Grateful Dead Family Discography: Good Shepherd

Good Shepherd

Composer: Traditional arr Jorma Kaukonen

Good Shepherd was performed at a jam session at the Carousel on May 5, 1968 by Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Mickey Hart and others. Good Shepherd was played by Phil Lesh & Friends, including Jorma Kaukonen, in 1999 and again in 2019. It was also performed once by Ratdog, with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, in November 2000.

Good Shepherd is one variation of a song that has occurred with a variety of titles and lyrics since the early 1800s.

This page focusses only on the Jorman Kaukonen arrangment of the song.

Phil Lesh

Love Will See You Through, Highlights Volume One, Phil Lesh and Friends, 1999

Jorma Kaukonen / Jefferson Airplane

Volunteers, Jefferson Airplane, 1969
The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Airplane, 1970
Volunteers / Crown Of Creation, Jefferson Airplane, 1980
Rock Galaxy, Jefferson Airplane, 1983
Magic, Jorma Kaukonen, 1985
2400 Fulton Street, Jefferson Airplane, 1987
Jefferson Airplane Loves You, Jefferson Airplane, 1992
Magic Two, Jorma Kaukonen, 1995
Surrealistic Pillow/Volunteers, Jefferson Airplane, 1996
Hits, Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship / Starship, 1998
Acoustic Blues Live At Sweetwater (DVD), Hot Tuna, 2000
Live, Jorma Kaukonen Trio, 2001
Across the Sea of Suns, Jefferson Starship, 2001
Greatest Hits, Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship / Starship, 2002
Volunteers (expanded CD), Jefferson Airplane, 2004
The Essential, Jefferson Airplane, 2005
Meridian 1970: Protest, Sorrow, Hobos, Folk and Blues, Various Artists (Jefferson Airplane), 2005
At Golden Gate Park, Jefferson Airplane, 2006
Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969, Jefferson Airplane, 2007
At the Family Dog Ballroom, Jefferson Airplane, 2007
Discover Beyond, Jefferson Airplane, 2007
Mick's Picks, Volume 1: BB King's Blues Club Oct 30/31, 2000, Jefferson Starship, 2008
Volunteers / Bark / Long John Silver, Jefferson Airplane, 2008
Flight Box, Jefferson Airplane, 2008
Soiled Dove (DVD), Jefferson Starship, 2009
The Woodstock Experience, Jefferson Aiplane, 2009
Relix Collection, Jorma Kaukonen, 2009
The Woodstock Experience (Box), Various Artists (Jefferson Airplane), 2009
2003-08-08 The Bottom Line, New York City, NY, Jorma Kaukonen, 2010
The Music of Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Airplane, 2010
Setlist: The Very Best of Jefferson Airplane: Live, Jefferson Airplane, 2010
Live At The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, Paul Kantner / Marty Balin, 2011
The Essential, Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship / Starship, 2012
no info The Box Set Series, Jefferson Airplane, 2014
no info The 60s, Jefferson Airplane, 2015
no info The CD Vinyl Replica Collection, Jefferson Airplane, 2015
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, Oct 2, 2016, Hot Tuna, 2016
no info Live At The 2018 Wanee Festival, Hot Tuna, 2016
Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA, Dec 28, 2021, Hot Tuna, 2021

Other recordings

Live In Amsterdam, Billy Goodman, 2000
What's Done Is Done, Great Caesar's Ghost, 2011
Live At The Rustic Barn, The Bear Bones Project, 2014