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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 18h

A taffy-rich Cold Rain and Snow opens before incredible, Pig-fueled versions of Good Lovin' and Dancin' lead to a monstrous Dark Star, replete with a Feelin' Groovy and Tighten Up jam, into Stephen> Eleven> Death Don't Have No Mercy. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/11-02-1969

Dead of the Day: November 2, 1969

Family Dog at the Great Highway in San Francisco, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 2d

A magnificent Help> Slip> Franklin's, ridiculous Rooster, somber Scarlet> Fire, and Dark Star with a spine-chilling Ken Kesey rap, are all tops, but the Standing on the Moon, so precious and meditatively powerful, might just be the highlight of the night. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-31-1991

Dead of the Day: October 31, 1991

Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 3d

At Wembley Arena during the 1990 European Tour, the boys put up a sweet first set jam before going into a tasty rendition of Bruce's Valley Road. Later, a mighty Terrapin takes it into Drums, and a flat-out joyous Wheel comes out the other side. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-30-1990

Dead of the Day: October 30, 1990

Wembley Arena in London, England

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 4d

The boys are in mind-meld mode the entire night, throwing off rainbows, lightning bolts, and moonbeams. Give it all a listen, including a trippy and powerful Estimated> Eyes> Space> Stephen> Drums> NFA, at Grateful Dead of the Day: gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-29-1977

Dead of the Day: October 29, 1977

Field House, Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 5d

Jerry lights up the first set with his spare and enlightened picking. And the boys throw down in the second, starting with a tasty Scarlet> Touch and finishing with five tunes out of Space, including a raging Truckin' and magisterial Stella. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-28-1985

Dead of the Day: October 28, 1985

Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 6d

Phil takes the lead, keying a raging Dancin' and dropping serious tonnage throughout. Repeatedly, the boys rise to answer Phil's nasty bass licks, and raucousness ensues, particularly on the Franklin's, He's Gone> Other One that follows in the wake of Dancin'. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-27-1979

Dead of the Day: October 27, 1979

Cape Cod Coliseum in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 7d

The acoustic opening set is out of sight from the Must Have Been the Roses to the Ripple to the China Doll. The lovely sound, pacing, and ambience continues through the two electric sets as well, including on a beautiful Althea and a righteous Stella. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-26-1980

Dead of the Day: October 26, 1980

Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 8d

Dark Star, sublime with a Feeling Groovy jam, begins the recording. Then Stephen pours down like a waterfall, sanctifying and refreshing before the whirling organ marking the beginning of a joyous Eleven. Later, a magnificent Lovelight, bawdy with Pig's rapping. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-25-1969

Dead of the Day: October 25, 1969

Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 10d

The Deadheads - and possibly Bobby and Billy - get into a little fisticuffs with security to put an end to this night, but not before some searing, transcendental music with Keith on the house's mighty Wurlitzer and the rest of the boys bringing it. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-23-1973

Dead of the Day: October 23, 1973

Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minnesota

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 11d

The 1st ever Other One will positively melt your brain. But don't miss the haunting, milky, completely psychedelic Morning Dew; Cold Rain And Snow with hints of pop effervescence and Jerry surf guitar; and fast and worldly adolescent Lovelight. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-22-1967

Dead of the Day: October 22, 1967

Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 12d

Hamza El Din and the drummers start with a mesmerizing, goose bump inducing jam on Ollin Arageed. But there is so much more, including a hypnotic section in Estimated, a bluesy Lee Oskar fueled Mojo jam into a smoking Other One, and a beatific Stella. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-21-1978

Dead of the Day: October 21, 1978

Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 13d

After a Pig-fronted Schoolgirl and Lovelight, a tempestuous Dark Star emerges, followed up by a breakneck Stephen and a fully mind-altering Eleven, all before a steam-rolling Caution and Feedback jam take the show out. This is some crazy shit of the first order. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-20-1968

Dead of the Day: October 20, 1968

Greek Theater, University of California in Berkeley, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 14d

The Must Have Been the Roses is so heartfelt and emotional and the Eyes> China Doll is something to behold. But it's the Truckin' with a massive Caution jam inside that really takes the night. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-19-1974

Dead of the Day: October 19, 1974

Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 15d

The last Weather Report Suite ever is a pristine beauty. But the hottest part of the night happens as the boys slowly turn Seastones into a more formalized jam and find Dark Star, which eventually gives way to an earth-shattering Morning Dew. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-18-1974

Dead of the Day: October 18, 1974

Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 16d

As the sun set on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Dead cracked it open with a sweet Half-Step> Franklin's. A hot Althea, smoking jam in Deal, funky Shakedown, and incredible Never Trust a Woman are all tops. But it's the 6 songs post-Space that are truly epic. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-17-1982

Dead of the Day: October 17, 1982

Santa Fe Downs in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 17d

The first night at the Milky Way club in Amsterdam was great, but the next - today's show - blew the doors completely off. This is bar band Dead at its best with Bobby - on his birthday - cheesing out in awesome style. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-16-198

Dead of the Day: October 16, 1981

Club Melk Weg in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 18d

The crux of the show begins with Playin', which explores worlds unknown before shifting to a magical China Doll into Drums. Space hints at Dark Star, but instead goes into Stephen, sending the crowd into pandemonium and rightly so. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-15-1983

Dead of the Day: October 15, 1983

Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 19d

The Dead lit up the 1st set with heady music and lots of Texas references. And an outrageous Playin' segues into Drums> Wheel> Wharf Rat to top the 2nd. That Playin' is finished in the encore, but not before they start to cap the night with a brilliant Brokedown. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-14-1977

Dead of the Day: October 14, 1977

Hofheinz Pavilion, University of Houston in Houston, Texas

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 20d

The opening Dark Star is milky smoothness with Phil throwing in some chunky bass lines, Bobby streaking around in the middle distance, the drummers ratcheting up the lusciousness, and Jerry soaring off repeatedly. And it's pure primal form from there on out! gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-13-1968

Dead of the Day: October 13, 1968

Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 21d

Starting off with Stranger, the boys bust through an energetic first set with a painfully beautiful Must Have Been the Roses and a top-shelf Cumberland. The second is brilliant throughout as well, capped by a stunning, earth-rattling Morning Dew. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-12-1984

Dead of the Day: October 12, 1984

Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Maine

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 23d

Bobby lit it up throughout the first set. But the LL Rain - a rich, intricately designed tapestry - might be our favorite. And don't miss the Satisfaction> It's All Over Now encore where Bobby goes all cheese before Jerry creates some utterly transcendent magic. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-10-1982

Dead of the Day: October 10, 1982

Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University in Palo Alto, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 25d

Billed as "Formerly the Warlocks" and only ticketed locally, the show was a Deadhead's dream. The boys reveled in the atmosphere, breaking out Help> Slip> Franklin's after a 4-year hiatus, dropping a magnificent Morning Dew, and giving us so much more magic. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-08-1989

Dead of the Day: October 8, 1989

Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 26d

With surely one of the best Wharf Rats ever and a monstrous Terrapin> Playin' the Dead played a gem of a show - for the University of New Mexico's homecoming - back on this date in 1977. Check it out at Grateful Dead of the Day and enjoy this lovely night: gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-07-1977

Dead of the Day: October 7, 1977

University Arena, University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 27d

The only thing better than 2 sets of the Dead is 3. The opening acoustic set is so pretty, especially Ripple and Been All Around the World. But the electric sets are all the match with one of the best Sailor> Saints, a blistering Other One, and a mighty Terrapin. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-06-1980

Dead of the Day: October 6, 1980

Warfield Theater in San Francisco, California

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Grateful Dead of the Day @gratefuldeadday.bsky.social · 28d

Listening to this night at the Spectrum with its Lazy River Road that is as good it gets, splendid and funky Playin'> UJB, and epic Standing on the Moon will certainly reframe your perspective on the boys' later years. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-05-1994

Dead of the Day: October 5, 1994

The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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