The Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley, March 25, 1972

Songs performed Bo Diddley and the Grateful Dead played the first set of the March 25, 1972 "Jerry Garcia & Friends" show at the Academy of Music in New York. The songs performed during the set with Bo Diddley are listed to the right. Click on the "info" button for more information about the songs. Note that on set lists of this show You Know I Love You So is nearly always given the title Wow Wow Hey Hey and Say Boss Man is often given the title Eighteen Children.

Set list Bo Diddley I'm A Man I've Seen Them All Jam Take It All Off Mona You Know I Love You So Slow Blues Pollution Say Boss Man Jam Jam

Dick's Picks, Vol. 30 Part of the Bo Diddley/Grateful Dead set were released on Dick's Picks, Vol. 30. The songs included were Bo Diddley, I'm A Man, I've Seen Them All, the first jam and Mona. On the DP 30 cover Bo Diddley is identified as Hey Bo Diddley. See more information about Dick's Picks 30.

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The Grateful Dead Play Bo Diddley: Other Grateful Dead (and related) releases

Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 Hey Bo Diddley, merged with the song Bo Diddley, was performed by the Grateful Dead in London 23 May 1972 and is included on the archive release. See more information about Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72.

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The Golden Road (1965 - 1973) The expanded, double CD Europe '72 first released in this box set includes a previously unreleased live version of Who Do You Love from the April 14, 1972 show in Copenhagen. See more information about The Golden Road (1965 - 1973). The expanded Europe '72 that was included in the Golden Road box set was subsequently released separately.

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All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions A previously unreleased studio version of Hey Bo Diddley, with some verses from the song Bo Diddley, is included on this Jerry Garcia box set. See more information about All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions.

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The Grateful Dead Play Bo Diddley: The Songs

Bo Diddley Bo Diddley was performed by the Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley on March 25, 1972. The CD release of this song, Dick's Picks 30, lists the song as Hey Bo Diddley. A short amalgam of the songs Bo Diddley and Hey Bo Diddley was performed by the Grateful Dead in London 23 May 1972 and subsequently released on Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 where it is called Hey Bo Diddley. The song was also played by Jerry Garcia whilst sitting in with the Allman Brothers Band on December 31, 1973. See the Bo Diddley page for more information about the song.

Hey Bo Diddley Hey Bo Diddley, merged with the song Bo Diddley, was performed by the Grateful Dead in London 23 May 1972 and subsequently released on Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72. The Grateful Dead performed the song with the Neville Brothers in 1986. A studio outtake of the song was included on All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions. This version also includes verses that are from the song Bo Diddley. See the Hey Bo Diddley page for more information about the song.

I'm A Man I'm A Man was performed by the Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley on March 25, 1972. A short section of the song was performed in the middle of Turn On Your Lovelight during the Grateful Dead show on December 15, 1971. See the I'm A Man page for more information about the song.

I've Seen Them All I've Seen Them All was performed by the Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley on March 25, 1972. See the I've Seen Them All page for more information about the song.

Mona Mona was performed by the Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley on March 25, 1972. The Grateful Dead also performed the song on October 27, 1991 with guests Gary Duncan and Carlos Santana. The song was also performed by Bob Weir with Kingfish. See the Mona page for more information about the song.

Pollution Pollution was performed by the Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley on March 25, 1972. See the Pollution page for more information about the song.

Say Boss Man Say Boss Man was performed by the Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley on March 25, 1972. For many years this song was listed on Grateful Dead tapes and set lists as Eighteen Children. See the Say Boss Man page for more information about the song.

Take It All Off Take It All Off was performed by the Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley on March 25, 1972. See the Take It All Off page for more information about the song.

Who Do You Love Who Do You Love was performed twice by the Grateful Dead during the European tour in 1972. On both occasions a partial version of the song was played in the middle of other songs. One of these performances was released as part of the Golden Road, 1965-1973 box set and subsequently on the expanded version of Europe '72. The Grateful Dead rehearsed the song in 1966 but it is not known if it was performed live at that time. See the Who Do You Love page for more information about the song.

You Know I Love You So You Know I Love You So was performed by the Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley on March 25, 1972. This song was listed on Grateful Dead tapes and set lists as Wow Wow Hey Hey until Eric Levy discovered the true identity in 2008. See the You Know I Love You So page for more information about the song.

Last updated August 2009