American Beauty
Studio album by Grateful Dead
Released	November, 1970
Recorded	August - September 1970
Genre	Rock, Country, Folk
Length	41:23
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Grateful Dead Steve Barncard
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Rolling Stone link
Grateful Dead chronology
Workingman's Dead (1970)	American Beauty (1970)	Grateful Dead aka Skull & Roses (1971)

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In 2003, the album was ranked number 258 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 1991, Rolling Stone ranked American Beauty's album cover as the 57th best of all time.[1] Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ... An album cover is a cover used to package commercial audio recordings such as the printed cardboard covers that were typically used to package 12 gramophone records from the 1960s through to the 1980s when the 12 record was the major format for distribution of popular music. ...

The album was released in a multitude of ways in years since its original release.

• It was released twice more on LP; first in 1978 by Mobile Fidelity and then again by Warner Bros. in 1990.
• It was released on CD in two ways; in 1987 by Warner Bros. and in 2001 Rhino.
• In 2003, the CD version was remastered, expanded and was also part of the The Golden Road (1965-1973) 12-CD box set. This version included live and unreleased studio tracks (see below).
• On October 24, 2004, it was released as a Dual Disc recording, including a DVD side with bonus material (see below).

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History

The band began recording American Beauty only a few months after the release of Workingman's Dead. An odd occurrence was that the band recorded the album without their sound crew, which was out on the road as part of the Medicine Ball Caravan tour (of which the Dead were originally scheduled to join), and this led to staff engineer Steve Barncard replacing Bob Matthews as producer -- "a move that irks Matthews to this day." Barncard mused that "I had heard bad stories about engineers' interactions with the Dead ... but what I found were a bunch of hardworking guys."^[1] Workingmans Dead (Warner Brothers 1969) is one of the most commercially successful albums by the American rock/folk group the Grateful Dead. ...

Both Workingman's Dead and American Beauty were extremely innovative at the time for their fusion of bluegrass, rock and roll, folk music and, especially, country music. Like Workingman's Dead, the album did not include any guitar solos from Jerry Garcia. It was during the recording of this album that Garcia would first collaborate with mandolinist David Grisman. "I just bumped into Jerry at a baseball game in Fairfax, and he said, "Hey, you wanna play on this record we're doing?" commented Grisman.^[2] In fact, there were many big names in the "San Francisco scene" rotating in and out of the same studio. Phil Lesh, in his autobiography, commented "the magnetism of the scene at Wally Heider's recording studio made it a lot easier for me to deal with Dad's loss and my new responsibilies. Some of the best musicians around were hanging there during that period; with Paul and Grace from the [Jefferson] Airplane, the Dead, Santana, Crosby, Nash, and Neil Young working there, the studio became jammer heaven ... Thank the Lord for music; it's a healing force beyond words to describe."^[3] Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in English, Irish and Scottish traditional music. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, also known as country and western music or country-western, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... Carved and round backed mandolins (front) A mandolin is a small, plucked, stringed musical instrument, descended from the mandora. ... David Grisman David Grisman (born 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. ...

"Truckin'"/"Ripple" was released as a single and the songs "Sugar Magnolia" and "Friend of the Devil" also became "instant radio favorites." In his book on Garcia, Blair Jackson noted that "if you liked rock'n'roll in 1970, but didn't like the Dead, you were out of luck, because they were inescapable that summer and fall."^[2] American Beauty peaked at #30 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart (North America), while the single, "Truckin'", peaked at #64 on the Pop Singles chart and achieved considerable FM rock radio airplay. It is the final album with Mickey Hart until his return to the band four years later in 1975. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... FM broadcasting is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is known as one of the two drummers from the rock band the Grateful Dead. ...

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Track listing

Original release

Side one

1. "Box of Rain" (Hunter, Lesh) – 5:16
2. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 3:20
3. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 3:15
4. "Operator" (Ron McKernan) – 2:21
5. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:12

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Side two

1. "Ripple" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:10
2. "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:18
3. "Till the Morning Comes" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:13
4. "Attics of My Life" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:09
5. "Truckin'" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 5:09

This was the same track listing for the CD released in 1987 and 2001.

Truckin is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album American Beauty. ...

2003 reissue

1. "Box of Rain" (Hunter, Lesh) – 5:18
2. "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 3:24
3. "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 3:19
4. "Operator" (Ron McKernan) – 2:25
5. "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:12
6. "Ripple" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:09
7. "Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:09
8. "Till the Morning Comes" (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:09
9. "Attics of My Life" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:14
10. "Truckin" (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 5:17
11. "Truckin'" (single edit)– 3:17
12. "Friend of the Devil" (live) – 4:21
13. "Candy Man" (live) – 5:18
14. "Till the Morning Comes" (live) – 3:20
15. "Attics of My Life" (live) – 6:31
16. "Truckin'" (live) – 10:10

Dual Disc additions

This reissue included the same track listing as the original on both sides. One side was regular CD audio, while the other was enhanced DVD audio and included: The DVD-Audio logo. ...

• Interviews with Mickey Hart and Bob Weir
• A photo gallery
• Lyrics to all songs

Personnel

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• Jerry Garcia - guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - harmonica, keyboards, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass guitar, guitar, piano, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - percussion

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• Dave Torbert - bass on "Box of Rain"
• David Nelson - electric guitar on "Box of Rain"
• David Grisman - mandolin on "Friend of the Devil" and "Ripple"
• Howard Wales - organ on "Candyman" and "Truckin" and piano on "Brokedown Palace"
• Ned Lagin - piano on "Candyman"
• New Riders of the Purple Sage
• Robert Hunter - lyricist

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Production:

• Tom Flye - engineer, mixing, mastering supervisor
• Dave Collins, Joe Gastwirt - pre-mastering assistants
• Daniel Goldmark - editorial research
• Robin Hurley - producer
• David McLees - executive producer
• Stanley Mouse - photography, design
• Jeffrey Norman, Fred Ordower, Rudson Shurtliff - engineers
• Henry Diltz, Robert Altman, Herbert Greene, Fred Ordower, Amalie R. Rothschild - photography
• Ginger Dettman, Steve Pokorny, Steve Woolard - project assistants

Bonus tracks production details

• "Truckin'" - single version
• "Friend of the Devil" recorded at the Filmore East on 5/15/1970
• "Candyman" recorded at Winterland on 4/15/1970
• "Till the Morning Comes" recorded at Winterland on 10/4/1970
• "Attics of My Life" recorded at the Filmore West on 6/6/1970
• "Truckin'" recorded at Legion Stadium on 12/26/1970

Reissue production credits

• David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
• Vanessa Atkins - editorial supervision
• Gary Peterson, Shawn Amos - liner note coordination
• David Gans - liner notes, project assistant
• Jo Motta - project coordinator
• Jimmy Edwards - product manager
• Greg Allen - design, reissue art director
• Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
• Daniel Goldmark - editorial research
• Eileen Law - research
• Rachel Gutek, Hugh Brown - design, reissue art directors
• Michael Wesley Johnson - associate producer
• Stephen Barncard - producer, audio supervisor
• Eileen Law - research
• Jeffrey Norman - mixing
• Steve Silberman, Bill Belmont, David Gans, Jeff Gold, Bill Inglot, Blair Jackson, Gary Lambert, Steve Lang, David McLees, Hale Milfgrim, Randy Perry, Janette L. Simmons, Owsley "Bear" Stanley - project assistants

Track listing

Box of Rain

"Box of Rain" debuted on October 9, 1972 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Grateful Dead stopped playing it a year later, though, only reviving it on March 20, 1986 at the Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. After that, the song was frequently played in response to chants from the audience of "We want Phil!" October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Winterland Ballroom, often simply referred to as Winterland, was an old ice skating rink and 5,400 seat music venue in San Francisco, California. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Located in Hampton, Virginia, the Hampton Coliseum is a multi-use facility owned by the city of Hampton. ... Motto: Americas First Location in the State of Virginia Coordinates: County Independent City Mayor Ross Kearney II Area    - City 352. ...

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Friend of the Devil

Main article: Friend of the Devil

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Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream

Main article: Sugar Magnolia

Sugar Magnolia is a song by the Grateful Dead. ...

Operator

• Key: F
• Time signature: 4/4
• Chords used: F, C, Dm, Bb, G

• Cover versions - The Andrews Sisters, Asleep at the Wheel, Chuck Berry, Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen, The Flamin' Groovies, John Lee Hooker, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Mitch Woods & the Rocket 88's

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The song is about a man calling a telephone operator, trying to learn the phone number for a woman.

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Candyman

• Key: C
• Time signature: 4/4 (12/8 feeling)
• Chords used: B-flat, F, C, G, Gm, Dm, Am7

"Candyman" debuted at the Field House in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 3, 1970. Throughout the band's career, the song was almost always played in the first set. Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

The song opens with "Come all you"; come-all-yes are a common type of folk song, and variations on the line open many traditional songs.

A "candyman" is, in early 20th century African-American slang, a man who is lusty, and has "got a stick of candy nine inches long" (in many old blues songs, the "candyman" carries a candy bar, intended as a double entendre referring to the penis). In the 1960s, the term also frequently applied to drug dealers. See also Candyman (movie). An African American (also Afro-American, Black American) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Blues music redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Profanity. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... Candyman is a 1992 movie starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd and Xander Berkeley. ...

The line "roll them laughin' bones" probably refers to gambling with dice. Typical role-playing dice, showing a variety of colors and styles. ...

Ripple

• Key: G
• Time signature: 4/4
• Chords used: G, D, C, A, F#, G7, Am
• Cover versions - Chris Hillman, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rick Danko

Like many folk songs, "Ripple" is about itself as a song and an instrument of the performers' emotional expression. The first verse identifies the singer and audience together, though the lyrics go on to claim that the listeners will unlikely come to the "correct" conclusions about the writer's feelings. The chorus is distinct from the verses, especially in its form -- it is a haiku, a type of Japanese poetry. Several lines throughout the song echo the 23rd Psalm of the Bible. In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Chris Hillman on the cover of his album The Other Side (2005) Chris Hillman (born Christopher Hillman December 4, 1944, in Los Angeles, California), was one of the original members of The Byrds (1965) with Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke. ... Janes Addiction was an American rock band, named in reference to Jane Bainter, an ex-heroin addict who was a housemate of the band. ... Perry Farrell (born Simon Bernstein in New York City on March 29, 1959) is a musician who, as the frontman of Janes Addiction, was one of the pioneers of alternative rock. ... New Riders of the Purple Sage was a 1970s Country rock band from Marin County, California. ... Jimmie Dale Gilmore(r) and Colin Gilmore at Deep Eddy Pool in Austin, Texas, June 2004. ... Richard Clare Rick Danko (December 29, 1942-December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician and singer, probably best known as a member of The Band. ... Haiku ) is a mode of Japanese poetry, the late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the older hokku ), the opening verse of a linked verse form, haikai no renga. ... Grave of the Japanese poet Yosa Buson The best-known forms of Japanese poetry (outside Japan) are haiku and senryu. ... ... The word Bible refers to the canonical collections of sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity. ...

The signature lines in this song were played by mandolin master David Grisman.

The songwriter, Robert Hunter, wrote this song in 1970 in London in the same afternoon he wrote "Brokedown Palace" and "To Lay Me Down" (reputedly also drinking an entire bottle of retsina in the process). The song debuted August 18, 1970 at The Fillmore in San Francisco. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Retsina is a Greek resinated white (or rosé) wine dating back at least 2700 years. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Fillmore, also known as the Fillmore Auditorium, is a legendary music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by Bill Graham (1931-1991). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Among fans, "Ripple" is widely considered one of the best Grateful Dead songs, and is also often cited as one of the most beautiful and poetic songs in popular music. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ...

Brokedown Palace

• Key: F
• Time signature: Cut time
• Chords used: G, Am, B-flat, F, Dm, A
• Cover versions - Henry Kaiser

Robert Hunter, the songwriter, wrote this song in 1970 in London in the same afternoon he wrote "Ripple" and "To Lay Me Down". It debuted August 18, 1970 at The Fillmore in San Francisco. In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Henry Kaiser, born in Oakland, California, on 19 September 1952, is a widely-recorded experimental guitarist and frequent collaborator with other musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Fillmore, also known as the Fillmore Auditorium, is a legendary music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by Bill Graham (1931-1991). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

The term "brokedown palace" comes from John Steinbeck's Cannery Row (1945), where it referred to an abandoned warehouse where some bums slept. In 1986, Steven Brust wrote a fantasy novel called Brokedown Palace, which contains many references to Grateful Dead songs. John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) is one of the best known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. ... Cannery Row is a 1945 novel by John Steinbeck. ... Steven Brust poses for a portrait for Wikipedia in 2006. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Brokedown Palace (1999) is an American film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and starring Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale. ...

In Norse folklore, the weeping willow is a symbol of mourning for lost love; this seems to be the use intended in the song. Some of the other lyrics are probably adapted from a folk song called "Fare Thee Well". Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ...

In later years of touring, the band would frequently play Brokedown Palace as an encore at the last show of a multi-night stand at a particular venue.

Till The Morning Comes

• Key: E
• Time signature: 4/4
• Chords used: E, D, A, G, A7, B

"Till the Morning Comes" debuted at The Fillmore in San Francisco on August 18, 1970. The song was only performed live five times before it was retired. The Fillmore, also known as the Fillmore Auditorium, is a legendary music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by Bill Graham (1931-1991). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

The line "till we all fall down" refers to the children's song "Ring around the rosey". Ring Around the Rosey or Ring-a-Ring ORoses is a nursery rhyme or childrens song and game that first appeared in print in 1881 but may have been recited as early as the 1790s. ...

Attics of My Life

• Key: E
• Time Signature: 4/4
• Chords used: A, E, B, D

"Attics of My Life" debuted at Meramec Community College, in Kirkwood, Missouri on May 14, 1970. Kirkwood is a city located in St. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

The lyrics to the song are structured like a prayer, and it is usually sung with harmonic, slow and reverent vocals. Mary Magdalene in prayer. ...

Truckin'

Main article: Truckin'

Truckin is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album American Beauty. ...

Charts

Album - Billboard Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

Singles - Billboard Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

RIAA Certification In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold to retail and other ancillary markets. ...

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with RIAA certification. ... The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ... The description Gold Album is applied to recorded music albums that have sold a minimum number of copies (in the US, currently 500,000 sales). ...

See also

• Grateful Dead
• Grateful Dead discography

The Grateful Dead were an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... The Grateful Dead in the early 1980s. ...

References

1. ^ Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson, Penguin Books, 1999, pg. 196.
2. ^ ^{a b} Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson, Penguin Books, 1999, pg. 202.
3. ^ Phil Lesh: Searching for the Sound by Phil Lesh, Little, Brown and Company, 2005, pg. 190.

External links

• Lyrics