Grateful Dead Hey Pocky Way live versions: 26 shows
Explore 26 Grateful Dead performances of Hey Pocky Way from 1987-1990, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Best first listen: March 28, 1990 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
Nassau's first set includes Easy To Love You, High Time, Queen Jane Approximately, Loose Lucy, and Cassidy > Deal. The second set runs Foolish Heart > Looks Like Rain > Cumberland Blues > The Weight, then Hey Pocky Way > Drums/Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Good Lovin', with Revolution as the encore.
Another strong choice: October 3, 1987 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
This Shoreline show has official-release ties and a very 1987 shape: Hey Pocky Way opens, Bird Song and The Music Never Stopped close set one, and Maggie's Farm starts set two. Jerrybase and the Archive notes also flag this as the final My Brother Esau.
Another strong choice: September 9, 1987 · Providence Civic Center · Providence, RI, US
First catalog performance: September 9, 1987 · Providence Civic Center · Providence, RI, US
Last catalog performance: July 22, 1990 · World Music Theatre · Tinley Park, IL, US
Top shows featuring Hey Pocky Way
March 28, 1990 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
October 3, 1987 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
September 9, 1987 · Providence Civic Center · Providence, RI, US
March 31, 1989 · Greensboro Coliseum · Greensboro, NC, US
February 17, 1988 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
March 30, 1988 · Meadowlands Arena · East Rutherford, NJ, US
September 15, 1987 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
October 20, 1989 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
May 6, 1989 · Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA, US
June 23, 1988 · Alpine Valley Music Theatre · East Troy, WI, US
September 12, 1987 · Capital Centre · Landover, MD, US
July 3, 1988 · Oxford Plains Speedway · Oxford, ME, US
November 7, 1987 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
November 14, 1987 · Long Beach Arena · Long Beach, CA, US
August 5, 1989 · Cal Expo Amphitheatre · Sacramento, CA, US
December 30, 1987 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
March 21, 1990 · Copps Coliseum · Hamilton, Canada
December 28, 1987 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
October 12, 1989 · Meadowlands Arena · East Rutherford, NJ, US
September 16, 1988 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
July 22, 1990 · World Music Theatre · Tinley Park, IL, US
June 18, 1989 · Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US
February 7, 1989 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
September 22, 1987 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
April 23, 1988 · Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre · Irvine, CA, US
April 30, 1988 · Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University · Palo Alto, CA, US
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