Grateful Dead Family Discography: Ballad Of A Thin Man

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Composer: Bob Dylan

Ballad Of A Thin Man was first performed by the Grateful Dead, with Bob Dylan, on July 4, 1987. It was then performed 5 more times during the Dylan sets of the Dylan & The Dead tour of 1987. The Grateful Dead, without Dylan, performed the song a couple of times in early 1988 with Bob Weir taking the lead vocals and then dropped the song from the live repertoire.

The song was performed by Bob Dylan with The Dead on August 5, 2003 but not included on the concert CD of that show.

Grateful Dead

Postcards Of The Hanging, March 2002
Grateful Dead Download Vol. 5: 3/27/88, 2005
Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 2: April Fool's '88, 2011

Furthur

July 13, 2012, Brooklyn, NY

Bob Dylan

Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan, 1965
Before the Flood, Bob Dylan, 1974
Masterpieces, Bob Dylan, 1978
At Budokan, Bob Dylan, 1978
Real Live, Bob Dylan, 1984
Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert: Bootleg Series, Vol. 4, Bob Dylan, 1998
Bringing It All Back Home / Highway 61 Revisited / Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan, 2001
Q: Bob Dylan, Vol 1: Freewheelin' Bob Dylan / Bringing It All Back Home / Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan, 2002
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack: Bootleg Series, Vol. 7, Bob Dylan, 2005
Bob Dylan's American Journey 1956-1966, Bob Dylan, 2005
no info Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: 1979–1981 (Deluxe Box), Bob Dylan, 2017

Other recordings

The In Harmonica, Larry Nelson, 1965
Where Were You When I Needed You, The Grass Roots, 1966
no info Mr. Jones (Ballad Of A Thin Man) / You're A Lonely Girl, The Grass Roots, 1966
The Sports Play Dylan (and Donovan), The Sports, 1981
Nuggets, Vol. 6: Punk, Part II, Various Artists (The Grass Roots), 1985
no info Voila!, Thee Fourgiven, 1986
Pigus Drunkus Maximus, Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, 1987
The Times They Are A Changin': A Tribute To Bob Dylan, Vol 2, Various Artists (Uncle Green), 1994
Love Sweat, Golden Earring, 1995
Outlaw Blues, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Calamity Jane), 1995
Doin' Dylan, Various Artists (The Sports), 1996
Beautiful Queen Albert & Beautiful Homer, Robyn Hitchcock, 1997
Classic Trax: Plays Bob Dylan, Rockridge Synthesizer Orchestra, 1997
May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (The Sports), 1997
L.A. Blues, James Solberg, 1998
no info I Smell Voodoo EP, Dawn Of The Replicants, 1998
This Is Really Something: The Complete Anthology, The Sports, 1999
Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (James Solberg), 1999
This Ain't No Tribute: Blues Cube, Various Artists (James Solberg), 1999
Robyn Sings, Robyn Hitchcock, 2002
no info It's Hard to Trust the Lord, Devilish Doubledylans, 2002
All Blues'd Up: Songs Of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (James Solberg), 2002
Kollected: The Best Of Kula Shaker, Kula Shaker, 2003
A Few Dylan Songs, Big Brass Bed, 2003
no info Just Like A Woman, J.W. Scholte & Band, 2003
Deliverance, Dylan Dogs, 2004
Masters of Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, 2004
Stoned Soundtrack, Various Artists (Kula Shaker), 2005
Highway 61 Revisited Revisited, Various Artists (Willard Grant Conspiracy), 2005
no info Red, White and Blue, Various Artists, 2005
The Dylan Project 2, The Dylan Project, 2005
Dylan Covered, Various Artists (Ben Weaver), 2005
no info Albuzerxque, Vol. 22, Various Artists (Bubbadinos), 2006
Trouble: The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan, Jamie Saft Trio, 2006
Let It Roll, Willard Grant Conspiracy, 2006
no info Andy Santana, Take Me With You, 2007
Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970, Various Artists (The Grass Roots), 2007
I'm Not There Soundtrack, Various Artists (Stephen Malkmus), 2007
Dylan Different, Ben Sidran, 2009
The Zimmerman Shadow, Jef Lee Johnson, 2010
Diggin' On Dylan, Denny Freeman, 2012