Grateful Dead Desolation Row live versions: 57 shows
Explore 57 Grateful Dead performances of Desolation Row from 1986-1995, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Best first listen: March 24, 1990 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
The Knickerbocker show opens Let The Good Times Roll > Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower and later became part of the Dozin' at the Knick/Spring 1990 release web. Set two runs Playing In The Band > Uncle John's Band > Terrapin Station > Mind Left Body Jam > Drums/Space > The Wheel > All Along The Watchtower > Stella Blue > Not Fade Away before And We Bid You Good Night.
Another strong choice: April 21, 1986 · Berkeley Community Theater · Berkeley, CA, US
Another strong choice: July 19, 1989 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre · East Troy, WI, US
Parts of this Alpine Valley show appear on Downhill From Here, Fallout from the Phil Zone, and Beyond Description. Set two starts with Box Of Rain, then moves Foolish Heart > Looks Like Rain > Terrapin Station before The Other One > The Wheel > Morning Dew gives the back half a strong late-show pull.
First catalog performance: March 25, 1986 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
Last catalog performance: July 2, 1995 · Deer Creek Music Center · Noblesville, IN, US
Top shows featuring Desolation Row
March 24, 1990 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
April 21, 1986 · Berkeley Community Theater · Berkeley, CA, US
July 19, 1989 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre · East Troy, WI, US
July 19, 1990 · Deer Creek Music Center · Noblesville, IN, US
July 6, 1990 · Cardinal Stadium · Louisville, KY, US
September 24, 1991 · Boston Garden · Boston, MA, US
July 7, 1986 · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Washington, DC, US
July 2, 1995 · Deer Creek Music Center · Noblesville, IN, US
April 9, 1989 · Freedom Hall · Louisville, KY, US
June 15, 1990 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
March 17, 1993 · Capital Centre · Landover, MD, US
March 25, 1986 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
May 10, 1991 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
August 15, 1987 · Town Park · Telluride, CO, US
May 10, 1986 · Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA, US
February 17, 1988 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
March 24, 1991 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
June 21, 1986 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
September 18, 1990 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
June 12, 1987 · Ventura County Fairgrounds · Ventura, CA, US
October 10, 1994 · USAir Arena · Landover, MD, US
January 26, 1993 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
March 31, 1986 · Providence Civic Center · Providence, RI, US
December 17, 1986 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
December 12, 1992 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
October 22, 1990 · Festhalle · Frankfurt, Germany
March 31, 1987 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
September 12, 1993 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
May 10, 1987 · Laguna Seca Raceway · Salinas, CA, US
December 17, 1993 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
October 4, 1987 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
April 13, 1986 · Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre · Irvine, CA, US
July 2, 1986 · Rubber Bowl, University of Akron · Akron, OH, US
December 27, 1987 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
September 23, 1987 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
July 6, 1987 · Pittsburgh Civic Arena · Pittsburgh, PA, US
June 29, 1992 · Deer Creek Music Center · Noblesville, IN, US
July 2, 1994 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
September 15, 1988 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
December 31, 1986 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
June 19, 1987 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
April 11, 1987 · UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, Chicago · Chicago, IL, US
May 20, 1992 · Cal Expo Amphitheatre · Sacramento, CA, US
September 14, 1991 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
March 26, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center · Hartford, CT, US
June 15, 1993 · Freedom Hall · Louisville, KY, US
September 6, 1988 · Capital Centre · Landover, MD, US
September 20, 1987 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
April 1, 1993 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
August 16, 1991 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
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