Grateful Dead (album)
This article is about the band's 1971 eponymous live album. For their 1967 self-titled studio debut, see The Grateful Dead (album).The informal titles for this album, "Skull and Roses" and "Skullfuck", redirect here.{{Album infobox |
Name = Grateful Dead | Type = Live album | Artist = The Grateful Dead | Cover = GDskullandroses.jpg | Background = Darkturquoise | Released = October 1971 | Recorded = Early 1971 | Genre = Country rockFolk-rockRock | Length = 34:53 | Label = Warner Bros. | Producer = David Hassinger | Reviews =
*All Music Guide link
*Robert Christgau (B+) link | | Last album = American Beauty
(1970) | This album = Grateful Dead
(1971) | Next album = Europe '72
(1972)Grateful Dead is an eponymous live double album by the Grateful Dead, released in 1971. Also known as Skull & Roses (due to its iconic cover art) and Skullfuck (the name the band originally wanted to give to the album, which was rejected by the record company), this album should not be confused with the band's first studio album, 1967's The Grateful Dead.
"Playing in the Band" received a good amount of airplay, and became one of the Dead's most played songs in concerts. The closing segue of "Not Fade Away" into "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" also received airplay and became a fan favorite. "Wharf Rat" provided the name for the Wharf Rats, a group of Dead concert-goers who remain drug and alcohol free.
The album's cover art is taken from an illustration in an old edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.Side one#"Bertha"#"Mama Tried"#"Big Railroad Blues"#"Playing in the Band"Side two#"The Other One"Side three#"Me & My Uncle"#"Big Boss Man"#"Me & Bobby McGee"#"Johnny B. Goode"Side four#"Wharf Rat"#"Not Fade Away" â†'#"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"2003 reissue#"Bertha"#"Mama Tried"#"Big Railroad Blues"#"Playing in the Band"#"The Other One"#"Me & My Uncle"#"Big Boss Man"#"Me & Bobby McGee"#"Johnny B. Goode"#"Wharf Rat"#"Not Fade Away/Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad"#"Oh Boy!" (live)#"I'm a Hog For You" (live) (Leiber/Stoller)#"Grateful Dead radio spot''"* Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
* Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals
* Phil Lesh - bass guitar, vocals
* Bill Kreutzmann - drums
* Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - organ, harmonica, vocals
with
* Merl Saunders - organ*"Johnny B. Goode" recorded at Winterland Arena, San Francisco on March 24, 1971
*"Big Railroad Blues" and "Not Fade Away/Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" recorded at Manhattan Center, New York on April 5, 1971
*"Playing In The Band", "Oh Boy!" and "I'm A Hog For You" recorded at Manhattan Center, New York on April 6, 1971
*"Mama Tried", "Big Boss Man" and "Wharf Rat" recorded at Fillmore East, New York on April 26, 1971
*"Bertha" and "Me & Bobby McGee" recorded at Fillmore East, New York on April 27, 1971
*"The Other One" recorded at Fillmore East, New York on April 28, 1971
*"Me & My Uncle" recorded at Fillmore East, New York on April 29, 1971Album - Billboard| Year | Chart | Position | | 1971 | Pop Albums | 25 | |
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