Dick's Picks Volume 29

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Dick's Picks Volume 29 is the 29th installment of the Grateful Dead's archival live album series. It was recorded on May 19, 1977, at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and on May 21, 1977, at the Lakeland Civic Center Arena in Lakeland, Florida. The album contains all of both concerts, except for the encore of the second show, which was "U.S. Blues". Also included are several bonus tracks recorded on October 11, 1977 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

More music from this period can be found on Dick's Picks Volume 3, To Terrapin: Hartford '77, Dave's Picks Volume 1, and Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings.

Dick's Picks Volume 29 is the only "Dick's Picks" album that contains six CDs. The other "Dick's Picks" are two-, three-, or four-CD sets, except for Dick's Picks Volume 2, which is one CD.

Track listing

Disc One

May 19, 1977 — First Set:

1. "The Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 6:14
2. "Sugaree" > (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 16:21
3. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:04
4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arr. Grateful Dead) – 8:34
5. "Looks Like Rain" (John Barlow, Bob Weir) – 8:59
6. "Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:29
7. "Passenger" (Peter Monk, Phil Lesh) – 3:59
8. "Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:38

Disc Two

May 19, 1977 — First Set:

1. "Dancing in the Streets" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Joe Hunter, William Stevenson) – 13:47

May 19, 1977 — Second Set:

2. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arr. Weir) – 8:00
3. "Ramble on Rose" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:38
4. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow, Weir) – 10:09

October 11, 1977 bonus tracks:

5. "Not Fade Away" > (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 16:39
6. "Wharf Rat" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 13:41
7. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:36

Disc Three

May 19, 1977 — Second Set:

1. "Lady with a Fan" / "Terrapin Station" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:43
2. "Playing in the Band" > (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Weir) – 11:07
3. "Uncle John's Band" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:47
4. "Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzman) – 5:28
5. "The Wheel" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:24
6. "China Doll" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:50
7. "Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Hart, Weir) – 10:33

Disc Four

May 21, 1977 — First Set:

1. "Bertha" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:22
2. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:52
3. "They Love Each Other" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:10
4. "Cassidy" (Barlow, Weir) – 5:21
5. "Jack-A-Roe" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 7:00
6. "Jack Straw" (Hunter, Weir) – 6:13
7. "Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) – 9:41
8. "New Minglewood Blues" (trad., arr. Weir) – 5:38
9. "Row Jimmy" (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:28

Disc Five

May 21, 1977 — First Set:

1. "Passenger" (Monk, Lesh) – 4:15
2. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:44
3. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hunter, Hart) – 12:53

May 21, 1977 — Second Set:

4. "Samson and Delilah" (trad., arr. Weir) – 7:45
5. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:32

October 11, 1977 bonus tracks:

6. "Dancing in the Streets" > (Gaye, I. Hunter, Stevenson) – 17:38
7. "Dire Wolf" (Hunter, Garcia) – 3:52

Disc Six

May 21, 1977 — Second Set:

1. "Estimated Prophet" > (Barlow, Weir) – 11:27
2. "He's Gone" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 15:36
3. "Drums" > (Hart, Kreutzman) – 4:09
4. "The Other One" > (Kreutzman, Weir) – 11:39
5. "Comes a Time" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 11:52
6. "Saint Stephen" > (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) – 4:37
7. "Not Fade Away" > (Holly, Petty) – 11:15
8. "St. Stephen" > (Hunter, Garcia, Lesh) – 1:46
9. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:01

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – electric bass
• Donna Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – keyboards
• Mickey Hart – drums
• Bill Kreutzman – drums

Production

• Recording – Betty Cantor-Jackson
• CD mastering – Jeffrey Norman
• Tape archivist – David Lemieux
• Archival research – Eileen Law
• Cover art & package design – Robert Minkin
• Photography – Jim Anderson