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Grateful Dead / Bob Dylan Connections

Discographies
Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead

Dylan with the Dead albums
Dylan & The Dead

The Dead play Dylan albums
Postcards Of The Hanging

Other Dead releases that include Dylan songs
Dick's Picks, Vol. 9
Terrapin Station (Ltd Ed)
Fallout From The Phil Zone
Dick's Picks, Vol. 17
View From The Vault
Dick's Picks, Vol. 21
View From The Vault II
Nightfall Of Diamonds
The Golden Road (1965-1973)
View From The Vault III
Dick's Picks, Vol. 27
View From The Vault IV

Introductory notes
The Grateful Dead played Bob Dylan songs throughout their existence. She Belongs To Me and It's All Over Now Baby Blue were part of the 1966 repertoire. Visions Of Johanna, When I Paint My Masterpiece and Queen Jane Approximately were performed during their last two shows in Chicago in July 1995.

In the nearly 30 year period between these dates the Dead performed 35 Dylan songs, some with Dylan, some without. Additional songs were practised in rehearsals with Dylan or during Grateful Dead soundchecks.

The Dead toured with Dylan for 7 shows in July 1987. Dylan sat in with the Dead on at least four other occasions. Jerry Garcia sat in with Dylan on at least two occasions.

This page explores some of the connections between Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Songs performed by Dylan with the Dead
All Along The Watchtower
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
Chimes Of Freedom
Dead Man, Dead Man
Desolation Row
Don't Think Twice It's All Right
Gotta Serve Somebody
Heart Of Mine
Highway 61 Revisited
I Want You
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Joey
John Brown
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Maggie's Farm
Man Of Peace
Mr Tambourine Man
Queen Jane Approximately
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
Shelter From The Storm
Simple Twist Of Fate
Slow Train
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Tangled Up In Blue
The Times They Are A' Changing
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Watching The River Flow
Wicked Messenger

Other Dylan songs performed during Dylan-Dead rehearsals
All I Really Want To Do
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
If Not For You
In The Summertime
Pledging My Time
Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
Under Your Spell
Union Sundown
Walkin' Down The Line

Covers performed during Dylan-Dead rehearsals
Ballad Of Ira Hayes
Blues Stay Away From Me
The Boy In The Bubble
C.C.Rider
Don't Keep Me Waiting Too Long
Folsom Prison Blues
French Girl
I'm Free
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
John Hardy
Oh Boy
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Stealin'
They Killed Him

Dylan songs performed by the Grateful Dead
All Along The Watchtower
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Desolation Row
Forever Young
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Maggie's Farm
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
Queen Jane Approximately
She Belongs To Me
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Visions Of Johanna
When I Paint My Masterpiece

Only performed by the Grateful Dead during a soundcheck
Tough Mama

Dylan songs performed by various Garcia bands
All Along The Watchtower
Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
Forever Young
Going, Going Gone
I Shall Be Released
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Positively Fourth Street
Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
She Belongs To Me
Simple Twist Of Fate
Tangled Up In Blue
Tears Of Rage
Tough Mama
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Wicked Messenger

Songs performed by Garcia sitting in with Dylan (November 16, 1980 and May 5, 1992)
Cat's In The Well
Covenant Woman
The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar
Idiot Wind
Let's Keep It Between Us
Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
Simple Twist Of Fate
To Ramona



Last updated February 2003