Grateful Dead Midnight Hour live versions: 37 shows
Explore 37 Grateful Dead performances of Midnight Hour from 1966-1994, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Start with these Midnight Hour versions
Best first listen: April 29, 1971 · Fillmore East · New York, NY, US
This Fillmore East date sits inside the April 1971 release matrix and remains a historically central stop from that run. It is useful for hearing the single-drummer band in one of its most documented New York rooms.
Another strong choice: June 16, 1985 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
Final night of the band's three-show 20th-anniversary stand at the Greek Theatre; the second set includes 'Cryptical Envelopment' wrapped around 'The Other One.'
Another strong choice: April 8, 1985 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
An audience recording of a show that opens the first set with In The Midnight Hour into Walkin' The Dog, and whose second set runs Estimated Prophet into Eyes Of The World, Drums, Space, Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad, Stella Blue, and Around And Around into Turn On Your Lovelight. Brokedown Palace is the encore.
First catalog performance: March 12, 1966 · Danish Center · Los Angeles, CA, US
Last catalog performance: October 17, 1994 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
Top shows featuring Midnight Hour
April 29, 1971 · Fillmore East · New York, NY, US
June 16, 1985 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
April 8, 1985 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
November 19, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US
December 31, 1983 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US
December 31, 1982 · Oakland Auditorium · Oakland, CA, US
March 12, 1966 · Danish Center · Los Angeles, CA, US
December 31, 1989 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
February 12, 1986 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
July 16, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US
December 31, 1985 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
September 3, 1967 · Dance Hall · Rio Nido, CA, US
August 22, 1987 · Calaveras County Fairgrounds · Angels Camp, CA, US
February 14, 1968 · Carousel Ballroom · San Francisco, CA, US
June 4, 1970 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US
July 22, 1984 · Ventura County Fairgrounds · Ventura, CA, US
June 27, 1985 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center · Saratoga Springs, NY, US
November 7, 1985 · Rochester Community War Memorial · Rochester, NY, US
October 5, 1994 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
July 1, 1992 · Buckeye Lake Music Center · Thornville, OH, US
December 16, 1986 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US
April 4, 1993 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
October 26, 1985 · Sun Dome, University of South Florida · Tampa, FL, US
August 21, 1968 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US
September 6, 1969 · Family Dog On The Great Highway · San Francisco, CA, US
March 24, 1986 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
December 31, 1986 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
April 6, 1971 · Manhattan Center · New York, NY, US
March 26, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center · Hartford, CT, US
June 20, 1986 · William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA, US
November 21, 1985 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center · Oakland, CA, US
October 17, 1994 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
July 31, 1988 · Laguna Seca Raceway · Salinas, CA, US
December 30, 1969 · Boston Tea Party · Boston, MA, US
July 3, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US
December 27, 1970 · Legion Stadium · El Monte, CA, US
September 18, 1991 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
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