Black Peter
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
All of my friends come to see me last
night
I was laying in my bed and dying
Annie Bonneau from Saint Angel
Say "the weather down here so fine"
Just then the wind came squalling through the door
But who can the weather command
Just want to have a little peace to die
And a friend or two I love at hand
Fever roll up to a hundred and five
Roll on up, gonna roll back down
One more day I find myself alive
Tomorrow maybe go beneath the ground
See here how everything
Lead up to this day
And it's just like any other day
That's ever been
Sun going up and then
The sun going down
Shine through my window
And my friends they come around
Come around, come around
The people might know, but the people don't care
That a man can be as poor as me
Take a look at poor Peter, he's lying in pain
Now let's come run and see
Run and see
Run and see
Run, run and see, and see
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Variations (1)
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Live Performances (179)
3/3/81 Music
Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
3/7/81 Cole
Field House, College Park, Maryland
3/12/81 Boston
Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
3/21/81
Rainbow Theatre, London, England
4/30/81 Greensboro
Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
5/4/81 The
Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5/9/81 Nassau
Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
5/15/81 Rutgers
Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
7/2/81 The
Summit, Houston, Texas
7/7/81
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
7/13/81 McNichols
Arena, Denver, Colorado
8/15/81 Memorial
Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
8/27/81 Long Beach
Arena, Long Beach, California
9/25/81 Stabler
Arena, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
10/2/81 Rainbow
Theatre, London, England
10/8/81 Forum
Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
10/13/81 Walter-Köbel-Halle,
Russelsheim, West Germany
10/16/81 Melkweg,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2/16/82 Warfield Theatre,
San Francisco, California
2/20/82 Golden Hall,
San Diego, California
3/13/82 Centennial
Coliseum, Reno, Nevada
4/2/82 Cameron
Indoor Stadium, Durham, North Carolina
4/8/82 Onondaga
County War Memorial, Syracuse, New York
4/11/82 Nassau
Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
4/14/82 Glens Falls
Civic Center, Glens Falls, New York
4/18/82 Hartford
Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
5/21/82 Greek
Theatre, Berkeley, California
7/25/82 Compton
Terrace, Tempe, Arizona
7/28/82
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado
8/1/82 Zoo
Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
8/4/82 Kiel
Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
8/28/82 Oregon
Country Fairgrounds, Veneta, Oregon
9/5/82 Glen
Helen Amphitheater, San Bernardino, California
9/14/82 University
Hall, Charlottesville, Virginia
9/21/82
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
9/24/82 Carrier
Dome, Syracuse, New York
10/10/82 Frost
Amphitheatre, Stanford, California
11/26/82 Bob Marley
Memorial Performing Centre, Montego Bay, Jamaica
12/27/82 Oakland
Auditorium, Oakland, California
3/25/83 Compton
Terrace, Tempe, Arizona
4/9/83
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
4/16/83
Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
6/21/83 Merriweather
Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
6/25/83 St. Paul
Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
7/30/83 Ventura
County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California
8/20/83 Frost
Amphitheatre, Stanford, California
8/27/83 Seattle
Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington
9/2/83 Boise
State University Pavilion, Boise, Idaho
9/8/83 Red
Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado
10/12/83
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
10/18/83 Cumberland
County Civic Center, Portland, Maine
10/30/83 Marin Veterans'
Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, California
12/27/83 San Francisco
Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California
4/6/84 Aladdin
Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada
4/17/84
Niagra Falls Convention Center, Niagra Falls, New York
4/23/84 New Haven
Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut
5/6/84 Hult
Center For The Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon
6/9/84
Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
6/14/84 Red Rocks
Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado
6/23/84 City Island,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
6/29/84 Blossom
Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
7/6/84 Alpine
Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
10/5/84 Charlotte
Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
10/11/84 Augusta Civic
Center, Augusta, Maine
10/20/84 Carrier Dome,
Syracuse, New York
10/27/84 Berkeley
Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
2/20/85 Henry J.
Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
3/13/85 Berkeley
Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
3/22/85 Hampton
Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
3/28/85
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
4/4/85
Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
4/27/85 Frost
Amphitheatre, Stanford, California
6/21/85 Alpine
Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
6/27/85 Saratoga
Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York
7/14/85 Ventura
County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California
8/24/85 Boreal Ridge
Ski Resort, Soda Springs, California
9/6/85 Red
Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado
9/12/85 Henry J.
Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
10/25/85 Hollywood
Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, Florida
11/5/85 The Centrum,
Worcester, Massachusetts
11/16/85 Long Beach
Arena, Long Beach, California
12/31/85 Oakland Coliseum
Arena, Oakland, California
2/8/86 Henry J.
Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
3/19/86 Hampton
Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
3/25/86 The
Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4/1/86
Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
4/13/86 Irvine
Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, California
4/22/86 Berkeley
Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
6/20/86 Greek
Theatre, Berkeley, California
6/26/86 Hubert H.
Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
7/2/86 Rubber
Bowl, Akron, Ohio
12/17/86 Oakland Coliseum
Arena, Oakland, California
12/28/86 Henry J. Kaiser
Convention Center, Oakland, California
1/28/87
San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California
3/1/87
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
3/22/87 Hampton
Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
3/26/87
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
4/2/87 The
Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts
4/10/87 UIC
Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois
5/3/87 Frost
Amphitheatre, Stanford, California
6/12/87 Ventura
County Fairgrounds, Ventura, California
6/21/87 Greek
Theatre, Berkeley, California
6/26/87 Alpine
Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin
7/10/87 JFK Stadium,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
8/16/87
Town Park, Telluride, Colorado
9/7/87
Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
9/15/87 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
9/19/87
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
9/24/87
The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11/7/87 Henry J.
Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
12/28/87 Oakland Coliseum
Arena, Oakland, California
2/17/88 Henry J.
Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, California
3/26/88 Hampton
Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
4/3/88 Hartford
Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
4/7/88 The
Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts
4/8/88 The
Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts
4/14/88 Rosemont
Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
4/30/88 Frost
Amphitheatre, Stanford, California
6/17/88 Met Center,
Bloomington, Minnesota
6/26/88 Pittsburgh
Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8/26/88
Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Washington
9/5/88 Capital
Centre, Landover, Maryland
9/19/88 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
9/30/88 Shoreline
Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
2/11/89 Great
Western Forum, Inglewood, California
4/8/89
Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio
5/7/89 Frost
Amphitheatre, Stanford, California
6/19/89 Shoreline
Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
7/12/89 RFK Stadium,
Washington, D.C.
10/11/89 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
10/18/89 The Spectrum,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3/14/90 Capital
Centre, Landover, Maryland
3/25/90
Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
6/8/90 Cal Expo
Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
7/8/90 Three
Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7/19/90 Deer Creek
Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
9/7/90
Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
9/11/90 The
Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10/17/90 Grugahalle,
Essen, Germany
10/30/90 Wembley Arena,
London, England
12/8/90 Compton
Terrace, Chandler, Arizona
2/19/91
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
3/17/91 Capital
Centre, Landover, Maryland
3/25/91
Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
4/1/91
Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
4/27/91
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada
5/10/91 Shoreline
Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California
6/1/91 Los
Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
6/16/91 Giants
Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
6/22/91 Soldier
Field, Chicago, Illinois
8/13/91 Cal Expo
Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
9/5/91
Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
9/12/91 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
9/17/91 Madison
Square Garden, New York, New York
10/30/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
12/27/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
2/22/92
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
3/1/92 The
Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
3/11/92 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
3/21/92 Copps
Coliseum, Hamilton, Canada
5/19/92 Cal Expo
Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
6/9/92
Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
6/17/92 Charlotte
Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
12/5/92 Compton
Terrace, Chandler, Arizona
1/24/93
Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California
3/9/93 Rosemont
Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
4/2/93 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
6/11/93 Buckeye Lake
Music Center, Hebron, Ohio
6/21/93 Deer Creek
Music Center, Noblesville, Indiana
9/8/93
Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
9/25/93 Boston
Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
3/4/94
Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona
3/20/94 Richfield
Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio
7/31/94 The Palace Of Auburn Hills,
Auburn Hills, Michigan
9/28/94 Boston
Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
3/24/95 Charlotte
Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
5/28/95 Portland
Meadows, Portland, Oregon
6/22/95
Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, New York
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Dick's Picks Volume
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Road
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Dave's Picks Volume
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12/6/71
Dave's Picks 2017
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12/9/71
Listen To The River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73
12/14/71
Dave's Picks 2018
Bonus Disc
12/31/71
The Closing Of
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5/24/72
Europe '72:
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5/24/72
Steppin'
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8/25/72
Dave's Picks
Volume Twenty-Four
9/21/72
Dick's Picks Volume
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10/17/72
Listen To The River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73
6/22/73
Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings
6/26/73
Pacific Northwest '73-'74: The Complete Recordings
6/23/74
Dave's Picks
Volume Thirty-Four
10/19/74
The Grateful
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Dave's Picks Volume
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Dick's Picks
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Dave's Picks Volume
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11/6/79
Road
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5/7/80
Road
Trips Volume Three, Number Four: Penn State-Cornell '80
9/3/80
Grateful Dead Download Series Volume Seven
11/28/80
30 Trips Around The Sun
9/21/82
In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83
9/2/83
Dave's Picks
Volume Twenty-Seven
10/12/83
In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83
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Dave's Picks Volume
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3/14/90
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Dozin' At The Knick
3/25/90
Spring 1990 (The
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View From The
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7/19/90
Dave's Picks Volume
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