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Built To Last

Composer: Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter

Grateful Dead

info Built To Last, Grateful Dead, 1989
info The Arista Years, Grateful Dead, 1996
info Nightfall Of Diamonds, Grateful Dead, 2001
info Beyond Description, Grateful Dead, 2004

Live performances on official download releases
info Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 9 - 4/2 & 3/89, Grateful Dead, 2006

Live performances on video/DVD
info Downhill from Here, Grateful Dead, 1997

The Dead

info Virginia Beach, VA - June 17, The Dead, 2003
info Camden, NJ - June 28, The Dead, 2003
info Morrison, CO - July 8, The Dead, 2003
info Joliet, IL - August 2, The Dead, 2003
info San Francisco, CA - February 9, 2004, The Dead, 2004
info Morrison, CO - June 20, 2004, The Dead, 2004
info Sacramento, CA - June 27, 2004, The Dead, 2004
info Detroit, MI - July 27, 2004, The Dead, 2004
info Holmdel, NJ - August 10, 2004, The Dead, 2004

Others

info Built To Grass (Grass Is Dead, Vol. 2), Grass Is Dead (Crazy Fingers), 2001
info The 1000th Show, Dark Star Orchestra, 2005

Notes

Garcia spoke about Built To Last in an interview in 1989;

The song is a great piece of ambiguity from Hunter. He's very good at being able to make something sound like it almost says something. The song almost says something and it has places that are clearer than others. It's my favorite kind of song. You listen to it, but you don't know what it's about. The more you listen, the less you know.