"No one's noticed, but the band's all packed and gone..."

The Annotated Grateful Dead Discography: Tribute Albums

An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By Dave Lee (email)
Used by permission. Copyright Dave Lee.
 

Copyright notice


Listed here are:
  1. recordings of songs written by the Grateful Dead performed by other musicians
  2. recordings of songs written by the GD performed by (former) GD members outside the band
  3. Robert Hunter's renditions of his contributions to the Dead's cannon
  4. covers of non-GD authored tunes likely to have been inspired by the Dead
  5. songs which mention the Dead, Jerry, or Deadheads in their lyrics
  6. tribute songs for Jerry and/or the Dead
  7. miscellaneous material, such as parodies, Late Night spots, etc.
The main criteria for inclusion is that the music be commercially available (via stores, e-stores, website, etc.).  Thus sites with music to download and circulating tapes aren't included.  The listing is (reasonably) chronological and attempts to be comprehensive. Please send additions and corrections to Dave Lee.

A note regarding acquisition:  anything issued before 1984 was on lp and/or cassette and is often only available now in reissue.  Contact information is supplied as a courtesy only; no guarantees!

As is evidenced by the increasing quantity and high quality of tribute work, Deadheads around the world are ensuring that the music will Not Fade Away! 
 
indicates an entire release devoted to GD tunes.

Credits



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  • Eric Burdon and The Animals:  The Twain Shall Meet (1968)
  • MGM 4537

    Includes:

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  • Hair:  Original Broadway Cast(1968)
  • RCA Victor 1150

    Includes:
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  • Smither, Chris: Don't It Drag On (1971)
  • Orig. 1971:  Poppy Records (PYS-5704).
    Reissue 1997:  Collectable Records (COL 5838) as I'm A Stranger Too /  Don't  It Drag On.
    Collectable Records Inc.; PO Box 35; Narbeth, PA 19072  - 1 800 336 4627

    PYS-5704:

    COL 5838 includes above plus, amongst others: Page index

  • The Stanford Band (Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band): The Incomparable Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (1972)
  • EMBO Records
    The Stanford Band; PO Box 7930; Stanford, CA 94309
    Stanford bookstore:  800 533 2670

    Includes:

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  • King's Road: Watkins Glen (1973)
  • Pickwick International SPC3355
    www.gemm.com

    Tracks:

    1. "Truckin'"
    2. "Uncle John's Band"
    3. "Casey Jones"
    4. Up On Cripple Creek
    5. Stage Fright
    6. The Weight (Robertson)
    7. Statesboro Blues (McTell)
    8. You Don't Love Me (Cobbs)
    9. Whipping Post (ABB)
    10. Studio musicians attempting to recreate the Watkins Glen festival.  The Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band and The Band do not play on this LP.  JS

      King's Road Watkings Glen lp is a stitch.  Barely compentent playing and horrendous vocals are the cornerstone, but even funnier is the identical canned audience noise that appears out of nowhere at the beginniing and end of each song.  "Thank you!" the band yells to their faux audience after each tune.  "All right, "Casey Jones!" the band shrieks as they start that song (Can you imagine the Dead actually doing this?).  Musically, every song on the album attempts to be faithful to the studio original - odd since this is supposed to document live performances - but they're all abbreviated.  Entire verses are missing from "Truckin'" and the famous jam in the Allmans' "Whipping Post" lasts less than 90 seconds.  Although the Dead did play "Truckin'" at Watkins Glen, they didn't play either "Uncle John's Band" or "Casey Jones"!  So, for a poorly researched, terribly mastered document of a famous concert, recorded by people who weren't there, playing songs that weren't perfomed, this isn't so bad.  EL

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  • Hunter, Robert: Tales of the Great Rum Runners (June 1974)
  • LP: Round Records: RX-101
    CD: Rykodisc: RCD 10158

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  • Hunter, Robert:Jack O' Roses(1980)
  • Dark Star Records: DSLP8001
    Released on LP in the US in 1984 by Relix as RRLP-2001

    Tracks:

    1. "Box of Rain": m: Lesh [says Garcia on record label]
    2. "Reuben and Cherise": m: Garcia [says Lesh on record label]
    3. "Talkin' Money Tree"
    4. "Friend of the Devil": m: Garcia & Dawson
    5. "Delia DeLyon and Stagger Lee": melody trad.
    6. "Lady of Carlisle": trad. arr. Hunter
    7. "Book of Daniel": m: Freiberg
    8. "Terrapin": m: Garcia
      1. a- "Lady with a Fan"
        b- "Terrapin Station"
        c- "Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track"
        d- "Jack O'Roses"
    9. "Prodigal Town"

    10.  

      In addition to four new originals, Robert Hunter's third solo album features "Box of Rain," "Ruben and Cherise" (complete with pretentious new spelling and an extra verse), "Friend of the Deveil" (with an extra verse), "Stagger Lee" (the title expanded to include the female prtagonist's name), and a "Terrapin" that features two 'chapters' foreign to the Dead's version - especially cool is the "Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track" section with lyrics set to the "Terrapin Transit" music. These songs are a privileged peek into Robert Hunter's limitless imagination.  The lp was originally released in England on the Dark Star label, then debuted stateside on Relix Records.  Both lps are now out of print.  EL

      Solo--Acoustic.  All lyrics and music by Hunter except where noted.  DD

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  • Cache Valley Drifters: Step up to Big Pay (1980)
  • Flying Fish FF-220 (lp)
    Rounder Records (cd)

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  • Teen Idles:  Minor Disturbance (Dec. 1980)
  • EP - Dischord 1

    Includes:

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  • Frank Zappa:  You Are What You Is (Sept. 1981)
  • Ryko RCD10536

    Includes:

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  • Crass:  Christ The Album (1982)
  • 1982 LP Crass 2U2
    1995 CT Crass 2
    1996 LP Crass 2
    1995 CD Crass 2

    Includes:

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  • Hillman, Chris: Morning Sky (1982)
  • SH-3729
    Sugar Hill Records; P.O. Box 4040; Duke Station; Durham, NC 27706
    (Not the rap label Sugarhill!)

    Includes:

    Hillman, known from his days as a Byrd, offers a authentic country interpretation with mandolin and pedal steel guitar.  His first verse, however, ends with "And my tunes were played/On the heart of a strum" instead of "harp unstrung"!  IS/EL
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  • The Pop-O-Pies: The White EP (1982)
  • 415 Records 415A-0009
    (this label is now defunct)

    Includes:

    This is the first Pop-O-Pies project.  See also Joe Callahan's 1984 and 1985 releases.  The first version on this ep includes the alternate lyrics, "Sometimes the sun's all shining on me/Other times it's raining out"!  The second version is completely rewritten and includes lyrics such as "Richmond, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens/Much too close to New Orleans."  IS/JS/EL
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  • The Stanford Band (Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band) Block "S" (1982)
  • The Stanford Band; PO Box 7930; Stanford, CA 94309
    Stanford bookstore:  800 533 2670

    Includes:

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  • Meat Puppets: Meat Puppets (1982)
  • SST (mini-lp)
    Reissued February 23, 1999 by RYKODISC as RCD 10466

    Includes:

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  • Pop-O-Pies:  Joe's Second Record (1984)
  • Subterranean Records; PO Box 2530; Berkeley, CA  94702

    Includes:

      Set to screeching guitar, this 12-inch EP is much like the first version recorded on their 1982 release.  This version includes additional alternate lyrics:  "What in the world ever happened to travelin'?/I'm tired of travelin', I wanna stop at McDonald's!"  See also Joe Callahan's 1982 and 1985 releases.  JS/DL/EL
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  • The Ghosts Playing In the Heart of Gold Band (1984)
  • Whirrled 01967 (lp)

    Tracks:

      The Ghosts
    1. "Ride Out" w/John Cipollina (g)
    2. "Built For Comfort" %
    3. "House of Wax"
    4. "Ready for Love"
    5. "Maybelline"
      Heart Of Gold Band
    1. "Solid Rock" % (Arcata, CA, 1980)
    2. "Golden Road" % (Arcata, CA, 1980)
    3. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" % (Back Door, San Francisco, 10 July 1980)
    4. "Scarlet Begonias" % (Back Door, San Francisco, 10 July 1980)
    5. This release is also sometimes listed as The Ghosts: Playing in the Heart of Gold Band.  "The Ghosts" was a Keith/Donna outfit which preceded "The Heart of Gold Band."  The songs on this and the following release were made in late 1979 and 1980.  Keith, it appears, died after only one show so this is a rare glimpse of what he was capable of sans Dead.  % indicates Steve Kimock on guitar. DL/MD

     
  • The Heart of Gold Band (1986)
  • ? (12" EP) 

    Tracks:

    1. "Stir It Up" %
    2. "Watchin' The River Flow" %
    3. "It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" ("ITALTLITATTC") %
    4. "Strange Man" %
    5. "Lonesome Highway" %
  • The Heart of Gold Band:  Double Dose (1989)
  • Relix:  RRCD 2020

    Tracks:

    1. "Stir It Up" %
    2. "Watchin' The River Flow" %
    3. "ITALTLITATTC" (actually track 4) %
    4. "Strange Man" (actually track 3) %
    5. "Lonesome Highway" %
    6. "Ride Out" w/John Cipollina (g)
    7. "Built For Comfort" %
    8. "House of Wax"
    9. "Ready for Love"
    10. "Maybelline"
    11. "Solid Rock" %
    12. "Golden Road" %
    13. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" %
    14. "Scarlet Begonias" %
    15. The first five tracks of this cd are five tracks from the 1989 EP, The Heart of Gold Band, listed above.  The remaining tracks are the entirety of their first release, The Ghosts Playing In the Heart of Gold Band.  % indicates with Steve Kimock on guitar. DL

     
  • Heart of Gold Band (1998)
  • GDCD 4060

    1. "Watchin' The River Flow" (B. Dylan) %
    2. "Scarlet Begonias" %
    3. "Stir It Up" (B. Marley) %
    4. "Gommorah" (Garcia/Hunter) %
    5. "Strange Man" %
    6. "ITALTLITATTC" (B. Dylan) %
    7. "Lonesome Highway %
    8. "Show Boat" (K&D Godchaux) %
    9. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (B. Dylan) %
    10. "Solid Rock"  (B. Dylan) %
    11. "Golden Road" %
    12. "Maybelline" (C. Berry)
    13. "Ride Out" w/John Cipollina (g)
    14. This cd omits three songs  ("Built For Comfort," "House of Wax," & "Ready for Love") which appeared on the first lp release (and thus on the Relix cd).  It includes two tunes, "Gommorah" and "Show Boat," not on any previous release.   % indicates with Steve Kimock on guitar.  Note that Greg Anton (d) also played on many of these tracks; Anton and Kimock later formed Zero.

      A soulful "ITALTLITATTC," a fair "Knockin'," and a good "Scarlet."  I recommend this release of the bunch as it's got better (and more accurate) notes than the Relix release and includes a nice rendering of Jerry's "Gommorah."  DL/EL

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  • Daevid Allen:  The Death of Rock & Other Entrances (1984)
  • LP: 1984
    CD:  Shanghai 201 (CD Voiceprint), 19??

    Includes:

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  • Don Henley:  Building The Perfect Beast (1984)
  • 1985 CD Geffen 24026
    1985 LP Geffen 25939
    1987 CD Mobile Fidelity 705
    1990 CT Geffen 24026

    Includes:

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  • Robert Hunter:  Live '85 (1985)
  • Relix RRLP 2006

    Includes:

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  • Joe Pop-O-Pie: Joe's Third Album (1985)
  • Sub 52
    Subterranean Records; PO Box 2530; Berkeley, CA  94702

    Includes:

    "Sugar Magnolia" appears on side two of this third Pop-O-Pies record. The first half of the song is recorded backwards, the "Sunshine Daydream" part is recorded normally.  This release included the notice:  "There Are No Truckin's On This Record"!  See also Joe Callahan's 1982 and 1984 releases.  IS/JS/DL

    "Sugar Magnolia" runs backward until the "Sunshine Daydream" section whose lyrics simply consist of the words "Sunshine Daydream" yelled over and over.  Conceptual to a fault, this rendition isn't as funny as Callahan's earlier takes of "Truckin'," but it could have been.  The lyrics, played forward, are:

    Goin' down the road feelin' bad
    Goin' down the road feelin' bad
    Okay I feel like snorting a line
    Hang on Steve get into place man
    One-two-three-four same three chords
    Sugar magnolia blossoms are blooming
    The bed's unhappy but I don't fuckin' care
    Threw my baby into the river
    And she nearly came back for air
    She's got everything delightful
    She's got everything I want
    Takes the wheel when I get car sick
    Buys me a coffee when I speed
    Sometimes when the cuckoo's cryin'
    When the moon is halfway to town
    I go out and I walk around
    I've heard that Pop-O-Pies' complete recordings were released on a single cd, but I haven't found it anywhere.  Meanwhile, the record label still has Joe's Third Record (and Joe's Second Record) in stock.  EL
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  • The Pontiac Brothers: Fiesta En La Biblioteca (1986)
  • Frontier FLP 1019 (1986)
    Frontier Records 34637 (1993)

    Includes:

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  • Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band:  Almost Acoustic(1988)
  • GDCD 4005
    GDV 4005:  UK lp release, Feb. 1989
    GDCD 40092: Feb. 1989
    Arista 14005:  1995

    Includes:

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  • The Squalls: No Time (1988)
  • SKY/DAEMON/YOUNG GOD 3406 5099 4
    DOG 0001
    Dog Gone Records, P.O.Box 1742, Athens, GA 30603

    Includes:

    A poker-faced rap version which rocks along impressively and is definitely one of the more interesting, if less faithful, Dead covers.  Dog Gone Records was a pet project of R.E.M.'s manager Jefferson Holt that didn't last very long; their entire catalog is out of print.   IS/EL
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  • Chicago Voice Exchange:  Inner Child Proof (1988?)
  • Arista AB 4160

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  • Living Earth: Living Earth (1978)
  • LP:  1978
    CD:  1988
    RRCD 2033 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Track 9:

    This is a much mellower version than Henry Kaiser's.  Steve Abramson ends the song with an especially nice piano solo. EL

    CDNow (search for Living Earth) lists: Length: 44:07 Date: 1978
    IS, EL, and DeadBase IX list: Released in October, 1988.
    This tune appears on Dead Delites. DL

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  • Henry Kaiser: Those Who Know History Are Doomed to Repeat It (August 1988)
  • LP:  August 1988
    CD:  1988 and/or 1989
    SST-198
    SST Super Store; 441 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA  90802; (888) 746-7778
    SST Records; Box 1; Lawndale, CA 90260

    Tracks:

    1. "Mason's Children" - 4:45*
    2. "Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" - 3:52*
    3. "Andy Griffith Show Theme: the Fishin' Hole" - 3:54*
    4. "Ode to Billy Joe" - 9:35*
    5. "Flavor Bud Living" (VanVliet,Don) - 1:56
    6. "Dark Star"/"The Other One" - 30:55*
    7. "I Love You, You Big Dummy"- 3:05*
    8. "Carrot is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond" - 1:40
    9. "Alice in Blunderland/Mirror Man" (VanVliet,Don) - 7:25
    10. "Colors for Susan" - 6:30
    11. AMG REVIEW: Eclecticism reigns supreme here, on his first full exploration of pop music covers and Grateful Dead-style jamming. -- Myles Boise. 

      David Gans joins in on "Mason's Children" and Hank Roberts sings the words to "The Other One" with his cello, tucking it in between the two "Dark Star" verses.  Kaiser's freak-out guitar work in the wild jamming on this 30-minute-plus song goes places the Dead's "Dark Star" never even approached.  As the song closes Robert Hunter's voice rises to recite the 'mystery lyrics' from the original version.  After toying with the "Cryptical" theme, the song fades out to the opening strains of "Wharf Rat".  "Dark Star"/"The Other One" on the cd is a longer, different version than the one on the lp.  The cd features five bonus tracks, including three Captain Beefheart (Don van Vliet) covers.  EL

      The cd release track list is presented here.  The original lp had only those tunes with an * after their time.  See also Alternate Versions  DL

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  • Robert Hunter:  Liberty (March 1988)
  • Relix 2029
    Ryko RCD 10115, 1989
    GDCD 4010, 1989

    Tracks:

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  • Palookas:  Classical Music(16 Sept. 1988)
  • Constricto (Indigo)
    ASIN B00000APW1

    Includes:

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  • Henry Kaiser: AlternateVersions (January 1989)
  • SST Records CD3 027

    Includes:

    A three-inch CD single which includes a remixed "Mason's Children" from Those Who Know History with Tom Constanten added on piano and organ. IS/EL
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  • New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS): Keep On Keepin' On (Dec. 1989)
  • Dec. 1989:  MCD 31109 (MU Records; 6565 Sunset Blvd., Suite 413; Hollywood, CA 90028)
    Nov. 1992:  RRCD 2057 (Relix Records; POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229)

    Includes:

    The most countrified of the several country versions of "FOTD," complete with pedal steel and high lonesome harmony vocals, provides a glimpse at what the song's co-writer John Dawson may have intedned, but it's only one of the pleasures on this fine cd by the latter-day New Riders. IS/EL/MD
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  • Solar Circus:Juggling Suns (Sept. 1989)
  • RRCD 2037 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Track 9:

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  • Tom Constanten: Fresh Tracks in Real Time (1989)
  • Includes:

    TC's first solo venture was this self-released cassette containing a bevy of standards and Constanten's ragtime originals.  In addition to Reverend Gary Davis' "Hesitation Blues" and a Dead-inspired "Cold Rain and Snow," there's a "Dark Star" which spans the outer limits, despite the fact that this band-reliant song is played only on one piano and doesn't even reach the five-minute mark.  Available via TC himself (PO Box 220173; Charlotte, NC 28222).  EL

    Fresh Tracks In Real Time - Tom Constanten (Tom Constanten, P.O. Box 20195, Oakland, CA 94620) includes "Dark Star", "Cold Rain And Snow", "Hesitation Blues", and others. Released in July, 1989 on cassette. IS
     

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  • Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie:  No Regrets(1989)
  • DNA 70101
    Likely reissued in June 1990

    Includes:

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  • Tesla: Five Man Acoustical Jam (Nov. 1990)
  • UNI/GEFFEN 2064 24311 2, 2064 24311 4

    Includes:

    An acoustic concert taped in Philadelphia during the Summer, 1990, it includes a shortened version of "Truckin'" (final chorus > "...Sweet Jane..." > the next verse's chorus > bridge with a few alterations) on the track "Comin' Atcha Live/Truckin'" (7:23). IS
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  • The Henry Kaiser Band: Heart's Desire (March 1990)
  • Reckless RECKD 19
    Reckless Records; 1401 Haight St.; San Francisco, CA 94117

    Includes:

    The cd and double lp each have songs that aren't on the other, though both include this "Dark Star." EL  This live record includes Tom Constanten on a version of "Dark Star".   IS  There are indications of a 1996 imported reprint of this cd.  This "Dark Star" also appears on Eternity Blue. DL  A live tribute to the psychedelic era, the versatile Henry Kaiser Band rocks nonstop. -- Myles Boisen, All-Music Guide
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  • Wartime: Fast Food For Thought (1990)
  • 1990:  Capitol 21753
    1994:  Chrysalis F4-21753

    Includes:

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  • Wonderama:  Everyday Should Be My Birthday / Cream Puff War(1990)
  • Ajax Records
    PO Box 146882; Chicago, IL  60614
    Dave Rick

    Tracks:

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  • Godflesh:  Streetcleaner (1990)
  • 1990 CD Combat 2023
    1991 CT Relativity 2023
    1994 CD & CT Earache 15

    Includes:

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  • Hunter, Robert: A Box of Rain - Live in 1990 (August 1991)
  • Rykodisc RCD 10214

    Includes:

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  • Saunders, Merl: Save The Planet So We'll Have Someplace to Boogie (Nov. 1991)
  • Sumertone 2153
    Sumertone Records; POB 22184; SF, CA 94122. (415) 759-8100
    merlsndrs@aol.com

    Tracks (two cds):

    1. "Save Mother Earth"
    2. "Sugaree"
    3. "Keepers"
    4. "I Feel Like Dynamite"
    5. "The Harder They Come"
    6. "Do I Move You"
    7. "You Can Leave Your Hat On"
    8. "Wondering Why"
    9. "Hi Heel Sneakers"
    10. "The System"
    11. "Save Mother Earth Reprise"
    12. "My Problems Got Problems"
    13. "Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You"
    14. "Merl's Tune"
    15. "Blue Hill Ocean Dance"
    16. "Blues From the Rainforest"
    A jumpin' pair of cds featuring several of Merl's bands. "Merl's Tune", "The Harder They Come" and "Keepers" appear on the Jerry-Merl Keystone cds. "Hi Heel Sneakers," a Pigpen tune played merely four times, was fortunately also recorded by Jerry and Merl on the Keystone encore cd. DL  Possibly reissued in Jan. 1992.  JS

    Inexpicably out of print, this was the second release on Merl's Smmertone label and their first live digital recording ever!  Funkier than anything by the Dead, this "Sugaree" is a complete departure from the original while honoring its spirit.  EL

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  • Deadicated (1991)
  • Arista: AL-8669

    CDNOW entry

    Track listings include the performer, but not a complete personnel listing. Portions of the profits from the sale of this cd go to the Rainforest Action Network.

    Tracks:

    1. "Bertha": m: Garcia; w: Hunter. (Los Lobos)
    2. "Jack Straw": m: Weir; w: Hunter (Bruce Hornsby)
    3. "U.S. Blues": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (The Harshed Mellows)
    4. "Ship of Fools": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (Elvis Costello)
    5. "China Doll": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (Suzanne Vega)
    6. "Cassidy": m: Weir; w: Barlow (Suzanne Vega)
    7. "Truckin'": m: Garcia, Weir, Lesh; w: Hunter (Dwight Yoakam)
    8. "Casey Jones": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (Warren Zevon and David Lindley)
    9. "Uncle John's Band": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (The Indigo Girls)
    10. "Friend of the Devil": m: Garcia & Dawson; w: Hunter (Lyle Lovett)
    11. "To Lay Me Down": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (The Cowboy Junkies)
    12. "Wharf Rat": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (Midnight Oil)
    13. "Estimated Prophet": m: Weir; w: Barlow (Burning Spear)
    14. "Deal": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (Dr. John)
    15. "Ripple": m: Garcia; w: Hunter (Jane's Addiction) (> uncredited "Other One" jam)
    One of the very best tribute cds, these tracks are tunes composed by the band only (not covers of covers). Superior graphics! Lyle Lovett's "Friend of the Devil" has become one of my favorite versions of this tune. DL

    Burning Spear reissued "Estimated Prophet" on Jah Kingdom (Mango 162-539915, 1992) and again on Chant Down Babylon:  the Island Anthology (Uni/Mercury, 18 June 1996).  DL/MD  Dwight Yoakam reissued "Truckin'" on La Croix D'Amour (Reprise 9362-45136, 1992).  Los Lobos plays "Bertha" live  on Just Another Band from East L.A.:  A Collection (Slash/Warner Bros. 45367, 1993). See also.   DL  The Cowboy Junkies reissued "To Lay Me Down" on Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes (Latex CD-11 (Valley 15047), October 1999).  JS   Jane's Addiction reissued "Ripple" on Peggy Farrell's compliation CD Rev (Warner Bros. 47544, Nov. 1999).  MD

    "U.S. Blues" was recorded by a makeshift group, the Harshed Mellows, including Dan Baird and Mauro Magellan of the Georgia Satellites, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench and Stan Lynch of the Heartbreakers, and vocalist Michelle Malone. Released April 23, 1991. The artists, Mikio and William Giese, drew hidden faces of animals in the rose on the front cover, and skeletons in the inner sleeve artwork. IS

    Both R.E.M. and David Bynre were scheduled to appear on this cd, but didn't. EL

    Deadicated: A Tribute To The Grateful Dead - var. (Arista Records, Inc. 304179) this is a two record set made in West Germany and released in England. It has the same graphics as the CD and the sleeve contains the same information as the booklet. IS

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  • Smither, Chris: Another Way To Find You (1991)

  •  
    1991:  Flying Fish Records (312-528-5455)
    CD: FF 70568
    CS: FF 90568
    1998:  HCD 8088 (or 9088?)
    High Tone Records
    220 4th St. #101
    Oakland, CA  94607
    (501) 763-2156

    Includes:

    Recorded live with studio audience at Soundtrack Studios, Boston, December 28-29, 1989.  Source  IS  This sweet version is not a repeat of his '71 version.  "High-Heeled Sneakers / Big Boss Man" is a neat combination!  Shake Sugaree includes some lyrics reminiscent of Jerry's tune. DL
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  • Slipknot: Knot Live (1991)
  • Knot Records 1
    Slipknot  P.O. Box 1047  Waltham, MA 02154
    617 642 0760

    Cassette:

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  • Jerry Garcia Band:  Jerry Garcia Band(1991)
  • Arista 07822-18690-2

    Includes:

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  • Jerry Garcia/David Grisman:  jerry GARCIA / david GRISMAN (1991)
  • ACD-2
    Acoustic Disc
    Box 4143; San Rafael, CA 94913
    800 221 DISC

    Includes:

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  • Sublime: 40oz. to freedom (1992)
  • 1992:  Skunk 001 (203 Argonne #202; Long Beach, CA 90803)
    1996:  Gasoline Alley / MCA (GASD) 11474 (Gasoline Alley, J.V.; 70 Universal City Plaza; Universal City, CA 91608)

    Includes:

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  • Nicky Holland: Nicky Holland (April 1992)
  • Epic Associated ZK 47413

    Includes:

    From the press release for this album, her comments on "Box Of Rain": "I was introduced to the Grateful Dead's music by my sister's boyfriend when I was 13. I have since recognized that a lot of my passion for the band was teenage infatuation. However, some of their songs never left me - this has always been my favorite." Dated 1991. IS

    This sweet version begins with the chorus, like the "Easy Wind" on Phil's Fallout CD. Holland sounds like a cross between Sade and Bruce Hornsby.  DL

    Holland rearranges the lyrics to ruinous effect, turning the "And it's just a box of rain, I don't know who put it there..." verse into a chorus she repeats a total of four times.  For absolute completists only.  EL

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  • Constanten, Tom: Nightfall of Diamonds (May 1992)
  • RRCD 2046 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Includes:

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  • Solar Circus: Twilight Dance (1992)
  • RRCD 2047 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Includes:

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  • The Rock Bottom Remainders:  The Rock Bottom Remainders (1992)
  • BMG Video
    Don't Quit Your Day Job Records; PO Box 27901-120; San Francisco, CA 94127; (415) 284-6363

    Includes:

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  • Robin Hurt:  Hurricane's Eye (1992)
  • Grapevine Granny GGM101

    Includes:

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  • Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio Twisted Christmas(1992)
  • 1992:  ?
    1997:  WEA/Atlantic

    Includes:

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  • Solar Circus: A Historical Retrospective (1993)
  • RRCD 2064 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Tracks:

    1. "We're All Here Together"
    2. "Last Exit"
    3. "Sight Through the Night"
    4. "Dark Star" > "The Other One" > "El Paso" > "The Other One" > "Dark Star"
    5. "Love's My Thing"
    6. "Cortez the Killer" (N. Young)
    7. "Around and Around" (C. Berry)
    Track four is a superior half-hour tribute! (See also 7 Apr 72 II (first show of Europe '72 tour) for Other One > El Paso > Other One; 15 Nov 71 I for Dark Star > El Paso > Dark Star.)  It appears on Dead Delites. DL
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  • Dead Ringers: Dead Ringers (1993)
  • RRCD 2060 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
    Dist. by RED 187-07 Henderson Ave.; Hollis, NY 11426; (718) 740-5700

    Tracks:

    1. "Deep Elem Blues"
    2. "Mountains of the Moon"
    3. "Rosa Lee McFall"
    4. "Slidin' Delta"
    5. "Cumberland Blues"
    6. "Truckin'"
    7. "When I Paint My Masterpiece"
    8. "Deal"
    9. "Dark Star" (7:57)
    10. "Gotta Serve Somebody" (9:21)
    11. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (9:42)
    A Grateful Dead tribute from a trio who've been there:  David Nelson (NRPS), Tom Constanten, Barry Flast (Kingfish) live on an admittedly Dead cover effort. The Dead played every tune on this cd except "Slidin' Delta." Worth a look!  See also.  "Dark Star," "Truckin'" and "Cumberland Blues" appear on Dead Delites, volumes 1, 2 and 3, respectively. DL/EL
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  • Constanten, Tom: Morning Dew (1993)
  • RRCD 2063 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Includes:

    1. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson) 3:13
    2. "Lather" (Grace Slick) 2:04
    3. "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) 1:45
    4. "Boogie Woogie Blues" (Albert Ammons) 2:42
    5. "Mountains of the Moon" (Hunter/Garcia) 3:15
    6. "Overture, the Affair of Rue De Lourcine" 1:36
    7. "Cattle Call" (Edvard Grieg) 0:34
    8. "Pastime Rag #4" (Artie Mathews) 2:54
    9. (Four Horrifications)

    10. "Dejazz" 0:54
    11. "Unchained Serenade" (Alex North) 2:31
    12. "Brook Waves (Bachwelle)" 0:45
    13. "Dejavalise" 2:28

    14.  
    15. "Parallax" (Terry Ryan) 4:30
    16. "Sonatina" 2:22
    17. "Alaric's Premonition" 2:00
    18. "Le Baricades Misterieuses" (Francois Couperin) 1:45
    19. "Sonate in G Minor, K. 4" (Domenico Scarlati) 1:07
    20. "Hesitation Blues" (Gary Davis) 1:33
    21. "John Barleycorn Must Die" (Trad.) 3:41
    22. "The Fat Angel" (Donovan Leitch) 3:43
    23. "I've Just Seen A Face" (Lennon/McCartney) 2:20
    24. "Embryonic Journey" (Jorma Kaukonen) w/Jorma 2:12
    25. Source: AMG "Morning Dew" appears on Dead Delites and "Mountains of the Moon" appears on the Relix Bay Rock Shop  4:  Tribute to Jerry Garcia (1997). DL/EL

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  • Cracker:  Kerosene Hat (Aug 1993)
  • Virgin 39012

    Includes:

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  • Branford Marsalis TrioBloomington (1993)
  • Columbia 52461

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  • World Within:  In The Beginning (1993)
  • World Within (Smokin' Rose) 1001-2
    114 Grand Ave.; Iselin, NJ 08830
    908 965 0989

    Includes:

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  • Ka'au Crater Boys:  Valley Style (1993)
  • Roy Sukama Productions
    3555 Harding Ave.
    Honolulu, Hawai'i 96816
    RSCD 4000

    Tracks:

    1. Noho Pai Pai
    2. "Friend of the Devil"
    3. Are You Missing Me (Chuck Bell)
    4. You Don't Write (John Cruz)
    5. Brown Eyed Girl  (Van Morrison)
    6. Lay Down Sally (Clapton, et al.)
    7. Palolo (Charles King)
    8. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan)
    9. Walk Right Back (Sonny Curtis)
    10. Surf (Tony Fernandez)
    11. Black Water (Pat Simmons - Doobie Bros.)
    12. Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai (Charles King)
    13. Grateful Dead goes Hawaiian!  These guys are great, proffering truely authentic, textured versions of FOTD, and a few other tunes you may know.  The native Hawaiian music is wild stuff!  May have been reissued in 1995 and/or 1997.  DL

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  • Bruce Hornsby:  Harbor Lights (1993)
  • BMG

    Includes:

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  • Freshly Baked Tye-Died Album (Oct. 1993)
  • Cassette
    www.freshlybaked.com

    Includes:

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  • Leftover Salmon:  Bridges to Bert (1993)
  • 1993 CD:  LOS 2002
    1997 CD & CT:  Hollywood Records HM-062017-2

    Includes:

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  • Bowers & Winston:  The Best of All Possible Worlds (1993)
  • Gekko Rekkords (USA)
    Single release on Sonic Sounds (Kingston, Jamaica)

    Includes:

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  • Warriors:  KFOG Jam (April 1994)
  • Warr 1045-2  (US Radio San Francisco / Golden State Warriors)

    Tracks:

    1. Bird Song - Grateful Dead
    2. "Birdsong" - Grateful Dead w/Branford from Nassau Coliseum, 29 March 1990.  On So Many Roads.
    3. Buffalo River Home - John Haitt
    4. I Will Never Be the Same - Melissa Etheridge Well I Lied - Robert Cray
    5. Third Rail - Squeeze
    6. Believe - Lenny Kravitz
    7. Truth - John Wesley Harding
    8. Dream in Blue - Los Lobos
    9. Blood Makes Noise - Suzanne Vega
    10. Something to Say - Toad The Wet Sprocket
    11. "Loser" by Cracker  (see also)
    12. Drifting Blues - John Hammond / John Lee Hooker
    13. This is a charity fund raising cd for the Bay Area Public School Music Programs. JS  Recorded live at the Universal Amphitheatre (LA?) in December 1993.  AA  Internet auctions and Bay Area used record stores are probably the only place to find this limited edition released through San Francisco radio Station KFOG in conjunction with the Golden State Warriors.  EL

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  • Bobs:  Cover the Songs of...(1994)
  • Rounder 9049 - Rounder Records Corp., 1 Camp St.; Cambridge, MA  02140; (800) 768 6337

    Tracks:

    1. "White Room" (Brown,Pete/Bruce,Jack) - 4:04
    2. "First There is a Mountain" (Leitch,Donovan) - 3:23
    3. "Unchain My Heart" (James,Freddy/Jones,Agnes) - 3:04
    4. "Wind Cries Mary" (Hendrix,Jimi) - 4:18
    5. "Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" (Garcia,Jerry/Kreutzmann,Bil...) - 2:06
    6. "Is That All There Is" (Leiber/Stoller) - 4:20
    7. "Disco Inferno" (Green,Leroy/Kersey,Ron) - 3:39
    8. "Lonely at the Top" (Newman,Randy) - 3:11
    9. "Bird on a Wire" (Cohen,Leonard) - 2:17
    10. "Particle Man" (Flansburgh,John/Linnel,John) - 2:22
    11. "Searchin'" (Lieber/Stoller) - 4:11
    12. "Mess Me up Again" (Greene,Richard) - 3:29
    13. "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Lennon,John/McCartney,Paul) - 5:00
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  • New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS): Live in Japan (Winter 1994)
  • RRCD 2065 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Includes:

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  • Jimmy Buffett:  Fruitcakes (May 1994)
  • MCA 11043

    Includes:

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  • Gallant, Joe & Illuminati: Code of the West (1994)
  • Scratchy Records
    Which? Records; PO Box 659; Village Station; NY, NY 10014

    Includes:

    Joe writes that his "music became gradually more knotty, thicker and layered (a reviewer called it as dense as a dwarf star, yet remarkably unconvoluted"). This "layered" aspect, coupled with my lifelong involvement with sound design (playing train whistle SFX records in my backyard at age 5 to winning an Emmy in 1996), shows itself on 1994's "Code of the West." It took me 2 1/2 years to complete, and it features 61 performers, intricate soundscapes and evocative text (concerning the pervasiveness and effects of televised imagery) interwoven through Latin, ska, reggae, rock, bebop, opera, free jazz, and pulse-orchestral episodes. It's chock-full of surprises-tap dancers, soap opera actors, a former adult-film star, downtown poets and opera singers all help give voice to this Altman-esque undertaking. I'm currently pressing more copies of it, so it will soon be available at Illuminati gigs. "Code" also contains my arrangement of the Dead's "Unbroken Chain," which I did as a Christmas 1993 gift for them."  Source.

    An excellent version of a Phil great.  This song appears on Stolen RosesDL

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  • The Infinite Summer of Love  (1994)
  • tx 2016
    Taxim Records  e-mail  Am Dobben 3 ; 27330 Asendorf; Germany; phone: (+49) 4253 1406; fax: (+49) 4253 1407
    Mercer Group; PO Box 2458; Toluca Lake, CA 91610; (888) 777-9228

    Includes:

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  • Rob Wasserman:  Trios (1994)
  • Ultradisc

    Includes:

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  • Ember:  Cool In The Furnace(1994)
  • Sourpuss Records
    Zeus Herman; 145 Woodland Dr.; Orchard Park, NY  14127; (716) 875-6147

    Includes:

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  • Howth Castle:  Good Morning, Mr. Nobody!(June 1994)
  • Blu Bus BB26

    Includes:

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  • Relix Magazine's 20th Anniversary Concert (27 September 1994)
  • Relix 2066

    Tracks:

    1. "John Barleycorn" (Trad.) - Tom Constanten
    2. "Morning Dew" (Dobson) - Tom Constanten
    3. "Dire Wolf" - Dead Ringers
    4. "Casey Jones" (Trad.) - Dead Ringers
    5. "Long Distance Call" - Dead Ringers
    6. "Sliding Delta" (Mississippi John Hurt)
    7. "Midnight Moonlight" (Peter Rowan)
    8. "Key To The Highway" (Muddy Waters)
    9. "Stems & Seeds" (T. Donovan)
    10. "All Here Together" - Solar Circus
    11. Medley: "Hand Jive" / "The Eleven" / "Round & Round"
    12. "Big Fish"
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  • Rev. Billy C. Wirtz:  Pianist Envy (1994)
  • Hightone 8051

    Includes:

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  • Anal Cunt:  Morbid Florist (1994)
  • 1994 CD Relapse 6070
    1993 CT Relapse 6070
    1998 CD

    Includes:

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  • Newsboys:  Going Public (1994)
  • 1994:  CD & CS  Star Song 8814
    1995:  Capitol (CD) & Starsong (CS) 20005

    Includes:

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  • The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead (1995)
  • Shanachie 6014

    Cover art by R. Crumb; Produced by Henry Kaiser & David Gans; Liner note booklet by Blair Jackson

    Tracks (Performers, not composers, listed):

    1. "Rain and Snow": Obray Ramsey
    2. "Mama Tried": Merle Haggard
    3. "Iko Iko": Dixie Cups
    4. "Samson and Delilah": Rev. Gary Davis
    5. "Big Railroad Blues": Cannon's Jug Stompers
    6. "El Paso": Marty Robbins
    7. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue": Bob Dylan
    8. "Spoonful": Charlie Patton
    9. "The Red Rooster": Howlin' Wolf
    10. "The Promised Land": Chuck Berry
    11. "Don't Ease Me In": Henry Thomas
    12. "Big Boss Man": Jimmy Reed
    13. "Turn On Your Love Light": Bobby "Blue" Bland
    14. "Morning Dew": Bonnie Dobson
    15. "Not Fade Away": Buddy Holly
    16. "Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad": Woody Guthrie
    17. "I Bid You Goodnight": The Pindar Family with Joseph Spence
    A superior introduction to the enormously broad base of American music from which the Dead drew many of their favorite tunes. NB: "El Paso" missing a set of lyrics. DL
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  • Kaiser, Henry: Eternity Blue (1995)
  • Shanachie 6016
    Sanachie Entertainment; 37 Clinton St.; Newton, NJ 07860; (800) 497-1043

    Tracks:

    1. "Mason's Children": m: Garcia, Lesh, Weir; w: Hunter
    2. "High Time": m: Garcia; w: Hunter
    3. "Blues for Allah": m: Garcia; w: Hunter
    4. "Cold Rain & Snow": traditional (From Hope You Like Our New Direction)
    5. "Dark Star" > "A Love Supreme" > "Dark Star": (The Grateful Dead) (John Coltrane)
    6. "Blue Eternity": Bralove-Kaiser
    7. "Brokedown Palace": m: Garcia; w: Hunter
    A deliciously creative, 20+ minute "Dark Star > Love Supreme > Dark Star" (from Heart's Desire)  is the highlight of this tribute cd. DL/EL

    With appearances by Tom Constanten, Robin Petrie, Danny Carnahan, David Gans, Hilary Hanes, John Hanes, Cary Sheldon, Diana Mangano, Bob Bralove, Ngoc Lamb, Bruce Anderson, Christian Jones, and Marilyn Crispell.

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  • Saunders, Merl: Still Having Fun (1995)
  • Sumertone 2173
    Sumertone Records; POB 22184; SF, CA 94122: (415) 759-8100
    merlsndrs@aol.com

    Featuring the Rainforest Band with Billy Tolles and Mariana.

    Tracks:

    1. "Boogie On Reggae Woman"
    2. "I Feel Like Dynamite"
    3. "Lonesome Fever"
    4. "Sugaree"
    5. "My Funny Valentine"
    6. "System"
    7. "Dance of the Fireflies"
    8. "Fire On the Mountain"
    A smokin' live Merl CD. "Sugaree" is from Mercury Cafe (Denver), 10 June 1993. "Fire" is from Nyabinghi Dance Hall (Morgantown, WVA) 30 October 1993. If you order direct from Summertone Merl may sign your CD on its way out the door! DL  Merl limits the lyrics of "FOTD" to a variation on the chorus:  "There's a fire...A fire on the mountain..."  This phrasing is identical to the chorus of Steve Miller's earlier, unreleased recording of the song.  EL
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  • The Vineyard Sound, vol. 2  (July 18, 1995)
  • BMG/Critique 15439
    ASIN: B000003R9S
    Vineyard Sound Music; 14 Wisteria Road; Chilmark, MA 02535; (888) 773-6864
    www.petersimon.com

    Includes:

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  • The King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents - Kingfish:  In Concert(1995)
  • King Biscuit Flower Hour Records 70710-88006-2
    King Biscuit Flower Hour Records, Inc.
    PO Box 6700, FDR Station
    New York, New York  10150

    Includes:

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  • Pat Mallinger:  Monday Prayer to Tunkashila (15 Dec. 1995)
  • $15 from PJM Productions; 3083 S. Bonefield, Suite #2; Chicago, IL  60608; 312 927 4575
    Jazz Record Mart; 444 N. Wabash St.; Chicago, IL  60611; (800) 664-3480

    Includes:

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  • Soundgarden  Alive in the Superunknown (1995) - CD-Plus
  • Soundgarden:    Songs from the Superunknown (16/21 November 1995) - EP
  • A & M 44004 4102 2 CD-Plus
    A & M 31458 1255 2 EP

    Includes:

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  • Marble Sheep:  Psychadelic Paradise Live '94 (1995)
  • Captain Trip (sic) Records; 2-17-14 Minami-Koiwa; Edogawa-Ku; Tokyo; Japan

    Page index

  • Mishra Sanjay & Jerry Garcia:  Blue Incantation (1995)
  • RainDog Records; 800 297 4856; 301 441 3787

    Includes:

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  • Rory Lewis Band Heroines (1995)
  • innertron

    Includes:

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  • Gallant, Joe & Illuminati: Blues for Allah (April 1996)
  • KFW 188
    Knitting Factory Works; 74 Leonard St.; New York, NY 10013; (212) 219-3006

    Tracks:

    1. Invocation
    2. "Help" > "Slip!" > "Franklin's"
    3. "King Solomon's Marbles"
    4. "The Music Never Stopped"
    5. "Crazy Fingers" (> uncredited "Other One" jam > "Crazy Fingers")
    6. "Sage and Spirit"
    7. Prelude
    8. "Blues For Allah"
    This live recording of a jazzed Big Band tribute to the Dead's 1975 Blues for Allah offers a unique perspective on the boyz' work. Don't miss the Dead's One >From the Vault which offers an original live interpretation.  See also Gallant's 1997, 1998, and 1999 releases. "Slipknot!" also appears on New York Downtown, Jazz and Other Sounds (Knitting Factory 200, Jan. 1997).  "The Music Never Stopped" appears on the Knitting Factory's The Jazz Voice (Knitting Factory 212, 1997) and also on Dead Delites. DL/EL
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  • Fire On the Mountain: Reggae Celebrates the Grateful Dead (May 1996)
  • PWD 7462 - Powwow records

    Tracks:

    1. "Casey Jones": Wailing Souls
    2. "Touch of Grey": Mighty Diamonds
    3. "Catfish John": Toots Hibbert
    4. "Row Jimmy": Judy Mowatt
    5. "Uncle John's Band": Joe Higgs
    6. "Franklin's Tower": Steel Pulse
    7. "Fire On the Mountain": Chalice
    8. "Wharf Rat": Michael Rose
    9. "Eyes of the World": Freddie McGregor
    10. "Cassidy": Lasana Bandele
    11. "Good Lovin'": Dennis Brown
    A bold and largely successful experimental fusing of Dead to a reggae beat. If you liked Burning Spear's version of "Estimated Prophet" on Deadicated or have an open ear for reggae you'll like these cds. See also Fire On the Mountain v. 2 (1997). DL
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  • Brown, Toni: Blue Morning (June 1996)
  • RRCD 2074 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Tracks:

    1. "Blue Morning"
    2. "Wheel"
    3. "Morning Dew"
    4. "I Remember"
    5. "Walk on Water" - from the film "Tie-Died"
    6. "Last Row in the Balcony"
    7. "Double Shot of Tequilla"
    8. "Box of Rain"
    9. "Stars"
    10. "Sin City"
    Brown's lovely 8:53 version of Jerry's "The Wheel" appears also on Relix's Bay Rock Shop: Tribute to Jerry Garcia as well as Relix's Best Of Truck Driving Songs!  Includes appearances by Jorma and Dave Nelson.  "Morning Dew" and "Box of Rain" appear on Dead Delites. DL
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  • David Murray Octet: Dark Star [The Music of the Grateful Dead] (June 11, 1996)
  • TCD-4002 - Astor Place Recordings; 740 Broadway; NY, NY 10003
    Available via GDM.

    Produced by Herbie Miller; All arrangements by David Murray; Graphic design: Rebellious Designs; Liner notes by Howard Mandel and David Gans.

    Tracks:
    1. "Shakedown Street" (8:54)
    2. "Samson and Delilah" (11:12)
    3. "Estimated Prophet" (5:55)
    4. "Dark Star" (16:15)
    5. "China Doll" (5:17)
    6. "One More Saturday Night" (8:29)
    7. "Shoulda Had Been Me" (featuring Bob Weir) (5:03)
    The Tower of Power meets the Dead in this collector's item. Very nice "Estimated" and "Dark Star". DL  "Shoulda Had Been Me" is a duet with Bob Weir from the Weir-Murray-Taj Mahal musical about Satchel Paige.  EL
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  • Ween Piss Up A Rope / You Were A Fool (July 1996)
  • 3-track EP
    Flying Nun Records/Electra FNCD387

    Tracks:

    1. "Piss Up A Rope"
    2. "You Were The Fool"
    3. "So Long, Jerry"
    4. The B-side to the single "Piss Up A Rope" from 12 Golden Country Greats, this song was written in memory of the Man and is not on the cd.  A sweet, ol' country tune (incl. slide guitar) with tribute lyrics:

        I picked up my things and went outside
        The man that I loved up and died
        I couldn't believe after all this time
        Never knew the man, but he was a good friend of mine

        So long, I'll see you down that long, dark river
        Or floating on that lining in the sky
        I'm lucky, lucky enough to have heard you play your song
        So long, Jerry, so long

        We'll always be together
        Rolling down the track
        Always and forever
        Never looking back

        Got my guitar and went to the river
        Saw a lot of people just dancing around
        I took off my shirt and jumped in the water
        (You) always flew so high, now you've finally left the ground

        So long, I'll see you down that long, dark river
        Or floating on that lining in the sky
        I'm lucky, lucky enough to have heard you sing your song
        So long, Jerry, so long.  So long, Jerry, so long.

      DL (Liam) /MD

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  • Norma Waterson:  Norma Waterson (1996)
  • HNCD 1393
    Hannibal

    Includes:

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  • Furthur Festival (Summer 1996)
  • Grateful Dead Records

    Tracks:

    1. "Spider Fingers": Bruce Hornsby
    2. "Bertha": Los Lobos (from Just Another Band From East L.A.)
    3. "Fire on the Mountain": Mickey Hart's Mystery Box
    4. "I Need a Miracle": Ratdog
    5. "Keep On Truckin'": Hot Tuna
    6. "When the Beatles Hit America": John Wesley Harding
    7. "Jack Straw": Bruce Hornsby (with Bob Weir)
    8. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door": Ratdog
    9. "Amazing Grace": Rob Wasserman
    Souvenir from the first Furthur tour. Nice versions of the Dead tunes. (On a personal note, despite my very favorable opinion of Bruce Hornsby, I found "Jack Straw" without Jerry unsettling.) See also Furthur More (1997) DL
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  • Shaker, Kula: "K" (1996)
  • Columbia Records 22/4/96
    CDNOW 10/22/96
    1999 CD:  Sony International 484180

    Includes:

      "K", the mystical letter that is also the title of Kula Shaker’s debut album, has topped the charts in London and is now meandering it’s way through the U.S. population. The album is action packed with psychedelic ’60s rhythms and deep, spiritual Sanskrit mantras. Not to mention the tribute song to Jerry Garcia entitled "Grateful When You’re Dead/Jerry Was There" and the mystical "Tattva" that was released to U.S. radio.  Source  Amidst the blues-drenched guitars and the Hindi chanting, the band is hard at work building something spiritual and sensual. Kula Shaker isn't afraid of a tamboura, using the exotic instrument on several tracks. Nor is it afraid to be linked with the Grateful Dead, eulogizing that band in the track "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There." But Kula Shaker is no freewheeling "jam" band; there's a precision to the musicianship on this record that cannot be ignored. CDNOW
       
        "Grateful When you're Dead":
        I'm painting, I paint a picture in you're mind
        If you're driving roads to suicide, I know you can sympathise
        If you're love is a cheatin', and you're blinded by the pain
        You're honeymoon in summer is a picnic in the rain...

        You'll be grateful when you're dead, grateful when you're dead
        Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.

        I'm shaking, I shake the spear before you're eyes
        Well if you know you're history, you will read between lines
        If you're waiting for a vision, to illuminate you're mind
        To leave this world of misery, to leave it all behind

        You'll be grateful when you're dead, grateful when you're dead
        Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.

        "Jerry was There":
        Jerry was there, Jerry was there (Many times)
        Oh I'm tellin you man Jerry was there, you could feel his presence everywhere
        (repeat)
        "I've seen him ma - looked me right in the face."

      This tune, titled merely "Grateful When You're Dead," also appears on Hey Dude (1996?).  The Japanese import of K also lists only "Grateful When You're Dead."  Whether these releases also include "Jerry Was There" is not known. DL
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  • Smith, Billy & Terry: Long Live the Dead: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead (1996)
  • K-Tel 3452-2

    Tracks:

    1. "Friend of the Devil"
    2. "U.S. Blues"
    3. "Uncle John's Band"
    4. "Sugar Magnolia"
    5. "Touch of Grey"
    6. "Casey Jones"
    7. "Ripple"
    8. "Truckin'"
    9. "Sugaree"
    10. "Alabama Getaway"
    A heartfelt tribute cd, technically masterful though not especially creative. DL  This country tribute album has received nothing but bad reviews, yet it's a thoughtful, if simple, nod to the Greateful Dead.  All the songs are abbreviated - no long jamming here - but they're also performed with an endearing reverence.  By no means an essential album, but certainly an enjoyable one.  Out of print.  EL
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  • Sloan Wainwright:  Sloan Wainwright (August 6, 1996)
  • WBG 23
    Waterbug Records; PO Box 6605; Evanston, IL 60204; (800) 466-0234
    Awaterbug@aol.com

    Includes:

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  • Paul Kantner:  A Guide Through The Chaos (A Road to the Passion) Spoken History of the Jefferson Airplane(July 19, 1996)
  • CD:  Monster Sounds Ent. 1017
    CD & CT:   Mudslide 1017

    Includes:

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  • Juggling Suns: Doorway to the Angels (1996)
  • RRCD 2079 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Includes:

    Page index

  • Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (1996)
  • Rykodisk - RCD 10338

    Includes:

    Page index

  • Jerry Garcia and David Grisman:  Shady Grove(1996)
  • ACD-21
    Acoustic Disc
    Box 4143; San Rafael, CA  94913
    800 221 DISC

    Includes:

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  • DeadBeats:  DeadBeats Acoustic(1996)
  • Deadbeats; 37 Gardiner Park Road; New Paltz, NY 12561; (914) 255-2598
    and/or
    Deadbeats; POBox 181; Nevada City, CA 95959; (503) 489-6307

    Tracks:

    1. "Cassidy"
    2. "Jack-A-Roe" (Traditional)
    3. "New Speedway Boogie"
    4. "Birdsong"
    5. "To Lay Me Down"
    6. "Cumberland Blues"
    7. "Mississppi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo"
    8. "Black Peter"
    9. "Uncle John's Band"
    10. "Lady with a Fan"
    11. "Terrapin Station"
    Page index

  • Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve:  For the First Time In America (December 1996)
  • Warner Brothers 46469

    Includes:

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  • The Stanford Band (Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band) Mirth Control(1996)
  • The Stanford Band; PO Box 7930; Stanford, CA 94309
    Stanford bookstore:  800 533 2670

    Includes:

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  • Greyfolded (1996, 1998?)
  • Swell/Artifact 1969-1999
    1 800 910 8444 (N. America)
    sappermusic
    Artifact Music; 925 Longfellow Ave.; Mississauga, Ontario M6K 1X9; Canada

    1:45:45 of many "Dark Star"s

      CD1:  Transitive Axis
    1. Novature (formless nights fall)
    2. Pouring Velvet
    3. In Revolving Ash Light
    4. Clouds Cast
    5. Through
    6. Fault Forces
    7. The Phil Zone
    8. La Estrella Oscura
    9. Recedes (while we can)

    10. CD2:  Mirror Ashes
    11. Tansilience
    12. 73rd Star Bridge Sonata
    13. Cease Tone Beam
    14. The Speed of Space
    15. Dark Matter Problem / Every Leaf Is Turning
    16. Foldback Time
    Page index

  • Will HaleI Love Everything (1996)
  • Tadpole Parade; 10532 Point Douglas Road; Cottage Grove, MN 55016
    Public Radio Music Network; (800) 756-8742

    Includes:

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  • Gov't MuleLive at Roseland Ballroom (October 1996)
  • Foundation/A&A 1301
    The Galleria; 2 Bridge St.; Redbank, NJ 07701; (908) 219-0958

    Includes:

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  • The Mighty Manatees Medicine ShowLive Medicine (1996)
  • Hungadunga Music
    Will Hodgon; 2075 Springer Road; Harleysville, PA 19438; (215) 361-9412

    Includes:

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  • Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (September 1996)
  • Sony 67477

    Includes:

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  • Mitakuye Oyasin Oyasin:  All My Relations (1996)
  • A&M

    Includes:

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  • Colie Brice New Age Blues (1996)
  • ??

    Includes:

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  • The Mighty Manatees Live Medicine (1996)
  • Hungadung Music

    Includes:

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  • Mudkats Play Terrapin Station (28 May 1996)
  • SOLANA RECORDS
    2440 great highway, box #5, san francisco, californ-i-o, 94116
    office:   (415) 566-0411
    studio:  (415) 648-7533
    mudkats-info@evolve.com

    Includes:

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  • Old Grandad Vol. 666 (1996?)
  • Self-produced?

    Includes:

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  • Los Ass Draggers:  Abbey Roadkill (1996)
  • Crypt Records

    Includes:

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  • Furthur More (1997)
  • GDM:  GDCD 4176

    1. (Uncredited "Terrapin" piano intro >) "I Know You Rider": Bruce Hornsby
    2. "All Along the Watchtower": Furthur Jam '96
    3. "Fast Sailing": Planet Drum
    4. "Somebody's On Your Case": The Black Crowes
    5. "Moth": moe.
    6. "The Ticket": Sherri Jackson
    7. "Highway in the Wind": Arlo Guthrie
    8. (Uncredited "St. Stephen" bass intro >) "Cassidy": RatDog
    9. "Rainbow's Cadillac": Bruce Hornsby
    10. "Proud Mary > NFA": Furthur Jam '96
    11. There's no music from the second Furthur Festival on this tie-in cd which features previously released studio material by some of the artists on the tour.  Bruce Hornsby's "Terrapin" > "I Know You Rider" is from The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. EL   The second Furthur tour cd, this one sports fine versions of familiar tunes like Rider, Watchtower, and NFA. Rob Wasserman's bass version (really a tease) of St. Stephen before Cassidy is a real treat! Those into Mickey Hart's Planet Drum material will enjoy the live version of Fast Sailing. DL

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  • Fire On the Mountain: Reggae Celebrates the Grateful Dead, Volume 2 (1997)
  • PWD 7466 - Powwow records
    GDM

    Tracks:

    1. "Truckin'": Wailing Souls
    2. "Althea": Culture
    3. "Sugar Magnolia": Chalice
    4. "They Love Each Other": Judy Mowatt
    5. "Turn on Your Lovelight": Toots
    6. "Sugaree": Gregory Isaacs
    7. "Shakedown Street": Marcia Griffiths
    8. "Birdsong": Ken Boothe
    9. "Wheel": The Congos
    10. "If I Had the World To Give": Ras Michael & The Sons of Regus
    11. "Black Muddy River": Israel Vibration
    12. "Stop That Train": The Workingmen, featuring Sly & Robbie, Warren Haynes and Merl Saunders
    13. "Fire On the Mountain" (Ryabinghi mix): Chalice
    An idea so good it took two volumes.  DL  The Wailing Souls' "Truckin'" also appears on Stadium Anthems and Hit Songs That Rock The Wolverines: Go Blue! The Ultimate Michigan Sports CD  (September 1998; Alphabet City Record 11883). JS  The Congo's version of "Wheel" includes the line "Big wheel turn by the grace of Jah..."!  EL
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  • Relix's Best of the New, New Riders of the Purple Sage (12 Feb. 1997)
  • RRCD 2082 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Tracks:

    1. "Charlie's Garden"
    2. "Ballad of the Deportees"
    3. "Taking it Hard"
    4. "Change in the Weather"
    5. "Diesel on my Tail"
    6. "Keep on Keepin' on"
    7. "Bounty Hunter"
    8. "Rancher's Daughter"
    9. "Early in the Morning"
    10. "Ripple"
    Not the version of this band you may have as filler on some tape, but a nice sound. "Ripple" is inspiried. DL
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  • David Nelson Band: Keeper of the Key (1997)
  • DNB 97001 - Freaks of Nature
    POB 15135; Portland, OR 97214
    GDM

    Tracks:

    1. "John Hard's Wedding" (Hunter/Nelson)
    2. "Wicked Messenger" (Dylan)
    3. "Impressionists Two-Step"
    4. "The Wizard's Son"
    5. "Four: Fifty-one"
    6. "See So Far / Sage & Egg"
    7. "Wheel"
    8. "Kick in the Head"
    A very pretty version of a Jerry favorite. Played even more laid back than the man himself usually set the pace. A sweet version of "Wicked Messenger" as well. DL  The mind-boggling instrumental "Sage & Egg" is reminiscent of the Dead's "Spanish Jam" and segues into "The Wheel" - a marvelous arrangement which, like Toni Brown's, features Barry Siess' pedal steel work.  EL
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  • Relix Bay Rock Shop: Tribute to Jerry Garcia (1997)
  • RSRS 0009 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Includes:

    Another Relix radio release, this cd contains interesting interviews with Tom Constanten, Pete Sears, Toni Brown, John Dawson, Jorma Kaukonen, and Jack Casady. DL
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  • Vineyard Sound, vol. 3  (July 15, 1997)
  • ARTISTS ONLY! RECORDS 4
    Vineyard Sound Music; 14 Wisteria Road; Chilmark, MA 02535; (888) 773-6864
    www.petersimon.com

    Includes:

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  • Pickin' On The Dead...A Tribute (May 1997)
  • GDM
    CD 8022
    CMH Records, Inc.; Los Angeles, CA 90039; (323) 663-8073

    European reeissue, 1998:
    Taxim 3010 (D) - CD 442
    DAVID WEST AND THE DEAD STRINGS - Ignore Alien Orders "Pickin' On The Grateful Dead"

    Tracks:

    1. "Althea"
    2. "Scarlet Begonias"
    3. "Friend of the Devil"
    4. "Birdsong"
    5. "Truckin'"
    6. "Lady with a Fan"
    7. "Casey Jones"
    8. "Samson and Delilah"
    9. "Touch of Grey"
    10. "Cumberland Blues"
    11. "Ripple"
    12. "Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad"
    13. "Dark Star"
    14. A Bluegrass instrumental tribute cd by David West (of the Cache Valley Drifters) and friends. In the style of Old and In The Way,Jerry would've loved these recordings!  I haven't seen the German reissue yet, but it certainly appears to be the same cd.  "Birdsong" later appeared on "The Rockin' Banjos of Bluegrass" (CMH8040, 1999).  See also volume twoDL   This entire release was reissued on Long Strange Trip:  Swingin' and Pickin' On The Grateful Dead (CMH 1791; 9 Jan. 2001). MD/DL

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  • Gallant, Joe & Illuminati Live, vol. 1 - Music of the Grateful Dead and Beyond (1997)
  • Reissue:  August 24, 1999
    Relix 2085
    Records; PO Box 508; New Hope, PA 18938

    Tracks:

    1. "Hard To Handle"
    2. "West L.A. Fadeaway"
    3. "Feel Like A Stranger"
    4. "Birdsong" >
    5. "Vista" >
    6. "Corrina" >
    7. "Birdsong"
    8. "The Ocean" - Led Zepplin
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  • Gallant, Joe & Illuminati:  Live, vol. 2 -Music of the Grateful Dead and Beyond (1997)
  • RRCD2092 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229
    Gallant@Panix.com

    Includes:

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  • Kuli LoachNatural Habitat (1997)
  • KL-04
    7012 10th Ave. NW; Seattle, WA  98117

    Includes:

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  • Texas Lone Star:  Desperados Waiting for the Train (1997)
  • Bear Family Records (Germany: BCD 15692)

    Includes:

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  • Bridge School Concerts:  The Bridge School Concerts, Vol. One (November 1997)
  • Reprise 46824
    Wea/Warner Brothers??

    Tracks:

    1. I Am A Child - Neil Young
    2. Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) - Tom Petty
    3. All That You Have Is Your Soul - Tracy Chapman
    4. Sense Of Purpose - The Pretenders/Duke String Quartet
    5. It's All In Your Mind - Beck
    6. Road's My Middle Name, The - Bonnie Raitt
    7. Yes It Is - Don Henley
    8. "Friend of the Devil" - Ministry
    9. America - Simon & Garfunkel
    10. Heroes - David Bowie
    11. Nothingman - Pearl Jam
    12. Battle Of Evermore - Lovemongers
    13. Believe - Nils Lofgren
    14. Alison - Elvis Costello
    15. People Have The Power - Patti Smith
    Page index

  • Merl Saunders:  Fiesta Amazonia (1997)
  • Sumertone S2CD-2183
    Sumertone Records; POB 22184; SF, CA 94122
    415 759 8545; www; email

    Includes:

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  • Bob Weir / Rob Wasserman:  Live(1997)
  • GDCD 4053

    Includes:

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  • Jake's LegJake's Leg (1997)
  • Joe Trunko; 108 St. George's Pl.; St. Louis, MO 63119

    Tracks:

    1. "Help" > "Slipknot!"
    2. "Franklin's Tower"
    3. "Birdsong"
    4. "Get out of My Life"
    5. "Brokedown Palace"
    6. "Cassidy" >
    7. "Eyes of the World"
    8. "Looks Like Rain"
    9. "Shakedown Street"
    10. This is a live recording from Hangar 9 (Carbondale, IL) on April 5, 1995 by this St. Louis-based Dead cover band.  JS  "Get Out of My Life," an Allen Toussaint tune, appears on the 1991 JGB Jerry Garcia Band release.  This is a fine effort, in some ways quite representative of Dead tribute music in that it's both true to spirit and yet quite creative, but the lyrics sound like Jerry from about '85 rather than '90.  "Eyes" is a personal favorite  DL  Top-rate improvisational skills and Randy Furrer's Garcia-style guitar makes this cd a fabulous success.  EL

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  • Space Debris:  Space Debris(1997)
  • Roswell Records
    Sapce Debris; PO Box 372; Sacramento, CA  95812

    Includes:

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  • Live On Letterman (1997)
  • Reprise

    Includes:

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  • Woodstock Winter:  Tom Pacheco (1997)
  • Polygram 53279

    Includes:

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  • Burning Spear:  Appointment With His Majesty (1997)
  • Heartbeat 211

    Includes:

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  • Keith Greeninger:  Wind River Crossing (1997)
  • Wind River Music
    mp3.com

    Includes:

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  • Jerry Garcia Band:  How Sweet It Is (1997)
  • GDCD 4051

    Includes:

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  • Jim Page:  Whose World Is This (1997)
  • Liquid City Records 32591
    Reissued in 2000

    Includes:

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  • Just A Hobby:  Pish Posh (1997)
  • Webpage

    Includes:

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  • A Tribute to Jerry Garcia:  Deadheads Festival, Japan 1997 (1997/8)
  • VPLR-70650

    Includes:

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  • Tom Pacheco:  Woodstock Winter (1997)
  • CD & CT:  Mercury / PolyGram Records Norway 314 532 793-2

    Includes:

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  • Dead Fucking Last:  Grateful (25 March 1997)
  • CD & CT:  Epitaph 86493

    Includes:

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  • Anti-Heros:  American Pie (28 March 1997)
  • CD & CT: Taang 125

    Includes:

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  • Chad Chad (1998)
  • Walnut Lane (WLR) 1717

    Includes:

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  • Area 51 Compilation (20 Jan 1998)
  • Victory 67

    Includes:

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  • Backbone:  Backbone (13 January 1998)
  • GDCD #4056

    Includes:

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  • Jazz is DeadBlue Light Rain (June 1998)
  • Zebra 44009
    Zebra Records; PO Box 9178; Calabasas, CA 91372
    GDM

    Tracks:

    1. "Crazy Fingers" - 8:39
    2. "Unbroken Chain" - 6:32
    3. "Scarlet Begonias" - 5:00
    4. "Dark Star" - 9:08
    5. "Red Baron" (Bill Cobham) - 7:39
    6. "King Solomon's Marbles" - 7:50
    7. 'Blues For Allah' Medley: - 11:52
    8. A group of superior and experienced musicians, T Lauitz (k), Alphonso Johnson (b), Bill Cobham (d), & Jimmy Herring (g), offer vocal-less versions of some of our favorites.  This studio effort only hints at the fun, engery, and brilliance of their live performances.  "Dark Star" & "Unbroken Chain" are luscious, true gems; highly recommended!  See also...  DL
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  • Ramblin' Jack Elliot: Friends Of Mine (March 17, 1998)
  • Wea/Atlantic/Rhino/Hightone
    Hightone 8089

    Tracks:

    1. Riding Down The Canyon - (with Arlo Guthrie)
    2. Me And Billy The Kid - (with Peter Rowan)
    3. Last Letter - (with Rosalie Sorrels)
    4. Louise - (with Tom Waits)
    5. Rex's Blues - (with Emmylou Harris/Nanci Griffith)
    6. Walls Of Red Wing - (with John Prine)
    7. Hard Travelin' - (with Jerry Jeff Walker)
    8. He Was A Friend Of Mine - (with Jerry Jeff Walker)
    9. Dark As A Dungeon - (with Guy Clark)
    10. "Friend of the Devil" - (with Bob Weir)
    11. Reason To Believe
    12. Bleeker Street Blues
    13. Old Time Feelin' - (with Tom Waits/Guy Clark)
    14. Reviews:  Amazon.com - Ramblin' Jack is a living legend, an essential link between his old pal Woodie Guthrie and the folk singers of the '60s. He takes that link one step further in this fantastic collection of duets with an inspired selection of contemporary artists that include Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Tom Waits, Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Bob Weir and others.  Another living legend, Roy Rogers, sits at the production helm and provides Friends with a quiet and loose feel that sounds less like a bunch of stars holed up in the studio than friends jamming around the kitchen table.  [Includes] the rough and tumble "Louise" (with Tom Waits), the soaring and beautiful "Rex's Blues" (with Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith) and a tender rendition of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil" (with Bob Weir) --Tod Nelson 

      AMG REVIEW: Ramblin' Jack Elliott's first album for Hightone, Friends of Mine, is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of duets produced by Roy Rogers. There's a loose, intimate atmosphere on Friends of Mine that is instantly appealing, and his selection of duet partners -- Emmylou Harris & Nanci Griffith, Peter Rowan, Tom Waits, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Arlo Guthrie, Rosalie Sorrels, Guy Clark and Bob Weir -- is smart, since each singer helps bring out the best in Elliott. It's an excellent latter-day effort from Elliott that confirms his status as a legendary folk singer. -- Thom Owens DL

      A magical interpretation performed even more slowly than did Lyle Lovett on Deadicated.  EL

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  • JGB: Welcome To Our World (For Members Only) (March 24, 1998)
  • Pgd/House of Blues
    House Of Blues 161364
    Artist Direct; 17835 Ventura Blvd. #310; Encino, CA 91316; (877) 527-8478

    1. Knocking On Heaven's Door
    2. Not Fade Away
    3. Don't Let Go
    4. "Mission In The Rain"
    5. Tangled Up In Blue
    6. I Shall Be Released
    7. My Sisters And Brothers
    8. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
    9. I Got A Feeling
    10. "Dark Star"- (instrumental)
      AMG REVIEW: A year after their leader's death, the members of the Jerry Garcia Band decided to continue performing, shortening their name to JGB. Their first release as JGB, Welcome to Our World (For Members Only), follows in the tradition of their recordings with Garcia, featuring expanded, jazzy reworkings of such rock, folk, country, gospel, pop and Dead standards as "Knocking on Heaven's Door," "Not Fade Away," "Tangled Up in Blue," "I Shall Be Released," "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," "I Got a Feeling" and "Dark Star." Recorded live at the Los Angeles House of Blues on Halloween 1997, the album has a loose, relaxed feel, and it's filled with great musicianship. It keeps the spirit of Garcia's music alive, and that makes it worthwhile for longtime fans of the Jerry Garcia Band and the Grateful Dead alike. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine 

      I was at this show and can testify to its excellence.  Melvin rocks, though Armin Winter reminds me all too much of Neil Diamond!  Peter Harris' Dark Star is superb; unfortunately and inexplicably only the first five and a half minutes were released. DL

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  • Saunders, Merl:  Merl Saunders Live With His Funky Friends (September 15, 1998)
  • Sumertone Records; POB 22184; SF, CA 94122. (415) 759-8100
    merlsndrs@aol.com

    CDNOW

    Tracks:

    1. You Can Leave Your Hat On
    2. Paris Blues
    3. Built For Comfort
    4. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
    5. "Dark Star" 8:21 Real Audio
    6. Summertime
    7. We All Wanna Boogie
    8. I Put A Spell On You
    9. My Poblems Got Problems
    10. Sunrise Over Haleakala
    11. An excellent "Dark Star" recorded 22 March 1996 at the Ventura Theater in Ventura, CA.  This cd includes guitar work by Trey Anastasio, Jerry, & Steve Kimock (listed as playing in "The Other Guys"!), harmonica by Matthew Kelly & John Popper, and mandolin by Dave Grisman. DL  Timothy Lynch's review.  This "Sunrise over Haleakala" is an alternate take from the Garcia/Saunders Blues for the Rainforest cd.  EL

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  • Lounge Brigade:  Put Some Style In It (October 20, 1998)
  • Shanachie 5732
    Shanachie Ent. Corp.; 37 E. Clinton St.; Newton, NJ 07860; (800) 497-1043

    Includes:

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  • Andru Branch:  What If I Told You (October 27, 1998)
  • Tabou1#04

    Includes:

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  • Vince Welnick and Missing Man Formation:  Missing Man Formation(1998)
  • GDCD 4058

    Includes:

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  • Jamie Janover:  Realms (1998)
  • JJD405
    Realm Music; P.O. Box 7915; Boulder, CO  80306; (303) 245-0989
    CageFree Records; P.O. Box 81; Nederland, CO 80466

    Tracks:

    1. Third Stone From The Sun (Hendrix)
    2. Alabama (Coltrane)
    3. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Mingus)
    4. Cello Suite No. 1 (Bach)
    5. "Dark Star"
    6. The Seventh Sea
    7. Perculicimer
    8. Ride
    9. ADHD
    10. The hammered dulcimer is not an instrument one usually associates with the Dead, but this is a fascinating cd with a wide variety of musical traditions and a 8:11 version of "Dark Star." JS   This "Dark Star" sounds remarkably like the version on Live Dead (27 Feb. 1969).  DL

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  • The SchwagRelease 1 (1998)
  • Jacob's Ladder Productions
    The Schwag; 3100 Mount Pleasant; St. Louis, MO 63111

    Tracks:

    1. "Feel Like A Stranger" > "Eyes of the World" > "Stranger"
    2. "Tennessee Jed"
    3. "He's Gone"
    4. "Cumberland Blues"
    5. "Dear Prudence" (Lennon/McCartney)
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  • Rollin' In The Hay:  Renegade Bluegrass (October 1998)
  • Prairie Eden 4

    Tracks:

    1. Brown House Breakdown (Carter/Foster)
    2. Nogales (Carter)
    3. Midnight Train (Carter/Waldrep)
    4. Me And Opie (Down By The Duck Pond) (Mead/Murphy/Roseberry)
    5. Steel Rails (Waldrep)
    6. 4:20 (Carter)
    7. "Deal"
    8. Mountain Dew (Traditional)
    9. Catfish John (McDill/Reynolds)
    10. Too Long Bye, Bye (Carter)
    11. Heartbroken (Carter)
    12. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Traditional)
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  • Into the Now:  Into The Now (1998)
  • Acme Records
    Into The Now; PO Box 102; Brockport, NY  14420

    Includes:

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  • Krüger Brothers Travel the Gravel (Oct. 1998)
  • double time music 006
    P.O. Box 106
    6386 Wolfenschiessen
    Switzerland
     
    Includes:

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  • Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band:  Too Hot to Handle (1998)
  • Louisiana Red Hot 1106

    Includes:

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  • Mick Overman:  Mileage (1998)
  • Max Records MRD 00 30103 2

    Includes:

    Page index

  • Bruce Hornsby:  Spirit Trail (October 1998)
  • RCA 67468

    Includes:

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  • Hal 9000:  Actually I Used To Have A Girlfriend (1998)
  • Freak Emporium  #HACD050
    loudsprecher/HAL (Germany)

    Includes:

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  • Jorma Kaukonen:  Too Many Years (26 January 1999)
  • RCD 2094 - Relix Records
    POB 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Includes:

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  • Gallant, Joe & Illuminati:  Terrapin (June 1999)

  •  
    Which? Records (WHI5656)

    Tracks:

    1. "Passenger" (Lesh/Monk) 3:39
    2. Dancin' In The Streets (Stevenson/Gaye/Hunter) 12:33
    3. "Estimated Prophet" (Weir/Barlow) 12:58
    4. "Sunrise" (Godchaux) 5:24
    5. Samson & Delilah (Johnson) 6:33
    6. "Terrapin" Station Suite (23:24):

    7. "Lady with a Fan" (Garcia/Hunter) 8:28
    8. Terrapin Station (Garcia/Hunter) 1:44
    9. Region I (Gallant) 2:26
    10. At A Siding - Orchestra (Hart/Hunter) 0:59
    11. Region II  (Gallant) 5:22
    12. At A Siding - Voice (Hart/Hunter) 1:58
    13. Region III (Gallant) 0:43
    14. Region IV (Gallant) 1:44

    15.  
    16. "China Doll" (Garcia/Hunter) 5:24
    17. Jerome John  (Gallant) 1:41
    18. An outstanding tribute to the Dead's 1977 Terrapin Station, this is a bold interpretation which is likely to surprise even those familiar with Joe's work with its warmth and subtlety. DL  

      Not even Joe Gallant's for earlier explorations of the Grateful Dead material (1994, 1996, 1997, & 1997) could have prepraed us for the shocking brilliance of Terrapin, his genre-bending tribute to the Dead's 1977 Terrapin Station.  Terrapin is all over the map stylisically, but proves to be a consistent musical vision.  He restructures the Dead's side one, opening with "Passenger," a half-hiphop / half-swing rendition with vocals by longtime Deadhead and NBA hall-of-famer BillWalton.  "Dancin'" is fatihful to the Martha and the Vandellas orginal, which is a sly wink at the Dead's notorious disco arrangement.  Frank Zappa alumnus, the incredible Ike Willis, sings "Estimated," which is faithful to the original, with Joe's heavy orchestration thickening the mix.  "Sunrise" (the only Donna song ever covered) is sung by Lisa Shaw as if she were on stage at a Las Vegas nightclub, and "Samson" is a gospel rave up.  Gallant's "Terrapin Suite" is as mindblowing as the original.  "Lady with a Fan" resembles the Dead's studio version - Joe's orchestration notwithstanding.  But tradition is radically broken in the "Terrapin Station" section.  Whether live or in the studio, Jerry crooing "inspiration" was always a BIG MOMENT.  Gallant goes in the opposite direction.  After building to a massive climax, the song does a 180 into a mellow country interlude.  "Inspiration..." sings Rob Wolfson with no fanfare whatsoever.  The "Region I," Region II," and "Region III" showcase improvisational Illuminati insanity.  "Region IV," a hilarious addition, features Pat Boone(!) speak-singing a few lines.  A string quartet accompanies the heavenly voice of the Roches' Maggie Roche during "China Doll," followed by Gallant's solo instrumental tribute, "Jerome John."  EL

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  • Jazz is Dead:   Laughing Water (July 20, 1999)
  • Wea/Zebra; ASIN: B00000JLMH

    Tracks:

    1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo"
    2. "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"
    3. "Row Jimmy"
    4. "Stella Blue"
    5. "Here Comes Sunshine" / Sunshine Jam
    6. "Eyes of the World" / "Two Sisters"
    7. "Weather Report Suite, Part 1"
    8. "Weather Report Suite, part 2: Let It Grow"
    9. Marc Greilsamer, via Amazon.com:  Without offense to the often-brilliant lyricist Robert Hunter, it's always the singing and the words that ring hollow when another band tries to replicate the Grateful Dead experience. With all those pesky words out of the way, Jazz Is Dead are free to lay down 62 minutes of sweeping funk fusion. Not merely a pale imitator, this ferocious quintet adds to the creative process by injecting its own adventurous spirit into the Dead's music, not to mention an assortment of masterful chops. Here the group tackles 1973's Wake of the Flood, one of the Dead's most nuanced records, and the musicians themselves seem to delight in the music's subtle twists (check out bassist Alphonso Johnson's cascading lines in "Row Jimmy"). Even the forgotten "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away" becomes a joyous, organ-fueled romp thanks to T Lavitz's keyboard work. Guitarist Jimmy Herring handles both the restrained vocal parts and the frenzied leads with aplomb. And besides, any chance to hear one of Bill Monroe's old Blue Grass Boys (fiddler Vassar Clements, who appeared on the original album) soar atop the throbbing bass of a former Weather Report member is worth the price of admission.

      "Basic tracks recorded at:  the Fox Theater, Boulder, CO 13 & 14 April, 1999; Maritime Hall, SF, CA, 23 &24 April 1999."  Includes Vassar Clements (violin), DJ Godchaux (vocal intros), Steve Kimock (guitar), and Derek Trucks (slide guitar).  More jazzed exploration of tunes you know.  The Eyes and WRS are particularly delicious!  These are the only covers of Half-step, Sing Your Blues, Here Comes Sunshine, and WRS>Let it Grow on this list. Donna Jean's vocal intros to Half-Step & Here Comes Sunshine are actually pretty decent.  See also... DL  Timothy Lynch's review.

      Between Blue Light Rain and LaughingWater, drummer Billy Cobham was replaced by Leftover Salmon's Jeff Sipe and the Dixie Dregs' Rod Morgenstein.  EL

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  • Swingin' to the Grateful Dead (March 1999)
  • Vitamin 8501
    PO Box 39439; LA, CA 90039; (323) 663-8073
    Dist. CMH

    Tracks:

    1. "Touch of Grey"
    2. "Friend of the Devil"
    3. "Bertha"
    4. "Scarlet Begonias"
    5. "Wharf Rat"
    6. "U.S. Blues"
    7. "Eyes of the World"
    8. "Truckin'"
    9. "Cumberland Blues"
    10. "Chinacat Sunflower"
    11. "Casey Jones"
    12. "Ship of Fools"
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  • Rice/Rice/Hillman/Pedersen:  Rice Rice Hillman & Pedersen (Oct. 5, 1999)
  • UNI/ROUNDER 610450

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  • Jonathan McEuen & Phil Salazar:  A Tribute to Jerry Garcia (1999)
  • Chrome Records FPUI (Filizar Music) 0420
    Filizar World Headquarters
    Orders:  1-800-484-9990, then 5423 (JGCD)
    GDCD 4215 - Retitled:  Tie-Die Yippie Ki Yay

    Tracks:

    1. "Tennessee Jed"
    2. "Casey Jones"
    3. "Eyes of the World"
    4. "Deal"
    5. "Shady Grove"
    6. "The Wheel"
    7. "Franklin's Tower"
    8. "Pig In A Pen"
    9. "Chinacat Sunflower" > Rider
    10. "Don't Let Go" w/Daphne Jones, vocals
    11. "Dead Heat"
    12. Phil Salazar, who played fiddles on the 1997 Pickin' On The Dead, recruited his buddy Jon McEuen from their band String Lizards to follow that bluegrass tribute to the Dead with "an acoustic pickin' feast inspired by some of Jerry's finest work, spanning his entire musical career." (Jon McEuen)  Thus the birth of this, "The World's First Musical Tribute to Jerry Garcia," cd.  Recorded in the summer of 1998, it contains a wide variety of tunes from Jerry's career (though only three of the eleven tracks, "Shady Grove," "Pig In A Pen," and "Don't Let Go," were not performed by the Dead).  Four tracks (2, 5, 8 & 10) include vocals, the balance being instrumentals, a mix which works very well.  The final tune (written by Salazar and John McEuen) is the sole original on the cd and makes one wish they'd included more! 

      "Shady Grove" appears on the Garcia/Grisman cd.  "Pig In A Pen," a 1937 classic by Arthur Smith, appears on two of the Old and In the Way cds.  "Don't Let Go" appears on Jerry's double live cd

      This is actually the second effort dedicated to Jerry (here's the first), though the first was a laserdisc and therefore not terribly accessible.  Other JG covers (and JG-inspired covers of covers) include Robert Hunter's 1980 and 1990 versions of "Reuben and Cherise," Slipknot's "The Harder They Come" and "Tangled Up In Blue," Solar Circus' "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," Toots Hibbert's "Catfish John," The Workingmen's "Stop That Train," Joe Gallant's and Juggling Suns' "Love In The Afternoon," Jake's Leg's "Get Out of My Life," and The Schwag's Dear Prudence," not to mention the JGB's 1998 release.

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  • Phil Lesh and Friends:  Highlights Volume One (October 1999)
  • GDCD 4401

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  • The Other Ones:  The Strange Remain(1999)
  • GDCD 4062

    Includes:

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  • Joe Goldmark:  All Hat, No Cattle (May 1999)
  • Hightone Music Group; 220 Fourth St. #101; Oakland, CA 94607; (501) 763-2156
    HMG 3009

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  • Toni Brown Dare to Dream (Feb. 2000)
  • Relix 2100
     
    Includes:

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  • David Nelson Band High Adventure in Japan(1999)
  • Freaks of Nature; PO Box 15135; Portland, OR 97214

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  • The Blotter Boys: Oh Yeah! (Live At The Tremont) (1999)
  • Flying Crowbar Music; 203 Southwood Park Road; Mooresville, NC 28115

    Includes:

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  • Sex Mob:  Solid Sender  (1999)
  • Knitting Factory Works; ASIN: B00003OP0Q
    Reissued 25 Jan. 2000

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  • Sing Out For Seva (1999)
  • GDCD 4067

    Includes:

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  • Modern Hicks:  Out Among The Stars (14 September 1999)
  • Jackalope Records JKLP1244
    ASIN B00001XDMD

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  • The Cyrus Clarke Band:  California Stories (1 June 1999)
  • Ranch Records
    ASIN B00004RFCG

    Includes:

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  • Flying Other Brothers IOP (9 October 1999)
  • ASIN B0000296GW

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  • Contents Under Pressure (20 July 1999)
  • Bomb Hip-Hop Records; 4104 24th St. #105; San Francisco, CA 94114; 415 821 7965; fax 415 826 9479
    Dist.:  Caroline

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  •  Adam Brodsky: Folk Remedy  (15 October 1999)
  • Permanent Records

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  • Suicidal Tendencies:  Free Your Soul...And Save My Mind (2000)
  • Suicidal Records 18

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  • David Rovics: Live At Club Passim (2000)
  • $17 from David Rovics; PO Box 995; Jamaica Plain, MA  02130

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  • Jimmie Dale Gilmore:  One Endless Night (29 Feb. 2000)
  • Uni/Rounder; ASIN: B00004LMNR

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  • Pickin' On The Grateful Dead, volume 2 (June 2000)
  • CMH CD-8525
    CMH Records; PO Box 39439; LA, CA 90039

    Tracks:

    1. "Till the Morning Comes"
    2. "The Wheel"
    3. "Cassidy"
    4. "Box of Rain"
    5. "I Know You Rider"
    6. "Sugaree"
    7. "Uncle John's Band"
    8. "China Cat Sunflower"
    9. "Dire Wolf"
    10. "Eyes of the World"
    11. "Sugar Magnolia"
    12. "Deal"
    13. More sweet bluegrass-inspired Dead covers by David West and friends.  See also volume oneDL  This entire release was reissued on Long Strange Trip:  Swingin' and Pickin' On The Grateful Dead (CMH 1791; 9 Jan. 2001). MD/DL

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  • Dead Grass Dead Grass, featuring Vassar Clements(May 2000)
  • CGM 1018-2
    Ceder Glen Music Group; PO Box 173; Ceder Glen, CA 92321-0173

    Tracks:

    1. "Brown-Eyed Women"
    2. "Casey Jones"
    3. "Attics of My Life"
    4. "Broke-down Palace"
    5. "Alabama Getaway"
    6. "Ripple"
    7. "U.S. Blues"
    8. "Dire Wolf"
    9. "Friend of the Devil"
    10. "It Must Have Been the Roses"
    11. "Mexicali Blues"
    12. "Dedicated to the Grateful Dead, their songs will live forever."  A country-bluegrass approach quite different from David West's.  Although they cover all the standards, there are a few rarities here worthy of a listen.  DL

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  • Tom Constanten:  Grateful Dreams(18 April 2000)
  • RRCD 2102
    Relix Records; POBox 92; Brooklyn, NY 11229

    Tracks:

    1. "Let It Be" 3:16
    2. "Friend of the Devil" > "Boris the Spider" 2:33
    3. "Flight of the Bumble Bee" 1:10
    4. "Morning Dew" 3:10
    5. "Embroyonic Journey" 2:13
    6. "I've Just Seen A Face" 2:36
    7. "La Leggierezza" 3:52
    8. "People Get Ready" 2:41
    9. "Cold Rain and Snow" 2:56
    10. "Intro" > "Pig Pen" 1:19
    11. "Season of the Witch" 2:37
    12. "The Fat Angel" 2:53
    13. "Mountains of the Moon" 3:58
    14. "Romanze, Op. 118 #5" 3:01
    15. "Dark Star" > "Ritual Fire Dance" > [“Dark Star” >] "Lovelite" 9:28
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  • Wild Colonials:  Real Life, vol. 1(Jan. 2000)
  • Chromatic Records 2000

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  • Seth Jackson:  The Music Lives On (2000?)
  • MP3.COM

    Tracks:

    1. "The Music Lives On"
    2. "Feel Your Way"
    3. "Now and Then"
    4. Regarding the title cut, Seth writes, "A longtime Deadhead, I wrote this song following the death of Jerry Garcia."
       

        "The Music Lives On"

        I was just a young boy first time I heard him play
        The music went straight to my heart, I fell in love that day
        In the concert hall, my living room, or driving in my car
        I never heard a sweeter sound than his voice and his guitar

        He sang of heart’s desire, hard times, and being strong
        And I could always feel the love he gave to every song
        On the day he left this world, I sat down and I cried
        But now I just give thanks for all the joy he left behind

        Chorus
        So let’s go dancing in the rain
        ‘Cause even though he’s gone
        The gift he gave won’t fade away
        The Music Lives On

        I finished school, I hit the road, had fun, made lots of friends
        He was the soundtrack to a time I thought would never end
        Now the stage is empty and the spotlight has gone out
        But I’ll  pop in this old cassette and I’ll hear him sing out loud

        Chorus

      DL
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  • Flying Other Brothers Secondary (22 May 2000)
  • ASIN B00004TSX2

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  • The Grass Is Dead (2000)
  • $18 from Atlantian Dreams; 380 Manchester St.; Boca Raton, FL  33487

    Tracks:

    1. "Sugaree"
    2. "China Doll"
    3. "They Love Each Other"
    4. "Row Jimmy"
    5. "So Many Roads"
    6. "He's Gone"
    7. "Lazy River Road"
    8. "Here Comes Sunshine"
    9. "Althea"
    10. "Black Muddy River"
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  • Bruce Hornsby:  Here Come the Noise Makers (2000)
  • GDCD 4235

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  • Stolen Roses:  Songs of the Grateful Dead (2000)
  • GDCD 4073
    Arista

    Tracks:

    1. "Cumberland Blues" - Cache Valley Drifters*
    2. "High Time" - Cast of the stage play "Cumberland Blues", Nov. 1998
    3. "Brown-Eyed Women" - The Pontiac Brothers*
    4. "Friend of the Devil" - Bob Dylan and his Band, date not indicated
    5. "Ship of Fools" > "It Must Have Been the Roses" - Elvis Costello, 16 April 1987, San Jose
    6. "Black Peter" - the Patti Smith Band, 9 August 1995, Electric Lady, NYC
    7. "Black Muddy River" - The Persuasions*
    8. "Dark Star" - the David Grisman Quartet
    9. "Ripple" - Sex Mob*
    10. "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" - The Bobs*
    11. "Unbroken Chain" - Joe Gallant & Illuminati*
    12. "Franklin's Tower" - Wartime featuring Henry Rollings*
    13. "Pasta On The Mountain" - Leftover Salmon*
    14. "Cream Puff War" - Widespread Panic
    15. "Uncle John's Band" - the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band*
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  • Rick Danko:  Times Like These (22 August 2000)
  • Breeze Hill Records

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  • Professor Louis & The Crowmatix:  Over The Edge (22 August 2000)
  • Breeze Hill Records

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  •  Merl Saunders Struggling Man (2000)
  • Relix RRCD 2107

    Includes:
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  • Bob Weir and Ratdog:  Evening Moods (2000)
  • GDCD 4072

    Includes:

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  • Dose Hermanos:  Search For Intelligent Life(2000?)
  • Relix RRCD 2108

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  • Danny Carnahan:  Wake the Dead!  (2000)
  • GDCD 4074

    Tracks:

    1. "Banks of Lough Gowna" > The Renunion" > "Friend of the Devil"
    2. "My Marrianne" > "The Wheel"
    3. "Christmas Eve" > "China Cat Sunflower"  > "Bank of Ireland" > "The Bear" > "Bertha" > "Cliffs of Mostar"
    4. "Lord Inchiquin" > "Sugaree"
    5. "Coleman's Cross" > "Birdsong"
    6. "Brigid Cruise" > "Black Muddy River"
    7. "Touch of Grey" > "Jack the Lad" > "Boys to Malin" > "Trip to Windsor"
    8. "Row Jimmy"
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  • Gathering On The Mountain (2000)
  • Relix  RRCD 2099
    3 cds, sold seperately

    Part One
    Tracks:

    1. "Morning Dew" - Tom Constanten
    2. "Somebody To Love" - Jefferson Starship
    3. "White Bird" - David & Linda LaFlamme
    4. "Fire On The Mountain" - Toni Brown Band
    5. "Sugaree" - Merl Saunders
    6. "White Rabbit" - Jefferson Starship
    7. "Cosmic Charley" - Missing Man Formation
    8. Gospel Medley:  "Brothers And Sisters" > "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" > "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" - JGB
    Part Two
    Tracks:
    1. "Cats Down Under The Stars" - JGB
    2. "Too Many Years" - Jorma Kaukonen Trio
    3. "Friend of the Devil" > "Boris The Spider" - T. Constanten
    4. "Wrecking Ball" - The Recipe
    5. "Dare To Dream" - Toni Brown Band
    6. "Don & Dewey" - David & Linda LaFlamme
    7. "My Love (She Comes In Colors)" - Missing Man Formation
    8. "Stupid Hat" - God Street Wine
    9. "Finders Keepers" - Merl Saunders
    Part Three
    Tracks:
    1. "Keep On Truckin' Mama" - Jorma Kaukonen Trio
    2. "Last Row In The Balcony" - Toni Brown Band
    3. "Hot Summer Day" - David & Linda LaFlamme
    4. "Affected Specimen (Alien Abduction)" - The Recipe
    5. "Fire On The Mountain" - Merl Saunders
    6. "Waiting For The Tide To Rise" - God Street Wine
    7. "Long Way To Go Home" - Missing Man Formation
    8. "GDTRFB" - Jorma Kaukonen Trio & Friends
    9. Recorded at the Gathering On The Mountain Music Festival held at the Big Boulder/Jack Frost Ski Resort on 7 & 8 August 1999.   DL

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  • Soulfarm Live At Wetlands (2000)
  • Phoenix Presents 3014

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  • Patti Smith:  Gung Ho (2000)
  • Arista 14618

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  • Might As Well:  The Persuasions Sing The Grateful Dead (2000)
  • GDCD 4070

    Tracks:

    1. "Here Comes Sunshine"
    2. "Might As Well"
    3. "Lazy River Road"
    4. "Loose Lucy"
    5. "Ripple"
    6. "Brokedown Palace"
    7. "Liberty"
    8. "Sugaree"
    9. "Ship of Fools"
    10. "He's Gone"
    11. "It Must Have Been the Roses"
    12. "One More Saturday Night"
    13. "Bertha"
    14. "I Bid You Good Night"
    15. "Black Muddy River"
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  • Party Tyme Karaoke:  Acoustic Gold (2000)
  • Sybersound 1042

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  • In November Sunlight:  Soko (2000)
  • Breezeway 313

    Includes:

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  • Billy Goodman:  Live In Amsterdam (2000)
  • Goodman Records; Billy & Sabine Goodman; Bahnhofstrasse 31; 69115 Heidelberg; Germany; fax 49 6221 602952

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  • Lost Marbles Lost Marbles (2000?)
  • headjams.com or via the band themselves at PO Box 202; Oyster Bay, NY  11771; 516 922 0680
    NB:  This is not the Pittsburgh folk band Lost Marbles.

    Tracks:

    1. "Jack Straw"
    2. "Take Me To The River"
    3. "Friend of the Devil"
    4. "After Midnight"
    5. "Bird Song"
    6. "The Music Never Stopped"
    7. "Playing In The Band" ( > uncredited "Rider")
    8. "Shining Star"
    9. "Expressway (To Your Heart)"
    10. A particularly strong effort straight from the heart.  Includes some Donna-like supporting female vocals which are a FAR cry better than the original!  Recorded 28 May 1999, Mill Neck, NY.  SamplesDL

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  • Paul Krassner:  Campaign in the Ass (22 Aug 2000)
  • Artemis 751053

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  • Fit & Limo:  Serpent Unrolled (2000?)
  • Freak Emporium  #FICD009

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  • Caution Jam:  Cowboots East Coast Puzzle I (2000/2001)
  • Website

    Tracks:

    1. "Touch of Grey" > "Cumberland Blues"
    2. "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl"
    3. "Big Yellow Taxi"
    4. "China Cat Sunflower" > "I Know You Rider"
    5. "Shady Grove" > "Shakedown Street" > "Ramble On Rose"  > "Iko Iko"
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  • Elegy:  The Electric Roses Tour (2001?)
  • Website
    Elegy; PO Box 1547; Decatur, GA 30021

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  • David Gans Solo Acoustic (2001)
  • Perfectible Recordings
    484 Lake Park Ave. #102
    Oakland, CA 94610-2730
     
    Tracks:

    1. Ask Your Dog! (Gans) > I Bid You Good Night (Traditional arr. Gans)
    2. Return of the Grievous Angel (Parsons)
    3. An American Family (Gans)
    4. Down to Eugene (Page/Gans)
    5. "Lady With A Fan" > "Terrapin Station" (Hunter/Garcia)
    6. River and Drown (Gans)
    7. The Minstrel (Donnelly/Gans)
    8. Shut Up and Listen (Hunter/Gans)
    9. Sovereign Soul (Gans)
    10. Normal (Mull)
    11. The Nightmare (Donnelly/Gans) > Blue Roses (Gans)
    12. "Black Peter"  (Garcia/Hunter) > Dear Mr. Fantasy (Winwood/Capaldi/Wood) > Trying (Gans)
    13. Elvis Imitators (Goodman/Smith)
    14. "Brokedown Palace" (Hunter/Garcia)
    15. Who Killed Uncle John? (Gans)
    16. Tear My Stillhouse Down (Welch)

    17.  
      Recorded live on tour 1999-2000.  In addition to the covers above, "Who Killed Uncle John?" is also directly Dead-related.  DL/MD
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  • BeanweevilsBeanweevils (2001)
  • Available via their website.

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    First posted: January 9, 1996
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