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. In anticipation of the The Dead’s upcoming shows at the Allstate Arena on May 4th & 5th, I chose songs from the past (’03, ’04) and currently in progress tour. By all accounts the band is hitting on all cylinders and getting along nicely with Warren Haynes on guitar/vocals. Per usual, their sets are consistently sprinkled with musical hat-tip to Dylan. Enjoy.

MP3: The Dead – “She Said, She Said” (The Beatles)
MP3: The Dead – “Queen Jane Approximately” (Bob Dylan)
MP3: The Dead – “Me & Bobby McGee” (Kris Kristofferson)
MP3: The Dead – “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” (Bob Dylan)
MP3: The Dead – “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” (Bob Dylan)
MP3: The Dead – “Samson And Delilah” (Reverend Gary Davis)
MP3: The Dead – “All Along The Watchtower” (Bob Dylan)
MP3: The Dead – “Turn On Your Love Light” (Bobby Bland)
MP3: The Dead – “In The Midnight Hour” (Wilson Pickett)
MP3: The Dead – “Hard to Handle” (Black Crowes)

Previously: Grateful Dead :: Covers
Previously: Grateful Dead :: Covers II

Good news for fans of The Dead, according to their website, “The Dead will be touring for the first time in more than four years, with nearly twenty shows spread across a month from mid-April through mid-May! Details will be announced here soon, so keep your eyes on dead.net!”

Chicago fans can look forward to catching them at the Allstate Arena on Tuesday, May 5th.

Previously: Grateful Dead :: Covers I
Previously: Grateful Dead :: Covers II

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