South Loomis Quickstep, South Loomis Quickstep, 1979 The Done Gone Band, The Done Gone Band, 1979 The Great Canadian Tragedy, The Orton Yahoos, 1977 It Must Be A Breakdown, The Grand Poo-Bah Beaner Band, 1976įolkfestival Auf Der Lenzburg 5, Various Artists, 1976

Mirth And Merriment, Three on a String, 1975 Hello City Limits, City Limits Bluegrass Band, 1975 Hot Spit!, Humphrey And The Dumptrucks, 1972 Mail Order Mystics / Friend Of The Devil, Chris Smither, 1972 Majesty of the Seas, Carribean Sea, Feb 5, 2006 Col Vinyl LP, 2020ĭave's Picks Vol 37: Williamsburg,, 2021 Picture LP, 2020Īmerican Beauty 50th Anniv. Deluxe Ed, 2020Īmerican Beauty 50th Anniv. Road Trips: Vol 3, No 3: Fillmore East, 5/15/70 Bonus CD, 2010Īll The Years Combine: The DVD Collection, 2012 (bonus song)ĭave's Picks Vol 7: Normal, 4/24/78, 2013įamily Dog at the Great Highway, 4/18/70, Grateful Dead, 2013 Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings, 2009 Road Trips Download: Philadelphia, Nov 5, 1979, 2008 Singers & Songwriters: 1970-1974, Various Artists, 2001 faster than you can say dog my cats it was in the Grateful Dead repertoireThere are more recorded cover versions of FOTD than of any other Grateful Dead song.Īmerican Beauty / Workingman's Dead, 198? Danged if it wasn't 'Friend of the Devil.' With a dandy bridge on the 'sweet Anne Marie' verse. Next morning I heard early bird Garcia (who hadn't been at the rehearsal–had a gig, you know) wanging away something familiar sounding on the peddle steel. I took the tape home and left it on the kitchen table. We ran back upstairs to Nelson's room and recorded the tune. Suddenly Dawson's eyes lit up and he crowed 'How about 'a friend of the devil is a friend of mine.' Bingo, not only the right line but a memorable title as well! Robert Hunter wrote about the writing of Friend Of The Devil in his online journal in 2006: We got to talking about the tune and John said the verses were nifty except for 'it looks like water but it tastes like wine' which I had to admit fell flat. It was subsequently played fairly regularly through to 1995 being totally absent only in 1973. The song was probably not performed during 1971 but then returned to the repertoire in 1972 in electric sets. Acoustic versions of the song were played regularly during that year. Composer: Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter / John Dawsonįriend Of The Devil (FOTD) was first performed by the Grateful Dead in March 1970.

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