Grateful Dead Family Discography: Death Don't Have No Mercy

Death Don't Have No Mercy

Composer: Traditional / Rev. Gary Davis

Death Don't Have No Mercy was probably first performed by the Grateful Dead in early 1966. It was played about 40 times between then and April 1970 with the majority of performances being in 1968 and 1969. After a long absence from Grateful Dead set lists the song returned a handful of times in 1989 and 1990.

Death Don't Have No mercy is usually credited to Rev. Gary Davis. Sometimes credits are traditional. It is possible that Davis adapted existing songs, such as Death Come To My House He Didn't Stay Long, to create Death Don't Have No Mercy.

Grateful Dead

Live/Dead, 1969
Two From The Vault, 1992
So Many Roads (1965-1995), 1999
The Golden Road (1965-1973), 2001
The Grateful Dead, 2003 expanded CD only
Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings, 2005
Fillmore West 1969: Compilation, 2005
Trilogy, 2005

The Dead

Morrison, CO, June 16, 2004
Boise, ID, July 1, 2004
Saratoga Springs, NY, August 1, 2004
Dead ’09: Uniondale, NY, April 24, 2009

Ratdog

Wilkes Barre, PA, November 11, 2008

Phil Lesh & Friends

Instant Live: June 20, 2006, Nashville, TN
Instant Live: June 28, 2006, Raleigh, NC

Rev. Gary Davis

Harlem Street Singer, 1960
Pure Religion!, 1963
no info Let Us Get Together, 1974 (UK)
no info The Great Bluesmen at Newport, Various Artists, 1976
no info Live At Newport, 1991
no info Live at Newport (Extended CD), 2001
no info Beyond Mississippi: The Blues That Left Town, Various Artists, 2002
Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of, 2003
no info Live at Gerdes Folk City 1962, 2009

Other recordings

no info Mirrors, John Hammond, 1967
Hot Tuna, Hot Tuna, 1970
Hoppkorv, Hot Tuna, 1976
Splashdown, Hot Tuna, 1984
Too Hot To Handle, Jorma Kaukonen, 1985
no info Dark Island, Linn Barnes & Alison Hampton, 1989
Relix Bay Rock Shop, #3, Hot Tuna/Jorma Kaukonen, 1992
Live At Sweetwater 2, Hot Tuna, 1993
Relix Bay Rock Shop, #6 - Hot Tuna Special No. 1, Hot Tuna, 1994
no info Bone Stonin' Blues, Svare Forsland, 1995
no info Udu Calls, Daniele Cavallanti & Tiziano Tononi, 1995
Classic Hot Tuna Acoustic, Hot Tuna, 1996
Splashdown Two, Hot Tuna, 1996
In A Can, Hot Tuna, 1996
no info Sanctuary Blues, Michael Hakanson-Stacy, 1996
no info Terraplane, Scott Ainslie, 1998
no info Church with One Bell, John Martyn, 1998
no info Blues For Harlem, Larry Johnson, 1998
no info Lifeline, Hans Theessink, 1998
Dead Delites, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1998
no info Blues After Sunset, Henry Butler, 1998
no info Terraplane, Scott Ainslie, 1998
no info Stay (Single), Mark Lanegan, 1998
no info The Band Only a Mother Could Love, Los Bubbadinos, 1999
no info Big Road Blues, Carlos del Junco Band & Thom Roberts, 1999
no info Front Porch Blues, John Jackson, 2000
no info Remington Steel, Bryan Jacobs, 2000
no info Jail Of Love, Alain Giroux & Jean-Louis Mahjun, 2000
no info Blueprint for the Blues, Orville Johnson, 2000
no info Harp, Steel And Guts, The Blue Rider Trio, 2000
Live, Jorma Kaukonen Trio, 2001
no info The Gospel According to Austin, Vol. 2, Malford Milligan & Friends, 2001
no info On a High Wire, Mike Brosnan, 2001
no info Country Blues, John Hammond, Jr., 2002 (bonus track)
no info Young People, Young People, 2002
no info Patchworks, Linn Barnes and Allison Hampton, 2002
no info One More River to Cross, Various Artists, 2002
Light Out for the Territory, Nathaniel Street West, 2003
Extended Versions, Hot Tuna, 2004
no info Let It Go, Alastair Moock, 2004
no info Pastime, Roger "Hurricane" Wilson, 2004
no info Steady Rollin' Man, Don Haupt, 2004
no info Rooster Soup, Jolly Jumper & Big Moe, 2004
no info How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Sterling Koch, 2005
no info Together in Las Vegas, Orville Johnson, John Cephas & Woody Mann, 2005
At Golden Gate Park, Jefferson Airplane, 2006
no info Toby Walker Plays Well with Others, Toby Walker, 2006
no info The Duo, Pascal Mikealian/Claude Langlios, 2006
Keep on Truckin': The Very Best of Hot Tuna, Hot Tuna, 2006
no info Albuzerxque, Vol. 22, Various Artists (Bubbadinos), 2006
no info Live: One Peace for the Road, Motu, 2006
no info No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Malford Milligan Band, 2006
no info Let Us Get Together, Marie Knight, 2007
no info Early Morning Blues: The Complete Blue Rider Trio Sessions, The Blue Rider Trio, 2007
no info A Stranger Here, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 2009