An era comes to an end...Garcia shreds Greatest Story opener....Looks Like Rain tears....Supplication sizzles...Exceptional Terrapin...Wheel into Shakedown inside a Playin' loop...One of the top shows of 1979

Doug Schmell joins us to discuss the opening night of the Grateful Dead's final run in the Fillmore East....Outstanding performances of Hard to Handle and Morning Dew highlight this underrated gem...a consistent and seamless performance featuring several new additions to the band's repertoire...

Bob Weir's journey from youngest member of the Grateful Dead to American Musical Master...Featured show on Weir's 34th Birthday, 10-16-81 Amsterdam...The Grateful Dead's last acoustic set...Breakout versions of Hully Gully, Gloria, and Love Light...RIP Bobby, thanks for sixty years of loving inspiration.

Doug Schmell joins us to discuss the best show of 1971...Freddy King tribute...Tennessee Jed hand grenade....A Bobby McGee gem...The Other One!!!...A marathon of Robert Hunter classics....

RIP Donna Jean and Jack DeJohnette...Highlights of greatest Jack Straws ever, History and analysis of the all mighty Jack Straw. Mind-blowing Sraws galore, all in one in podcast. 3=

Playin/Fingers disorientation for NYC followed by an Uncle River hoedown...What a four-song opener...Looks Like Rain gold....The Eyes tease....a glorious night for Jerry ballads

Happy Birthday Mickey...9/11 Love and Theft NYC reflections...Doug Schmell joins the podcast...Feelin Groovy...Horns or no horns...The big three to close D Star/Morning Dew/ Sugar Magnolia

Blazing opening set, the band is as fired up as the raucous crowd...Dead excel during a typical set. and then they blow the roof of the joint and stop time in its tracks during set two with a sensational pre-Drums...Exceptional versions of Sail0r/Saint and Comes a Time/Truckin

Thirty years later, the legacy of Jerry and the Dead grows exponentially...Five immortal instrumentals jams from Madison Square Garden, Alpine Valley, Hartford, Giants Stadium, and Brendan Byrne Arena...Slipknot! Let it Grow...Morning Dew...etc.

A day before Jerry Garcia's 32nd birthday, the Grateful Dead perform three epic sets--four hours in length...Doug Schmell joins me to discuss the brilliance behind this magnificent show.