Viola Lee Blues
Details
- Band
- The Grateful Dead
- Play count
- 37
- First played
- 1966-01-28 — The Matrix
Lyrics
The judge decreed it, the clerk he wrote it.
Clerk he wrote it down indeed-e
Judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it down
Give you this jail sentence you'll be Nashville bound
Some got six month some got one solid.
Some got one solid year indeed-e
Some got six month some got one solid.
But me and my buddies all got lifetime here
I wrote a letter I mailed in the air, Mailed it on the air indeed-e
I wrote a letter I mailed in the air.
You may know by that I've got a friend somewhere
Links
Performances
| Date | Venue | Location | Set | # | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-27 | Levi's Stadium | Santa Clara, California | Set 1: | 6 | — |
| 1970-10-31 | Stony Brook Gymnasium | Stony Brook, New York | — | 10 | — |
| 1970-10-31 | Gymnasium / SUNY | Stony Brook, New York | Set 1 | 10 | |
| 1970-07-12 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 2 | 19 | |
| 1970-05-02 | West Gym / Harpur College | Binghamton, New York | Set 3 | 18 | |
| 1970-04-12 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 15 | |
| 1970-03-21 | Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, New York | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1970-03-20 | Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, New York | Set 3 | 11 | |
| 1969-04-26 | Electric Theater | Chicago, Illinois | Encore | 16 | |
| 1969-04-21 | The Ark | Boston, MA | Encore | 12 | |
| 1969-04-06 | Avalon Ballroom | San Francisco, California | Encore | 12 | |
| 1968-05-08 | Electric Circus | New York | Set 1 | 1 | — |
| 1968-03-03 | Haight Street | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1968-02-23 | King's Beach Bowl | Lake Tahoe, California | Set 1 | 1 | — |
| 1968-02-02 | Crystal Ballroom | Portland, Oregon | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1968-01-27 | Eagles Auditorium | Seattle, WA | Set 1 | 4 | — |
| 1968-01-20 | Eureka Municipal Auditorium | Eureka, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1967-11-10 | Shrine Exposition Hall | Los Angeles, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1967-09-15 | Hollywood Bowl | Hollywood, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1967-09-03 | Rio Nido Ballroom | Rio Nido, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1967-08-04 | O'Keefe Center | Toronto, ON, CA | Set 1 | 2 | |
| 1967-06-18 | Monterey County Fairgrounds | Monterey, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1967-04-29 | Earl Warren Showgrounds | Santa Barbara, California | Set 1 | 1 | — |
| 1967-04-09 | Panhandle / Golden Gate Park | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 4 | — |
| 1967-03-18 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 2 | 11 | |
| 1967-01-14 | Polo Field / Golden Gate Park | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 | — |
| 1966-12-01 | The Matrix | United States | Set 2 | 11 | |
| 1966-11-29 | The Matrix | United States | Set 2 | 5 | |
| 1966-11-18 | Fillmore Auditorium | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 7 | |
| 1966-10-31 | California Hall | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 1 | — |
| 1966-07-29 | P.N.E. Garden Auditorium | Vancouver, BC, CA | Set 2 | 7 | |
| 1966-07-16 | Fillmore Auditorium | San Francisco, California | Set 2 | 7 | |
| 1966-07-03 | Fillmore Auditorium | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 5 | |
| 1966-05-19 | Avalon Ballroom | San Francisco, California | Set 1 | 3 | |
| 1966-04-24 | Longshoreman's Hall | United States | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1966-03-12 | Danish Center | Los Angeles, California | Set 1 | 1 | |
| 1966-01-28 | The Matrix | United States | Set 1 | 1 | — |
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