Day of the Dead (2016 album)

Day of the Dead
Compilation album for charity by Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series
Released	May 20, 2016
Recorded	2011–2015
Length	325:53
Label	4AD (RAD 3624)
Producer	Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, Josh Kaufman
Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series chronology
Red Hot + Bach (2014) Day of the Dead (2016)
Singles from Day of the Dead
"Touch of Grey" Released: March 24, 2016 "Sugaree" Released: March 24, 2016 "Black Muddy River" Released: March 24, 2016 "New Speedway Boogie" Released: March 24, 2016 "Morning Dew" Released: March 24, 2016 "Terrapin Station (Suite)" Released: April 11, 2016 "Candyman" Released: April 27, 2016 "Rubin and Cherise" Released: April 27, 2016 "To Lay Me Down" Released: April 27, 2016 "Cumberland Blues" Released: April 27, 2016 "Shakedown Street" Released: April 27, 2016

Day of the Dead is the twenty-fifth compilation release benefiting the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. Featuring fifty-nine exclusive recordings of covers of Grateful Dead songs by a number of independent artists as a tribute to the band and creation and curation by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, the compilation was released on May 20, 2016 as five CDs, a limited edition vinyl LP box set, and as a digital download.^[1][2][3] John Carlin, the founder of the Red Hot Organization, was the executive producer for the album.^[4]

It is the second compilation album produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner for Red Hot Organization, the last being 2009's Dark Was the Night, which has raised over $1.5 million for the organizations fighting AIDS to date.^[1][5]

A Day of the Dead live performance will take place at the second annual Eaux Claires Festival on August 12-13, 2016. The performers, who all appear on the record, include Jenny Lewis, Matthew Houck (Phosphorescent), Lucius, Will Oldham, Sam Amidon, Richard Reed Parry, Matt Berninger, Justin Vernon, Bruce Hornsby, Ruban Nielson and The National.^[6][7][8]

Track listing

Digital sequence

"Thunder" (Vol.1)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed by	Length
1.	"Touch of Grey"	Jerry Garcia Robert Hunter	The War on Drugs	5:16
2.	"Sugaree"	Garcia Hunter	Phosphorescent, Jenny Lewis & Friends	4:59
3.	"Candyman"	Garcia Hunter	Jim James & Friends	5:34
4.	"Cassidy"	Bob Weir John Perry Barlow	Moses Sumney, Jenny Lewis & Friends	3:13
5.	"Black Muddy River"	Garcia Hunter	Bruce Hornsby and DeYarmond Edison	7:38
6.	"Loser"	Garcia Hunter	Ed Droste, Binki Shapiro & Friends	5:15
7.	"Peggy-O"	traditional	The National	5:35
8.	"Box of Rain"	Phil Lesh Hunter	Kurt Vile and the Violators (featuring J Mascis)	5:30
9.	"Rubin and Cherise"	Garcia Hunter	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Friends	5:46
10.	"To Lay Me Down"	Garcia Hunter	Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten & Friends	6:20
11.	"New Speedway Boogie"	Garcia Hunter	Courtney Barnett	5:20
12.	"Friend of the Devil"	Garcia John Dawson Hunter	Mumford & Sons	4:31
13.	"Uncle John's Band"	Garcia Hunter	Lucius	4:27
14.	"Me and My Uncle"	John Phillips	The Lone Bellow & Friends	3:04
15.	"Mountains of the Moon"	Garcia Hunter	Lee Ranaldo, Lisa Hannigan & Friends	3:53
16.	"Black Peter"	Garcia Hunter	Anohni and yMusic	2:25
17.	"Garcia Counterpoint"		Bryce Dessner	7:12
18.	"Terrapin Station (Suite)"	Garcia Mickey Hart Bill Kreutzmann Hunter	Daniel Rossen, Christopher Bear and The National (featuring Josh Kaufman, Conrad Doucette, So Percussion and Brooklyn Youth Chorus)	16:50
19.	"Attics of My Life"	Garcia Hunter	Angel Olsen	4:15
20.	"St. Stephen (live)"	Garcia Lesh Hunter	Wilco with Bob Weir	6:39
Total length:				113:42

"Lightning" (Vol. 2)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed by	Length
1.	"If I Had the World to Give"	Garcia Hunter	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	2:36
2.	"Standing on the Moon"	Garcia Hunter	Phosphorescent & Friends	5:33
3.	"Cumberland Blues"	Garcia Lesh Hunter	Charles Bradley and Menahan Street Band	3:16
4.	"Ship of Fools"	Garcia Hunter	The Tallest Man on Earth & Friends	5:12
5.	"Bird Song"	Garcia Hunter	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Friends	6:09
6.	"Morning Dew"	Bonnie Dobson Tim Rose	The National	5:34
7.	"Truckin'"	Garcia Lesh Weir Hunter	Marijuana Deathsquads	4:55
8.	"Dark Star"	Garcia Hart Kreutzmann Lesh Ron McKernan Weir Hunter	Cass McCombs, Joe Russo & Friends	3:57
9.	"Nightfall of Diamonds"		Nightfall of Diamonds	8:27
10.	"Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald"		Tim Hecker	3:59
11.	"Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad"	traditional	Lucinda Williams & Friends	4:04
12.	"Playing in the Band"	Weir Hunter	Tunde Adebimpe, Lee Ranaldo & Friends	9:46
13.	"Stella Blue"	Garcia Hunter	Local Natives	4:39
14.	"Eyes of the World"	Garcia Hunter	Tal National	5:09
15.	"Help on the Way"	Garcia Hunter	Béla Fleck with Oliver Wood, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Abigail Washburn	7:38
16.	"Franklin's Tower"	Garcia Kreutzmann Hunter	Orchestra Baobab	6:29
17.	"Till the Morning Comes"	Garcia Hunter	Luluc with Xylouris White	5:02
18.	"Ripple"	Garcia Hunter	The Walkmen	4:25
19.	"Brokedown Palace"	Garcia Hunter	Richard Reed Parry with Caroline Shaw and Little Scream (featuring Garth Hudson)	4:51
Total length:				101:41

"Sunshine" (Vol. 3)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performed by	Length
1.	"Here Comes Sunshine"	Garcia Hunter	Real Estate	6:00
2.	"Shakedown Street"	Garcia Hunter	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	3:28
3.	"Brown-Eyed Women"	Garcia Hunter	Hiss Golden Messenger	4:48
4.	"Jack-A-Roe"	traditional	This Is the Kit	4:30
5.	"High Time"	Garcia Hunter	Daniel Rossen and Christopher Bear	4:16
6.	"Dire Wolf"	Garcia Hunter	The Lone Bellow & Friends	3:03
7.	"Althea"	Garcia Hunter	Winston Marshall, Kodiak Blue and Shura	5:02
8.	"Clementine Jam"	Garcia Hart Kreutzmann Lesh McKernan Weir	Orchestra Baobab	5:00
9.	"China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider"	Garcia Hunter -> traditional	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	11:24
10.	"Easy Wind"	Hunter	Bill Callahan	5:38
11.	"Wharf Rat"	Garcia Hunter	Ira Kaplan & Friends	10:08
12.	"Estimated Prophet"	Weir Barlow	The Rileys	5:17
13.	"Drums -> Space"		Man Forever, So Percussion and Oneida	4:51
14.	"Cream Puff War"	Garcia	Fucked Up	6:17
15.	"Dark Star"	Garcia Hart Kreutzmann Lesh McKernan Weir Hunter	The Flaming Lips	6:13
16.	"What's Become of the Baby"	Garcia Hunter	s t a r g a z e	6:35
17.	"King Solomon's Marbles"	Lesh	Vijay Iyer	4:34
18.	"Rosemary"	Garcia Hunter	Mina Tindle & Friends	2:05
19.	"And We Bid You Goodnight"	traditional	Sam Amidon	2:43
20.	"I Know You Rider (live)"	traditional	The National with Bob Weir	8:38
Total length:				110:30

CD sequence

CD sequence Disc 1 Touch of Grey Sugaree Candyman Dire Wolf New Speedway Boogie Friend of the Devil Black Muddy River Morning Dew Black Peter Loser To Lay Me Down Disc 2 Box of Rain Rubin and Cherise Me and My Uncle Cassidy Uncle John's Band Mountains of the Moon Dark Star - (Cass McCombs, Joe Russo & Friends) Nightfall of Diamonds Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald Playing in the Band Brokedown Palace Disc 3 Peggy-O Garcia Counterpoint Terrapin Station (Suite) Clementine Jam China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider Jack-A-Roe Easy Wind Wharf Rat Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad And We Bid You Goodnight Disc 4 Ripple Truckin' Dark Star - (The Flaming Lips) Stella Blue Shakedown Street Franklin's Tower Eyes of the World Help on the Way Estimated Prophet What's Become of the Baby King Solomon's Marbles If I Had the World to Give Disc 5 Standing on the Moon Ship of Fools Bird Song Brown-Eyed Women Here Comes Sunshine Cumberland Blues Drums -> Space Cream Puff War Rosemary High Time Till the Morning Comes Althea Attics of My Life St. Stephen (live) I Know You Rider (live)

LP sequence

LP sequence Touch of Grey Shakedown Street Loser Jack-A-Roe Peggy-O Bird Song Brown-Eyed Women Sugaree Help on the Way Franklin's Tower King Solomon's Marbles Box of Rain Friend of the Devil Wharf Rat Cassidy Candyman Clementine Jam Playing in the Band Eyes of the World Terrapin Station (Suite) Ship of Fools Estimated Prophet Morning Dew Me and My Uncle China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider If I Had the World to Give Dark Star - (Cass McCombs, Joe Russo & Friends) Nightfall of Diamonds Dark Star - (The Flaming Lips) Rubin and Cherise Althea Mountains of the Moon Stella Blue Standing on the Moon To Lay Me Down Uncle John's Band High Time Dire Wolf New Speedway Boogie Cumberland Blues Black Peter Easy Wind Here Comes Sunshine Rosemary Drums -> Space Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald What's Become of the Baby Garcia Counterpoint Brokedown Palace Till the Morning Comes Attics of My Life Cream Puff War Truckin' Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad Black Muddy River Ripple And We Bid You Goodnight St. Stephen (live) I Know You Rider (live)

Credits

• Created and curated by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner
• Produced by Aaron Dessner
• Co-producer: Bryce Dessner, Josh Kaufman
• Music direction: Josh Kaufman, Aaron Dessner
• Co-curators: Scott Devendorf, Bryan Devendorf, Conrad Doucette
• Project manager: Tom Wironen
• Co-executive producer: Dawn Barger
• Executive producer: John Carlin

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	76
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	196
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	54
US Billboard 200[11]	49

References

1. 4AD - News - Day of the Dead - full artist list, artwork and release date confirmed
2. Minsker, Evan (2016-03-17). "The National Announce Grateful Dead Tribute Album Featuring Wilco, Flaming Lips, Justin Vernon, Courtney Barnett, More". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
3. Renshaw, David (2016-03-17). "The National assemble all-star cast for Grateful Dead tribute album". NME. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
4. "Day of the Dead". redhot.org. Red Hot Organization. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
5. Kreps, Daniel (2016-03-17). "The National Unveil Massive Grateful Dead All-Star Tribute Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
6. "Day of the Dead (Grateful Dead Tribute/Dessner Curated) Full Track List Revealed - Wilco, War on Drugs, Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile & More". Glide Magazine. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
7. Pearis, Bill (2016-03-17). "The National's long-awaited Grateful Dead tribute comp features 59 songs and will be out in May (tracklist)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
8. Miller, Joshua M. (2016-03-17). "The National Announce Grateful Dead Tribute Album Release Date, Tracklist". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
9. "ultratop.be - Day Of The Dead". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Various Artists – Day of the Dead" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
11. "Various Artists – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Various Artists. Retrieved June 1, 2016.

External links

• Official site