Playing in the Band

A song by the Grateful Dead, from Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses).

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Playing in the Band live

• Played 634 times at 607 shows.
• First played Feb 18, 1971 at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY.
• Last played Jul 5, 1995 at Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights, MO, 3 shows before the band's last show.

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

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

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