Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs were formed in 1982 following a trio show by Barry Melton, Peter Albin and Spencer Dryden. During this show a member of the audience asked if they knew a specific song and Melton replied "No, we're just a bunch of old dinosaurs." John Cipollina was asked if he wanted to join and the quartet became Dinosaurs. Their intention was to encourage guests to sit in and to play for fun and not all that frequently as they were involved in other groups. Robert Hunter sat in for part of an early show in June 1982 and became a member of the band.

Robert Hunter left the band in 1984 and Merl Saunders joined. Dinosaurs continued to play intermittently through the 1980's. John Cipollina died in 1989. Papa John Creach joined the band in 1990. They performed their last show as Dinosaurs in 1996.

Guests who have sat in with the band over the years include; Mickey Hart, Michael Wilhelm, Nicky Hopkins, David Getz, Sam Andrew, David Nelson, Country Joe McDonald, Matthew Kelly, Norton Buffalo, David Bennett Cohen, Kathi McDonald, Charlie Musselwhite, David LaFlamme, Skip Spence and James Gurley.

Additions, corrections and comments are welcome

Dinosaurs albums

Dinosaurs repertoire

After Midnight
Ain't It Good To Be Alive (see Better Bad Luck)
Amagamalin Street
The Answer (see Do I Move You?)
Babble On (see Babylon)
Babylon
Banana Boat Song
Beautiful City
Better Bad Luck
Betty And Dupree
Blind Man
Blue Suede Shoes
The Bomb Song
Boogie On Reggae Woman
Boys In The Barroom
Bright Sun Is Shining (see Sun Is Shining)
Bring It With You When You Come
Built For Comfort
Butcher's Boy
Caterpillar
Closer
Codine
Colorado Town
Come On (see Love)
Crooked Judge
The Cuckoo
The Dance (aka Do The Dance)
Dancin' Fool (see I'm A Dancin' Fool)
Dinosaur
Do I Move You?
Down The Road A Piece
Dust My Broom
Easy Wind
Falling For Your Love (see Caterpillar)
Fire On The Mountain
Flying High
Franklin's Tower
Gallo Del Cielo
Get It All Together
Good Old Rock And Roll
Good To Be Alive (see Better Bad Luck)
Got Love (see Love)
Gypsy Parlor Light
Helping Hand (see S.O.S.)
Hi-Heel Sneakers
Highway 61 Revisited
Hokey Pokey (aka Hokey Cokey)
Honky Tonk Jekyll & Hyde
How Blue Can You Get
Howard Hughes Blughes
I Can See Clearly Now
I Can't Dance
I Can't Get Started
I Got Love (see Love)
I'm A Dancin' Fool
If You're In A Hurry (see One Thing To Try)
Independence Day
It
Jack O' Diamonds (see The Cuckoo)
The Jealous Kind
Jesse James
Johnny B Goode
Just A Vagabond (?)
Kick In The Head
Last Flash Of Rock & Roll
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Lay Back Baby
Level With Me
Love
The Love Machine
Lovely Night For Dancing
Midnight Special
Mojo Navigator
Mona
Motel Party Baby
Mountains In Dreamland
My Creole Belle
My Darlin' Baby (see My Creole Belle)
My Problems Got Problems
New Minglewood Blues
New Speedway Boogie
New York Town
No More Country Girls
One Thing To Try
One Way Out
Only To Believe
Passin' Through
Pastures Of Plenty
Please Don't Drop That H Bomb On Me (see The Bomb Song)
Promontory Rider
Radiation (see Seventh Seal)
Reelin' & A-Pitchin'
Resurrection Rag
Rock And Roll Music
Rock Around The Clock
Route 66
Ruby (see The Jealous Kind)
S.O.S.
Same Old Face (see Closer)
San Francisco Shuffle
Save The Whales
Seventh Seal
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Ships On The Mountain (see Mountains In Dreamland)
Slack String Quartet
Sloop John B
Someone To Love Me (see Who's Gonna Love Me)
St Louis Blues
Standing Down In New York Town (see New York Town)
Strange Way
Streetwise
Sugaree
Sun Is Shining
Take A Whiff On Me
Talkin' Money Tree
Tell Ol' Bill
That Pleases Me (see Do I Move You?)
That's How Strong My Love Is
(Thing Called) Love (see Love)
Thirty Days
Tiger Rose
To Believe (see Only To Believe)
Treat Her Right (see When You Got A Good Friend)
Tricky Dicky
Trouble In Mind
Twelve Gates Of The City (see Beautiful City)
Way Down (see Jesse James)
We Are Like The Ocean
West LA Fadeaway
What Can It Be? (see It)
When You Got A Good Friend
Who Makes The Moves?
Who's Gonna Love Me
Wild About My Baby (see Bring It With You When You Come)
Willie And The Hand Jive
Worried Man Blues
Worried Song
You Can Leave Your Hat On
You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
You Gave Me The Sunshine