Bird Song

Played live by Grateful Dead on 301 nights, 14% of shows.

First: February 19, 1971 at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York
Last: July 4, 2015 at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Nights per year

1971: 13 · 1972: 39 · 1973: 13 · 1980: 23 · 1981: 26 · 1982: 14 · 1983: 15 · 1984: 16 · 1985: 14 · 1986: 5 · 1987: 17 · 1988: 17 · 1989: 21 · 1990: 17 · 1991: 13 · 1992: 8 · 1993: 13 · 1994: 12 · 1995: 4 · 2015: 1

Most in 1972: 39 nights.

Next

  1. Promised Land: 44 times
  2. Hell in a Bucket: 14 times
  3. Playing in the Band: 13 times
  4. Looks Like Rain: 12 times
  5. The Music Never Stopped: 11 times
  6. Beat It on Down the Line: 10 times

Before

  1. When I Paint My Masterpiece: 39 times
  2. Big River: 19 times
  3. Mexicali Blues: 19 times
  4. The Little Red Rooster: 16 times
  5. El Paso: 15 times
  6. Queen Jane Approximately: 15 times

Latest nights

  1. July 4, 2015: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
  2. June 30, 1995: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  3. June 2, 1995: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
  4. May 24, 1995: Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
  5. March 24, 1995: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
  6. December 12, 1994: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  7. December 1, 1994: McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, Colorado
  8. October 19, 1994: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
  9. October 3, 1994: Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
  10. September 24, 1994: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California

All of Grateful Dead

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