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 2d 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 1h ago

Settle Down Easy Jimothy

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r/gratefuldead 3h ago

Young Bobby and his short shorts

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r/gratefuldead 2h ago

New plate for the trailer

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Hey now.


r/gratefuldead 6h ago

TIL there's a 1972 Grateful Dead studio album called "Ace." Its label as just a "Bob Weir" album is slightly misleading, as the full GD band backed him on every track.

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It amazes me that as long as I've been a deadhead, I've never given this album a listen until now. I knew Bobby did some solo stuff throughout the years, but did not know until recently that he was backed by the full Grateful Dead on this album.

I was particularly stoked to hear "Cassidy," a song I'd previously thought was never played by the band in the studio.


r/gratefuldead 7h ago

The greatest musical act of all time

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this is my view while i’m listening to 5/3/72 L’Olympia Paris after riding my bike up Alpe D’Huez.

after a beer and a half and some cigarettes it is occurring to me that this band is the greatest musical act of all time by an unfathomably large margin.

so many artists speak to me as a person but the grateful dead is something else entirely. it’s an unexplainable connection to my soul that, in layman’s terms, is pure bliss.

I am extremely grateful (no pun intended) that this band exists for me and everyone else that is on this silly whimsical journey.

Next time you see me is playing right now, one of my favorite pigpen tunes.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful day or will have a wonderful day

Love to all of my fellow deadheads.


r/gratefuldead 1h ago

Tool/Grateful Dead crossover painting my mom gifted my girlfriend before passing away. Our two favorite bands together as one. What are some of yall's favorite bands?

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For those interested if you would like to see here is a painting my mom did before she passed and gifted to my girlfriend her favorite band is grateful dead and mine is tool but I also love the grateful dead. So it was a cool collaboration of our two favorites, it says "eternal love, justice, and adventure" It was the last painting she ever made before passing away. What are some of yall's favorite bands?


r/gratefuldead 2h ago

Senior Quote

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I need ideas for my senior quote for high school. I love the Grateful Dead and I want my quote to be a lyric of their music. Help me with ideas.


r/gratefuldead 10h ago

Best GD cover bands every state

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I’ll start and say Half Step is the best in New York.

What GD cover bands are your favorite?


r/gratefuldead 1h ago

Post the year you got on the bus and how many shows you saw and the year of the last show you saw.

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Me, ‘77, 50 shows, last saw the Dead 10/1988


r/gratefuldead 5h ago

Bob or Bobby

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Bob Weir.. I have never thought of him as Bobby Weir in my entire relationship with this band since I first saw them in 1973. .. nor have I ever thought of him as Robert Weir (in case you were wondering). 💀


r/gratefuldead 12h ago

Here's the link for Meet-up at the Movies 2026 (a repeat but a nice show)

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r/gratefuldead 7h ago

Sugar Magnolia , Easy Wind & Sugaree

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Was trying to show the person who posted Stella Blue Dr the other day! In North Austin, there’s a little trio of Dead streets 😊.

(Sorry for the delete & repost, had a typo in magnolia the first time and wouldn’t let me edit! )


r/gratefuldead 1h ago

The Grateful Dead's Next Meet-Up At The Movies Will Revisit 1991

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r/gratefuldead 8h ago

Found this!

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I found this from 1996 for a GRATE price! I recently find myself collecting GD shirts. Does anyone have any intel on the design / or what it’s from? I can’t find anything online! :)


r/gratefuldead 3m ago

Just remembering Bobby tonight

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r/gratefuldead 1d ago

See you at a show-free pins

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Hey all, I designed and made these pins as a tribute to Bobby. Im giving away over 1,000 of these on the rest of Billy strings tour and the last two nights of phish at MSG. I hope that I cross paths with some of you!

Follow along for updates on my instagram:
@eurekanewyork


r/gratefuldead 8h ago

Interview with Dark Star Orchestra keyboardist

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Spoke with DSO keyboardist Rob Barraco

The Chicago-based group has two shows at Greek theatre in Berkeley to celebrate Jerry Garcia ✌️


r/gratefuldead 11h ago

China Cat Inoculum

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r/gratefuldead 6h ago

I’m looking for some really good under the radar Tennessee Jed’s

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Give me some deep dives


r/gratefuldead 1d ago

Today's playlist: David and the Dorks

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David Crosby, g&v; Jerry Garcia, g&v; Phil Lesh, b; Mickey Hart, d. Recorded The Matrix, SF, CA, 1970;


r/gratefuldead 10h ago

8/7/71 Hard to Handle

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The bass flows so well in this song! Was Phil right next to the mic?


r/gratefuldead 1d ago

hi again

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I wanted to make another post to thank you all for responding to my post 5 months ago when my dad had passed away. a lot of you had recommended me listening to "box of rain", and let me tell you, i listen to this song every single day on my way to work. i feel like my dad is right there with me each and every time. i found out that was one of his favorite songs and i dont know how i didnt know this before because i feel goosebumps every time i listen but i just am so thankful for all who commented on that post.

im currently working on his memorial cards and i wanted to share them with you all. he loved the grateful dead, traveled all over to see them play. he had their comics, saved articles from the newspaper, keychains, stickers, original framed art, the jerry doll (my personal childhood favorite). i will forever miss my daddy but you guys really truly made me feel so supported with those small comments during a time i was hurting so badly.

thank you all again.


r/gratefuldead 11h ago

Anything Dead related in ATL?

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Killing time in Atlanta today. Anything Dead related I should check out?