Song

Bird Song

295 plays · 1970 – 1995

Stats

Peak year

1972

30 plays

Peak era

Brent Era

95 plays

Years in rotation

avg 14.8/yr

Usually

Set 1

95% of plays

Set 1 closer

18%

49 of 278

Debuted

Last played

Avg track time

11:25

across 295 tapes · longest 18:58 on 1991-04-28

Album

Garcia (Jerry Garcia)

1972

Written by

Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter

By decade

70s

80s

169

90s

Biggest hiatus7y — 1973-09-15 → 1980-09-25

Often comes in from

Often leads into

Top-rated versions

By Curator Score across all shows that played Bird Song.

7 mentions across the listening journal.

Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works

9/21/7251· Dick's Picks Vol. 36listened 6/1/16
Nice early Bird Song.
4/28/7141· Archivelistened 12/1/16
We get The Rub and an early Bird Song which are both nice.
2/22/7340· Archivelistened 2/22/19
Jerry's playing on Bird Song is especially far out.
10/8/8936· Formerly the Warlockslistened 6/30/26
Great use of effects and pacing during Bird Song.
7/15/8918· Soundboardlistened 7/9/26
Great Bird Song to end the first set.
7/27/7376· Soundboardlistened 7/9/26
Legendary Bird Song.
7/31/8261· Soundboardlistened 7/31/26
Funky Bird Song.

Listen to Bird Song from 1972-08-27 — official release