Greatest Story Ever Told

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Public Performances: 282
Private Performances: 1
Lyrics
Robert Hunter
Music
Bob Weir, Mickey Hart
Studio Album
Ace
Notes
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    • Toggle Columns: Date - Act - Venue - Set - Lead Singer - Preceded By - Followed By - Since Last
    Date Act Venue Set Lead Singer Preceded By Followed By Last Public Act Type Seq No Qualifier
    Name Date Act Venue
    30 Trips Around the Sun 1972-09-24 [Sun] Grateful Dead Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-04-07 [Fri] Grateful Dead Empire Pool, London, England
    American Beauty 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 1971-02-18 [Thu] Grateful Dead Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
    Three from the Vault 1971-02-19 [Fri] Grateful Dead Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
    Workingman's Dead 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 1971-02-21 [Sun] Grateful Dead Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
    30 Trips Around the Sun 1971-03-18 [Thu] Grateful Dead Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO
    Dave's Picks Volume 51 1971-04-13 [Tue] Grateful Dead Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA
    Dave's Picks Volume 14 1972-03-26 [Sun] Grateful Dead Academy of Music, New York, NY
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-04-11 [Tue] Grateful Dead City Hall, Newcastle, England
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-04-16 [Sun] Grateful Dead Stakladen Cafeteria (Aarhus University), Aarhus, Denmark
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-04-26 [Wed] Grateful Dead Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-04-29 [Sat] Grateful Dead Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany
    Europe '72 Volume 2 1972-05-03 [Wed] Grateful Dead Olympia, Paris, France
    Live At Olympia Theatre, Paris, France (5/3/72) 1972-05-03 [Wed] Grateful Dead Olympia, Paris, France
    Europe '72 Vol. 11: L'Olympia, Paris, France 5/3/72 1972-05-03 [Wed] Grateful Dead Olympia, Paris, France
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-05-03 [Wed] Grateful Dead Olympia, Paris, France
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-05-04 [Thu] Grateful Dead Olympia, Paris, France
    Europe '72 Vol. 12: L'Olympia, Paris, France 5/4/72 1972-05-04 [Thu] Grateful Dead Olympia, Paris, France
    Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72 1972-05-07 [Sun] Grateful Dead Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-05-07 [Sun] Grateful Dead Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England
    Europe '72 Vol. 13: Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England 5/7/72 1972-05-07 [Sun] Grateful Dead Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England
    Europe '72: The Complete Recordings 1972-05-10 [Wed] Grateful Dead Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Europe '72 Vol. 14: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland 5/10/72 1972-05-10 [Wed] Grateful Dead Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Sunshine Daydream 1972-08-27 [Sun] Grateful Dead Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, OR
    Sunshine Daydream 1972-08-27 [Sun] Grateful Dead Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, OR
    Dave's Picks Volume 46 Bonus Disc (2023) 1972-09-19 [Tue] Grateful Dead Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ
    Dick's Picks Volume 11 1972-09-27 [Wed] Grateful Dead Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ
    Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73 1972-10-17 [Tue] Grateful Dead Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO
    Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73 1972-10-19 [Thu] Grateful Dead Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO
    Houston, Texas 11-18-1972 1972-11-18 [Sat] Grateful Dead Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX
    Dick's Picks Volume 28 1973-02-26 [Mon] Grateful Dead Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE
    Dave's Picks Volume 21 1973-04-02 [Mon] Grateful Dead Boston Garden, Boston, MA
    Here Comes Sunshine 1973-05-13 [Sun] Grateful Dead State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA
    Here Comes Sunshine 1973-05-20 [Sun] Grateful Dead Harder Stadium, UC Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA
    Here Comes Sunshine 1973-06-09 [Sat] Grateful Dead Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, DC
    Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings 1973-06-22 [Fri] Grateful Dead P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada
    Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings 1973-06-24 [Sun] Grateful Dead Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
    Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings 1973-06-26 [Tue] Grateful Dead Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
    Dave's Picks Volume 38 1973-09-08 [Sat] Grateful Dead Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
    Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73 1973-10-29 [Mon] Grateful Dead Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO
    Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings 1973-11-09 [Fri] Grateful Dead Winterland, San Francisco, CA
    Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings 1973-11-11 [Sun] Grateful Dead Winterland, San Francisco, CA
    Road Trips Volume 4 Number 3 Bonus Disc 1973-12-06 [Thu] Grateful Dead Cleveland Convention Center, Cleveland, OH
    Dave's Picks Volume 42 1974-02-23 [Sat] Grateful Dead Winterland, San Francisco, CA
    From The Mars Hotel (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 1974-05-12 [Sun] Grateful Dead Mackay Stadium, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
    Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings 1974-05-17 [Fri] Grateful Dead P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada
    Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings 1974-05-19 [Sun] Grateful Dead Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
    Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc 1974-06-16 [Sun] Grateful Dead State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA
    Dave's Picks Volume 02 1974-07-31 [Wed] Grateful Dead Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT
    Road Trips Volume 3 Number 1 1979-12-28 [Fri] Grateful Dead Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA
    Dead Set 1980-10-09 [Thu] Grateful Dead Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA
    Dick's Picks Volume 13 1981-05-06 [Wed] Grateful Dead Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
    Dave's Picks Volume 52 1983-09-11 [Sun] Grateful Dead Downs of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
    Dick's Picks Volume 06 1983-10-14 [Fri] Grateful Dead Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
    30 Trips Around the Sun 1985-06-24 [Mon] Grateful Dead Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
    Dave's Picks Volume 36 1987-03-27 [Fri] Grateful Dead Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
    Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 1987-07-12 [Sun] Grateful Dead Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
    Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 09 1989-04-03 [Mon] Grateful Dead Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
    Truckin' Up to Buffalo 1989-07-04 [Tue] Grateful Dead Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY
    Spring 1990 (The Other One) 1990-03-25 [Sun] Grateful Dead Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY
    View from the Vault, Volume One 1990-07-08 [Sun] Grateful Dead Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
    Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 11 1991-06-20 [Thu] Grateful Dead Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI
    Act, set, and adjacent songs contexts in which the song was played at least 5 times.
    Act Set Preceded By Followed By First Last Count
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Alabama Getaway Friend Of The Devil 1980-09-25 1984-06-12 14
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Alabama Getaway They Love Each Other 1980-12-31 1986-07-02 11
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Bertha West L.A. Fadeaway 1983-10-20 1994-09-28 10
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Alabama Getaway Dire Wolf 1979-12-05 1986-03-24 7
    Grateful Dead Set 2 Opener Ramble On Rose 1972-03-27 1973-09-08 7
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Alabama Getaway Peggy-O 1979-11-30 1983-09-06 6
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Bertha Peggy-O 1980-10-02 1991-10-28 5
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Touch Of Grey Jack-A-Roe 1990-02-25 1994-09-18 5
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Opener Bertha 1985-09-12 1995-06-27 5
    Grateful Dead Set 1 Bertha Loser 1972-08-22 1995-02-20 5