• U.S. Blues

    “In Jerry Garcia’s original nearly five hour edit of the Grateful Dead Movie, he had the film opening with Uncle John’s Band. A wonderful track, with a terrific performance filmed during the five night run (and later released as Bonus Track on the DVD in 2004), but it didn’t have the weight of movie’s opening…

  • Days Between

    Since seeing Dead and Co. in Colorado last month, the Grateful Dead have been in heavy rotation since. Perfect summer music. Since we are now in what Dead Head’s call “The Days Between” (the days between Garcia‘s birthday and the date of his passing), if you’ve never listened, I think their run from ’70 to…

  • Favorite “Live” Dead:

    Bear’s Choice The Closing of Winterland Cornell, 5/8/77 Dick’s Picks, Volume 8 Europe ’72 Grateful Dead Ladies and Gentlemen…