"Bent my ear to hear the tune..."
Grateful Dead Songbooks and Songbooks which include Relevant Material
An installment in The Annotated
Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd
- Garcia [Songbook]. Garcia, Jerry. New York: Ice Nine Pub. Co ; Warner Bros. 1971.(Music number:VF0070)
[score].
Contents: "Loser"; "Deal"; "The Wheel"; "Sugaree"; "Bird Song"; "To Lay Me Down." Also includes "Late For Supper" as scored by Philip Davenport, in facsimile. The book has very little in the way of identifying matter, but is definitely the songbook to accompany the album Garcia (1972).
- Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead. Ice Nine Publishing,
1973.(Music number:VF0076)
Songs from Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. "Uncle John's Band"; "High Time"; "Dire Wolf"; "New Speedway Boogie"; "Cumberland Blues"; "Black Peter"; "Easy Wind"; "Casey Jones"; "Box of Rain"; "Friend of the Devil"; "Sugar Magnolia"; "Operator"; "Candyman"; "Ripple"; "Brokedown Palace"; "Till the Morning Comes"; "Attics Of My Life"; and "Truckin'." Illustrated by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. Calligraphy by Bob Bayless.
- Grateful Dead: Vol. II. Grateful Dead. New York: Ice
Nine/Warner Bros., 1976.Includes songs from Wake of the Flood; From the Mars Hotel; and Blues for Allah. Contents: "Eyes of the World"; "Here Comes Sunshine"; "Row Jimmy"; "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo"; "Stella Blue"; "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"; "Weather Report I"; "Weather Report II: Let it Grow"; "U. S. Blues"; "China Doll"; "Scarlet Begonias"; "Pride of Cucamonga"; "Unbroken Chain"; "Loose Lucy"; "Money Money"; "Ship of Fools"; "Blues for Allah"; "The Music Never Stopped"; "Crazy Fingers"; "Franklin's Tower"; "Help On the Way." Missing the instrumental pieces from Blues For Allah. See Without A Net songbook for a piano transcription of "Slipknot!".
- Waltzes: Piano. Constanten, Tom. New York: C.F. Peters, 1978.[score].
Collection of waltzes, including one by Constanten.
- The Greatest Rock Classics for Easy Guitar. Garcia, Jerry et al. New York: Warner Bros. 1978.[score].
Includes the GD's "Truckin'.".
- The Music of the Grateful Dead Made Easy for Guitar. Grateful
Dead. New York: Warner Bros., 1978.[score].
*.
- Anthology. Grateful Dead. Ice Nine, 1979.(Music
number:VF0624)
[score].
Accompaniment for piano, with guitar chord symbols. Contents: "The Golden Road"; "Cream Puff War";
"The Other One"; "Cryptical Envelopment"; "New Potato Caboose"; "Born Cross-Eyed"; "Alligator";
"St. Stephen"; "Mountains of the Moon"; "China Cat Sunflower"; "Cosmic Charlie"; "Dark Star";
"Uncle John's Band"; "Casey Jones"; "Box of Rain"; "Friend of the Devil"; "Sugar Magnolia";
"Truckin'"; "Operator"; "Wharf Rat"; "Bertha"; "Playing in the Band"; "Deal"; "Sugaree";
"One More Saturday Night"; "Cassidy"; "He's Gone"; "Jack Straw"; "Brown-Eyed Women";
"Ramble On Rose"; "Tennessee Jed"; "Row Jimmy"; "Stella Blue"; "Eyes of the World";
"Scarlet Begonias"; "Ship of Fools"; "U.S. Blues"; "The Music Never Stopped"; "Franklin's Tower";
"It Must Have Been the Roses"; "Estimated Prophet"; "Passenger"; "Passenger"; "Sunrise";
"Terrpain Station Part I: Lady With a Fan, Terrapin Station, At a Siding"; Shakedown Street";
"Fire On the Mountain"; "France"; "If I Had the World to Give."
- The Best of the Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead. The Best of the
Best Secaucus, NJ: Ice Nine/Warner Bros., 1979.[score].
"Piano, voice, guitar." Contents: "Bertha";
"Box of Rain"; "Casey Jones"; "Eyes of the World"; "Friend of the Devil"; "The Golden Road"; "Playing in
the Band"; "Stella Blue"; "Sugar Magnolia"; "Truckin'"; and "Uncle John's Band.".
- The New Best of Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead. Secaucus,
NJ: Warner Bros., 1979.(Music number:VF1735)
"Bertha"; "Box of Rain"; "Casey Jones"; "Eyes of
the World"; "Friend of the Devil"; "The Golden Road"; "Playing in the Band"; "Stella Blue"; "Sugar
Magnolia"; "Truckin'"; "Uncle John's Band.".
- The Music of Grateful Dead: Made Easy for Guitar, Includes Their
Greatest Hits. Grateful Dead. Best of the Superstars Secaucus, NJ: Ice Nine/Warner Bros.,
198?(Music number:GF0279)
[score].
"Alabama Getaway"; "Casey Jones"; "Cosmic Charlie";
"Cream Puff War"; "Dark Star"; "Eyes of the World"; "Fire on the Mountain"; "Friend of the Devil"; "Jack
Straw"; "Lady with a Fan"; "The Music Never Stopped"; "Playing in the Band"; "Row Jimmy";
"Shakedown Street"; "Ship of Fools"; "Sugar Magnolia"; "Terrapin Station"; "Truckin'"; "Uncle John's
Band." Arranged by Ken Brescia.
- Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead. Guitar Superstar Series
Secaucus, NJ: Ice Nine/Warner Bros., 1986.[score].
"Includes super-tab notation, arranged by Ray
Donato."
Contents: "Friend of the Devil"; "Dupree's Diamond Blues"; "Mountains of the Moon"; "Candyman"; "Dire
Wolf"; "Rosemary"; "Weather Report Suite 1 (Prelude)"; "Ripple"; "Black Peter"; and "China Doll.".
- Grateful Dead Anthology. Grateful Dead. Secaucus, NJ: Ice
Nine/Warner Bros., 1986.(Music number:GF0284)
[score].
"Alabama Getaway"; "Bertha"; "Box
of Rain"; "Brown-Eyed Woman"; "Candyman"; "Casey Jones"; "Cosmic Charlie"; "Cream Puff War";
"Dark Star"; "Dire Wolf"; "Dupree's Diamond Blues"; "Eyes of the World" "Fire on the Mountain";
"Franklin's Tower"; "Friend of the Devil"; "The Golden Road"; "Here Comes Sunshine"; "He's Gone";
"High Time"; "If I Had the World to Give"; "Jack Straw"; "Lady with a Fan"; "Mountains of the Moon";
"The Music Never Stopped"; "One More Saturday Night"; "Operator"; "Playing in the Band"; "Ramble on
Rose"; "Ripple"; "Rosemary"; "Row Jimmy"; "Shakedown Street"; "Ship of Fools"; "Sugar Magnolia";
"Tennessee Jed"; "Terrapin Station"; "Truckin'"; "Unbroken Chain"; "Uncle John's Band"; "Wharf
Rat.".
- The Syntax Collector: Some Antics for Piano, A Sleazy Suite Suitable
for Salon or Saloon. Constanten, Tom. New York: G. Schirmer, 1987.(Music
number:HL50507860)
[score].
Contents: "Praalude: The Haight Street Slither"; "That There Old
West is Older Now Than Ever," subtitled "An inherently simple concept ... Johannes Brahms returns to the
bordello...would you believe, a prairie schooner barcarolle?"; "Lude: Licentious Bicentennial Rag,"
subtitled "It's that time of the century again ... a look backward, a look forward, perhaps a furtive blance or
two sideward ... if you think you recognize anything in this piece, you're probably right, but if you try to
nail me down, I'll deny it"; "The Great Green and Gold Take the Cakewalk," subtitled "... a California oak
leaf rag ..."; "positivetlude: the San Andreas Stomp," subtitled "...one aspiring akashik librarian's small step
toward apotheotic simplicity..." The pieces are characterized by an affinity with the ragtime tradition, and
by whimsical instructions to the performer, such as "Walk, don't run," and "If you're short on fingers, the
'grace' notes may be omitted. But keep practicing..." .
- Down in the Groove. Dylan, Bob. Secaucus, NJ: Warner Bros.,
1988.[score].
Includes "The Ugliest Girl in the World" and "Silvio", both with words by Robert Hunter
and music by Bob Dylan.
- The Best of Grateful Dead: for Guitar. Grateful Dead. The Best
of--Guitar Series Secaucus, NJ: Ice Nine/Warner Bros., 1988.(Music number:GF0337)
[score].
Contents: "Touch of Grey"; "Ship of Fools"; "Friend of the Devil"; "Row Jimmy"; "Alabama
Getaway"; "Eyes of the World"; "Jack Straw"; "Cream Puff War"; "Casey Jones"; "The Music Never
Stopped"; "Sugar Magnolia"; "Cosmic Charlie"; "Shakedown Street"; "Dark Star"; "Playing in the Band";
"Fire on the Mountain"; "Lady with a Fan"; "Terrapin Station"; "Uncle John's Band"; "Truckin'." Arranged
by Jesse Gress.
- In the Dark. Grateful Dead. Secaucus, NJ: Warner Bros.,
1988.[score].
For voice and piano, with chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams.
Transcribed and arr. by John Curtin. Contents: "Touch of Grey"; "Hell in a Bucket"; "When Push Comes to
Shove"; "West L.A. Fadeaway"; "Tons of Steel"; "Throwing Stones"; "Black Muddy River"; "My Brother
Esau.".
- Grateful Dead Anthology: Intermediate Guitar. Grateful
Dead. Secaucus, NJ: Ice Nine/Warner Bros., 1990.(Music number:GF0426)
*.
- The New Best of Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead. Secaucus,
NJ: Warner Bros., 1990?(Music number:VF1735)
[score].
Reprint of 1979 songbook by the
same title. Same contents: "Bertha"; "Box of Rain"; "Casey Jones"; "Eyes of the World"; "Friend of the
Devil"; "The Golden Road"; "Playing in the Band"; "Stella Blue"; "Sugar Magnolia"; "Truckin'"; "Uncle
John's Band.".
- Classic Grateful Dead: Selections From "American Beauty".
Grateful Dead . Secaucus, NJ: Ice Nine/Warner Bros., 1991.(Music number:GF0456)
[score].
"Includes complete solos." Contents: "Ripple"; "Truckin'"; "Friend of the Devil"; "Box of
Rain"; "Sugar Magnolia." Good attention to detail in the arrangements, with nice touches like "Mandolin
(arranged for Guitar)" in "Ripple", and, similarly, pedal steel parts in "Sugar Magnolia" arranged for guitar.
Parts are given in standard notation and tab. Vocal harmonies also nicely notated.
- Classic Grateful Dead: Selections From "Workingman's
Dead". Grateful Dead. Secaucus, NJ: Warner Bros., 1991.(Music number:GF0434)
[score].
"Includes complete solos." Contents: "Black Peter"; "Casey Jones"; "Cumberland Blues";
"New Speedway Boogie"; "Uncle John's Band." .
- Without a Net. Grateful Dead. Secaucus, NJ: Warner Bros.,
1991.For voice and piano, with chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams; "Slipknot" written for piano
solo, with chord symbols. Anthology of songs from the Without a Net album. Cover illustration: Rick
Griffin; photos: Susana Millman, Ken Friedman, John Werner.
Contents: "Feel Like a Stranger"; "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo"; "Walkin' Blues"; "Althea";
"Cassidy"; "Bird Song"; "Let it Grow"; "China Cat Sunflower"; "I Know You Rider"; "Looks Like Rain";
"Eyes of the World"; "Victim or the Crime"; "Help On the Way"; "Slipknot!"; "Franklin's Tower"; "One
More Saturday Night"; "Dear Mr. Fantasy.".
- Star Power: the Best in Rock Guitar: Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition. Garcia, Jerry et al.
New York: Warner Bros. 1993.[score].
Includes the GD's "Truckin'.".
- Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead . Rock Legends Secaucus,
NJ: Ice Nine/Warner Bros., 1993.(ISBN:0897240421 (pbk.));
(Music number:GF0617)
[score].
"Includes complete solos." Contents: "Black Peter"; "Box of Rain"; "Casey Jones"; "Friend of
the Devil"; "Truckin'"; and "Uncle John's Band." Although he is not credited, these arrangements are by
Hemme B. Luttjeboer, compiled from the Classic Grateful Dead: Selections from American Beauty and
Classic Grateful Dead: Selections from Workingman's Dead songbooks.
- Grateful Dead Anthology Vol. II. Grateful Dead. Alan
Trist, Donna Salzburg, and Cassidy Law. Ice Nine/Warner Bros., 1996.(Music number:PF9622)
Slated for publication late 1996.
Contents: "Black Muddy River"; "West L.A. Fadeaway"; "Touch of
Grey"; "Standing On the Moon"; "Victim Or the Crime"; "Foolish Heart"; "Unbroken Chain"; "China
Doll"; "Weather Report II: Let It Grow"; "Crazy Fingers"; "Weather Report I"; "Dire Wolf"; "Cumberland
Blues"; "Candyman"; "Black Peter"; "Ripple"; "Brokedown Palace"; "Attics of My Life"; "Easy to Love
You"; "Saint of Circumstance"; "Lost Sailor"; "Feel Like a Stranger"; "Althea"; "Alabama Getaway"; "Far
From Me"; "Stagger Lee"; "I Need a Miracle"; "Mister Charlie"; "Dupree's Diamond Blues"; "Corrina";
"Days Between"; "Lazy Lightning"; "Looks Like Rain"; "Black-Throated Wind"; "Mission In the Rain";
"They Love Each Other"; "Might As Well"; "Comes a Time"; "The Wheel"; "To Lay Me Down"; "Loser";
"Bird Song"; "So Many Roads"; "Easy Answers"; "Believe It Or Not"; "Lazy River Road"; "Wave to the
Wind"; "Way to Go Home"; and "Childhood's End.".
- Grateful Dead: Authentic Guitar Classics Vol. 1. Grateful
Dead. edited by: Aaron Stang. Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition Miami, FL: Ice Nine/Warner Bros.,
1996.(Music number:PG9556(?))
[score].
Contents: "Black Peter"; "Box of Rain"; "Casey
Jones"; "Cumberland Blues"; "Friend of the Devil"; "New Speedway Boogie"; "Ripple"; "Sugar
Magnolia"; "Truckin'"; "Uncle John's Band." Transcribed by Hemme Lutjeboer. "Includes complete
solos.".
- Grateful Dead: Authentic Guitar Classics Vol. 2. Grateful
Dead. edited by: Aaron Stang. Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition Miami, FL: Ice Nine/Warner Bros.,
1996.(ISBN:1576232565);
(Music number:PG9557)
[score].
Contents: "Bertha"; "Dire
Wolf"; "China Cat Sunflower"; "Dark Star"; "Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad"; "I Know You Rider";
"Me and My Uncle"; "One More Saturday Night"; "Playing in the Band"; "St. Stephen"; "Sugaree";
"Tennessee Jed"; "Touch of Grey." Transcribed by Hemme Lutjeboer. "Includes complete solos.".
- Hundred Year Hall. Grateful Dead. Authentic Guitar-Tab
Edition Miami, FL: Ice Nine/Warner, 1996.(ISBN:1576234398);
(Music number:PG 9560)
Contents: "Bertha"; "Big Railroad Blues"*; "China Cat Sunflower"; "Comes a Time"*; "The Other One
(Cryptical Envelopment)"*; "Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad"; "I Know You Rider"; "Jack Straw"*;
"Me and My Uncle"; "Next Time You See Me"*; "One More Saturday Night"; "Playing in the Band";
"Sugar Magnolia"; "Truckin'"; "Turn On Your Lovelight."*
Cover says "Includes complete solos." Detailed tablature transcriptions, but not of complete solos and jams.
This is especially noticeable on the Aoxomoxoa version of "China Cat" and the very brief "The Other One"
(which, contrary to the advertised "complete solos" has the instruction to "continue soloing freely [11
minutes] approximately"). Asterixed titles above are transcribed from the Hundred Year Hall recording;
others are from previewious album versions. Note that the mistakenly-labeled "Cryptical Envelopment" is
again so labeled here.
- Jerry Garcia Songbook: His Solo Repertoire. Transcribed by Hemme Luttjeboer. Ice Nine/Warner Bros., 2002. Cover by Stanley Mouse. Introductory essay. More than 70 songs.
First posted: February 21, 1997
Revised: October 28, 2002