During their offseason, both John Mayer and Bob Weir promised fans that they would be debuting some new material throughout their summer tour with Dead & Company. With such a rich catalog to choose from, the band ultimately pulled out 17 new songs during their 2016 performances. A good portion of these new songs were actually Bob Dylan covers (six, to be precise), and one was performed as a tribute to the late Rob Wasserman, who passed away earlier in the summer.
While there are still a handful of Grateful Dead songs that the band has yet to play, check out which 17 songs made their debuts this year!
1. Queen Jane Approximately (5/23/16 at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA)
2. Big Railroad Blues (5/23/16 at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA)
3. Days Between (5/23/16 at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA)
4. Liberty (6/10/16 PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC)
5. Passenger (6/12/16 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, TN)
6. Box of Rain (6/16/16 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH)
7. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (6/17/16 Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN)
8. Black Muddy River (6/17/16 Klipsch Music Center, Noblesville, IN)
9. All Along The Watchtower (6/20/16 BB&T Pavilion, Camden, NJ)
10. Throwing Stones (6/25/16 Citi Field, New York, NY)
11. Even So (7/2/16 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO)
12. Next Time You See Me (7/3/16 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO)
13. When I Paint My Masterpiece (7/7/16 DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI)
14. Dire Wolf (7/9/16 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI)
15. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (7/9/16 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI)
16. Maggie’s Farm (7/13/16 First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA)
17. Easy Wind (7/22/16 Moda Center, Portland, OR)