Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead
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Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead is a Grateful Dead
triple live album
released in 2004. It was recorded at Rheinhalle in the German town of Düsseldorf
on April 24, 1972 during their famous European tour. The tracklist on the CD differs from the actual setlist played that night. It was done this way to preserve groups of segued tracks and fit on three discs properly. The two bonus tracks, "Turn On Your Lovelight" and "The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)", were recorded on May 24, 1972.
Pre-orders through the Grateful Dead Store received a bonus disc.
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Production:
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...
triple 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...
released in 2004. It was recorded at Rheinhalle in the German town of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
on April 24, 1972 during their famous European tour. The tracklist on the CD differs from the actual setlist played that night. It was done this way to preserve groups of segued tracks and fit on three discs properly. The two bonus tracks, "Turn On Your Lovelight" and "The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)", were recorded on May 24, 1972.
Pre-orders through the Grateful Dead Store received a bonus disc.
Disc one
- First set:
- "Truckin'Truckin'"Truckin'" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album American Beauty. It was recognized by the United States Library of Congress in 1997 as a national treasure....
" (GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
, HunterRobert 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...
, LeshPhil LeshPhillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
, WeirBob WeirBob 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...
) – 11:04 - "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:07
- "Chinatown Shuffle" (Ron "Pigpen" McKernan) – 3:06
- "Black-Throated WindBlack-Throated Wind"Black-Throated Wind" is the second track from Bob Weir's solo debut Ace. The song was written by Weir and lyricist John Perry Barlow about the experiences Barlow had on a road trip from New York to San Francisco in 1971...
" (BarlowJohn Perry BarlowJohn Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarian political activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic...
, Weir) – 6:51 - "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:06
- "I Know You Rider" (traditional) – 6:19
- "Mr. Charlie" (Hunter, McKernan) – 4:16
- "Beat It on Down the Line" (FullerJesse FullerJesse Fuller was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues".-Early life:...
) – 3:21 - "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34
- "Playing in the BandPlaying in the Band"Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed it. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the self-titled 1971 live album Grateful Dead...
" (Mickey HartMickey HartMickey 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...
, Weir, Hunter) – 11:23 - "Next Time You See MeNext Time You See Me"Next Time You See Me" is a blues song recorded in 1956 by Junior Parker . The song was Parker's first record chart appearance after joining Duke Records and one of his most successful singles in both the R&B and pop charts...
" (Forest, Harvey) – 4:37 - "Me and Bobbie McGee" (FosterFred FosterFred Foster is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.-Biography:...
, KristoffersonKris KristoffersonKristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
) – 6:10
- "Truckin'
Disc two
- First set, continued:
- "Good Lovin'" (ClarkRudy ClarkRudy Clark is an American songwriter about whom little biographical information seems to be known. Supposedly a former mail carrier hailing from New York City, he was most active from the early 1960s through the early 1970s...
, Resnick) – 18:39 - "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:15
- "Good Lovin'" (Clark
- Second set:
- "He's Gone" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:31
- "Hurts Me Too" (JamesElmore JamesElmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...
, Sehorn) – 8:36 - "El Paso" (RobbinsMarty RobbinsMartin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
) – 4:44
- Bonus tracks – May 24 – Lyceum Theatre, London, England:
- "Turn on Your Love Light" (Malone, Scott)– 12:04
- "The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)" (McKernan) – 8:23
Disc three
- Second set, continued:
- "Dark StarDark Star (song)"Dark Star" is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia; however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bob Weir...
" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 25:46 - "Me & My Uncle" (PhillipsJohn Phillips (musician)John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...
) – 3:22 - "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead, Hunter) – 14:53
- "Wharf Rat" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:58
- "Sugar MagnoliaSugar Magnolia"Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'," "Casey Jones," "Uncle John's Band," and "Touch of Grey."...
" (Hunter, Weir) – 8:03 - "Not Fade AwayNot Fade Away (song)"Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and first recorded by Holly's band The Crickets in Clovis, New Mexico, on May 27, 1957...
" (HollyBuddy HollyCharles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
, PettyNorman PettyNorman Petty was an American musician, songwriter, and pioneer record producer who helped shape modern popular music, including pop and rock....
) – 3:17 - "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" (traditional) – 6:31
- "Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 3:01
- "Dark Star
- Encore:
- "One More Saturday NightOne More Saturday Night (song)"One More Saturday Night" is a song written by Bob Weir and performed by the Grateful Dead. Weir is credited with writing "One More Saturday Night", although there is evidence that the song was originally written with Robert Hunter, with different lyrics...
" (Weir) – 4:49
- "One More Saturday Night
Bonus Disc
- March 22 – Academy of Music, New York, New York:
- "Playing in the BandPlaying in the Band"Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed it. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the self-titled 1971 live album Grateful Dead...
" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) - 10:00 - "Sugar MagnoliaSugar Magnolia"Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'," "Casey Jones," "Uncle John's Band," and "Touch of Grey."...
" (Weir, Hunter) - 7:45 - "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) - 19:02
- "Jam" (Grateful Dead) - 6:20
- "Uncle John's BandUncle John's Band"Uncle John's Band" is a song by the Grateful Dead that first appeared in their concert setlists in late 1969. The band recorded it for their 1970 album Workingman's Dead...
" (Garcia, Hunter) - 7:55
- "Playing in the Band
- March 23 – Academy of Music, New York, New York:
- "Dark StarDark Star (song)"Dark Star" is a song released as a single by the Grateful Dead. It was written by lyricist Robert Hunter and composed by lead guitarist Jerry Garcia; however, compositional credit is sometimes extended to include Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and Bob Weir...
" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, McKernan, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) - 22:39
- "Dark Star
Personnel
Grateful DeadGrateful 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...
:
- Jerry GarciaJerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American musician best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead...
- guitar, vocals - Bob WeirBob WeirBob 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...
- guitar (rhythm), vocals - Phil LeshPhil LeshPhillip Chapman Lesh is a musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career....
- bass , vocals - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - organ, harmonica, percussion, vocals
- Bill KreutzmannBill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
- drums - Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
- Keith GodchauxKeith GodchauxKeith Richard Godchaux was a musician best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead.-Biography:Keith Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Concord, California...
- piano
Production:
- Recorded By: Betty Cantor-Jackson, Bob Matthews, Jim Furman, Dennis Leonard
- Mixed By: Jeffrey Norman at Club Front
- Tape Archivist: David Lemieux
- Archival Research: Eileen Law/Grateful Dead Archives
- Cover Art: Richard Biffle
- Photographs: Mary Ann Mayer and Grateful Dead Archives
- Art Coordination: Brian Connors
- Package Layout and Production: Robert Minkin
- Tape Box Doodles by Wizard [Inside the CD package are pictures of the actual tape reels with drawings on the protective covers]
Charts
Album - Billboard| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Billboard 200 | 75 |
| 2004 | Top Internet albums | 75 |