Friend of the Devils: April 1978

Friend of the Devils: April 1978
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	September 20, 2024
Recorded	April 6–16, 1978
Genre	Rock
Label	Rhino
Producer	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 51 (2024) Friend of the Devils: April 1978 (2024) Duke '78 (2024)
Grateful Dead concert box set chronology
Here Comes Sunshine 1973 (2023) Friend of the Devils: April 1978 (2024)

Friend of the Devils: April 1978 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, it contains eight complete concerts on 19 CDs. It was released on September 20, 2024, in a limited edition of 10,000 copies.^[1][2][3][4]

Friend of the Devils: April 1978 contains recordings of these concerts:

• April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida
• April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida
• April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida
• April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
• April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
• April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
• April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
• April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, West Virginia

The box set also includes a 48-page booklet of liner notes and photos, as well as a wave drum.

The April 12 concert was also released on September 20, 2024, as a separate album called Duke '78, as a three-disc CD, a four-disc LP, and a digital download.

The April 15, 1978 concert, which is not included in Friend of the Devils, was released in 2021 as Dave's Picks Volume 37.

Track listing

Disc 1

April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – first set:

1. "Bertha" > (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:18
2. "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:24
3. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:38
4. "Me and My Uncle" > (John Phillips) – 3:08
5. "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:27
6. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:53
7. "Passenger" (Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) – 5:26
8. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:14
9. "Lazy Lightning" > (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:29
10. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:31

April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – second set:

11. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 9:19
12. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 6:25

Disc 2

1. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:50
2. "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:30
3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:21
4. "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 16:15
5. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:28
6. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 8:30

April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – encore:

7. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57

Disc 3

April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – first set:

1. "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:14
2. "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:12
3. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:32
4. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:30
5. "Mama Tried" > (Merle Haggard) – 2:38
6. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:53
7. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 10:37
8. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:24
9. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:12
10. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:33

April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – second set:

11. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:08

Disc 4

1. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:54
2. "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 7:05
3. "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:27
4. "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:14
5. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 11:00
6. "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 10:24
7. "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:25
8. "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:48

April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – encore:

9. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:12

Disc 5

April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – first set:

1. "Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44
2. "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:04
3. "Big River" (Cash) – 6:59
4. "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:35
5. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:15
6. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38
7. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:06
8. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:38
9. "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:47
10. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:31

Disc 6

April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – second set:

1. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:28
2. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:36
3. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 12:19
4. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 11:47
5. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:14

Disc 7

1. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 14:56
2. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:37
3. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 11:32

April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – encore:

4. "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:37

Disc 8

April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – first set:

1. "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:27
2. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:59
3. "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 8:29
4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 9:03
5. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:02
6. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:33
7. "El Paso" (Robbins) – 5:05
8. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:02
9. "Passenger" (Lesh, Monk) – 5:58
10. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:02
11. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:44

Disc 9

April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – second set:

1. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:12
2. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50
3. "Dancing in the Street" > (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 12:04
4. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 15:29
5. "Franklin's Tower" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 16:25
6. "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:50
7. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:18

Disc 10

April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – first set:

1. "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:22
2. "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 5:46
3. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 8:51
4. "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:12
5. "Big River" (Cash) – 6:32
6. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:04
7. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:08
8. "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50
9. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:10
10. "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7"33

April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – encore:

11. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10

Disc 11

April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – second set:

1. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:20
2. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:42
3. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 10:42
4. "Sunrise" (Donna Jean Godchaux) – 4:13

Disc 12

1. "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:47
2. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:54
3. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 2:18
4. "Iko Iko" > (James Crawford, Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson) – 10:23
5. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:39

April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – encore:

6. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:17

Disc 13

April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – first set:

1. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:29
2. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:41
3. "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 4:42
4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:54
5. "Mama Tried" > (Haggard) – 2:29
6. "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:03
7. "Funiculi Funicula" (Luigi Denza) – 1:57
8. "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:50
9. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:47
10. "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:59
11. "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:56
12. "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:43

Disc 14

April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – second set:

1. "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50
2. "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 6:59
3. "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 8:55

April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – encore:

4. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:00

Disc 15

1. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:02
2. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:21
3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 25:54
4. "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:45
5. "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:38
6. "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:20

Disc 16

April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – first set:

1. "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:00
2. "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45
3. "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:02
4. "Big River" (Cash) – 5:45
5. "Peggy-O" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18
6. "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:53
7. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:44
8. "It's All Over Now" (B. Womack, S. Womack) – 8:03
9. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37
10. "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:51

April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – second set:

11. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:35

April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – encore:

12. "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 5:04

Disc 17

1. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:04
2. "Dancing in the Street" > (Stevenson, Gaye, Hunter) – 16:47
3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:23
4. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 5:12
5. "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 8:10
6. "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:58
7. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:26

Disc 18

April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – first set:

1. "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:18
2. "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:37
3. "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:51
4. "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:04
5. "Mexicali Blues" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:29
6. "Mama Tried" (Haggard) – 2:53
7. "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:36
8. "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:15
9. "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:59
10. "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 9:27

April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – second set:

11. "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:06
12. "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:54

Disc 19

1. "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:33
2. "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44
3. "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 14:25
4. "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 4:32
5. "Iko Iko" > (Crawford, B.A. Hawkins, R.L. Hawkins, Johnson) – 12:06
6. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:23

April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – encore:

7. "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:35

Personnel

Grateful Dead

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

Production

• Produced by Grateful Dead
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Executive producer: Mark Pinkus
• Associate producer: Ivette Ramos
• CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman
• Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson
• Tape restoration and speed correction: Jamie Howarth, John Chester
• Art direction: Matthew Brannon, Steve Vance
• Artwork: Matthew Brannon
• Design: Steve Vance
• Photos: James R. Anderson, Brooks R. Johnson, Bob Minkin, John Rottet
• Liner notes: Steve Silberman, David Lemieux

Charts

Chart performance for Friend of the Devils: April 1978

Chart (2024)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	196

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