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Help on the Way

At a glance: Help on the Way and The Grateful Dead

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Fans have heard The Grateful Dead play Help on the Way live 110 times, from 1975 to 1995. It turns up about once every 13 shows. It appeared in 1 of The Grateful Dead's last 25 shows. That is down from 3 in the 25 shows before. Its longest break was 5 years, 5 months, between October 1977 and March 1983. The song is in its longest break yet right now.

It has been played at 71 different venues in 59 cities across 3 countries. Its most frequent stop is Oakland Coliseum Arena (6 times). It has been played on October 22 exactly once (in 1989).

It has opened the show 38 times. It is often paired with Slipknot!: the two were played back to back in 110 of its 110 performances (40 of them as a segue). It most often follows Samson and Delilah (8 times).

Fans heard it live 2 months before it was released on Blues for Allah (1975).

At a glance: Help on the Way and all bands

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Across all 14 bands on the site, Help on the Way has been played live 839 times, from 1975 to 2026. It turns up about once every 7.8 shows. Other bands account for 729 plays beyond The Grateful Dead, led by Phil Lesh and Friends with 178. It appeared in 7 of the last 25 shows across all bands. That is up from 4 in the 25 shows before.

It has been played at 469 different venues in 259 cities across 9 countries. Its most frequent stop is Terrapin Crossroads (47 times).

It is often paired with Slipknot!: the two were played back to back in 821 of its 839 performances (324 of them as a segue).

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Paradise waits, on the crest of a wave, her angels in flames.
She has no pain, like a child she is pure, she is not to blame.
Poised for flight, wings spread bright, spring from night into the sun.
Don't stop to run, she can fly like a lie, she can't be outdone.

Tell me the cost; I can pay, let me go, tell me love is not lost.
Sell everything; without love day to day insanity's king.
I will pay day by day, anyway, lock, bolt and key.
Crippled but free, I was blind all the time I was learning to see.

Help on the way, well, I know only this, I've got you today.
Don't fly away, cause I love what I love and I want it that way.
I will stay one more day, like I say, honey it's you.
Making it too, without love in a dream it will never come true.

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