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Free Dead, the Roseland Set - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com:

"The Dead capped a marathon day of media appearances and free concerts with an expansive, energetic set at Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan that began around 11:15 on Monday night and concluded after 1 a.m. Billed as “Free the Dead: Set 3,” the Roseland performance came after an appearance on “The View” in the morning and live sets at the Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts and the Gramercy Theater. The Roseland show began with two up-tempo ballads before moving into renditions of some of the band’s most renowned improvisational vehicles..."

Free Dead, the Acoustic Set - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com:

"“This is one of those gigs where we play soft and you listen loud,” Phil Lesh said. And with that, Mr. Lesh, Bob Weir and Warren Haynes launched into what Mr. Weir called “a work in progress” in an acoustic show at the Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts on the Lower East Side on Monday afternoon. So much of a work in progress that the three had music stands in front of them so they could check notes and words as needed..."

Dire Wolf
Bird Song
Cumberland Blues
Pride Of Cucumunga
Lazy River Road
Casey Jones
Ripple

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This Date In Music History- March 27 | 1800blogger:

"Cops pulled over the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia in New Jersey for speeding in 1973. They also find LSD in his car. There’s a surprise-Garcia spends three hours in jail."

Dennis McNally’s Ongoing Road Trip:

"Dennis McNally is probably best known as the publicist for the Grateful Dead as well as the band’s official biographer. Following the death of Jerry Garcia, he began working with some of the group’s offshoots, including Bob Weir’s RatDog. McNally holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and in addition to A Long, Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead (Broadway Books, 2003), he has written Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America (Random House, 1979). At present, Dennis works as an independent publicist for several artists, including Little Feat, Boris Garcia, The Subdudes, The Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Matson, and Grammy winning percussionist Zakir Hussain. The following conversation touches on the full sweep of his life and work, including his third book, which will encompass Mark Twain, Bob Dylan and the culture, art and history of the Mississippi River..."

The Dead Trip Up Scalpers, Prep 150 Songs For Tour:

"The Dead are hoping that in addition to raising money for its Rex Foundation and other respective charities, an auction of prime seats for its upcoming tour will also put those tickets in the hands of fans, not scalpers..."

...and tons of other videos from shows on this date in Dead history here...

Grateful Dead » SPECIAL: Road Trips & Pure Jerry:

"Both of these new releases are exclusive to Dead.net. Each offers a show from start-to-finish, and each one is mastered to HDCD from the original multi-tracks, so they sound great!"

Tom Davis tells insider tales from "Saturday Night Live" - Bookmarks Literary Blog - OregonLive.com:

"...Davis makes no apologies for anything. His book is full of great stories about his friendships with some legendary drug takers, including Timothy Leary, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. He and Jerry Garcia tried to write a screenplay based on Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s 'The Sirens of Titan.'..."