Dylan And The Dead

This page was inspired by the confusion that keeps emerging about what Dylan songs did the Grateful Dead cover, what songs did Dylan play with the Grateful Dead etc. Matt Schofield has a similar page in his Grateful Dead Family Discography.

Dylan songs played live by the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band or The Dead
("D" sung by Dylan; "W" sung by Weir; "G" sung by Garcia; "L" sung by Lesh; "A" sung by all)

Song Title	Played by GD with Dylan	Played by GD w/o Dylan	Played by JGB	Played by The Dead	Notes	Albums (e)
All Along The Watchtower	D	W	W	W		dd,ph,ogd
Ballad Of A Thin Man	D	W		D		ph
Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest	D		G			jgb
Chimes Of Freedom	D
Dead Man, Dead Man	D
Desolation Row	D	W		D		ph,ogd
Don't Think Twice It's All Right	D
Forever Young		Y	G		(a)	jgb,jgd
Going, Going Gone			G			jgb,jgd
Gotta Serve Somebody	D			D		dd
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall				W
Heart Of Mine	D
Highway 61 Revisited	D
I Shall Be Released			G			jgb,jgd
I Want You	D					dd
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	D
It Takes A Lot To Laugh ... Train To Cry		G	G	D		ph,jgb,jgd
It's All Over Now Baby Blue	D	G	G	D,W		ph,ogd,jgd
Joey	D					dd
John Brown	D
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues		L		L		ph,ogd
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	D	G	G	W		dd,ogd,jgb,jgd
Like A Rolling Stone				D,L
Maggie's Farm	D	A		W		ph,ogd
Man Of Peace	D					ph
Masters Of War					(f)
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)		G				phb,ogd,jgd
Mr Tambourine Man	D
Positively Fourth Street			G			jgb,jgd
Queen Jane Approximately	D	W		W		dd,phb,ogd
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35	D
Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)			G	D	(b)	jgb,jgd
She Belongs To Me		G	G			ph,ogd,jgd
Shelter From The Storm	D
Simple Twist Of Fate	D		G			jgb,jgd
Slow Train	D					dd
Stuck Inside ... Memphis Blues Again	D	W				ph,ogd
Subterranean Homesick Blues				D
Tangled Up In Blue	D		G	D		jgb,jgd
Tears Of Rage			G			jgb,jgd
The Times They Are A' Changing	D
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	D
Tough Mama			G		(c)	jgb,jgd
Visions Of Johanna		G				ogd,jgd
Watching The River Flow	D
When I Paint My Masterpiece		W	G	W		ph,ogd,jgb,jgd
Wicked Messenger	D		G			jgd

Dylan songs rehearsed with Dylan but never played live with the Grateful Dead

All I Really Want To Do
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
If Not For You
In The Summertime
Pledging My Time
Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (b)
Under Your Spell
Union Sundown
Walkin' Down The Line

Non-Dylan songs rehearsed with Dylan

Ballad Of Ira Hayes
Blues Stay Away From Me
The Boy In The Bubble
C.C.Rider (d)
Folsom Prison Blues
French Girl
Go Ahead Baby (Don't Keep Me Waiting Too Long)
I'm Free
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
John Harty
Oh Boy (g)
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Stealin' (d)
They Killed Him

Non-Dylan songs which Dylan sang onstage with The Dead

Alabama Getaway
Around And Around
Big Boss Man
Big River
Friend Of The Devil
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Johnny B Goode
Oh Boy
West L.A. Fadeaway
You Win Again

Notes
(a) with Neil Young as guest
(b) never played live by the Grateful Dead, but rehearsed with Dylan and played live by JGB
(c) soundchecked by the Grateful Dead but never played live
(d) also played live by the Grateful Dead without Dylan
(e) dd=Dylan & The Dead, ph=Postcards Of The Hanging, phb=Postcards Of The Hanging (bonus disc), ogd=Other Grateful Dead album or video, jgd=Jerry Garcia Plays Dylan, jgb=Jerry Garcia Band album
(f) played by Ratdog only
(g) also played live by the Grateful Dead without Dylan, and by Dylan with The Dead