This edition of Full Show Friday takes a look at the show that saw the debut of the Grateful Dead’s only Top 40 hit.
View footage of Pink Floyd performing “Arnold Layne” during keyboardist Richard Wright’s final performance with the band.
Phish played a cruel prank on fans at their April Fools’ Day concert in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 1993.
Celebrate Mickey Hart’s 80th birthday today by revisiting a 1973 concert he performed with Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia that was the beginning of the band’s “Space” jams.
A classic song by The Beatles was covered just twice by the Grateful Dead with Ron “Pigpen” McKernan.
View archival footage of Jimmy Buffett performing an early version of “Margaritaville” with Hunter S. Thompson onstage at an Aspen High School.
Watch Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason onstage performing together in 2011.
Celebrate Jeff Tweedy’s birthday by revisiting Wilco and Bob Weir pairing the Grateful Dead’s “Dark Star” with Wilco’s “California Stars.”
Listen to a 1962 recording of a band featuring The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts and Cream bassist Jack Bruce.
Listen to Carlos Santana recall his first performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco which was saved by The Who drummer Keith Moon’s quick thinking.
Johnny Jenkins recorded Dr. John’s “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” with members of The Allman Brothers Band and Donna Jean Godchaux before she was in the Grateful Dead.
Watch Aretha Franklin bring then-President Barack Obama with a stunning performance at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors.
The performance came in celebration of The Band’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994.
Producer Tom Dowd’s pre-music career involved working on the Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer.
Dave Matthews was one of Rodriguez’s many South African fans.
Bob Dylan personally requested Jerry Garcia record a song for a Jimmie Rodgers tribute, which was the last song Garcia recorded.
Revisit a rare solo electric guitar track recorded by Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia for the film ‘Zabriskie Point.’
One of the last songs Jerry Garcia recorded in the studio, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” was co-written by the composer who inspired his name.
