Playing in the Band

Played live by Grateful Dead on 608 nights, 29% of shows.

First: February 18, 1971 at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York
Last: July 3, 2015 at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Nights per year

1971: 66 · 1972: 79 · 1973: 51 · 1974: 21 · 1976: 15 · 1977: 17 · 1978: 25 · 1979: 23 · 1980: 22 · 1981: 18 · 1982: 22 · 1983: 19 · 1984: 20 · 1985: 20 · 1986: 13 · 1987: 24 · 1988: 24 · 1989: 21 · 1990: 25 · 1991: 23 · 1992: 13 · 1993: 20 · 1994: 18 · 1995: 8 · 2015: 1

Most in 1972: 79 nights.

Next

  1. Drums: 144 times
  2. Uncle John's Band: 83 times
  3. Terrapin Station: 42 times
  4. China Doll: 25 times
  5. Casey Jones: 22 times
  6. Crazy Fingers: 20 times

Before

  1. Terrapin Station: 58 times
  2. I Know You Rider: 50 times
  3. Crazy Fingers: 34 times
  4. Ship of Fools: 32 times
  5. Uncle John's Band: 25 times
  6. Fire on the Mountain: 24 times

Latest nights

  1. July 3, 2015: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
  2. July 5, 1995: Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, Missouri
  3. June 21, 1995: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
  4. June 3, 1995: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
  5. May 26, 1995: Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
  6. May 19, 1995: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
  7. March 27, 1995: The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
  8. March 18, 1995: CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  9. February 20, 1995: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
  10. December 18, 1994: Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California

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

Setprint

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Every song your band played that night, drawn as a constellation. Find the show you were at, watch the set play back song by song, and keep it as a print.

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