Late Night With David Letterman / Late Show with David Letterman

Between 1982 and 1993 members of the Grateful Dead appeared on Late Night With David Letterman and The Late Show with David Letterman on five occasions. On at least two other shows other performers played Grateful Dead songs.

Appearances

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir appeared on this show. They played Deep Elum Blues and The Monkey And The Engineer and were interviewed by Letterman.

Late Night With David Letterman, show 915, season 6, September 17, 1987

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir appeared on this show. They performed When I Paint My Masterpiece and sat in with the Late Night Band playing Good Loving, All Along the Watchtower, Walking The Dog, Tore Up Over You and Kansas City during intros. They were also interviewed and shown during a game of scrabble backstage with Garcia and Letterman arguing over the use of the word "truckin". The other main guest on this show was Sugar Ray Leonard.

Late Night With David Letterman, show 1210, season 8, October 13, 1989

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir appeared on this show. They performed I Second That Emotion and played with Late Night band on Another Brick In The Wall, I Can't Turn You Loose, The Mighty Quinn, Hideaway and Good Loving during the commercial breaks. They were interviewed by Letterman and were promoting the release of Built To Last. The main main guest on the programme was Woody Harrelson.

Late Night With David Letterman, show 1532, season 10, September 27, 1991

Rob Wasserman and Bob Weir appeared on this show. They performed The Winners. They also played with the Late Night band on (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) and Truckin'. The other main guest was Melanie Griffith.

Late Show with David Letterman, show 13, season 1, September 15, 1993

David Grisman and Jerry Garcia appeared on this show and played Friend Of The Devil. This song was subsequently released on the CD, Live on Letterman: Music from the Late Show, Various Artists, 1997.

Songs played by other performers

Lyle Lovett appeared on this show and played Friend Of The Devil. A version of the song performed by Lovett had recently been included on the Deadicated album.

Late Night With David Letterman, show 1472, season 10, May 3, 1991

Dwight Yoakam appeared on this show and played Truckin'. A version of the song performed by Yoakam had recently been included on the Deadicated album.