There are some solid ‘80s shows on this date, but we head back to the 1969 show for our Dead of the Day. It is a delightfully heady night of music that shows of the splendor of the boys as they were just gaining full control of their powers. The China Cat Sunflower springs forth as the band gets their feet about them, eventually steaming into a Doin’ That Rag. A Morning Dew then arches out next, magisterial in form, leading through fields and hollows, streaming into the sky, and then coming back around again. Afterwards, Pigpen channels Robert Johnson through the Robert Hunter tune, Easy Wind. And Pig kills it while the rest of the boys get all down and funky on the song. Then, Dark Star goes on an absolutely massive trip from the first opening chords into the deepest realms of space. We love the part about three-quarters through where the Dark Star climbs out of the spacey caves it was wondering through and the theme slowly emerges again. The Stephen that follows reaches out fairly far itself, into a whistling, windy outpost before coming back for the final verse. The Eleven then sizzles forward, heading off in its sing-song fashion, all happy and rollicking, but it too travels into a whirling, Phil-fed heroic landscape before eventually succumbing completely to Drums. Out the other side comes a hauntingly beautiful High Time, sending out the show in lovely fashion.