Batter up! ⚾

In May '72, the Dead hit the stage for a four-night jam at the Strand Lyceum in London. Before Wednesday's show, they took to the diamond in Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, for a casual pre-show softball game.

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Bobby caught horsing around on the Europe ‘72 tour, which ended 52 years ago this week 🐴

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In 1970, the Grateful Dead made their UK debut at the Hollywood Music Festival in Staffordshire, England. The BBC recorded a portion of the event, but the Dead also filmed their own footage, which was later released as bonus content for the ‘Long Strange Trip’ documentary. This

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“I photographed all three shows from this weekend down in Mountain View. Jerry was pretty chipper with lots of smiles. I loved photographing at Shoreline because the sight lines were so good and even more importantly the lighting was usually great. It was a pretty solid first set

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“What are you looking at, man?”

From ‘The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir,’ released on this day in 2015.

“A wild cat did growl, two riders were approachin,’ and the wind began to howl”

On this day in 1993, the Dead performed this cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower,” during their show at Shoreline Amphitheatre. The tune would appear on the band’s setlists over 100 times

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Go on a road trip in the summer of ‘74 soundtracked by the freshly-released ‘From the Mars Hotel’ with new high school graduate & future Sonic Youth co-founder Lee Ranaldo on the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast. Look closely & check out the homemade Stealie on the back of Lee’s VW.

The Dead performed a day-show at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to a crowd of 15,000 on this day in 1973. One of five shows included in the ‘Here Comes Sunshine’ box set released in 2023, the 3 sets were complimented by easy-breezy weather, a 20-minute face-melting

Today’s a good day to get moving ⚡Which Dead tune gets you up and ready to take on the day?

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In 1968, promoter Bob Blodgett threw the first Northern California Folk-Rock Festival at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The Grateful Dead performed a 45 minute set on the Saturday show date, just before Big Brother and the Holding Company and Jefferson Airplane.

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The Dead set the tone for their performance at the Uptown Theatre on this day in 1978 by starting the show off with a stellar combination of “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” flowing into “Franklin’s Tower.” Highlights also included a funky “Dancing in the Street,”

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A Grateful Dead state of mind ⚡️

Which contemporary artists do you think could have shared the stage with the Grateful Dead back in the day?