Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Details
- Band
- The Grateful Dead
- Play count
- 77
- First played
- 1985-12-30 — Oakland Coliseum Arena
Lyrics
Ev'rybody's building the big ships and the boats
Some are building monuments
Others are jotting down notes
Ev'rybody's in despair
Ev'ry girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Ev'rybody's jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But guarding fumes and making haste
It ain't my cup of meat
Ev'rybody's just standing 'round 'neath the trees
Feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Them pigeons'll go to him
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
A lamb bleat and a goat do, I can recite 'em all
Just tell me where it hurts
And I'll tell you who to call
Nobody can get any sleep
There's someone on ev'ryone's toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Ev'rybody's gonna doze
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Links
Performances
| Date | Venue | Location | Set | # | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-07-02 | Deer Creek Music Center | Noblesville, Indiana | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1995-05-25 | Memorial Stadium | Seattle, WA | Encore 1 | 15 | — |
| 1995-05-25 | Seattle Memorial Stadium | Seattle, WA | Encore | 16 | |
| 1995-04-04 | Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Coliseum | Birmingham, AL | Encore 1 | 13 | |
| 1995-03-22 | Charlotte Coliseum | Charlotte, NC | Encore 1 | 13 | |
| 1994-10-05 | CoreStates Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Encore 1 | 14 | — |
| 1994-10-05 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Encore | 14 | |
| 1994-07-29 | Buckeye Lake Music Center | Thornville, Ohio | Encore 1 | 18 | |
| 1992-06-11 | Knickerbocker Arena | Albany, New York | Encore 1 | 13 | |
| 1992-03-08 | Capital Centre | Landover, MD | Encore 1 | 18 | |
| 1992-02-24 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore 1 | 14 | — |
| 1992-02-24 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore | 16 | |
| 1991-10-30 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore 1 | 12 | — |
| 1991-10-30 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore | 14 | |
| 1991-09-25 | Boston Garden | Boston, MA | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1991-09-09 | Madison Square Garden | New York | Encore 1 | 15 | |
| 1991-06-19 | Pine Knob Music Theatre | Clarkston, Michigan | Encore 1 | 15 | |
| 1991-05-11 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California | Encore 1 | 12 | |
| 1991-04-05 | The Omni | Atlanta, GA | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1991-02-20 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore 1 | 15 | — |
| 1991-02-20 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore | 17 | |
| 1990-09-19 | Madison Square Garden | New York | Encore 1 | 14 | |
| 1990-07-21 | World Music Theatre | Tinley Park, Illinois | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1990-03-25 | Knickerbocker Arena | Albany, New York | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1989-09-29 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1989-08-17 | William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre | Berkeley, California | Encore 1 | 18 | — |
| 1989-08-17 | Greek Theatre / University of California | Berkeley, California | Encore | 19 | |
| 1989-07-18 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | East Troy, WI | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1989-07-02 | Sullivan Stadium | Foxborough | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1989-04-28 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Irvine, California | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1989-04-05 | Crisler Arena | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Encore 1 | 17 | — |
| 1989-04-05 | Crisler Arena / University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Encore | 18 | |
| 1988-12-29 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore 1 | 15 | — |
| 1988-12-29 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore | 16 | |
| 1988-12-11 | Long Beach Arena | Long Beach, California | Encore 1 | 15 | |
| 1988-10-16 | Bayfront Center | St. Petersburg, FL | Encore 1 | 17 | — |
| 1988-10-16 | Bayfront Center Arena | St. Petersburg, FL | Encore | 18 | |
| 1988-09-19 | Madison Square Garden | New York | Encore 1 | 14 | |
| 1988-09-09 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Encore 1 | 15 | — |
| 1988-09-09 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Encore | 16 | |
| 1988-07-02 | Oxford Plains Speedway | Oxford, Maine | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1988-06-22 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | East Troy, WI | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1988-04-24 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Irvine, California | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1988-03-28 | Hampton Coliseum | Hampton, VA | Encore 1 | 18 | |
| 1988-02-14 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Encore 1 | 15 | |
| 1987-12-27 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore 1 | 17 | — |
| 1987-12-27 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Encore | 18 | |
| 1987-11-14 | Long Beach Arena | Long Beach, California | Encore 1 | 13 | |
| 1987-10-03 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1987-09-09 | Providence Civic Center | Providence, RI | Encore 1 | 15 | |
| 1987-08-20 | Park West | Park City, UT | Encore 1 | 21 | — |
| 1987-08-20 | Park West Ski Resort | Park City, UT | Encore | 22 | |
| 1987-08-12 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Morrison, Colorado | Encore 1 | 18 | |
| 1987-06-28 | Alpine Valley Music Theatre | East Troy, WI | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1987-06-14 | Ventura County Fairgrounds | Ventura, California | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1987-05-03 | Frost Amphitheater | Stanford, California | Encore 1 | 16 | — |
| 1987-05-03 | Frost Amphitheatre / Stanford University | Stanford, California | Encore | 17 | |
| 1987-04-17 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Irvine, California | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1987-04-07 | Brendan Byrne Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Encore 1 | 20 | — |
| 1987-04-07 | Meadowlands Arena | East Rutherford, New Jersey | Encore | 21 | |
| 1987-03-29 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Encore 1 | 16 | — |
| 1987-03-29 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Encore | 17 | |
| 1987-03-26 | Hartford Civic Center | Hartford, CT | Encore 1 | 16 | |
| 1987-03-03 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 1: | 1 | |
| 1986-12-27 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 2: | 7 | |
| 1986-06-30 | Riverbend Music Center | Cincinnati, Ohio | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1986-06-20 | William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre | Berkeley, California | Encore 1 | 14 | — |
| 1986-06-20 | Greek Theatre / University of California | Berkeley, California | Encore | 15 | |
| 1986-05-10 | Frost Amphitheater | Stanford, California | Encore 1 | 17 | — |
| 1986-05-10 | Frost Amphitheatre / Stanford University | Stanford, California | Encore | 18 | |
| 1986-04-19 | Berkeley Community Theatre | Berkeley, California | Encore 1 | 12 | |
| 1986-04-12 | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Irvine, California | Encore 1 | 14 | |
| 1986-03-30 | Providence Civic Center | Providence, RI | Encore 1 | 17 | |
| 1986-03-19 | Hampton Coliseum | Hampton, VA | Encore 1 | 15 | |
| 1986-02-09 | Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center | Oakland, California | Set 2: | 6 | |
| 1985-12-30 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 2: | 10 | — |
| 1985-12-30 | Oakland Coliseum Arena | Oakland, California | Set 2 | 10 |
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