Black Muddy River

A song by the Grateful Dead, from In the Dark.

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Black Muddy River live

• Played 66 times.
• First played Dec 15, 1986 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA.
• Last played Jul 9, 1995 at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL, at the band's last show.

Live stats per setlist.fm, as of Oct 27, 2026.

Black Muddy River is one of the songs in the daily Grateful Dead lyric game: one line of a song, three guesses to name it.

More songs from In the Dark

• Hell in a Bucket
• Throwing Stones
• Tons of Steel
• Touch of Grey
• West L.A. Fadeaway
• When Push Comes to Shove

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