If you were to show someone that has never heard the Grateful Dead, what song, concert, or album would you show them first?

What song is Jerry jammin’ to?

October 1980 photo by @JayBlakesberg

Nine days out from Halloween, and Nick Binder's already got the bones assembled 💀

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What Brent song are you listening to today?

Celebrating the life of Brent Mydland today, on what would have been his 70th birthday. He was a member of the band from 1979 to 1990, contributing songs such as 'Just a Little Light,' 'Blow Away,' and the exquisite lullaby for his daughters, 'I Will Take You Home.'

Grateful ghouls, the time is nigh to grab your Grateful Dead Halloween merch 💀 gd.lnk.to/GDH22

“Ah, Mother American Night, I'm lost from the light
Oh, I'm drowning in you”

Listen to Bobby Weir's “Black-Throated Wind (Live At Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, April 3, 2022)” from ACE (50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION) here: lnk.to/BTWLive

A night of firsts!

On 10/19/71, Keith Godchaux joined the band for the very first time, along with the debut of six new original compositions: “Tennessee Jed,” “Jack Straw,” “Mexicali Blues,” “Comes a Time,” “One More Saturday Night,” and “Ramble on Rose.”

📸Denny Schwartz

Tivoli 4/17/72 was the Dead's first major live concert broadcast & a first in Danish TV history. Now, fully restored & color corrected, the concert features magnificent versions of Dead classics, as well as the first live performance of “He's Gone”.

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The Fabulous Fox! 50 years ago this week, the Grateful Dead played 3 legendary shows at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis. Hear them on the LISTEN TO THE RIVER box & learn their story on last year’s Grateful Deadcast special. Rhino.lnk.to/DLTTR1072

“And if that jubilee don't come
Baby I'll meet you on the run”

Check out this clip of the Dead’s “Sugaree” from the 10/18/74 Winterland performance.

44 years ago, the Dead played their first Bay Area show in ten months, billed as “From Egypt with Love.” The performance included hometown debuts for new songs including “I Need a Miracle” and “Stagger Lee.”

Photo by Richard McCaffrey