''Dave's Picks Volume 34'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...

. It contains the complete concert recorded on June 23, 1974, at the

Jai-Alai Fronton Jai alai (: ) is a sport involving bouncing a ball off a walled-in space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held wicker ''cesta''. It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term ''jai alai'', coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also of ...

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. It also includes a fourth, bonus disc recorded at the same venue the previous night. It was released on May 1, 2020, in a limited edition of 22,000 copies. The album features the first live performance of "

Seastones ''Seastones'' is an album by American composer and musician Ned Lagin. In 1975 Lagin released the quadraphonic album of electronic music, (composed between 1970–1974), a small part of the complete ''Seastones'' composition, on Round Records and ...

", an experimental electronic music composition by

Ned Lagin Ned Lagin (born March 17, 1948) is an American artist, photographer, scientist, composer, and keyboardist.Ned Lagin interview with David Gans, August 2001 in: Gans, David. Conversations with the Dead, The Grateful Dead Interview Book, Da Capo Pre ...

and

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 ...

. It also includes the Dead's only performance of the Chuck Berry song " Let It Rock". Lagin also played for most of the second set; he did not perform on "Big River," "Uncle John's Band," "One More Saturday Night," or "Casey Jones." The album was originally suggested by former archivist

Dick Latvala Dick Latvala (26 July 1943 – 6 August 1999) was an American tape archivist for the Grateful Dead. He started the CD series ''Dick's Picks'', a series that selects live music from Grateful Dead concerts. The first volume of ''Dick's Picks'' w ...

for inclusion in the "Dicks Picks" series.

Critical reception

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, Timothy Monger wrote, "Although beset with technical issues and difficult to tour with, their gargantuan sound system on this tour brought a clarity that was unparalleled at the time. Captured from Kidd Candelario's tapes, this complete concert set from June 23, 1974 features highlights of the era..."

Track listing

Disc 1 :''First set:'' # "Ramble On Rose" (

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) – 7:30 # "Black-Throated Wind" (

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 ...

, John Perry Barlow) – 9:20 # "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:49 # "Beat It On Down the Line" (

Jesse Fuller Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". Early life Fuller was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, near Atlanta. He was sent by his mother to live with ...

) – 3:45 # "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:03 # " Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:53 # " Let It Rock" ( Chuck Berry) – 3:39 # "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia,

, Hunter) – 6:49 # "

El Paso El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...

" ( Marty Robbins) – 4:40 # "To Lay Me Down" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:02 Disc 2 # "Weather Report Suite" (16:31) #* "Prelude" (Weir) #* "Part I" (Weir,

Eric Andersen Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, he ...

) #* "Part II (Let It Grow)" (Weir, Hunter) # "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:43 :''Second set:'' #

" (

, Lesh) – 9:45 # "Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:04 # "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:14 # " Big River" (

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

) – 5:19 # "Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:22 Disc 3 # "

Around 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". Cover versions The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones ...

" (Berry) – 6:06 # "Dark Star Jam" (Garcia,

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 ...

, Bill Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 17:37 # "Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:22 # "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:50 # "

Uncle John's Band "Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album ''Workingman's Dead''. Written by guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter (lyrici ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:53 # " One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 6:00 :''Encore:'' #

Casey Jones John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois Ce ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:48 Dave's Picks 2020 Bonus Disc :''Jai-Alai Fronton, June 22, 1974 – selections:'' # "

Playing in the Band "Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed the music, with some assistance from percussionist Mickey Hart. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the s ...

" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 28:56 # "

China Cat Sunflower "China Cat Sunflower" is a song performed by the Grateful Dead which was first recorded for their third studio album ''Aoxomoxoa''. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by J ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:54 # " I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:41 # "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:11 # "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:10 # "

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) – 8:48 Notes * "

Tico-Tico Manuel José Luís Bucuane (born 16 August 1973 in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), best known as Tico-Tico, is a former Mozambican footballer. He played as a striker and last played for Desportivo de Maputo in Mozambique. Career In June 200 ...

" tuning before "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" * The set list for the June 22, 1974 concert at the Jai-Alai Fronton was: :''First set:'' "

Promised Land The Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...

" · "Bertha" · "Greatest Story Ever Told" · "Deal" · " Me and Bobby McGee" · "

Scarlet Begonias "Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The live debut of "Scarlet Begonias" came on March 23, 1974 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. The song begins in ...

" · "Jack Straw" · "Loose Lucy" · "Mexicali Blues" · "Sugaree" · "

The Race Is On "The Race Is On" is a song written by Don Rollins (not to be confused with the Don Rollins who co-wrote "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" for Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett) and made a hit on the country music charts by George Jones and on the pop ...

" · "It Must Have Been the Roses" · "Playing in the Band" :''Second set:'' "China Cat Sunflower" · "I Know You Rider" · "

Me and My Uncle "Me and My Uncle", often also written as "Me & My Uncle," is a song composed by John Phillips (musician), John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, and popularized in versions by Judy Collins and the Grateful Dead. It relates the journey of a narr ...

" · "Ship of Fools" · "El Paso" · "Eyes of the World" · "Wharf Rat" · "Sugar Magnolia" :''Encore:'' "

Johnny B. Goode "Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. Released as a single, it peaked at number two on ''Billboard'' magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and number eight on its pre-Hot 100 chart. "Johnny B. Goode" is con ...

" : Included in Dave's Picks 2020 Bonus Disc : Also on the 1999 album ''

So Many Roads (1965–1995) ''So Many Roads (1965–1995)'' is a five- disc box set by the Grateful Dead. Primarily consisting of concert recordings from different periods of the band's history, it also contains several songs recorded in the studio. All but one of the ...

Personnel

Grateful Dead *

– guitar, vocals * Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals * Keith Godchaux – keyboards * Bill Kreutzmann – drums *

– bass, vocals *

– guitar, vocals Additional musicians *

– keyboards on "Seastones" and during the second set Production * Produced by Grateful Dead * Produced for release by David Lemieux * Associate Producers: Ivette Ramos & Doran Tyson * Mastering: Jeffrey Norman * Recording: Kidd Candelario * Art direction, design: Steve Vance * Cover art: Dave Kloc * Photos: Forensicdoceleven * Liner notes essay: David Lemieux

Charts

References

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