The Monkey and the Engineer

Played live by Grateful Dead on 39 nights, 2% of shows.

First: December 19, 1969 at Fillmore West, San Francisco, California
Last: February 12, 1989 at Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California

Nights per year

1969: 2 · 1970: 14 · 1980: 18 · 1981: 3 · 1982: 1 · 1989: 1

Most in 1980: 18 nights.

Next

  1. Little Sadie: 5 times
  2. I've Been All Around This World: 4 times
  3. It Must Have Been the Roses: 3 times
  4. Bird Song: 3 times
  5. To Lay Me Down: 3 times
  6. Jack-A-Roe: 3 times

Before

  1. Deep Elem Blues: 4 times
  2. Jack-A-Roe: 4 times
  3. I've Been All Around This World: 4 times
  4. It Must Have Been the Roses: 3 times
  5. To Lay Me Down: 3 times

Latest nights

  1. February 12, 1989: Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California
  2. April 13, 1982: Late Night With David Letterman, New York, New York
  3. October 16, 1981: Melkweg, Amsterdam, North Holland
  4. May 22, 1981: The Warfield, San Francisco, California
  5. April 25, 1981: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
  6. December 31, 1980: Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, California
  7. December 6, 1980: Mill Valley Recreation Center, Mill Valley, California
  8. October 31, 1980: Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York
  9. October 27, 1980: Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York
  10. October 25, 1980: Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York

All of Grateful Dead

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