Here’s to the Heads who tuned in, turned on, and never questioned why the Dead played for so long 🌈⚡ Episode 6 of PBS’s 1995 documentary series ‘The History of Rock & Roll,’ titled “Blues in Technicolor,” explores the rise of psychedelic music and the Grateful Dead’s role as the house band for Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests. Featuring insights from Jerry and Phil, the episode traces the San Francisco scene, the spread of psychedelia to London, and the cultural shifts that defined, and eventually closed

Let there be songs to fill the air 🌬️🎶 "One of the most-loved Grateful Dead songs, ‘Ripple’ was one of the many standouts on ‘American Beauty.’ It was played 11 times between 1970 & 1971, and then dropped until it returned in 1980, played as the set-closing song every night during the Dead's acoustic sets. It made one final appearance on 9/3/88 in Landover, MD, before being retired for good." - David Lemieux Watch the full performance of the tune from the final night of the Dead’s Radio City M