Dave's Picks Volume 37

Dave's Picks Volume 37
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	January 29, 2021
Recorded	April 15, 1978
Venue	College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia
Genre	Rock
Length	233:00
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Grateful Dead Origins (2021) Dave's Picks Volume 37 (2021) Dave's Picks Volume 38 (2021)

Dave's Picks Volume 37 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded on April 15, 1978, at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, as well as selections from the April 18 concert at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was released on January 29, 2021, in a limited edition of 25,000 copies.^[1][2][3]

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Timothy Monger wrote, "The ongoing Grateful Dead archival series Dave's Picks offers up its 37th volume with a fairly rollicking show from the spring of 1978. Recorded by the inimitable Betty Cantor-Jackson, Vol. 37 finds the band at Williamsburg, Virginia's College of William and Mary on April 15th where they chug through two lengthy sets of highlights..."^[4]

Track listing

Disc 1

First set:

1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 10:43
2. "Passenger" (Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) – 4:52
3. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 7:04
4. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:53
5. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:30
6. "Let It Grow" (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 14:32
7. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:15

Second set:

8. "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:01
9. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 7:04
10. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:39

Disc 2

1. "Sunrise" > (Donna Jean Godchaux) – 4:12
2. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Mickey Hart, Hunter) – 14:25
3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 11:40
4. "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 13:30
5. "Morning Dew" (Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 10:47
6. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 8:41

Encore:

7. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 4:59

Bonus tracks – April 18, 1978:

8. "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow)– 4:06
9. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:58

Disc 3

1. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:02
2. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:11
3. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:51
4. "Dancing in the Street" > (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 13:33
5. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 1:16
6. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:23
7. "Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:59
8. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:34

Note: The song list for the April 18, 1978, concert at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was:^[5]

First set: "New Minglewood Blues" · "Sugaree"^[A] · "Looks Like Rain" · "Dire Wolf" · "Beat It On Down the Line" · "Loser" · "El Paso" · "Tennessee Jed"^[A] · "Lazy Lightning"^[A] · "Supplication"^[A]

Second set: "Scarlet Begonias"^[A] · "Dancing in the Street"^[A] · "Rhythm Devils"^[B] · "Samson and Delilah"^[A] · "Terrapin Station"^[A] · "Around and Around"^[A]

Encore: "U.S. Blues"

[A] Included in Dave's Picks Volume 37

[B] Partially included in Dave's Picks Volume 37

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Keith Godchaux – keyboards
• Mickey Hart – drums
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Phil Lesh – bass
• Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
• Art direction, design: Steve Vance
• Cover art: Helen Rebecchi Kennedy
• Photos: James R. Anderson, Bob Minkin, Rob Bleetstein
• Liner notes essay: Rob Bleetstein

Charts

Chart performance for Dave's Picks Volume 37

Chart (2021)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	19
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[7]	2

References

1. "Grateful Dead Share Updated Subscription Model for 'Dave's Picks' Archival Series". jambands.com. November 13, 2020. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
2. Bernstein, Scott (December 18, 2020). "Grateful Dead 'Dave's Picks Volume 38' Features Uniondale 1973 Concerts". JamBase. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
3. "Dave's Picks Volume 37: College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 4/15/78". dead.net. January 29, 2021. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
4. Monger, Timothy. "Dave's Picks, Vol. 37: College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 4/15/78". AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
5. Scott, John W.; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. (1999). DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists. Cornish, NH: DeadBase. p. 41. ISBN 1-877657-22-0.
6. "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200..." Billboard on Twitter. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
7. "Grateful Dead Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2021.