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The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
Composer: McGanahan Skjellyfetti

The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) was performed by the Grateful Dead in 1967. The song was not revived by the Grateful Dead in later years but was played post-1995 by Furthur, The Dead, Ratdog and Phil Lesh groups.

The name McGanahan Skjellyfetti was a psuedonym used by the Dead for group compositions. The name derives originally from a character in Kenneth Patchen's Memoirs Of A Shy Pornographer, although the name was possibly used by the Dead because one of the band members had a cat of that name.

The song title was adopted as the name of the original Grateful Dead Fan Club and subsequently as the title of a Grateful Dead fanzine.



Grateful Dead

info The Grateful Dead, 1967
info Single (The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) / Cream Puff War), 1967
info Skeletons From The Closet, 1974
info The Grateful Dead / Anthem Of The Sun, 1976?
info Rockmusik, Various Artists, 1978
info The Grateful Dead Movie, 1981
info The History Of Rock, Volume 23, Various Artists, 1984
info The Golden Road (1965-1973), 2001
info The Very Best Of The Grateful Dead, 2003
info Guitar Rock: Smokin' 60's, Various Artists, 2003
info The Grateful Dead Movie (remastered and extended DVD), 2004
info Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970, 2007
info Revolutions In Sound: Warner Bros. Records: The First Fifty Years (10 CD), 2008
info Revolutions In Sound: Warner Bros. Records: The First Fifty Years (USB), 2008
info Complete Studio Albums Collection, 2013
info The Best Of The Grateful Dead, 2015
info Fare Thee Well July 3, 4 & 5 2015 Complete Box, 2015
info Smiling On A Cloudy Day, 2017

Other recordings

info Cover The Songs Of..., The Bobs, 1994
info The Infinite Summer Of Love, Various Artists (The Beast), 1994
info Stolen Roses, Various Artists, 2000
info Jerry Jams, Jerry Cares, Various Artists, 2005
info The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion), Frankenstein 3000, 2012
info The Scoops Are On Their Way, Frankenstein 3000, 2013
info Burger Bud, Jay's Happy Sunshine Burger Joint, 2015
info Chip's Picks Vol 2, High Time, 2020
info Live At Brooklyn Bowl, Night 2, Grateful Shred, 2020
info Eyes Of The World, The Latin Dead, 2023

The Dead

info Mansfield, MA, June 22, 2003
info Vernon, NY, June 29, 2003
info Morrison, CO, July 11, 2003
info Columbus, OH, August 6, 2003
info Morrison, CO, June 16, 2004
info Sacramento, CA, June 27, 2004
info Indianapolis, IN, July 25, 2004
info Camden, NJ, August 7, 2004
info Wantagh, NY, August 14, 2004
info Dead '09: Wilkes-Barre, PA, April 22, 2009
info Dead '09: Chicago, IL, May 5, 2009

Furthur

info Dec 12, 2009, Asbury Park, NJ
info Dec 31, 2009, San Francisco, CA
info Feb 5, 2010, Miami, FL
info Feb 15, 2010, Bethlehem, PA
info Feb 22, 2010, Newark, DE
info Mar 6, 2010, Denver, CO
info June 27, 2010, Brooklyn, NY
info July 3, 2010, Herkimer, NY
info July 10, 2010, Philadelphia, PA
info July 30, 2010, Bridgeport, CT
info September 17, 2010, Eugene, OR
info September 26, 2010, Morrison, CO
info November 8, 2010, Minneapolis, MN
info November 19, 2010, Worcester, MA
info December 31, 2010, San Francisco, CA
info March 4, 2011, Boston, MA
info March 15, 2011, New York, NY
info March 20, 2011, Upper Darby, PA
info March 26, 2011, New York, NY
info July 16, 2011, Bethel, NY
info July 26, 2011, Canandaigua, NY
info Sept 23, 2011, Eugene, OR
info Oct 4, 2011, Las Vegas, NV
info Oct 8, 2011, Monterey, CA
info Nov 6, 2011, Amherst, MA
info Nov 19, 2011, Madison, WI
info Dec 31, 2011, San Francisco, CA
info April 10, 2012, New York, NY
info April 18, 2012, New York, NY
info July 5, 2012, Pawtucket, RI
info September 21, 2012, Morrison, CO
info October 6, 2012, Los Angeles, CA
info December 29, 2012, San Francisco, CA
info April 20, 2013, Port Chester, NY
info July 13, 2013, Philadelphia, PA
info Sept 25, 2013, Eugene, OR
info Oct 2, 2013, Las Vegas, NV

Ratdog

info Verona NY, April 8, 2005
info Frederick MD, April 11, 2005
info Providence RI, April 20, 2005
info Norfolk VA, April 29, 2005
info Columbus, OH, June 8, 2005
info Erie, PA, October 28, 2005
info Jim Thorpe, PA, November 10, 2005
info Atlanta, GA, November 16, 2005
info Orlando, FL, November 20, 2005
info San Diego, CA, December 9, 2005
info Seattle, WA, December 17, 2005
info Norfolk, VA, March 18, 2006
info Oklahoma City, OK, July 4, 2006
info Mansfield, MA, July 15, 2006
info Geneva NY, October 30, 2006
info Newark, NJ, November 11, 2006
info Vancouver BC, February 18, 2007
info Peekskill NY, March 6, 2007
info Springfield MA, March 15, 2007
info Greensboro NC, March 24, 2007
info Cleveland OH, July 16, 2007
info Westbury, NY, October 31, 2007
info St. Louis, MO, March 24, 2008
info Quincy, CA, July 5, 2008
info Wilkes Barre, PA, November 11, 2008
info Boca Raton, FL, November 22, 2008
info Atlanta, GA, July 17, 2009
info Westbury, NY, February 21, 2014
info Louisville, KY, March 12, 2014

Phil Lesh

info June 24, 2006, Orlando, FL, 2006
info June 30, 2006, Camden, NJ, 2006
info July 6, 2006, Mansfield, MA, 2006
info July 16, 2006, Chicago, IL, 2006
info April 9, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
info April 18, 2014, Las Vegas, NV, 2014
info May 29, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
info Oct 18, 2014, Las Vegas, NV, 2014
info Nov 15, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
info Dec 31, 2014: Port Chester, NY, PhilRAD, 2014
info Feb 27, 2016, Las Vegas, NV, 2016
info March 16, 2017, Port Chester, NY, 2017

 
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