The Grateful Dead were known to bust out a cover song at most of their live shows. Many of them wrapped The Dead’s signature sound around an already popular composition. Today, I thought I would pull some favorites and new discoveries from the Live Music Archive. While there is a plethora of covers, dates, and versions to choose from, we’ll start you out with the ones below. Due to the large number and variety, it’s likely we’ll do several rounds of posts like these.

MP3: Grateful Dead - “Johnny B. Goode”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Day Tripper”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Gloria”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “All Along The Watchtower”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Hey Jude”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Bobby McGee”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Big River”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Mama Tried”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Wake Up Little Susie”
MP3: Grateful Dead - “Werewolves of London”