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)