Song
Greatest Story Ever Told
270 plays · 1971 – 1995
Stats
Peak year
1972
35 plays
Peak era
Brent Era
77 plays
Years in rotation
21
avg 12.9/yr
Usually
Set 1
71% of plays
Show opener
5%
13 of 251
Set 2 opener
7%
17 of 251
Debuted
1971-02-01Last played
1995-06-27Album
Ace (Bob Weir)
1972
Written by
Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
By decade
70s
102
80s
123
90s
45
Biggest hiatus4y 4m — 1974-10-18 → 1979-02-17
Often comes in from
- 26%Bertha(63×)
- 25%Alabama Getaway(59×)
- 11%Touch of Grey(27×)
Often leads into
- 8%Friend of the Devil(22×)
- 6%Peggy-O(17×)
- 6%West L.A. Fadeaway(17×)
Top-rated versions
By Curator Score across all shows that played Greatest Story Ever Told.
- 1973-11-11San Francisco, CA · Winterland Arena107
- 1972-08-27Veneta, OR · Old Renaissance Faire Grounds94
- 1974-05-19Portland, OR · Portland Memorial Coliseum74
- 1973-03-26Baltimore, MD · Civic Center72
- 1972-09-27Jersey City, NJ · Stanley Theatre70
- 1973-09-08Uniondale, NY · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum70
Every time the Curator wrote about it
2 mentions across the listening journal.
Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works
Touch of Grey to start sets a nice stage right into a rocking Greatest Story Ever Told.
Bertha, Greatest Story Ever Told, Candyman a solid trio to start.
Listen to Greatest Story Ever Told from 1973-11-11 — official release