''Dick's Picks Volume 17'' is the 17th

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

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. It was recorded on September 25, 1991 at the

Boston Garden The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" (later ...

Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

, with two additional tracks from the March 31, 1991 show at

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Enclosure

Included with the release is a single sheet 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 inside of the venue with the

house lights A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

on, after the sound system has been set up but before the audience has arrived. The two pages inside contain a single wide color photograph of the band on stage along with the contents of and credits for the release.Enclosure included with Dick's Picks Volume 17, 1991, 2000.

Track listing

Disc one :''First set:'' #"Help on the Way" (

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) – 4:15 → #"Slipknot!" (Garcia,

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

) – 5:30 → #"Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 10:41 #" Walkin' Blues" (

Son House Edward James "Son" House Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing. After years of hostility to secular music, as a prea ...

) – 6:30 #"It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 5:45 → #"

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" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:59 #"

Queen Jane Approximately "Queen Jane Approximately" is a song from Bob Dylan's 1965 album ''Highway 61 Revisited''. It was released as a single as the B-side to " One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" in January 1966. It has also been covered by several artists, includin ...

" (

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...

) – 7:16 #"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50 → #"The Music Never Stopped" (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 ...

) – 8:18 Disc two :''Second set:'' #"Victim or the Crime" (Weir, Gerrit Graham) – 8:24 → #"Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:38 → #"Playing in the Band" (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) – 9:22 → #"Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:47 → #"Boston Clam Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 5:37 → #"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 11:04 → #"Space" (Grateful Dead) – 8:15 → Disc three :''Second set, continued:'' #"

That Would Be Something "That Would Be Something" is a song written by Paul McCartney which was first released on his '' McCartney'' album on 17 April 1970. Recording McCartney sings and plays acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, tom tom and a cymbal. This song and " ...

" (

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...

) – 3:51 → #"Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:23 → #"China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:46 → #"Throwing Stones" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:59 → #" Not Fade Away" ( Charles Hardin,

Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, and radio station owner. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. With Vi Ann Petty—his wife and vocalist—he ...

) – 9:01 :''Encore:'' #

"The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (

) – 4:43 :''March 31, 1991:'' #

"Samson and Delilah" (Traditional, arr. Weir) – 7:47 → #"Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 23:30

Personnel

Grateful Dead: *Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals *Mickey Hart – drums *Bruce Hornsby – keyboards, accordion, vocals *Bill Kreutzmann – drums *Phil Lesh – bass, vocals *Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals *Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals Production: *Dick Latvala, David Lemieux – tape archivists *Gecko Graphics – design *Dan Healy – recording *Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering *John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer *Jim Anderson, Susana Millman – photography

References

{{Authority control 17 2000 live albums Albums recorded at the Boston Garden

Enclosure

Track listing

Personnel

See also

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