The Daily Nugs - May 9, 2024

From Grateful Dead of the Day

With one of the best Help> Slip> Franklin's; some ferocious playing on Music Never Stopped, NFA, and Sugar Mags; and an amazing Comes A Time, this show is a force to be reckon with all its own. Give it a fresh listen and make the inevitable comparisons to the night before at Grateful Dead of the Day.

With Deadheads camping out, the band recorded the Touch Of Grey video after this 1987 show at Laguna Seca. But the preceding show is nothing to pass over, especially the Touch> LL Rain> He's Gone beginning to the second set and rocking ending. Give it a listen and rekindle one of those epic camping runs.

And watch the iconic Touch Of Grey video that the Dead filmed there at Laguna Seca in 1987 that would soon be in the regular MTV rotation.

May 9th Shows and Recordings:

• 1970 - Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Worcester, Massachusetts

• 1977 - War Memorial Auditorium - Buffalo, New York

• 1978 - Onondaga County War Memorial - Syracuse, New York

• 1979 - Broome County Arena - Binghamton, New York

• 1981 - Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, New York

• 1987 - Laguna Seca Raceway - Monterey, California

Until tomorrow, spread the love and enjoy the music!