Black Peter

A song by the Grateful Dead, from Workingman's Dead.

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Black Peter live

• Played 357 times.
• First played Dec 4, 1969 at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA.
• Last played Jun 22, 1995 at Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY, 10 shows before the band's last show.

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

How hard is it to guess from the lyric?

80% of players named Black Peter in the daily Grateful Dead lyric game, and 32% got it from the first lyric. It ranks #2 hardest of 15 Grateful Dead songs played so far.

Dead puzzle #10, Oct 14, 2026. The first lyric was “Annie Beauneu from Saint Angel” Play it →

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