Grateful Dead
Live album by The Grateful Dead
Released	October 1971
Recorded	Early 1971
Genre	Country rock, Folk-rock, Rock
Length	34:53
Label	Warner Bros.
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link Robert Christgau (B+) link
The Grateful Dead chronology
American Beauty (1970)	Grateful Dead (1971)	Europe '72 (1972)

Grateful Dead is an eponymous live double album by the Grateful Dead, released in 1971. Also known as Skull & Roses (due to its iconic cover art) and Skullfuck (the name the band originally wanted to give to the album, which was rejected by the record company), this album should not be confused with the band's first studio album, 1967's The Grateful Dead. Image File history File links GDskullandroses. ... A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Country rock is a musical genre formed from the fusion of rock and roll with country music. ... Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... 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, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Warner Brothers Records is a record label which was launched on March 19, 1958 by Warner Bros. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and rock critic. ... The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... American Beauty is the sixth album by the Grateful Dead, released in November of 1970 (see 1970 in music). ... Europe 72 is a 1972 live triple album by The Grateful Dead, from performances on their Spring 1972 tour of Western Europe. ... A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... The Grateful Dead was an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Grateful Deads first studio album, recorded on Warner Bros. ...

"Playing in the Band" received a good amount of airplay, and became one of the Dead's most played songs in concerts. The closing segue of "Not Fade Away" into "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" also received airplay and became a fan favorite. "Wharf Rat" provided the name for the Wharf Rats, a group of Dead concert-goers who remain drug and alcohol free. Not Fade Away is a song by Buddy Holly. ... The Wharf Rats are a group of concert-goers who have chosen to live drug and alcohol free. ...

The album's cover art is taken from an illustration in an old edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) The Rubáiyát (Arabic: رباعیات) is a collection of poems (of which there are about a thousand) attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám (1048-1123). ...

Track listing

1. "Bertha"
2. "Mama Tried"
3. "Big Railroad Blues"
4. "Playing in the Band"
5. "The Other One"
6. "Me & My Uncle"
7. "Big Boss Man"
8. "Me & Bobby McGee" (cover)
9. "Johnny B. Goode" (cover)
10. "Wharf Rat"
11. "Not Fade Away/Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad"

A remastered/reissued version on Rhino Records adds two bonus tracks: "I'm A Hog For You" and "Oh, Boy!". Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Richard Pryor, Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ...

Personnel

• Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass guitar, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - organ, harmonica, vocals

with Jerome John Jerry Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was famous as lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead, though his extensive career involved many other projects. ... Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir (October 16, 1947–) is an American guitar player, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. ... Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and a founding member of the band Grateful Dead; he played bass guitar in that group throughout their entire 30-year career. ... Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kruetzmann Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) was the drummer for legendary rock band The Grateful Dead for their entire 30-year career. ... Grateful Dead co-founder Ron Pigpen McKernan Ron Pigpen McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973) was a founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. ...

• Merl Saunders - organ

Merl Saunders (sometimes spelled Merle), born February 14, 1934, is a multi-genre musician who plays piano and keyboards, favoring the Hammond B3 organ. ...

Charts

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