The National’s Aaron Dessner and brother Bryce announced the full tracklist and release plans for a massive Grateful Dead tribute record that has been in the works for four years. As the official Twitter account live-tweeted the tracklist and the musicians playing on said track, Dessner chimed in with some commentary on select tracks including stories, memories and his take on some of the better moments on the record. Read below. 

Produced this one 2 days after my son Robin was born! https://t.co/HjsxA3X3vf
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Recorded @LisaHannigan vocals on this in the chapel of a 12th century Irish castle @LCA_Gallery https://t.co/Fh391dRzwb
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

We recreated the entire Terrapin Station medley from 1977 …. https://t.co/QMCIXB6nVm
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

One of the most powerful and beautiful tracks on the entire record https://t.co/UCKGRyJrzY
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Realized my lifelong dream of playing “reckoning” style acoustic guitar on this song https://t.co/26mOfs5IN5
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Amazing west coast vibes on this https://t.co/ZJd5WlBGAI
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

A stunning interpretation of the song — on of the very last recordings made in my garage https://t.co/8T02T49Y64
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

This was the first track recorded for the record…. https://t.co/cxC8nOEpuF
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Wish I could write many words about every single track on this record https://t.co/O3Ar3GYN9M
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Imagine prince and the grateful dead and @UMO https://t.co/ppkFz7srmV
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

The song was made for Kate https://t.co/ENHWWLhA7u
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Classic pigpen moment here https://t.co/HeABs9yXFP
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

This was a magical day https://t.co/d8XfAHFG3c
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Wish this could go on forever https://t.co/fC5pwaInaY
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Insanely awesome https://t.co/0dQMwpIeUm
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Perfect collision of masters of psychedelia https://t.co/DqQVwfrngK
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Every single song I want to call a favorite. So there are 59 favorites! https://t.co/YAiGxIQ0mJ
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

Real mellotron https://t.co/MDA3WPbARc
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016

I asked @BobWeir while rehearsing on that stage how many time he played the Greek. Answer: “A lot.” https://t.co/w75jM1EWGQ
— Aaron Dessner (@aaron_dessner) March 17, 2016