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Only new Grateful Dead releases and major changes are noted here. Other items are added and amended regularly but not listed on this page.

What's New entries for the years 2000 to 2019 have been archived to the What's New Archive page.



Nov 2024Updated the page for the Donna Jean Band / Donna Jean Godchaux Band. The page now includes a list of songs played by the various permutations of this group and song pages have been added for many of those songs.

  Added a page for Dave's Picks Volume 52 a 3 CD release of the Santa Fe, NM, September 11, 1983 show. Includes 3 bonus tracks from September 10, 1983 Sanata Fe show.

  Added a page for the Sensitive Ones. This group, which existed for just one month long tour, featured Bruce Hornsby. Bob Weir sat during one of their shows. The group page includes a list of songs played by the group and song pages have been added for many of those songs.

Oct 2024Updated the Kettle Joe's Psychedelic Swamp Revue / Donna Jean and the Tricksters page. Added pages for a number of songs played by the group including: All Night Long Blues, Arise, Brickyard Blues, Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others), Goin' To Florence, Golden Road, Gone At Last, Isn't It A Pity, Lay Your Love, Mohammed's Radio, On Your Way Down and Time To Kill.

  Updated the Missing Man Formation page to include a list of songs played by the group. Updated the Play The Beatles, the Play The Stones, and the Play The Who pages to include songs played by Missing Man Formation aongs and other songs added recently.

  Added pages for a number of songs played by Missing Man Formation including: 2000 Light Years From Home, Bang The Drum All Day, Blue Jay Way, Citadel, Fabiana, Freddie's Dead, Hey Bulldog, I Know You Got Soul, Love Me Two Times, Rock It With Me, She Comes in Colors, Sing This All Together, Smog Farm, Tattoo and Unloved Children.

  Added pages for Friend of The Devils: April 1978 a 19 CD box set release of eight shows from April 1978 and Duke '78 a 3 CD / 4 LP / digital release of the 4/12/78 show at Duke University, Durham, NC.

Sept 2024Added a page with information about the group Beatlejam which featured Vince Welnick.

  Updated the Bruce Hornsby discography page.

  Added pages for a number of songs played by Phil Lesh or Bob Weir in recent years including: Bloody Mary Morning, Desperado, Highway To Hell, How I Wish My Train Would Come, Keep On The Sunny Side, Mississippi, My One And Only Love, Poison Whiskey, Puff The Magic Dragon, Roadhouse Blues, Ruby Tuesday, Second Hand News, Still Is Still Moving To Me, Sweet Jane, Wind Cries Mary and Wonderwall.

Aug 2024Added a page with information about the association between Gent Treadly and Vince Welnick. It includes a link to the live album they released and a list of songs played.

  Added a page for Dave's Picks Volume 51 a 3 CD release of the Scranton, April 13, 1971 show, plus the 2nd set from Pittsburgh, April 12, 1971 and 5 bonus songs from St. Louis, Oct 24, 1970.

July 2024Added a page for Garcia Live Volume 21 a 2 CD release of the Jerry Garcia Band at Keystone Berkeley on February 13, 1976. Plus two bonus tracks from the February 15, 1976 JGB show in Palo Alto.

  Added a page for Tales Of The Great Rum Runners: 50th Anniv. Deluxe Edition a 2 disc edition of the 1974 Robert Hunter album. Includes a remastered version of the original album plus alternate takes and previously unreleased songs from the 1970s recording sessions.
June 2024Added pages for a number of songs played by Phil Lesh including: Across The Great Divide, All Four, Bold As Love, Caledonia Mission, Cinnamon Girl, I Wanna Feel It, If It Hadn't Been For Love, In My Hour Of Darkness, King Harvest (Has Surely Come), Lawyers, Guns and Money, Like A Hurricane, Mississippi Kid, Rockin' Chair, Seeds and Stems (Again) and Whispering Pines. Also updated the Grateful Dead play The Band page to reflect the new songs added.

  Added a Grateful Dead related groups play Pink Floyd page. Also added song pages for the Pink Floyd songs that did not already have a song page: Comfortably Numb, Eclipse, Fearless, The Great Gig In The Sky, Matilda_Mother, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Time and Wish You Were Here.

  Added a Grateful Dead and related groups play The Stanley Brothers page.

  Added a Grateful Dead and related groups play The Who page. Also added pages for three of the Who songs covered: The Kids Are Alright, See Me, Feel Me and Won't Get Fooled Again.

May 2024More updates to the Grateful Dead covers page to include more releases from the last year or so that include covers of Grateful Dead songs. Albums added include Lovely View Of Heaven by Oteil Burbridge, Live At Guest Room by Tiger Family, Force Form Free (Ltd Ed Vinyl) by Dead Meadow, Born In The 60's by Kid Loco, Troupe Of Very Remarkable Trained Pigs: Live In Walla Walla, Wa, Feb 26, 2022 by Hiss Golden Messenger, Second Hand Songs by I Cospiratori, Terrapin Station by Bombay Bicycle Club & Flyte, Eggy Selects: Fall Tour 2021 by Eggy, Satanika by Rolf Zero, Glory Of Love by Melanie Wiegmann & Carl Carlton, Hot Chicken Wisdom by Rich Mahan, and Muovijeesus Ja Muita Amerikan Ihmeitä by Juippi & Juippi

  Updated the Billy & The Kids page to include information about shows played toward the end of 2023. Also updated the song list on the page to include songs added to the repertoire in 2023.

  Added a page for Dave's Picks Volume 50 a 3 CD release of the Palladium, NYC, 5/3/77 Grateful Dead show. Also added a page for the Dave's Picks Bonus 2024 CD which was distributed with Dave's Picks Volume 50. Also updated the May 1977 page to include these two new additions and all other releases of May 1977 Grateful Dead shows.

  Updated the Grateful Dead covers page to include a number of releases from the last year or so that include covers of Grateful Dead songs. Albums added include One Way Or Another: Hillside Album Hour 2022 by The Waybacks & Friends, Grateful Deadication 2 by Dave McMurray, Popular Culture by Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra, Grass Roots by Leftover Salmon, Uncle John's Band, by John Scofield, D-Day: A Grateful Dead Tribute From Krautland a compilation of tracks by German groups, "Feel Good" by Jaime Wyatt, Play Jerry Garcia by Falco & Book, Lowdown Hoedown by Jason Carter and Chip's Picks Vol 3 by High Time

April 2024Added a page for From The Mars Hotel: The Angel's Share a digital only release of outtakes from the From The Mars Hotel recording sessions in 1974.

  Added a page for the From The Mars Hotel: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition a 3 CD release comprising a remastered version of the From The Mars Hotel album, two demo tracks and live music from the April 12, 1974 Reno show.

  Added pages for the Grateful Dead related releases on Record Store Day in April 2024: a 4 LP edition of Nightfall Of Diamonds, Grateful Dead and a 4 LP edition of Electric on the Eel: June 10th, 1989, Jerry Garcia Band.

  Added a page for Hempsteader a live recording of a New Riders of the Purple Sage show from June 1976.

  Added a page for the Bear's Sonic Journal release Sing Out!: Berkeley Community Theater, April 25, 1981 which includes a set by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, John Kahn, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.

  Added a page for the Dave's Picks Volume 49 a 4 CD release of music from two shows at the Frost Amphitheatre in Palo Alto on April 27 & 28, 1985.

  Added a page for 30 Days Of Dead 2023 listing the 30 day-by-day tracks released on dead.net through November 2023.

  Added pages for the Grateful Dead related releases on Record Store Day in November 2023: a 5 LP edition of Fillmore West 1969: March 2nd, Grateful Dead, a 2 LP edition of So What, Garcia/Grisman and a double LP edition of Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Feb 28, 1986, Jerry Garcia & John Kahn.

  Added a page for the LP archive release Heads & Tails: Volume 1, Garcia-Saunders /Jerry Garcia Band a three song collection of live music from 1972 and 1988.


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Dec 2023Added a page for the Old & In The Way release Live At Sonoma State 11/4/73. A digital album from Acoustic Disc that marks the 50th anniversary of the show and the group.

  Added a page for Dawg Works Volume 1: 1963-1975, David Grisman which includes a previously unreleased 1974 track; featuring David Grisman, Jerry Garcia and others; that was originally recorded for a movie soundtrack. The collection also includes a previously released Old & In The Way track. Also added pages for the other releases in the Dawg Works series: Dawg Works Vol 2: 1976-1981, Dawg Works Vol 3: 1982-1991, Dawg Works Vol 4: 1991-1999, Dawg Works Vol 5: 2000-2006, Dawg Works Vol 6: 2006-2018.

Oct 2023Added a page for the Dave's Picks Volume 48 a 3 CD release of music from the Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles show on November 20, 1971. Plus some music from the October 24, 1970 St. Louis show.

  Started to reformat some of the many song pages that are still in the old format - adding information to pages at the same time. Songs reformatted and updated so far include: Acadian Driftwood, Astronomie Domine, The Blues Is Alright, Bud's Bounce, Crazy Arms, Devil's Dream, Dixie Chicken, Don't Put Her Down, Fire On The Bayou, Fly Like An Eagle, Further On Up The Road/Farther Up The Road, Hello Mary Lou, Patchwork Quilt, Swing '42 and Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You.

Sept 2023Added a page for the Wake Of The Flood: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition a 2 CD release comprising a remastered version of the Wake Of The Flood album, two demo tracks and live music from the 11/1/73 Evanston show. Also added a page summarising the Wake Of The Flood: 50th Anniversary LP releases : black vinyl, colored vinyl and picture disc LP releases of the remastered album.

  Added a page listing releases that mark the 50th Anniversaries of Grateful Dead Albums.

  Added a page for Wake Of The Flood: The Angel's Share a digital only release of outtakes from the Wake Of The Flood recording sessions in August 1973.

  Added pages for a number of songs played by Bob Weir in various settings over the last ten years or so. Songs added include: Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing, Best Of My Love, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, Even It Up, Kashmir, New Kid In Town, No Woman No Cry, Poor Elijah - Tribute To Johnson, Queen Of California, Right On Be Free, Seven Curses, The Seventh Son, Stay A Little Longer and Texas 1947.

Aug 2023Updated the Billy & The Kids page to include information about shows played this year. Also updated the song list on the page. Added pages for a number of songs played by the band in the last couple of years: Because The Night, Could You Be Loved, Good Times Roll, Join Together, and Sunflower, Vol. 6.

  Added pages for the Dead & Company Summer Tour shows that have been released on CD and digitally. Updated the Dead & Company page to include these shows.

  Added a page for Dave's Picks Volume 47 a 3 CD release of the Grateful Dead show at the Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO on December 9, 1979.

  Added a page for the Might As Well: A Round Records Retrospective a 2 LP compilation of tracks from Jerry Garcia's releases on Round Records between 1972 and 1982.

July 2023Updated and reformatted the Merl Saunders discography page. Additions include pages for Merl Saunders singles and also for recent various artist compilations that include Merl Saunders tracks. Also added to the page a list of Merl Saunders compositions that have been released.

  Added a page for the 8 LP edition of the RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73 Grateful Dead show.

  Added pages for the Here Comes Sunshine 1973 17 CD, 5 show box set and for RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73 a 4 CD release of the June 10, 1973 Grateful Dead shows.

  Added a page for Garcia Live: Volume 20 a 2 CD release of the JGB show at Cape Cod Coliseum on June 18, 1982, with four bonus tracks from the JGB show at The Stone on June 1, 1981.
June 2023Added a page for the Dave's Picks Bonus CD 2023, a single CD with music from the September 3 & 19, 1972 Grateful Dead shows.
May 2023Added a page for the digital release of the Goose show Cancún, Mexico, Jan 15, 2023 with Bob Weir sitting in on three songs. Also added pages for a number of other digital releases of Goose shows that include covers of Grateful Dead songs: 04/20/19 (Bridgeport, CT), 05/26/19 (Louisville, KY), 08/10/19 (Indianapolis, IN), 10/19/19 (Cambridge, MA), 12/11/19 (St. Louis, MO), 06/16/21 (Perry, NY), 06/18/21 (Thornville, OH), 12/31/21 (Chicago, IL), 06/10/22 (Thornville, OH), and 04/02/23 (Birmingham, AL). These shows are available via the Goose Bandcamp page.
  Added a page for Dave's Picks Volume 46 a 3 CD release of the Grateful Dead show at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles on September 9, 1972.
  Added pages for the 2023 Record Store Day releases Boston 5/7/77, a 5 LP limited edition release of the May 7, 1977 show, and How Sweet It Is, a double LP release of the Jerry Garcia Band live album that was originally released in 1997.
  Added the Spring 2023 Bob Weir and Wolf Bros shows that have been released on nugs.net to the Bob Weir and Wolf Bros page. Also updated the song list on that page to include all new (to the group) songs played in all 2022/2023 shows.
  Added pages for the three Dead & Company January 2023 shows and updated the Dead & Company page.
March 2023Added a number Grateful Dead related studios and other Bay Area studios to the Bay Area Studios page including discography pages for Ace's, The Barn, Club Front and Rudy Records.
  Added more labels to the Bay Area Record Labels page including discography pages for Arhoolie, Bay Records, Black Jazz and Palo Alto 8000 series.
  Added another batch of song pages for songs played by various Phil Lesh groups over the last ten or so years. Songs added include: Back In The USSR, Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood), Down On The Bottom, Forever Man, Free Mexican Airforce, Freeway To The Canyon, The Genetic Method, Kingfish, Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Midnight In Harlem, Never Been To Spain, No Quarter, Ooh La La, and Poor Old Dirt Farmer.
  Added about 20 venues to the Bay Area venues page. Also added a few new venue discography pages including the Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center (Berkeley), Catalyst (Santa Cruz), Chateau Liberté (Los Gatos), Civic Auditorium (Santa Cruz), Long Branch Saloon (Berkeley), and Margarita's (Santa Cruz).
  Updated the discography pages of the Great American Music Hall and the Warfield Theater.
Febrary 2023Updated the Bay Area Record Labels page. Expanded the Fantasy Records section and added pages for Rag Baby, Metalanguage, Landmark, Scorpio (Fantasy subsidiary) and a number of smaller record labels.
January 2023Added the All For One Band and Philco to the Groups With A Dead Connection page.
  Added a page for Dave's Picks Volume 45 a 4 CD release of the two Grateful Dead shows in Portland on October 1 & 2, 1977.
  Added a page for Ace: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition a 2 CD release of the Bob Weir solo album from 1972 plus live Bob Weir & Wolf Bros performances of the Ace songs from a 2022 show.

  Added a page listing songs played by Phil Lesh away from the Grateful Dead / Other Ones / Furthur / The Dead.
  Added another batch of song pages for songs played by various Phil Lesh groups over the last ten years. Songs added include: Sweet Talking Hippie, Third Floor Story, Train Leaves Here This Morning, Tweeter And The Monkey Man, Umbrella, Via Chicago, Way Down In The Hole, The Way It Goes, Weed With Willie, West Nashville Boogie, White_Lightning, Who Knows Where The Time Goes?, Wild About My Lovin', Winter, and Yes We Can.
December 2022Added a page for 30 Days Of Dead 2022 listing the 30 day-by-day tracks released on dead.net through November 2022.
  Added a page for Lyceum '72 a single CD release of the New Riders of the Purple Sage set from the May 26, 1972 Grateful Dead / NRPS show at the Lyceum in London.
  Added another batch of song pages for songs played by various Phil Lesh groups over the last ten years. Songs added include: Can't Blame The Youth, Factory Girl, Fire And Brimstone, Free Man In Paris, Hot Burrito #1, Jammin' Me, Love Minus Zero No Limit, Machine Gun Kelly, Maybe I'm Amazed, Merry Christmas From The Family, Rip This Joint, Summer Days, Taken At All, and You Don't Miss Your Water.
November 2022Added a page for Wembley Empire Pool, London, England, 4/7/1972 a 5 LP limited edition Record Store Day Black Friday release of the Grateful Dead show in London on April 7, 1972.
  Added another batch of song pages for songs played by various Phil Lesh groups over the last ten years. Songs added include: I Lost It, I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain, I Threw It All Away, I Will Follow You Into The Dark, I Won't Back Down, I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better, If I Needed You, Isis, It Makes No Difference, and It's Good To Be King.
  Added a page for Dave's Picks Volume 44 a 3 CD release of the Grateful Dead show in Eugene on June 23, 1990.
  Started adding song pages for songs played by various Phil Lesh groups over the last ten years, that are not already on the site. Songs added include: 555, Ain't Got No Home, Airline To Heaven, All Things Must Pass, All We Really Want To Do, Anyday, Baby Don't You Do It, Burn One Down, Can't Find My Way Home, Caravan, The Circle Game, Doctor My Eyes, Free, and Yarmouth Road. Whilst adding the songs the Play The Beatles, Play Van Morrison, and Play Phish pages have been updated to include relevant songs.
October 2022Updated the song list on the Keith And Donna Band page. Added three new song pages for songs that were played by the group: Mr. Clean, Sweet Inspiration, and That's Enough. Updated and reformatted four further song pages: Knock On Wood, River Deep - Mountain High, A Strange Man, and Tough Mama.
  Added Phil Lesh & The Midnight Ramble Band to the Groups With A Dead Connection page. Also added a page for the song Atlantic City which they played on August 20, 2022.
  Added pages for Garcia Live: Volume 19 a 2 CD release of the Jerry Garcia Band live at Oakland Coliseum Arena on October 31st, 1992 and Live In Colorado, Vol. 2 more music from Bob Weir & Wolf Bros shows in June 2021.
  Added pages for In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 and Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81.
  Added pages for a number of songs played by Jerry Garcia away from the Grateful Dead including Follow The Drinking Gourd, It's Raining Here This Morning, Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, Oh, Mary Don't You Weep, Paddy Works On The Railway, Santy Anno, That's How I Can Count On You, Trouble In Mind, Warm And Tender Love, and Wasn't That A Time?.
September 2022Added pages for a number of songs and jams played, or partly played, by the Grateful Dead including Chevrolet, A Day In The Life, Footprints, A Love Supreme, Mickey Mouse March, My Old Kentucky Home, (Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music!, Sweet Betsy From Pike, Topsy, and Tupelo Blues (aka The Mighty Flood).
  Reviewed the songs played by Jerry Garcia when sitting in with Bob Dylan. Added a page for the song Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody and updated and reformatted the song pages for Cat's in The Well, Covenant Woman, Girl From The North Country, The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar, Idiot Wind, Just Like A Woman, Slow Train, Solid Rock, and When You Gonna Wake Up?.
  Updated the Record Store Day page to include new Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia RSD releases for the last few of years. Added pages for the following releases:
2019: Electric on the Eel August 10th, 1991 (4 LP) and Garcia Live: Volume One (5 LP)
2020: The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia (5 LP) and Garcia Live: Volume Two (4 LP)
2021: Olympia Theatre, Paris, France, 5/3/1972 (6 LP)
2022: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England, 4/8/1972 (5 LP) and Ragged But Right, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band (2 LP).
  Added pages for more songs played by Bob Weir away from the Grateful Dead including Breaking The Hold, Cryin' Time, The Four Mills Brothers, Heartache Tonight, King Of The Hill, New Country, The Sound Of Sunshine, Stomp And Holler, Why Not Me, and You Can't Hurt Me No More.
  Added the series of Wilderness Sessions digital albums by Holly Bowling that were released in 2021. All albums in the series include covers of Grateful Dead songs.The Wilderness Sessions: Vol. 1 Lake Tahoe, Vol. 2 Yosemite, Vol. 3 Salt Flats, Vol. 4 Bruneau Canyon, Vol. 5 Beartooth Mountains, Vol. 6 Badlands, Vol. 7 Casco Bay, Vol. 8 Taos, Vol. 9 Breckenridge, Vol. 10 Hardscrabble Mountain, and Vol. 11 Moab.
August 2022Added the Dead & Company June and July 2022 shows to the Dead & Company page. The shows are available on CD and as downloads via the Dead & Company website. Updated the song list that is on the Dead & Company page to include new songs played during these shows.
  Added the 2022 Bob Weir and Wolf Bros shows that have been released on nugs.net to the Bob Weir and Wolf Bros page. Also updated the song list on that page to include all new (to the group) songs played in all 2022 shows.
  Added pages for Grateful Dead and related albums released over the last few months including: Dave's Picks Volume 42, Dave's Picks Volume 43, Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings, Garcia Live: Volume 18: Keystone Berkeley, November 2, 1974, Fillmore West 1969: March 1st, From The Bay To The Pool: Live 1971-1978 (compilation) and Naught Again, Zero.
  Added pages for a number of songs played by Jerry Garcia in various settings including: De Kalb Blues, Dixie Hoedown, Down By The Riverside, Drown In My Own Tears, Five Long Years, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome, I'm Tore Down, I've Got A Home In That Rock, I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts, Ridin' That Midnight Train, Right Now Is The Hour, Stuck On You, and Will You Be Loving Another Man.
  Added two groups (Bobby & The Chew Toys, and The Lame Ducks) to the Groups With A Dead Connection page.

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March 2022Amended a number of song pages for songs played by the Grateful Dead or members of the Grateful Dead in other settings. This has involved correcting mistakes, expanding the pages and reformatting to include images. The songs involved include Addams Family Theme Tuning, Blackberry Blossom, Every Time You Go Away, Forever Young, Games People Play, Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You, Hoochie Coochie Man, It Hurts Me Too, Mule Skinner Blues, Okie From Muskogee, Rip It Up, Spanish Jam, Take Me To The River, Virgin's Lament / Maiden's Prayer, and You've Got To Hide Your Love Away.
  Added pages for more songs played by Bob Weir away from the Grateful Dead including The Blacksmith, Blues, Why Do You Worry Me?, Brick House, Coming Into Los Angeles, Eighteen Wheels, Every Body Is Some Body, Fast As You, Love Can Build A Bridge, Love Thine Enemy, Me And The Devil Blues, My Sweet Lord, Personal Jesus, Saint Dude, Sigh No More, and Suva Serenade.
February 2022Updated the David Grisman discography page. As a result of this update three expanded Deluxe Edition releases of Garcia/Grisman albums have been added: Not for Kids Only: Deluxe Edition, Shady Grove: Deluxe Edition, and Been All Around This World: Deluxe Edition. All the deluxe editions have additional tracks. In addition the David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas: Deluxe Edition has a live Garcia/Grisman bonus track.
  Updated the page of songs played by Bob Weir away from the Grateful Dead with songs played recently and songs missing from the list. Also added pages for a number of songs that are on that list including A Girl I Used To Know, Here Comes The Sun, If Six Was Nine, Little Bluebird, Love's Made A Fool Of You, Mardi Gras Day, No One Else On Earth, Peace And Understanding (Is Hard To Find), Pusherman, Salt Pork, West Virginia, Stay, T-Bone Shuffle, and Time And Trouble.
January 2022Added a page for Dave's Picks Volume 41 a 3 CD release of the Grateful Dead show in Baltimore on March 26, 1977.
  Added the Bob Weir and Wolf Bros shows from the last couple of years that have been released on nugs.net to the Bob Weir and Wolf Bros page. Also updated the song list on that page to include all new (to the group) songs played in all 2020 and 2021 shows.
  Added a page for 30 Days Of Dead 2021 listing the 30 day-by-day tracks released on dead.net through November 2021.
  Combined the two Grateful Dead song lists on the site (songs played and songs released) to produce a single list of songs played and released by the Grateful Dead.
  Added pages for more songs played by Jerry Garcia in various settings away from the Grateful Dead. Songs added include As Tears Go By, Blue Grass Stomp, Brand New Shoes, Breaking Up Somebody's Home, Lover Man, Me And My Chauffeur Blues, Nica's Dream, Octopus's Garden, Please Send Me Someone To Love, San Francisco Bay Blues, Silver Rainbow, Slowly But Surely, Tennessee Blues, and Walkin' One And Only. All the new songs that have been added are listed on the Songs Played By Jerry Garcia page.
December 2021Added pages for a number of songs played by Jerry Garcia in various settings away from the Grateful Dead. Songs added include All The Things You Are, Beaumont Rag, Big Fool Of The Year, Christmas Time's A-Comin', Eighth Of January, Everybody Loves Satuday Night, Heart Of Fire, Love Having You Around, Maybe You Will Change Your Mind, Mother's Not Dead, Thirsty In The Rain, and Woody's Rag. All the new songs that have been added are listed on the Songs Played By Jerry Garcia page.
  Realised a few songs were missing from the page of songs written by Robert Hunter so have updated the page and added quite a number of songs and lyrics to the list. There are now just over 600 entries - and probably still quite a few missing.
  Added pages for a number of releases that include recent(ish) songs with lyrics by Robert Hunter. These include: an Anton Guberman Project single, the Jim Lauderdale album Hope, three David Nelson Band digital singles (Movin' Right Along / Man Overboard / Klondike Blues), three Greg Anton digital singles (American Spring / Heaven Only Knows / I Will Love You), the Jerry Lawson album Just A Mortal Man, the Bruce Hornsby album Absolute Zero and the Casual Coalition album The Rendering Of A Ghost.
November 2021Added lots more albums that include covers of Grateful Dead songs. Links to these new album pages have been added to the Grateful Dead covers by date and Grateful Dead covers by song pages. Well over 20 of these added albums include covers of the most covered Dead song: Friend Of The Devil.
  Added a page for Dave's Picks Vol 40 a 4 CD release of two Grateful Dead shows from Deer Creek: 7/18/90 and 7/19/90.
  Added pages for the last two releases in the Grateful Dead singles reissue series: Vol. 20: Throwing Stones / When Push Comes to Shove and Vol. 21: Foolish Heart / We Can Run.
  Added the Front Street Sheiks to the Groups With A Dead Connection page.
  Updated the show list and song list on the Dead & Company page with information about for the Dead & Company August, September and October shows. Added pages for the shows that are available on CD and as downloads via the Dead & Company website.
  Added pages for the two July 2021 Billy & The Kids shows that were available via nugs.net. Updated the Billy & The Kids page to include these shows and to include songs played at all 2021 shows.
  Added The Friends Of Montezuma to the Groups With A Dead Connection page.
October 2021Added a Joe Russo's Almost Dead page that lists shows that are available via nugs.net and provides a list (no doubt incomplete) of songs played by the group.
  Added pages for lots of albums that include covers of Grateful Dead songs. These are mainly releases from 2020 and 2021. Links to these new pages have been added to the Grateful Dead covers by date and Grateful Dead covers by song pages.
  Added pages for Grateful Dead releases since the last site update: Buffalo 5/9/77 5 LP set, Dave's Picks Vol 38 Nassau Col, 9/8/73, Dave's Picks Bonus CD 2021 Nassau Col, 9/7/73, Dave's Picks Volume 39 Philadelphia, 4/26/83, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 12/10/71 3 CD set, Listen to the River St. Louis '71 '72 '73 20 CD box set, Light Into Ashes 2 LP St. Louis, 10-18-72, Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) 50th Anniv Exp Ed 2 CD expanded release, Fire On The Mountain Soundtrack soundtrack compilation, Single Collection, Vol. 18 Don't Ease Me In / Far From Me, Single Collection, Vol. 19 Touch Of Grey / My Brother Esau, 2021.
  Added pages for Jerry Garcia releases since the last site update: Garcia Live: Volume 15 May 21st, 1971 Keystone Korner, Garcia / Saunders, Garcia Live: Volume 16 MSG, Nov 15, 1991, Jerry Garcia Band, Garcia Live: Volume 17 Norcal '76, Jerry Garcia Band.

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March 2021Added a Meet-Up At The Movies page.
  Added a page for the latest release in the Grateful Dead singles reissue series: Vol. 17: Alabama Getaway / Far From Me.
February 2021Added a page for Dave's Picks Vol 37 a 3 CD release of the Grateful Dead show in Williamsburg on April 15, 1978 show.
  Updated the Grateful Dead tributes page.
January 2021Added pages for lots of albums that include covers of Grateful Dead songs. These are mainly releases from the last few years. Links to these new pages have been added to the Grateful Dead covers by date and Grateful Dead covers by song pages.
  Added a page for the latest release in the Grateful Dead singles reissue series: Vol. 16: Shakedown Street / France.
December 2020Added a page for the 2020 edition of 30 Days Of Dead and updated the 30 Days Of Dead page to include 2020.
November 2020Added a page for the new Seastones: Set 4 and Set 5, Ned Lagin album. A limited edition vinyl release that includes previously unreleased and previously released material.
  Added a page for the Holly Bowling album Seeking All That's Still Unsung which comprises piano versions of Grateful Dead songs. During March to May 2020 Holly Bowling released a series of digital, home recorded, albums all of which include a number of Grateful Dead songs. There were 8 albums in this series which had the overall title Alone Together: The Living Room Sessions. The releases in the series were: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6, Vol. 7, Vol. 8.
October 2020Added pages for three American Beauty 50th anniversary releases: Deluxe CD Edition a 3 CD release with the original album plus music from the Port Chester 2/18/71 show, American Beauty 50th Anniversary Picture Disc LP a picture disc LP version of the original LP, and American Beauty 50th Anniversary Colored Vinyl LP a colored vinyl edition of the original album.
  Added a page for American Beauty: The Angel's Share a digital release of demos and outtakes from the American Beauty recording sessions.
  Added a page for Dave's Picks Vol 36 a 4 CD release of the Grateful Dead shows at Hartford on March 26 & 27, 1987.
  Added a page for the latest release in the Grateful Dead singles reissues series: Vol. 15: Good Lovin' / Stagger Lee.
  Added pages for Garcia Live: Volume 14 the Jerry Garcia / John Kahn set from January 27, 1986 and for the Garcia Live Volume 14 Bonus CD which comprises the Garcia / Kahn set from January 28, 1986.
July 2020Added an initial page for The Story Of The Grateful Dead a 14 lp reissue of 8 previously released Grateful Dead albums.
  Added an initial page for Dave's Picks Volume 35 3 CD release of Philadelphia, April 20, 19844 show.
  Added pages for Workingmans Dead (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) a 3 CD release of the original album plus live music from February 22, 1971 and Workingmans Dead (50th Anniversary LP) a picture disc LP release of the album

  Added a pages for the latest two releases in the Grateful Dead singles reissues series: Vol. 13: Dancing In The Streets / Terrapin Station and Vol. 14: Passenger / Terrapin Station.
  Added a page for Dave's Picks Vol 34 a 3 CD release of the Grateful Dead show in Miami in 6/23/74 and a page for Dave's Picks Bonus CD 2020 a single CD of music from the 6/22/74 Miami show.
  Added a page for Garcia Live: Volume 13 a 2 CD release of the Jerry Garcia Band show on Sept 16, 1989.
March 2020Added a Grateful Dead related groups play Phish page listing Phish songs played by members of the Grateful Dead.
  Added new song pages or updated existing pages for all the Phish related songs performed by members of the Grateful Dead including: 46 Days, Chalk Dust Torture, Character Zero, Down With Disease, First Tube, Ghost, Miss You, Sample In A Jar, Shine, Twist and Waves.
  Added a Grateful Dead (and friends) play reggae page listing reggae songs played by the Grateful Dead and related groups.
  Added new song pages for more songs performed by members of the Grateful Dead including: 54-46 Was My Number, The Apartment Song, Blue Bayou, Fake Empire, Hanginaround, Intensified, Monkey Man, Pressure Drop and Three Little Birds.
  Added a page listing songs performed or recorded by Bob Weir away from the Grateful Dead.
  Added new song pages for songs performed by members of the Grateful Dead or by related groups including: 19th Nervous Breakdown, Angel From Montgomery, Beware Of Darkness, Breakdown, Cecilia, Helter Skelter, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, People Have The Power, Petrified Man, Whole Night Sky and Winding Down.
February 2020Added a page for the June 1976 box set a 15 CD set of 5 Grateful Dead shows from June 1976. The shows are from Boston (10th and 11th), NYC (14th and 15th) and Passaic (19th).
  Reformatted and restructured the book pages on the site. There are now a number of separate pages instead of a long list. The pages include: Grateful Dead books, Jerry Garcia books, Bob Weir books, Songbooks, books about deadheads, photography books, books about posters, tape/setlist books, comics, books about Kesey/pranksters, books about San Francisco music in the sixties, and more.
  Added the the February shows that are available as CD/downloads to the Bob Weir and Wolf Bros page. Also updated the songs played section of the page to include songs introduced to the repertoire during these shows.
  Reformatted the Grateful Dead videos/DVDs page.
  Added a page for Dave's Picks Vol 33 a 3 CD release of the Dekalb, 10/29/77 Grateful Dead show.
  Added the Dead & Company January shows to the Dead & Company page. The shows are available on CD and as downloads via the Dead & Company website.
January 2020Restructured and reformatted the main Grateful Dead discography. There are now separate pages for Grateful Dead albums, singles, compilations, download only releases, various artist compilation appearances, and promotional releases.
  Added the Dead & Company December shows to the Dead & Company page. The shows are available on CD and as downloads via the Dead & Company website.
  Added a page for the 2019 edition of 30 Days Of Dead and updated the 30 Days Of Dead page to include 2019.
  Added initial pages for the standard edition and deluxe edition of the Grateful Dead Origins graphic biography by Chris Miskiewicz and Noah Van Sciver.
2000-2019 What's New entries for the years 2000 to 2019 have been archived to the What's New Archive page.