The Good Old Grateful Dead Blog

"...this week we have more great music spanning about 18 years, including selection from 1973, 1979, 1989 and 1991..."

Click here for the music on Dead.net.

The Dead played two shows on Brent's birthday in the years after he joined the band:

Reunion Arena on 1988-10-21

and

The Centrum on 1983-10-21

They played four in the years before he joined...you can view those here.

The latest missive from Dead.net:

"30 years ago this week, the Grateful Dead celebrated their triumphant return from Egypt with a series of legendary concerts at Winterland. Among many magical moments, these shows feature Hamza El Din, the renowned Egyptian oud player. His inspired collaboration with the band on "Ollin Arageed" weaves east to west in rhythmic bliss.

Guess what we discovered on the end of a studio session reel? It's a rehearsal recorded back in August of 1978 with Hamza El Din on oud, Mickey Hart on tar, and Jerry Garcia on acoustic guitar. So, we thought we would commemorate the anniversary of the "From Egypt with Love" shows by sharing these rare and unreleased tracks with you, gratis.

Click here and enjoy the ride."

"Welcome back to the Tapers Section. This week we've got about 17 years of Grateful Dead music to explore, so without further ado, on to the music…"

Click here for the music on Dead.net.

Found this posted on the Quality Boots blog earlier yesterday:

Grateful Dead: Closing of the Fillmore West 1971 (Pre-FM) FLAC

Celebrate with audio and video from Dead family shows played on Weir's big day...



Phil Lesh and Friends Live at Lyric Opera House on 2007-10-16

Ratdog Live at Electric Factory on 2003-10-16

Phil Lesh and Friends Live at Beacon Theatre on 2000-10-16

Grateful Dead Live at Brendan Byrne Arena on 1989-10-16

Grateful Dead Live at Bayfront Center on 1988-10-16

Grateful Dead Live at Melkweg on 1981-10-16

Grateful Dead Live at Assembly Center, Lousiana State U on 1977-10-16

Grateful Dead Live at Winterland Arena on 1974-10-16

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CHANGE ROCKS
Bryce Jordan Center
Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
October 13, 2008

Filmed greeting by Senator Barack Obama
Truckin'>
U.S. Blues
Help On The Way>
Slipknot!>
Franklin's Tower
Playing In The Band>
Dark Star
St. Stephen>
Unbroken Chain>
The Other One>
Throwin' Stones>
Playing Reprise

Encore:
Touch of Grey>
Not Fade Away

Bob Weir, Warren Haynes, gtr; Phil Lesh, bs; Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, dms; Jeff Chimenti, kbds.

The latest missive from GDTSTOO:

"Bob Weir & Ratdog and Phil Lesh & Friends
with Jackie Greene to support will perform
on Tuesday, December 30 and Wednesday,
December 31, 2008 at the Bill Graham Civic
Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. Tickets
for December 30th are available at $50.00 per
ticket. Commemorative tickets for December
31st are available at $72.00 per ticket.

Mail order for these performances will be
open from Thursday, October 16 through
Friday, October 31, 2008. Orders will be filled
on a first come first served basis. You may
send in for both shows in one envelope but
please send 2 money orders, one for each day.
There is a 4 ticket limit per person.

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Our new customer service number is
415 868-9819

The Crew of GDTS TOO
October 13, 2008"

"Greetings and welcome to a mighty fine week of Grateful Dead music here at the Tapers Section. This week, we'll be listening to music covering a 13 year span in the band's recorded history, 1976-1989, with plenty of fine music in between..."

Click here for the music on Dead.net.