''Dave's Picks Volume 46'' is a three-CD live album by American rock band

the Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psyc ...

. The album contains the complete show recorded on September 9, 1972, at the

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. It was released on April 28, 2023, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies. Some copies of the album include a bonus disc with songs recorded on September 3, 1972, at

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and on September 19, 1972, at

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. Several other songs from the September 3 show were included as bonus tracks on ''

Dick's Picks Volume 36 ''Dick's Picks Volume 36'' is the 36th and last installment of the ''Dick's Picks'' series of Grateful Dead concert recordings. It is a four-CD set. This release contains the Dead's complete show recorded on September 21, 1972 at The Spectru ...

''.

Critical reception

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Timothy Monger said, "Heading down the coast to Los Angeles for a September show, the band builds on some of the songs and combos they'd worked out earlier that year on the famous Europe '72 tour.... There are solo cuts from Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, a lengthy and very psychedelic "The Other One", and a classic closing suite of "Casey Jones" / "Sugar Magnolia" / "One More Saturday Night"."

Track listing

Disc one :''First set, part one:'' #"

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Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and de ...

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Sugaree "Sugaree" is a song with lyrics by long-time Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and music 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 r ...

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Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...

, Robert Hunter) – 7:10 #"

Me and My Uncle "Me and My Uncle", often also written as "Me & My Uncle," is a song composed by 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 narrator and his uncle from s ...

" ( John Phillips) – 3:46 #"Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:56 #"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 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 ...

) – 6:54 #"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:57 #" Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:04 #"Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:50 Disc two :''First set, part two:'' #"

Playing in the Band "Playing in the Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead. 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 th ...

" (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) – 19:15 #"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:15 #"

Johnny B. Goode "Johnny B. Goode" is a song by American musician Chuck Berry, written and sung by Berry in 1958. Released as a Single (music), single in 1958, it peaked at number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B Sides chart and number eight on its pre ...

" (Berry) – 4:07 :''Second set, part one:'' #

China Cat Sunflower "China Cat Sunflower" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which was first recorded for their 1969 studio album '' Aoxomoxoa''. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by Garcia. The ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:39 → #"

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. It has appeared in folk, country, and rock guises. Blues origins Modern versions can be traced back to Blind Lemo ...

" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:13 #"

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''. Like most of ''Amer ...

" (Garcia, Hunter, John Dawson) – 4:35 #"

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 Secretar ...

" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:53 :''Second set, part three:'' #

Casey Jones John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1864 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois Cen ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:40 #"

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 su ...

" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:39 :''Encore:'' #

" One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 7:13 Disc three :''Second set, part two:'' #"He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:14 → #" Truckin" (Garcia, Weir,

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (March 15, 1940 – October 25, 2024) was an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he developed a unique style of improvised six-string bass guitar. He was their bassist throughout their 30 ...

, Hunter) – 14:00 → #"Drums" (

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 ...

) – 2:38 → #" The Other One" (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 34:46 #"Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:20 #"

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Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. He was one of the most popular and successful singers of his genre for most o ...

) – 4:44 Dave's Picks Bonus Disc 2023 :''September 19, 1972 – Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey:'' #"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:24 → #"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:33 #"Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:01 #"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:03 #"Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:45 :''September 3, 1972 – Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado'': #

"China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:43 → #"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:59 #"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:26 #"Truckin'" (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter) – 10:42 #" Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:30 #"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:17

Personnel

Grateful Dead *

– lead guitar, vocals *

– rhythm guitar, vocals *

– bass guitar, vocals *

– drums *

Keith Godchaux Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his wife Donna formed the H ...

– keyboards *

Donna Jean Godchaux Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer best known as a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead from 1972 to 1979. In addition to the Dead, she performed with the Jerry Garcia Band and the short-lived ...

– vocals Production *Produced by Grateful Dead *Produced for release by David Lemieux *Executive producer: Mark Pinkus *Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos *Mastering: Jeffrey Norman *Recording:

Owsley Stanley Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) was an American-Australian audio engineer and clandestine chemist. He was a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area hippie movement during the 1960s and played a pivotal role ...

*Art direction, design: Steve Vance *Cover art: John Vogl *Liner notes essay: David Lemieux

Charts

References

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