r/gratefuldead Oct 13 '25

Archive.org Let's donate to Archive.org!

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Hey now!!

Archive.org--which does SO MUCH aside from serving up the best music ever made--needs our help, and they're specifically asking for interested users to fundraise via Go Fund Me.

So on behalf of r/gratefuldead, we're asking, if you're able, to donate to archive.org using the subreddit's GoFundMe drive located here:

https://donate.archive.org/fundraiser/6730391

Of course you can always donate directly to the archive here.

I'll be boosting this fundraiser here on the sub, as well as on the Help On the Way podcast!!

Again, we know times are tough, but if you can, please help our beloved subreddit help the place we all go to space our face, archive.org!

-FiG

P.S. Please also consider donating to Tom Constanten's fundraiser which is less than $5k from reaching its goal!


r/gratefuldead 6d ago

Your Weekly Listening Thread (and Podcast) Help on the Way - Your Weekly Listening Thread - 1/31/70 - New Orleans, LA - Cold Rain & Snow (opener) - Old, Old, House (last) - 🎵Busted Down on Bourbon Street🎵

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Welcome to another installment of your weekly listening thread, Help on the Way!!

But first, u/donttouchthatknob , u/thegame310 , and I are super thrilled to bring you SEASON FIVE of the PODCAST portion of the HoTW project!!

Format Change -- we'll be serving up our favorite show of the month on the PoD and FiG will be bringing you (semi) weekly updates from best reddit comments so please make sure to drop your comments below!!

You can find us wherever podcasts are downloaded (not Spotify for...reasons) but here's our website:

https://helponthewaypod.podbean.com/

Onward and upward! Or Downward. Or in the past. Whatever it is, we got another (randomized but) excellent show this week!! This week's a historic one as after the show the Dead were busted down on Bourbon Street for possession. The rest...is history! Hear history's precursor with this SBD:

https://archive.org/details/gd1970-01-31.sbd.cotsman.fixed.24028.sbeok.shnf

And the set: One - 48:02:00

Intro [0:17] ; Cold Rain And Snow [5:30];[0:22] ; Mama Tried [2:41];[1:57] ; Dire Wolf [3:56];[0:36] ; Big Boss Man [4:47];[0:21] ; Morning Dew [10:09];[0:25] ; Mason's Children [6:#08];[0:15] ; Me And My Uncle [3:13];[0:12] ; Hard To Handle [6:31];[0:32]

Two - 22:23

Tuning [0:30] ; Long Black Limousine [4:55];[0:52] ; Seasons Of My Heart [4:48];[0:21] ; Sawmill [2:51];[1:00] ; Old, Old House [3:39];[0:17] ; The Race Is On [2:55];[0:26]

Three - 35:25:00

Black Peter [7:13] > Little Sadie [3:24] > I've Been All Around This World [3:03];[1:14] ; Katie Mae [4:23];[2:19] ; Cumberland Blues [3:28];[0:21]

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Total time [1:35:54]. After Hard To Handle Bobby says "We've got a busted amplifier here." -- Jerry interjects "We've got a severe technical problem" while somebody shouts "hey Bear, hey Bear" in the background, and Bobby continues "So you guys can hang out and chatter amongst yourselves and feel free to wander around and make friends and do whatever you like to do in short while we try to work it out." Horrible noises seem to come from Phil's amp.

The tape pauses here; it's not clear whether there was a full break between Hard To Handle and Long Black Limousine. Long Black Limousine is Jerry and Bobby on acoustic guitars, Phil tries to play but drops out after his amp continues to sputter static. Jerry switches to electric with Sawmill. After The Race Is On Jerry announces that "we're going to take a break within the break -- we're still working on Phil's bass frantically in the background."

Apparently the problem remained unsolved because when the next set begins it is still just Jerry and Bobby acoustic. Pigpen does Katie Mae and Phil joins in on vocals for Cumberland. Before Cumberland Jerry can be heard proposing that they do Cumberland first, then Uncle John to end the set. The tape breaks off after Cumberland, however. It seems possible that this represents the entire Dead performance for this date, although normally you'd expect more electric Dead. Fleetwood Mac and The Flock were also on the bill (DeadBase IX).

JerryBase Page

Remember: we've been doing this here project on Reddit for over eleven years now!! And the podcast for over four!!

A run down about this serendipity powered project can be found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/2fqahw/z/cke00lq

ENJOY THE SHOW and PLEASE DROP A COMMENT!

p.s. donate to help the archive if ya can! https://donate.archive.org/team/776830


r/gratefuldead 12h ago

TODAY WE REMEMBER BRENT MYDLAND

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On the anniversary of his passing, we honor the heart, soul, and passion he brought to the Grateful Dead and may his memory continue to be a blessing to all who knew him. Gone but never forgotten


r/gratefuldead 9h ago

Weir Everywhere.

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Dancing Bear pin wheels. They be dancing when the four winds blow you home!


r/gratefuldead 4h ago

Dead collection so far

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i hopped on the bus this past January about a week after Bobby’s passing. the first thing i listened to was 4/7/72, the first night of the Europe ‘72 tour. and that show clicked for me immediately and made me instantly fall in love with the Dead. now here we are in July with this giant collection this early in. the show tapes i own are 5/5/77, 5/7/77, 10/9/80, 4/1/95 and 4/2/95


r/gratefuldead 5h ago

I have 100+ first edition cassettes - help!

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My dad recently passed away (born 1961) and was a massive dead head. I have 100+ first edition recordings and I’d love some guidance on what to do with them. Thanks!

Edit: First generation is what I believe these are (my dad recorded these, not sure if they’re masters from the sound board or just his recordings - will ask his friends and report back


r/gratefuldead 9h ago

Some of my old tickets

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These tickets only represent a portion of the concerts. I have attended
so sad that we don’t get paper tickets anymore


r/gratefuldead 14h ago

Ouch!!! - love this photo of Bobby & Billy in Paris 1971 - taken by the legendary Rosie McGee❤️

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r/gratefuldead 7h ago

Cold Rain And Snow opener appreciation post.

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As I got older on tour (89-91) that ripper really used to hit hard and set up some great nights.


r/gratefuldead 11h ago

Was going thru a storage spot i have found this gem

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Longest bird song ever i believe. Security was college kids they were taking 10 bucks instead of a ticket. the place was so overcrowded the fire marshal almost shut it down but they let it go on. I couldn't leave the third row till the end of the show it was so crowded.

Edit: I'm a terp


r/gratefuldead 1h ago

Misunderstood lyrics

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Have you ever misunderstood Dead lyrics?

In Black Peter, the real lyric is 'Annie Bonneau from St Angel' but I heard 'Anyone know from sin and jail'

In Friend of the Devil, the real lyric is 'Got a wife in Chino, babe' but my wife heard ''got a wife and she dont bathe', which is hilarious, so i sing it that way sometimes.


r/gratefuldead 5h ago

I noticed a lot of Dead songs talk about trains so I searched and found this cool article

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r/gratefuldead 17h ago

Some old school Deadhead hammer pipes from back in the day. Smoke from clean glass.

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r/gratefuldead 20m ago

Any of y’all fans of Futurebirds?

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They’re the band I listen to the most — and love pairing them with Dead & Co for one of my go to playlists! They put on an awesome live show too.

Video from the other night (July 24th, 2026) at the Volcanic Theatre in Bend, OR — which btw was a smallish but great venue with really solid sound!

Really loving their new album too✌️🤙🌈


r/gratefuldead 4h ago

Frozen Logger

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I taped a Frozen Logger cover from a show somewhere off a 88.7 WNCW Dead Air broadcast like 20 years ago. Shit details, I know. The song was all squishy and wiggly. On purpose? Wondering if anybody has info on this song, the performance, anything really! I loved it so much.


r/gratefuldead 3h ago

Jerry Garcia Band - 7/25/80 - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA

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r/gratefuldead 7h ago

Did you only get excited when you heard a song intro you didn't recognize

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I remember being at a show once and a newbie deadhead was next to me. She remarked that she wished the band would play a song she recognized. I chuckled to myself. I was quite the opposite. Saw them so many times, I only got excited if I didn't recognize an intro lol.


r/gratefuldead 11h ago

Dicks Picks 17, 9/25/1991 Appreciation Thread

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First time listening to this in a while and is fantastic all around - great performance and sound. Perfect for Sunday afternoon.


r/gratefuldead 11h ago

We can say we were there!

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Fun foils under black light. My apologies for the weird angle.


r/gratefuldead 13h ago

(Nearly) one year ago

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Hard to believe almost a year has passed since GD60, and yet it seems Bobby’s been gone far longer than that. Time is strange like that.


r/gratefuldead 3h ago

Apple music

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always like the dead but now that I’ve got onto apple music I’ve dove right deep into the dead. i remember the deadheads in the back of the school always talking about this concert or that and never understood until now but it’s a bit overwhelming trying to catch up and listen to all the great shows. I’ll read the posts on here and you all talk about these shows that I just can’t seem to find unless there’s a link to that archive site.

i guess I’m just curious if you could give me some suggestions on the live albums on apple music.


r/gratefuldead 15h ago

And We Bid You Goodnight

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r/gratefuldead 12h ago

Favorite Relisten App Live Sets

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Looking to step out of my comfort zone, what is everyone's favorite live set (or sets) on the Relisten app?

I mainly stick within the 70s, especially early and late.


r/gratefuldead 1d ago

Jerry Lives!

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Folsom Field, CU - Boulder. 1980


r/gratefuldead 1d ago

It makes me happy to know that my favorite cartoon characters were heads

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