Help On Finding Words Or Phrases In Dead Songs

• the search should find the lyrics from all songs sung by the Grateful Dead and all other songs written by Robert Hunter for his solo performances or for other artists such as the Mickey Hart Band or Jim Lauderdale. It will find the titles of other (cover) songs sung by the Jerry Garcia Band, Ratdog, Phil & Friends etc, but not the lyrics for most of those songs (though the full lyrics are available if you click through to the page for that song).
   

Song type		Left hand search box		Right hand (wider) search box
Grateful Dead originals		Titles and lyrics		Titles and lyrics
Grateful Dead covers		Titles and lyrics		Titles and lyrics
Other Robert Hunter lyrics		Not included		Titles and lyrics
Other songs by solo bands		Not included		Titles only (click through for lyrics)



• it can be pretty picky over spelling and on getting phrases exactly right - though I am working on that. But the tip is to try searching for individual words that you know are in the line you're looking for - but don't choose very common ones such as "that" or "the".
   
• If you are searching for a single word, you can add a '*' onto the end to find all words starting like that--so 'shoe*' finds 'shoes', and 'plan*' finds 'plans' and 'planned' (but also 'planet' and 'plantation').
   
• Within each song, I have edited out of the index any words that occur very frequently in that song. So, for example, a search for "Althea" finds only the first few occurences. It is easy enough to go to the full text of the lyrics to find other occurences.
   
• I have tried to include variants to the original lyrics (eg to Black Throated Wind) that have been performed. More difficult is where the Dead sang lyrics for a cover version that were different from the original. I have normally included in the index only what the Dead actually sang, though I am aware I haven't been wholly consistent. At the same time, I have tried to include the 'original' lyrics in the full texts of the songs.