Grateful Dead Time Capsule

Box of Rain

Composers:

Written for Phil's father, while he was dying in 1970.


Recording Dates (~ Estimated/Averaged):Click Title for Album Information
1970	9/~	American Beauty LP by Grateful Dead
	9/~	The Golden Road (1965 - 1973) CD by Grateful Dead
	9/~	The Very Best of the Grateful Dead CD by Grateful Dead
1973	2/28	Dick's Picks, Volume 28 CD by Grateful Dead
1980	~	Jack O'Roses LP by Robert Hunter
1989	7/19	Fallout from the Phil Zone CD by Grateful Dead
1990	7/12	View from the Vault II video by Grateful Dead
	7/12	View from the Vault Collection video box set by Grateful Dead
	12/??	A Box of Rain CD by Robert Hunter
1999	10/~	Pickin' on the Grateful Dead Vol. 2 CD by Various Artists
	10/~	Long Strange Trip: Swingin' and Pickin' on the Grateful Dead CD by Various Artists
2002		Gratefully Yours CD by Jim Hudak

The American Book of the Dead examines the origin and performance of this song.

A Box of Rain includes the original lyrics for this song, written for the Grateful Dead.

Grateful Dead Anthology provides the piano arrangement, guitar chords, and lyrics.