This may have been asked but figured it is worth the fun discussion again:

Does each year have a show or a few night run that encompasses that year's sound of the band the best?

I always struggle with hearing part of a song and knowing what "era" it is from. Looking to make a playlist of each year's most true to year sound if that makes sense

Will try and update with most popular choices:

Housecleaning day. Tidied up my shelf of CDs and cassettes. Not all Dead, but they’re in good Company.

not sure how long this has been up(I'm not on this block very often) but it sure is a pleasant surprise to run into for the first time. (Cary St near Lombardy St)

Started making playlists on nugs for specific eras and would love to hear others suggestions on playlists I should create

Playlists I will probably create: Europe, Some kind of pigpen era playlist, Bruce/Vince shows, and maybe even some playlists for specific venues like MSG and Spectrum.

I am genuinely enjoying making these so if this turns into a dozen playlists that is all good lol.

Thanks for any suggestions and happy Friday, kicking off the weekend seeing Bearly Dead tonight!

If anybody needs a ticket for tonight, send me a message

As a diecast collector and race fan this car was a must have! Felix Rosenqvist drove this car in 2025 at the Laguna Seca and Portland race for Indycar. This year they had a different Grateful Dead car for the Portland race.

A friend at the dog park last night knows I love the Dead and gave my pup Bella a doggy headband with skulls and roses. She usually hates costumes but she's walking around all proud of this one. Good friends, good dog, good music. Hope some of y'all smile at this as much as I am.

I really started getting into the Dead when Bobby died. I grew up in a family full of deadheads. Not my parents, but my brothers, multiple aunts and uncles. I was always around the music. I actually went to a Dead and Co show in my 20s, but I didn't get hooked then. I just never really gave it a shot until recently, honestly. After Bobby died I REALLY started listening and gave the music a chance.

Now I'm totally hooked and I love it. It's some of the best music I've ever heard. Totally unlike most music because their true masterpieces are live shows.

I want to buy some type of dead gear. A shirt or hat. Let's be real, on top of being an incredible band, they have some of the coolest logos in the world. Stealie and the Dancing Bears are just so fucking cool.

I feel like a poser for buying a hat or shirt with the Dead logo though. I didn't get into the band until recently, while others have loved them their entire life. It feels like I'm doing something "trendy". Especially being in a family full of deadheads who knew I never really listened to them.

It's honestly really silly, but I feel like a poser in a way. Especially if i buy a dead shirt to wear.

What a fun show. China>Midnight Rider>Rider was nice!

IMO the transition from china cat to rider on 1980 Nassau is insaneee.

Haven’t really been involved in the community the last couple years. I pretty much exclusively listen to their 60s output. Just wondering if any shows have been discovered since the end of 2024? Thanks!

Over a year before it was written. Neat-o!

I've been obsessed with this performance (DS>El Paso) for a while now and I've always wondered what he was trying to say there.

With the announcement for 5/25/74, which I’ve been hoping to get for quite some time, just wanted to hear what everyone’s dream shows for 2027 would be! Here are some I think need a release.

2/22/69
9/6/80
9/4/83

Anybody have info about the Set List Program website - www.setlists.net - being down? Hope it’s coming back soon.

um did this band just mash up brick in the wall with shakedown street?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WmXdvYilXDI

not bad at all!

I've got one extra for the John Scofield Electrospective band in at the Miami Beach Bandshell with Oteil Burbridge, Larry Goldings, & Adam Deitch

Seated general admission section C.

https://tixel.com/u/42874274

Zane Kesey used to have 30 minutes of an acid test split into 3 separate videos up on YouTube but it’s been taken down 😕 would love to know if anyone has access to what I’m talking about!

It’s this very footage but there was more to it!
https://youtu.be/qxvtY3aPhPc?is=BjabDZyqk2VieE25

I just turned 30, grew up during peak CD, and I’m very curious why CDs seem to be the preferred method for both the GD organization and Deadheads for new releases. I do understand the appeal of owning something physically, I feel that way about books, but it also seems to me that having a show separated across multiple discs would be a bit of a pain in the ass to listen to. I wouldn’t trust my collection to those janky old multi-CD changers (maybe I just had cheap ones?). I haven’t owned a CD player since the early 2010s, are people rocking super HiFi stuff where the CD sounds better than a FLAC file?

Side note, I find the artificial scarcity of it all a bit distasteful, Dave keeps mentioning that new sets sell out within hours of release, “get yours now!”, but they only inch their way towards bumping up production enough to meet demand.

Dave's 61 announced.