sentences:  The Grateful Dead first performed "China Cat Sunflower" on January 17, 1968, at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco, CA, and played the song well over 500 times in concert.During the first year after its introduction into the band's set list, the song was played by itself or often in the middle of an extended jam between the songs "Dark Star" and "The Eleven"—a position more familiarly (to Deadheads) filled by "St. Stephen".Four instances of this arrangement have been released on official recordings, the first on the compilation album "So Many Roads (1965–1995)", the second on Dick's Picks Volume 22, and the other two on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 2.