Garcia Plays Dylan

Garcia Plays Dylan is an album composed of various live performances featuring Jerry Garcia playing covers of Bob Dylan songs. It is culled from performances from 1973–1995, and features Garcia playing with Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Jerry Garcia Band, and Garcia-Saunders.^[3] Garcia takes lead vocals on all tracks.

Garcia Plays Dylan
Compilation album by Jerry Garcia
Released	October 25, 2005
Recorded	1973–1995
Genre	Rock, folk
Label	Rhino
Jerry Garcia chronology
Pure Jerry: Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978 (2005) Garcia Plays Dylan (2005) Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Music Box	^[2]

Another collection, Postcards of the Hanging, features more Dylan covers performed by the Grateful Dead (with lead vocals shared among Garcia, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh).

Track listing

All songs composed by Bob Dylan, except "Tears of Rage" by Richard Manuel and Bob Dylan.

Disc one

1. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – 8:12
2. "Tough Mama" – 9:17
3. "Positively 4th Street" – 10:46
4. "The Wicked Messenger" – 13:20
5. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 17:15
6. "Simple Twist Of Fate" – 10:58
7. "I Shall Be Released" – 7:40

Disc two

1. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" – 14:00
2. "She Belongs to Me" – 6:31
3. "Forever Young" – 9:05
4. "Tangled Up In Blue" – 11:48
5. "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" – 7:16
6. "Visions of Johanna" – 9:21
7. "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" – 5:15
8. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" – 7:07

• "Tangled Up In Blue" later released with entire concert on Garcia Live Volume 19
• "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" later released with entire concert on Spring 1990

Bonus Disc – Garcia Plays Dylan Again

1. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (acoustic) – 5:38
2. "Tears of Rage" – 8:19
3. "Going, Going, Gone" – 18:56

Track information

Disc one

1. Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders. Recorded Live at The Boarding House, San Francisco, CA (1/25/73)
2. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at Keystone, Berkeley, CA (11/18/75)
3. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at Keystone, Berkeley, CA (11/17/75)
4. Legion Of Mary. Recorded Live at Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, WI (4/19/75)
5. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at Keystone, Berkeley, CA (2/15/76)
6. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA (2/19/78)
7. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (11/28/87)

Disc two

1. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at The Stone, San Francisco, CA (2/2/80)
2. Grateful Dead. Recorded Live at Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto, CA (4/28/85)
3. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (3/4/88)
4. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA (10/31/92)
5. Jerry Garcia Band. Recorded Live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (4/23/93)
6. Grateful Dead. Recorded Live at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL (7/8/95)
7. Grateful Dead. Recorded Live at Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, MA (7/2/89)
8. Grateful Dead. Recorded Live at Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario (3/22/90)

Bonus Disc - "Garcia Plays Dylan Again"

1. Garcia/Kahn. Neighbors of Woodcraft, Portland, OR - late show (06/04/82)
2. Jerry Garcia Band. Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA - (08/05/90)
3. Legion Of Mary. Keystone, Berkeley, CA - (05/22/75)

Credits

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders

• Merl Saunders - organ
• John Kahn - electric bass
• Bill Vitt - drums

Jerry Garcia Band

• Nicky Hopkins - piano on disc 1, tracks 2-3
• John Kahn - bass
• Ron Tutt - drums on disc 1, tracks 2-3 & 5
• Keith Godchaux - piano on disc 1, tracks 5-6
• Donna Godchaux - vocals on disc 1, track 5
• Buzz Buchanan - drums on disc 1, track 6
• Gloria Jones - vocals on disc 1, track 7, disc 2, tracks 3-5
• David Kemper - drums on disc 1, track 7, disc 2, tracks 3-5
• Jackie LaBranch - vocals on disc 1, track 7, disc 2, tracks 3-5
• Ozzie Ahlers - keyboards on disc 2, track 1
• Johnny de Fonseca - drums on disc 2, track 1

Legion of Mary

• Merl Saunders - organ
• John Kahn - bass
• Ron Tutt - drums
• Martin Fierro - saxophone

Grateful Dead

• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals on disc 2, tracks 2 & 7-8
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Vince Welnick - keyboards on disc 2, track 6

See also

• List of songs written by Bob Dylan
• List of artists who have covered Bob Dylan songs

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. Garcia Plays Dylan at Allmusic
2. Metzger, John. Garcia Plays Dylan, The Music Box, November, 2005
3. Garcia Plays Dylan at the Grateful Dead Family Discography