It Must Have Been the Roses

Played live by Grateful Dead on 159 nights, 8% of shows.

First: February 22, 1974 at Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California
Last: June 22, 1995 at Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York

Nights per year

1974: 31 · 1975: 2 · 1976: 13 · 1977: 10 · 1978: 18 · 1979: 2 · 1980: 16 · 1981: 15 · 1982: 8 · 1983: 4 · 1984: 5 · 1985: 3 · 1986: 4 · 1987: 7 · 1988: 4 · 1989: 1 · 1990: 4 · 1991: 4 · 1992: 2 · 1993: 3 · 1994: 2 · 1995: 1

Most in 1974: 31 nights.

Next

  1. Estimated Prophet: 18 times
  2. Cassidy: 8 times
  3. El Paso: 7 times
  4. Jack Straw: 7 times
  5. Me and My Uncle: 7 times
  6. Let It Grow: 7 times

Before

  1. Samson and Delilah: 17 times
  2. Minglewood Blues: 12 times
  3. Big River: 11 times
  4. Mexicali Blues: 10 times
  5. Cassidy: 9 times
  6. Good Lovin': 8 times

Latest nights

  1. June 22, 1995: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
  2. July 24, 1994: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
  3. March 28, 1994: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
  4. December 19, 1993: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  5. June 8, 1993: The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan
  6. March 24, 1993: Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  7. June 22, 1992: Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
  8. May 31, 1992: Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada
  9. December 31, 1991: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  10. September 25, 1991: Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

All of Grateful Dead

With scripts on, this page draws it as a star chart: every song a point of light, a night traced as a constellation, and a free 16 × 20 Setprint poster of your night. Setlists from setlist.fm. An independent fan project, not affiliated with Grateful Dead. Privacy & credits

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