the greatful dead toured every year from 1965 to 1995, except for 1975. they played 2400 shows plus or minus as an entity. in addition to that, JG played nearly constantly outside the dead tours, with his own bands including the JGB, legion of mary, reconstruction, old and in the way, and garcia/saunders, garcia/wales.

in addition to that, JG and sometimes mickey hart played with the new riders as their own opening act from 69- 71

in addition to that, bob weir played with kingfish, bobby & the midnights and ratdog

by any reasonable measure, from 1965 to 1995, the members of the grateful dead together and solo were the hardest working band in rock and roll history

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Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:16 pm to cgrand

From the early '50s until the '70s, BB King and his band played 350 one night stands per year

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Posted on 7/16/15 at 1:23 pm to cgrand

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by any reasonable measure, from 1965 to 1995, the members of the grateful dead together and solo were the hardest working band in rock and roll history

I thought about the Dead when I made the OP - obviously the range and volume of their lives shows are way up there. But I was submitting Rush as an across the board - studio albums, live albums, compilation albums - their catalogue is beyond massive for a rock band - it defies description. When you combine that with their frequent tours, the relatively high production values of their live shows - their philanthropy - about the only thing they can't claim is significant work with other artists - Lee, Lifeson and Peart - they had very little time for music with other artists, although their are execeptions.

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