The Race Is On

Played live by Grateful Dead on 60 nights, 3% of shows.

First: December 31, 1969 at Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts
Last: May 20, 1995 at Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada

Nights per year

1969: 1 · 1970: 5 · 1973: 27 · 1974: 9 · 1980: 10 · 1981: 2 · 1986: 1 · 1989: 1 · 1990: 1 · 1991: 1 · 1993: 1 · 1995: 1

Most in 1973: 27 nights.

Next

  1. Row Jimmy: 7 times
  2. China Cat Sunflower: 4 times
  3. Brown-Eyed Women: 4 times
  4. Loser: 3 times
  5. Bird Song: 3 times
  6. Sugaree: 3 times

Before

  1. Sugaree: 6 times
  2. Don't Ease Me In: 4 times
  3. Row Jimmy: 4 times
  4. Tennessee Jed: 4 times
  5. Deal: 4 times
  6. Seasons of My Heart: 3 times

Latest nights

  1. May 20, 1995: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
  2. September 20, 1993: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
  3. May 4, 1991: Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
  4. May 5, 1990: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California
  5. May 6, 1989: Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, California
  6. May 3, 1986: Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
  7. October 16, 1981: Melkweg, Amsterdam, North Holland
  8. May 22, 1981: The Warfield, San Francisco, California
  9. December 31, 1980: Oakland Civic Auditorium, Oakland, California
  10. November 26, 1980: Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida

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

Relive your favorite set

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.

How it works

  1. Pick your band. Every song they’ve played live is a point of light on the dial: the brighter, the more often played.
  2. Find your night. Search a date, venue or city, and watch that night’s setlist draw itself, song by song, with its debuts, liberations and guests.
  3. Get your Setprint. A free 16 × 20 poster of the night, ready to print and frame.

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