Weather Report Suite Prelude

Music: Bob Weir

Played in 1973-74 as the lead-in to the Weather Report Suite, but then dropped along with Part 1 of the suite itself.

Grateful Dead Recordings
     Date Album
      2 Apr 1973 Dave's Picks Volume 21
     (studio) 4 Aug 1973 Wake Of The Flood   (note 1)
     (studio) Aug 1973 Wake Of The Flood
      9 Nov 1973 Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings
     28 Mar 1973 Dave's Picks Volume 16
      8 Sep 1973 Dave's Picks Volume 38
     30 Oct 1973 Listen To The River: St Louis '71 '72 73
     1 Nov 1973 Wake Of The Flood (50th Anniversary Edition bonus disc)
     10 Nov 1973 Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings
     11 Nov 1973 Winterland 1973 - The Complete Recordings
     21 Nov 1973 Road Trips Volume 4, Number 3
     30 Nov 1973 Dick's Picks Vol 14
      2 Dec 1973 Dick's Picks Vol 14
      8 Dec 1973 30 Days Of The Dead (2011)
     19 Dec 1973 Dick's Picks Vol 1
     23 Feb 1974 Dave's Picks Volume 42   (note 3)
     24 Feb 1974 Dave's Picks Volume 13
     23 Mar 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 24
     14 May 1974 Dave's Picks Volume 9
     19 May 1974 Pacific Northwest '73-'74
     21 May 1974 Pacific Northwest '73-'74
     18 Jun 1974 Road Trips Number 2, Volume 3
     23 Jun 1974 Dave's Picks Volume 34
     28 Jun 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 12
     19 Jul 1974 Dave's Picks Volume 17 (note 2)
     29 Jul 1974 Dave's Picks Volume 2 (Bonus disc)
     31 Jul 1974 Dave's Picks Volume 2
      4 Aug 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 31
     10 Sep 1974 Dick's Picks Vol 7
     17 Oct 1974 Beyond Description: Bonus CD
     18 Oct 1974 Grateful Dead Movie (DVD and CD)
 
Other Recordings
     Date Album Recorded By
     2005 The 1000th Show Dark Star Orchestra
     2019 Live At The Old Church Holly Bowling
     31 Dec 2018 Rising Up To Paradise Big Swell
     2020 Seeking All That's Still Unsung Holly Bowling

Notes
(1) acoustic studio outtake issued as a bonus track on the version in the box set Beyond Description (1973-1990)
(2) also included on Best Of The Grateful Dead Hour Vol 2.
(3) also on 30 Days Of The Dead (2016)


Further Information
For an online discussion of the lyrics to this song see the deadsongs.vue conference on The Well.
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For David Dodd's discussion of this song on dead.net see Greatest Stories Ever Told
For online chords and TAB see www.rukind.com
For sheet music, see:
          Grateful Dead (Guitar Superstar Series) (simplified guitar TAB)

 


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