 This song, "Smog Farm", was recorded at the band's first live performance, on July 4, 1996.The words to a few of the songs were written by Grateful Dead lyricists Robert Hunter or John Perry Barlow, including one tune, "Samba in the Rain", that had been part of the Dead's repertoire in the early '90s.On Allmusic, Tom Schulte wrote, ""Missing Man Formation" is high-caliber musicianship fueling '70s-style rock ballads and jazz-like instrumentals... Vince Welnick entered the Grateful Dead fold as keyboardist in 1990.