Dire Wolf

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

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Dire Wolf live

• Played 231 times.
• First played Jun 7, 1969 at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA.
• Last played Jul 2, 1995 at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, 4 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?

98% of players named Dire Wolf in the daily Grateful Dead lyric game, and 59% got it from the first lyric. It ranks #12 hardest of 15 Grateful Dead songs played so far.

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