U.S. Blues

A song by the Grateful Dead, from From the Mars Hotel.

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U.S. Blues live

• Played 323 times.
• First played Feb 22, 1974 at Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA.
• Last played Jul 8, 1995 at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL, 1 show 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?

95% of players named U.S. Blues in the daily Grateful Dead lyric game, and 86% got it from the first lyric. It ranks #7 hardest of 15 Grateful Dead songs played so far.

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