THE TWIST

Jerry Garcia Band rarely did an encore at the end of the show. Of course when they did, you knew it was special. Reuben’s Painted Mandolin performs a song at the end of just about EVERY show that we lovingly refer to as “The Twist” - a song the Jerry Garcia Band never played. We made it almost THREE FULL YEARS without repeating an artist! Now, they’re all fair game. We will be adding other artists’ tunes in 2026 as well as repeating some of the artists we’ve picked. You may notice several Twists by the Grateful Dead. When it’s Jerry Week (The Days Between), we tend to throw those in to honor Jerry!

TWISTS PLAYED:

  1. COLORS (Black Pumas)

  2. WHO ARE YOU (The WHo)

  3. Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon)

  4. Walls Of Time (Bill Monroe)

  5. Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream)

  6. I Am The Walrus (The Beatles)

  7. Pretzel Logic (Steely Dan)

  8. Dixie Chicken (Little Feat)

  9. Sultans Of Swing (Dire Straits)

  10. Ophelia (The Band)

  11. Pencil Thin Mustache (Jimmy Buffett)

  12. Wind Up (Jethro Tull)

  13. Bennie & The Jets (Elton John)

  14. It Hurts Me Too (Elmore James)

  15. Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)

  16. Cosmik Debris (Frank Zappa)

  17. Things I’m Gonna Do (Original, written by Pappy)

  18. Headed For The Day Of The Lord (Let’s Get It On Tonight) (Original, written by Pappy)

  19. Changes (David Bowie)

  20. What’d I Say (Ray Charles)

  21. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd)

  22. The Things We Do For Love (10CC)

  23. I’ll Be Waiting (Adele)

  24. Hush (Deep Purple)

  25. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen)

  26. Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones)

  27. Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin)

  28. Tide Is High (Blondie)

  29. Running On Empty (Jackson Browne)

  30. Smooth Sailing (Leon Bridges)

  31. Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead)

  32. Signs (Five Man Electrical Band)

  33. Joy To The World (Three Dog Night)

  34. Dancing In The Moonlight (King Harvest)

  35. Let’s Go Crazy (Prince)

  36. Black Magic Woman (Santana)

  37. Faith (George Michael)

  38. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)

  39. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)

  40. Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Meat Loaf)

  41. Don’t Do Me Like That (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)

  42. One Toke Over The Line (Brewer & Shipley)

  43. Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 (Bob Dylan)

  44. Book Of Rules (The Heptones)

  45. I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley)

  46. Everybody Plays The Fool (The Main Ingredient)

  47. Jump For Joy (Kingfish)

  48. Hypnotize (Kingfish)

  49. Slippery People (Talking Heads)

  50. Scarlet Begonias (Grateful Dead)

  51. Fire On The Mountain (Grateful Dead)

  52. Loose Lucy (Grateful Dead)

  53. Tempted (Squeeze)

  54. China Cat Sunflower (Grateful Dead)

  55. I Know You Rider (Traditional, Grateful Dead)

  56. Your Mama Don’t Dance (Loggins & Messina)

  57. Yes We Can Can (Allen Touissaint)

  58. I Feel The Earth Move (Carole King)

  59. Down By The River (Neil Young)

  60. Southern Nights (Allen Touissaint)

  61. Season Of The Witch (Donovan)

  62. You Don’t Mess Around With Jim (Jim Croce)

  63. Apeman (The Kinks)

  64. Soul Man (Sam Cooke)