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The Same Thing
Composer: Willie Dixon

The Grateful Dead performed The Same Thing a handful of times in 1966 and 1967. It was next played on New Year's Eve 1971. It returned to the repertoire in 1991 and was performed about 40 times through to 1995.

The song was played by Phil Lesh & Friends in 2019.



Grateful Dead

info So Many Roads (1965-1995), Grateful Dead, 1999
info Dick's Picks, Vol. 27, Grateful Dead, 2003
info Road Trips: Vol 2, No. 4: Cal Expo 1993, Grateful Dead, 2009
info 30 Trips Around The Sun Box Set, 2015

Other recordings

info The Real Folk Blues, Muddy Waters, 1965
no info Electric Mud, Muddy Waters, 1968
info I Am The Blues, Willie Dixon, 1970
no info McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters, Muddy Waters, 1971
no info Louisiana Red Sings the Blues, Louisiana Red, 1972
no info Fathers And Sons, Muddy Waters and Mike Bloomfield, 1985
no info Chess Masters, Muddy Waters, 1986
no info Live Love Larf and Loaf, French/Frith/Kaiser/Thompson, 1987
no info Midnight in Memphis, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, 1989
info Willie Dixon Chess Box, Various Artists (Muddy Waters), 1989
info The Chess Box, Muddy Waters, 1990
no info What's Good for You, Treat Her Right, 1992
no info Crazy Backwards Alphabet, Crazy Backwards Alphabet, 1992
info Jericho, The Band, 1993
no info Chicago Blues Festival, Vol. 5: 1983-1986, Various Artists (John Watkins), 1993
no info The Baddest Cat on the Block, Eddie C. Campbell, 1994
no info Cross-Eyed Cat, Rondo's Blues Deluxe, 1994
no info Tuesday's Just As Bad, Various Artists (Muddy Waters), 1994
no info Live At Blue Chicago, Johnny Moore, 1995
info An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set, Allman Brothers Band, 1995
no info My Blues and My Guitar, Bob Margolin, 1995
no info The Best Of Louisiana Red, Louisiana Red, 1995
no info Live at Blue Chicago, Johnny B.Moore, 1996
no info Don't Lay Your Blues on Me, Carl Weathersby, 1996
no info Pain & Paradise, The Nighthawks, 1996
no info His Best: 1956 to 1964, Muddy Waters, 1997
no info The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues, Muddy Waters, 1999
no info Folk Singer, Muddy Waters, 1999 (bonus track)
no info Live from Manny's Car Wash, The Todd Wolfe Blues Project, 1999
no info Rising Son, Big Bill Morganfield, 1999
no info Satisfy Me, Billy Branch, 1999
no info A Tribute to Muddy Waters: King of the Blues, Various Artists (John Hiatt), 1999
no info The Songs of Willie Dixon, Various Artists (Willie Smith), 1999
info First Set/Second Set/Seven Turns, Allman Brothers Band, 2000
no info Make Room for the Paying Customer, Linwood Taylor, 2000
no info Love Comin' Down, Sue Foley, 2000
no info Pieces of Eight, Leroi Serge's Harp Attack, 2000
no info A Salute to the Chicago Blues Masters, Various Artists (Willie "Big Eyes" Smith), 2000
no info Blues for a Sunday Morning, Various Artists (Sue Foley), 2000
no info Purveyor, Tiger Blues Band, 2001
no info Stranger in My House, Cyril Lance, 2001
no info Blues Chicago Style: Chicago Blues Away from Home, Various Artists (Eddie Campbell), 2001
no info Chicago Blues Festival: 1969-1986, Various Artists (John Watkins), 2001
no info Texas Cannonball, Freddie King, 2002 (bonus track)
no info The Anthology, Muddy Waters, 2003
no info About Them Shoes, Hubert Sumlin, 2003
no info Live at the Beacon Theater, The Allman Brothers Band, 2003
no info Ready for Love, John Hammond Jr., 2003
no info Got Blues!, Various Artists (John Hammond Jr), 2003
no info Transatlantic Live, Nico Wayne Toussaint, 2004
no info Messin' with the Blues, Muddy Waters with Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, 2004
no info Crucial Slide Guitar Blues, Various Artists (Bob Margolin), 2004
no info Live from the Outskirts, Cyril Lance, 2004
no info Hook Water Wolf, King Muddfish, 2004
no info Real Blue, Gary Gordon, 2005
no info The Definitive Collection, Muddy Waters, 2006
no info Live in Europe, Sue Foley, 2006
no info Blue Moon in Your Eye, The Nighthawks, 2006
no info The Essential Recordings, Vol. 2, Bobby Rush, 2006
no info The Same Thing, Darrell Katz/Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, 2006
no info Gold, Muddy Waters, 2007
no info Weary and Wired, Marc Ford, 2007
no info Raw Blues, Charles "Hog" Hayes Chicago Blues Band, 2007
no info Live at the Alamo Theatre, Eddie Cotton, 2007
no info Lowdown Feelin', The Mannish Boys, 2008
no info Fall Waters Fall, Mud Morganfield, 2008
info Original Album Classics, Allman Brothers Band, 2009
info Taking Care of Business: 1956-1973, Freddie King, 2009
info Electric Willie: A Tribute To Willie Dixon, Elliott Sharp, Henry Kaiser et al, 2010

Allman Brothers Band: Instant Live releases

info Instant Live: Indianapolis, IN, 7/25/03, 2003
info Instant Live, Darien Lake, 8/2/03, 2003
info Instant Live, Rochester Hills, MI, 8/29/04, 2004
info Instant Live, Atlantic City, NJ, 9/4/04, 2004
info Instant Live, Atlanta, GA, 9/26/04, 2004
info Instant Live, Knoxville, 10/4/04, 2004
no info Instant Live, Wanee Festival, 4/15/2005
no info Instant Live, Cleveland, OH, 7/11/2005
no info Instant Live, Bristow, VA, 7/17/2005
no info Instant Live, Holmdel, 8/23/2005
no info Instant Live, Atlantic City, NJ, 8/26/2005
no info Instant Live, Syracuse, 8/27/2005
no info Instant Live, Maryland Heights, MO, 9/16/2005
no info Instant Live, Kansas City, MO, 9/21/2005
no info Instant Live, Knoxville, TN, 9/27/2005
no info Instant Live, Charlottesville, VA, 9/28/2005
no info Instant Live, Charlotte, NC, 10/2/2005
info Live, Wanee Festival, 4/14/06, 2006
info Live, Cincinnati, OH, 6/16/06, 2006
info Live, Indianapolis, IN, 6/20/06, 2006
info Live, Erie, PA, 8/11/06, 2006
info Live, Camden, NJ, 8/18/06, 2006
info Live, Scranton, PA, 8/27/06, 2006
info Live, Morrison, CO, 9/1/06, 2006
info Instant Live, Rama, Canada, 7-31-07, 2007
info Live, Saratoga Spgs, NY, 8-5-07, 2007
info Live, Raleigh, NC 8-11-07, 2007
info Live, Bristow, VA 8-14-07, 2007
info Live, Clarkston, MI 8-24-07, 2007
info Live, St. Paul, MN, 8-28-07, 2007
info Live, Council Bluffs, IA, 8-31-07, 2007
info Live, Snowmass, CO, 9-2-07, 2007
info Live, Wantagh, NY, 8/13/08, 2008
info Live, Hartford, CT, 8/20/08, 2008
info Live, Hershey, PA, 8/25/08, 2008
info Live, Fayetteville, AR, 9/26/08, 2008
info Live, Charlotte, NC, 10/04/08, 2008
info Live, Pelham, AL, 10/07/08, 2008
info Live, Atlanta, GA, 10/11/08, 2008
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/9/09, 2009
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/13/09, 2009
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/21/09, 2009
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/24/09, 2009
info Live, Oakland, CA, 5/13/09, 2009
info Live, Los Angeles, CA, 5/20/09, 2009
info Live, Indio, CA, 5/23/09, 2009
info Live, Wanee Festival, 6/5/09, 2009
info Live, Holmdel, NJ 8/19/09, 2009
info Live, Bethel, NY 8/26/09, 2009
info Live, Morrison, CO 9/5/09, 2009
info Live, Portsmouth, VA 10/07/09, 2009
info Live, Raleigh, NC 10/11/09, 2009
info Live, Clearwater, FL 10/21/09, 2009
info Live, United Palace, NYC, 3/16/10, 2010
info Live, United Palace, NYC, 3/20/10, 2010
info Live, Live Oak, FL, 4/16/10, 2010
info Live, Huntsville, AL, 4/24/10, 2010
info Live, Washington, DC, 11/12/10, 2010
info Live, Boston, MA, 11/19/10, 2010
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/11/11, 2011
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/17/11, 2011
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/22/11, 2011
info Live, Philadelphia, PA, 11/26/11, 2011
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/09/12, 2012
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/14/12, 2012
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/21/12, 2012
info Live, Raleigh, NC, 8/4/12, 2012
info Live, Boston, MA, 8/7/12, 2012
info Live, Scranton, PA, 8/11/12, 2012
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/6/13, 2013
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/12/13, 2013
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/11/14, 2014
info Live, Beacon Theater, NYC, 3/18/14, 2014

 
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