Grateful dead

The band re-group for Barack Obama fundraiser

By most fan standards, I’m a bit of a Grateful Dead lightweight. I own no bootlegs, and precious few live albums beyond the canonical early ones – “Live Dead”, “Europe ‘72” and so on. Consequently, two things: one, if anyone has recommendations for me from the “Dick’s Picks”/”One From The Vault”/"Road Trips" catalogue, I’d be very grateful (thanks again for everyone’s help navigating a path through Fleetwood Mac, by the way). And two, “Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978” is, I think, my first encounter with live Dead from that period – I reckon the latest show I have is that excellent one from “Cow Palace ‘76”. So forgive me if I can’t quite tell how this one measures up against other contemporary shows.

Lawsuit is filed against Wolfgang’s Vault

But Phil Lesh is on the road to recovery

The legendary promoter Bill Graham stares straight into the camera and declares, "Forty thousand Americans cannot be wrong!" Ah, those were the days!

Captain Trips, Bobby Ace and co ring out the old, ring in the new.

What a long strange trip it's been. Again

"After a lifetime of playing special beats, it's almost no wonder that my heart came up with its own idea of rhythm," the drummer quipped

Police said the man plunged somewhere between 30 and 50 feet during the show's intermission.

They played "All Along The Watchtower" at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, New York