Early Dead Covers

I've put together a list of the first known performances of the Dead's cover songs in the '60s and '70s.

These are listed by the order first performed; but in many cases the Dead played a song in rehearsals, sometimes for years, long before playing it live. Often they'd drop a song and then bring it back years later - in those cases I provided both dates.

This is as complete as I could make it. There are, though, a lot of things I did NOT include:
- original songs. These are covered here:
http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/09/dead-song-debuts.html
- songs only performed in 1966. That year has a unique repertoire that deserves an article of its own - if a song didn't make it past 1967, I didn't list it. See:
http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/deads-1966-songs.html
- covers done after 1979. There are lots of these, of course, but someone else can handle them better than I could.
- instrumentals. (These might include the Foxy Lady jam on 4-21-69, the Close Encounters jam on 1-22-78; the various jams on Darkness Darkness or Tighten Up or Feelin' Groovy in 1970; teases like the 3-28-72 Sidewalks of New York or the 4-21&24-78 Stayin' Alive; or tuning ditties like Funiculi Funicula, etc.) I did make a couple exceptions to this.
- songs only performed in the acoustic sets of '69/70; I've already listed those in a previous post. But I did note a couple that 'broke out' into electric sets as well.
http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/deads-acoustic-sets-1969-1970.html
- songs only performed with guests (such as the 12-10-69 Black Queen, and other songs only done with Elvin Bishop, Jorma Kaukonen, or Bo Diddley) - since these are already linked in my guest-appearance listing.
http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/08/crowded-dead-stage-1967-1975.html

Aside from these exceptions, I'm sure I missed a few songs, so corrections are welcome!

I also noted, where possible, the recording the Dead were covering (which is not always by the original songwriter; sometimes the song is much older than the artist they took it from). Deaddisc.com and the Lyric & Song Finder are of inestimable help in these kinds of searches.

(Note that in early '66, dates are tentative and frequently wrong. For instance, the old "3/12/66" show is now thought to be 3/19/66; Lemieux provided a setlist for the actual 3/12/66 - the first half of it is what's circulating as the second set of 5/19/66, and the second half is what's known as 2/25/66. But he turned out to be wrong about redating the 5/19/66 set, so that puts his "3/12/66" date in doubt as well! And much of what's been released from early '66 has no date at all. There's also no telling just how early the songs of early '66 were introduced to their repertoire. In short, though I'll order the songs by the 'standard' dates for convenience, everything I list from early '66 should be thought of as just "early '66 sometime" with no chronology implied.)

I Know You Rider [traditional; no specific source] - studio recording November '65 (on Birth of the Dead CD); first live recording Jan '66 or 2/25/66 (after '66, was dropped until 9/30/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1966-XX-XX.sbd.GEMS.81254.flac16 (track 17)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-02-25.sbd.unknown.1593.sbefail.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-09-30.aud.early.hollister.80.sbeok.shnf

We have several covers played at our earliest taped Dead show:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1966-01-08.sbd.bershaw.5410.shnf

Death Don't Have No Mercy [Rev. Gary Davis, 1960] - 1/8/66

King Bee [orig. Slim Harpo, 1957/Rolling Stones, 1964] - 1/8/66 (after '66, was dropped until 2/11/69)

I'm a Hog For You Baby [Coasters, 1959] - 1/8/66 (also 3/25/66; after '66, was only played on 4/6/71)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-03-25.sbd.unknown.38.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-04-06.sbd.stephens.18735.sbeok.shnf

La Bamba [Richie Valens, 1959] - studio instrumental 2/23/66 (labeled as Good Lovin'); live 11/11/70 in a medley with Good Lovin'; then not heard til 1987
http://www.dead.net/features/february-23-march-1-2009
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-11-11.aud.cotsman.17081.sbeok.shnf

Who Do You Love [Bo Diddley, 1956] - recorded in a March '66 studio demo; a snatch of it is played in the 11/11/70 jams; Pigpen then sings a bit of it in the Caution jams on 4/14 and 5/11/72.
http://archive.org/details/gd1966-03-09.sbd.sorochty.125516.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/gd72-04-14.sbd.hurwitt.8828.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd72-05-11.sbd.samaritano.9357.sbeok.shnf

We then have a set of undated recordings, from various shows in January-April:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1966-XX-XX.sbd.GEMS.81254.flac16

Viola Lee Blues [Cannon's Jug Stompers, 1928] - Jan '66 (track 16 is the earliest; also played 3/19/66) - see also the first rehearsal from January:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-01-xx.sbd.hanno-uli.18846.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-03-19.sbd.scotton.81951.sbeok.flac

Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [orig. Sonny Boy Williamson/Junior Wells, 1965] - ??/66 (track 5 - with You Don't Love Me, which was also played 12/1/66)

Don't Ease Me In [Henry Thomas, 1928] - ??/66; studio recording June '66 (on Birth of the Dead CD); also live 7/16/66 (after '66, was dropped until 3/20/70; after '70 acoustic sets, dropped until 9/16/72; after '75 hiatus, dropped until 2/7/79).
I will spare you all the links for this one.

New Orleans [Gary Bonds, 1960] - 2/12/66; revived 8/29/69 (also played 6/6/70, 11/8/70)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-08-29.sbd.cotsman.8996.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1970-06-06.sbd.miller.86951.sbeok.flac16
(This is debatable since the 2/12/66 rendition barely matches the song, but they probably played it other times that year.)

Midnight Hour [Wilson Pickett, 1965] - Jan/Feb '66 (also 3/19/66)

Beat It On Down the Line [Jesse Fuller, 1961] - ??/66 (also 3/19/66)

It's A Sin [Jimmy Reed, 1958] - ??/66 (also 3/19/66; after '66, was played on 10/10/68, otherwise dropped until 4/5/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd68-10-10.sbd.miller-ladner.4513.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-04-05.sbd.miller.18701.sbesok.shnf
(I believe the blues instrumental played on 2/23/66 is also It's A Sin, but with no lyrics, can't be certain.)

The release of the Rare Cuts & Oddities CD proved quite a surprise, unearthing songs that no one knew had been covered so early:

Not Fade Away [orig. Buddy Holly, 1957/Rolling Stones, 1964] - early '66 (on Rare Cuts); 2/19/69; next heard as a false start on 4/23/69; finally introduced into Dead's sets on 12/21/69
http://www.archive.org/details/gd68-06-19.sbd.cotsman.4511.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-04-23.sbd.wise.70.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-12-21.sbd.vernon.12927.sbeok.shnf

Walking the Dog [Rufus Thomas, 1963] - early '66 (on Rare Cuts); revived 3/21/70 early show (also played 11/9/70; then disappears until 1984)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-03-21.early.lee.pcrp.20184.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-11-09.aud.hanno.7591.sbeok.shnf

Big Railroad Blues [Cannon's Jug Stompers, 1928] - early '66 (on Rare Cuts); revived 6/24/70 (also done 9/7/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1970-06-24.aud.unknown.gadsden-reynolds.100223.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-09-07.sbd.dfinney.5808.sbeok.shnf (This was a drunken 'oldies' show with Garcia & Hot Tuna - it also has Twist and Shout, which was murdered by the Dead on one of the ??/66 reels.)

Promised Land [Chuck Berry, 1964] - early '66 (on Rare Cuts); revived 5/29/71
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-05-29.aud.cotsman.19153.sbeok.shnf (poor AUD)

Our next dated show gives us several more covers:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-02-25.sbd.unknown.1593.sbefail.shnf

Cold Rain & Snow [traditional; Obray Ramsey, 1961] - 2/25/66 (played through '67, then dropped until 5/31/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-05-31.sbd.oleynick.76.sbeok.shnf

Next Time You See Me [Junior Parker, 1957] - 2/25/66 (after '67, was dropped until 9/27/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-09-27.aud.hanno.14857.sbeok.shnf

On the Road Again [Memphis Jug Band, 1928] - 2/25/66 (played again 12/1/66; after '66, was dropped until 1980)

We have quite a few new songs & covers at our next show, 5/19/66 - several of them wouldn't become Dead standards until 1969:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-05-19.sbd.lestatkat.6516.sbeok.shnf

It Hurts Me Too [Elmore James, 1958] - 5/19/66

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [Bob Dylan, 1965] - 5/19/66 (after '66, was dropped until 4/6/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-04-06.sbd.fm.cotsman.9492.sbeok.shnf

Sittin' On Top Of The World [orig. Mississippi Sheiks, 1930/Bill Monroe, 1957/Carl Perkins, 1958/etc.] - 5/19/66 (after '66, next heard on 3/26/68, then resurfaces 4/15/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd68-03-26.aud.cotsman.6029.sbeok.shnf (Check out the comment: "We never did that one very good even when we were doing it.")
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-04-15.aud.miller.31435.sbeok.flacf

New Minglewood Blues [Noah Lewis Jug Band, 1930] - 5/19/66 (after '66, was dropped until 4/26/69, was then rarely performed until '76 - six times in '70 and two in '71)
4/26/69 is N/A on the Archive, but the other '69 performance is here:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-08-21.sbd.cotsman.13850.sbeok.shnf

Silver Threads & Golden Needles [orig. Wanda Jackson, 1956/Springfields, 1962/others] - 5/19/66 (also on Rare Cuts; after '66, was dropped until 4/26/69)
Next available performance:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-06-22.aud.hanno.8836.sbefail.shnf

Good Lovin' [Olympics, 1965/Young Rascals, 1966] - 5/19/66 (also on Rare Cuts; after '66 was dropped until 5/7/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-05-07.sbd.cotsman.6028.sbeok.shnf (Jerry sings this and the next two on 8/29 and 9/6/69)

7/3/66 is our next show with a bunch of new covers - note that the Archive link is screwed up since the songfiles list the 3/25/66 setlist! It plays the right show, though.
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-07-03.sbd.unknown.40.sbeok.shnf

Dancing in the Street [Martha & the Vandellas, 1964] - 7/3/66

He Was a Friend of Mine [traditional; Mark Spoelstra, 1965] - 7/3/66

Big Boss Man [Jimmy Reed, 1960] - 7/3/66 (after '66, heard once in 1967, then dropped until 6/27/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd67-09-03.sbd.backus.17272.sbeok.shnf ("an old song")
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-06-27.sbd.samaritano.20547.sbeok.shnf

These three songs can also be heard at our next show:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1966-07-16.sbd.miller.89555.sbeok.flac16

Nobody's Fault But Mine [Blind Willie Johnson, 1928] - 7/16/66 (also played 12/1/66; after '66 was dropped until 5/14/70 & 6/13/70 as a jam within New Speedway; then was dropped again until 10/2/72 when it became part of the post-Truckin' jam)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1970-05-14.sbd.warner-evans.28716.sbeok.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-06-13.sbd.hanno.9079.sbefail.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd72-10-02.sbd.lai.158.sbefail.shnf

Our next few shows don't offer anything new setlist-wise, but towards the end of the year we find some new covers in 11/19/66. (This show could actually be from 3/17/67, but for now I'll leave the traditional date.)
http://archive.org/details/gd1966-11-19.sbd.miller.94106.sbeok.flac16

Same Thing [Muddy Waters, 1965] - 11/19/66 (also played 11/29/66 and 3/18/67; then not heard again until 12/31/71; reintroduced in '90s)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-12-31.fm.lanum.135.sbeok.shnf
(The version dated 9/16/66 is actually from 11/29/66.)

Hi-Heel Sneakers [Tommy Tucker, 1964] - 11/19/66 (not heard again until 8/3/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1969-08-03.sbd.miller.30652.sbeok.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-08-28.sbd.lepley.4234.sbeok.shnf (a Hartbeats show, which also has the last It's A Sin until the 6/18/74 jam)

Smokestack Lightning [Howlin' Wolf, 1956] - 11/19/66 (after 3/18/67, next heard on 3/3/68, then 5/7/69, and only ten Pigpen performances thereafter)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd67-03-18.sbd.fink.10282.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd68-03-03.aud.vernon.9374.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-05-07.sbd.cotsman.6028.sbeok.shnf (partial)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-06-06.sbd.jupile.9494.sbeok.shnf (with Elvin Bishop)

Me and My Uncle [John Phillips, author; no specific source recording] - 11/29/66 (after '67, was dropped until 4/27/69)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-11-29.sbd.ret.20448.sbeok.shnf
4/27/69 is a Dick's Pick, but the next performance is here:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-05-03.aud.phunk1.73.sbeok.shnf

Big Boy Pete [Olympics, 1960] - 11/29/66 (also done 9/6/69, 12/31/69, 3/1/70, 9/20/70)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-09-06.sbd.samaritano.16608.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-03-01.sbd.hanno.4641.sbefail.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-09-20.aud.remaster.sirmick.27583.sbeok.shnf

I Just Want To Make Love To You [Muddy Waters, 1954] - 11/29/66 (the only performance until 1984)

Deep Elem Blues [numerous country versions; no specific source known] - 12/1/66 (then dropped until 3/20/70)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-12-01.sbd.sirmick.26968.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1970-03-20.sbd.smith.99182.sbeok.flac16

Morning Dew [orig. Bonnie Dobson, 1962; numerous covers, no single source] - 3/18/67
http://archive.org/details/gd67-03-18.sbd.fink.10282.sbeok.shnf
(The Dew on http://www.archive.org/details/gd67-01-14.sbd.vernon.9108.sbeok.shnf turned out to be from late '68.)

Turn On Your Lovelight [Bobby Bland, 1961] - 7/23/67
http://archive.org/details/gd1967-00-00.125314.sbd.studio.sorochty.flac16 (studio rehearsal)
http://archive.org/details/gd1967-07-23.aud.sorochty.125462.flac16 (at end, cut off)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1967-08-05.sbd.10356.shnf (complete)

We Bid You Goodnight [traditional; Joseph Spence & Pindar Family, 1965] - 3/16/68 (also played instrumentally in some Alligators on that tour, for instance 2/24/68)
http://archive.org/details/gd1968-03-16.sbd.miller.109944.flac16
(The version here was actually from 3/31/68: http://www.archive.org/details/gd1968-01-22.sbd.miller.97342.sbeok.flac16)

Death Letter Blues [Son House, 1965] - 10/30/68 Hartbeats (only performance)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd68-10-30.sbd.sacks.1205.sbeok.shnf

Hey Jude [Beatles, 1968] - 2/11/69 (also done 3/1/69)
Hard to believe, but both versions have been officially released.

Hard to Handle [Otis Redding, 1968] - 3/15/69
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-03-15.sbd.cotsman.4280.sbeok.shnf

Green Grass of Home [Porter Wagoner, 1965] - 5/31/69
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-05-31.sbd.oleynick.76.sbeok.shnf
(Significant as the first of the pedal-steel songs; for details on other country covers the Dead introduced in 1969, check my acoustic-sets post.)

Mama Tried [Merle Haggard, 1968] - 6/21/69 (This show also has the debut of Slewfoot.)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-06-21.early-late.aud-sbd.cotsman.16334.sbeok.shnf

Seasons of My Heart [George Jones, 1955] - 8/2/69 (also done 11/2, 12/31/69, and a few times in 1970)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-08-02.sbd.miller.30651.sbeok.flacf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1969-11-02.sbd.miller.32350.sbeok.flac16

Searchin' [Coasters, 1957] - 8/29/69 (also done 11/8/70, and with the Beach Boys 4/27/71)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-08-29.sbd.cotsman.8996.sbeok.shnf
(The Dead do a few oldies at this show: New Orleans>Searchin', and a Jerry-sung Good Lovin' that has an alternate intro sounding a lot like La Bamba, which has the same chords. Note that 8/29 and 9/6/69 are the last Good Lovin's that Jerry sings, before Pigpen takes over.)

It's All Over Now [orig. Valentinos, 1964/Rolling Stones, 1964] - 9/6/69 (also done 11/20/70)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-09-06.sbd.samaritano.16608.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-11-20.aud.cotsman.9001.sbeok.shnf
(9/6/69 also catches the Dead in an oldies mood, as they bring out a couple rare covers like this one and Big Boy Pete.)

Monkey & the Engineer [Jesse Fuller, 1961] - 12/19/69 (usually an acoustic song, it was done electric a few times)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd69-12-19.sbd.hanno.9183.sbeok.shnf

The Race Is On [George Jones, 1964] - 12/31/69 (done acoustic & with NRPS in 1970; then dropped until 3/19/73)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1969-12-31.sbd.miller.95420.sbeok.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1973-03-19.sonyecm.moskal.97417.flac16(AUD)

Dark Hollow [Bill Browning, 1958; & others] - 2/14/70 (usually an acoustic song, but it was done electric a couple times in 1971)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-10-31.early.sbd.fischer.6517.sbeok.shnf (the first electric Dark Hollow - and the last Viola Lee)

Two Trains Running [Muddy Waters, 1951] - this is just a verse or two sung by Pigpen in the Lovelights on 2/27/70 and 12/15/71
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-02-27.sbd.clugston.2191.sbeok.shnf (19 minutes into Lovelight)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-12-15.sbd.cotsman.12615.sbeok.shnf (in the Lovelight reprise, after I'm A Man - the only performance of that one other than 3/25/72 with Bo Diddley)

It's a Man's World [James Brown, 1966] - 4/9/70
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-04-09.sbd.hanno.6157.sbeok.shnf
(This show also has the mysterious "Cowboy Song".)

Frozen Logger [numerous versions; no specific source known] - 5/7/70 (also done 6/21/70, 12/26/70, and 8/25/72)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-05-07.aud.weiner-gdADT04.5439.sbefail.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-06-21.aud.hanno.6160.sbeok.shnf (in the Intro)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-12-26.sbd.miller.22369.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1972-08-25.sbd.miller.92840.sbeok.flac16

Ain't It Crazy/The Rub [Lightnin' Hopkins] - 5/15/70 (first played by Mother McCree's jugband in 1964; played acoustic in 1970 & electric in early 1971)
http://archive.org/details/gd71-03-18.sbd.yerys.1663.sbeok.shnf (first electric version)

Big Railroad Blues [Cannon's Jug Stompers, 1928] - 6/24/70 (acoustic; was also played by Garcia & Hot Tuna 9/7/69; later played electric)
http://archive.org/details/gd69-09-07.sbd.dfinney.5808.sbeok.shnf
http://archive.org/details/gd1970-06-24.aud.unknown.gadsden-reynolds.100223.flac16
http://archive.org/details/gd1970-10-30.sbd-late.cousinit.29190.shnf (first electric version)

El Paso [Marty Robbins, 1959] - 7/11/70
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-07-11.aud.cotsman.9379.sbefail.shnf (Poor AUD. This show also has the only So Sad, an Everly Brothers cover.)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-07-14.sbd.cotsman.17815.sbeok.shnf (First electric version. Jerry says, "Here's where Weir gets his wish, at the expense of everybody.")

Goin' Down the Road [traditional; no single source recording] - instrumental 10/10/70, song 10/11/70
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-10-10.aud.hanno.7590.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-10-11.aud.cotsman.9500.sbeok.shnf

11/8/70 is famed for its rare covers:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1970-11-08.aud.weiner.28609.sbeok.shnf

Around & Around [Chuck Berry, 1958/Rolling Stones, 1964] - 11/8/70

Mystery Train [Junior Parker, 1953] - 11/8/70 (only time played)
My Babe [Little Walter, 1955] - 11/8/70 (only time played)
(Also the rare New Orleans>Searchin', reprised from 8/29/69.)

Me & Bobby McGee [orig. Kris Kristofferson; Janis Joplin, 1970] - 11/29/70 (first played in NRPS set 11/6/70)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-11-06.aud.warner.17183.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-11-29.aud.hanno.7592.sbeok.shnf

Johnny B Goode [Chuck Berry, 1958] - 1/22/71 (previously done by Garcia & Hot Tuna 9/7/69, and by Weir & Hot Tuna 12/31/70)
http://archive.org/details/gd69-09-07.sbd.dfinney.5808.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-12-31.aftershow.sbd.cole.6171.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-01-22.sbd.cotsman.12592.sbeok.shnf

Sing Me Back Home [Merle Haggard, 1967] - 4/5/71
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-04-05.sbd.stephens.16606.sbeok.shnf (starts out as onstage practice)

Oh Boy [Buddy Holly, 1957] - 4/6/71 (only electric performance; some later acoustic versions)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-04-06.sbd.stephens.18735.sbeok.shnf (along with I'm a Hog For You Baby)

Second That Emotion [Smokey Robinson, 1967] - 4/8/71 (only played seven times that month)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-04-08.sbd.lai.120.sbefail.shnf

Get Back [Beatles, 1969] - 10/21/71 soundcheck (Jerry sings; only time performed until 1987)
http://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/may-28-june-3-2007-0

Hideaway [Freddie King, 1961] - 11/7/71 (also done in the studio 4/2/75)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-11-07.prefm.kaplan.9570.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd75-04-02.sbd.backus.14290.sbeok.shnf

You Win Again [Hank Williams, 1952] - 11/14/71
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-11-14.sbd.miller.23568.sbeok.shnf

Run Rudolph Run [Chuck Berry, 1958] - 12/4/71 (only played seven times that month)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-12-04.sbd.lai.6256.sbefail.shnf

I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water [orig. Stonewall Jackson, 1964] - 12/5/71 (only Dead performance)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-12-05.prefm.miller.3391.sbeok.shnf

Big River [Johnny Cash, 1957] - 12/31/71
http://www.archive.org/details/gd71-12-31.fm.lanum.135.sbeok.shnf (along with Pigpen's last Same Thing, and the last Dancin' in the Street until 1976)

3/25/72 was notable not only for the Bo Diddley set but for several unique covers. Highlights were released on a Dick's Pick, but a terrible AUD is on the Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1972-03-25.aud.hanno.horner.22094.sbeok.shnf

Are You Lonely For Me Baby [Freddie Scott, 1966] - 3/25/72 (only Dead performance)
How Sweet It Is [Marvin Gaye, 1964] - 3/25/72 (only Dead performance)
(This show also features Pigpen's last Smokestack Lightning; it was later revived in 1984.)

Bo Diddley [you know who, 1955] - 3/25/72 (also done 5/23, 7/16, and 8/22/72; and a short bit on 11/11/70)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-11-11.aud.cotsman.17081.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd72-07-16.sbd-aud.cotsman.11258.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd72-08-22.sbd.cotsman.11472.sbeok.shnf

Rockin' Pneumonia [Huey Smith, 1957] - 5/23/72 (also done 5/24, 6/17, 9/3, and 10/23/72)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1972-05-23.sbd.unknown.16089.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1972-05-24.sbd-pset2.unknown.91509.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1972-09-03.sbd.gems.101143.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1972-10-23.sonyecm250.unknown.miller.98958.sbeok.flac16

Tomorrow Is Forever [Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner, 1969] - 9/24/72 (Donna covers Dolly; played ten times)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd72-09-24.sbd.cribbs.25282.sbeok.shnf

You Ain't Woman Enough [Loretta Lynn, 1966] - 2/15/73 (Donna covers Loretta; played 15 times that year)
http://archive.org/details/gd1973-02-15.sbd.hall.1580.shnf

It Takes a Lot to Laugh [Bob Dylan, 1965] - 6/10/73
That's Alright Mama [orig. Arthur Crudup/Elvis Presley, 1954] - 6/10/73
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1973-06-10.sbd.miller.89640.sbeok.flac16
(Unique Dead performances; Garcia did these in his sets with Saunders, but decided to bring them out for the Allmans.)

Wang Dang Doodle [Howlin' Wolf, 1961] - 10/23/73 soundcheck (Jerry sings; only time performed until 1983)
http://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/may-21-may-28-2007

Blue Suede Shoes [Carl Perkins, 1955], Working Man Blues [Merle Haggard, 1969] - 12/1/73 soundcheck
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1973-12-01.sbd.clugston.6648.sbefail.shnf
(Blue Suede Shoes was repeated in the 12/12/73 soundcheck)

Peggy-O [traditional; no specific source] - 12/10/73 (Download Series; also played 12/12/73)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd73-12-12.sbd.hobbs.6023.sbeok.shnf

Rip It Up [Little Richard, 1956], Thirty Days [Chuck Berry, 1955] - 12/12/73 soundcheck
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1973-12-12.sbd.soundcheck-from-2595.3401.shnf

Let It Rock [Chuck Berry, 1960] - 6/23/74 (only Dead performance)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd74-06-23.sbd.cribbs.16780.sbeok.shnf

Samson & Delilah [Rev. Gary Davis, 1960] - 6/3/76
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1976-06-03.sbd.seamons.fix-20004.86745.sbeok.shnf (this copy runs at the right speed)

Got My Mojo Workin' [Muddy Waters, 1960] - 4/22/77 (also done 10/21/78)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd77-04-22.sbd.miller.27747.sbeok.flacf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1978-10-21.aud.rhinotrocity5.motb-0015.94599.flac16

Jack-a-Roe [traditional; no specific source] - 5/13/77
http://www.archive.org/details/gd77-05-13.sbd.miller.9393.sbeok.shnf

Iko Iko [orig. James Crawford, 1954/Dixie Cups, 1964; & many others, no specific source] - 5/15/77
http://archive.org/details/gd1977-05-15.28916.sbeok.flac16

Werewolves of London [Warren Zevon, 1978] - 4/19/78
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1978-04-19.sbd.gans.miller.9121.shnf

Ollin Arrageed [Hamza el Din, 1978] - 9/14/78 (usually only played with Hamza el-Din, but a couple notable exceptions are the 11/18 and 11/23/78 spaces)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1978-09-13.aud-schk.unknown.miller.87779.sbeok.flac16(soundcheck)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd78-09-14.sbd.miller.22169.sbeok.shnf
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1978-11-18.sbd.miller.81131.sbeok.flac16
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1978-11-23.fob.sonyECM250.walker.scotton.miller.96031.sbeok.flac16

Gloria [Them, 1964] - 11/9/79 (jam in the He's Gone outro)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1979-11-09.sbd.stern.tetzeli.fix-318.34936.reflac.flac16
(Gloria was not sung with lyrics until the '80s)

C.C. Rider [traditional; no specific source] - 12/1/79 (comes out of another Gloria jam)
http://www.archive.org/details/gd79-12-01.sbd.miller.29429.sbeok.flacf

That's as far as I'll go.... I hope this was useful!

For another listing of the early Dead covers that lasted the longest in their repertoire, see: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2013/09/guest-post-semi-permanent-repertoire-of.html