Grateful Dead Family Discography: Simple Twist of Fate

Simple Twist of Fate

Composer: Bob Dylan

Simple Twist of Fate was performed 3 times by the Grateful Dead with Bob Dylan during the Dylan & The Dead tour in July 1987. These were the only Grateful Dead performances of the song.

Simple Twist of Fate was common feature of the Jerry Garcia Band repertoire between 1976 and 1995. It was also performed by Jerry Garcia and John Kahn in their duo performances in the 1984 to 1986 period. In total Simple Twist of Fate was performed nearly 250 times by Jerry Garcia bands. The version of Simple Twist Of Fate that is included in the Jerry Garcia box set All Good Things is a previously unreleased studio recordings from Spring 1979.

Simple Twist of Fate was performed by Phil Lesh with the SFSC All-Stars during a set of Dylan songs on March 20, 2009. It was also played a few times by Phil Lesh & Friends. The song was performed by Bob Weir and Lukas Nelson on October 18, 2012 at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA.

Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia Band, 1991
All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions, 2004
Pure Jerry: Theatre 1839, July 29 & 30, 1977, 2004
After Midnight: Kean College, 2/28/80, 2004
Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, The Best Of The Rest, 2004
Pure Jerry: Merriweather Post Pavilion, September 1 & 2, 1989, 2005
Pure Jerry: Warner Theatre, March 18, 1978, 2005
Garcia Plays Dylan, 2005
Run for the Roses, 2005 (bonus track)
Pure Jerry: Jerry Garcia Band, San Francisco Bay Area 1978, 2009
Garcia Live: Vol One: March 1st 1980 Capitol Theatre, JGB, 2012
Garcia Live: Vol Four, Jerry Garcia Band, 2014
Garcia Live: Volume 11 Nov 11, 1993, Jerry Garcia Band, 2019
Garcia Live: Volume 14: Jan 27, 1986, Garcia / Kahn, 2020
Garcia Live: Vol 20, Jerry Garcia Band, 2023

Bob Dylan

Blood on the Tracks, 1975
At Budokan, 1978
The Rolling Stone Collection - 25 Years of Essential Rock, Various Artists, 1994
Rolling Stone Collection 1973-1977, Various Artists, 1994
Best Of Bob Dylan, Volume 2, 2000
Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks/Time Out of Mind, 2001
Desire/Blood on the Tracks/Street Legal, 2001
Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue: Bootleg Series, Vol. 5, 2002
Q: Bob Dylan, Vol 2: Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks/Basement Tapes, 2002
Collection Vol. 3: Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks/Infidels, 2005
Dylan, 2007 (3 CD)
Beyond Here Lies Nothin': The Collection, Bob Dylan, 2011

Other recordings

Diamonds And Rust, Joan Baez, 1975
no info The Best of Joan C. Baez, Joan Baez, 1977
no info Classics, Vol. 8, Joan Baez, 1987
Songs Of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Joan Baez), 1989
no info The Best of Tim Curry, Tim Curry, 1989
no info The Essential Joan Baez/From The Heart-Live, Joan Baez, 1990
Just Like A Woman: Judy Sings Dylan, Judy Collins, 1993
no info Imagine, Joan Baez, 1993
no info Still in Hollywood, Concrete Blonde, 1994
no info Diamonds, Joan Baez, 1996
no info Greatest Hits, Joan Baez, 1996
Doin' Dylan, Various Artists (Concrete Blonde), 1996
The Dylan Project, Steve Gibbons, 1998
Barebones & Wildflowers, 1998
Trail, Jimmy LaFave, 1999
Cover Down, Rich Lerner and the Groove, 2000
no info Classic Joan Baez: The Universal Masters Collection, Joan Baez, 2000
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, Andy Hill and Renée Safier, 2001
Live at Cropredy Festival 1999, The Dylan Project, 2001
May Your Song Always Be Sung Again: The Songs of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, Various Artists (King Candy), 2001
no info Gerry Murphy Sings Bob Dylan, Gerry Murphy, 2001
Blood on the Tracks: Recorded Live at Arlene Grocery, Mary Lee's Corvette, 2002
no info Complete A&M Recordings, Joan Baez, 2003
no info Solo Piano, Jim Hudak, 2003
no info Sean Costello, Sean Costello, 2004
no info West on 40, Stacy Sullivan, 2004
no info Dylan sings Bob, Dylan Dryden, 2004
Simple Twist of Fate: DTS Does Dylan, Dave's True Story, 2005
Dylan Covered, Various Artists (Michael Weston King), 2005
Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute Album, Various Artists (Format), 2005
no info Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute Album, Various Artists (Format), 2005
Million Dollar Bash: Missouri Salutes Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Rob Metcalf), 2006
Judas is Saved, Bill Western, 2006
no info Love's a Cover, Michael Weston King, 2006
no info Spell, Kristin Lomholt, 2006
After The Crash, Dylanesque, 2006
Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Honorary Title), 2006
no info Blues Slow Dance, Various Artists (Sean Costello), 2006
I'm Not There Soundtrack, Various Artists (Jeff Tweedy), 2007
Dylanovky, Robert Krestan & Druha Trava, 2007
no info Dylanesque, Bryan Ferry, 2007
no info Dylanesque Live: The London Sessions (DVD), Bryan Ferry, 2007
no info The Tender Place: A Collection 1999-2005, Michael Weston King, 2007
no info The Dylan Project/Live at Cropredy Festival 1999, Steve Gibbons and the Dylan Project, 2008
no info Together Alone, Chris While and Julie Matthews, 2008
Blod På Spora, Tom Roger Aadland, 2009
Younger Than That Now, Various Artists (Dan Wilde), 2011
Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Diana Krall), 2012