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A Fast, Open HeadyVersion Alternative

Built by Deadheads when HeadyVersion.com goes down or stalls, ranking all 494 Grateful Dead and 210 Jerry Garcia Band songs from public Archive.org consensus, published fan polls, and open voting.

What Happened to HeadyVersion, and Why GratefulHeads Exists

For years, HeadyVersion was the go-to bookmark whenever a listener asked "what's the best Dark Star?" or wanted to compare live versions by date. As the original site began suffering recurring database errors and extended outages in 2025 and 2026, fans kept asking on r/gratefuldead for a reliable backup.

GratefulHeads is a brand-new, 100% independent static archive built from scratch out of appreciation for that tradition. We never scraped or copied HeadyVersion's database or votes. Instead, every page is pre-compiled from public Internet Archive (etree) tape ratings, download counts, published DeadBase & community polls, and real-time fan votes cast right here without creating an account.

How GratefulHeads Compares

FeatureGratefulHeadsClassic Song Ranking Tools
Always-up static speedPre-rendered static HTML on edge CDN; zero database bottlenecks on browseCan suffer SQL connection failures and slow server responses
Bands coveredAll 494 Grateful Dead songs + 210 Jerry Garcia Band songs + spin-offsGrateful Dead only
Year, era & SBD filtersFilter any song by decade/era, sort by All-Time, #1 per Year, or Longest Jam, or isolate SBD tapesFlat song-level vote list
Open fan votingOne-click ▲ voting on every song version & show (no sign-up or login wall)Account registration required
Scoring transparencyBlends Archive.org ratings, review counts, downloads, 30-day streams & DeadBase polls (full formula)Pure user-submitted vote counts

Most-Searched Grateful Dead Songs

Dark Star209 Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain240 China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider532 Eyes Of The World381 Morning Dew253 Playing In The Band608 The Other One574 Help On The Way -> Slipknot! -> Franklin's Tower108 Sugaree362 Terrapin Station303 Bird Song300 Wharf Rat397 Althea271 Saint Stephen159 Jack Straw478 Estimated Prophet390

Browse all 494 Grateful Dead songs →

Most-Searched Jerry Garcia Band Songs

Mission In The Rain215 After Midnight56 Don't Let Go131 Shining Star58 Lucky Old Sun95 Tangled Up In Blue216 Dear Prudence159 Reuben And Cherise67 Harder They Come239 Catfish John156 Simple Twist Of Fate172 I'll Take A Melody156 Midnight Moonlight278 That's What Love Will Make You Do148

Browse all 210 JGB songs →

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