Dick's Picks Volume 25 Dick's Picks Volume 25 Dick's Picks Volume 25 is a four-CD album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It is the 25th installment of the "Dick's Picks" live archival series. It was recorded May 10, 1978 at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut, and May 11, 1978 at the Springfield Civic Center Arena in Springfield, Massachusetts, and released July 20, 2002. "Dick's Picks Volume 25" includes a rare cover version of the Warren Zevon song "Werewolves of London". The album contains essentially two complete concerts, recorded back-to-back on May 10, 1978 at the New Haven Coliseum and May
Warren Zevon including Allen Toussaint's "A Certain Girl", Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" and Prince's "Raspberry Beret". Initially successful as a band leader, Zevon struggled to have a solo career until his music was performed by Linda Rondstadt. This launched a cult following that lasted for 25 years with Zevon making occasional returns to album and single charts until his death from cancer in 2003. He briefly found a new audience in the 1980s by teaming up with members of R.E.M. in the blues rock outfit Hindu Love Gods. Known for his dry wit and