Dave's Picks Volume 21 is a three-CD live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on April 2, 1973, at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It was produced as a limited edition of 16,500 copies, and was released on February 1, 2017.
Critical reception On AllMusic, Timothy Monger said, "The last show of their winter/spring tour, Vol. 21 finds the Dead stretching out over two very long sets which, in spite of their length, do not contain either of their major gig-stretchers of the era. In place of "Dark Star" or "The Other One", fans were treated to a whopping 34-song marathon... Several nice long jams can be found, particularly in the second set, making for a diverse and engaging listen."
Track listing Disc 1 First set: "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:38 "Deal" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 4:43 "Mexicali Blues" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:42 "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:47 "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:37 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:25 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:51 "Wave That Flag" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:49 "Box of Rain" (Phil Lesh, Hunter) – 5:19 "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 4:37 "China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:13 "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:45 "You Ain't Woman Enough" (Loretta Lynn) – 3:13 "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 4:46 Disc 2 "Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:06 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 17:31 Second set: "Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:39 "Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:23 "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:12 "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:25 "Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:07 "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:29 "Stella Blue" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:48 "Around and Around" (Berry) – 4:42 Disc 3 "Here Comes Sunshine" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:20 "Jam" > (Grateful Dead) – 11:08 "Me and Bobby McGee" > (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) – 6:07 "Weather Report Suite: Prelude" > (Weir) – 3:12 "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:58 "China Doll" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:12 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 8:59 "Casey Jones" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:26 Encore: "Johnny B. Goode" > (Berry) – 3:38 "And We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 2:12 Notes
Personnel Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals Keith Godchaux – keyboards Bill Kreutzmann – drums Phil Lesh – bass, vocals Bob Weir – guitar, vocals Production Produced by Grateful Dead Produced for release by David Lemieux Mastering: Jeffrey Norman Recording: Rex Jackson Art direction, design: Steve Vance Cover art: Dave Van Patten Photos: Patty Norman, Rich "The Fish" Weiner Liner Notes: David Lemieux Executive producer: Mark Pinkus Associate producers: Doran Tyson, Ivette Ramos Tape research: Michael Wesley Johnson
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