vocals * Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals * Keith Godchaux – keyboards *

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

– drums * Bill Kreutzmann – drums *

– bass, vocals *

– guitar, vocals Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux *Associate Producers: Ivette Ramos & Doran Tyson *Recording:

Betty Cantor-Jackson Betty Cantor-Jackson (born 1948) is an American audio engineer and producer. She is best known for her work recording live concerts for the Grateful Dead from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, including the '' Cornell 5/8/77'' album. She is noted ...

*Mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Art direction, design: Steve Vance *Cover art: Dave Kloc *Photos: Patrick Harbron *Liner notes: David Lemieux

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