Dick's Picks, Vol. 33: 10/9 & 10/76 Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA

by Grateful Dead

Overview

After their touring sabbatical (November '74 through June '76), the Grateful Dead returned to the road with a renewed enthusiasm, returning with several formerly abandoned classics -- such as "St. Stephen" and "Dancing in the Streets" -- adding a few numbers that would ultimately remain in their repertoire. Most notably, "Might as Well" and "The Wheel" from Jerry Garcia's (guitar/vocals) solo songbook and Bob Weir's (guitar/vocals) "Lazy Lightning"/"Supplication," a coupling that Weir initially worked up with Kingfish. Dick's Picks, Vol. 33 (2004) captures two consecutive performances at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium on October 9 and 10, 1976. This marked only the second run that the band had played in their native Bay Area since '74. With Mickey Hart (percussion) back in the fold, the Grateful Dead are as rhythmically sinuous as ever, retaining their lissom nature and instantaneous penchant for improvisation. Prime examples include the intricate improvisation in "Scarlet Begonias" -- which had yet to be linked to "Fire on the Mountain" -- and pretty much the whole of set two on October 9. Beginning with a sublime "St. Stephen" that sandwiches an equally limber "Not Fade Away," the musicians drive steadily through an incendiary "Help on the Way"/"Slipknot," detouring into a percussive duet between Kreutzmann and Hart before tumbling headlong into a Weir-led arrangement of Rev. Gary Davis' "Samson and Delilah." The jam returns into "Slipknot," followed by a feisty "Franklin's Tower" before ending up in an inspired "One More Saturday Night." The show on the 10th offers up another helping of "Cassidy," "Promised Land" and "Samson and Delilah," as well as impressive -- if not downright boogie-a-fied -- readings of "Dancing in the Streets" with a tender "Wharf Rat" center. Another top-shelf second set that is dominated by "Playing in the Band" with a lyrical version of "The Wheel," a simply lilting "Stella Blue" and a loose and laid-back "Sugar Magnolia" that is corralled into a considerable finale. ~ Lindsay Planer

Product Details

Release Date:	12/16/2022
Label:	Real Gone Music
UPC:	0848064014423
Rank:	45672

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Grateful Dead   Primary Artist
Bill Kreutzmann   Drums,Percussion
Bob Weir   Guitar,Vocals
Jerry Garcia   Guitar,Vocals
Keith Godchaux   Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Phil Lesh   Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Bass (Electric)
Mickey Hart   Drums,Percussion
Donna Jean Godchaux   Vocals

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Betty Cantor   Engineer
Betty Cantor-Jackson   Engineer
Bill Kreutzmann   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Bob Weir   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Kingfish   Arranger
Ivy Jo Hunter   Composer
Ian Hunter   Composer
David Lemieux   Producer,Tape Archivist
Chuck Berry   Composer
Dawson   Composer
Jeffrey Norman   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Marvin Gaye   Composer
Jerry Garcia   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Merle Haggard   Composer
Norman Petty   Composer
Tim Hardin   Composer
Dave Torbert   Arranger
Brent Mydland   Composer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
Bob Matthews   Engineer
Keith Godchaux   Arranger,Composer,Producer
James Austin   Producer
John Dawson   Composer
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan   Composer
Robert Hunter   Composer
Phil Lesh   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Marty Robbins   Composer
Mickey Hart   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Hardin   Composer
Donna Jean Godchaux   Arranger,Producer
Grateful Dead   Arranger
Robert Minkin   Design,Layout Design
Richard McCaffrey   Photography
Jimmy Edwards   Executive Producer
John Perry Barlow   Composer
Gregg Goldman   Executive Producer
Steve Schneider   Photography
Ed Perlstein   Photography
Robert Gatley   Mixing Engineer
Eileen Law   Research
Peter McQuaid   Executive Producer
William Stevenson   Composer
Matthew Kelly   Arranger
Charles Harding   Composer