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Brent Mydland · Top 25

Apr 1979 – Jul 1990 · 834 shows

Brent Mydland — joined April 1979 and held the keys chair for 11 years, the longest tenure of any Dead keyboardist. Hammond-and-synth textures, distinctive harmonies, original songs like Far From Me and I Will Take You Home. Died July 1990 from an accidental overdose.

  1. 110-09/89Hampton Coliseum◆95
  2. 204-19/82Baltimore Civic Center◆78
  3. 309-02/83Boise Pavillion◆71
  4. 412-03/81Dane County Coliseum69
  5. 510-31/84Berkeley Community Theater66
  6. 603-20/86Hampton Coliseum66
  7. 705-03/86Cal Expo◆65
  8. 812-03/79Uptown Theater65
  9. 910-31/80Radio City Music Hall63
  10. 1007-03/88Oxford Plains Speedway62
  11. 1107-31/82Manor Downs61
  12. 1203-21/81Rainbow Theater◆61
  13. 1306-24/85River Bend Music Center59
  14. 1409-18/87Madison Square Garden◆58
  15. 1503-29/90Nassau Coliseum◆55
  16. 1610-21/83The Centrum53
  17. 1703-20/81Rainbow Theater◆51
  18. 1803-27/87Hartford Civic Center50
  19. 1912-09/79Kiel Auditorium50
  20. 2010-26/89Miami Arena49
  21. 2104-26/83The Spectrum49
  22. 2211-30/80Fox Theater48
  23. 2310-27/79Cape Cod Coliseum48
  24. 2409-11/83Santa Fe Downs48
  25. 2504-28/85Frost Amphitheater (Stanford U)48
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