Day of the Dead (2016 album)


Day of the Dead is the twenty-fifth compilation release benefiting the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. Featuring fifty-nine exclusive recordings of covers of Grateful Dead songs by a number of independent artists as a tribute to the band, the compilation was released on May 20, 2016 as five CDs, a limited edition vinyl LP box set, and as a digital download. John Carlin, the founder of the Red Hot Organization, was the executive producer for the album. The members of The National first performed with Bob Weir at his Bay Area studio in 2012 as part of the Headcount benefit The Bridge Session. The group's budding friendship with the Dead cofounder pushed them to record the massive Dead tribute.
It is the second compilation album produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National for Red Hot Organization, following 2009's Dark Was the Night, which has raised over $1.5 million for the organizations fighting AIDS to date.
A Day of the Dead live performance took place at the second annual Eaux Claires Festival on August 12–13, 2016. The performers, who all appear on the record, included Jenny Lewis, Matthew Houck, Lucius, Will Oldham, Moses Sumney, Sam Amidon, Richard Reed Parry, Matt Berninger, Justin Vernon, Josh Kaufman, Bruce Hornsby, Ruban Nielson, Aaron and Bryce Dessner and The National.

Track listing

Digital sequence

CD sequence

;Disc 1
  1. Touch of Grey
  2. Sugaree
  3. Candyman
  4. Dire Wolf
  5. New Speedway Boogie
  6. Friend of the Devil
  7. Black Muddy River
  8. Morning Dew
  9. Black Peter
  10. Loser
  11. To Lay Me Down
;Disc 2
  1. Box of Rain
  2. Rubin and Cherise
  3. Me and My Uncle
  4. Cassidy
  5. Uncle John's Band
  6. Mountains of the Moon
  7. Dark Star -
  8. Nightfall of Diamonds
  9. Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald
  10. Playing in the Band
  11. Brokedown Palace
;Disc 3
  1. Peggy-O
  2. Garcia Counterpoint
  3. Terrapin Station
  4. Clementine Jam
  5. China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
  6. Jack-A-Roe
  7. Easy Wind
  8. Wharf Rat
  9. Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad
  10. And We Bid You Goodnight
;Disc 4
  1. Ripple
  2. Truckin'
  3. Dark Star -
  4. Stella Blue
  5. Shakedown Street
  6. Franklin's Tower
  7. Eyes of the World
  8. Help on the Way
  9. Estimated Prophet
  10. What's Become of the Baby
  11. King Solomon's Marbles
  12. If I Had the World to Give
;Disc 5
  1. Standing on the Moon
  2. Ship of Fools
  3. Bird Song
  4. Brown-Eyed Women
  5. Here Comes Sunshine
  6. Cumberland Blues
  7. Drums -> Space
  8. Cream Puff War
  9. Rosemary
  10. High Time
  11. Till the Morning Comes
  12. Althea
  13. Attics of My Life
  14. St. Stephen
  15. I Know You Rider

    LP sequence

  16. Touch of Grey
  17. Shakedown Street
  18. Loser
  19. Jack-A-Roe
  20. Peggy-O
  21. Bird Song
  22. Brown-Eyed Women
  23. Sugaree
  24. Help on the Way
  25. Franklin's Tower
  26. King Solomon's Marbles
  27. Box of Rain
  28. Friend of the Devil
  29. Wharf Rat
  30. Cassidy
  31. Candyman
  32. Clementine Jam
  33. Playing in the Band
  34. Eyes of the World
  35. Terrapin Station
  36. Ship of Fools
  37. Estimated Prophet
  38. Morning Dew
  39. Me and My Uncle
  40. China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
  41. If I Had the World to Give
  42. Dark Star -
  43. Nightfall of Diamonds
  44. Dark Star -
  45. Rubin and Cherise
  46. Althea
  47. Mountains of the Moon
  48. Stella Blue
  49. Standing on the Moon
  50. To Lay Me Down
  51. Uncle John's Band
  52. High Time
  53. Dire Wolf
  54. New Speedway Boogie
  55. Cumberland Blues
  56. Black Peter
  57. Easy Wind
  58. Here Comes Sunshine
  59. Rosemary
  60. Drums -> Space
  61. Transitive Refraction Axis for John Oswald
  62. What's Become of the Baby
  63. Garcia Counterpoint
  64. Brokedown Palace
  65. Till the Morning Comes
  66. Attics of My Life
  67. Cream Puff War
  68. Truckin'
  69. Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad
  70. Black Muddy River
  71. Ripple
  72. And We Bid You Goodnight
  73. St. Stephen
  74. I Know You Rider

    Personnel