Showing posts with label Grateful Dead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grateful Dead. Show all posts

Saturday, May 8, 2010

May 8, 1977 - Grateful Dead at Barton Hall, Cornell, New York

Today is the 32nd anniversary of what heads around the world recognize as the greatest show they Grateful Dead ever played. This bootleg is widely available online, and any music fan would do well to spend time listening to this entire show. A mind-blowing performance with an energy and power too impossible to describe.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Box Of Rain

"What do you want me to do
To do for you, to see you through"

I couldn't even begin to count how many times I've played this song. Phil Lesh's defining moment on the Grateful Dead's insanely wonderful AMERICAN BEAUTY. It was here when the legendary road-warriors stripped themselves down to churn out some of their most famous songs. Can't say enough about this song or record so I won't even try.....