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Claudio
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Set out running but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight I just might get some sleep
Tonight
"I have only found a cassette of Bear's that had a very stunning, if not shocking, jam....that simply has to be heard to understand how good things can get!" - Dick Latvala
#GratefulDead
International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, 2/19/73
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📷 Brad Temkin
February 19, 2026 at 4:43 PM
February 18, 1971
#GratefulDead
Capitol Theater, Port Chester NY
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Debut of Bertha, Loser, Greatest Story, Wharf Rat, Playin' in the Band, and Johnny B. Goode

Mickey's last show until 10/20/74

Ned Lagin on clavichord

📷 Joe Sia
February 18, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Feb.17, 1980 After Midnight at the Laker Hall, Sate University of New York (SUNY) Oswego, Oswego, NY
JERRY GARCIA BAND
youtu.be/DlH23HW0nPY?...
destined for immortality
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 AM
the one and only Here Comes Sunshine > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
#GratefulDead
St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, 2/17/73
archive.org/details/gd19...
February 17, 2026 at 5:18 AM
2/17/79 Oakland Coliseum Arena
Keith and Donna played their final show as members of the Grateful Dead
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The performance featured the returns of BRB and GSET, both absent since 1974, along with High Time (1977) and the year’s only rendition of The Wheel
📷 Ed Perlstein
February 17, 2026 at 5:16 AM
"I'm not afraid of germs because I used to snort cocaine on toilet seats."

"I had bad grades in school, then I started using heroin and became top of the class."
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Jerry Garcia Band
Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
Feb. 15, 1980
youtube.com/watch?v=Gawe...
Jerry Church July 14, 2024: Jerry Garcia Band 02.15.1980 Boston, MA Early & Late AUD
YouTube video by nognuisagoodgnu
youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 AM
when Dark Star meets the Eyes of the World
this #GratefulDead show from Feb. 15, 1973 at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin is so captivating that it has had over a million listeners on archive.org
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📷 Rich Zimmerman
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 AM
crazy, incredible, wild, lysergic, cosmic, in a few words:
the #GratefulDead electrify the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on February 15, 1969
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February 15, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Save The Earth So We Have Someplace To Boogie
Keep on keepin on Merl Saunders
(February 14, 1934 – October 24, 2008)
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
in one of their first shows in Philadelphia
is a solid example of just how creative the band was during this period
#GratefulDead
Electric Factory, feb 14, 1969
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it's simply a great show in a period that is known for great shows
February 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
"Nothing’s weirder than coming to New York" - Jerry Garcia
#GratefulDead
Fillmore East, NYC, 2/14/70
DS>SS>11>Lovelight
the last time in sequence
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A Eternally Sacred Sonic Offering
"i think the drugs have finally gotten to you people" - JG
📷 Ira Zadikow
February 14, 2026 at 5:41 AM
St. Valentine's Day, Be Mine✴︎
#GratefulDead
Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 14, 1968
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Jerry dedicates the second set to Neal Cassady, great friend of the Dead, Merry Prankster extraordinaire
🎨 Stanley Mouse
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 AM
monumental Dark Star with a tasty Feeling Groovy Jam into a sumptuous TIFTOO, all finished off with a Pig-powered, no holds barred Lovelight
#GratefulDead
Fillmore East, NYC, 2/13/70
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Over 90 minutes of pure bliss that is sure to convert the unconverted.
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 AM
JERRY GARCIA BAND
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2/12/80
youtu.be/-P7eBzpv4CQ?...
Jerry's tearing it up
feb-mar 80 is some if the best
Ozzie era is spectacular
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 AM
all-star jam
On this day in 1970, the Grateful Dead began a legendary three-night run at Bill Graham’s Fillmore East in New York City, sharing the stage with the Allman Brothers Band and Love
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📷 Amalie R.Rothschild
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 AM
February 9, 1973 Roscoe Maples Pavilion, Palo Alto CA. EPIC NIGHT!
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The Dead started 1973 off right with the debut of the proto Wall of Sound and seven new tunes, including TLEO, HCS, Row Jimmy, China Doll, Loose Lucy, Wave that Flag and Eyes of the World
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Stars of stage, screen, and radio, fresh from a command performance in New Orleans, these are the Grateful Dead
Bill Graham
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 2/8/70
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📷 Micheal Parrish
February 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Cassidy’s Tale
By John Perry Barlow
(October 3, 1947 – February 7, 2018)
litkicks.com/barlowonneal/
Cassidy's Tale : Literary Kicks
Ken Schumacher received this story from Barlow after posting a request for reminiscences from people who’d known Neal Cassady. Thanks to Ken for sending this to me, and to John Perry Barlow for giving...
litkicks.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
February 7, 1969
Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Former Warlocks opened for the former Warlocks
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To the Grateful Dead, whose instrumental ecstasy surpassed the unsurpassable, we pay gratitude for our own final transportation beyond the bounds of sounds
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 AM
"I ride a mail train, mama, can’t buy a thrill"
JERRY GARCIA and MERL SAUNDERS
Pacific High Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA, live on KSAN, 2/6/72
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"Inside the Coliseum, dodging lions and wasting time"
Garcia & Saunders KSAN Pacific High Studios 1972 : KSAN : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Performance by Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders on 2/06/1972 at Pacific High Studios in San Francisco. Broadcast on KSAN 95 FM San Francisco. Band: Jerry...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:28 AM
#GratefulDead
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 2/6/70
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strange and curious pairings Good Lovin'>High Time and TIFTOO (TOO he's a smoker)>Black Peter
February 6, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Extra Time
2/6/69 Kiel Auditorium, St.Louis, MO
poor Iron Butterfly, #GratefulDead opened for them but after seeing them burn down the house they were embarrassed at the idea of ​​going on stage
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"My Mother told me that would make you crazy"
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 AM
2/5/70 first of 4 #GratefulDead nights at the Fillmore West with Taj Mahal and Bigfoot in San Francisco
Jerry Garcia on pedal steel in the in 2 songs
one of the peak nights for jams in the early 1970s
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🎨 David Singer
February 5, 2026 at 5:14 AM
#GratefulDead
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS, 2/5/69
archive.org/details/gd69...
the show is sensational
the audience was ecstatic
the guys nailed all the jams
and Caution > Feedback looks like a multidimensional chamber filled with lysergic acid
February 5, 2026 at 5:11 AM