Dave's Picks Volume 21

Dave's Picks Volume 21 is a three-CD live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on April 2, 1973, at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It was produced as a limited edition of 16,500 copies, and was released on February 1, 2017.^[1][2][3]

Dave's Picks Volume 21
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	February 1, 2017
Recorded	April 2, 1973
Venue	Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Genre	Rock
Length	217:06
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 20 (2016) Dave's Picks Volume 21 (2017) July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada (2017)

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger said, "The last show of their winter/spring tour, Vol. 21 finds the Dead stretching out over two very long sets which, in spite of their length, do not contain either of their major gig-stretchers of the era. In place of "Dark Star" or "The Other One", fans were treated to a whopping 34-song marathon... Several nice long jams can be found, particularly in the second set, making for a diverse and engaging listen."^[4]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

1. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:38
2. "Deal" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 4:43
3. "Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:42
4. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47
5. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:37 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:25
7. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:51
8. "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:49
9. "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 5:19
10. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 4:37
11. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:13
12. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:45
13. "You Ain't Woman Enough" (Loretta Lynn) – 3:13
14. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:46

Disc 2

1. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:06
2. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 17:31

Second set:

3. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:39
4. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:23
5. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12
6. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:25
7. "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:07
8. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:29
9. "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48
10. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 4:42

Disc 3

1. "Here Comes Sunshine" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:20
2. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 11:08
3. "Me and Bobby McGee" > (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) – 6:07
4. "Weather Report Suite: Prelude" > (Weir) – 3:12
5. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:58
6. "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:12
7. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:59
8. "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:26

Encore:

9. "Johnny B. Goode" > (Berry) – 3:38
10. "And We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 2:12

Notes

1. "Tico-Tico" tuning before "Beat It On Down the Line"

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – keyboards
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Recording: Rex Jackson
• Art direction, design: Steve Vance
• Cover art: Dave Van Patten
• Photos: Patty Norman, Rich "The Fish" Weiner
• Liner Notes: David Lemieux
• Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
• Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos
• Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	26

References

1. Bernstein, Scott (November 17, 2016). "Grateful Dead Pull from 1973 for Dave's Picks Volume 21". JamBase. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
2. Melamed, Dave (November 18, 2016). "Grateful Dead's Boston College 4/2/73 Show to Be Featured on Dave's Picks Vol. 21". Live for Live Music. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
3. "Dave's Picks Volume 21: Boston Garden, Boston, MA 4/2/73". dead.net. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
4. Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks, Vol. 21: Boston Garden, Boston, MA 4/2/73". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
5. "Billboard 200 – Top 200 Albums (February 18, 2017)". Billboard. Retrieved February 7, 2017.