Jerry and Bobby create a beautiful space before TOO. A conversation in strings. Billy and Mickey create primal, carnivorous music. Hunting music.

What a crown jewel Pretty Peggy O can be. A truly tender version that washes away all my worries. These 74 versions are quite special.

The Dead take the Parisians through a cowboys surrealist day dream. Check out how both Keith and Jerry are utterly locked into the music.

Blossoms and blooms like a shining red rose. I really love the energy for this show.

1974 and Ship of Fools go together like peanut butter and jelly. Full of emotion. They're really giving their all in this.

Acid rock at its absolute finest. Jerry's phrasing is so full of energy and particularly bluesy. Pigpen sounds absolutely incredible and his control and power as a band leader is very apparent here. I Highly recommend this one. The boys are psychedelic warriors on this one.

This is literally just the opener, passionate version that calls back to when they used to open up shows in the 60s with Morning Dew. So good.

Had to comment again, my last comment did not do this psychedelic king of kings justice. Interstellar overdrive is standard of this elegant and alchemical performance. A trip on a lysergic spaceship aptly named the Grateful Dead, this performance channels a lot of archetypal imagery, a dive into the collective unconscious and a royal and grand version. Jerry puts on a clinic with Keith delivering some beautiful responses to this debate between wizards. Lots of cool rhythmic ideas, a whopping 17 minutes before the first verse, and after is some of the most intense, shadowy meltdowns in the dead’s history. A wailing of existential pain ensues which follows with some absolutely morbid feedback work which melts everyone down to every last molecule. A deep darkness, almost arachnid like as this section conjures up imagines of spiders and the weaving of neon colored webs. Billy K comes in with an earth shattering drum solo that takes you deep into hell and never stops until you reach complete nothingness. A jam reminiscent of The Miles Davis electric band ensues which flips your brain and chops it into pieces and completely rearranges it. Top 5 for me. A truly long, and strange trip.

12 minutes of pure bliss. Stupidly good Half Step, you can hear the synthesis for so many great versions later to come right in this version, stunning melodic improvisation that will later become a staple for the song. They’re ON

Jerry day dreams in the hot summer sun. A psychedelic odyssey which enters mountainous terrain. Underrated version.