Skeletons From The Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead - Personnel

Personnel

Grateful Dead

• Tom Constanten – keyboards, production, arrangements on "Rosemary", "St. Stephen", "Turn On Your Love Light"
• Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals, production; arrangement on "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)", pedal steel guitar on "Sugar Magnolia"
• Donna Jean Godchaux – backing vocals, production
• Keith Godchaux – piano, production
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion, production on "Casey Jones", "Turn On Your Love Light", "Uncle John's Band"
• Robert Hunter – lyrics on "Casey Jones", "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", "Truckin'", and "Uncle John's Band"
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums, production
• Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals, production; backup vocals on "Mexicali Blues"
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, harmonica, vocals, production; conga on "Turn On Your Love Light"
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals, production; lead vocals on "Sugar Magnolia" and "Truckin'"

Additional performers

• John "Marmaduke" Dawson on "Rosemary" and "St. Stephen"
• Debbie on "Rosemary" and "St. Stephen"
• Snooky Flowers – horns on "Mexicali Blues"
• Luis Gasca – horns on "Mexicali Blues"
• Peter Grant on "Rosemary" and "St. Stephen"
• David Grisman – mandolin on "Friend of the Devil"
• Mouse on "Rosemary" and "St. Stephen"
• David Nelson on "Casey Jones", "Rosemary", "St. Stephen", and "Uncle John's Band"
• The Space Rangers – horns on "Mexicali Blues"
• Dave Torbert – bass guitar
• Howard Wales – organ on "Truckin'"
• Wendy on "Rosemary" and "St. Stephen"

Technical personnel

• Alembic – engineering, mixing on "Casey Jones" and "Uncle John's Band"
• Stephen Barncard – compilation production; production on "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Truckin'"
• Dick Bogert – engineering on "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)"
• Betty Cantor – production, engineering on "Casey Jones", "Rosemary", "St. Stephen", "Turn On Your Love Light", and "Uncle John's Band"
• Bob Cassidy – engineering on "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)"
• Dave Collins – digital remastering assistance; pre-mastering assistance on "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Truckin'"
• Tom Flye – engineering, mixing on "Casey Jones", "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", "Truckin'", and "Uncle John's Band"; mastering supervision on "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Truckin'"
• Joe Gastwirt – remixing, production; pre-mastering assistance on "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Truckin'"
• David Hassinger – compilation production; production on "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)"
• Dan Healy – consulting engineering on "Rosemary" and "St. Stephen"
• Scott Heard – equipment technician on "Casey Jones" and "Uncle John's Band"
• Robin Hurley – audio production on "Casey Jones", "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", "Truckin'", and "Uncle John's Band"
• Bob Matthews – production, engineering on "Casey Jones", "Rosemary", "St. Stephen", "Turn On Your Love Light", and "Uncle John's Band"
• Andrew McPherson – authoring on "Casey Jones" and "Uncle John's Band"
• David McLees – executive production on "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Truckin'"
• Jeffrey Norman – engineering, mixing on "Casey Jones" and "Uncle John's Band"; engineering on "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Truckin'"
• Fred Ordower – engineering on "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Truckin'"
• Ramrod – equipment technician on "Casey Jones" and "Uncle John's Band"
• Bob Seidemann – art direction
• Rudson Shurtliff – engineering, mixing on "Casey Jones" and "Uncle John's Band"; engineering on "Friend of the Devil", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Truckin'"
• Owsley Stanley – consulting engineering on "Rosemary" and "St. Stephen"
• John Van Hamersveld – artwork
• Ron Wickersham – consulting engineering on "Rosemary" and "St. Stephen"
• Bill Wolf – editing