An early morning set with the Dead = a one way ticket to a long, strange day. On September 5, 1982, The Grateful Dead played a set at the US Festival, organized in part by Bill Graham with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, at the Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, CA. The band would play two sets followed by two encores, including “U.S. Blues” and a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.” Interview clip from ‘The Us Festival 1982: The US Generation’ documentary |

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