''Dave's Picks Volume 4'' 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 September 24, 1976, at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was released on November 1, 2012. ''Dave's Picks Volume 4'' is the fourth in the ''Dave's Picks'' series of Grateful Dead archival releases, the successor to the ''Road Trips'' series, and was produced as a limited edition of 12,000 numbered copies. Part of the show was previously released on the '' Spirit of '76'' bonus disc included in some copies of ''Live at the Cow Palace''. Music from the concert performed the following night was released on '' Dick's Picks Volume 20''.

Track listing

Disc 1

:''First set:'' #" Promised Land" ( Chuck Berry) – 4:41 #"Deal" (

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 Robert Hunter may refer to: Arts * Robert Hunter (painter) (died 1780), Irish portrait painter * Robert Hunter (encyclopædist) (1823–1897), British editor of the ''Encyclopædic Dictionary'' *Robert Hunter (author) (1874–1942), American sociol ...

) – 5:07 #"Cassidy" (

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) – 4:34 #"Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:25 #"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:53 #"Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:48 #" 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 ...

) – 5:33 #"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:55

Disc 2

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 self-t ...

" > (Weir,

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 ...

, Hunter) – 11:53 #"Supplication" > (Weir, Barlow) – 4:55 #"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 4:43 :''Second set:'' #

"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:36 #" Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:02 #"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:06 #"New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:30 Note

Disc 3

#"Help on the Way" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:06 #"Slipknot!" > (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, Bill Kreutzmann, Keith Godchaux) – 5:07 #"Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 5:36 #"Slipknot!" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Kreutzmann, K. Godchaux) – 5:28 #"Franklin's Tower" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 8:12 #"The Music Never Stopped" > (Weir, Barlow) – 5:49 #"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:35 #" Around and Around" (Berry) – 6:54 :''Encore:'' #

"U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:56

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Bill Kreutzmann – drums *

– electric bass *

–

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

, vocals

Production

*Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux *Executive producer: Mark Pinkus *Associate producer: Doran Tyson *CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Recording: Dan Healy *Art direction and design: Steve Vance *Cover art: Scott McDougall *Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson *Archival research: Nicholas Meriwether *Photos: James R. Anderson *Liner notes essay "Higher Ed with the Dead": Nicholas Meriwether

References

{{Grateful Dead 2012 live albums Rhino Entertainment live albums 04