Desolation Row

Played live by Grateful Dead on 58 nights, 3% of shows.

First: March 25, 1986 at Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Last: July 2, 1995 at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana

Nights per year

1986: 10 · 1987: 14 · 1988: 3 · 1989: 3 · 1990: 7 · 1991: 6 · 1992: 5 · 1993: 6 · 1994: 3 · 1995: 1

Most in 1987: 14 nights.

Next

  1. Don't Ease Me In: 9 times
  2. Tennessee Jed: 8 times
  3. Deal: 6 times
  4. Ramble On Rose: 5 times
  5. Bird Song: 3 times
  6. Big Railroad Blues: 3 times

Before

  1. Brown-Eyed Women: 5 times
  2. Candyman: 4 times
  3. Friend of the Devil: 4 times
  4. It Must Have Been the Roses: 3 times
  5. Loser: 3 times
  6. Tons of Steel: 3 times

Latest nights

  1. July 2, 1995: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
  2. October 10, 1994: USAir Arena, Landover, Maryland
  3. July 2, 1994: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
  4. March 31, 1994: The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
  5. December 17, 1993: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  6. September 12, 1993: Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  7. June 15, 1993: Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
  8. April 1, 1993: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
  9. March 17, 1993: Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland
  10. January 26, 1993: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California

All of Grateful Dead

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