Grateful Dead Family Discography: The Grateful Dead Play Chuck Berry

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The Grateful Dead Play Chuck Berry

The Grateful Dead played 6 Chuck Berry songs during their existence. One of these, Thirty Days, was played only once at a soundcheck and never performed live. Another, Let It Rock, was performed live only once at a 1974 show. A third, Run Rudolph Run (not written by Chuck Berry but associated with him) was performed only a handful of times. However the other three songs, Around and Around, Johnny B. Goode and The Promised Land, were in total performed over 1,100 times. Furthur, Ratdog, The Dead, Phil Lesh & Friends, various Jerry Garcia bands and other related groups also played these and other Chuck Berry songs and, in some cases, continue to do so.

This page documents the songs played by the Grateful Dead and related bands and officially released recordings of those songs.

Around And Around

Around And Around was first performed by the Grateful Dead in November 1970. It was then performed every year through to July 1995. In total the song was performed well over 400 times. The song was also played by Furthur, The Dead, Ratdog and Bobby & The Midnites.
The song was originally released by Chuck Berry on a single in 1958 and then on the Chuck Berry Is On Top LP in 1959.
See more information about the song including recordings by the Grateful Dead, Furthur, The Dead and Ratdog.

Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Brown Eyed Handsome Man was performed the New Riders Of The Purple Sage
The song was originally released by Chuck Berry on a single in 1956 and then on the After School Session LP in 1957.
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Johnny B. Goode

Johnny B Goode was performed just under 300 times by the Grateful Dead between 1971 and 1995. It was also performed by Furthur, The Dead, the Other Ones, Phil Lesh & Friends, Bobby & The Midnites and Ratdog
The song was originally released by Chuck Berry on a single in 1958 and then on the Chuck Berry Is On Top LP in 1959.
See more information about the song including recordings by the Grateful Dead, Furthur, The Dead and Ratdog.

Let It Rock

Let it Rock was performed on only one occasion by the Grateful Dead on June 23, 1974. The song was played many times by the Garcia / Saunders groups of the early 1970's and subsequently by the Jerry Garcia Band
The song was originally released by Chuck Berry on a single and on the Rockin At The Hops LP in 1960.
See more information about the song including recordings by the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia.

Maybellene

Maybellene was performed by the Keith & Donna Band with Jerry Garcia.
The song was the A-side of Chuck Berry's first single. It was released in 1955.
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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee was performed the Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions.
The song was originally released by Chuck Berry on a single in 1959.
See more information about the song including recording by Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions.

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Nadine

Nadine was performed the New Riders Of The Purple Sage
The song was originally released by Chuck Berry on a single in 1964.
See more information about the song including recordings by NRPS.

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The Promised Land

The Promised Land was first performed by the Grateful Dead in April 1971. The song was played regularly through the 1970's then less often, but still usually nearly 10 times a year, through to 1995. In total it was performed over 400 times. It was also performed by Furthur, The Dead, the Other Ones, Phil Lesh & Friends, Bobby & The Midnites and Ratdog
The song was originally released in 1964 by Chuck Berry on a single and on the St Louis To Liverpool LP in the US and the You Never Can Tell LP in the UK.
See more information about the song including recordings by the Grateful Dead, Furthur, The Dead and Ratdog.

Run Rudolph Run

Run Rudolph Run was performed a handful of times by the Grateful Dead in December 1971. There are no Grateful Dead recordings of the song.
The song was not written by Chuck Berry (the song writers were Marvin Brodie and Johnny Marks) but was first recorded by Berry, for a single in 1958, and is usually associated with him.
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Roll Over Beethoven

Roll Over Beethoven was performed by a group that included Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Leon Russell, Mary Egan and Doug Sahm on November 23, 1972.
The song was originally released on a Chuck Berry single released in 1956.
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School Days

School Days was performed Kingfish and the New Riders Of The Purple Sage
The song was originally released by Chuck Berry on a single in 1957 and then on the After School Session LP.
See more information about the song including recordings by Kingfish and NRPS.

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Thirty Days

The Grateful Dead performed part of this song during a soundcheck in December 1973 but never performed it live.
Thirty Days was the A-side of Chuck Berry's second single released in 1955.
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You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell was performed over 140 times by Jerry Garcia groups between 1974 and 1995.
The song was originally released in 1964 by Chuck Berry on a single and on the St Louis To Liverpool LP in the US and the You Never Can Tell LP in the UK.
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Last updated July 2012