Cumberland Blues

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

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Cumberland Blues live

• Played 237 times at 236 shows.
• First played Nov 8, 1969 at Fillmore West, San Francisco, 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.

How hard is it to guess from the lyric?

93% of players named Cumberland Blues in the daily Grateful Dead lyric game, and 45% got it from the first lyric. It ranks #5 hardest of 15 Grateful Dead songs played so far.

Dead puzzle #15, Oct 19, 2026. The first lyric was “Little Ben clock says quarter to eight” Play it →

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