Song Anatomy ● 'Playing In The Band' - The Grateful Dead

THE GRATEFUL DEAD / Bill Kreutzmann, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh / Trade ad for Grateful Dead's album American Beauty, credit: Herb Greene - Billboard, page 9, December 5, 1970

'Playing In The Band' - The Grateful Dead

The Song● Playing in the Band

Writers● Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, and Robert Hunter

Producers● The Grateful Dead

Recorded● April 6th, 1971, at Manhattan Center, New York City

Released● September 1971

Players●

:: Jerry Garcia -- vocals, guitar

:: Bob Weir -- vocals, guitar

:: Phil Lesh -- bass, vocals

:: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan -- keyboards, vocals

:: Bill Kreutzmann -- drums

:: Merl Saunders -- organ

Album● The Grateful Dead (Warner Bros.)

The Grateful Dead●

The Grateful Dead is the debut studio album of the Grateful Dead. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in March 1967. According to the biographies of both bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, the band released the album as San Francisco's Grateful Dead.

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