When I Paint My Masterpiece

Played live by Grateful Dead on 146 nights, 7% of shows.

First: June 13, 1987 at Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California
Last: July 9, 1995 at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Nights per year

1987: 20 · 1988: 21 · 1989: 17 · 1990: 19 · 1991: 15 · 1992: 11 · 1993: 18 · 1994: 16 · 1995: 9

Most in 1988: 21 nights.

Next

  1. Bird Song: 39 times
  2. Brown-Eyed Women: 9 times
  3. Tennessee Jed: 8 times
  4. Loose Lucy: 8 times
  5. Ramble On Rose: 6 times
  6. Row Jimmy: 6 times

Before

  1. Althea: 16 times
  2. Ramble On Rose: 11 times
  3. West L.A. Fadeaway: 10 times
  4. Brown-Eyed Women: 10 times
  5. Row Jimmy: 8 times
  6. Lazy River Road: 8 times

Latest nights

  1. July 9, 1995: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
  2. June 30, 1995: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  3. June 22, 1995: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
  4. May 28, 1995: Portland Meadows, Portland, Oregon
  5. May 20, 1995: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
  6. April 7, 1995: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
  7. April 1, 1995: The Pyramid Arena, Memphis, Tennessee
  8. March 22, 1995: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
  9. February 24, 1995: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
  10. December 19, 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

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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