Grateful Dead - High Time (live, 1969)
Nothing’s for certain
It could always go wrong
Come in when it’s raining
Go on out when it’s gone
We could have us a high time
Living the good life
Well I know
Beginning in 1966, the Grateful Dead toured regularly for the next 29 years, until the summer of 1995. Around 2,300 shows. During that period, Jerry Garcia (in the many different incarnations of his band, The Jerry Garcia Band), played another 1,599 shows.
That’s a total of 3,899 shows that Garcia played during this 29 year period, or an average of 134 shows every year. 134 shows every year, for 29 years straight. That’s an average of over 2.5 shows each week. Over a 30 year period, Jerry Garcia played a live show 2-3x each week, every.single.week.
Happy 70th Jer.
