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Grateful Dead: Go To Heaven

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On April 28, 1980, “Arista” label released “Go to Heaven”, the eleventh Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded July 1979-January 1980, at “Club Front” in San Rafael, CA, and was produced by Gary Lyons.
Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia– vocals, guitar
  • Bob Weir– vocals, guitar
  • Brent Mydland– vocals, keyboards
  • Phil Lesh– bass guitar
  • Mickey Hart– drums
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums

Track listing:

  1. Alabama Getaway – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  2. Far From Me – Brent Mydland
  3. Althea – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  4. Feel Like a Stranger – John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir
  5. Lost Sailor – John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir
  6. Saint of Circumstance – John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir
  7. Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber) – Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann
  8. Easy to Love You – John Perry Barlow, Brent Mydland
  9. Don’t Ease Me In – Traditional

Jerry Garcia: Garcia

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On January 20, 1972, “Warner Bros” released “Garcia”, the debutJerry Garcia album.  It was recorded in July 1971, and was produced by Bob Matthews, Betty Cantor and Bill Kreutzmann.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia – vocals, acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitar, bass, piano, organ, samples
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Bob Seidman – design, photography
  • Herb Greene – photography

Track listing:

  1. Deal – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  2. Bird Song – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  3. Sugaree – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  4. Loser – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
  5. Late For Supper – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
  6. Spidergawd – Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann
  7. Eep Hour – Jerry Garcia, Billy Kreutzmann
  8. To Lay Me Down – Robert Hunter,Jerry Garcia
  9. An Odd Little Place – Jerry Garcia, Billy Kreutzmann
  10. The Wheel – Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia, Billy Kreutzmann

 

 

 

Grace Slick: Manhole

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On January 4, 1974, “Grunt” label released “Manhole”, the first Grace Slick solo album. It was recorded in 1973 at “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco and “Olympic Studios” in London, and was produced by Grace Slick, David Freiberg, Paul Kantner, Keith Grant and Steven Schuster.

Personnel:

  • Grace Slick– vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • Paul Kantner– vocals, rhythm and 12-string guitar, glass harmonica
  • David Freiberg– vocals, rhythm and 12-string guitar, piano, percussion, bass, organ
  • Craig Chaquico– lead guitar
  • Gary Duncan– lead guitar
  • Pete Sears– piano, bass
  • Peter Kaukonen– bass, lead acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Keith Grant – synthesizer programming
  • Ron Carter– bass
  • Jack Casady– bass
  • John Barbata– drums
  • David Crosby– vocals
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Iaian MacDonald Murray, Calum Innes, Cohn Graham, Angus McTavish, Tom Duncan, Jack Scott, Angus MacKay, William Stewart – bagpipes
  • Steven Schuster – orchestra arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Jay – Grace Slick
  2. Theme from the Movie Manhole – Grace Slick
  3. Come Again? Toucan – Grace Slick
  4. It’s Only Music – Robert Hunter
  5. Better Lying Down – Grace Slick
  6. Epic No.38 – Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jack Traylor

Grateful Dead: American Beauty

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On November 1, 1970, “Warner Bros Records” released “American Beauty”, the sixth Grateful Dead album. It was recorded August – September 1970, at the “Wally Heider Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann,  and Steve Barncard. In 2003, “American Beauty” was ranked number 258 on “Rolling Stone” magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia– vocals, guitar, pedal steel, piano
  • Bob Weir– vocals, guitar
  • Pigpen (Ron McKernan)– vocals, harmonica
  • Phil Lesh– vocals, bass, guitar, piano
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums
  • Mickey Hart– percussion
  • Dave Torbert– bass
  • David Nelson– electric guitar
  • David Grisman– mandolin
  • Howard Wales– organ; piano
  • Ned Lagin– piano
  • Kelley / Mouse Studios – artwork
  • George Conger – photography

Track listing:

Alltracks  by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, except where noted

  1. Box of Rain – Phil Lesh,  Robert Hunter
  2. Friend of the Devil – Jerry Garcia, John Dawson, Robert Hunter
  3. Sugar Magnolia – Bob Weir, Robert Hunter
  4. Operator – Ron McKernan
  5. Candyman
  6. Ripple
  7. Brokedown Palace
  8. Till the Morning Comes
  9. Attics of My Life
  10. Truckin’ – Jerry Garcia,Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Robert Hunter

Woody Guthrie

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On October 3, 1967, Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie died aged 55. He was musician (guitar), singer-songwriter, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional, children’s songs, along with ballads and improvised works. He performed with the slogan “This machine kills fascists” displayed on his guitar. His song “This Land Is Your Land” has become one of the most popular music pieces in the history of the American popular music, and is regularly sung in American schools Big number of famous musicians and authors have acknowledged Guthrie as their major influence, including:Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Harry Chapin, John Mellencamp, Pete Seeger,  Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Jeff Tweedy, and Tom Paxton.

Grateful Dead: Blues for Allah

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On August 1, 1975, “Grateful Dead Records” released “Blues for Allah”, the eight Grateful Dead studio album.  It was recorded February –  May , 1975, and was produced by Jerry Garcia, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia– vocals, guitar
  • Donna Jean Godchaux– vocals
  • Bob Weir– vocals, guitar
  • Keith Godchaux– vocals, keyboards
  • Phil Lesh– bass guitar
  • Mickey Hart– drums
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums
  • Steven Schuster –flute, reeds
  • Phillip Garris – illustration

Track listing:

  1. Help on the Way – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  2. Slipknot! – Jerry Garcia, Keith Godchaux, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir
  3. Franklin’s Tower – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Kreutzmann
  4. King Solomon’s Marbles:

Part 1: Stronger Than Dirt – Phil Lesh

Part 2: Milkin’ the Turkey – Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh

  1. The Music Never Stopped – John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir
  2. Crazy Fingers – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  3. Sage & Spirit – Bob Weir
  4. Blues for Allah – Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
  5. Sand Castles and Glass Camels – Jerry Garcia, Donna Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir
  6. Unusual Occurrences in the Desert – Jerry Garcia Robert Hunter