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
Formerly The Warlocks, 2010
Road Trips: Vol 4, No 1: Big Rock Pow Wow 69, 2010
Spring 1990 (box set), 2012
Live Albums Collection, 2013
Complete Studio Rarities Collection, 2013
30 Trips Around The Sun Box Set, 2015
Long Strange Trip, 2017
Long Strange Trip: Highlights, 2017
Aoxomoxoa (50th Anniv. Edition), 2019
Fillmore West 1969: Feb 28th, 2019
The Story Of The Grateful Dead, 2020
Origins: Deluxe Edition LP, 2020
Dave's Picks Volume 43: 11/2/69 & 12/26/69, 2022

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

Furthur

Feb 8, 2010, Atlanta, GA
Feb 17, 2010, Buffalo, NY
Mar 2, 2010, Chicago, IL
June 25, 2010, Rochester, NY
July 5, 2010, Stroudsburg, PA
July 29, 2010, New York, NY
August 14, 2010, San Francisco, CA
September 18, 2010, Redmond, WA
September 24, 2010, Morrison, CO
November 20, 2010, New York, NY
December 30, 2010, San Francisco, CA
February 12, 2011, Broomfield, CO
March 13, 2011, New York, NY
March 22, 2011, Upper Darby, PA
April 6, 2011, Boca Raton, FL
July 23, 2011, Philadelphia, PA
Sept 30, 2011, Morrison, CO
Oct 6, 2011, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 8, 2011, Charlottesville, VA
Nov 19, 2011, Madison, WI
Dec 30, 2011, San Francisco, CA
April 13, 2012, New York, NY
April 20, 2012, Live Oak
July 13, 2012, Brooklyn, NY
September 27, 2012, Troutdale, OR
October 7, 2012, Santa Barbara, CA
April 16, 2013, Port Chester, NY
July 12, 2013, Holmdel, NJ
Sept 20, 2013, Morrison, CO

Dead & Company

Raleigh, NC, Aug 16, 2021
Hershey, PA, Aug 28, 2021
Dallas, TX, Oct 14, 2021
Chula Vista, CA, Oct 27, 2021
Mountain View, CA, June 13, 2022
Cincinnati, OH, June 22, 2022
Bethel, NY, July 1, 2022
Phoenix, AZ, May 23, 2023
Maryland Heights, MO, June 7, 2023
Saratoga Springs, NY, June 18, 2023

Ratdog

Wilkes Barre, PA, November 11, 2008
Wilmington, NC, July 21, 2009
Salt Lake City, UT, August 29, 2009
Upper Darby, PA, October 16, 2009
Boston, MA, February 24, 2014
Port Chester, NY, March 2, 2014
Madison, WI, June 12, 2014

Weir/Robinson/Greene Trio

June 2, 2012, Boulder Theatre, Boulder, CO, 2012

Phil Lesh & Friends

Instant Live: June 20, 2006, Nashville, TN
Instant Live: June 28, 2006, Raleigh, NC
April 2, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
October 31, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
November 29, 2014, Port Chester, NY, 2014
October 31, 2015, Port Chester, NY, 2015
October 31, 2016, Port Chester, NY, 2016
March 16, 2017, Port Chester, NY, 2017

Rev. Gary Davis

Harlem Street Singer, 1960
Pure Religion!, 1963
no info Let Us Get Together, 1974 (UK)
Great Bluesmen: 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
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
06/17/07, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN, Gov't Mule, 2007
no info Early Morning Blues: The Complete Blue Rider Trio Sessions, The Blue Rider Trio, 2007
04/19/08, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC, Gov't Mule, 2008
05/02/08, The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, Gov't Mule, 2008
08/09/08, Masquerade Music Park, Atlanta, GA, Gov't Mule, 2008
no info A Stranger Here, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 2009
Rockpalast: West Coast Legends, Vol. 2, Jorma Kaukonen and Vital Parts, 2009
Live at Pineapple Willy's, Ben Prestage, 2009
Relix Collection, Jorma Kaukonen, 2009
Relix Collection, Hot Tuna, 2009
2003-08-08 The Bottom Line, New York City, NY, Jorma Kaukonen, 2010
Live At New Orleans House 09/69, Hot Tuna, 2010
08/01/10, Riverfront Park, Cocoa, FL, Gov't Mule, 2010
Setlist: The Very Best of Hot Tuna Live, Hot Tuna, 2011
Original Album Classics, Hot Tuna, 2012
New Morning Waltz: Sounds Of Mandolin Americana, Sam Lyman, 2012
Live At The New Orleans House, September 1969, Hot Tuna, 2018
Phantom Ships With Phantom Sails, Live Dead'69, 2019
The Bodhisattva Blues, Reverend Freakchild, 2020