''Road Trips Volume 4 Number 3'' is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Subtitled ''Denver '73'', it contains the complete concert recorded on November 21, 1973, at

Denver Coliseum Denver Coliseum is an indoor arena, owned by thCity and County of Denver operated by itsDenver Arts & Venuesand located in Denver, Colorado. The arena holds 10,200 people and was built from 1949 to 1951. The coliseum is located in Denver's Elyria ...

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. It also includes three songs recorded the previous night at the same venue. The 15th of the ''Road Trips'' series of archival albums, it was released as a three-disc CD on April 26, 2011. A bonus disc was included with the album in shipments to customers who had pre-ordered all four 2011 ''Road Trips'' albums. The bonus disc was recorded on December 6, 1973, at

Public Auditorium Public Auditorium (also known as Public Hall) is a multi-purpose performing arts, entertainment, sports, and exposition facility located in the civic center district of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The 10,000-capacity main auditorium shares its stag ...

in Cleveland, Ohio.

Critical reception

Writing in ''The Music Box'', John Metzger said, "So, why is it that with all of the music that the Grateful Dead has dispensed, it took until 2011 for the band to issue its performance at the

on November 21, 1973? Beautifully presented along with a handful of selections from the show that was held on the previous night, ''Road Trips, Vol. 4, No. 3: Denver '73'' is, to put it quite bluntly, the best release that the Grateful Dead has issued in a long time.... Good fortune undeniably was smiling upon the audience... Not only did the band deliver a musical performance that was rock-solid, but it also assembled a well-paced show that peaked in all of the right places. Much as the cover art... suggests, the Grateful Dead galloped across the Wild West with guns a-blazin' as it painted images of outlaws on the run from life and love."

Track listing

Disc one

:''November 21 – First set:'' #" Me and My Uncle" ( John Phillips) – 3:29 #"

Sugaree "Sugaree" is a song written by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by guitarist Jerry Garcia. It was written for Jerry Garcia's first solo album '' Garcia'', which was released in January 1972. As with the songs on the re ...

" ( Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:41 #"

Jack Straw John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary ...

" ( Bob Weir, Hunter) – 5:13 #"

Dire Wolf The dire wolf (''Aenocyon dirus'' ) is an extinct canine. It is one of the most famous prehistoric carnivores in North America, along with its extinct competitor ''Smilodon''. The dire wolf lived in the Americas and eastern Asia during the Late ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:26 #"Black-Throated Wind" (Weir,

John Perry Barlow John Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist who had been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He was also a lyricist for th ...

) – 6:51 #"Big Railroad Blues" (

Noah Lewis Noah Lewis (September 3, 1891 – February 7, 1961)Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 238. . Previously, his birth year was also reported as 1890 or 1895. 1891 is general ...

, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:31 #" Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:48 #"They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37 #"Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:35 #"Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:08 #" Big River" ( Johnny Cash) – 5:22 #"Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53

Disc two

:''November 21 – First set:'' :''November 21 – Second set:''

Disc three

:''November 21 – Second set:'' :''November 21 – Encore:'' :''November 20 – Second set:''

2011 Bonus Disc

:''December 6, 1973, Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio:'' #"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Hart, Weir, Hunter) – 5:42 #"

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) – 9:18 > #"

I Know You Rider "I Know You Rider" (also "Woman Blues" and "I Know My Rider") is a traditional blues song that has been adapted by numerous artists. Modern versions can be traced back to Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Deceitful Brownskin Blues", which was released as ...

" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:31 #" Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh,

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. McKernan grew up he ...

, Weir, Hunter) – 43:33 > #"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 14:03

Personnel

Grateful Dead

* Jerry Garcia –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

Donna Jean Godchaux Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer who was a member of the Grateful Dead from 1972 until 1979. Biography Donna Jean Thatcher was born in Florence, Alabama. Prior to 1970, she had worked as a sessi ...

– vocals *

Keith Godchaux Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was a pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Biography Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Concord, California ...

–

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

– drums * Phil Lesh –

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, vocals * Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals

Production

*Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux and Blair Jackson *Recorded by Kidd Candelario *CD mastering by Jeffrey Norman *Cover art by Scott McDougall *Photos by Grant Gouldon *Package design by Steve Vance *Liner notes essay "Rocky Mountain High" by Blair Jackson

Set lists

Following are the full set lists from the November 20 and 21, 1973 concerts at Denver Coliseum. Tuesday, November 20 *First set: "Ramble On Rose", " Mexicali Blues", "Don't Ease Me In", "Black-Throated Wind", "To Lay Me Down", "

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 ...

", "They Love Each Other", "

Me and Bobby McGee "Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller. Fred Foster shares the writing credit, as Kristofferson wrote the song based on a suggestion from Foster. A posthu ...

", "Tennessee Jed", " Big River", "Row Jimmy", "Weather Report Suite Prelude" > "Weather Report Suite Part 1" > "Let It Grow", "

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 C ...

" *Second 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", "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" > "Dire Wolf", "Looks Like Rain", "

" > "

", "

Truckin' "Truckin" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album '' American Beauty''. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure.''Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip'' . Jake Wo ...

"* > "The Other One"* > "Stella Blue"* > "Sugar Magnolia" *Encore: "

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, "U ...

" Wednesday, November 21 *First set: " Me and My Uncle"*, "

"*, "

"*, "Dire Wolf"*, "Black-Throated Wind"*, "Big Railroad Blues"*, "Mexicali Blues"*, "They Love Each Other"*, "Looks Like Rain"*, "Here Comes Sunshine"*, "Big River"*, "Brokedown Palace"*, "Weather Report Suite Prelude"* > "Weather Report Suite Part 1"* > "Let It Grow"* *Second set: "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo"* > "

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 ...

"* > "

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 ...

"* > "Playing in the Band"* > "Wharf Rat"* > "Playing in the Band"* > "

Morning Dew "Morning Dew," also known as "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew," is a contemporary folk song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bonnie Dobson. The lyrics relate a fictional conversation in a post- nuclear holocaust world. Originally recorded live as ...

"*, "Truckin'"* > "Nobody's Fault but Mine"* > "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"* > " One More Saturday Night"* *Encore: "Uncle John's Band"* * Included in ''Road Trips Volume 4 Number 3''

References

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