Pickin' on the Grateful Dead: A Tribute
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Pickin' on the Grateful Dead: A Tribute is a 1997 tribute album
to the Grateful Dead
consisting of thirteen of their songs replayed in a bluegrass style.
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
to the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
consisting of thirteen of their songs replayed in a bluegrass style.
Track listing
- "Althea" (Robert HunterRobert Hunter (lyricist)Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...
/Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
) - 5:31 - "Scarlet BegoniasScarlet Begonias"Scarlet Begonias" is a song by the Grateful Dead in 4/4 time. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music by Jerry Garcia. The song first appears on the 1974 release Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel....
" (Hunter/Garcia) - 5:24 - "Friend of the DevilFriend 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....
" (Hunter/Garcia/Dawson) - 4:25 - "Bird Song" (Hunter/Garcia) - 6:32
- "Truckin'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....
" (Hunter/Garcia/Phil LeshPhil LeshPhillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
/Bob WeirBob WeirBob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...
) - 6:06 - "Lady with a Fan" (Hunter/Garcia) - 4:12
- "Casey JonesCasey Jones (song)"Casey Jones" is a song by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter. The song first appeared on the Dead's 1970 album Workingman's Dead. Subsequently it was included on a number of their live albums.The Grateful Dead...
" (Hunter/Garcia) - 4:12 - "Samson and Delilah" (arrangement: David West) - 3:46
- "Touch of GreyTouch of Grey"Touch of Grey" is a 1987 single by the Grateful Dead, and is the band's biggest commercial hit. The song is known for its refrain "I will get by / I will survive". It combines non sequitur lyrics with a pop tempo. The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the words are by Robert Hunter...
" (Hunter/Garcia) - 6:02 - "Cumberland Blues" (Hunter/Garcia/Lesh) - 5:26
- "Ripple" (Hunter/Garcia) - 4:10
- "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" (arrangement: David West) - 3:59
- "Dark StarDark Star (song)"Dark Star" is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia; however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bob Weir...
" (Hunter/Garcia) - 4:18
Personnel
- David West – Guitars, mandolin, banjo, bass, dobro, hammered dulcimer, percussion, background vocals
- Mike Mullins – Guitar, Mandolin
- Phil Salazar – Fiddles
- John Rosenburg – Piano
- Tom Ball – Harmonica
- Jody Eulitz – Drums
- Bill Flores – Pedal steel guitar
- Barney Tower – Electric guitar
- Pat Milliken – Guitars, mandolin
- Bo Fox – Percussion
- Kenny Sultan – Guitar
- Paul Lee – Fiddle
- David West – Producer, Engineer
- Recorded at – Studio "Z", Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...