On this day in 1969, the Grateful Dead played the Woodstock Music and Art Fair at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. An estimated 450,000 people attended the festival, which became a pivotal moment in music history. However, the Dead have a different interpretation of the experience. Originally set to perform in the late afternoon, the band took the stage at 10:30 p.m. amidst a hearty rainstorm. Despite the challenging conditions, they did what they do best: kept moving forward and put

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