''Dave's Picks Volume 6'' is a three-CD live album by the rock band the

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. It contains two complete concerts: one from December 20, 1969, at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco and the second from February 2, 1970, at the Fox Theatre in

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. It was produced as a limited edition of 13,000 numbered copies, and was released on May 1, 2013. ''Dave's Picks Volume 6'' includes long-lost recordings that were given back to the Grateful Dead organization shortly before the production of the album. Both shows were recorded by Owsley "Bear" Stanley. Keyboardist

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was a member of the Grateful Dead at the time of the Fillmore Auditorium concert, but he left the band before the Fox Theatre concert. Constanten wrote the liner notes for the album. A bonus disc was included with shipments of the album to 2013 Dave's Picks subscribers. This disc contains tracks recorded on December 21, 1969 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California.

Critical reception

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, Fred Thomas said, "These shows from late 1969 in San Francisco and early 1970 in St. Louis feature a vibrant document of the phase in the band right before the recording of the breakthrough ''

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'' album, including epic performances of " Dark Star", early performances of "New Speedway Boogie", and a jammed-out version of " Turn on Your Lovelight" that spans over 35 minutes." In

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, Doug Collette wrote, "''Dave's Picks Volume 6'' represents an important entry in this Grateful Dead archive series, on its own terms and as a crucial reminder of how this iconic band evolved around the cusp of the 1960s and the 1970s. Plus which, the sound quality of the recordings, originally administered by the famous Owsley "Bear" Stanley, is as notable as the evolving style of the group itself."

Track listing

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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) – 4:31 #" Mama Tried" (

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) – 5:39 #"Cold Rain and Snow" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:32 #"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:49 #"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:14 #" Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hunter,

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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 ...

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 ...

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 Sound, San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. ...

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 ...

) – 22:00 #" St. Stephen" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 5:11 #"Mason's Children" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir) – 5:29 #"

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, Arthur Resnick) – 5:09 #"

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, "Unc ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:37 Disc 2 #" Turn On Your Lovelight >" (Joseph Scott,

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, Charles Hardin) – 1:20 #"Turn On Your Lovelight" (Scott, Malone) – 3:38 #"And We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:07 :''December 20, 1969 – Fillmore Auditorium'' #

"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Hunter, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 20:38 #"St. Stephen" > (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 10:40 #" The Eleven" > (Lesh, Hunter) – 11:32 #"New Speedway Boogie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:27 Disc 3 #"Turn On Your Lovelight" (Scott, Malone) – 35:15 #"Mason's Children" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir) – 7:19 #" China Cat Sunflower >" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:31 #"

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" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:07 #"High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:16 #"

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) – 3:30 #"Hard to Handle" (Isbell, Jones, Redding) – 5:11 #"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 5:33 Dave's Picks 2013 Bonus Disc :''December 21, 1969 – Fillmore Auditorium'' #"

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Chester Burnett Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chica ...

) – 11:26 #"New Speedway Boogie" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:09 #"

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" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03 #"Mason’s Children" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh, Weir) – 6:38 #"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:14 #"I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:27 #"Black Peter" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:33 #"Good Lovin'" > (Clark, Resnick) – 1:51 #"Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 6:28 #"The Other One" (Kreutzmann, Weir) – 13:06 #"Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 5:30 Note: The set list for the December 21, 1969 Fillmore show was: :"Smokestack Lightning" · "New Speedway Boogie" · "Mama Tried" · "Dire Wolf" · "Mason's Children" · "China Cat Sunflower" · "I Know You Rider" · "Black Peter" · "Not Fade Away" · "Uncle John's Band" · "High Time" · "Good Lovin'" · "Drums" · "The Other One" · "Cumberland Blues" : Included in Dave's Picks 2013 Bonus Disc

Personnel

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– keyboards (Fillmore concert),

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– lead guitar, vocals *

– drums and percussion *

– bass guitar, vocals *

– keyboards (Fox Theatre concert), harmonica, percussion, vocals *

– rhythm guitar, vocals ;Technical personnel * David Lemieux – production, liner notes *Nicholas Meriwether – archival research *Jeffrey Norman – mastering *Mark Pinkus – executive production *

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 ...

– recording *

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– cover art *Doran Tyson – associate production *Steve Vance –

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*Ken Winn of

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– photography

References

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