Dick's Picks Volume 16
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Dick's Picks Volume 16 is the sixteenth live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

. It was recorded on November 8, 1969 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

.

Disc one

  1. ”Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” (Williamson
    Sonny Boy Williamson I
    Sonny Boy Williamson was an American blues harmonica player and singer, and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson.-Biography and career:...

    ) – 13:33
  2. ”Casey Jones” (Garcia
    Jerry Garcia
    Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...

    , Hunter
    Robert Hunter (lyricist)
    Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...

    ) – 4:51
  3. ”Dire Wolf” (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:24
  4. ”Easy Wind” (Hunter) – 9:02
  5. ”China Cat Sunflower” (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:45
  6. ”I Know You Rider” (traditional) – 5:40
  7. ”High Time” (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48
  8. ”Mama Tried” (Haggard
    Merle Haggard
    Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

    ) – 3:10
  9. ”Good Lovin’” (Clark, Resnick) – 9:17
  10. ”Cumberland Blues” (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh
    Phil Lesh
    Phillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....

    ) – 4:19

Disc two

  1. ”Dark Star” (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 14:09
  2. ”The Other One” (Kreutzmann
    Bill Kreutzmann
    Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...

    , Weir
    Bob Weir
    Bob Weir is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead...

    ) – 12:02
  3. ”Dark Star” (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 1:00
  4. ”Uncle John's Band Jam” (Garcia, Hunter) – 2:33
  5. ”Dark Star” (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 3:05
  6. ”St. Stephen” (Garcia, Hunter, Lesh) – 7:44
  7. ”The Eleven” (Hunter, Lesh) – 14:01

Disc three

  1. ”Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)” (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 17:28
  2. ”The Main Ten” (Hart
    Mickey Hart
    Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...

    ) – 3:10
  3. ”Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)” (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 9:02
  4. ”Feedback” (Grateful Dead) – 7:57
  5. ”We Bid You Goodnight” (traditional) – 3:28
  6. ”Turn on Your Love Light" (Malone, Scott) – 25:29

Personnel

Grateful Dead:
  • Tom Constanten - keyboards
  • Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
  • Mickey Hart - drums
  • Bill Kreutzmann - drums
  • Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
  • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - harmonica, percussion, vocals
  • Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Production:
  • Dick Latvala, David Lemieux - tape archivists
  • Gecko Graphics - design
  • Owsley Stanley - recording
  • Jeffrey Norman - CD mastering
  • John Cutler - magnetic scrutinizer
  • Rosie McGee – photography
  • Jim Wise - additional editing
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