Thirty-one years ago, So Many Roads came to an end in a stadium in Chicago. I’ve never brought myself to listen to this show, maybe today is the day. For certain I’ll listen more than once to the So Many Roads. What a Long Strange Trip for sure. “Always a hoot!” archive.org/details/gd19...

Twenty-eight years ago from Burgettstown, PA, outside of Pittsburgh. The Other Ones opened this stop on the Furthur Festival ‘98 with the first Shakedown of the tour. Then into Playin’ which they bookended the show with and throw in a Sailor/Saint, ‘nuff said! archive.org/details/too1...

Twenty-eight years ago at Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA. The Other Ones open with Hell In A Bucket, then into an amazing Scarlet featuring Bruce on vocals and Steve soaring on the solos. Set 2 featured a great Bird Song>d/s>The Other One>Wharf Rat. archive.org/details/too1...

Please join me in heaping lots of birthday love on the lovely and oh so talented Joan Osborne, as she sings the Beatles, “When I’m 64”, over her cake today. Thank you Joan, for all these years of amazing music! Happy Birthday! 💀🪬🌹🎶❤️🥳🎂🥳❤️🎶🌹🪬💀 youtu.be/guSmVaeCPnI?...

Twenty-three years ago, night 3 of 5 at “The Rocks”. Great versions of New Speedway, Night of 1000 Stars, Deep Elem, Mr. Charlie and Stagger Lee in set 1, and Playin’, Shakedown, Reuben & Cherise and Comes A Time in set 2. All that and Joan’s 41st birthday. archive.org/details/thed...

I always hate when we get too far removed from a gig without getting some good full video from it out there for you all. From our gig on 6/4 at the LaurelThirst, Let The Good Times Roll, which has become a great show opener for Brothers Jam. youtu.be/4vdhe1eTWD0?...

Join me in honoring Mr. “Peace & Love”, Sir Richard Starkey on his 86th birthday! Happy Birthday Ringo!! 🌹🎶❤️🥳🎂🥳❤️🎶🌹 youtu.be/pgz-lQs7RzU?...

Twenty-eight years ago at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, CT. The Furthur Festival rolls on! This whole show is one big Not Fade Away sandwich, with the classic both opening and closing the show. In between an other worldly space>China Cat/Rider in set 2. archive.org/details/too1...

Twenty- three years ago at “The Rocks” it was the 25th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s first appearance there. 2nd night of a great 5 night run. Opening with Feel Like a Stranger and featuring She Said She Said, Self Defense, Even So and October Queen in set 1. archive.org/details/dead...

Thirty-nine years ago on this date, the Grateful Dead released In The Dark, their 12th studio release, on Arista records. The album went double platinum, had 3 singles off of it including music videos for Touch Of Grey, Hell In A Bucket & Throwing Stones. youtu.be/rbiqeqYk_V4?...

Twenty-three years ago The Dead land at Red Rocks for a 5 night run of shows, and come out of the gate swinging. Opening with a Scarlet/Fire and a set 1 No More Do I and complete Weather Report Suite. Set 2 included a Cryptical>Days Between>He’s Gone and more. archive.org/details/dead...

Good morning! It is Brothers Jam Sunday, and while Jamey and I hope to have some new stuff up for you soon, I thought I’d go back to 1/23/26 for the night Chris Timberlake (and Willow!) first ventured into the jam band world with us. It’s been quite a ride so far! youtu.be/qjKoyiBiFMQ?...

Twenty-eight years ago The Other Ones in Darien Center, NY as the Furthur Festival continues. Must be a Sunday show, to start off with Drums>Samson. A nice Sugaree by Bruce, and Dark Star v1. A bit later we get more drums, Bruce’s Across The River and Dark Star v2. archive.org/details/too1...

Happy 4th of July all! I’ve been working on this “video” the past few days, after listening to this show on its 23rd anniversary on 7/2. I immediately thought of my brothers & sisters in Brothers Jam, and specifically how Chris Timberlake would just soar on Comes A Time. youtu.be/i9fOC2y2dE4?...

Twenty-eight years ago, 4th of July at Saratoga Springs, NY as the Furthur Festival tour of ‘98 continues. A U.S. Blues opener you could have seen coming 🤔. Bruce’s The Way It Is into Bird Song into The Other One into Drums. One More Saturday Night closer. archive.org/details/too1...

Twenty-three years ago in Austin, TX at Willie’s annual 4th of July Picnic. Broadcast on XM Satellite Radio. Gotta love a Let The Good Times Roll opener. Willie sits in on El Paso, Ripple and Milestones. Great China Cat/Rider>Not Fade Away closer. archive.org/details/dead...

A great Afro Blue Friday to you! Today’s selection is the wonderful Melanie De Biasio gracing us with her flute and voice, both quite beautiful on this take on “The Blue”. youtu.be/xHldixoPKDg?...

Twenty-eight years ago at Blockbuster Ctr in Camden, NJ. The Other Ones continue their inaugural tour of the Furthur Festival 98. Jack Straw opener, with a Sailor/Saint and a Playin’/Banyan Tree/Drums/Jam/Playin’/ Uncle John’s to open set 2. archive.org/details/too1...

Remembering Paul Barrere, on what would have been his 78th birthday. Paul left us WAY too soon. From the Kickin’ It At The Barn album, this one became an all time favorite of mine with its swampy southern feel. Blessings Paul wherever you be Pickin’! youtu.be/Rv4gGj1Zuxc?...

Sixty, say what? Sixty years ago today at the Fillmore Auditorium. The recording in the archive is only a partial. Originally released as the 1966 entry in the 30 Trips box, and now just released as its own standalone set. Primal Dead at its sonic best. archive.org/details/gd19...

Twenty-three years ago in St Louis, with Willie Nelson still along for the ride on the Summer Getaway. Open with Viola Lee Blues, and close with a Help/Slip/Franklin’s. With some Twilight Time and a Terrapin/Comes A Time sandwich in between. archive.org/details/dead...

Forty-seven years ago in Seattle. It rained, a lot, but hey, it is the PNW! Pretty basic Dead set, for Brent’s 13th show. A 2nd set Sugaree and a Shakedown encore. archive.org/details/gd19...

Fifty-three years ago at the old open air Universal Amphitheater. Night 3 of a 3 night run. Donna sounding particularly good this night, with a 26 minute Playing In The Band, a great China Cat/Rider and The Other One being highlights, as well as a slower tempo Loose Lucy archive.org/details/gd19...

Twenty-eight years ago at Great Woods in Mansfield, MA. The Other Ones and the Furthur Festival roll on. Very nice Bruce intro into his White Wheeled Limousine, followed by Lady With A Fan>China/Rider. An Estimated>The Other One anchors set 2 into a beautiful China Doll. archive.org/details/too1...

Twenty-three years ago in Milwaukee. The Dead are getting more creative with the setlists. Opening with Cassidy>Dark Star v1 >Mountains of the Moon>She Said She Said, then coming back to finish both Dark Star and Cassidy at the end of the show. archive.org/details/dead...

Forty-seven years ago at Portland International Raceway, billed as Portland Jam 2 ‘79. David Bromberg and McGuinn, Clark & Hillman opened. Brent’s 12th show with the Dead. Relatively short show given the two openers. Phil was seen offstage boogieing to the “Byrds” set. archive.org/details/gd19...

Fifty-three years ago from Universal City, CA. This show got high marks all around, in particular for Keith’s Fender Rhodes work, and that great Dark Star>Eyes>Stella in the 2nd set. Garcia was definitely on his game. archive.org/details/gd19...

Twenty-eight years ago at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. They start the show with a drums before Bruce takes it into Mystery Train. They debut Preacher In The Ring and weave around a Dark Star jam throughout, and finish up the Playin’ Reprise from the previous night. archive.org/details/too1...

Twenty-eight years ago in East Rutherford, NJ. The 98 Furthur Festival with Hot Tuna and Rusted Root. First Mountains of the Moon since 1969. Bruce’s The Way It Is as well, and Playing In the Band kind of weaves its way around through set2. archive.org/details/too1...

Twenty-three years ago at Vernon Downs Raceway in Vernon, NY. With Moe and Willie Nelson opening. Willie shows up on Loser and Big Boss Man, and Al Schnier sits in on Estimated & Samson. Joan really nails Night of a Thousand Stars. archive.org/details/dead...

Fifty-two years ago at “The Garden” in Boston. Wall of Sound. This show is maybe best known for the nearly 48 minute Weather Report Suite > US Blues which was released as part of Dick’s Picks 12, along with the show from the 26th. archive.org/details/gd19...

Twenty-three years ago, night two in Camden, NJ with Willie Nelson. An eclectic mix with a LOT of jamming going on between tunes. A three hour show that opened set 2 with drums>space>Playin’>Eyes>Jam>Mason’s Children. Joan kills Comes A Time again! archive.org/details/dead...

Twenty-eight years ago at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA. The band is really starting to gel and take off. Bruce teases the Terrapin intro before going into China Cat, and they debut his Rainbow’s Cadillac as well as the opening verse to Dark Star. archive.org/details/too1...

Released fifty-two years From The Mars Hotel would be the last studio album the Grateful Dead would release prior to their hiatus in late October of 1974. Highlights were U.S. Blues, Scarlet Begonias, and Phil Lesh’s tunes, Pride of Cucamonga and Unbroken Chain. youtu.be/T5FN06LFfHk?...

Twenty-three years ago in Camden, NJ at the Tweeter Ctr. Willie Nelson opened and sat in. Joan just crushes Comes A Time, and a great New Speedway, Shakedown, Lovelight, with a Dancing In The Street encore finish off the show. archive.org/details/dead...

Fifty-three years ago at the Seattle Center Arena. Released as part of the big Pacific Northwest 73-74 box set. Unusual setlist where Weir ends up with 4 vocals in a row. archive.org/details/gd19...

Twenty-eight years ago from Charlotte, NC, The Other Ones now getting a few gigs under their belt and finding new tunes to break out. Great covers of Wild Horses, and Bruce’s White Wheeled Limousine before getting into a Lost Sailor/Saint Of Circumstance. archive.org/details/too1...

Thirty-two years ago, night 3 in that late June Las Vegas heat. Nice So Many Roads, Tom Thumb’s and Music Never Stopped as well as a Ramble On Rose one review called perfect. Victim opened set 2, into Eyes to kick off an almost 2 hour set. archive.org/details/gd19...

Wellll, one more, just because it was the Oregon Jam at Autzen Stadium, Forty-eight years ago. My buddy Scott Benson was “fanboying” it backstage with Garcia at this one. It’s a Bear recording with a groovy intro to Big River, and a nice Estimated/Eyes in set 2. archive.org/details/gd19...

Thirty-two years ago, nighttime show in the Silver Bowl. More 105+ temps throughout the show. Traffic did a nice opening set. Lazy River Road, Loose Lucy, If The Shoe Fits, Easy Answers and Stella Blue were personal highlights. archive.org/details/gd94...

Twenty-eight years ago at Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta, GA. The Other Ones 2nd gig of the 98 tour. Playing In The Band, which in addition to being the opener, kept popping up a few times throughout the show. Throw in Bruce’s The Way It Is and Bob’s Banyan Tree. archive.org/details/too1...

Twenty-three years ago, night 2 in Holmdel, NJ. The band starting to break out more tunes, with a nice cover of Traffic’s Low Spark with Stevie Winwood, as well as Miles’ Milestones, Phil’s No More Do I, and Joan really shines on Mr. Charlie and Reuben & Cherise. archive.org/details/dead...

Fifty-three years ago here in Portland at the Memorial Coliseum. None of the archive recordings are complete, for that, go to the Pacific Northwest 73 & 74 box set. Sound problems plagued the beginning of the show, but the Dark Star>Eyes made up for it. archive.org/details/gd19... 💀🪬🌹🎶💛🩵✨🩵💛🎶🌹🪬💀

Thirty-six years ago, a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Eugene at Autzen. Little Feat opened and got the groove going. Never go wrong with a Help/Slip/Franklin’s opener. I believe I read this was Brent’s last west coast show. archive.org/details/gd19... 💀🪬🌹🎶❤️‍🔥🖤✨🖤❤️‍🔥🎶🌹🪬💀

Thirty-two years ago at the Silver Bowl in Las Vegas. The only run of shows done at the bowl at night, temps between 105 & 110. Great to start with Let The Good Times Roll into Stranger then Althea. Set 2 has an Estimated into He’s Gone going into Drums. archive.org/details/gd19... 💀🪬🌹🎶❤️‍🔥🖤🔥🖤❤️‍🔥🎶🌹🪬💀

Twenty-three years ago in Holmdel, NJ at PNC Bank Ctr the Dead played a scorching 3 sets, musically and temperatures wise, including a bluesy Smokestack Lightning/Got My Mojo Working/Schoolgirl combo in set 2. archive.org/details/dead... 💀🪬🌹🎶❤️‍🔥🖤✨🖤❤️‍🔥🎶🌹🪬💀

Now playing from Dave’s Picks #34, fifty-two years ago from the Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami. Fantastic Wall of Sound show, long thought of as a must have by tape collectors prior to its official release in the “Dave’s” series. youtu.be/RplvsgHnsVg?... 💀🪬🌹🎶🩵💜✨💜🩵🎶🌹🪬💀

Fifty-one years ago today, Stephen Stills released his first album on Columbia records, Stills. A great album highlighting his work with guitarist/vocalist, Donnie Dacus. Highlights included Turn Back The Pages, My Angel, My Favorite Changes and As I Come Of Age. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Take a moment today to remember and honor Robert Hunter on what would have been his 85th birthday. The bard, the wordsmith, or just plain Hunter, here is his acoustic take on the Terrapin suite, from his 1980 Jack O’Roses release. Never released on CD. youtu.be/mi2xRrwnRSs?... 💀🪬🌹🎶🩵❤️🌘🩵❤️🎶🌹🪬💀

On what would have been his 86th birthday, take a moment to remember artist, and original Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe. Though his time was short, both musically and literally, he will always be a Beatle.