Dave's Picks Volume 36
Dave's Picks Volume 36 is a four-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains two complete concerts recorded on March 26 and 27, 1987, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut. It was released on October 30, 2020, in a limited edition of 22,000 copies.
Dave's Picks Volume 36 | ||||
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Released | October 30, 2020 | |||
Recorded | March 26 – 27, 1987 | |||
Venue | Hartford Civic Center Hartford, Connecticut | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 275:54 | |||
Label | Rhino | |||
Producer | Grateful Dead | |||
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In July 1986 Grateful Dead guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia lapsed into a diabetic coma lasting several days. Afterwards he began a slow and ultimately successful recovery. Due to Garcia's medical condition, the band had to cancel their late-summer and fall tours. They did not return to playing live shows until December of that year. The two Hartford concerts were performed near the beginning of the band's first tour of the East Coast following these events. According to journalist Andrew Carter, "The energy level during those first post-coma east coast shows—in Hampton, VA (three nights) and Hartford, CT (two nights), respectively—was higher than it had been in years. After a brush with mortality, the Grateful Dead came back as strong as ever."