Every Song Played Is the Live Version — Always.. Some shows in the long, winding history of the Grateful Dead rise above the rest — nights when the band’s chemistry, confidence, and cosmic energy all align perfectly. November 4, 1977, at Cotterell Court, Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, is one of those timeless evenings. […]
Every Song Played Is the Live Version By the fall of 1989, The Grateful Dead were experiencing a creative renaissance. With Jerry Garcia revitalized and the band firing on all cylinders, their performances had reached a new level of cohesion and daring. On October 26, 1989, at the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida, the Dead
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Tonight’s “Don’s Pick” Radio Show Preview! There are Grateful Dead shows—and then there are the moments etched permanently into the mythology of live music. Halloween 1980 at Radio City Music Hall sits high on that mountain. A venue as grand as New York’s iconic musical palace became the playground for a band that lived and
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Where every song played is a live version — every jam, every encore, every heartbeat of the music lives on. At The Grateful Dead Live, we don’t play studio cuts. Every track you hear is the live version — the real thing, in all its raw, unpredictable, transcendent glory. It’s how the Grateful Dead lived,
The Grateful Dead Live There’s nothing quite like experiencing the Grateful Dead live—and at Dead Set Live, every song played is the live version. No studio polish, no edits, just the raw, improvisational magic that defined one of the most influential bands in rock history. Tonight, we spotlight a rare and unforgettable performance: the Grateful
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In the long, winding history of the Grateful Dead, a few shows stand apart—not just as great performances, but as moments where the legend deepened and the unexpected unfolded in real time. October 8, 1989, at the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, is one of those shows. Billed cryptically as “Formerly the Warlocks,” the band’s return
The Grateful Dead Live – Shoreline Amphitheatre, September 30, 1989 Few eras of the Grateful Dead shine quite like the late ’80s, and their run at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California proved exactly why this period has become a fan favorite. On September 30, 1989, the Dead delivered a performance that captured their unique
At Dead Set Live, every track we spin is the live version—because nothing captures the Grateful Dead like their unrepeatable, in-the-moment performances. And tonight, for Don’s Pick, we’re spotlighting September 1, 1969, when the Dead took the stage at the Baton Rouge International Speedway in Prairieville, Louisiana, during the iconic New Orleans Pop Festival. This
At Dead Set Live, every song played is the live version. No studio takes, no edits—just the raw, unfiltered magic of the Grateful Dead as it happened. Each performance takes listeners on a journey through the band’s evolving sound, improvisational spirit, and the collective heartbeat of the Deadhead community. This Saturday night, we’re heading back
Welcome to Dead Set Live, your Saturday night sanctuary where we drop the needle on full Grateful Dead shows—all live, all the time. This week, we’re putting a bright spotlight on a first-time venue appearance that turned into a hidden gem in the Dead’s vast live legacy. For this Live Jam edition, every song we
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