The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.
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Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd (2023)
Follow the moment Barrett was kicked out of Pink Floyd, from the narrative of him going from groundbreaking musician to iconic rocker and manic, unstable star.
Dead & Company: 2023-06-17 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA (2023)
Set 1: Good Times(Sam Cooke cover) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) Black-Throated Wind(Bob Weir song) Dire Wolf(Grateful Dead cover) Bird Song(Jerry Garcia cover) Going Down the Road Feeling Bad([traditional] cover) Set 2: They Love Each Other(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) (>) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (> 'The Other One' verse 2 >) Days Between(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Turn On Your Love Light(Bobby “Blue” Bland cover) Encore: One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)
Dead & Company: 2023-05-28 Lakewood, ATL (2023)
Set 1: Jam (>) Cassidy (Bob Weir song) (>) Deal (Jerry Garcia cover) Samson and Delilah ([traditional] cover) Friend of the Devil (Grateful Dead cover) It Hurts Me Too (Tampa Red cover) Tennessee Jed (Grateful Dead cover) If I Had the World to Give (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Going Down the Road Feeling Bad ([traditional] cover) Set 2: Althea (Grateful Dead cover) Estimated Prophet (Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Cat Sunflower (Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider ([traditional] cover) (>) Eyes of the World (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums (Grateful Dead cover) (with Oteil Burbridge) (>) Space (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Terrapin Station (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson cover)
Dead & Company: 2023-06-27 Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA (2023)
Set 1: Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Good Lovin'(The Rascals cover) It Must Have Been the Roses(Robert Hunter cover) (Tour Debut) Big River(Johnny Cash cover) (>) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Next Time You See Me(Junior Parker cover) (>) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Bird Song(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: Iko Iko(Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters cover) Sugaree(Jerry Garcia cover) China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Hell in a Bucket(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Wharf Rat(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Turn On Your Love Light(Bobby “Blue” Bland cover) Touch of Grey(Grateful Dead cover)
Dead & Company:2023-06-03 Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA, USA (2023)
Set 1: Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Mr. Charlie(Grateful Dead cover) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) Dear Prudence(The Beatles cover) (Tour debut) Turn On Your Love Light(Bobby “Blue” Bland cover) (Tour debut) Set 2: Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Milestones(Miles Davis cover) (Tour debut) (>) Days Between(Grateful Dead cover) (Tour debut) (>) Throwing Stones(Grateful Dead cover) (Tour debut) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song) (Tour debut) Encore: Ripple(Grateful Dead cover)
Dead & Company: 2023-06-05 The Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA, USA (2023)
Set 1: Hell in a Bucket(Grateful Dead cover) Alabama Getaway(Grateful Dead cover) Jack Straw(Grateful Dead cover) Big Boss Man(Jimmy Reed cover) Peggy-O([traditional] cover) Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cassidy(Bob Weir song) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: Viola Lee Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) (>) Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Doll(Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Standing on the Moon(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover) Encore: The Weight(The Band cover)
Chakras For Sale (2024)
After failing to make it big as a rock band, four Indian Americans in 1960s San Francisco attempt one last rebrand to ride the hippie wave and finally get their big break.
Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon (2003)
Released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of this classic album, learn how Pink Floyd assembled "Dark Side of the Moon" with the aid of original engineer Alan Parsons. All four band members--Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright--are interviewed at length, giving valuable insights into the recording process. The themes of the album are discussed at length, and the band take you back to the original multi track tapes to illustrate how they pieced together the songs. With individual performances of certain tracks from Roger, David, and Richard included, this is an essential purchase for any Pink Floyd fans, and a fascinating artefact for rock historians everywhere.
Classic Albums: The Doors (2008)
A future classic was unleashed in January 1967 as the Doors released their eponymously titled debut album. This documentary in the Classic Albums series takes an in-depth look at the album, with commentary from Bruce Botnick, who worked on the album, and the three remaining Doors--guitarist Robbie Krieger, keyboard player Ray Manzarek, and drummer John Densmore. The three band members also play some of their instrumental parts from the album, offering invaluable insight into how the songs were constructed.
The Grateful Dead (1977)
The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
Grateful Dead: The Making of "Built to Last" (1989)
The Making of "Built to Last" documents a rare behind the scenes look at the Grateful Dead's thirteenth and final studio album, Built to Last. The behind the scenes footage contains members of the band working on three songs for the album: Picasso Moon, Blow Away, & Just a Little Light. The footage was filmed at Club Front Studio in San Rafael, CA on March 1st 1989.
Close-Up: an oddyssey (NaN)
Bored with her mundane life, aspiring writer Lucy Simon embarks on a psychedelic road trip to the planet Mars with her brash, unnamed drug dealer behind the wheel. Danger, thrills and cosmic wonder ensues in this existential adventure presented entirely through the use of close-up photography.
Dead & Company: 2023-06-24 Fenway Park, Boston, MA, USA (2023)
Set 1: Cassidy(Bob Weir song) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) I Need a Miracle(Grateful Dead cover) Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) Tennessee Jed(Grateful Dead cover) China Doll(Grateful Dead cover) Viola Lee Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) The Music Never Stopped(Grateful Dead cover) Set 2: New Speedway Boogie(Grateful Dead cover) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (> Jam (theme mashing up… more ) Black Peter(Grateful Dead cover) Casey Jones(Grateful Dead cover) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)
Dead & Company: 2023-07-01 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO, USA (2023)
Set 1: Good Times(Sam Cooke cover) Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Smokestack Lightning(Howlin’ Wolf cover) (>) Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) Me and My Uncle(John Phillips cover) Dear Mr. Fantasy(Traffic cover) (>) Hey Jude(The Beatles cover) (coda only) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: Eyes of the World(Grateful Dead cover) Shakedown Street(Grateful Dead cover) (>) St. Stephen(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Milestones(Miles Davis cover) (>) Days Between(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sugar Magnolia(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sunshine Daydream(Grateful Dead cover) Encore: Going Down the Road Feeling Bad([traditional] cover)
Dead & Company: 2023-07-03 Folsom Field, Boulder, CO, USA (2023)
Set 1: Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) New Speedway Boogie(Grateful Dead cover) Cold Rain and Snow(Obray Ramsey cover) Jack Straw(Grateful Dead cover) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (Followed by weather delay) Set 2: Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (Preceded by 'Playing in the Band' continuation) Help on the Way(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Slipknot!(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Franklin's Tower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Standing on the Moon(Grateful Dead cover) (>) All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover) (with Dave Matthews) (Dave on acoustic) (>) Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover) (with Dave Matthews) (Dave on acoustic) E: Knockin' on Heaven's Door(Bob Dylan cover) (with Dave Matthews) (Dave on acoustic) The Weight(The Band cover) (with Dave Matthews) (Dave on acoustic)
Dead & Company: 2023-07-07 The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA, USA (2023)
Set 1 The Music Never Stopped(Grateful Dead cover) Alabama Getaway(Grateful Dead cover) When I Paint My Masterpiece(Bob Dylan cover) Mr. Charlie(Grateful Dead cover) Tennessee Jed(Grateful Dead cover) Dire Wolf(Grateful Dead cover) Bird Song(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Big Railroad Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) Set 2: Sugaree(Jerry Garcia cover) Estimated Prophet(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Viola Lee Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) (>) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (with 'New York State of Mind' tease) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Black Peter(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Casey Jones(Grateful Dead cover) Encore: Black Muddy River(Grateful Dead cover)
Dead & Company: 2023-07-08 The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA, USA (2023)
Set 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) Next Time You See Me(Junior Parker cover) Loose Lucy(Grateful Dead cover) (with 'Take Me to the River' tease) Friend of the Devil(Grateful Dead cover) They Love Each Other(Jerry Garcia cover) Lost Sailor(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Saint of Circumstance(Grateful Dead cover) Set 2 Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (>) The Wheel(Jerry Garcia cover) (with 'Diamonds on the Soles… more ) St. Stephen(Grateful Dead cover) (> 'William Tell Bridge' >) The Eleven(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Stella Blue(Grateful Dead cover) (>) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)
The Flaming Lips: Live at Glastonbury 2017 (2017)
The Oklahoma band took to the stage at 10:45pm for a 90-minute headline set on The Park in Glastonbury on June 23rd, 2017. Frontman Wayne Coyne arrived on stage ridding a unicorn, then rode his way across the crowd in a giant orb while covering David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
Dead & Company: 2023-07-14 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA, USA (2023)
Set 1: Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover) (>) Shakedown Street(Grateful Dead cover) Cold Rain and Snow(Obray Ramsey cover) Ramble On Rose(Grateful Dead cover) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) New Speedway Boogie(Grateful Dead cover) Wharf Rat(Grateful Dead cover) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) (>) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Fire on the Mountain(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (with a tease of the theme… more ) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (> “Dark Star on the Big… more ) Standing on the Moon(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Casey Jones(Grateful Dead cover) U.S. Blues(Grateful Dead cover) Knockin' on Heaven's Door(Bob Dylan cover)
Dead & Company: 2023-07-16 Oracle Park, San Francisco, CA, USA (2023)
Set 1: Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Good Lovin'(The Rascals cover) (>) Loser(Jerry Garcia cover) High Time(Grateful Dead cover) (Oteil vocals) Samson and Delilah([traditional] cover) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Dear Mr. Fantasy(Traffic cover) (>) Hey Jude(The Beatles cover) (coda only) (>) Bird Song(Jerry Garcia cover) Set 2: Help on the Way(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Slipknot!(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Franklin's Tower(Grateful Dead cover) Estimated Prophet(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Eyes of the World(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (with Oteil on banjo bass and… more ) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Days Between(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sugar Magnolia(Grateful Dead cover) Encore: Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Brokedown Palace(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover) (Reprise from 7/14)