Dave's Picks Volume 9


Dave's Picks Volume 9 is a three-CD live album by the American rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert from May 14, 1974, at the Harry Adams Field House in Missoula, Montana. It was produced as a limited edition of 14,000 numbered copies, and was released on February 1, 2014.
The album documents the only concert performed by the Grateful Dead in Montana.

Critical reception

In Rolling Stone, Will Hermes wrote, "on this era-epitomizing set, recorded at the University of Montana, on point. Jerry Garcia's wah-wah and Keith Godchaux's Fender Rhodes pull jams into Miles Davis free funk territory; vocalist Donna Godchaux adds signature off-notes; and the slow stuff shines brightest."
On NPR, Milo Miles said, "this does seem like an exceptional Grateful Dead gig. Many even very strong Dead shows have a period where the band's impulses get out of sync and the momentum gets lost for a few, or quite a few, minutes. That doesn't happen here, even in the extended "Weather Report Suite" that incorporates "Dark Star" and "China Doll." Just as surprising, keyboardist Keith Godchaux and his wife, singer Donna, are at their most precise and restrained; their ability to enrich the band's sound is evident."
On AllMusic, Fred Thomas wrote, "Saying the band was deep into one of its jammier phases would be a tremendous understatement, with the set list getting into exploratory versions of crowd favorites like "Jack Straw" as well as a stunning rendition of "Weather Report Suite" that blurs into a particularly epic "Dark Star", as well as some of the most jazz-influenced playing the Dead would branch into that year on "Playing in the Band"."

Track listing

;Disc 1
  1. "Bertha" – 6:15
  2. "Me and My Uncle" – 3:15
  3. "Loser" – 6:39
  4. "Black-Throated Wind" – 6:52
  5. "Scarlet Begonias" – 7:21
  6. "It Must Have Been the Roses" – 5:44
  7. "Jack Straw" – 5:18
  8. "Tennessee Jed" – 8:18
  9. "Mexicali Blues" – 3:39
  10. "Deal" – 4:46
;Disc 2
  1. "Big River" – 5:21
  2. "Brown-Eyed Woman" – 5:13
  3. "Playing in the Band" – 20:49
  5. "U.S. Blues" – 5:48
  6. "El Paso" – 4:44
  7. "Row Jimmy" – 8:52
;Disc 3
  1. "Weather Report Suite" – 16:08
  2. *"Prelude"
  3. *"Part I"
  4. *"Part II "
  5. "Dark Star" > – 26:39
  6. "China Doll" – 5:52
  7. "Promised Land" – 3:46
  8. "Not Fade Away" > – 6:15
  9. "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" – 9:58
  11. "One More Saturday Night" – 4:50

    Personnel

;Grateful Dead
;Production