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Looks Like Rain
Composer: Bob Weir / John Perry Barlow

Looks Like Rain was first performed by the Grateful Dead in March 1972. It was performed regularly through 1972 and 1973 but then not at all in 1974. Looks Like Rain returned to the repertoire in 1976. It averaged about 30 performances a year through the rest of the 1970's and early 1980's, about 15 performances a year through the rest of the 1980's and about 7 performances a year through the 1990's. In total the Grateful Dead played the song over 400 times.

Looks Like Rain was also played by The Other Ones, The Dead, Dead & Company, Ratdog, Weir & Wasserman, Kingfish, the Bob Weir & Phil Lesh Duo, Phil Lesh & Friends, Phil Lesh with the Terrapin Family Band, Bob Weir Campfire Tour Band, and Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.



Grateful Dead

info Without A Net, 1990
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 5, 1996
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 9, 1997
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 10, 1998
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 13, 1999
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 15, 1999
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 18, 2000
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 19, 2000
info The Golden Road (1965-1973), 2001
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 25, 2002
info Go To Nassau, 2002
info Europe '72, 2003 (on expanded CD version only)
info View From The Vault IV, 2003
info View From The Vault IV (DVD), Grateful Dead, 2003
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 28, 2003
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 29, 2003
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 30, 2003
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 33, 2004
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 34, 2005
info Truckin' Up To Buffalo, 2005
info Truckin' Up To Buffalo (DVD), Grateful Dead, July 2005
info Grateful Dead Download Vol. 1: 4/30/77, 2005
info Grateful Dead Download Vol. 4: 6/18/76, 2005
info Live at the Cow Palace: New Year's Eve 1976, 2006
info Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings, 2008
info Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978, 2008
info Road Trips Download: Philadelphia, Nov 6, 1979, 2008
info Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings, 2009
info Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 3: Denver 1973, 2011
info Road Trips: Vol 4, No. 4: Spectrum 4.6.82, 2011
info Road Trips: Vol 4, No. 5: Boston Music Hall 6.9.76, 2011
info Europe '72, The Complete Recordings, 2011
info Europe '72: London, 4/8/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Newcastle, 4/11/1972, 2011
info Europe '72: Copenhagen, 4/14/1972, 2011
info Spring 1990 (box set), 2012
info Dave's Picks Vol. 4: Williamsburg, VA, 9/24/76
info Dave's Picks Vol. 5: Pauley Pavilion, 17/11/73, 2013
info May 1977 (box set), 2013
info Live Albums Collection, 2013
info Complete Live Rarities Collection, 2013
info Spring 1990 (The Other One), 2014
info Dave's Picks Vol 12: Hamilton, 11/4/77, 2014
info Dave's Picks Vol 14: Academy Of Music, 3/26/72, 2015
info Dave's Picks Vol 15: Nashville, 4/22/78, 2015
info 30 Trips Around The Sun Box Set, 2015
info Dave's Picks Vol 16, 2015
info Ramble On Rose, 2015
info Capitol Theatre, 4/25/77, 2016
info Dave's Picks Vol 18, 2016
info July 1978 Complete, 2016
info Dave's Picks Vol 20, 2016
info Dave's Picks Vol 21, 2017
info May 1977: Get Shown the Light, 2017
info July 12 & 13, 1989, Washington, DC, 2017
info Dave's Picks Vol 27: Boise, 9/2/83, 2018
info Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Complete Recordings, 2018
info Dave's Picks Vol 28: Passaic, 6/17/76, 2018
info Dave's Picks Vol 32: Philadelphia, 3/24/73, 2019
info Dave's Picks Vol 33: Dekalb, 10/29/77, 2020
info June 1976, 2020
info The Story Of The Grateful Dead, 2020
info Dave's Picks Vol 36: Hartford, 3/26&27/1987, 2020
info Dave's Picks Vol 38: Nassau Col, 9/8/73, 2021
info Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73, 2021
info Dave's Picks Vol 40 Deer Creek, 7/18&19/90, 2021
info Dave's Picks Vol 41: Baltimore, 5/26/77, 2022
info Wembley Empire Pool, 4/8/1972, 2022
info In and Out of the Garden: '81, '82, '83, 2022
info Dave's Picks Vol 44: Eugene, 6/23/90, 2022
info Here Comes Sunshine 1973, 2023
info RFK St., Washington, 6/10/73, Grateful Dead, 2023

The Dead

info Saratoga Springs, NY, June 20, 2003
info Morrison, CO, July 8, 2003
info Boise, ID, July 1 , 2004
info Boston, MA, July 31, 2004
info Holmdel, NJ, August 10, 2004
info Dead '09: Uniondale, NY, April 24, 2009

Furthur

info Dec 8, 2009, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, 2009
info Feb 14, 2010, Barton Hall, Ithaca, NY, 2010
info Mar 5, 2010, 1st Bank Center, Denver, CO, 2010
info July 9, 2010, Masontown, WV
info November 17, 2010, Baltimore, MD
info March 19, 2011, Upper Darby, PA
info July 29, 2011, Simpsonville, SC
info Oct 1, 2011, Morrison, CO
info Nov 6, 2011, Amherst, MA
info April 9, 2012, New York, NY
info July 8, 2012, Columbia, MD
info September 28, 2012, Troutdale, OR
info February 23, 2013, Broomfield, CO
info April 17, 2013, Port Chester, NY
info July 18, 2013, Boston, MA
info Sept 20, 2013, Morrison, CO

Dead & Company

info Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN, 17 June, 2016
info First Niagra Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA, 13 July, 2016
info Mountain View, CA, 3 Jun, 2017
info Saratoga Springs, NY, 20 Jun, 2017
info Washington, DC, 21 Nov, 2017
info Riviera Maya, MX, 15 Feb, 2018
info Hartford, CT, 13 Jun, 2018
info Albuquerque, NM, 11 July, 2018
info Noblesville, IN, 12 Jun, 2019
info Uniondale, NY, 5 Nov, 2019
info Cincinnati, OH, Sep 11, 2021
info Charlotte, NC, Oct 11, 2021
info Cincinnati, OH, June 22, 2022
info Philadelphia, PA, July 10, 2022
info Cincinnati, OH, June 13, 2023

 
Bob Weir

info Ace, Bob Weir, 1972
info Weir/Wasserman: Live, Bob Weir / Rob Wasserman, 1998
info Weir Here: The Best Of Bob Weir, Bob Weir, 2004
info Fall 1989, JGB / Weir & Wasserman, 2013
info Ace: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, Bob Weir, 2023

Ratdog

info Baltimore MD: October 20, 2003
info Cleveland OH: October 31, 2003
info Las Vegas NV, February 25, 2004
info Portland OR, March 5, 2004
info Philadelphia PA, March 26, 2004
info Mashantucket CT, April 9, 2005
info Atlantic City, NJ, September 4, 2005
info Baltimore, MD, November 2, 2005
info Jim Thorpe, PA, November 10, 2005
info Boca Raton, FL, November 19, 2005
info San Diego, CA, December 9, 2005
info Myrtle Beach, SC, March 17, 2006
info Phoenix, AZ, June 28, 2006
info Baltimore, MD, August 25, 2006
info Stroudsburg PA, November 6, 2006
info Atlanta GA, November 13, 2006
info Vancouver BC, February 18, 2007
info New York NY, March 8, 2007
info Holmdel NJ, August 22, 2007
info University Park, PA, November 4, 2007
info Upper Darby, PA, March 30, 2008
info Live Oak, FL, April 12, 2008
info San Diego, CA, July 2, 2008
info Morrison, CO, August 30, 2008
info St. Augustine, FL, July 19, 2009
info Salt Lake City, UT, August 29, 2009
info New York, NY, October 23, 2009
info Negril, Jamaica, January 24, 2010
info Upper Darby, PA, February 14, 2014
info Boston, MA, February 25, 2014
info Madison, WI, June 12, 2014

Bob Weir & Wolf Bros

info Live In Colorado, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, 2022

Other recordings

info Jake's Leg, Jake's Leg, 1997
info It's a Hand-Me-Down, David Gans, 2015
info Eyes Of The World, The Latin Dead, 2023

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