Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Volume 37: 1978-04-15 College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (2021)

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Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoasts and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead are on steady gallop from the opening high-kick of “Mississippi Half-Step” into a where are we going? where have we been? “Passenger,” followed by full-on versions of “Friend Of The Devil,” “El Paso,” “Brown-Eyed Women,” and a double-barreled “Let It Grow>Deal.” Catch your breath and straighten out your tricorne because the 2nd set shows no bounds with delightful takes (“Bertha>Good Lovin’,” “One More Saturday Night”) and introspection (“Candyman,” “Playing In The Band”). Then – great fifes and drums – it’s 15 minutes of “Rhythm Devils,” with band and crew gathered round to amplify the merriment before delivering a rare incantation of “Not Fade Away>Morning Dew” that sets the soul alight. Pure jollification!

(Set 1)
01. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
02. Passenger
03. Friend Of The Devil
04. El Paso
05. Brown-Eyed Women
06. Let It Grow >
07. Deal

(Set 2)
08. Bertha >
09. Good Lovin’
10. Candyman
11. Sunrise >
12. Playing In The Band >
13. Rhythm Devils >
14. Not Fade Away >
15. Morning Dew >
16. Around & Around
(Encore)
17. One More Saturday Night

Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA (4/18/78)
18. Sugaree
19. Tennessee Jed
20. Lazy Lightning >
21. Supplication
22. Scarlet Begonia’s >
23. Danicin’ In The Streets >
24. Rhythm Devils >
25. Samson & Delilah
26. Terrapin Station >
27. Around & Around