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March
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Various Venues
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Skull
and Roses review
The
Grateful Dead’s Skull and Roses CD captures the bands sound
as they were transitioning from their early psychedelic/blues sound
to a rock/country/folk tone. While
the music was recorded live it features material that had not yet
been released with the exception of “The Other One”; it was
released in 1971 shortly after the songs were performed.
Because the band wasn’t recording any studio for a period
of years at this point, this served as a substitute for a studio
album. The biggest surprise on Skull and Roses is that it
includes only one song that Pig Pen takes the lead on, Willie
Dixon’s “Big Boss Man.”
Predictably,
the performances include both original and cover songs and it is
split between short songs and jamming songs.
My favorite part of this CD are the versions “Wharf Rat”
and “Not Fade Away” > “Going Down The Road Feeling Bad”
> “Not Fade Away,” a staple for the band in 1971. Others may
prefer the spacey jamming in, “The Other One.”
As
for the short songs you get a mix of rock, “Bertha” and
“Johnny B. Goode,” country, “Mama Tried,” Me and Bobby
McGee,” and “Me and My Uncle,” and blues, “Big Boss Man”
and “Big Railroad Blues.”
All
in all Skull and Roses is a very good representation of the
band during 1971 and a good value as it is packed with music. Much
of it was recorded during the same time as their four CD release Ladies
and Gentlemen, however, this is a complement not a substitute
for that. by Barry
Small
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Original Album - B
Bonus Material - B
Final Grade -
B
The remastered version of Skull and
Roses is available in the box set The
Golden Road. |
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| Track List |
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| The Grateful Dead
(Skull and Roses) |
| 1. Bertha
(Garcia / Hunter) - 5:43 |
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4/27/71 |
Fillmore East, NY |
| 2. Mama Tried
(Haggard) - 2:43 |
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4/26/71 |
Fillmore East, NY |
| 3. Big
Railroad Blues (Lewis) - 3:35 |
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4/5/71 |
Manhattan Center, NY |
| 4. Playing in the Band
(Hart / Hunter / Weir) - 12:24 |
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4/6/71 |
Manhattan Center, NY |
| 5. The Other
One (Kreutzmann / Weir) - 18:07 |
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4/28/71 |
Fillmore East, NY |
| 6. Me and My
Uncle (Phillips) - 3:04 |
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4/29/71 |
Fillmore East, NY |
| 7. Big Boss
Man (Dixon / Smith) - 5:14 |
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4/26/71 |
Fillmore East, NY |
| 8. Me and
Bobby McGee (Foster / Kristoferson) - 5:42 |
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4/27/71 |
Fillmore East, NY |
| 9. Johnny B.
Goode (Berry) - 3:44 |
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3/24/71 |
Winterland Arena, S.F., CA |
| 10. Wharf Rat
(Garcia / Hunter) - 8:32 |
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4/26/71 |
Fillmore East, NY |
11. Not Fade
Away/Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
(Hardin / Petty /
Traditional) - 9:26 |
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4/5/71 |
Manhattan Center, NY |
Bonus Tracks
12. Oh, Boy! (Petty / Tilghman / West) - 2:50 |
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4/6/71 |
Manhattan Center, NY |
| 13. I'm a Hog for
You (Leiber / Stoller) - 5:20 |
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4/6/71 |
Manhattan Center, NY |
Hidden
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Radio Spot
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The songs were performed at the following dates:
March 24, 1971
Johnny B Goode
April 5, 1971
Big Railroad Blues
Not Fade Away, Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
April 6, 1971
Oh! Boy, I'm a Hog for You
April 6, 1971
Playing In The Band
April 26, 1971
Mama Tried, Big Boss Man, Wharf Rat
April 27, 1971
Bertha, Me And Bobby McGee
April 28, 1971
The Other One
April 29, 1971
Me And My Uncle
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| Musicians: |
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Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Pigpen (Ron McKernan) - keyboard, vocals, harmonica
Bill Kreutzmann - percussion |
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Released
1971
From sixteen track multi source master tape.
Label - Warner Brothers
This CD was reissued on the box set The Golden Road with bonus tracks.
Article - A great interview with David Lemieux where he discusses
The
Golden Road.
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