# Friend of the Devils: April 1978

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) | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200 | 196 |