Every Dark Star

Here is a key to some of the terminology we will be using in our exploration of Dark Star. There are several themes that reappear in various...

14832 Atlanta 10:29 Verse melody at 2:52. Main theme at 4:18. First verse at 4:48. Goes into Drums. The final Dark Star follows a Playing i...

139174 IL 11:15 Main theme at :06 and 4:20. First verse at 4:31. Goes into Drums. This time there is no spacey jamming preceding Dark Star—...

13801 MSG 8:15 Main theme at 2:08. First verse at 2:25. Goes into Drums. With David Murray sitting in, the band uncorks a 16-minute Estima...

12096 Philadelphia 5:32 Main theme at :06 and 2:58. First verse at 3:12. Goes into Terrapin Station. Playing in the Band is not very long,...

108984 Indiana 7:13 (6:30) Main theme at :52 and 2:18. First verse at 2:26. Goes into The Wheel. This is a show mostly known for a titanic ...

79050 Landover Main theme at :05 and 2:16. First verse at 2:26. Goes into Drums. In hindsight, much looks different (how’s that for a plati...

140831 Oakland 8:46 (7:02). Main theme at 1:44 and 3:26. Second verse at 4:07. Goes into All Along the Watchtower. Space is really cool, b...

140829 Oakland 12:57 First verse at 3:00. Goes into Drums. Garcia initiates Dark Star after The Women are Smarter ends, flashing the intro ...

32490 PA 4:01 Main theme at :05 and 2:15. Second verse at 2:47. Goes into Drums. The end of Victim or the Crime peters out into noodly hint...

32487 Charlotte 6:00 Main theme more or less throughout. Verse melody at 2:36. Goes into All Along the Watchtower. After Space, Garcia sta...

150518 Richfield 8:49 Main theme at :05, :34, and :53. First verse at 1:09. Main theme at 2:22 and 7:12. Goes into The Last Time. A relativ...

141785 Canada 14:08 Main theme at :06. First verse at 1:22. Main theme at 8:40. Verse melody at 8:52. Goes into Drums. This sounds a little...

141629 Landover 11:03 Main theme at :05 and 1:29. First verse at 2:40. Goes into Drums. Garcia and Phil get kind of sideways on the intro l...

139276 Oakland 16:46 (I. 10:50; II. 5:54) Main theme at 1:13 and 1:54. First verse at 3:43. Main theme at II. 2:40. Second verse at 3:58. ...

149553 22:10 (I. 15:28; II. 6:42) First verse at 8:47. Main theme at II. :25. Second verse at II. :36. Goes into Saint of Circumstance, the...

150638 Boston 14:22 First verse at 4:09. Main theme at 11:36. Goes into Drums. A slow tempo at the outset here. Vince hangs on the theme fo...

157119 MSG 24:28 (I. 12:19; II. 12:09) Main theme at :06 First verse at 3:38. Verse melody at 10:48. Second verse at II. :51. Goes into I ...

141316 Shoreline 10:12 (8:40) First verse at 3:52. Verse melody at 5:15. Goes into Promised Land. A pretty short first set Dark Star; this ...

1991-06-28 150679 Denver 1:33 1991-08-17 107826 Shoreline 1:07 1991-09-06 5560 Richfield 3:29 Denver has a nice little bit in the middle ...