Jerry lights up the first set with his spare and enlightened picking. And the boys throw down in the second, starting with a tasty Scarlet> Touch and finishing with five tunes out of Space, including a raging Truckin' and magisterial Stella. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-28-1985

Phil takes the lead, keying a raging Dancin' and dropping serious tonnage throughout. Repeatedly, the boys rise to answer Phil's nasty bass licks, and raucousness ensues, particularly on the Franklin's, He's Gone> Other One that follows in the wake of Dancin'. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-27-1979

The acoustic opening set is out of sight from the Must Have Been the Roses to the Ripple to the China Doll. The lovely sound, pacing, and ambience continues through the two electric sets as well, including on a beautiful Althea and a righteous Stella. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-26-1980

Dark Star, sublime with a Feeling Groovy jam, begins the recording. Then Stephen pours down like a waterfall, sanctifying and refreshing before the whirling organ marking the beginning of a joyous Eleven. Later, a magnificent Lovelight, bawdy with Pig's rapping. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-25-1969

The Deadheads - and possibly Bobby and Billy - get into a little fisticuffs with security to put an end to this night, but not before some searing, transcendental music with Keith on the house's mighty Wurlitzer and the rest of the boys bringing it. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-23-1973

The 1st ever Other One will positively melt your brain. But don't miss the haunting, milky, completely psychedelic Morning Dew; Cold Rain And Snow with hints of pop effervescence and Jerry surf guitar; and fast and worldly adolescent Lovelight. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-22-1967

Hamza El Din and the drummers start with a mesmerizing, goose bump inducing jam on Ollin Arageed. But there is so much more, including a hypnotic section in Estimated, a bluesy Lee Oskar fueled Mojo jam into a smoking Other One, and a beatific Stella. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-21-1978

After a Pig-fronted Schoolgirl and Lovelight, a tempestuous Dark Star emerges, followed up by a breakneck Stephen and a fully mind-altering Eleven, all before a steam-rolling Caution and Feedback jam take the show out. This is some crazy shit of the first order. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-20-1968

The Must Have Been the Roses is so heartfelt and emotional and the Eyes> China Doll is something to behold. But it's the Truckin' with a massive Caution jam inside that really takes the night. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-19-1974

The last Weather Report Suite ever is a pristine beauty. But the hottest part of the night happens as the boys slowly turn Seastones into a more formalized jam and find Dark Star, which eventually gives way to an earth-shattering Morning Dew. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-18-1974

As the sun set on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Dead cracked it open with a sweet Half-Step> Franklin's. A hot Althea, smoking jam in Deal, funky Shakedown, and incredible Never Trust a Woman are all tops. But it's the 6 songs post-Space that are truly epic. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-17-1982

The first night at the Milky Way club in Amsterdam was great, but the next - today's show - blew the doors completely off. This is bar band Dead at its best with Bobby - on his birthday - cheesing out in awesome style. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-16-198

The crux of the show begins with Playin', which explores worlds unknown before shifting to a magical China Doll into Drums. Space hints at Dark Star, but instead goes into Stephen, sending the crowd into pandemonium and rightly so. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-15-1983

The Dead lit up the 1st set with heady music and lots of Texas references. And an outrageous Playin' segues into Drums> Wheel> Wharf Rat to top the 2nd. That Playin' is finished in the encore, but not before they start to cap the night with a brilliant Brokedown. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-14-1977

The opening Dark Star is milky smoothness with Phil throwing in some chunky bass lines, Bobby streaking around in the middle distance, the drummers ratcheting up the lusciousness, and Jerry soaring off repeatedly. And it's pure primal form from there on out! gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-13-1968

Starting off with Stranger, the boys bust through an energetic first set with a painfully beautiful Must Have Been the Roses and a top-shelf Cumberland. The second is brilliant throughout as well, capped by a stunning, earth-rattling Morning Dew. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-12-1984

Bobby lit it up throughout the first set. But the LL Rain - a rich, intricately designed tapestry - might be our favorite. And don't miss the Satisfaction> It's All Over Now encore where Bobby goes all cheese before Jerry creates some utterly transcendent magic. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-10-1982

Billed as "Formerly the Warlocks" and only ticketed locally, the show was a Deadhead's dream. The boys reveled in the atmosphere, breaking out Help> Slip> Franklin's after a 4-year hiatus, dropping a magnificent Morning Dew, and giving us so much more magic. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-08-1989

With surely one of the best Wharf Rats ever and a monstrous Terrapin> Playin' the Dead played a gem of a show - for the University of New Mexico's homecoming - back on this date in 1977. Check it out at Grateful Dead of the Day and enjoy this lovely night: gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-07-1977

The only thing better than 2 sets of the Dead is 3. The opening acoustic set is so pretty, especially Ripple and Been All Around the World. But the electric sets are all the match with one of the best Sailor> Saints, a blistering Other One, and a mighty Terrapin. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-06-1980

Listening to this night at the Spectrum with its Lazy River Road that is as good it gets, splendid and funky Playin'> UJB, and epic Standing on the Moon will certainly reframe your perspective on the boys' later years. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-05-1994

The boys start off with Jack Straw, play a hell of a spaghetti western El Paso, and finish with top-shelf versions of Row Jimmy, Let It Grow, and Deal. The second half blazes too, including a Brent-fueled Cold Rain & Snow and a Scarlet> Fire that Jerry scorches. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-04-1981

The boys broke out Casey Jones and Dupree's after, respectively, a three- and eight-year hiatus. They also delivered a monster Playin' before going completely over the top with The Wheel> Truckin’> Other One> Wharf Rat> Sugar Mags. It is pure, scorching madness. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-02-1977

The show shines from top to bottom starting off with a sick Help> Slip> Franklin's opener that goes into a delightful Walkin' Blues and an always welcome Althea. There is also a monster, nearly thirty-minute Scarlet> Fire and a beatific Stella. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/10-01-1994

The playing is flawless from the opening On The Road Again through the acoustic set-closing Ripple as Jerry and Bobby offer rhapsodic picking and emotional, spirited vocals. And there are gems in the latter electric sets too as Brent gets cooking on the keys. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-30-1980

The boys steer a marvelous Truckin’ into a blistering jam before slowing things up just a notch while Phil rains down a series of bombs and Jerry streaks around. A bit later, a face-melting Stronger Than Dirt emerges, transitioning into a rapturous Not Fade Away. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-28-1975

Morning Dew cracks open the show, and the boys end that sumptuous set with a raging China> Rider, Playin'. Then they come out for a tremendous second half, including a stratospheric Dark Star and an epically fiery Cumberland. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-27-1972

The 2nd set comes out of the gate with Dark Star before taking an amazing Eyes into Drums. Out the backside, the boys go Other One, back to Dark Star, and then an achingly beautiful Attics. The encore features a Brokedown and the last We Bid You Goodnight ever. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-26-1991

The Dead invaded William and Mary and turned in a command performance. The only Playin'> Supplication> Playin' ever is mind-blowing, there is a ridiculous Help> Slip> Drums> Slip> Franklin's, and Bobby gives what might be the best Take a Step Back ever. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-24-1976

The Dead were always re-imagining themselves. And, here, you can hear the characteristic '73 sound start to emerge. There is also tons of spectacular music from the smoking Deal and otherworldly Playin' to the majestic Wharf Rat and last Other One Suite until '85. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-23-1972

When a show starts off Help> Slip> Franklin's, you're in for a treat. And when David Murray joins, things will be heady. Check out Murray ratcheting up Bird Song, Estimated, Dark Star, & Wharf Rat and putting a smile on Jerry's face and extra sauce in his guitar. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-22-1993

On the last night of a monstrous MSG run, the Dead put on a mesmerizing show. A beautiful Ramble on Rose highlights the 1st set along with a great Stranger and Althea. The 2nd half is sensational, but the Dark Star> Playin'> Dark Star is surely the crux of it all. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-20-1990

The Dark Star is a "beautiful wistful eulogy for their fallen psychedelic comrade," Jimi Hendrix, and the rest of the show, including an earth-shaking Not Fade Away featuring a Darkness, Darkness and China Cat jam, both mind altering, is just as insane. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-19-1970

The boys reach mind-meld perfection. Every lick, run, and noodle seems anticipated, even created, by every member of the band, making for luscious, gooey goodness. Bird Song and Morning Dew are epochal and the Good Lovin'> La Bamba> Good Lovin' is so fun. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-18-1987

The boys get deep quick on a consummate Other One, laying in some fantastic, powerful runs. Then, Billy claims a masterful, ripping drum solo, before the jamming continues unabated for a half hour. And there is so much more in this show. Listen now! gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-17-1972

On the Dead's last night at the Great Pyramid in Egypt, Hamza El Din played along with the band on Ollin Arageed, a song that he composed specially for the Dead's visit, taking it into a face melting Fire On The Mountain. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-16-1978

With nine shows on this day in history, we head out to the Providence Civic Center in 1973 for the Dead of the Day. It is hard to pass up this show with its sweet Row Jimmy and face-melting Eyes and WRS with Fierro and Ellis adding sax, trumpet, and flute. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-15-1973

Pre-Drums 1993 does not get much better than the show from this date as the boys go Scarlet> Fire> Playin'> Dark Star> Terrapin and kill it all. There are also a number of heady nuggets in the first set, including a sweet Jack-A-Roe and a tasty Let It Grow. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-13-1993

On a subdued but utterly fantastic evening, the boys laid down a dark and noirish Sugaree, a jazzy and velvety Playin', and an utterly mind-blowing Dark Star. Joined by Martin Fierro and Joe Ellis, the Dead also played arguably the best Weather Report Suite ever. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-11-1973

Branford joined the boys on a splendid Help> Slip> Franklin's, the Franklin's sublime and luscious in its bright and rounded jams with lovely vocal harmonies. But don't miss the masterful Dark Star and utterly beautiful Standing on the Moon. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-10-1991

With an absolute monster of an Other One clocking in at 35 minutes and one of the most beautiful and moving Stella Blues of all time, the Dead's show from this day in '72 is off the charts. Check out the entire show, including the banter from Jerry and Bobby: gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-09-1972

The boys debuted Weather Report Suite in stunning fashion, floowed up with a punchy Roll Out the Barrel before seeing out the set with an epic Eyes and China Doll. But the magisterial He's Gone, on what would have been Pig's 28th birthday, might eclipse it all. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-08-1973

The first set here at Red Rocks is highlighted by a sweet Dupree's. But the 2nd set is what made the night really phenomenal, opening with Shakedown and breaking out Hey Jude in the midst of Dear Mr. Fantasy before a scorching Truckin'> Comes A Time> Lovelight. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-07-1985

The boys played 16 shows in Maine, including a beauty on this day in 1980. The Sugaree - one of the best of the 80s - and Stranger highlight the first set while the second is just filled with goodies including a luscious Althea and massive Playin' sandwich. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-06-1980

One of their 52 MSG shows, this one is no slouch with a fiery, ranging, and deeply fun 1st set and a classic Scarlet> Fire> Estimated> Eyes in the scorching 2nd. And don't miss the Garden crowd (which may or may not have included crazy bunnies), which digs it! gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-05-1979

The second set is a roaring monster of heady 1991 perfection, starting with Scarlet> Fire, working through an Estimated> He's Gone, coming out of Space with China Doll, and then rolling a Wheel> Throwing> NFA. Listen now at Grateful Dead of the Day! gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-04-1991

With 150,000 people in attendance, the Dead played one of the best of that fabled year, 1977. Breaking out Truckin' for the 1st time in 2 years, sending a beautiful Eyes, and encoring Terrapin, the boys mesmerized the crowd in the midst of a late-summer heat wave. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-03-1977

A heady Wang Dang Doodle takes it out of the gate, but it's on the MInglewood that things really get punchy. And the 2nd set is just superb from the opening Help> Slip> Franklins, through the jam-filled Eyes, and right on to the feverish Sugar Mags closer. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-02-1983

In '69, the Dead played the New Orleans International Pop Festival in Baton Rouge of all places. A roaring, melancholy Dew, one of the greatest High Times ever, and the always sensational combo of Dark Star> Stephen> Eleven> Lovelight make this a top-notch set. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/09-01-1969

The Mississippi Half-Step opener captures that idle, expansive feel of a late summer evening and sets the Dead off luscious, fecund exploration. By the time the boys kick off the 2nd set with Terrapin> Estimated, things are hot, sticky, and just so ripe and heady. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/08-31-1985