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Cowboy reach for the sky Led by and , the Jacksonville band Cowboy was discovered by none other than , SELLING POINTS: who, as legend has it, banged on their door at 7 am one day and asked to hear some songs. He then recommended them to • Led by Scott Boyer and Tommy Talton, Capricorn label owner Phil Walden, who sent Allman Brothers the Jacksonville band Cowboy Was producer to check them out; Sandlin ended Discovered by Duane Allman for up producing several Cowboy for Capricorn, of which this 1970 release was the first. Reach for the Sky features some • Their Long-Requested 1970 debut, great songs from Boyer and Talton, and has a loose, informal feel with acoustic Reach for the Sky, Has Been Out of and harmonies a-plenty; over the years it’s become quite the cult item, with copies of its Print for Over a Decade long, long out-of-print CD release trading hands for well over $100. Our Real Gone reissue features notes by Scott Schinder, the original gatefold artwork (with lyrics) and photos. Fine, • Produced by Allman Brothers soulful , long overdue for rediscovery! Producer Johnny Sandlin SONGS • Original Gatefold Art with Lyrics 1. Opening 8. Stick Together 2. Livin’ in the Country 9. Use Your Situation • Liner Notes by Scott Schinder 3. Song of Love and Peace 10. It’s Time 4. Amelia’s Earache 11. Honey Ain’t Nowhere • Boyer and Talton Are Still Active 5. Pick Your Nose 12. Rip & Snort 6. Pretty Friend 13. Josephine, Beyond Compare 7. Everything Here STREET DATE: April 1, 2014 LABEL: Real Gone : Rock FORMAT: CD ORDER USING 848064002369

“Dick” was , the official tape archivist for the until Dick's Picks 1999, whose inspiration and encyclopedic knowledge of the band’s vaults spawned the fabled Dick’s Picks series of live Dead concert recordings. Comprised of 36 volumes, Dick’s Picks follows the band on its long, strange trip through a multitude of eras, tours and venues, featuring handpicked shows GRATEFUL that display the band at its visionary, improvisational height. Now, Real Gone Music is finally bringing this unparalleled cache of Dead concert brilliance to record stores—many of these volumes have never been available at music DEAD retail, and the others have been unavailable for close to a decade! GRATEFUL DEAD: Dick’s Picks Vol. 19—10/19/73 Oklahoma City SELLING POINTS: Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK (3-CD Set) • The Legendary Series of Live Shows, The first full 1973 concert to be released, and the first concert of Carefully Culled from the Band's Vault their uniformly excellent Fall ’73 Midwest tour, Dick’s Picks Vol. 19 captures the Dead a matter of days after the release of , the first release on their own Grateful • Dick's Picks Vol. 19 Captures the First Dead Records label, and over half the tracks from the appear here, highlighted by stellar (no Night of the Dead's Excellent Fall pun intended) renditions of “Stella Blue” and “Eyes of the World.” Both of those songs appear as the 1973 Midwest Tour first encore on Disc Three, which may well be one of the finest single discs in the entire Dick’s Picks canon; the disc leads off with a 15-minute “Dark Star” which segues effortlessly to “Mind Left Body • Concert Was Held Just Days after Jam” leading into a truly transcendent reading of “Morning Dew.” Add “” and a show- Wake of the Flood Was Released, and ending “Johnny B. Goode” to the set and you know everybody went home happy. A superb sound Features Impassioned Renditions of mix on this one, too, and as always it’s presented in HDCD sound. Out of print for years! Material from the Album Songs: • The First Full 1973 Concert to Be Issued Disc One Disc Two Disc Three Set One Set One (cont.) 1. Dark Star • In HDCD Sound 1. Promised Land 1. Playing in the Band 2. Mind Left Body Jam 2. 3. Morning Dew Set Two • FIRST TIME AVAILABLE AT MUSIC 3. Mexicali 4. Sugar Magnolia RETAIL IN YEARS! 2. China Cat Sunflower 4. Tennessee Jed 5. Eyes of the World 3. I Know You Rider 5. Looks Like Rain 6. Stella Blue 4. Me and My Uncle 6. Don’t Ease Me In 7. Johnny B. Goode STREET DATE: April 1, 2014 7. Jack Straw 5. Mississippi Half-Step LABEL: Real Gone Music 8. They Love Each Other Uptown Toodeloo GENRE: Rock 9. El Paso 6. Big River FORMAT: CD 10. Row Jimmy

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