''Dick's Picks Volume 16'' is the 16th

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

in the

Dick's Picks series The discography of the rock band the Grateful Dead includes more than 200 albums, the majority of them recorded live in concert. The band has also released more than two dozen singles and a number of videos. The Grateful Dead formed in the San ...

of releases by the

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, Folk music, folk, country music, country, bluegrass music, bluegrass, roc ...

. It was recorded on November 8, 1969 (with one song from the previous night's show) at the Fillmore Auditorium in

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. It contains the first live performance of "Cumberland Blues". There is a monologue by someone not in the band during the song "Caution" shortly before the segue to "The Main Ten," who has never been definitively identified.

Enclosure

Included with the release is a single sheet of paper folded in half, yielding a four-page enclosure. The front duplicates the cover of the CD, and the back features a rectangular color photograph of the band on horseback out in the countryside, riding away from the photographer. Under this photo is a white stripe across the page above a circular grey outline of a circular stealie skull with the number 16 inside. The two pages inside the enclosure contain a single wide black-and-white photograph of the band on horseback and facing the photographer. Above the band members and against a background of trees are lists of the contents of and credits for the release.Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 13, 1969, 2000.

Track listing

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

Good Morning Little Schoolgirl "Good Morning, School Girl" is a blues standard that has been identified as an influential part of the blues canon. Pre-war Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica pioneer John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson first recorded it in 1937. Subsequently, a ...

" (

Sonny Boy Williamson Sonny Boy Williamson may refer to either of the two 20th-century American blues harmonica players, who both recorded in Chicago: *Sonny Boy Williamson I (19141948), born John Lee Curtis Williamson *Sonny Boy Williamson II Alex or Aleck Mill ...

) – 13:33 # "

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 ...

" (

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) – 4:51 # "

Dire Wolf The dire wolf (''Aenocyon dirus'' ) is an Extinction, extinct species of Caninae, canine which was native to the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–10,000 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four y ...

" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24 # "Easy Wind" (Hunter) – 9:02 # "

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) – 3:45 → # "

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) – 5:40 → # "High Time" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48 # " Mama Tried" (

Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pioneer of the Bakersfield ...

) – 3:10 # "

Good Lovin' "Good Lovin" is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a #1 hit single for the Young Rascals in 1966. Original version The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and writ ...

" (Clark, Resnick) – 9:17 # "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Hunter,

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 ...

) – 4:19 Disc two
:''Second set:'' # " Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 14:09 → # " The Other One" (

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 ...

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 ...

) – 12:02 → # "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 1:00 → # "

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 ...

Jam" (Garcia, Hunter) – 2:33 → # "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 3:05 → # " St. Stephen" (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 7:44 → # " The Eleven" (Hunter, Lesh) – 14:01 → Disc three
:''Second set, continued:'' # "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 17:28 → # "The Main Ten" (

Hart Hart often refers to: * Hart (deer) * Hart (surname) Hart may also refer to: Organizations * Hart Racing Engines, a former Formula One engine manufacturer * Hart Skis, US ski manufacturer * Hart Stores, a Canadian chain of department store ...

) – 3:10 → # "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 9:02 → # "Feedback" (Grateful Dead) – 7:57 → # "We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional) – 3:28 :''November 7, 1969:'' #

Turn On Your Love Light "Turn On Your Love Light" is a rhythm and blues song recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961. It was an important R&B and pop chart hit for Bland and has become one of his most identifiable songs. A variety of artists have recorded it, including Them a ...

" (Malone, Scott) – 25:29

Personnel

Grateful Dead: * Tom Constanten – keyboards * Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals * Mickey Hart – drums * Bill Kreutzmann – drums * Phil Lesh – bass, vocals * Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – harmonica, percussion, vocals * Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals Production: * Dick Latvala, David Lemieux – tape archivists * Gecko Graphics – design * Owsley Stanley – recording * Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering * John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer * Rosie McGee – photography * Jim Wise – additional editing

References

{{Authority control 16 Albums recorded at the Fillmore 2000 live albums

Enclosure

Track listing

Personnel

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