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Grateful Dead

1965–1995 · 2,236 shows in the archive

Shows

2,236

Songs played

39,145

performances

Distinct songs

433

Venues

568

Shows per yearpeak 121

Recordings per yearpeak 1

Tape counts measure how many people were taping, not how good the year was. They rise with cassette availability, not with the music.

Busiest year was 1969 with 121 shows.

Most played

1Playing In The Band750 2Not Fade Away650 3The Other One644 4Me And My Uncle624 5Sugar Magnolia603 6China Cat Sunflower558 7I Know You Rider552 8Truckin'536 9Good Lovin'516 10Jack Straw483 11Mexicali Blues442 12Tennessee Jed437 13Minglewood Blues435 14Promised Land434 15Deal428

Most played venues

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ArenaOakland, CA66 WinterlandSan Francisco, CA58 SpectrumPhiladelphia, PA53 Madison Square GardenNew York, NY52 Fillmore AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA44 Fillmore WestSan Francisco, CA42 Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumUniondale, NY42 Shoreline AmphitheatreMountain View, CA39 Henry J. Kaiser Convention CenterOakland, CA34 Avalon BallroomSan Francisco, CA30 William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA29 Capital CentreLandover, MD26

Longest stands

10Warfield Theatre1980-10-02

9Madison Square Garden1988-09-14

9Madison Square Garden1991-09-08

8Matrix1966-01-04

8Caf� au Go-Go1967-06-02

Setlist data from gdshowsdb (MIT, © 2013 Jeff Smith).