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  • Meanbandoit
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    1. Can’t Come Down 3-11-19652. The Only Time Is Now 3-11-1965 3. On The Road Again 25-02-1966 4. You Don’t Have To Ask 25-03-1966 5. It’s A Sin 19-05-1966 6. In The Pines 17-07-1966 7. Nobody’s Fault But Mine 17-07-1966 8. Midnight Hour 16-09-1966 9. Alice D. Millionaire 1-12-1966 10. You Don’t Love Me 1-12-1966 11. Deep Elem Blues 1-12-1966 12. The Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion 18-03-1967 13. Cream Puff War 18-03-1967 14. The Same Thing 18-03-1967 15. Cold Rain And Snow 18-03-1967 16. Viola Lee Blues 18-03-1967 17. Dancing In The Street 3-09-1967 18. That’s It For The Other One 22-10-1967 19. Morning Dew 14-02-1968 20. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 14-02-1968 21. Dark Star 14-02-1968 22. China Cat Sunflower 14-02-1968 23. The Eleven 14-02-1968 24. Turn On Your Lovelight 14-02-1968 25. That’s It For The Other One 14-02-1968 26. New Potato Caboose 14-02-1968 27. Born Cross-Eyed 14-02-1968 28. Spanish Jam 14-02-1968 29. Alligator 14-02-1968 30. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 14-02-1968 31. Feedback 14-02-1968 32. Midnight Hour 14-02-1968 33. Rosemary 7-12-1968 34. Dark Star 2-03-1969 35. St. Stephen 2-03-1969 36. The Eleven 2-03-1969 37. Turn On Your Lovelight 2-03-1969 38. Doin’ That Rag 2-03-1969 39. Dupree’s Diamond Blues 20-04-1969 40. Mountains Of The Moon 20-04-1969 41. Slewfoot 27-06-1969 42. Casey Jones 27-06-1969 43. Dire Wolf 27-06-1969 44. The Main Ten 5-12-1969 45. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue 5-12-1969 46. Overture/Mason’s Children 2-01-1970 47. High Time 2-01-1970 48. Easy Wind 16-01-1970 49. Me And My Uncle 13-02-1970 50. Dire Wolf 13-02-1970 51. Smokestack Lightning 13-02-1970 52. Yellow Dog Story 23-02-1970 53. Monkey And The Engineer 13-02-1970 54. Little Sadie 13-02-1970 55. Wake Up Little Susie 13-02-1970 56. Black Peter 13-02-1970 57. Uncle John’s Band 13-02-1970 58. Katie Mae 13-02-1970 59. Dark Star 13-02-1970 60. That’s It For The Other One 13-02-1970 61. Turn On Your Lovelight 13-02-1970 62. Walkin’ The Dog 21-03-1970 63. Big Boss Man 21-03-1970 64. He Was A Friend Of Mine 21-03-1970 65. Candyman 7-05-1970 66. Cumberland Blues 7-05-1970 67. New Speedway Boogie 7-05-1970 68. I’m A King Bee 7-05-1970 69. Frozen Logger 7-05-1970 70. Don’t Ease Me In 15-05-1970/1 71. I Know You Rider 15-05-1970/1 72. Ain’t It Crazy (The Rub) 15-05-1970/1 73. St. Stephen 15-05-1970/1 74. That’s It For The Other One 15-05-1970/1 75. Cosmic Charlie 15-05-1970/1 76. New Minglewood Blues 15-05-1970/1 77. Morning Dew 15-05-1970/2 78. Good Lovin’ 15-05-1970/2 79. To Lay Me Down 30-07-1970 80. Truckin’ 18-08-1970 81. Dire Wolf 18-08-1970 82. Friend Of The Devil 18-08-1970 83. Dark Hollow 18-08-1970 84. Ripple 18-08-1970 85. Brokedown Palace 18-08-1970 86. Operator 18-08-1970 87. Box Of Rain 17-09-1970 88. Rosalie McFall 18-08-1970 89. New Speedway Boogie 18-08-1970 90. Cold Jordan 18-08-1970 91. Swing Low Sweet Chariot 18-08-1970 92. Dancing In The Street 18-08-1970 93. Sugar Magnolia 18-09-1970 94. It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World 18-09-1970 95. Till The Morning Comes 18-09-1970 96. Not Fade Away 18-08-1970 97. Truckin’ 19-02-1971 98. Loser 19-02-1971 99. Cumberland Blues 19-02-1971 100. It Hurts Me Too 19-02-1971 101. Bertha 19-02-1971 102. Playing In The Band 19-02-1971 103. Greatest Story Ever Told 19-02-1971 104. Johnny B. Goode 19-02-1971 105. Good Lovin’ 19-02-1971 106. Casey Jones 19-02-1971 107. Hard To Handle 20-02-1971 108. Bird Song 20-02-1971 109. Not Fade Away 18-03-1971 110. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 18-03-1971 111. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 18-03-1971 112. Feedback 18-03-1971 113. I Second That Emotion 8-04-1971 114. Dark Star 8-04-1971 115. Good Lovin’ 17-04-1971 116. Empty Pages 24-08-1971 117. Beat It On Down The Line 24-08-1971 118. Brown-Eyed Women 24-08-1971 119. Comes A Time 19-10-1971 120. Ramble On Rose 19-10-1971 121. Me And Bobby McGee 19-10-1971 122. Brokedown Palace 19-10-1971 123. That’s It For The Other One 19-10-1971 124. Wharf Rat 19-10-1971 125. Hideaway 7-11-1971 126. Big River 31-12-1971 127. The Same Thing 31-12-1971 128. Promised Land 23-05-1972 129. Sugaree 26-05-1972 130. Mr. Charlie 26-05-1972 131. Black-Throated Wind 26-05-1972 132. Deal 11-05-1972 133. Chinatown Shuffle 11-05-1972 134. Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu 23-05-1972 135. Mexicali Blues 23-05-1972 136. Black Peter 24-05-1972 137. Dire Wolf 26-05-1972 138. The Stranger 26-05-1972 139. Playing In The Band 26-05-1972 140. Good Lovin’ 4-05-1972 141. Truckin’ 26-04-1972 142. The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get 26-04-1972 143. Comes A Time 25-05-1972 144. Tennessee Jed 11-05-1972 145. Jack Straw 4-05-1972 146. Dark Star 4-05-1972 147. Sugar Magnolia 17-04-1972 148. Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 17-04-1972 149. Johnny B. Goode 17-04-1972 150. Stella Blue 17-06-1972 151. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 26-07-1972 152. Dark Star 26-07-1972 153. Comes A Time 26-07-1972 154. Dark Star 27-08-1972 155. El Paso 27-08-1972 156. Sing Me Back Home 27-08-1972 157. Around And Around 23-09-1972 158. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue 23-09-1972 159. That’s It For The Other One 23-09-1972 160. Wharf Rat 23-09-1972 161. Box Of Rain 30-10-1972 162. Truckin’ 30-10-1972 163. Tomorrow Is Forever 30-10-1972 164. Around And Around 30-10-1972 165. Candyman 30-10-1972 166. Eyes Of The World 10-06-1973 167. Stella Blue 10-06-1973 168. Loser 17-09-1973 169. Looks Like Rain 17-09-1973 170. Row Jimmy 17-09-1973 171. Jack Straw 17-09-1973 172. Loose Lucy 17-09-1973 173. You Ain’t Woman Enough To Take My Man 17-09-1973 174. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away 17-09-1973 175. Here Comes Sunshine 6-12-1973 176. Big River 6-12-1973 177. Dark Star 6-12-1973 178. Weather Report Suite 8-12-1973 179. Big Railroad Blues 19-12-1973 1. Let It Rock 23-06-1974 2. Deal 21-05-1974 3. The Race Is On 21-05-1974 4. Scarlet Begonias 21-05-1974 5. El Paso 21-05-1074 6. Row Jimmy 21-05-1974 7. Money Money 21-05-1974 8. Ship Of Fools 21-05-1974 9. Weather Report Suite 21-05-1974 10. China Doll 21-05-1974 11. Playing In The Band 21-05-1974 12. US Blues 21-05-1974 13. Loose Lucy 25-07-1974 14. He’s Gone 29-07-1974 15. Truckin’ 29-07-1974 16. Nobody’s Fault But Mine 29-07-1974 17. Spanish Jam 29-07-1974 18. The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get 29-07-1974 19. Wharf Rat 29-07-1974 20. Seastones 18-10-1974 21. Interlude 18-10-1974 22. Dark Star 18-10-1974 23. Morning Dew 18-10-1974 24. Interlude 13-08-1975 25. Help On The Way 13-08-1975 26. Slipknot 13-08-1975 27. Franklin’s Tower 13-08-1975 28. The Music Never Stopped 13-08-1975 29. Eyes Of The World 13-08-1975 30. King Solomon’s Marbles 13-08-1975 31. King Solomon’s Marbles 13-08-1975 32. Crazy Fingers 13-08-1975 33. Drum Theme 13-08-1975 34. The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get 13-08-1975 35. Sage And Spirit 13-08-1975 36. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 13-08-1975 37. US Blues 13-08-1975 38. Blues For Allah 13-08-1975 39. Might As Well 3-06-1976 40. Cassidy 3-06-1976 41. Lazy Lightning 3-06-1976 42. Supplication 3-06-1976 43. The Wheel 3-06-1976 44. Friend Of The Devil 4-06-1976 45. Mission In The Rain 4-06-1976 46. Cosmic Charlie 4-06-1976 47. It’s All Over Now 18-03-1977 48. Sugaree 18-03-1977 49. Estimated Prophet 18-03-1977 50. Terrapin Station 18-03-1977 51. Drum Transition 18-03-1977 52. Not Fade Away 18-03-1977 53. St. Stephen 18-03-1977 54. Around And Around 18-03-1977 55. Samson And Delilah 20-03-1977 56. Sunrise 1-05-1977 57. Dancing In The Street 4-05-1977 58. Jack-A-Roe 13-05-1977 59. Passenger 15-05-1977 60. High Time 18-05-1977 61. Shakedown Street 16-09-1978 62. Interlude 16-09-1978 63. Interlude 16-09-1978 64. Truckin’ 16-09-1978 65. Stella Blue 16-09-1978 66. Around And Around 16-09-1978 67. I Need A Miracle 17-10-1978 68. Estimated Prophet 17-10-1978 69. Eyes Of The World 17-10-1978 70. Interlude 17-10-1978 71. Interlude 17-10-1978 72. If I Had The World To Give 17-10-1978 73. Around And Around 17-10-1978 74. Scarlet Begonias 22-10-1978 75. Fire On The Mountain 22-10-1978 76. From The Heart Of Me 22-10-1978 77. Stagger Lee 24-11-1978 78. New Minglewood Blues 24-11-1978 79. Cold Rain And Snow 10-12-1979 80. Greatest Story Ever Told 10-12-1979 81. Alabama Getaway 1-05-1980 82. Promised Land 1-05-1980 83. Lost Sailor 1-05-1980 84. Saint Of Circumstance 1-05-1980 85. Deal 1-05-1980 86. Althea 3-09-1980 87. Little Red Rooster 3-09-1980 88. Candyman 3-09-1980 89. Easy To Love You 3-09-1980 90. Far From Me 4-09-1980 91. Iko Iko 7-10-1980 92. Heaven Help The Fool 7-10-1980 93. Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie 9-10-1980 94. Ripple 9-10-1980 95. Feel Like A Stranger 9-10-1980 96. Never Trust A Woman 30-09-1981 97. Walkin’ Blues 28-05-1982 98. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living 28-05-1982 99. Throwing Stones 20-09-1982 100. Day Job 20-09-1982 101. Wang Dang Doodle 2-09-1983 102. Jack Straw 2-09-1983 103. I Just Want To Make Love To You 22-07-1984 104. Man Smart Woman Smarter 22-07-1984 105. Down In The Bottom/I Ain’t Superstitious 28-12-1984 106. She Belongs To Me 4-04-1985 107. That’s It For The Other One 16-06-1985 108. Willie & The Hand Jive 23-03-1986 109. Not Fade Away 30-03-1986 110. Mighty Quinn 30-03-1986 111. Funiculi Funicula 9-05-1987 112. When Push Comes To Shove 9-05-1987 113. Tons Of Steel 9-05-1987 114. My Brother Esau 9-05-1987 115. West LA Fadeaway 10-05-1987 116. Black Muddy River 10-05-1987 117. Touch Of Grey 12-06-1987 118. Hell In A Bucket 18-09-1987 119. Sugaree 18-09-1987 120. Walkin’ Blues 18-09-1987 121. When I Paint My Masterpiece 18-09-1987 122. Gentlemen Start Your Engines 26-06-1988 123. We Can Run 29-09-1989 124. California Earthquake 20-10-1989 125. Just A Little Light 26-03-1990 126. Picasso Moon 26-03-1990 127. Blow Away 26-03-1990 128. Built To Last 26-03-1990 129. Victim Or The Crime 6-05-1990 130. Foolish Heart 6-05-1990 131. Dark Star 26-09-1991 132. Saint Of Circumstance 26-09-1991 133. Eyes Of The World 26-09-1991 134. Interlude 26-09-1991 135. Interlude 26-09-1991 136. The Faster We Go The Rounder We Get 26-09-1991 137. Dark Star Part 2 26-09-1991 138. So Many Roads 22-02-1992 139. Wave To The Wind 22-02-1992 140. Don’t Ease Me In 22-02-1992 141. Way To Go Home 23-02-1992 142. Corinna 23-02-1992 143. Lazy River Road 21-02-1993 144. Eternity 21-02-1993 145. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 20-07-1994 146. Samba In The Rain 20-07-1994 147. Salt Lake City 21-02-1995 148. Liberty 21-02-1995 149. Easy Answers 23-03-1995 150. Unbroken Chain 23-03-1995 151. Childhood’s End 9-07-1995
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    Does Furthur count here too?
    The final Furthur shows ever were in Mexico in January 2014. This is before Fare Thee Well was announced and before John Mayer gloriously entered our universe. We thought this was the end of the music ... They segued from Scarlett Begonias not into Fire on the Mountain but into the best Reuben and Cherise of all time. And then, under a glowing full moon at night they did the most lovely Standing on the Moon ever. My wife and I thought we were gliding to Fennario ... Jerry was there in spirit for sure and those may have been the most memorable Dead experiences ever for those few of us lucky to be there
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    Try the nice folks at: help@setlist.fm Just a few keystrokes for them.
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    Are there any lists of the best of Dave's? I could dive into it myself but figure someone with greater knowledge may have already tackled this, trying to make one playlist that is manageable in size.
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    Not a bad jam list at all...I would listen to entire shows tho. Just me
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    Try DeadBase. You'll find it there.
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    openers?
    trying to find a list of every opening song ever played. would love to see how many times each song was played, but will settle for just a list of song names. thanks in advance!
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    Hi Everyone. Only got into The Dead about 4 years ago thanks to a good friend (and lifetime fan) taking me under his wing. I have a "favorites" CD that I burned that I listen to in the car mostly (I.e. good driving tunes) and would welcome everyone's comments as to my selection, here goes: 1) Oh Boy, Manhattan Center, 1971 2) Next Time You See Me, Fillmore East, 1971 (Ladies and Gentlemen) 3) Ain't It Crazy (The Rub), Fillmore East, 1971 (Ladies and Gentlemen) 4) Big River, Great American Music Hall, 1975 5) Franklin's Tower, Great American Music Hall, 1975 6) Promised Land, Stanley Theatre, 1972 7) Me And My Uncle, Jarhunderthalle, 1972 8) Sugar Magnolia, Fillmore West, 1977 (New Years Eve) 9) Hard To Handle, Hollywood Palladium, 1972 10) Playin' In The Band, Jarhunderthalle, 1972 11) Truckin', Fillmore East, 1971 (Ladies and Gentlemen)
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    Listening to this right now - 10/21/83 Wharf Rat. INDEED worth a listen and re-listen many times over. Solid.
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So, what are your all-time greats?
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best is subjective, but these versions are my favorites and they are all from 2/18/1971, last show with Mickey for several years ... *Bertha *Loser Hard to Handle *Wharf Rat (with Beautiful Jam!) Me and My Uncle Me and Bobby McGee Big Boss Man Candyman Uncle John's Band * - first time ever played Bertha is very cool because it has this little coda at the end of the song, and this version is the only time it was ever played. My 3rd show, and the first time I was ever psychedelic at a show. New Riders opened the show with a great set. One of the best nights Jerry ever had, imho. You can't go wrong with this show.
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First night of two at the Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami. This is without a doubt my favorite China/Rider of all. The jam out of China Cat is second to none in my opinion. It is a complete work of art filled with masterful playing by all, with with one peak after another, a continuously building crescendo that literally explodes into Rider. The first time I heard it, it nearly blew my mind and still has an incredible effect on me to this day.
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Hollywood Bowl? 1971. pure funk. I barely even recognized it the first time I heard it. I really like "traditional" Mr C...but this one is tops...IMO, of course. Your mileage may vary
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My personal favorite is the peformance of "Black Peter", Northern Illinois University, 1977.
I am from europe, and was studying at the university from 1976-1979. I didnt know the dead before that show, but i have loved them ever since. Love from Denmark.

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Cow Palace New Years Eve 1976. Simply because I just listened to it! No doubt, tomorrow will bring a new favourite 😎

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I had a whim to find a Terrapin above Terrapins. The one that will send shivers down my spine and fill me up with cascading sound fields each and every listen.

I listened to all the ones I have, not that many, maybe 6-7 and this is what I found:

The infamous version from Englishtown '77 still stands out quite a bit. It was my first show and I thought I was just playing favorites, but indeed it quite a wonderful version.

The other one I liked was from 03/03/1990 Nassau Coliiseum

It was also and quite education to listen to Robert Hunter Jack O' Roses acoustic studio version which clocks in at 15:58

But, I thought I would ask here as I know I will get some solid sound advice.

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My personal favorite is the peformance of "Black Peter", Northern Illinois University, 1977.
I am from europe, and was studying at the university from 1976-1979. I didnt know the dead before that show, but i have loved them ever since. Love from Denmark.

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I can only talk about what I actually saw. The second set opener at the magnificent Greek Theater, Berkley, was the best. They came out in a rather excited state to start the set. Then, they just erupted into a musical superlative. The jam into drums was a Bobby/Brent thing I never saw at any other show. Then the sun set. People need to listen to that 40 minutes turned up real loud. Archive.org has a Charlie Miller sound board that will do you well.
Sure there are probably better Playin>Uncle John's, but that one was a best for me. The energy!

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The Great American Music Hall for sure.....one from the vault 1975.....the best version of eyes ever.....Jerry's solo's are out of this world

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Seeing the Dead at Bickershaw with a miner and his family ( wife and several kids ). They had given myself and a friend a ride to the site and i invited them along....we all just walked in. I had paid they hadn`t but it didn`t matter. We all watched and listened totally transfixed......magical time

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The one from 3-18-77 with the Alhambra / Terrapin Flyer jam afterwards is pretty cool.

Some great ones from the 80's are 4/14/84 Hampton, 3/23/87 Hampton and 4/6/87 Brendan Byrne. That Spring tour in 87 they were pumped up and the Terrapin outros in particular are smokin. Also the Brendan Byrne one comes out of Space and goes into The Other One, so there's that...

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First time I heard it live after only having heard it on vinyl. I "got it" then. Was not too sure about it based on the album

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Alvin Lee from Ten Years Later! I have a compilation of videos about this and download it through this tool videopower.me/tips/category-videopower-red/download-video-from-a-website/

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Can we coax David and company to release 4-21-69, The Arc, Boston, Mass. for the next Dave's Pick release?

Please? Pretty Please?

Forever dedicated to great Dark Stars.....

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I stumbled across this beautiful set of 08/03/1969... There's a saxophonist that joins in on the jams and I particularly enjoyed the way Phil Lesh played around with this interesting jazzy addition to the band. It definitely gave me more understanding in the way Phil plays the bass. And seeing as he was a trumpet player originally and wrote several Jazz pieces as a composer before meeting the band, we can hear and feel this is right up his alley. Best version so far in my books

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I found a new favorite but I need some help. What live version of It Looks like Rains is it that ends with Jerry singing What A Wonderful World?

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Archive.org best version is not the mixed one fwiw - great energetic show - can't go wrong with the entire show, band was tight - no good copies of the show exist due to rain heat and humidity unfortunately but local tv station caught first 4 songs and it is on youtube fyi

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Dead with Allman Brothers & Peter Green Fillmore East 2/1170? How about a release form the vaults?

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Just went back and listened to the Charlie Miller mix of 9-2-88. Just amazing. The second set alone is worthy of a Dick or Dave's....how about some fall of '88 love with those Picks!
This show is on the Mt. Rushmore for me with 8/27/72, 8/13/75, 5/22/77 and 8/6/74. Fall '88 is very nice overall but juxtapose this with a hot 10/2/88 and you can hear the extra oomph in 8/27/88. Listen to the Stella's from both and you can hear how the Cap Center one is far more on point. This show has my go to Wheel, Watchtower, Scarlet/Fire, Sugar Mag and Stella....hence, Rushmore.

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Unbroken Chains from Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel. Phil Lesh sings and he is fabulous. This song has meant more to me that any other.

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Given, I'm young in terms of deadheads at 54, so only saw the Grateful Dead around 10 times. Of those shows, June 23, 1990 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. One of those shows where you would swear they control the weather.

As for Dead & Co which I haven't missed any of the Boulder shows since I live here. Honestly, July 3rd, 2023, the last night in Boulder this summer was just over the top. Most of the Boulder Dead & Co have been great. June 18, 2022 & July 6, 2019 were also especially good.