Grateful Dead Cover Song Debuts

1966:
I’m a King Bee [orig. Slim Harpo, 1957/Rolling Stones, 1964] 1/8/66
Im a Hog For You Baby (The Coasters) – 1/8/66
Death Don’t Have No Mercy (Rev. Gary Davis, 1960) 1/8/66
One Kind Favour (Blind Lemon Jefferson) 2/12/66
She’s On the Road again (Trad.) (2/25/66)
Next Time You See Me (2/25/66)
I know You Rider (Traditional) 2/25/66
Cold Rain & Snow (Traditional) 2/25/66
Stealin (Memphis Jug Band) – 2/25/66
Viola Lee Blues [Cannon’s Jug Stompers, 1928] 3/19/66
It’s a Sin [Jimmy Reed, 1958] 3/19/66
Beat It On Down The Line (Jesse Fuller, 1961) 3/19/66
Heads Up (Freddie King) (3/19/66)
Midnight Hour [Wilson Pickett, 1965] 3/19/66
It Hurts Me Too [Elmore James, 1958] (5/19/66)
Sitting on Top of the World (Mississippi Sheiks)(5/19/66)
New Minglewood Blues [Noah Lewis Jug Band, (5/19/66)
Silver Threads and Golden Needles [Wanda Jackson, 1956] (5/19/66)
It’s all Over Now Baby Blue [Dylan, 1965] (5/19/66)
Good Lovin’ [The Olympics, 1965] – (5/19/66)
Dancing In The Street [Martha & The Vandellas] 7/3/66
He was a Friend Of Mine [Traditional] 7/3/66
Big Boss Man [Jimmy Reed] – 7/3/66
Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing (Oliver Sain) 7/3/66
Gangster Of Love (Johnny Guitar Watson)- 7/3/66
In the Pines (Traditional) – 7/16/66
Nobodys Fault But Mine (Blind Willie Johnson, 1926)
Don’t Ease Me In (Traditional) 7/16/66
Pain In my Heart (Naomi Neville) 7/16/66
Good Morning Little School Girl (Sonny Boy Williamson/Junior Wells, 1965) 07/16/66
The Lindy (Overseas Stomp) (Memphis Jug Band) – 9/16/66
Hi Heel Sneakers (Tommy Tucker, 1964) 11/19/66
The Same Thing (Willie Dixon)11/19/66
Smokestack Lightning (Howlin’ Wolf, 1956) 11/19/66
Me And My uncle (John Phillips] 11/29/66
Big Boy Pete ( The Olympics, 1960) 11/29/66
Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot) 11/29/66
Something On Your Mind (Big Jay McNeely) (11/29/66)
I Just Want To Make Love To You (Willie Dixon) 11/29/66
You Don’t Love Me (Willie Cobb) 12/1/66
Deep Elem Blues (Traditional) 12/1/66

1967:
Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson, 1962) 3/18/67
Turn On Your Love Light (Bobby Bland, 1961) 7/23/67

1968:
And We Bid you Goodnight (Traditional) 3/16/68
Death Letter Blues (Sam House, 1965) 10/30/68

1969:
Hey Jude (Beatles, 1968) 2/11/69
Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly, 1957) 2/19/69
Hard To Handle (Otis Redding, 1968) 3/15/69
Green Grass of Home (Porter Wagoner, 1965) 5/31/69
Old Old House (George Jones) 6/20-21/69
Ol Slewfoot (Bill Monroe) 6/21/69
Mama Tried (Merle Haggard, 1968) 6/21/69
Let Me In (Gene Crysler) 7/4/69
Seasons of My Heart (George Jones, 1955) 8/2/69
New Orleans (Guido, Royster) >Searchin (Leiber, Stoller) 8/29/69
It’s All Over Now (Rolling Stones) 9/6/69
Monkey & The Engineer (Jesse Fuller) 12/19/69
Little Sadie (Traditional) 12/19/69
Gathering Flowers for the Master’s Banquet (Marvin Baumgardner) 12/26/69
The Race Is On (Don Rollins) – 12/31/69

1970:
Long Black Limousine (Vern Stovall/Bobby George) 1/31/70
Saw Mill (Mel Tillis) – 1/31/70
Wake Up Little Susie (Everly Brothers) – 2/13/70
Katie Mae (Lightnin Hopkins) 2/13/70
Dark Hollow (Traditional) 2/14/70
Ive Been All Around This World (Trad.) (2/14/70)
Walking the Dog (Rufus Thomas) – (3/21/70)
It’s a Man’s Man’s World (James Brown) 4/9/70
Ain’t It Crazy (The Rub) (Lightnin Hopkins) 4/1870
Roberta (Trad.) – 4/18/70
Shotgun (Hopkins) – 4/18/70
Flood (Hooker) – 4/18/70
Black Snake (Hooker) – (4/18/70)
Frozen Logger (Stevens/Hagland) 5/7/70
She’s Mine (Hopkins) (5/15/70)
Ballad of Casey Jones (Traditional) – 5/15/70
Louie Louie (Richard Berry) 6/7/1970
Big Railroad Blues (Noah Lewis) 6/24/70
El Paso (Marty Robbins) 7/11/70
So Sad To Watch Good Love Go Bad (Everly Brothers) – 7/11/70
Rosa Lee McFall (Bill Monroe) – 7/11/70
How Long Blues (Carr/Stokes) – 7/12/70
Tell It To Me (Cocaine Blues) (Traditional) – 7/12/70
Goin Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (Trad.) 10/10/70 (instr.),
Going Down The Road (with lyrics) -(10/11/70)
Mystery Train (Phillips/Parker) 11/8/70
My Babe (Willie Dixon) 11/8/70
Around and Around (Chuck Berry) 11/8/70
Me and Bobby McGee (Kristofferson) 11/29/70

1971:
Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry) 1/22/71
Sing Me Back Home (Merle Haggard) 4/5/71
Oh Boy (West,Tilghman,Holly) 4/6/71
I Second That Emotion (Smokey Robinson) 4/8/71
Promised Land (Chuck Berry) 5/29/71
Hideaway (Freddie King) 11/7/71
You Win Again (Hank Williams) 11/14/71
Run Rudolph Run (Chuck Berry) – 12/4/71
I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Joe Babcock) 12/5/71
Mannish Boy (Im a Man) (Bo Diddley)- 12/15/1971
Big River (Cash) 12/31/71

1972:
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (Holland) 3/25/72
Are You Lonely for Me Baby? (Bert Berns) 3/25/72
Sidewalks of New York (Blake/ Lawlor) 3/28/72
Rockin Pneumonia (Vincent/Smith) 5/23/72
Tomorrow Is Forever (Dolly Parton) 9/24/72

1973:
You Ain’t Woman Enough (Loretta Lynn) 2/15/73
Peggy-O (Traditional) 12/10/73
Wang Dang Doodle (Willie Dixon) 10/23/73 (Soundcheck)
Blue Suede Shoes (soundcheck) (Carl Perkins) 12/1/73
Working Man Blues (soundcheck) (Merle Haggard) – 12/1/1973
Rip It Up (Soundcheck) (Little Richard) 12/12/73
Thirty Days (soundcheck) (Chuck Berry) – 12/12/73

1974:
Let It Rock (Chuck Berry) 6/23/74

1976:
Samson and Delilah (traditional) 6/3/76

1977:
Got My Mojo Working (Muddy Waters) 4/22/77
Jack A Roe (trad.) 5/13/77
Iko Iko (Trad.) 5/15/77

1978:
Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon) 4/19/78
Ollin Agareed – (9/13/78)
Tom Dooley (Traditional) – 11/17/78
KC Moan (Traditional) 11/17/1978

1979:
Gloria Jam (Them) 11/9/79
C.C Rider (Traditional) 12/1/79

1980:
Little Red Rooster (Willie Dixon)- 8/19/80
Oh Babe it Ain’t No Lie (Elizabeth Cotton) 9/25/80
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones) – 11/26/80
Young Blood (Soundcheck 12/30/80)

1981:
Man Smart, Woman Smarter (Norman Span) – 7/2/81
Spoonful (Willie Dixon) – 10/15/81
Baby Hully Gully (Smith, Goldsmith) – 10/16/81
Mack The Knife (Brecht, Blitzestien, Weill) – 11/30/81

1982:
Dear Prudence/”Strawberry Fields” (Jam) (Beatles) – 3/13/82

1983:
Revolution (Beatles) 10/12/83

1984:
Dear Mr Fantasy (Winwood,Capaldi,Wood) – 6/14/84
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?(Beatles) – 6/27/84
Gimme Some Lovin (Winwood/Davis) 11/2/84
Down In The Bottom (Willie Dixon) – 11/3/84
Day Tripper (Beatles) – 12/28/84

1985:
Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues (Bob Dylan) 3/27/85
She Belongs To Me (Bob Dylan) 4/4/85
Keep On Growing – 6/14/85
Kansas City (Leiber, Stoller) 10/28/85
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) (Bob Dylan) – 12/30/85

1986:
Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan) – 3/19/ 1986
Im a Road Runner – 3/21/86
Desolation Row (Bob Dylan) 3/25/86

1987:
Get Back (The Beatles) 1/28/87
When i Paint My Masterpiece (Bob Dylan) 6/13/87
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan) 6/20/87
Hey Pocky Way (traditional) – 9/9/87
Devil with Blue Dress (Long, Stevenson)- 9/9/87
Good Golly Miss Molly (Blackwell, Marascalo) – 9/9/87
Fever (Davenport,Cooley) – 9/13/87

1988:
Stir it Up (Bob Marley) 3/26/1988
So What (Miles Davis) 3/27/88
Let The Good Times Roll (Sam Cooke) – 4/30/88
Blackbird (Beatles) 6/23/88

1989:
California Earthquake (Rodney Crowell) – (10/20/89)

1990:
The Last Time (The Rolling Stones) – 2/25/90
The Weight (The Band) 3/28/90
Stander on the Mountain (Bruce Hornsby) 10/28/90

1991:
That Would Be Something (McCartney) – 9/25/91

1992:
Baba O’Riley (The Who) 5/19/92
Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles) 5/19/92
Rain (Beatles) 12/2/92

1993:
Broken Arrow (Robbie Robertson) 2/23/93
I Fought The Law (Sonny Curtis) – 3/14/93
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Beatles) 3/17/93
Aint That Peculiar (Soundcheck) (Robinson et al.) 6/25/93

1994:
I Want To Tell You (Beatles) 7/1/94
Matilda Matilda (Norman Span) 7/20/94
A Day in the Life (Beatles) 7/26/94

1995:
It’s All Too Much (Beatles) 3/18/95
When a Man Loves a Woman (Soundcheck) (Lewis, Wright) 3/28/1995
Neighbour Neighbour (Soundcheck) (Valier.Meaux) 3/28/1995
Paperback Writer (Soundcheck) (Beatles) – 3/28/1995
Take Me To The River (Al Green, Mabon Hodges) 4/1/95
Tough Mama (Bob Dylan) (5/24/95)
Rollin and Tumblin (Muddy Waters) 6/15/95
Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon) (Soundcheck) – 7/2/95
Jesu Joy (7/2/95)

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