On July 7th, 1989, the Dead played the final show at JFK Stadium. The stadium was shutting down, but the crowd had no clue. Maybe the band had a hunch because they wrapped up the set with a cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door." | Grateful Dead

On this day in 1990, Brent Mydland made his final concert appearance with the Dead ❤️ Revisit the final live version of his song “Blow Away” from 7/16/90. | Grateful Dead

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