Dave's Picks Volume 54

Dave's Picks Volume 54 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on March 26, 1973, at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland. It was released on April 25, 2025, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies.^[1][2][3]

Dave's Picks Volume 54
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	April 25, 2025
Recorded	March 26, 1973
Venue	Baltimore Civic Center
Genre	Rock
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 53 (2025) Dave's Picks Volume 54 (2025) Enjoying the Ride (2025)

Some copies of the album include a bonus disc with songs from the March 31, 1973 concert at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

1. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry)
2. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)
3. "The Race Is On" (Don Rollins)
4. "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter)
5. "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Hunter)
6. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter)
7. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, John Perry Barlow)
8. "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter)
9. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter)
10. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller)
11. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter)
12. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins)
13. "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter)
14. "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)

Disc 2:

First set, continued:

1. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow)
2. "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)
3. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter)

Second set:

4. Wolfman Jack introduces the band
5. "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter)
6. "Big River" (Johnny Cash)
7. "Here Comes Sunshine" (Garcia, Hunter)
8. "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter)
9. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter)
10. "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips)

Second set, conclusion:

11. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir)

Disc 3:

Second set, continued:

1. "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter)
2. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter)
3. "Weather Report Suite: Prelude" > (Weir, Barlow)
4. "Jam" > (Grateful Dead)
5. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter)
6. "Me and Bobby McGee" > (Kris Kristofferson)
7. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter)
8. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose)

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
• Recording: Kidd Candelario
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Art direction, design: Steve Vance
• Cover art: James Mazza