Grateful Dead's 1971 Concert History

Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. Remembered for an eclectic style that fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock, for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams, and for its devoted fan base known as "Deadheads." "Their music," writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists." These various influences were distilled...

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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage on Mar 13, 1971 [941-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Mar 13, 1971
 East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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New Riders of the Purple Sage / Grateful Dead on Apr 18, 1971 [953-small]

New Riders of the Purple Sage / Grateful Dead
Apr 18, 1971
 Cortland, New York, United States
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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage on Oct 29, 1971 [258-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Oct 29, 1971
 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage on Apr 25, 1971 [889-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Apr 25, 1971
 New York, New York, United States
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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage on Oct 21, 1971 [145-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Oct 21, 1971
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage on Oct 22, 1971 [148-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Oct 22, 1971
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage / Ox on Mar 21, 1971 [312-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage / Ox
Mar 21, 1971
 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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New Riders of the Purple Sage / Grateful Dead on Aug 6, 1971 [641-small]

New Riders of the Purple Sage / Grateful Dead
Aug 6, 1971
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage / ian and sylvia on Jan 24, 1971 [848-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage / ian and sylvia
Jan 24, 1971
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Grateful Dead on Mar 5, 1971 [587-small]

Grateful Dead
Mar 5, 1971
 Oakland, California, United States
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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage on Jan 21, 1971 [502-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Jan 21, 1971
 Davis, California, United States
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Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage on Oct 30, 1971 [526-small]

Grateful Dead / New Riders of the Purple Sage
Oct 30, 1971
 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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Repomn37 Aug 27, 2024

I truly wish everyone got a chance to see The Grateful Dead. Unfortunately anything after 1995 is NOT The Grateful Dead.
There's been some wonderful post Jerry shows played by surviving members. Cherish that you saw their songbook live even though it wasn't The Grateful Dead


West Feb 01, 2023

Somebody needs to fix this shit. The grateful dead done in 1995. Why is Dead and Co listed as the Grateful Dead?


Excavator007 Aug 10, 2019

how do i change the fucking date . . . of red rocks show to 1985 ?

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