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Beat It On Down The Line
Composer: Jesse Fuller

Beat It On Down The Line was played by the pre-Dead group Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions in 1964.

The song was a part of the Grateful Dead repertoire from 1966 through to 1994 though was rare in some years and not played at all in 1976. In total the Grateful Dead played beat It On Down The Line over 320 times.



Grateful Dead

info The Grateful Dead, 1967
info Steal Your Face, 1976
info The Grateful Dead / Anthem Of The Sun, 1976?
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 7, 1997
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 8, 1997
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 11, 1998
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 14, 1999
info Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead, 2000
info The Golden Road (1965-1973), 2001
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 24, 2002
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 25, 2002
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 28, 2003
info Rockin' The Rhein, 2004
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 32, 2004
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 35, 2005
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 36, 2005
info Grateful Dead Download Vol 10: 7/21/72, 2006
info Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings, 2008
info Road Trips: Vol 2, No 2: Feb 14, 1968, Carousel, 2009
info Road Trips: Vol 3, No 2: Austin, Nov 15, 1971, 2010
info Road Trips: Vol 3, No 3: Fillmore East, 5/15/70 Bonus CD, 2010
info Europe '72, The Complete Recordings, 2011
info Europe '72, Vol. 2, 2011
info Europe '72: London, 4/7/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: London, 4/8/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Newcastle, 4/11/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Copenhagen, 4/14/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Aarhus, 4/16/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Bremen, 4/21/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Dusseldorf, 4/24/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Frankfurt, 4/26/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Paris, 5/3/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Paris, 5/4/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Bickershaw Festival, 5/7/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Amsterdam, 5/10/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Rotterdam, 5/11/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Lille, 5/13/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Luxembourg, 5/16/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Munich, 5/18/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: London, 5/24/1972, 2011
info Dave's Picks Vol 2: Hartford, CT, 7/31/74, 2012
info Dave's Picks Vol 3: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, 22/10/71, 2012
info Spring 1990 (box set), 2012
info Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It, 2012
info Complete Studio Albums Collection, 2013
info Dave's Picks Vol. 11, 2014
info Dave's Picks Vol 13, 2015
info 30 Trips Around The Sun Box Set, 2015
info Dave's Picks Vol 16, 2015
info Shrine Exp. Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967, 2016
info Dave's Picks Vol 17, 2016
info July 1978 Complete, 2016
info The Grateful Dead (50th Anniv Deluxe CD), 2017
info Dave's Picks Vol 21, 2017
info July 29, 1966, 2017
info Dave's Picks Vol 22: New York, 12/7/71, 2017
info Dave's Picks Vol 24: Berkeley, 8/25/72, 2017
info Grateful Dead Records Collection, 2017
info Dave's Picks Vol 26: Albuquerque, 11/17/71, 2018
info Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Complete Recordings, 2018
info Portland Mem. Col. 5/19/74, 2018
info Anthem Of The Sun (50th An. Deluxe Ed.), 2018
info Grateful Dead Records Collection (Digital), 2018
info Dave's Picks Vol 32: Philadelphia, 3/24/73, 2019
info Dave's Picks Vol 34: Miami 6/23/74, 2020
info Workingman's Dead (50th Anniv. Edition), 2020
info Dave's Picks Vol 35: Philadelphia, 4/20/1984, 2020
info Dave's Picks Vol 36: Hartford, 3/26&27/1987, 2020
info Dave's Picks Vol 38: Nassau Col, 9/8/73, 2021
info Olympia Theatre, Paris, 5/3/1972, 2021
info Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12/10/71, 2021
info Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73, 2021
no info Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71 5 LP edition, 2021
info Dave's Picks Vol 42: Winterland, 2/23/74, 2022
info Wembley Empire Pool, 4/8/1972, 2022
info Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings, 2022
info In and Out of the Garden: '81, '82, '83, 2022
info Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81, 2022
info Wembley Empire Pool, 4/7/1972, 2022
info Here Comes Sunshine 1973, 2023
info RFK St., Washington, 6/10/73, Grateful Dead, 2023
info Dave's Picks Vol 48 Los Angeles, 11/20/71, 2023

 
Jesse Fuller

info Sings and Plays Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals and Blues, 1961

Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions

info Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, 1998

Furthur

info Dec 13, 2009, Asbury Park, NJ
info Feb 14, 2010, Ithaca, NY
info March 18, 2011, Upper Darby, PA
info July 26, 2011, Canandaigua, NY
info Nov 16, 2011, Columbus, OH

Dead & Company

info New York, NY, 12 Nov, 2017
info Detroit, MI, 24 Nov, 2017

Phil Lesh

info December 30, 2014: Port Chester, NY, PhilRAD, 2014

Other recordings

info Stackabones, Stackabones, 1990
info Doorway To The Angels, Juggling Suns, 1996
info Relix's Best Of Truck Driving Songs, Various Artists (Stackabones), 1997
info Dead Delites, Vol. 4, Various Artists (Stackabones), 2000
info Songs To Fill The Air, Various Artists (Wooden Wand), 2016

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