Friend of the Devils: April 1978 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. Packaged as a box set, it contains eight complete concerts on 19 CDs. It was released on September 20, 2024, in a limited edition of 10,000 copies.

Friend of the Devils: April 1978 contains recordings of these concerts: April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, West Virginia

The box set also includes a 48-page booklet of liner notes and photos, as well as a wave drum.

The April 12 concert was also released on September 20, 2024, as a separate album called Duke '78, as a three-disc CD, a four-disc LP, and a digital download.

The April 15, 1978 concert, which is not included in Friend of the Devils, was released in 2021 as Dave's Picks Volume 37.

Track listing

Disc 1 April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – first set: "Bertha" > (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter) – 7:18 "Good Lovin'" (Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick) – 6:24 "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:38 "Me and My Uncle" > (John Phillips) – 3:08 "Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 6:27 "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, John Dawson, Hunter) – 8:53 "Passenger" (Phil Lesh, Peter Monk) – 5:26 "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:14 "Lazy Lightning" > (Bob Weir, John Perry Barlow) – 3:29 "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:31 April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – second set: "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 9:19 "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 6:25

Disc 2 "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:50 "He's Gone" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:30 "Rhythm Devils" > (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:21 "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 16:15 "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:28 "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 8:30 April 6, 1978 – Curtis Hixon Hall – encore: "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:57

Disc 3 April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – first set: "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:14 "Sugaree" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:12 "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:32 "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:30 "Mama Tried" > (Merle Haggard) – 2:38 "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 3:53 "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 10:37 "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:24 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:12 "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:33 April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – second set: "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:08

Disc 4 "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:54 "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 7:05 "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:27 "Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:14 "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 11:00 "Not Fade Away" > (Norman Petty, Charles Hardin) – 10:24 "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:25 "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 5:48 April 7, 1978 – Hollywood Sportatorium – encore: "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:12

Disc 5 April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – first set: "Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44 "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:04 "Big River" (Cash) – 6:59 "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:35 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:15 "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:38 "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:06 "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 7:38 "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:47 "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:31

Disc 6 April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – second set: "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:28 "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:36 "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 12:19 "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 11:47 "Eyes of the World" (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:14

Disc 7 "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 14:56 "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 6:37 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 11:32 April 8, 1978 – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – encore: "One More Saturday Night" (Weir) – 5:37

Disc 8 April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – first set: "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:27 "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:59 "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack) – 8:29 "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 9:03 "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 6:02 "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:33 "El Paso" (Robbins) – 5:05 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:02 "Passenger" (Lesh, Monk) – 5:58 "Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:02 "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 9:44

Disc 9 April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – second set: "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:12 "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50 "Dancing in the Street" > (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 12:04 "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 15:29 "Franklin's Tower" > (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 16:25 "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:50 "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:18

Disc 10 April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – first set: "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:22 "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 5:46 "Friend of the Devil" (Garcia, Dawson, Hunter) – 8:51 "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:12 "Big River" (Cash) – 6:32 "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:04 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:08 "Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:50 "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:10 "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33 April 10, 1978 – Fox Theatre – encore: "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10

Disc 11 April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – second set: "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:20 "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:42 "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 10:42 "Sunrise" (Donna Jean Godchaux) – 4:13

Disc 12 "Terrapin Station" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:47 "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:54 "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 2:18 "Iko Iko" > (James Crawford, Barbara Ann Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson) – 10:23 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:39 April 11, 1978 – Fox Theatre – encore: "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 4:17

Disc 13 April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – first set: "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:29 "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:41 "Beat It On Down the Line" (Jesse Fuller) – 4:42 "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:54 "Mama Tried" > (Haggard) – 2:29 "Mexicali Blues" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:03 "Funiculi Funicula" (Luigi Denza) – 1:57 "Row Jimmy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:50 "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:47 "Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:59 "Lazy Lightning" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:56 "Supplication" (Weir, Barlow) – 5:43

Disc 14 April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – second set: "Bertha" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:50 "Good Lovin'" (Clark, Resnick) – 6:59 "It Must Have Been the Roses" (Hunter) – 8:55 April 12, 1978 – Cameron Indoor Stadium – encore: "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:00

Disc 15 "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:02 "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:21 "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 25:54 "Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 8:45 "Wharf Rat" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:38 "Around and Around" (Berry) – 8:20

Disc 16 April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – first set: "Promised Land" (Berry) – 5:00 "Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:45 "Me and My Uncle" > (Phillips) – 3:02 "Big River" (Cash) – 5:45 "Peggy-O" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:18 "Looks Like Rain" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:53 "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:44 "It's All Over Now" (B. Womack, S. Womack) – 8:03 "Dupree's Diamond Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:37 "The Music Never Stopped" (Weir, Barlow) – 8:51 April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – second set: "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 7:35 April 14, 1978 – Cassell Coliseum – encore: "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry) – 5:04

Disc 17 "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:04 "Dancing in the Street" > (Stevenson, Gaye, Hunter) – 16:47 "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:23 "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 5:12 "The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 8:10 "Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 10:58 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 9:26

Disc 18 April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – first set: "Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 6:18 "Dire Wolf" (Garcia, Hunter) – 4:37 "Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 4:51 "Peggy-O" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 8:04 "Mexicali Blues" > (Weir, Barlow) – 3:29 "Mama Tried" (Haggard) – 2:53 "They Love Each Other" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:36 "New Minglewood Blues" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:15 "Scarlet Begonias" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:59 "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart, Hunter) – 9:27 April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – second set: "Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Weir) – 8:06 "Ship of Fools" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:54

Disc 19 "Estimated Prophet" > (Weir, Barlow) – 12:33 "Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:44 "Rhythm Devils" > (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 14:25 "Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 4:32 "Iko Iko" > (Crawford, B.A. Hawkins, R.L. Hawkins, Johnson) – 12:06 "Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:23 April 16, 1978 – Huntington Civic Center – encore: "U.S. Blues" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:35

Personnel

Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals Keith Godchaux – keyboards Mickey Hart – drums Bill Kreutzmann – drums Phil Lesh – bass, vocals Bob Weir – guitar, vocals

Production Produced by Grateful Dead Produced for release by David Lemieux Executive producer: Mark Pinkus Associate producer: Ivette Ramos CD mastering: Jeffrey Norman Recording: Betty Cantor-Jackson Tape restoration and speed correction: Jamie Howarth, John Chester Art direction: Matthew Brannon, Steve Vance Artwork: Matthew Brannon Design: Steve Vance Photos: James R. Anderson, Brooks R. Johnson, Bob Minkin, John Rottet Liner notes: Steve Silberman, David Lemieux

Charts + Chart performance for Friend of the Devils: April 1978 Chart (2024) Peakposition

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