The Daily Nugs - February 25, 2025
From Grateful Dead of the Day
Any time you can get a show from 1966, you have something special on your hands. And true to form, each song here is a spectacular gem, sparkling beautifully as you turn it around in your mind. For instance, the Rider has more than a bit of that high lonesome sound that Garcia was searching for in his early sixties bluegrass days. Hey Little One is like some sweet Beach Boys tune, but with a hard, hide your daughter edge. And lurking in the Cold Rain & Snow is that familiar 60s psychedelic Dead, which emerges even more fully developed in the King Bee> Caution. Give it all a listen at Grateful Dead of the Day.
After some good tunes in the first half including a top-shelf Little Red Rooster, the second set comes out firing on this day in 1990 with a charged China> Rider, an excellent Just a Little Light, and a solid Estimated. The Eyes might not be as magisterial as other 1990 ones, but it is still a sweet segue into Drums. And the band caps it all with a really fine Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door. Fire this fun one up!
On this date in 1992, Mickey and Zakir Hussain, among others, won a Grammy for Planet Drum. Read more about Zakir and the time he sat in with the Dead.
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