There are concerts that become famous because of mythology, and then there are concerts that survive every replay, every tape upgrade, every remaster Source: Grateful Dead at Buffalo ’77 is Don’s Pick
May 6, 1989 at Frost Amphitheater: The Grateful Dead’s Kentucky Derby Day Performance That Closed a Chapter with Precision and Power Source: May 6, 1989 at the Frost Amphitheater is Don’s Pick This Week!
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There are Grateful Dead shows that exist as entries in a setlist database, and then there are nights that take on a life of their own—passed hand to hand Source: Grateful Dead’s April 23, 1988 Irvine Meadows is Don’s Pick Tonight!
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There are certain nights in Grateful Dead history that don’t just live in tape collections or setlist archives—they live in the body. You feel them. Source: On This Day: April 18, 1982 — The Night the Grateful Dead Shook Hartford to Its Core — Don’s Pick Tonight on The Grateful Dead Live!
The Grateful Dead Live Presents Atlanta ’78 Revisited on Don’s Pick Tonight! Source: The Grateful Dead Live Presents Atlanta ’78 Revisited on Don’s Pick Tonight!
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April Fools’ Alchemy in Passaic Tonight! Don’s Pick is from April Fools Day 1980! Source: April Fools’ Alchemy in Passaic Tonight! Don’s Pick is from April Fools Day 1980!
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The Grateful Dead Live Tonight on Don’s Pick is from the Academy of Music in New York on Today’s Date, March 21, 1972 Source: The Grateful Dead Live Tonight on Don’s Pick is from the Academy of Music in New York on Today’s Date, March 21, 1972
Live music has always been the lifeblood of the Grateful Dead, a group whose entire identity was built on the idea that songs should evolve every time Source: Don’s Pick tonight is The David & The Dorks Sessions, captured during a December 1970 performance at The Matrix
On March 1, 1987, at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, Grateful Dead stepped onto the stage to open a three-night run Source: Don’s Pick: The Grateful Dead Live: March 1, 1987 — Oakland’s Overlooked Gem and the Sound of a Band Reborn
The Grateful Dead Live exists for one reason only:every song played is the live version. Source: Don’s Pick: February 1, 1978 Uptown Theater, Chicago — a legendary all-live broadcast night
