Dick's Picks Volume 17

Dick's Picks Volume 17
Live album by Grateful Dead
Released	April, 2000
Recorded	September 25, 1991 March 31, 1991
Venue	Boston Garden
Genre	Rock, Jam
Length	194:11
Label	Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 16 (2000) Dick's Picks Volume 17 (2000) Dick's Picks Volume 18 (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Music Box	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Dick's Picks Volume 17 is the 17th live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on September 25, 1991 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, with two additional tracks from the March 31, 1991 show at Greensboro.

Track listing

Disc one

1. ”Help on the Way” (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:15 >
2. ”Slipknot!” (Garcia, Godchaux, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Weir) – 5:30 >
3. ”Franklin's Tower” (Garcia, Hunter, Kreutzmann) – 10:41
4. ”Walkin' Blues” (Johnson) – 6:30
5. ”It Must Have Been the Roses” (Hunter) – 5:45 >
6. ”Dire Wolf” (Garcia, Hunter) – 3:59
7. ”Queen Jane Approximately” (Dylan) – 7:16
8. ”Tennessee Jed” (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50 >
9. ”The Music Never Stopped” (Barlow, Weir) – 8:18

Disc two

1. ”Victim or the Crime” (Graham, Weir) – 8:24 >
2. ”Crazy Fingers” (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:38 >
3. "Playing in the Band” (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 9:22 >
4. "Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:47 >
5. ”Boston Clam Jam” (Grateful Dead) – 5:37 >
6. ”Drums” (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 11:04 >
7. ”Space” (Grateful Dead) – 8:15 >

Disc three

1. ”That Would Be Something” (McCartney) – 3:51 >
2. ”Playing in the Band” (Hart, Hunter, Weir) – 5:23 >
3. ”China Doll” (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:46 >
4. ”Throwing Stones” (Barlow, Weir) – 8:59 >
5. ”Not Fade Away” (Holly, Petty) – 9:01
6. ”The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)” (Dylan) – 4:43
7. ”Samson and Delilah” (traditional) – 7:47 >
8. ”Eyes of the World” (Garcia, Hunter) – 23:30
   • The last two tracks are from the March 31, 1991 show at Greensboro.

Personnel

Grateful Dead:

• Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart – drums
• Bruce Hornsby – keyboards, accordion, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals

Production:

• Dick Latvala, David Lemieux – tape archivists
• Gecko Graphics – design
• Dan Healy – recording
• Jeffrey Norman – CD mastering
• John Cutler – magnetic scrutinizer
• Jim Anderson, Susana Millman – photography

See also

• Dick's Picks series
• Grateful Dead discography

References

1. Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Dick's Picks, Vol. 17: Boston Garden 9/25/91 – Grateful Dead | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
2. Metzger, John (July 2000). Dick's Picks Volume 17, The Music Box
3. The Grateful Dead Album Guide, Rolling Stone