The Daily Nugs - March 28, 2024

From Grateful Dead of the Day

Truckin' has the boys rushing out of the gate on this day in 1985, and they never look back, taking it into a fierce Smokestack Lightning with Matt Kelly on harp before tearing through an inimitable China> Rider, a heady Scarlet> Fire, and a downright feverish Sugar Mags. The Dead always seemed to scorch Nassau, and they do it again on this superb evening. Listen to to the show and read more about the Dead's history at Nassau at Grateful Dead of the Day.

The Dead played a luminous gem of a show on this date back in 1969. Pig balls on Schoolgirl and Lovelight, Jerry serves up crystalline goosebump-inducing runs in Dark Star, and the entire second set is just one big, utterly delightful Other One suite. This is spring ’69 at its heady peak! Put the entire show in your ears!

The incredible Althea from today's 1981 show in Essen, Germany, is, arguably, the highlight of the entire night. Watch it in crystal clarity at Grateful Dead of the Day. And if that was not enough for you, check out the entire show on video.

March 28th Shows and Recordings:

• 1969 – Modesto Junior College Student Center – Modesto, California

• 1972 – Academy of Music – New York, New York

• 1973 – Springfield Civic Center – Springfield, Massachusetts

• 1981 – Grugga Halle – Essen, Germany

• 1984 – Marin County Veterans Auditorium – San Rafael, California

• 1985 – Nassau Coliseum – Uniondale, New York

• 1986 – Cumberland County Civic Center – Portland, Maine

• 1988 – Hampton Coliseum – Hampton, Virginia

• 1989 – The Omni – Atlanta, Georgia

• 1990 – Nassau Coliseum – Uniondale, New York

• 1991 – Nassau Coliseum – Uniondale, New York

• 1993 – Knickerbocker Arena – Albany, New York

• 1994 – Nassau Coliseum – Uniondale, New York

• 1995 – The Omni – Atlanta, Georgia

Until tomorrow, spread the love and enjoy the music!