Grateful Dead Help on the Way live versions: 107 shows
Explore 107 Grateful Dead performances of Help on the Way from 1975-1995, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Best first listen: June 17, 1975 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
The Bob Fried Memorial Boogie is a compact 1975 Winterland show with several Blues for Allah songs in early live form. Crazy Fingers opens the show, and the first Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower sequence appears before a Blues For Allah second set.
Another strong choice: June 9, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
Polished late-spring 1977 phrasing meets a second set that still takes chances. The result is both approachable and structurally unusual.
Another strong choice: May 9, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium · Buffalo, NY, US
Buffalo opens with one of the sharpest Help Slip Franklin entries of the month and stays taut deep into the second set. It feels slightly less mythic than Cornell on reputation alone, but not by execution.
First catalog performance: June 17, 1975 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
Last catalog performance: June 22, 1995 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
Top shows featuring Help on the Way
June 17, 1975 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
June 9, 1977 · Winterland · San Francisco, CA, US
May 9, 1977 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium · Buffalo, NY, US
April 23, 1977 · Springfield Civic Center Arena · Springfield, MA, US
June 14, 1976 · Beacon Theatre · New York, NY, US
June 3, 1976 · Paramount Theatre · Portland, OR, US
September 28, 1975 · Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park · San Francisco, CA, US
February 26, 1977 · Swing Auditorium · San Bernardino, CA, US
March 24, 1990 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
October 8, 1989 · Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US
September 2, 1983 · Boise State University Pavilion · Boise, ID, US
August 4, 1976 · Roosevelt Stadium · Jersey City, NJ, US
October 31, 1983 · Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium · San Rafael, CA, US
September 19, 1990 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
April 17, 1984 · Niagra Falls Convention Center · Niagra Falls, NY, US
October 11, 1977 · Lloyd Noble Center, University of Oklahoma · Norman, OK, US
April 26, 1983 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
May 15, 1983 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
June 4, 1976 · Paramount Theatre · Portland, OR, US
August 22, 1993 · Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon · Eugene, OR, US
June 24, 1990 · Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon · Eugene, OR, US
June 19, 1976 · Capitol Theatre · Passaic, NJ, US
June 14, 1991 · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Washington, DC, US
July 14, 1984 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
June 15, 1990 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
June 10, 1976 · Music Hall · Boston, MA, US
September 22, 1993 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
March 11, 1993 · Rosemont Horizon · Rosemont, IL, US
June 17, 1976 · Capitol Theatre · Passaic, NJ, US
July 18, 1990 · Deer Creek Music Center · Noblesville, IN, US
December 31, 1976 · Cow Palace · Daly City, CA, US
October 1, 1994 · Boston Garden · Boston, MA, US
October 1, 1976 · Market Square Arena · Indianapolis, IN, US
July 12, 1976 · Orpheum Theatre · San Francisco, CA, US
April 9, 1983 · Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US
September 20, 1991 · Boston Garden · Boston, MA, US
June 28, 1983 · Poplar Creek Music Theatre · Hoffman Estates, IL, US
August 13, 1975 · Great American Music Hall · San Francisco, CA, US
September 11, 1983 · Downs of Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM, US
December 8, 1989 · Great Western Forum · Inglewood, CA, US
June 27, 1984 · Merriweather Post Pavilion · Columbia, MD, US
November 2, 1984 · Berkeley Community Theater · Berkeley, CA, US
April 21, 1984 · Civic Convention Hall Auditorium · Philadelphia, PA, US
March 24, 1991 · Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US
March 25, 1985 · Springfield Civic Center Arena · Springfield, MA, US
May 5, 1990 · California State U. Dominguez Hills · Carson, CA, US
June 24, 1991 · Sandstone Amphitheater · Bonner Springs, KS, US
March 25, 1983 · Compton Terrace · Tempe, AZ, US
March 29, 1995 · The Omni · Atlanta, GA, US
October 20, 1983 · Centrum · Worcester, MA, US
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